(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.
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