Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/2032 of 13 November 2015 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/1089 as regards budgetary ceilings for 2015 applicable to certain direct support schemes for the United Kingdom
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/2032of 13 November 2015amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/1089 as regards budgetary ceilings for 2015 applicable to certain direct support schemes for the United KingdomTHE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,Having regard to Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 establishing rules for direct payments 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 73/2009OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 608., and in particular Articles 22(1), 42(2) and 51(4) thereof,Whereas:(1)Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/1089Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/1089 of 6 July 2015 establishing budgetary ceilings for 2015 applicable to certain direct support schemes provided for in Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council and setting the share for the special de-mining reserve for Croatia (OJ L 176, 6.7.2015, p. 29). fixed the annual national ceilings for the relevant direct payment measures in 2015.(2)In the United Kingdom, the legislation implementing the Union rules on direct payments in Wales has been quashed by a national court order. As a consequence, new decisions were taken by the United Kingdom for the implementation of direct payments in Wales and notified to the Commission. While it is for the United Kingdom to ensure that those new decisions respect the applicable legal framework and general principles of Union law, it is appropriate to take those new decisions into account. More precisely, as those new decisions affect the calculation of the annual national ceilings for 2015 for the basic payment scheme and the payment for young farmers for the United Kingdom, it is appropriate to amend those ceilings accordingly. In addition, on the basis of those decisions it is appropriate to set the ceiling for the redistributive payment for 2015 for the United Kingdom.(3)Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/1089 should therefore be amended accordingly.(4)Concerning the year 2015, the implementation of direct support schemes provided for in Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013 started on 1 January 2015. For the sake of consistency between the applicability of that Regulation for the claim year 2015 and the applicability of the corresponding budgetary ceilings, this Regulation should apply from the same date.(5)The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee for Direct Payments,HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: