Amendments to Regulation (EU) 2021/2116
Article 2
Regulation (EU) 2021/2116 is amended as follows: (1) in Article 21(2), the first subparagraph is replaced by the following: ‘2. Monthly payments shall be made to each Member State on or before the third working day of the second month following that in which the expenditure is effected, taking account of the reductions or suspensions applied under Articles 39 to 42 or any other corrections. Expenditure effected by Member States between 1 and 15 October shall count as having been made in the month of October. Expenditure effected between 16 and 31 October shall count as having been made in the month of November. Expenditure effected by Member States to pay advances before 16 October in calendar year 2026 pursuant to Article 44(2), second subparagraph, point (a), shall count as having been made in the month of November and shall be declared in the declaration relating to that month.’ ; (2) Article 35 is replaced by the following: ‘Article 35 Agricultural financial year Without prejudice to special provisions on declarations of expenditure and revenue relating to public intervention laid down by the Commission pursuant to Article 47(2), first subparagraph, point (a), and on declarations of expenditure relating to advances paid before 16 October in calendar year 2026 pursuant to Article 44(2), second subparagraph, point (a), the financial year shall cover expenditure paid and revenue received and entered in the accounts of the EAGF and EAFRD by the paying agencies in respect of financial year N beginning on 16 October of year N – 1 and ending on 15 October of year N.’ ; (3) in Article 44(2), second subparagraph, point (a) is replaced by the following: ‘(a) prior to 1 December, but not before 16 October, pay advances of up to 70 % for interventions in the form of direct payments and for aid constituting direct payments under the measures referred to in Chapter IV of Regulation (EU) No 228/2013 and in Chapter IV of Regulation (EU) No 229/2013, and, in respect of claim year 2026, pay advances of up to 75 % for the interventions and the aid referred to in this point, including before 16 October 2026;’.