
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 934/2013 of 27 September 2013 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) No 914/2013 establishing budgetary ceilings for 2013 applicable to certain direct support schemes provided for in Council Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 of 19 January 2009 establishing common rules for direct support schemes for farmers under the common agricultural policy and establishing certain support schemes for farmers, amending Regulations (EC) No 1290/2005, (EC) No 247/2006, (EC) No 378/2007 and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003, and in particular the first subparagraph of Article 51(2), the first subparagraph of Article 69(3) and Article 142(c) thereof,
Whereas:

(1) Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 914/2013 established the budgetary ceilings for 2013 which apply to certain direct support schemes provided for in Regulation (EC) No 73/2009.

(2) Greece has made use of the option provided for in Article 69(1) of Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 during the years 2010, 2011 and 2012. A budgetary ceiling for the specific support referred to in Chapter 5 of Title III of Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 has been established for each of those years accordingly.

(3) In July 2012, Greece has decided to also make use of the option provided for in Article 69(1) of Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 for the year 2013. However, due to a misunderstanding concerning the notification of such decision, the amounts to be fixed for the purpose of the budgetary ceiling for 2013 have not been included in Implementing Regulation (EU) No 914/2013.

(4) Given that Greece decided to continue implementing the specific support in calendar year 2013 without any change in the amounts notified by Greece for financing the support measures concerned as they were implemented in the year 2012, the budgetary ceiling should be fixed for that year.

(5) For the sake of clarity, the ceiling resulting from the amounts allocated by Greece for the measures concerned in 2013 should be published.

(6) Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 929/2013 amended the national ceilings for 2013 determined in Annex VIII to Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 as regards Luxembourg and Malta. Annex V to Implementing Regulation (EU) No 914/2013 should be amended accordingly.

(7) In accordance with the sixth subparagraph of Article 51(1) of Regulation (EC) No 73/2009, Croatia notified the Commission of its decision to use a certain percentage of the ceilings fixed in Articles 104(4) and 112(5) of that Regulation for the sheep and goats payments and the beef and veal payments respectively. Therefore, the relevant budgetary ceilings for the sheep and goat premium, the sheep and goat supplementary premium and the suckler cow premium should be established.

(8) In accordance with Article 69(1) of Regulation (EC) No 73/2009, Croatia decided before the date of its accession to use the specific support provided for in Article 68(1)(a)(ii) of that Regulation in the dairy sector and communicated its decision to the Commission. The decision is in compliance with the limit set in Article 69(4) of Regulation (EC) No 73/2009. The relevant ceiling should be established by the Commission.

(9) Croatia applies the single payment scheme provided for under Title III of Regulation (EC) No 73/2009. For the sake of clarity, the budgetary ceiling for the single payment scheme for Croatia, resulting from the deduction of the ceilings established for the payments referred to in Articles 52, 53 and 68 of Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 from the ceilings set in Annex VIII to that Regulation, should be published for 2013.

(10) Annexes I to V to Implementing Regulation (EU) No 914/2013 should therefore be amended accordingly.

(11) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Direct Payments,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1 
Annexes I to V to Implementing Regulation (EU) No 914/2013 are amended in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation.
Article 2 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.Done at Brussels, 27 September 2013.
For the Commission
The President
José Manuel BARROSO
ANNEX

Annexes I to V to Implementing Regulation (EU) No 914/2013 are replaced by the following:

ANNEX I Budgetary ceilings for direct payments to be granted in accordance with Articles 52, 53 and 54 of Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 


2013 calendar year(thousand EUR)
 BE ES FR HR AT PT FI
Sheep and goat premium    1 192  21 892 600
Sheep and goat supplementary premium    117  7 184 200
Suckler cow premium 77 565 261 153 525 622 2 948 70 578 78 695 
Additional suckler cow premium 19 389 26 000   99 9 462 
ANNEX II Budgetary ceilings for the specific support provided for in Article 68(1) of Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 


2013 calendar yearMember State (thousand EUR)
Belgium 8 600
Bulgaria 28 500
Czech Republic 31 826
Denmark 40 975
Estonia 1 253
Ireland 25 000
Greece 108 000
Spain 248 054
France 478 600
Croatia 4 660
Italy 321 950
Latvia 5 130
Lithuania 13 304
Hungary 131 898
Netherlands 38 900
Austria 13 900
Poland 106 558
Portugal 34 111
Romania 44 257
Slovenia 14 424
Slovakia 13 500
Finland 57 055
Sweden 3 469
United Kingdom 29 800
Amounts notified by the Member States to grant the support referred to in point (c) of Article 68(1) which are included in the single payment scheme ceiling (thousand EUR).Greece: 30 000Slovenia: 5 800
ANNEX III Budgetary ceilings for the support provided for in points (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv) of Article 68(1)(a) and Article 68(1)(b) and (e) of Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 


2013 calendar yearMember State (thousand EUR)
Belgium 4 461
Bulgaria 28 500
Czech Republic 31 826
Denmark 17 075
Estonia 1 253
Ireland 25 000
Greece 78 000
Spain 179 954
France 297 600
Croatia 4 660
Italy 152 950
Latvia 5 130
Lithuania 13 304
Hungary 46 164
Netherlands 31 420
Austria 13 900
Poland 106 558
Portugal 21 210
Romania 44 257
Slovenia 8 624
Slovakia 13 500
Finland 57 055
Sweden 3 469
United Kingdom 29 800
ANNEX IV Amounts to be used by the Member States in accordance with Article 69(6)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 to cover the specific support provided in Article 68(1) of that Regulation 


2013 calendar yearMember State (thousand EUR)
Belgium 8 600
Denmark 23 250
Ireland 23 900
Greece 70 000
Spain 144 390
France 84 000
Italy 144 900
Netherlands 31 700
Austria 11 900
Portugal 21 700
Slovenia 5 800
Finland 6 190
ANNEX V Budgetary ceilings for the single payment scheme 


2013 calendar yearMember State (thousand EUR)
Belgium 517 901
Denmark 1 031 277
Germany 5 852 938
Ireland 1 339 769
Greece 2 225 227
Spain 4 913 824
France 7 607 272
Croatia 86 007
Italy 4 202 935
Luxembourg 37 672
Malta 5 504
Netherlands 890 551
Austria 679 111
Portugal 476 907
Slovenia 141 450
Finland 518 883
Sweden 767 437
United Kingdom 3 958 242
