Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013 of the European Parliament and of the CouncilShow full title

[F1 ANNEX I U.K. BREAKDOWN OF UNION SUPPORT FOR RURAL DEVELOPMENT (2014 TO 2020)

Textual Amendments

F1 Substituted by Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2018/162 of 23 November 2017 amending Annex I to Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Annexes II and III to Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council.

(current prices in EUR)
	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	TOTAL 2014-2020
Belgium	40 855 562	97 243 257	109 821 794	97 175 076	97 066 202	102 912 713	102 723 155	647 797 759
Bulgaria	0	502 807 341	505 020 057	340 409 994	339 966 052	339 523 306	338 990 216	2 366 716 966
Czech Republic	0	470 143 771	503 130 504	344 509 078	343 033 490	323 242 050	321 615 103	2 305 673 996
Denmark	90 287 658	90 168 920	136 397 742	144 868 072	153 125 142	152 367 537	151 588 619	918 803 690
Germany	664 601 903	1 498 240 410	1 685 574 112	1 404 073 302	1 400 926 899	1 397 914 658	1 394 588 766	9 445 920 050
Estonia	103 626 144	103 651 030	111 192 345	122 865 093	125 552 583	127 277 180	129 177 183	823 341 558
Ireland	0	469 633 941	469 724 442	313 007 411	312 891 690	312 764 355	312 570 314	2 190 592 153
Greece	0	907 059 608	1 007 736 821	703 471 245	701 719 722	700 043 071	698 261 326	4 718 291 793
Spain	0	1 780 169 908	1 780 403 445	1 185 553 005	1 184 419 678	1 183 448 718	1 183 394 067	8 297 388 821
France	4 353 019	2 336 138 618	2 363 567 980	1 665 777 592	1 668 304 328	1 984 761 729	1 987 739 983	12 010 643 249
Croatia	0	448 426 250	448 426 250	282 342 500	282 342 500	282 342 500	282 342 500	2 026 222 500
Italy	0	2 223 480 180	2 231 599 688	1 493 380 162	1 495 583 530	1 498 573 799	1 501 763 408	10 444 380 767
Cyprus	0	28 341 472	28 345 126	18 894 801	18 892 389	18 889 108	18 881 481	132 244 377
Latvia	138 327 376	150 968 424	153 066 059	155 139 289	157 236 528	159 374 589	161 491 517	1 075 603 782
[F2 Lithuania	230 392 975	230 412 316	230 431 887	230 451 686	230 472 391	247 213 599	264 151 386	1 663 526 240]
Luxembourg	0	21 385 468	21 432 133	14 366 484	14 415 051	14 464 074	14 511 390	100 574 600
Hungary	0	742 851 235	737 099 981	488 620 684	488 027 342	487 402 356	486 662 895	3 430 664 493
Malta	0	20 905 107	20 878 690	13 914 927	13 893 023	13 876 504	13 858 647	97 326 898
Netherlands	87 118 078	87 003 509	118 496 585	118 357 256	118 225 747	148 107 797	147 976 388	825 285 360
Austria	557 806 503	559 329 914	560 883 465	562 467 745	564 084 777	565 713 368	567 266 225	3 937 551 997
Poland	1 569 517 638	1 175 590 560	1 193 429 059	1 192 025 238	1 190 589 130	1 189 103 987	1 187 301 202	8 697 556 814
Portugal	577 031 070	577 895 019	578 913 888	579 806 001	580 721 241	581 637 133	582 456 022	4 058 460 374
Romania	0	1 723 260 662	1 751 613 412	1 186 544 149	1 184 725 381	1 141 925 604	1 139 927 194	8 127 996 402
Slovenia	118 678 072	119 006 876	119 342 187	119 684 133	120 033 142	120 384 760	120 720 633	837 849 803
Slovakia	271 154 575	213 101 979	215 603 053	215 356 644	215 106 447	214 844 203	214 524 943	1 559 691 844
Finland	335 440 884	336 933 734	338 456 263	340 009 057	341 593 485	343 198 337	344 776 578	2 380 408 338
Sweden	0	386 944 025	378 153 207	249 386 135	249 552 108	249 710 989	249 818 786	1 763 565 250
United Kingdom	475 531 544	848 443 195	850 859 320	754 569 938	754 399 511	755 442 113	756 171 870	5 195 417 491
[F2 Total EU-28	5 264 723 001	18 149 536 729	18 649 599 495	14 337 026 697	14 346 899 509	14 656 460 137	14 675 251 797	100 079 497 365]
Technical assistance	34 130 699	34 131 977	34 133 279	34 134 608	34 135 964	34 137 346	34 138 756	238 942 629
[F2 Total	5 298 853 700	18 183 668 706	18 683 732 774	14 371 161 305	14 381 035 473	14 690 597 483	14 709 390 553	100 318 439 994] ]

