Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2026/1905

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THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,Having regard to Regulation (EU) 2021/2116 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 2 December 2021 on the financing, management and monitoring of the common agricultural policy and repealing Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013^note, and in particular Article 75, first subparagraph, point (b), thereof,Whereas:

(1)Article 69 of Regulation (EU) 2021/2116 provides that Member States are to require applications to be submitted by means of a geo-spatial application form in the case of aid for area-based interventions referred to in Article 65(2) of that Regulation and implemented under their CAP Strategic Plans.

(2)Article 7 of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/1173^note lays down rules on the amendment or withdrawal of aid applications. Pursuant to those rules, beneficiaries may amend or withdraw their aid application at any time prior to a deadline to be set by the Member States, which must be no later than 15 calendar days before the date when the payment of the first instalment or the advances are to be made.

(3)The Fertiliser Action Plan^note presented by the Commission in May 2026 includes more flexible rules on payments of advances in response to the increased fertiliser prices due to the Middle East crisis. In this context, Regulation (EU) 2026/1768 of the European Parliament and of the Council^note amending Regulation (EU) 2021/2116 allowed Member States, with respect to claim year 2026, to increase the level of advance payments up to 75 % 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 of the European Parliament and of the Council^note and in Chapter IV of Regulation (EU) No 229/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council^note.

(4)Regulation (EU) 2026/1768 also provides for the possibility to pay advances before 16 October 2026. Due to that possibility the period within which beneficiaries are allowed to amend aid applications under Article 7 of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/1173 may be significantly reduced. Therefore, in order to allow beneficiaries sufficient time to amend their aid applications, the rules governing the deadline laid down in Article 7(1) of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/1173 should be amended so that they are not linked to the payment of advances.

(5)The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee on the Agricultural Funds and the Common Agricultural Policy Committee,

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