Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2018/162 of 23 November 2017 amending Annex I to Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Annexes II and III to Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council

Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2018/162 of 23 November 2017 amending Annex I to Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Annexes II and III to Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION, Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, Having regard to Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 on support for rural development by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005 OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 487. , and in particular Article 58(7) thereof, Having regard to Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 establishing rules for direct payment 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. , and in particular Articles 6(3) and 7(3) thereof, Whereas: (1) Article 14(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013 provides that Member States could opt to make a certain percentage of their annual national ceilings for direct payments available as additional support for measures under rural development programming by 31 December 2013 or by 1 August 2014. (2) In accordance with the fourth subparagraph of Article 14(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013, France, Lithuania and the Netherlands notified the Commission by 1 August 2017 of their decision to review, for the 2018 and 2019 calendar years, their previous decision to transfer a certain percentage of their annual national ceilings for direct payments to rural development programming, financed under the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD). (3) It is therefore necessary to adapt Annexes II and III to Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013 in order to incorporate the proposed amendments to the annual national ceilings and the annual net ceilings for direct payments. It is also necessary to adapt Annex I to Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013 in order to reflect these amendments in the corresponding annual breakdown by Member State of the Union support for rural development. (4) Annex I to Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013 and Annexes II and III to Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013 should therefore be amended accordingly, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Annex I to Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013 is replaced by the text in Annex I to this Regulation.

Article 2

Annexes II and III to Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013 are replaced by the text in Annex II to this Regulation.

Article 3

This Regulation shall enter into force on the third 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, 23 November 2017. For the Commission The President

Jean-Claude Juncker

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ANNEX I

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ANNEX I Breakdown of Union support for rural development (2014 to 2020) (current prices in EUR)2014201520162017201820192020TOTAL 2014-2020Belgium40855562972432571098217949717507697066202102912713102723155647797759Bulgaria05028073415050200573404099943399660523395233063389902162366716966Czech Republic04701437715031305043445090783430334903232420503216151032305673996Denmark9028765890168920136397742144868072153125142152367537151588619918803690Germany6646019031498240410168557411214040733021400926899139791465813945887669445920050Estonia103626144103651030111192345122865093125552583127277180129177183823341558Ireland04696339414697244423130074113128916903127643553125703142190592153Greece090705960810077368217034712457017197227000430716982613264718291793Spain01780169908178040344511855530051184419678118344871811833940678297388821France435301923361386182363567980166577759216683043281984761729198773998312010643249Croatia04484262504484262502823425002823425002823425002823425002026222500Italy022234801802231599688149338016214955835301498573799150176340810444380767Cyprus0283414722834512618894801188923891888910818881481132244377Latvia1383273761509684241530660591551392891572365281593745891614915171075603782Lithuania2303929752304123162304318872304516862304723912472135992637913861663166240Luxembourg0213854682143213314366484144150511446407414511390100574600Hungary07428512357370999814886206844880273424874023564866628953430664493 Malta020905107208786901391492713893023138765041385864797326898Netherlands8711807887003509118496585118357256118225747148107797147976388825285360Austria5578065035593299145608834655624677455640847775657133685672662253937551997Poland15695176381175590560119342905911920252381190589130118910398711873012028697556814Portugal5770310705778950195789138885798060015807212415816371335824560224058460374Romania01723260662175161341211865441491184725381114192560411399271948127996402Slovenia118678072119006876119342187119684133120033142120384760120720633837849803Slovakia2711545752131019792156030532153566442151064472148442032145249431559691844Finland3354408843369337343384562633400090573415934853431983373447765782380408338Sweden03869440253781532072493861352495521082497109892498187861763565250United Kingdom4755315448484431958508593207545699387543995117554421137561718705195417491Total EU-285264723001181495367291864959949514337026697143468995091465646013714674891797100079137365Technical assistance34130699341319773413327934134608341359643413734634138756238942629Total5298853700181836687061868373277414371161305143810354731469059748314709030553100318079994

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ANNEX II National ceilings referred to in Article 6 For Croatia the national ceiling shall be EUR 344340000 for the 2021 calendar year and EUR 382600000 for the 2022 calendar year. (in thousands EUR)Calendar year201520162017201820192020Belgium523658509773502095488964481857505266Bulgaria721251792449793226794759796292796292Czech Republic844854844041843200861708861698872809Denmark870751852682834791826774818757880384Germany491277248804764848079482032247925675018395Estonia114378114562123704133935143966169366Ireland121500312134701211899121148212110661211066Greece192196618991601876329185547318346181931177Spain484265848516824866665488004948934334893433France730214072706707239017690084268771797437200Croatia183735202865241125279385317645306080Italy390203938508053799540375193737043373704337Cyprus507845022549666491554864348643Latvia181044205764230431255292280154302754Lithuania417890442510467070475319483680517028Luxembourg336043354633487334603343233432Hungary134574613444611343134134301013428671269158Malta524152415242524352444690Netherlands749315736840724362682616670870732370Austria693065692421691754691746691738691738Poland337860433953003411854343123634505123061518Portugal565816573954582057590706599355599355Romania159999317724691801335187282119031951903195Slovenia137987136997136003135141134278134278Slovakia438299441478444636448155451659394385Finland523333523422523493524062524631524631Sweden696890697295697678698723699768699768United Kingdom317332431798803186319319578132052433591683

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ANNEX III Net ceilings referred to in Article 7 For Croatia, the net ceiling shall be EUR 344340000 for the 2021 calendar year and EUR 382600000 for the 2022 calendar year. (in million EUR)Calendar year201520162017201820192020Belgium523,7509,8502,1489,0481,9505,3Bulgaria720,9788,8789,6791,0792,5798,9Czech Republic840,1839,3838,5856,7856,7872,8Denmark870,2852,2834,3826,3818,3880,4Germany4912,84880,54848,14820,34792,65018,4Estonia114,4114,5123,7133,9143,9169,4Ireland1214,81213,31211,81211,41211,01211,1Greece2109,82087,02064,12043,32022,42119,0Spain4902,34911,34926,34939,74953,14954,4France7302,17270,77239,06900,86877,27437,2Croatia183,7202,9241,1279,4317,6306,1Italy3897,13847,33797,23750,03702,43704,3Cyprus50,850,249,749,148,648,6Latvia181,0205,7230,3255,0279,8302,8Lithuania417,9442,5467,1475,3483,7517,0Luxembourg33,633,533,533,533,433,4Hungary1276,71275,51274,11274,01273,91269,2Malta5,25,25,25,25,24,7Netherlands749,2736,8724,3682,5670,8732,4Austria693,1692,4691,8691,7691,7691,7Poland3359,23375,73392,03411,23430,23061,5Portugal565,9574,0582,1590,8599,4599,5Romania1600,01772,51801,31872,81903,21903,2Slovenia138,0137,0136,0135,1134,3134,3Slovakia435,5438,6441,8445,2448,7394,4Finland523,3523,4523,5524,1524,6524,6Sweden696,8697,2697,6698,7699,7699,8United Kingdom3170,73177,33183,63192,23201,43591,7