Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/1508 of 20 July 2023 derogating in respect of the year 2023 from Article 44(2), second subparagraph, of Regulation (EU) 2021/2116 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the level of advance payments for interventions in the form of direct payments and area-based and animal-based rural development interventions

1 By way of derogation from Article 44(2), second subparagraph, point (a), of Regulation (EU) 2021/2116, in respect of claim year 2023, Member States may pay advances of up to 70 % for interventions in the form of direct payments under Title III, Chapter II of Regulation (EU) 2021/2115, and for the measures referred to in Chapter IV of Regulation (EU) No 228/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council and in Chapter IV of Regulation (EU) No 229/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council .

2 By way of derogation from Article 44(2), second subparagraph, point (b), of Regulation (EU) 2021/2116, in respect of claim year 2023, Member States may pay advances of up to 85 % for the support granted under rural development area-based and animal-based interventions under Title III, Chapter IV, of Regulation (EU) 2021/2115.

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