Council Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 of 19 January 2009 establishing common rules for direct support schemes for farmers under the common agricultural policy and establishing certain support schemes for farmers, amending Regulations (EC) No 1290/2005, (EC) No 247/2006, (EC) No 378/2007 and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 (repealed) (c. 73)

TITLE V U.K. IMPLEMENTATION OF DIRECT PAYMENTS IN THE NEW MEMBER STATES

CHAPTER 1 U.K. General provisions

Article 121 U.K. Introduction of direct payments

In the new Member States other than Bulgaria and Romania, direct payments shall be introduced in accordance with the following schedule of increments expressed as a percentage of the then applicable level of such payments in the Member States other than the new Member States:

• 60 % in 2009,

• 70 % in 2010,

• 80 % in 2011,

• 90 % in 2012,

• 100 % as from 2013.

In Bulgaria and Romania, direct payments shall be introduced in accordance with the following schedule of increments expressed as a percentage of the then applicable level of such payments in the Member States other than the new Member States:

• 35 % in 2009,

• 40 % in 2010,

• 50 % in 2011,

• 60 % in 2012,

• 70 % in 2013,

• 80 % in 2014,

• 90 % in 2015,

• 100 % as from 2016.