Textual Amendments

F2 Substituted by Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/71 of 9 November 2018 amending Annex I to Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Annex III to Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council.

ANNEX II U.K.

AMOUNTS AND SUPPORT RATES

a Council Directive 91/676/EEC of 12 December 1991 concerning the protection of waters against pollution caused by nitrates from agricultural sources(OJ L 375, 31.12.1991, p. 1).
b These amounts may be increased in duly substantiated cases taking into account specific circumstances to be justified in the rural development programmes.
c This amount may be decreased in duly substantiated cases taking into account specific circumstances to be justified in the rural development programmes.
NB: The aid intensities are without prejudice to Union State aid rules.
Article	Subject	Maximum amount in EUR or rate
15(8)	Advisory services, farm management and farm relief services	1 500	Per advice
		200 000	Per three years for the training of advisors
16(2)	Information and promotion activities	70 %	Of the eligible costs of the action
16(4)	Quality schemes or agricultural products and foodstuffs	3 000	Per holding per year
17(3)	Investment in physical assets		Agricultural sector
		50 %	Of the amount of eligible investment in less developed regions and in all regions whose GDP per capita for the 2007 - 2013 period was less than 75 % of the average of the EU-25 for the reference period but whose GDP per capita is above 75 % of the GDP average of the EU-27.
		75 %	Of the amount of eligible investment in outermost regions
		75 %	Of the amount of eligible investment in Croatia for the implementation of Council Directive 91/676/EECa within a maximum period of four years from the date of accession pursuant to Article 3(2) and Article 5(1) of that Directive
		75 %	Of the amount of eligible investment in the smaller Aegean islands
		40 %	[F3 Of the amount of eligible investment in other regions The above rates may be increased by an additional 20 percentage points, provided that maximum combined support does not exceed 90 %, for: Young farmers for a maximum of five years from the date of setting up as set out in the rural development programme, or until the actions defined in the business plan referred to in Article 19(4) are completed;] Collective investments and integrated projects, including those linked to a merger of producer organisations; Areas facing natural constraints and other specific as referred to in Article 32; Operations supported in the framework of the EIP; Investments linked to operations under Articles 28 and 29
			Processing and marketing of products listed in Annex I to the TFEU
		50 %	Of the amount of eligible investment in less developed regions and in all regions whose GDP per capita for the 2007 - 2013 period was less than 75 % of the average of the EU-25 for the reference period but whose GDP per capita is above 75 % of the GDP average of the EU-27
		75 %	Of the amount of eligible investment in outermost regions
		75 %	Of the amount of eligible investment in the smaller Aegean islands
