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Official Journal of the European Union
22.3.2013
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION
of 20 March 2013
fixing the amount resulting from the application of voluntary adjustment in the United Kingdom
for the calendar year 2013
(notified under document C(2013) 1577)
(Only the English text is authentic)
(2013/146/EU)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
Amount of direct payments to be granted Voluntary
Region
to a farmer
adjustment
(in EUR)
rate
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European
England Less
than
5
000 14
%
Union,
5 000 and higher but less than
9 %
300 000
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 of
19 January 2009 establishing common rules for direct
300 000 and higher 5
%
support schemes for farmers under the common agricultural
policy and establishing certain support schemes for farmers,
amending Regulations (EC) No 1290/2005, (EC) No
Wales Less
than
5
000 6,5
%
247/2006, (EC) No 378/2007 and repealing Regulation (EC)
No 1782/2003 ( 1 ), and in particular Article 10c(1) thereof,
5 000 and higher but less than
1,5 %
300 000
Whereas:
300 000 and higher 0
%
Scotland Less
than
5
000 9
%
(1) Article
10b(1)
of
Regulation
(EC)
No
73/2009
provides
that any Member State having applied Article 1 of
5 000 and higher but less than
4 %
Council Regulation (EC) No 378/2007 ( 2 ) in respect of
300 000
calendar year 2012 may apply a reduction (hereinafter
referred to as ‘voluntary adjustment’) to all amounts of
direct payments to be granted in its territory in respect of
300 000 and higher 0
%
calendar year 2013. Voluntary adjustment shall be
applied in addition to the adjustment of direct
payments provided for in Article 10a of Regulation
(EC) No 73/2009.
(4) The
United
Kingdom
has
communicated
to
the
Commission the total amount to be reduced under
voluntary adjustment in calendar year 2013, respecting
the maximum set in Article 10b(3) and pursuant to
Article 10b(5)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 73/2009.
(2) Article
10b(5)
of
Regulation
(EC)
No
73/2009
provides
that the Member States decide on, and communicate to
the Commission the rate of voluntary adjustment for the
whole territory and, where applicable, for each region
(5)
It is therefore necessary to fix the amount resulting from
and the total amount to be reduced under voluntary
the application of voluntary adjustment in the United
adjustment for the whole territory and, where applicable,
Kingdom,
for each region.
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
(3) The
United
Kingdom
has
fixed
the
following
regionally
applicable rates for the voluntary adjustment in
accordance with Article 10b(2) of Regulation (EC) No
73/2009 and communicated them to the Commission:
Article 1
( 1 ) OJ L 30, 31.1.2009, p. 16.
The total amount resulting from voluntary adjustment in the
( 2 ) OJ L 95, 5.4.2007, p. 1.
United Kingdom in calendar year 2013 is EUR 296,3 million.

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EN
22.3.2013 Official
Journal
of
the
European
Union L
82/59
Article 2
This Decision is addressed to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
Done at Brussels, 20 March 2013.
For the Commission
Dacian CIOLO
Member of the Commission

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