Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2026/1894 of 27 July 2026 providing for emergency financial support for the farmers affected by specific problems impacting on their economic viability arising from the Middle East crisis
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2026/1894 of 27 July 2026 providing for emergency financial support for the farmers affected by specific problems impacting on their economic viability arising from the Middle East crisis
Data as of 2026-07-30 · Compiled from an official source version. Later amendments or repeals may not be reflected; the official text prevails. · Read the official text ↗
1. Union aid of a total amount of EUR 540 000 000 shall be available to Member States to provide emergency financial support to farmers in the sectors listed in Article 1(2) of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 subject to the conditions set out in this Regulation.
2. Member States shall use the amounts available to them as set out in the Annex for measures aiming to compensate the farmers most affected by the impacts of the Middle East crisis on on-farm costs related to fertiliser prices, energy prices or both, in the most affected sectors or products, for their economic losses.
3. The measures referred to in paragraph 2 shall be taken on the basis of objective and non-discriminatory criteria that take account of the economic losses borne by the affected farmers caused by the Middle East crisis. The measures shall be of such a nature that the resulting payments do not cause any market or competition distortion.
4. Member States 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.
5. Member States’ expenditure in relation to the payments for the measures referred to in paragraph 2 shall only be eligible for Union aid if those payments have been made by 28 February 2027.
6. For the purposes of Article 30(3) of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/127, the operative event for the exchange rate as regards the amounts set out in the Annex to this Regulation shall be the date of entry into force of this Regulation.
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.
Member States may grant additional national support for the measures taken under Article 1(2) up to a maximum of 200 % of the corresponding amount set out for each Member State in the Annex, on the basis of objective and non-discriminatory criteria, provided that the resulting payments do not cause any market or competition distortion, or overcompensation.
Member States shall pay the additional support by 31 May 2027.
To avoid overcompensation, when granting Union and national support under this Regulation, Member States shall take into account the support granted under other national or Union support instruments or under private schemes to respond to the economic losses concerned.
1. Without delay and no later than 30 September 2026, Member States shall notify the Commission of the following in relation to the measures referred to in Article 1(2):
(a)
a description of the measures to be taken including an explanation of how the measures are consistent with Article 1(2);
(b)
the criteria used to determine the eligible agricultural sectors or products;
(c)
the criteria used to determine the beneficiaries of the aid and the related aid amounts;
(d)
the methods and the rationale for distributing the aid across beneficiaries;
(e)
the intended impact of the measures in view of compensating farmers for economic losses;
(f)
the actions taken to verify that the intended impact of the measures is reached;
(g)
the actions taken to avoid distortion of competition and overcompensation;
(h)
the forecast for payments of the Union expenditure broken-down per month until 28 February 2027;
(i)
the level of additional support granted pursuant to Article 2;
(j)
the actions taken to verify the eligibility of farmers and to protect the financial interests of the Union.
2. No later than 31 July 2027, Member States shall notify the Commission of:
(a)
the total amounts paid per measure, when applicable, broken down by Union aid and additional national aid;
(b)
the number and type of beneficiaries;
(c)
the assessment of the effectiveness of the measure and in particular quantitative and qualitative information as to how and to what extent it meets the requirements of Article 1(2).