		40 %	[F3 Of the amount of eligible investment in other regions The above rates may be increased by an additional 20 percentage points, provided that maximum combined support does not exceed 90 %, for operations supported in the framework of the EIP, for collective investments and integrated projects or operations linked to a merger of producer organisations]
17(4)	Investment in physical assets	100 %	Non-productive investments and agricultural and forestry infrastructure
18(5)	Restoring agricultural production potential damaged by natural disasters and introduction of appropriate prevention actions	80 %	Of the amount of eligible investment costs for prevention operations carried out by individual farmers.
		100 %	Of the amount of eligible investment costs for prevention operations carried out collectively by more than one beneficiary.
		100 %	Of the amount of eligible investment costs for operations to restore agricultural land and production potential damaged by natural disasters and catastrophic events.
19(6)	Farm and business development	70 000	Per young farmer under Article 19(1)(a)(i)
		70 000	Per beneficiary under Article 19(1)(a)(ii)
		15 000	Per small farm under Article 19(1)(a)(iii)
23(3)	Establishment of agroforestry systems	80 %	Of the amount of eligible investment for the establishment of agroforestry systems
26(4)	Investments in forestry technologies and in processing, in mobilising and in the marketing of forestry products	65 %	Of the amount of eligible investment in less developed regions
		75 %	Of the amount of eligible investment in outermost regions
		75 %	Of the amount of eligible investment in the smaller Aegean islands
		40 %	Of the amount of eligible investment in other regions
27(4)	Setting up of producer groups and organisations	10 %	As a percentage of marketed production during the first five years following recognition The support shall be degressive.
		100 000	Maximum amount per year in all cases.
28(8)	Agri-environment-climate	600b	Per ha per year for annual crops
		900b	Per ha per year for specialised perennial crops
		450b	Per ha per year for other land uses
		200b	Per livestock unit ("LU") per year for local breeds in danger of being lost to farmers
29(5)	Organic farming	600b	Per ha per year for annual crops
		900b	Per ha per year for specialised perennial crops
		450b	Per ha per year for other land uses
30(7)	Natura 2000 and Water Framework Directive payments	500b	Per ha per year maximum in the initial period not exceeding five years
		200b	Per ha per year maximum
		50c	Per ha per year minimum for Water Framework Directive payments
31(3)	Payments to areas facing natural or other specific constraints	25	Minimum per ha per year on average of the area of the beneficiary receiving support
		250b	Maximum per ha per year
		450b	Maximum per ha per year in mountain areas as defined in Article 32(2)
33(3)	Animal welfare	500	Per LU
34(3)	Forest-environmental and climate services and forest conservation	200b	Per ha per year
[F3 37(5)	Crop, animal and plant insurance	70 %	Of the insurance premium due
38(5)	Mutual funds for adverse climatic events, animal and plant diseases, pest infestations and environmental incidents	70 %	Of the eligible costs
39(5)	Income stabilisation tool	70 %	Of the eligible costs]

