
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 1044/2014 of 3 October 2014 establishing budgetary ceilings for 2014 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), Article 72b(2), the first subparagraph of Article 123(1), Article 125b(2), the first subparagraph of Article 131(4) and Article 142(c) thereof,
Whereas:

(1) For Member States implementing, in 2014, the single payment scheme provided for in Title III of Regulation (EC) No 73/2009, the budgetary ceilings for each of the payments referred to in Articles 52 and 53 of that Regulation should be established for 2014.

(2) For Member States making use, in 2014, of the options provided for in Article 69(1) or 131(1) of Regulation (EC) No 73/2009, the budgetary ceilings for the specific support referred to in Chapter 5 of Title III of Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 should be established for 2014.

(3) For Member States making use, in 2014, of the options provided for in Article 72a or 125a of Regulation (EC) No 73/2009, the budgetary ceilings for the redistributive payment referred to in Chapter 5a of Title III and Chapter 2a of Title V of Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 should be established for 2014.

(4) Article 69(4) of Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 limits the resources that can be used in 2014 for any coupled measure provided for in points (i) to (iv) of Article 68(1)(a) and in Article 68(1)(b) and (e) to 6,5 % of the national ceiling referred to in Article 40 of that Regulation. For the sake of clarity, the Commission should publish the ceiling resulting from the amounts notified by the Member States for the measures concerned.

(5) Pursuant to Article 69(6)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 73/2009, the amounts calculated in accordance with Article 69(7) of that Regulation have been laid down in Annex III to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1120/2009. For the sake of clarity, the Commission should publish the amounts notified by Member States which they intend to use in 2014 in accordance with Article 69(6)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 73/2009.

(6) For the sake of clarity, the 2014 budgetary ceilings for the single payment scheme, resulting from deduction of the ceilings established for the payments referred to in Articles 52, 53, 68 and 72a of Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 from the ceilings set out in Annex VIII to that Regulation, should be published. The amount to be deducted from the ceilings set out in that Annex in order to finance the specific support provided for in Article 68 of Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 corresponds to the difference between the total amount for the specific support notified by the Member States and the amounts notified to finance the specific support in accordance with Article 69(6)(a) of that Regulation. Where a Member State implementing the single payment scheme decides to grant the support referred to in Article 68(1)(c) of Regulation (EC) No 73/2009, the amount notified to the Commission is to be included in the single payment scheme ceiling, as this support takes the form of an increase in the unit value and/or the number of the farmer's payment entitlements.

(7) For Member States implementing, in 2014, the single area payment scheme provided for in Chapter 2 of Title V of Regulation (EC) No 73/2009, the annual financial envelopes should be established in accordance with Article 123(1) of that Regulation.

(8) For the sake of clarity, the maximum amount of funds available to Member States applying the single area payment scheme for granting separate sugar payments in 2014 under Article 126 of Regulation (EC) No 73/2009, established on the basis of their notification, should be published.

(9) For the sake of clarity, the maximum amount of funds available to Member States applying the single area payment scheme for granting separate fruit and vegetables payments in 2014 pursuant to Article 127 of Regulation (EC) No 73/2009, established on the basis of their notification, should be published.

(10) For the sake of clarity, the maximum amount of funds available to Member States applying the single area payment scheme for granting separate soft fruit payments in 2014 pursuant to Article 129 of Regulation (EC) No 73/2009, established on the basis of their notification, should be published.

(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 

1. The budgetary ceilings for 2014 referred to in Article 51(2) of Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 are set out in Section I of the Annex to this Regulation.
2. The budgetary ceilings for 2014 referred to in Articles 69(3) and 131(4) of Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 are set out in Section II of the Annex to this Regulation.
3. The budgetary ceilings for 2014 for the support provided for in points (i) to (iv) of Article 68(1)(a) and in Article 68(1)(b) and (e) of Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 are set out in Section III of the Annex to this Regulation.
4. The amounts that can 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 for in Article 68(1) of that Regulation are set out in Section IV of the Annex to this Regulation.
5. The budgetary ceilings for 2014 referred to in Articles 72b and 125b of Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 are set out in Section V of the Annex to this Regulation.
6. The budgetary ceilings for 2014 for the single payment scheme referred to in Title III of Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 are set out in Section VI of the Annex to this Regulation.
7. The annual financial envelopes for 2014 referred to in Article 123(1) of Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 are set out in Section VII of the Annex to this Regulation.
8. The maximum amounts of funding available to the Czech Republic, Hungary, Lithuania, Poland, Romania and Slovakia for granting the separate sugar payment in 2014, as referred to in Article 126 of Regulation (EC) No 73/2009, are set out in Section VIII of Annex to this Regulation.
9. The maximum amounts of funding available to the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia for granting the separate fruit and vegetables payment in 2014, as referred to in Article 127 of Regulation (EC) No 73/2009, are set out in Section IX of the Annex to this Regulation.
10. The maximum amounts of funding available to Bulgaria, Hungary and Poland for granting the separate soft fruit payment in 2014, as referred to in Article 129 of Regulation (EC) No 73/2009, are set out in Section X of the Annex to this Regulation.
Article 2 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the 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, 3 October 2014.
For the Commission
The President
José Manuel BARROSO
ANNEX
I. BUDGETARY CEILINGS FOR DIRECT PAYMENTS TO BE GRANTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH ARTICLES 52 AND 53 OF REGULATION (EC) No 73/2009 



