Financing of complementary national direct payments for Croatia
Article 40
1. Support may be granted to farmers eligible for complementary national direct payments under Article 19 of Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013. The conditions laid down in that Article shall also apply to the support to be granted under this Article. 2. The support granted to a farmer in respect of the years 2014, 2015 and 2016 shall not exceed the difference between: (a) the level of direct payments applicable in Croatia for the year concerned in accordance with Article 17 of Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013; and (b) 45 % of the corresponding level of the direct payments as applied from 2022. 3. The Union contribution to support granted under this Article in Croatia in respect of the years 2014, 2015 and 2016 shall not exceed 20 % of its respective total annual EAFRD allocation. 4. The EAFRD contribution rate for the complements to direct payments shall not exceed 80 %.