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9.5.2013 Official
Journal
of
the
European
Union L
127/17
COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 426/2013
of 8 May 2013
adapting Regulations (EC) No 1120/2009, (EC) No 1121/2009 and (EC) No 1122/2009 as regards
implementing rules for direct payment in Croatia
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
farmers made investments in the sectors subject to full or
partial integration of coupled aids into the single
payment scheme. The reference period to be taken into
Having regard to the Treaty of Accession of Croatia, and in
account for such investments has been related to the year
particular Article 3(4) thereof,
of the integration of the relevant sector as decided by a
Member State. The same provision on investments
should apply to Croatia, since Croatia has implemented
coupled aids in certain sectors which are subject to inte
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Croatia, and in
gration into the decoupled single payment scheme. It is
particular Article 50 thereof,
therefore appropriate to set a deadline by which
investments need to be finished in Croatia in order to
be taken into account for the purposes of Article 21(1)
Whereas:
of Regulation (EC) No 1120/2009.


(1)
Croatia is expected to accede to the Union on 1 July
(5) Chapter
2
of
Regulation
(EC)
No
1120/2009
sets
imple
2013.
menting rules for the single payment scheme in the new
Member States having applied the single area payment
scheme. That Chapter should also apply to Croatia since
it decided to apply the single payment scheme as from
(2)
According to Section 4.III of Annex V to the Act of
the date of accession.
Accession, the reimbursement of direct payments
granted to farmers in Croatia for calendar year 2013
shall be conditional on the application by Croatia,
before accession, of rules identical to those set out for
(6) Annex
III
to
Commission
Regulation
(EC)
No
1121/2009
such direct payments in the relevant Council and
of 29 October 2009 laying down detailed rules for the
Commission regulations. Croatia has decided to apply
application of Council Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 as
the single payment scheme after its accession. Therefore,
regards the support schemes for farmers provided for in
2013 will be the first year of implementation of that
Titles IV and V thereof ( 3 ) defines the regions eligible for
scheme in Croatia in accordance with Chapter 3 of
receiving the goat premium and Annex V sets the
Title III of Council Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 of
average milk yield referred to in Article 63 of that Regu
19 January 2009 establishing common rules for direct
lation. By letter of 14 September 2012, Croatia
support schemes for farmers under the common agri
communicated to the Commission relevant information
cultural policy and establishing certain support schemes
that needs to be included in those Annexes.
for farmers ( 1 ).
(7) Article
3
of
Commission
Regulation
(EC)
No
1122/2009
(3)
In Croatia, the provisions on the retention on sale of
of 30 November 2009 laying down detailed rules for the
payment entitlements should be the same as those
implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 73/2009
applied by other Member States having regionalised the
as regards cross-compliance, modulation and the inte
single payment scheme.
grated administration and control system, under the
direct support schemes for farmers provided for that
Regulation, as well as for the implementation of
Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 as regards
(4) According
to
Article
57(2)
of
Regulation
(EC)
No
cross-compliance under the support scheme provided
73/2009 in conjunction with Article 21 of Commission
for the wine sector (
Regulation (EC) No 1120/2009 of 29 October 2009

4 ) defines how the reference ratio
for the maintenance of land under permanent pasture
laying down detailed rules for the implementation of
at Member State level is to be established for the
the single payment scheme provided for in Title III of
purposes of Article 6(2) of Regulation (EC) No
Council Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 establishing
73/2009. It is appropriate to take into account the
common rules for direct support schemes for farmers
accession of Croatia in that context.
under the common agricultural policy and establishing
certain support schemes for farmers ( 2 ), new Member
States applying the single payment scheme may use the
national reserve to allocate payment entitlements, or
(8) According
to
Article
57a
of
Regulation
(EC)
No
increase the value of payment entitlements, when
73/2009, Croatia has to create a special national
( 1 ) OJ L 30, 31.1.2009, p. 16.
( 3 ) OJ L 316, 2.12.2009, p. 27.
( 2 ) OJ L 316, 2.12.2009, p. 1.
( 4 ) OJ L 316, 2.12.2009, p. 65.

