Duly completed farm returns
1. For the purposes of Article 19(1), point (a), of Regulation (EC) No 1217/2009, a farm return is duly completed when its content is factually accurate, reliable and verifiable, and the data contained therein are recorded and presented in accordance with the form and layout set out in Annex VIII to this Regulation.
2. By way of derogation from paragraph 1, in order to be considered duly completed, farm returns data during the period for reporting years 2025, 2026 and 2027 shall contain the data of the tables set out in Annex VIII, taking into account the exemptions referred to in Annex IX.
Eligible number of farm returns for the payment
1. The total number of duly completed and submitted farm returns per Member State, referred to in Article 5a(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1217/2009, that are eligible for the payment of the amount payable to each Member States shall not exceed the total number of returning holdings laid down for that Member State in Annex II to this Regulation.
2. Where Member States have more than one FSDN division, the number of duly completed and submitted farm returns per FSDN division that are eligible for payment may be up to 20 % higher than the number laid down for the FSDN division concerned in Annex II, provided that the total number of duly completed and submitted farm returns of the Member State concerned shall not be higher than the total number laid down for that Member State in Annex II.
However, farm returns from an FSDN division with a higher number of submitted farm returns than laid down for that FSDN division in Annex II shall not be considered to be eligible for the payment in an FSDN division for which less than 80 % of the required number of returning holdings is submitted by the Member State.
Payment of the amount
1. The amount payable to each Member State, referred to in Article 19(1), point (a), of Regulation (EC) No 1217/2009, shall be paid in two instalments:
(a)
a prefinancing payment corresponding to 50 % of the total amount established on the basis of Articles 16 and 17 of this Regulation that shall be made at the beginning of each reporting year;
(b)
the balance payment shall be paid after the delivered farm returns have been verified and deemed by the Commission to have been duly completed.
2. The amount paid to each Member State shall contribute to any of the following actions: due completion of the farm returns, improvements of data delivery timings, processes, systems, procedures and overall quality of the farm returns.
3. The Commission reserves the right to recover any amounts unduly paid.
Amount payable to Member States
1. The amount payable to each Member State, referred to in Article 19(1), point (a), of Regulation (EC) No 1217/2009, shall be fixed at EUR 636 per farm return.
2. If the 80 % thresholds referred to in Article 19(1), point (a), of Regulation (EC) No 1217/2009 are neither met at the level of an FSDN division, nor at the level of the Member State concerned, the reduction referred to in that provision shall be applied only at the Member State level.
Amount payable to Member States for reporting years 2025, 2026 and 2027
1. By way of derogation from Article 16(1) of this Regulation, for the reporting years 2025, 2026 and 2027, the amount payable to each Member State referred to in Article 19(1), point (a), of Regulation (EC) No 1217/2009 is the maximum amounts set out in Annex X to this Regulation. This amount consists of:
(a)
an amount established based on the need for the delivery of the data laid down in the tables A to M in Annex VIII to this Regulation (‘FADN data’) with the exception of the variables listed in Annex IX to this Regulation;
(b)
an amount established based on the need for improvements of data delivery timings, processes, systems, procedures and overall quality of the farm returns;
(c)
an amount established based on the need for the delivery of all FSDN data, with the exception of FADN data, in accordance with the exemptions set out in Annex IX to this Regulation.
2. If, for a Member State, the total number of duly completed farm returns delivered within the deadline laid down in Article 11 is lower than the maximum number of returning holdings laid down for that Member State in Annex II, the amounts referred to in paragraph 1, points (a) and (c), shall be reduced proportionately.
However, in accordance with Article 19(1), point (a), of Regulation (EC) No 1217/2009, where the total number of duly completed and delivered farm returns in respect of an FSDN division or a Member State is less than 80 % on the returning holdings laid down in Annex II to this Regulation, a reduction shall be applied to the amounts referred to in paragraph 1, points (a) and (c), of this Article.
3. For FSDN data, with the exception of existing FADN data, as referred to in paragraph 1, point (c), if a Member State delivers, as a part of a farm return, a table where data is missing, such farm return shall, by derogation to Article 13(2), be considered as duly completed. However, the amount provided for in paragraph 1, point (c), shall be reduced by EUR 21 per incomplete table, taking into account the exemptions set out in Annex IX.
4. For FADN data referred to in paragraph 1, point (a), if a Member State delivers, as a part of a farm return, a table where data is missing, the amount payable for the farm return containing the incomplete table will not be allocated.
5. If a Member State delivers, for the reporting years 2025 or 2026, as a part of a farm return, a table with data that is only required for the reporting year 2027 in accordance with Annex IX, an additional amount of EUR 21 shall be paid to the Member State for each table delivered in advance.
The maximum annual amounts for advance deliveries of data due according to Annex IX for reporting year 2027 are set out in Annex X under the heading ‘Reserve for advance deliveries’. If the total amount resulting from application of the first subparagraph of this paragraph is greater than the maximum amount of the reserve for advance deliveries laid down in Annex X, the amount per table shall be reduced proportionally to ensure that the total amount does not exceed the maximum annual amount laid down in Annex IX.