Textual Amendments

F3 Substituted by Regulation (EU) 2017/2393 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 December 2017 amending Regulations (EU) No 1305/2013 on support for rural development by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD), (EU) No 1306/2013 on the financing, management and monitoring of the common agricultural policy, (EU) No 1307/2013 establishing rules for direct payments to farmers under support schemes within the framework of the common agricultural policy, (EU) No 1308/2013 establishing a common organisation of the markets in agricultural products and (EU) No 652/2014 laying down provisions for the management of expenditure relating to the food chain, animal health and animal welfare, and relating to plant health and plant reproductive material.

ANNEX III U.K.

BIOPHYSICAL CRITERIA FOR THE DELIMITATION OF AREAS FACING NATURAL CONSTRAINTS

a Member States need only check fulfilment of this criterion against those of the thresholds that are relevant to the specific situation of an area
CRITERION	DEFINITION	THRESHOLD
CLIMATE
Low Temperaturea	Length of growing period (number of days) defined by number of days with daily average temperature > 5 °C (LGPt5) or	≤ 180 days
	Thermal-time sum (degree-days) for Growing Period defined by accumulated daily average temperature > 5 °C	≤ 1 500 degree-days
Dryness	Ratio of the annual precipitation (P) to the annual potential evapotranspiration (PET)	P/PET ≤ 0.5
CLIMATE AND SOIL
Excess Soil Moisture	Number of days at or above field capacity	≥ 230 days
SOIL
Limited Soil Drainagea	Areas which are water logged for significant duration of the year	Wet within 80 cm from the surface for over 6 months, or wet within 40 cm for over 11 months or Poorly or very poorly drained soil or Gleyic colour pattern within 40 cm from the surface
Unfavourable Texture and Stoninessa	Relative abundance of clay, silt, sand, organic matter (weight %) and coarse material (volumetric %) fractions	≥ 15 % of topsoil volume is coarse material, including rock outcrop, boulder or
		texture class in half or more (cumulatively) of the 100 cm soil surface is sand, loamy sand defined as: Silt % + (2 × clay %) ≤ 30 % or
		[X1 Topsoil texture class is heavy clay (≥ 60 % clay) or]
		Organic soil (organic matter ≥ 30 %) of at least 40 cm or
		Topsoil contains 30 % or more clay, and there are vertic properties within 100 cm of the soil surface
Shallow Rooting Depth	Depth (cm) from soil surface to coherent hard rock or hard pan	≤ 30 cm
Poor Chemical Propertiesa	Presence of salts, exchangeable sodium, excessive acidity	Salinity: ≥ 4 deci-Siemens per meter (dS/m) in topsoil or
		Sodicity: ≥ 6 Exchangeable Sodium Percentage (ESP) in half or more (cumulatively) of the 100 cm soil surface layer or
		Soil Acidity: pH ≤ 5 (in water) in topsoil
TERRAIN
Steep Slope	Change of elevation with respect to planimetric distance (%)	≥ 15 %

Editorial Information

X1 Substituted by Corrigendum to Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 on support for rural development by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005 (Official Journal of the European Union L 347 of 20 December 2013).

ANNEX IV U.K. INDICATIVE LIST OF MEASURES AND OPERATIONS OF PARTICULAR RELEVANCE TO THEMATIC SUB-PROGRAMMES REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 7

Young farmers:

• Business start-up aid for young farmers setting up for the first time in an agricultural holding

• Investments in physical assets

• Knowledge transfer and information actions

• Advisory services, farm management and farm relief services

• Co-operation

• Investments in non-agricultural activities

Small farms:

• Business start-up aid for the development of small farms

• Investments in physical assets

• Quality schemes for agricultural products and foodstuffs

• Knowledge transfer and information actions

• Advisory services, farm management and farm relief services

• Co-operation

Investments in non-agricultural activities

• Setting up of producer groups

• LEADER

Mountain areas:

• Payments to areas facing natural or other specific constraints

• Agri-environment climate operations

• Co-operation

• Investments in physical assets

• Farm and business development in rural areas

• Quality schemes for agricultural products and foodstuffs

• Establishment of agroforestry systems

• Basic services and village renewal in rural areas

• Knowledge transfer and information actions

• Advisory services, farm management and farm relief services

• Setting up of producer groups

• LEADER

Short supply chains:

• Co-operation

• Setting up of producer groups

• LEADER

• Quality schemes for agricultural products and foodstuffs

• Basic services and village renewal in rural areas

• Investments in physical assets

• Knowledge transfer and information actions

• Advisory services, farm management and farm relief services

Women in rural areas:

• Knowledge transfer and information actions

• Advisory services, farm management and farm relief services

• Investments in physical assets

• Farm and business development

• Basic services and village renewal in rural areas

• Co-operation

• LEADER

Climate change mitigation and adaptation and biodiversity:

• Knowledge transfer & information actions

• Advisory services, farm management and farm relief services

• Investments in physical assets

• Restoring agricultural production potential damaged by natural disasters and catastrophic events and introduction of appropriate prevention action

• Basic services & village renewal in rural areas

• Investments in forest area development and improvement of the viability of forests

• Agri-environment-climate

• Organic farming

• Natura 2000 and Water framework directive payments

• Payments to areas facing natural and other specific constraints (biodiversity)

• Forest-environmental and climate services and forest conservation

• Co-operation

• Risk management

ANNEX V U.K. EX ANTE CONDITIONALITIES FOR RURAL DEVELOPMENT

1.

