Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1132 of 2 July 2019 providing temporary exceptional adjustment aid to farmers in the beef and veal sector in Ireland

• CELEX: Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1132
• Articles: 4

Article 1

1.   Union aid of a total amount of EUR 50 000 000 shall be available to Ireland to provide exceptional adjustment aid to farmers in the beef and veal sector subject to the conditions set out in paragraphs 2 to 5.

2.   Ireland shall use the amount available for measures referred to in paragraph 3. The measures shall be taken on the basis of objective and non-discriminatory criteria, provided that the resulting payments do not cause distortion of competition.

3.   The measures taken by Ireland shall be aimed at reducing production or restructuring the beef and veal sector and one or more of the following objectives:

(a)

implementation of quality schemes in the beef and veal sector or projects aiming at promoting quality and value added;

(b)

boosting market diversification;

(c)

protecting and improving the farmers' environmental, climate and economic sustainability.

4.   Ireland shall ensure that, if farmers in the beef and veal sector are not the direct beneficiaries of the payments of the Union aid, the economic benefit of the Union aid is passed on to them in full.

5.   Ireland's expenditure in relation to the payments for the measures referred to in paragraph 3 shall only be eligible for Union aid if those payments have been made by 31 May 2020 at the latest.

6.   Measures under this Regulation may be cumulated with other support financed by the European Agricultural Guarantee Fund and the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development.

Article 2

Ireland may grant additional national support for the measures taken under Article 1 up to a maximum of 100 % of the amount set out in Article 1, on the basis of objective and non-discriminatory criteria, provided that the resulting payments do not cause distortion of competition.

Ireland shall pay the additional support by 31 May 2020 at the latest.

Article 3

Ireland shall notify the Commission of the following:

(a)

without delay and no later than 31 July 2019:

(i)

a description of the measures to be taken;

(ii)

the criteria used to determine the methods for granting the aid;

(iii)

the intended impact of the measures;

(iv)

the actions taken to check that the intended impact is reached;

(v)

the actions taken to avoid distortion of competition;

(vi)

the level of additional support granted pursuant to Article 2;

(b)

no later than 31 July 2020, the total amounts paid per measure (when applicable, broken down by Union aid and additional support), and the number and type of beneficiaries and the assessment of the effectiveness of the measure.

Article 4

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union .