PUBLIC - Croatia, the War, and the Future

(f) In Article 52, the following subparagraph is inserted after the first subparagraph:
'By way of derogation from the first subparagraph, Croatia may retain up to 50 % of the
amount resulting from the ceiling referred to in the third subparagraph of Article 51(2) in
order to make, on a yearly basis, an additional payment to farmers.'
(g) In Article 53(1), the following subparagraph is inserted after the first subparagraph:
'By way of derogation from the first subparagraph, Croatia may retain all or part of the
amount resulting from the ceiling referred to in the third subparagraph of Article 51(2) in
order to make, on a yearly basis, an additional payment to farmers.'
(h) The title of Chapter 3 is replaced by the following:
'Implementation in the new Member States having applied the single area payment scheme
and in Croatia'
(i) The title of Article 55 is replaced by the following:
'Introduction of the single payment scheme in the Members States having applied the single
area payment scheme and in Croatia'
(j) In Article 55(1), the first subparagraph is replaced by the following:
'1. Save as otherwise provided for in this Chapter, this Title shall apply to the new Member
States having applied the single area payment scheme provided for in Chapter 2 of Title V
and to Croatia.'
(k) In Article 57(1), the following sentence is added:
'For Croatia this reduction shall not be higher than 20 % of the annual ceiling as indicated in
table 3 of Annex VIII.'
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