PRIORITIES-LINKED CONDITIONALITIES

a Directive 2010/31/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 May 2010 on the energy performance of buildings (OJ L 153, 18.6.2010, p. 13).
b Directive 2012/27/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2012 on energy efficiency, amending Directives 2009/125/EC and 2010/30/EU and repealing Directives 2004/8/EC and 2006/32/EC (OJ L 315, 14.11.2012, p. 1).
c Directive 2006/32/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2006 on energy end-use efficiency and energy services and repealing Council Directive 93/76/EEC (OJ L 114, 27.4.2006, p. 64).
d Directive 2009/28/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 April 2009 on the promotion of the use of energy from renewable sources and amending and subsequently repealing Directives 2001/77/EC and 2003/30/EC (OJ L 140, 5.6.2009, p. 16).
EU priority for RD / CPR Thematic Objective (TO)	Ex ante conditionality	Criteria for fulfilment
RD priority 3: promoting food chain organisation, including processing and marketing of agricultural products, animal welfare and risk management in agriculture TO 5: promoting climate change adaptation, risk prevention and management	3.1. Risk prevention and risk management: the existence of national or regional risk assessments for disaster management. taking into account climate change adaptation	A national or regional risk assessment with the following elements shall be in place: A description of the process, methodology, methods and non-sensitive data used for risk assessment as well as of the risk-based criteria for the prioritisation of investment; A description of single-risk and multi-risk scenarios; Taking into account, where appropriate, national climate change adaptation strategies.
RD priority 4: restoring, preserving and enhancing ecosystems related to agriculture and forestry	4.1 Good Agricultural and Environmental Conditions (GAEC): standards for good agricultural and environmental condition of land referred to in Chapter I of Title VI of Regulation (EU) 1306/2013 are established at national level	GAEC standards are defined in national law and specified in the programmes;
TO 5: promoting climate change adaptation, risk prevention and management	4.2 Minimum requirements for fertilisers and plant protection products: minimum requirements for fertilisers and plant protection products referred to in Article 28 of Chapter I of Title III of this Regulation are defined at national level	minimum requirements for fertilisers and plant protection products referred to in Chapter I of Title III of this Regulation are specified in the programmes;
TO 6: Preserving and protecting the environment and promoting resource efficiency	4.3 other relevant national standards: relevant mandatory national standards are defined for the purpose of Article 28 of Chapter I of Title III of this Regulation	relevant mandatory national standards are specified in the programmes;
RD priority 5: promoting resource efficiency and supporting the shift towards a low carbon and climate resilient economy in the agriculture and food sectors and the forestry sector TO 4: supporting the shift towards a low-carbon economy in all sectors TO 6: Preserving and protecting the environment and promoting resource efficiency	5.1 Energy efficiency: Actions have been carried out to promote cost-effective improvements of energy end use efficiency and cost-effective investment in Energy efficiency when constructing or renovating buildings.	The actions are: Measures to ensure minimum requirements are in place related to the energy performance of buildings consistent with Articles 3, 4 and 5 of Directive 2010/31/EU of the European Parliament and the Councila. Measures necessary to establish a system of certification of the energy performance of buildings consistent with Article 11 of Directive 2010/31/EU Measures to ensure strategic planning on energy efficiency, consistent with Article 3 of Directive 2012/27 EU of the European Parliament and the Councilb. Measures consistent with Article 13 of Directive 2006/32/EC of the European Parliament and the Councilc on energy end-use efficiency and energy services to ensure the provision to final customers of individual meters in so far as it is technically possible, financially reasonable and proportionate in relation to the potential energy savings.
	5.2 Water sector: The existence of a) a water pricing policy which provides adequate incentives for users to use water resources efficiently and b) an adequate contribution of the different water uses to the recovery of the costs of water services at a rate determined in the approved river basin management plan for investment supported by the programmes.	In sectors supported by the EAFRD, a Member State has ensured a contribution of the different water uses to the recovery of the costs of water services by sector consistent with Article 9, paragraph 1 first indent of the Water Framework Directive having regard where appropriate, to the social, environmental and economic effects of the recovery as well as the geographic and climatic conditions of the region or regions affected.
	5.3 Renewable energy: Actions have been carried out to promote the production and distribution of renewable energy sourcesd.	Transparent support schemes, priority in grid access or guaranteed access and priority in dispatching, as well as standard rules relating to the bearing and sharing of costs of technical adaptations which have been made public are in place consistent with Article 14(1) and Article 16(2) and (3) of Directive 2009/28/EC A Member State has adopted a national renewable energy action plan consistent with Article 4 of Directive 2009/28/EC
RD priority 6: promoting social inclusion poverty reduction and economic development in rural areas TO 2: Enhancing access to, and use and quality of, information and communication technologies (Broadband target)	6. Next Generation Network (NGN) Infrastructure: The existence of national or regional NGA Plans which take account of regional actions in order to reach the Union high-speed Internet access targets, focusing on areas where the market fails to provide an open infrastructure at an affordable cost and of a quality in line with the Union competition and State aid rules and to provide accessible services to vulnerable groups.	A national or regional NGN Plan is in place that contains: a plan of infrastructure investments based on an economic analysis taking account of existing private and public infrastructures and planned investments; sustainable investment models that enhance competition and provide access to open, affordable, quality and future proof infrastructure and services; measures to stimulate private investment.

