CHAPTER 1U.K.General provisions
[F1Article 121 U.K. Introduction of direct payments
In the new Member States other than Bulgaria, Croatia 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 of 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 of 2016.
In Croatia, 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:
25 % in 2013,
30 % in 2014,
35 % in 2015,
40 % in 2016,
50 % in 2017,
60 % in 2018,
70 % in 2019,
80 % in 2020,
90 % in 2021,
100 % as of 2022.]
Textual Amendments
F1 Substituted by Treatybetween the Kingdom of Belgium, the Republic of Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, the Kingdom of Denmark, the Federal Republic of Germany, the Republic of Estonia, Ireland, the Hellenic Republic, the Kingdom of Spain, the French Republic, the Italian Republic, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, the Republic of Hungary, the Republic of Malta, the Kingdom of the Netherlands, the Republic of Austria, the Republic of Poland, the Portuguese Republic, Romania, the Republic of Slovenia, the Slovak Republic, the Republic of Finland, the Kingdom of Sweden, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (Member States of the European Union) and the Republic of Croatia concerning the accession of the Republic of Croatia to the European Union.