Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/1623 of 14 July 2022 derogating from Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/891 for the year 2022 as regards the value of marketed production, the national strategy and the recovery of Union financial assistance for multiannual commitments in the fruit and vegetables sector due to the crisis caused by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine

1 By way of derogation from Article 23(4) of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/891, if in the year 2022, a reduction of at least 35 % in the value of a product occurred for reasons outside the responsibility and control of the producer organisation, the value of marketed production of that product shall be deemed to represent 100 % of its value in the previous reference period. The producer organisation shall prove to the competent authority of the Member State concerned that these conditions are met.

2 By way of derogation from Article 27(5) of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/891, the obligation on Member States to set out in the national strategy the maximum percentages of the operational fund which may be spent on any individual measure or type of action in order to ensure a balance between different measures, shall not apply for the year 2022.

3 By way of derogation from Article 36(3) of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/891, Union financial assistance for multiannual commitments, such as environmental actions, shall not be recovered and reimbursed to the EAGF where their long-term objectives and expected benefits cannot be realised in the year 2022 because of the interruption of those commitments in the year 2022 for reasons linked to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union. Article 1(1) and (2) shall apply from 1 January 2022.