Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2018/162 of 23 November 2017 amending Annex I to Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Annexes II and III to Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council
Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2018/162of 23 November 2017amending Annex I to Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Annexes II and III to Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,Having regard to Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 on support for rural development by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 487., and in particular Article 58(7) thereof,Having regard to Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 establishing rules for direct payment 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 6(3) and 7(3) thereof,Whereas:(1)Article 14(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013 provides that Member States could opt to make a certain percentage of their annual national ceilings for direct payments available as additional support for measures under rural development programming by 31 December 2013 or by 1 August 2014.(2)In accordance with the fourth subparagraph of Article 14(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013, France, Lithuania and the Netherlands notified the Commission by 1 August 2017 of their decision to review, for the 2018 and 2019 calendar years, their previous decision to transfer a certain percentage of their annual national ceilings for direct payments to rural development programming, financed under the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD).(3)It is therefore necessary to adapt Annexes II and III to Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013 in order to incorporate the proposed amendments to the annual national ceilings and the annual net ceilings for direct payments. It is also necessary to adapt Annex I to Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013 in order to reflect these amendments in the corresponding annual breakdown by Member State of the Union support for rural development.(4)Annex I to Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013 and Annexes II and III to Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013 should therefore be amended accordingly,HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1Annex I to Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013 is replaced by the text in Annex I to this Regulation.
Article 2Annexes II and III to Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013 are replaced by the text in Annex II to this Regulation.
Article 3This 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, 23 November 2017.For the CommissionThe PresidentJean-Claude JunckerANNEX I

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ANNEX IBreakdown of Union support for rural development (2014 to 2020)
(current prices in EUR)
2014201520162017201820192020TOTAL 2014-2020
Belgium40855562972432571098217949717507697066202102912713102723155647797759
Bulgaria05028073415050200573404099943399660523395233063389902162366716966
Czech Republic04701437715031305043445090783430334903232420503216151032305673996
Denmark9028765890168920136397742144868072153125142152367537151588619918803690
Germany6646019031498240410168557411214040733021400926899139791465813945887669445920050
Estonia103626144103651030111192345122865093125552583127277180129177183823341558
Ireland04696339414697244423130074113128916903127643553125703142190592153
Greece090705960810077368217034712457017197227000430716982613264718291793
Spain01780169908178040344511855530051184419678118344871811833940678297388821
France435301923361386182363567980166577759216683043281984761729198773998312010643249
Croatia04484262504484262502823425002823425002823425002823425002026222500
Italy022234801802231599688149338016214955835301498573799150176340810444380767
Cyprus0283414722834512618894801188923891888910818881481132244377
Latvia1383273761509684241530660591551392891572365281593745891614915171075603782
Lithuania2303929752304123162304318872304516862304723912472135992637913861663166240
Luxembourg0213854682143213314366484144150511446407414511390100574600
Hungary07428512357370999814886206844880273424874023564866628953430664493
Malta020905107208786901391492713893023138765041385864797326898
Netherlands8711807887003509118496585118357256118225747148107797147976388825285360
Austria5578065035593299145608834655624677455640847775657133685672662253937551997
Poland15695176381175590560119342905911920252381190589130118910398711873012028697556814
Portugal5770310705778950195789138885798060015807212415816371335824560224058460374
Romania01723260662175161341211865441491184725381114192560411399271948127996402
Slovenia118678072119006876119342187119684133120033142120384760120720633837849803
Slovakia2711545752131019792156030532153566442151064472148442032145249431559691844
Finland3354408843369337343384562633400090573415934853431983373447765782380408338
Sweden03869440253781532072493861352495521082497109892498187861763565250
United Kingdom4755315448484431958508593207545699387543995117554421137561718705195417491
Total EU-285264723001181495367291864959949514337026697143468995091465646013714674891797100079137365
Technical assistance34130699341319773413327934134608341359643413734634138756238942629
Total5298853700181836687061868373277414371161305143810354731469059748314709030553100318079994
ANNEX II

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ANNEX IINational ceilings referred to in Article 6
For Croatia the national ceiling shall be EUR 344340000 for the 2021 calendar year and EUR 382600000 for the 2022 calendar year.
(in thousands EUR)
Calendar year201520162017201820192020
Belgium523658509773502095488964481857505266
Bulgaria721251792449793226794759796292796292
Czech Republic844854844041843200861708861698872809
Denmark870751852682834791826774818757880384
Germany491277248804764848079482032247925675018395
Estonia114378114562123704133935143966169366
Ireland121500312134701211899121148212110661211066
Greece192196618991601876329185547318346181931177
Spain484265848516824866665488004948934334893433
France730214072706707239017690084268771797437200
Croatia183735202865241125279385317645306080
Italy390203938508053799540375193737043373704337
Cyprus507845022549666491554864348643
Latvia181044205764230431255292280154302754
Lithuania417890442510467070475319483680517028
Luxembourg336043354633487334603343233432
Hungary134574613444611343134134301013428671269158
Malta524152415242524352444690
Netherlands749315736840724362682616670870732370
Austria693065692421691754691746691738691738
Poland337860433953003411854343123634505123061518
Portugal565816573954582057590706599355599355
Romania159999317724691801335187282119031951903195
Slovenia137987136997136003135141134278134278
Slovakia438299441478444636448155451659394385
Finland523333523422523493524062524631524631
Sweden696890697295697678698723699768699768
United Kingdom317332431798803186319319578132052433591683
ANNEX IIINet ceilings referred to in Article 7
For Croatia, the net ceiling shall be EUR 344340000 for the 2021 calendar year and EUR 382600000 for the 2022 calendar year.
(in million EUR)
Calendar year201520162017201820192020
Belgium523,7509,8502,1489,0481,9505,3
Bulgaria720,9788,8789,6791,0792,5798,9
Czech Republic840,1839,3838,5856,7856,7872,8
Denmark870,2852,2834,3826,3818,3880,4
Germany4912,84880,54848,14820,34792,65018,4
Estonia114,4114,5123,7133,9143,9169,4
Ireland1214,81213,31211,81211,41211,01211,1
Greece2109,82087,02064,12043,32022,42119,0
Spain4902,34911,34926,34939,74953,14954,4
France7302,17270,77239,06900,86877,27437,2
Croatia183,7202,9241,1279,4317,6306,1
Italy3897,13847,33797,23750,03702,43704,3
Cyprus50,850,249,749,148,648,6
Latvia181,0205,7230,3255,0279,8302,8
Lithuania417,9442,5467,1475,3483,7517,0
Luxembourg33,633,533,533,533,433,4
Hungary1276,71275,51274,11274,01273,91269,2
Malta5,25,25,25,25,24,7
Netherlands749,2736,8724,3682,5670,8732,4
Austria693,1692,4691,8691,7691,7691,7
Poland3359,23375,73392,03411,23430,23061,5
Portugal565,9574,0582,1590,8599,4599,5
Romania1600,01772,51801,31872,81903,21903,2
Slovenia138,0137,0136,0135,1134,3134,3
Slovakia435,5438,6441,8445,2448,7394,4
Finland523,3523,4523,5524,1524,6524,6
Sweden696,8697,2697,6698,7699,7699,8
United Kingdom3170,73177,33183,63192,23201,43591,7