Article 2
Regulation (EC) No 1290/2005 is hereby amended as follows:
In Article 12, paragraph 1 is replaced by the following:
‘1.The annual ceiling for EAGF expenditure shall be constituted by the maximum amounts set for it under the multiannual financial framework provided for in the Interinstitutional Agreement, less the amounts referred to in paragraph 2, and:
(a)less the amount added for Rural Development Support by Council Decision 2009/434/EC of 25 May 2009 amending Decision 2006/493/EC laying down the amount of Community support for rural development for the period from 1 January 2007 to 31 December 2013, its annual breakdown and the minimum amount to be concentrated in regions eligible under the Convergence Objective(1) that is not covered by the margin under Heading 2 of the financial framework of the Interinstitutional Agreement existing outside the sub-ceiling for EAGF expenditure;
(b)less any possible reduction of the ceiling of Heading 2 in relation to the financing of projects in the field of energy, which could be decided in accordance with the procedure set out in the Declaration of the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on the financing of projects in the field of energy and broadband Internet as well as the CAP Health Check in the framework of the European Economic Recovery Plan(2).’.