Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/1507 of 10 October 2018 on exceptional market support measures for the eggs and poultrymeat sectors in Poland

The Union shall provide part-financing equivalent to 50 % of the expenditure borne by Poland to support the market of eggs and poultrymeat seriously affected by the 65 outbreaks of highly pathogenic avian influenza of subtype H5 which were detected and notified by Poland between 3 December 2016 and 16 March 2017.

Expenditure borne by Poland shall be eligible for Union part-financing only: (a) for the duration of the application of animal health and veterinary measures referred to in Union and Polish legislation listed in the Annex and related to the period laid down in Article 1; and (b) for those poultry holdings that have been subject to the animal health and veterinary measures and located in the zones referred to in Union and Polish legislation listed in the Annex (‘the regulated zones’); and (c) if it has been paid by Poland to the beneficiaries by 30 September 2019 at the latest. Article 5(2) of Delegated Regulation (EU) No 907/2014 shall not apply; and (d) if the animal or product, for the period referred to in point (a), has not benefitted from any compensation by means of state aid or insurance and for which no Union financial contribution has been received under Regulation (EU) No 652/2014.

The maximum level of Union part-financing shall be EUR 1,411 million, for the loss of production of poultry located in the regulated zones. The following flat rates shall apply: (a) EUR 0,0059 per day per laying hen falling within CN code 01059400 up to a maximum of 186598 animals; (b) EUR 0,0085 per day per broiler chicken falling within the CN code 01059400, up to a maximum of 474567 animals; (c) EUR 0,01075 per day per fattening duck falling within the CN code 01059910; up to a maximum of 246131 animals; (d) EUR 0,0126 per day per fattening goose falling within the CN code 01059920, up to a maximum of 4622 animals; (e) EUR 0,1757 per day per breeding goose falling within the CN code 01059920 up to a maximum of 55307 animals; (f) EUR 0,0333 per day per turkey falling within the CN code 01059930, and up to a maximum of 485343 animals.

Poland shall carry out administrative and physical checks in accordance with Articles 58 and 59 of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council . In particular, Poland shall verify: (a) the eligibility of the applicant submitting the request for support; (b) for each eligible applicant: the eligibility, the quantity and the value of the actual loss of production; (c) that funding has not been received by any eligible applicant from any other sources to compensate the losses referred to in Article 2 of this Regulation. For eligible applicants for which administrative checks are completed, aid can be paid without waiting for all checks being made, notably those on applicants selected for on-the-spot checks. In cases where the eligibility of an applicant was not confirmed, the aid shall be recovered and sanctions applied.

For the purposes of Article 29(4) of Delegated Regulation (EU) No 907/2014, the operative event for the exchange rate as regards the amounts set out in Article 3 of this Regulation shall be the entry into force of this Regulation.

Poland shall communicate to the Commission the clearance of payments.

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