Article 44(2) of Regulation (EU) 2021/2116 provides that Member States may pay advances of up to 50 % for interventions in the form of direct payments and for the measures referred to in Chapter IV of Regulation (EU) No 228/2013 and in Chapter IV of Regulation (EU) No 229/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council and advances of up to 75 % for area-based and animal-based rural development interventions under Regulation (EU) 2021/2115. Article 44(6) of Regulation (EU) 2021/2116 provides that at the request of a Member State, in the event of an emergency, the Commission is to adopt, where appropriate, implementing acts derogating from Article 44(2) of that Regulation to the extent and for such period as is strictly necessary. For each of the years in the current programming period, that means the years2023, 2024 and 2025, Member States have requested derogations from Article 44(2) of Regulation (EU) 2021/2116 to allow for a higher rate of advance payments. The reasons for those derogations have been broad, including military conflict in Europe and the Middle East, adverse weather conditions and exceptional climatic events, and unforeseen rises in input prices and inflation for farmers, coupled with relatively low prices of agricultural commodities. As those additional pressures are unlikely to be resolved in the year 2026 or 2027, it is appropriate, for reasons of simplification, to change permanently the maximum rates for advance payments in Regulation (EU) 2021/2116, so as to allow the higher rate to be paid for the remainder of the current programming period.
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