Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/2513 of 26 September 2022 amending Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/891 as regards the maximum amount of support for market withdrawals for free distribution of fruits and vegetables

Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/891 is amended as follows: (1) in Article 45(1), the fourth subparagraph is replaced by the following: ‘The sum of costs of sorting and packaging referred to in Article 17(1) of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/892 of fruit and vegetables withdrawn from the market for free distribution and listed in Annex V to that Regulation, added to the amount of support for market withdrawals as referred to in the first subparagraph of this paragraph, shall not exceed 80 % of the average “ex-producer organisation” market price of the product concerned at fresh stage in the previous last three years.’; (2) in Article 46(2), the fourth subparagraph is replaced by the folllowing: ‘Member States may authorise payment in kind by the beneficiaries of free distribution of fruits and vegetables withdrawn from the market and undergoing processing, where such payment only compensates for processing, sorting and packaging costs and where the Member State in which the payment takes place has adopted rules ensuring that the processed products are intended for consumption by the final recipients referred to in the second subparagraph of this paragraph. The limit laid down in Article 45(1), fourth subparagraph, shall apply.’.

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union. This Regulation shall apply from 1 April 2022.