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Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/1352 of 3 August 2022 derogating in respect of the year 2022 from Article 75(1), third subparagraph, of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the level of advance payments for direct payments and area-related and animal-related rural development measures

Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/1352 of 3 August 2022 derogating in respect of the year 2022 from Article 75(1), third subparagraph, of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the level of advance payments for direct payments and area-related and animal-related rural development measures

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

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

Having regard to Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 on the financing, management and monitoring of the common agricultural policy and repealing Council Regulations (EEC) No 352/78, (EC) No 165/94, (EC) No 2799/98, (EC) No 814/2000, (EC) No 1290/2005 and (EC) No 485/2008(1), and in particular Article 75(3) thereof,

Whereas:

  1. Pursuant to Article 75(1), third subparagraph, of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013, from 16 October to 30 November Member States may pay advances of up to 50 % for direct payments under Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council(2) and prior to 1 December they may pay advances of up to 75 % for area-related and animal-related support measures under Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013 of the European Parliament and the Council(3).

  2. Due to the crisis resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic in the Member States, farmers have encountered important economic and financial difficulties. Considering the specific vulnerability of these economic operators and for mitigating financial and cash flow consequences of that crisis, Commission Implementing Regulations (EU) 2020/531(4) and (EU) 2021/1295(5) allowed Member States to pay a higher level of advances to beneficiaries for the year 2020 and 2021 respectively. As the COVID-19 pandemic still persists in 2022 and farmers are still facing economic disruptions, which have been further accentuated by the consequences of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has on the agri-food sector, Member States should be allowed to continue paying increased advance payments in respect of claim year 2022.

  3. The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee on the Agricultural Funds, the Committee for Direct Payments and the Rural Development Committee,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

By way of derogation from Article 75(1), third subparagraph, of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013, in respect of claim year 2022 Member States may pay advances of up to 70 % for the direct payments listed in Annex I to Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013 and of up to 85 % for the support granted under rural development as referred to in Article 67(2) of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013.

Article 2

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, 3 August 2022.

For the Commission

The President

Ursula von der Leyen