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THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,Having regard to Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 on the financing, management and monitoring of the common agricultural policy and repealing Council Regulations (EEC) No 352/78, (EC) No 165/94, (EC) No 2799/98, (EC) No 814/2000, (EC) No 1290/2005 and (EC) No 485/2008note, and in particular Article 75(3) thereof,Whereas:
(1)Pursuant to Article 75(1), third subparagraph, of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013, from 16 October to 30 November Member States may pay advances of up to 50 % for direct payments under Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Councilnote and prior to 1 December they may pay advances of up to 75 % for area-related and animal-related support measures under Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013 of the European Parliament and the Councilnote.
(2)Due to the crisis resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic in the Member States, farmers have encountered exceptional economic and financial difficulties. Considering the specific vulnerability of those economic operators and in order to mitigate financial and cash flow consequences of that crisis, Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/531note provided for a derogation from Article 75(1), third subparagraph, of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 by allowing Member States to pay a higher level of advances to beneficiaries for the year 2020. As the COVID-19 pandemic still persists in 2021 and farmers are still facing economic disruptions, Member States should be allowed to continue paying increased advance payments in respect of claim year 2021.
(3)The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee on the Agricultural Funds, the Committee for Direct Payments and the Rural Development Committee,
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By way of derogation from Article 75(1), third subparagraph, of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013, in respect of claim year 2021 Member States may pay advances of up to 70 % for the direct payments listed in Annex I to Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013 and of up to 85 % for the support granted under rural development as referred to in Article 67(2) of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013.
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