Article 1
Open ↗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.