Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/1015 of 26 May 2025 on temporary emergency measures for Spain derogating from certain provisions of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council, Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/891 and Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/892, to resolve specific problems in the fruit and vegetables sector caused by severe adverse meteorological events
Temporary derogations from Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 with regard to fruit and vegetables
1. By way of derogation from Article 33(3), fourth subparagraph, of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013, the limit of one third of expenditure for crisis prevention and management measures under the operational programme referred to in that provision shall not apply to operational programmes paid or implemented in the year 2025 in respect of areas identified by Spain as affected by the severe adverse meteorological events of October and November 2024.
2. The limit laid down in Article 34(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 shall be 70 % of the actual expenditure incurred in the years 2024 and 2025 for operational programmes implemented by producer organisations or associations of producer organisations identified by Spain as affected by the severe adverse meteorological events of October and November 2024.
Temporary derogations from Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/891
1. By way of derogation from Article 11(2) of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/891, in the year 2025, a producer organisation or an association of producer organisations which is affected by the severe adverse meteorological events of October and November 2024 may sell products from producers that are not members of a producer organisation or of an association of producer organisations irrespective of the economic value of that activity compared to the value of its marketed production.
2. By way of derogation from Article 23(4) of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/891, if in the years 2024 and 2025, a reduction of at least 35 % in the value of a product has occurred due to the severe adverse meteorological events of October and November 2024 and for reasons falling outside the responsibility and control of the producer organisation, the value of marketed production of that product shall be deemed to represent 100 % of its average value of marketed production during the five previous 12-month reference periods, excluding the lowest and highest values.
3. By way of derogation from Article 27(5) of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/891, the maximum percentages of the operational fund which may be spent on any individual measure or type of action, as set out in the national strategy established by Spain pursuant to Article 27 of that Delegated Regulation, shall not apply to operational programmes implemented by producer organisations or associations of producer organisations which are affected by the severe adverse meteorological events of October and November 2024.
4. In the year 2025, the obligations of Spain and producer organisations as regards submission and approval of amendments to operational programmes laid down in Article 34(1) and Article 34(2), first subparagraph, of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/891 shall not apply to Spain and to producer organisations or associations of producer organisations which are affected by the severe adverse meteorological events of October and November 2024.
5. By way of derogation from Article 34(2), second subparagraph, point (c), of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/891, producer organisations and associations of producer organisations affected by the adverse meteorological events of October and November 2024 shall be authorised to amend their operational programmes in order to increase or decrease the initially approved operational fund without prior authorisation by Spain. The maximum percentage of increase as laid down in Article 34(2), second subparagraph, point (c), of that Delegated Regulation or any other percentages fixed by Spain shall not apply to such amendments.
6. In the year 2025, aid received for eligible actions carried out before the cessation of the operational programme shall not be recovered, even if the conditions laid down in Article 36(2) of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/891 are not met, provided that the cessation of the operational programme was linked to the severe adverse meteorological events of October and November 2024 and occurred for reasons falling outside the control and responsibility of the producer organisation concerned.
7. By way of derogation from Article 36(3) of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/891, Union financial assistance for multiannual commitments shall not be recovered and reimbursed to the EAGF where the long-term objectives and expected benefits of those commitments cannot be realised because their implementation was interrupted in the year 2024 for reasons linked to the severe adverse meteorological events of October and November 2024.
8. The producer organisations shall prove to the competent authority of Spain concerned that the conditions laid down in paragraphs 1 to 7 are met.
Temporary derogations from Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/892
1. By way of derogation from Article 9(3), first subparagraph, point (b), of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/892, the deadline for carrying out operations that could not be carried out by 31 December 2024 due to the severe adverse meteorological events of October and November 2024 and are covered as programmed expenditure by the aid applications submitted by a producer organisation or an association of producer organisations, shall be 15 August 2025.
2. Where producer organisations or associations of producer organisations make use of the derogation provided for in paragraph 1 of this Article, the deadline for providing proof of implementation of the programmed expenditure, as referred to in Article 9(3), second subparagraph, of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/892, shall be 15 August 2025.
Entry into force and application
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union .
It shall apply until 27 May 2026.
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