ANNEX VI U.K. INDICATIVE LIST OF MEASURES WITH RELEVANCE TO ONE OR MORE UNION PRIORITIES FOR RURAL DEVELOPMENT

• Measures of particular relevance to several Union priorities

  Article 15

  Advisory services, farm management and farm relief services

  Article 17

  Investments in physical assets

  Article 19

  Farm and business development

  Article 35

  Co-operation

  Article 42 - 44

  LEADER

• Measures of particular relevance to fostering knowledge transfer and innovation in agriculture, forestry, and rural areas

  Article 14

  Knowledge transfer and information actions

  Article 26

  Investments in forestry technologies and in processing in mobilising and in the marketing of forestry products

• Measures of particular relevance for enhancing the competitiveness of all types of agriculture and enhancing farm viability

  Article 16

  Quality schemes for agricultural products and foodstuffs

• Measures of particular relevance to promoting food chain organisation and risk management in agriculture

  Article 18

  Restoring agricultural production potential damaged by natural disasters and catastrophic events and introduction of appropriate prevention actions

  Article 24

  Prevention and restoration of damage to forests from forest fires and natural disasters and catastrophic events

  Article 27

  Setting up of producer groups

  Article 33

  Animal welfare

  Article 36

  Risk management

  Article 37

  Crop, animal, and plant insurance

  Article 38

  Mutual funds for animal and plant diseases and environmental incidents

  Article 39

  Income stabilisation tool

• [X1 Measure of particular relevance to restoring, preserving and enhancing ecosystems related to agriculture and forestry]

  and

  Promoting resource efficiency and supporting the shift towards a low carbon and climate resilient economy in agriculture, food and forestry sectors

  Article 21(1)(a)

  Afforestation and creation of woodland

  Article 21(1)(b)

  Establishment of agroforestry systems

  Article 21(1)(d)

  Investments improving the resilience and environmental value as well as the mitigation of potential forest ecosystems

  Article 28

  Agri-environment-climate

  Article 29

  Organic farming

  Article 30

  Natura 2000 and Water framework directive payments

  Article 31 -32

  Payments to areas facing natural or other specific constraints

  Article 34

  Forest-environmental and climate services and forest conservation

• Measures of particular relevance to promoting social inclusion, poverty reduction and economic development in rural areas

  Article 20

  Basic services and village renewal in rural areas

  Article 42 – 44

  LEADER