Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/2675 of 10 October 2024 providing for emergency financial support for the agricultural sectors affected by adverse climatic events in Bulgaria, Germany, Estonia, Italy and Romania, in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council

• CELEX: Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/2675
• Articles: 3

Article 1

1.   Union aid of a total amount of EUR 119 700 000 shall be available to Bulgaria, Germany, Estonia, Italy and Romania to provide exceptional support to farmers subject to the conditions set out in this Regulation.

2.   The Union expenditure incurred in accordance with this Regulation shall not exceed a total amount of:

(a)

EUR 10 900 000 for Bulgaria;

(b)

EUR 46 500 000 for Germany;

(c)

EUR 3 300 000 for Estonia;

(d)

EUR 37 400 000 for Italy;

(e)

EUR 21 600 000 for Romania.

3.   Bulgaria, Germany, Estonia, Italy and Romania shall use the amounts referred to in paragraph 2 for measures aiming to compensate the most affected farmers in the sectors and productions impacted by adverse climatic events in the regions affected for the economic losses impacting on the viability of farmers.

4.   The measures referred to in paragraph 3 shall be taken on the basis of objective and non-discriminatory criteria that take account of the actual economic losses borne by the affected farmers and ensure that the resulting payments do not cause any market or competition distortion.

5.   Bulgaria, Germany, Estonia, Italy and Romania shall ensure that, when farmers 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.

6.   The expenditure borne by Bulgaria, Germany, Estonia, Italy and Romania referred to in paragraph 2 in relation to the payments for the measures referred to in paragraph 3 shall only be eligible for Union aid if those payments are made by 30 April 2025.

7.   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.

8.   Bulgaria, Germany, Estonia, Italy and Romania may grant additional national support for the measures taken under paragraph 3 up to a maximum of 200 % of the respective amounts set out in paragraph 2, on the basis of objective and non-discriminatory criteria, provided that the resulting payments do not cause any market or competition distortion, or overcompensation. Bulgaria, Germany, Estonia, Italy and Romania shall pay the additional national support by 31 July 2025.

9.   In order to avoid overcompensation, when granting support under this Regulation, Bulgaria, Germany, Estonia, Italy and Romania shall take into account the support granted under other national or Union support instruments or private schemes to respond to the economic losses concerned.

Article 2

1.   Without delay, and no later than 31 December 2024, Bulgaria, Germany, Estonia, Italy and Romania shall notify to the Commission of the following, in relation to the measures referred to in Article 1(3):

(a)

a description of the measures to be taken;

(b)

the criteria used to determine the methods for granting the aid, its amounts and the rationale for distributing the aid across farmers;

(c)

the intended impact of the measures in view of compensating farmers for economic losses;

(d)

the actions taken to verify that the intended impact of the measures is reached;

(e)

the actions taken to avoid distortion of competition and overcompensation;

(f)

the forecast for payments of the Union expenditure broken-down per month until 30 April 2025;

(g)

the level of additional national support to be granted pursuant to Article 1(8);

(h)

the actions to be taken to control the eligibility of farmers and to protect the financial interests of the Union.

2.   No later than 31 October 2025, Bulgaria, Germany, Estonia, Italy and Romania shall notify the Commission of the total amounts paid per measure, when applicable, broken down by Union aid and additional national support, the number and type of beneficiaries and the assessment of the effectiveness of the measure.

Article 3

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