Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1117/2014 of 22 October 2014 on advances of direct payments to be paid from 16 October 2014 in Latvia and Lithuania

Latvia and Lithuania may pay, from 16 October 2014, advances to farmers of up to 70 % of the direct payments listed in Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 in respect of applications made in 2014 without taking into account the reductions due to financial discipline provided for in Article 26 of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 and Article 8 of Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013, provided that the verification of the eligibility conditions pursuant to Article 20 of Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 has been finalised. The balance payment to be granted to beneficiaries as from 1 December 2014 shall take into account the adjustment rate of financial discipline applicable at that time for the total amount of direct payments in respect of calendar year 2014.

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.