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de-mining reserve from which payment entitlements for
(1) Annex III is replaced by the following:
de-mined areas will be allocated. The rules laid down in
Regulation (EC) No 1122/2009 concerning the identifi
cation and registration of payment entitlements as well as
‘ANNEX III
those concerning the applications for allocation of
AREAS ELIGIBLE FOR RECEIVING THE GOAT PREMIUM
payment entitlements should also cover payment
entitlements for de-mined areas.
1. Bulgaria: the whole country.
2. Croatia: the whole country.
(9)
Regulations (EC) No 1120/2009, (EC) No 1121/2009
and (EC) No 1122/2009 should therefore be adapted
accordingly,
3. Cyprus: the whole country.

4. Portugal: the whole country, with the exception of the
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Azores.
5. Slovenia: the whole country.
Article 1
Adaptation of Regulation (EC) No 1120/2009
6. Slovakia: all mountain areas within the meaning of
Regulation (EC) No 1120/2009 is amended as follows:
Article 18 of Regulation (EC) No 1257/1999.’;
(2) in Annex V, the following row is inserted after ‘France’:
(1) in Article 16(3), the following subparagraph is added:
‘Croatia 5
571’.
‘For Croatia, the percentages of reduction provided for in
paragraphs 1 and 2 of this Article shall apply after
Article 3
deduction from the value of the payment entitlements of
Adaptation of Regulation (EC) No 1122/2009
a franchise equal to the unit value calculated in accordance
with Article 59(1) of Regulation (EC) No 73/2009.’;
Regulation (EC) No 1122/2009 is amended as follows:
(1) in Article 3, the following paragraph 7a is inserted:
(2) in Article 21, the following paragraph 3 is added:
‘7a. For
Croatia,
the
reference
ratio
shall
be
established
as
‘3. For
Croatia,
paragraph
1
shall
apply mutatis mutandis
follows:
as regards investments made in those sectors subject to
integration into the single payment scheme as applied by
(a) the land under permanent pasture shall be the land
Croatia from 2013. Only investments finished before
under permanent pasture declared by the farmers in
1 January 2013 shall be taken into account.’;
2013 in accordance with Article 13(8) of this Regu
lation.
(3) the title of Chapter 2 of Title III is replaced by the
following:
Land that was under permanent pasture in 2013 and
that has been afforested in accordance with the third
subparagraph of Article 6(2) of Regulation (EC) No
‘Implementation of the single payment scheme in the new
73/2009 shall be discounted;
Member States having applied the single area payment
scheme and in Croatia’;
(b) the total agricultural area shall be the total agricultural
area declared by the farmers in 2013.’;
(4) in Article 28, paragraph 1 is replaced by the following:
(2) in Article 7(1), point (f) is replaced by the following:
‘1. Save
as
otherwise
provided
for
in
this
Chapter,
this
‘(f) kind of entitlement, in particular special entitlements
Regulation shall apply to the new Member States having
provided for in Article 44 of Regulation (EC) No
applied the single area payment scheme and to Croatia.’.
73/2009, payment entitlements from the special
national de-mining reserve in Croatia provided for in
Article 57a(10) of Regulation (EC) No 73/2009,
Article 2
entitlements allocated in accordance with Article 68(1)(c)
Adaptation of Regulation (EC) No 1121/2009
of Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 and payment
entitlements subject to a derogation as provided for in
Regulation (EC) No 1121/2009 is amended as follows:
Article 64(2) of Regulation (EC) No 73/2009;’;

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(3) in Article 15, paragraph 1 is replaced by the following:
Article 68(1)(c) of that Regulation. However, Estonia,
Latvia, Lithuania, Finland and Sweden may fix a later date
‘1. Applications
for
allocation
or,
where
appropriate,
which shall not be later than 15 June.’.
increase of payment entitlements under the single
payment scheme shall be submitted by a date to be fixed
by the Member States but not later than the 15 May in the
Article 4
first year of implementation of the single payment scheme,
Entry into force
of integration of coupled support, of application of Articles
46, 47 and 48 of Regulation (EC) No 73/2009, or in the
This Regulation shall enter into force subject to and on the date
years of application of Article 41, 57 or 57a or
of the entry into force of the Treaty of Accession of Croatia.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 8 May 2013.
For the Commission
The President
José Manuel BARROSO

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