COMMISSION DELEGATED REGULATION (EU) 2022/648

of 15 February 2022

amending Annex XI to Regulation (EU) 2021/2115 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the amount of Union support for types of intervention for rural development for financial year 2023

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

Having regard to Regulation (EU) 2021/2115 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 2 December 2021 establishing rules on support for strategic plans to be drawn up by Member States under the common agricultural policy (CAP Strategic Plans) and financed by the European Agricultural Guarantee Fund (EAGF) and by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) and repealing Regulations (EU) No 1305/2013 and (EU) No 1307/2013 (1), and in particular Article 89(4) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

In accordance with Article 11(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council (2), Member States are to reduce the amount of direct payments to be granted to a farmer for a given calendar year, pursuant to Chapter 1 of Title III of that Regulation, by at least 5 % for the part of the amount exceeding EUR 150 000. In accordance with Article 7(2) of that Regulation, the estimated product of that reduction is to be made available as additional support for measures under the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD).

(2)

In accordance with Article 11(6), fourth subparagraph, of Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013, the Member States notified the Commission by 1 August 2021 of their decision with regard to the reduction of the amount of direct payments and the resulting estimated product of reduction for calendar year 2022. The notifications of Bulgaria, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Ireland, Greece, Spain, Italy, Latvia, Hungary, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia and Finland indicated an estimated product of reduction bigger than zero.

(3)

In accordance with Article 14(1), seventh subparagraph, of Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013, Belgium, Czechia, Denmark, Germany, Greece, France, Latvia, and the Netherlands notified the Commission by 1 August 2021 of their decision to make available as additional support under the EAFRD in financial year 2023 a certain percentage of their annual national ceiling for direct payments for calendar year 2022.

(4)

In accordance with Article 14(2), seventh subparagraph, of Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013, Croatia, Luxembourg, Hungary, Malta, Poland and Portugal notified the Commission by 1 August 2021 of their decision to make available as direct payments for calendar year 2022 a certain amount of the support to be financed under the EAFRD in financial year 2023.

(5)	On the basis of those notifications, Annexes II and III to Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013 were amended as regards the national and net ceilings for direct payments for certain Member States for calendar year 2022 by Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/42 (3).

(6)	The annual breakdown by Member State of the EAFRD contribution to the CAP Strategic Plan and the total of that contribution for the period 2023 to 2027 is set out in Annex XI to Regulation (EU) 2021/2115.

(7)	Annex XI to Regulation (EU) 2021/2115 should therefore be amended accordingly.

(8)	As the amendments made by this Regulation affect the application of Regulation (EU) 2021/2115 for the year 2023, this Regulation should enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Annex XI to Regulation (EU) 2021/2115 is replaced by the text in 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, 15 February 2022.

For the Commission

The President

Ursula VON DER LEYEN

(1) OJ L 435, 6.12.2021, p. 1.

(2) Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 establishing rules for direct payments to farmers under support schemes within the framework of the common agricultural policy and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 637/2008 and Council Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 (OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 608).

(3) Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/42 of 8 November 2021 amending Annexes II and III to Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the national and net ceilings for direct payments for certain Member States for calendar year 2022 (OJ L 9, 14.1.2022, p. 3).

ANNEX

‘ANNEX XI

Breakdown of Union support for types of intervention for rural development (2023 to 2027) referred to in Article 89(3)

(current prices, in EUR)
Member States	2023	2024	2025	2026	2027	Total 2023-2027
Belgium	105 730 894	82 800 894	82 800 894	82 800 894	82 800 894	436 934 470
Bulgaria	282 979 644	282 162 644	282 162 644	282 162 644	282 162 644	1 411 630 220
Czechia	267 027 708	259 187 708	259 187 708	259 187 708	259 187 708	1 303 778 540
Denmark	155 982 060	75 934 060	75 934 060	75 934 060	75 934 060	459 718 300
Germany	1 485 615 738	1 092 359 738	1 092 359 738	1 092 359 738	1 092 359 738	5 855 054 690
Estonia	88 031 648	88 016 648	88 016 648	88 016 648	88 016 648	440 098 240
Ireland	311 641 628	311 640 628	311 640 628	311 640 628	311 640 628	1 558 204 140
Greece	651 491 600	556 953 600	556 953 600	556 953 600	556 953 600	2 879 306 000
Spain	1 081 552 825	1 080 382 825	1 080 382 825	1 080 382 825	1 080 382 825	5 403 084 125
France	2 007 185 070	1 459 440 070	1 459 440 070	1 459 440 070	1 459 440 070	7 844 945 350
Croatia	268 849 401	297 307 401	297 307 401	297 307 401	297 307 401	1 458 079 005
Italy	1 355 321 375	1 349 921 375	1 349 921 375	1 349 921 375	1 349 921 375	6 755 006 875
Cyprus	23 770 514	23 770 514	23 770 514	23 770 514	23 770 514	118 852 570
Latvia	142 745 173	117 495 173	117 495 173	117 495 173	117 495 173	612 725 865
Lithuania	195 495 162	195 495 162	195 495 162	195 495 162	195 495 162	977 475 810
Luxembourg	11 626 644	12 310 644	12 310 644	12 310 644	12 310 644	60 869 220
Hungary	384 539 149	416 869 149	416 869 149	416 869 149	416 869 149	2 052 015 745
Malta	19 334 497	19 984 497	19 984 497	19 984 497	19 984 497	99 272 485
Netherlands	180 985 369	73 268 369	73 268 369	73 268 369	73 268 369	474 058 845
Austria	520 024 752	520 024 752	520 024 752	520 024 752	520 024 752	2 600 123 760
Poland	1 004 581 539	1 320 001 539	1 320 001 539	1 320 001 539	1 320 001 539	6 284 587 695
Portugal	455 630 620	540 550 620	540 550 620	540 550 620	540 550 620	2 617 833 100
Romania	967 049 892	967 049 892	967 049 892	967 049 892	967 049 892	4 835 249 460
Slovenia	110 170 192	110 170 192	110 170 192	110 170 192	110 170 192	550 850 960
Slovakia	260 599 909	259 077 909	259 077 909	259 077 909	259 077 909	1 296 911 545
Finland	354 551 956	354 549 956	354 549 956	354 549 956	354 549 956	1 772 751 780
Sweden	211 889 741	211 889 741	211 889 741	211 889 741	211 889 741	1 059 448 705
Total EU-27	12 904 404 700	12 078 615 700	12 078 615 700	12 078 615 700	12 078 615 700	61 218 867 500
Technical assistance (0,25 %)	30 272 220	30 272 220	30 272 220	30 272 220	30 272 220	151 361 100
Total	12 934 676 920	12 108 887 920	12 108 887 920	12 108 887 920	12 108 887 920	61 370 228 600

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