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Council Regulation (EU) No 1181/2013 of 19 November 2013 fixing an adjustment rate to direct payments provided for in Council Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 in respect of calendar year 2013 and repealing Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 964/2013Legal instrument | Regulation |
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Number legal act | Regulation 2013/1181 |
Original proposal | COM(2013)712 ![]() |
CELEX number i | 32013R1181 |
Document | 19-11-2013 |
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Publication in Official Journal | 22-11-2013; OJ L 313 p. 13-14 |
Effect | 22-11-2013; Entry into force Date pub. See Art 3 01-12-2013; Application See Art 3 |
End of validity | 31-12-9999 |
22.11.2013 |
EN |
Official Journal of the European Union |
L 313/13 |
COUNCIL REGULATION (EU) No 1181/2013
of 19 November 2013
fixing an adjustment rate to direct payments provided for in Council Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 in respect of calendar year 2013 and repealing Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 964/2013
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 43(3) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,
Whereas:
(1) |
On 25 March 2013, the Commission adopted a proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on fixing an adjustment rate to direct payments provided for in Council Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 (1) in respect of calendar year 2013. Since the European Parliament and the Council had not determined this adjustment by 30 June, as provided for in Article 11(2) of Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 the Commission, in accordance with Article 18(4) of Council Regulation (EC) No 1290/2005 (2), has set itself that adjustment in Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 964/2013 (3). |
(2) |
The forecasts for the direct payments and market related expenditure of Commission Amending Letter No 2 to the 2014 Draft Budget show the need to adapt the amount of financial discipline which was taken into account in the Draft Budget 2014. That Amending Letter has been established taking into account an amount of financial discipline of EUR 902,9 million, including an amount for the reserve for crises in the agricultural sector. |
(3) |
On 16 October 2013, the Commission adopted a proposal for a Council Regulation to fix another adjustment rate for direct payments, in respect of calendar year 2013, based on Article 18(4) and (5) of Regulation (EC) No 1290/2005. |
(4) |
Article 18(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1290/2005 empowers the Commission to set those adjustments and was used by the Commission as a basis for Implementing Regulation (EU) No 964/2013. |
(5) |
Article 18(5) of Regulation (EC) No 1290/2005 provides that until 1 December, on the basis of new information in its possession, the Council is able to adapt the adjustment rate for direct payments. However, taking into account the judgment of the Court of Justice of 6 May 2008 in Case C-133/06 (4), that derived legal basis can no longer be lawfully used. |
(6) |
Article 43(3) TFEU enables the Council to adopt measures on fixing aid. Therefore, in the framework of the financial discipline, the adjustment rate for direct payments to be granted to a farmer for an aid application should be fixed on that legal basis. |
(7) |
As a general rule, farmers submitting an aid application for direct payments for one calendar year (N) are paid within a fixed payment period falling under the financial year (N + 1). However, Member States have the possibility to make late payments, within certain limits, to farmers beyond this payment period without any time limits. Such late payments may fall in a later financial year. When financial discipline is applied for a given calendar year, the adjustment rate should not be applied to payments for which aid applications have been submitted in the calendar years other than that for which the financial discipline applies. Therefore, in order to ensure equal treatment of farmers, it is appropriate to provide that the adjustment rate should only apply to payments for which aid applications have been submitted in the calendar year for which the financial discipline is applied, irrespectively of when the payments to farmers are made. |
(8) |
In the political agreement on the reform of Common Agricultural policy of 26 June 2013, it has been decided that financial discipline will apply to the direct payments in excess of EUR 2 000.... |
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