2014 calendar year(thousand EUR)
 BE ES FR HR AT PT FI
Sheep and goat premium    1 431  20 128 550
Sheep and goat supplementary premium    140  6 605 183
Suckler cow premium 68 632 237 965 453 582 3 537 65 126 72 353 
Additional suckler cow premium 17 156 23 691   91 8 699 

II. BUDGETARY CEILINGS FOR THE SPECIFIC SUPPORT PROVIDED FOR IN ARTICLE 68(1) OR 131(1) OF REGULATION (EC) No 73/2009 



2014 calendar yearMember State (thousand EUR)
Belgium 6 020
Bulgaria 52 929
Czech Republic 56 895
Denmark 43 875
Estonia 3 870
Ireland 25 000
Greece 100 000
Spain 226 622
France 642 300
Croatia 13 208
Italy 328 650
Cyprus 3 337
Latvia 10 158
Lithuania 25 560
Hungary 127 279
Netherlands 35 330
Austria 12 826
Poland 106 558
Portugal 33 111
Romania 52 922
Slovenia 13 895
Slovakia 28 000
Finland 52 325
Sweden 3 135
United Kingdom 29 800

Amounts notified by the Member States to grant the support referred to in Article 68(1)(c) which are included in the single payment scheme ceiling (thousand euro):


 Greece: 30 000
 Slovenia: 5 587.

III. BUDGETARY CEILINGS FOR THE SUPPORT PROVIDED FOR IN POINTS (i) TO (iv) OF ARTICLE 68(1)(a) AND ARTICLE 68(1)(b) AND (e) OF REGULATION (EC) No 73/2009 



2014 calendar yearMember State (thousand EUR)
Belgium 3 123
Bulgaria 52 929
Czech Republic 56 895
Denmark 14 695
Estonia 3 870
Ireland 25 000
Greece 70 000
Spain 164 406
France 478 300
Croatia 13 208
Italy 159 650
Cyprus 3 337
Latvia 10 158
Lithuania 25 560
Hungary 44 548
Netherlands 28 830
Austria 12 826
Poland 106 558
Portugal 20 210
Romania 52 922
Slovenia 8 308
Slovakia 28 000
Finland 52 325
Sweden 3 135
United Kingdom 29 800

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 FOR IN ARTICLE 68(1) OF THAT REGULATION 



2014 calendar yearMember State (thousand EUR)
Belgium 6 020
Denmark 23 250
Ireland 23 900
Greece 50 000
Spain 144 390
France 86 000
Italy 144 900
Netherlands 31 700
Austria 10 984
Portugal 21 700
Slovenia 5 587
Finland 6 190

V. BUDGETARY CEILINGS FOR THE REDISTRIBUTIVE PAYMENT IN ACCORDANCE WITH ARTICLE 72b AND 125b OF REGULATION (EC) No 73/2009 



2014 calendar yearMember State (thousand EUR)
Bulgaria 53 634
Germany 352 116
Lithuania 39 323

VI. BUDGETARY CEILINGS FOR THE SINGLE PAYMENT SCHEME 



2014 calendar yearMember State (thousand EUR)
Belgium 458 259
Denmark 905 450
Germany 4 826 062
Ireland 1 215 447
Greece 2 027 187
Spain 4 489 758
France 6 348 869
Croatia 145 689
Italy 3 769 644
Luxembourg 33 662
Malta 5 240
Netherlands 789 689
Austria 626 657
Portugal 438 471
Slovenia 136 259
Finland 476 379
Sweden 693 352
United Kingdom 3 136 974

VII. ANNUAL FINANCIAL ENVELOPES FOR THE SINGLE AREA PAYMENT SCHEME 



2014 calendar yearMember State (thousand EUR)
Bulgaria 537 400
Czech Republic 773 751
Estonia 106 148
Cyprus 48 007
Latvia 146 121
Lithuania 318 083
Hungary 1 099 350
Poland 3 078 178
Romania 1 367 527
Slovakia 387 136

VIII. MAXIMUM AMOUNTS OF FUNDING AVAILABLE TO MEMBER STATES FOR GRANTING THE SEPARATE SUGAR PAYMENTS REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 126 OF REGULATION (EC) No 73/2009 



2014 calendar yearMember State (thousand EUR)
Czech Republic 44 245
Latvia 0
Lithuania 10 260
Hungary 41 010
Poland 159 392
Romania 8 082
Slovakia 19 289

IX. MAXIMUM AMOUNTS OF FUNDING AVAILABLE TO MEMBER STATES FOR GRANTING THE SEPARATE FRUIT AND VEGETABLES PAYMENTS REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 127 OF REGULATION (EC) No 73/2009 



2014 calendar yearMember State (thousand EUR)
Czech Republic 414
Hungary 4 756
Poland 6 715
Slovakia 690

X. MAXIMUM AMOUNTS OF FUNDING AVAILABLE TO MEMBER STATES FOR GRANTING THE SEPARATE SOFT FRUIT PAYMENTS REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 129 OF REGULATION (EC) No 73/2009 



2014 calendar yearMember State (thousand EUR)
Bulgaria 226
Hungary 391
Poland 11 040
