1. Union aid of a total amount of EUR 100 000 000 shall be available to Bulgaria, Hungary, Poland, Romania and Slovakia, to provide exceptional support to farmers producing cereals and oilseeds referred to in the Annex subject to the conditions set out in this Regulation.

2. Bulgaria, Hungary, Poland, Romania and Slovakia shall use the amounts referred to in Article 2 for measures aiming to compensate farmers for the economic loss due to increased imports of cereals and oilseeds from Ukraine in the affected regions.

3. The measures shall be taken on the basis of objective and non-discriminatory criteria that take account of the economic losses borne by the affected farmers and ensure that the resulting payments do not cause any market or competition distortion.

4. Expenditure borne by Bulgaria, Hungary, Poland, Romania and Slovakia in relation to the payments for the measures referred to in paragraph 2 shall only be eligible for Union aid if those payments have been made by 31 December 2023.

5. For the purposes of Article 30(3) of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/127, the operative event for the exchange rate as regards the amounts set out in Article 2(1) of this Regulation shall be the date of entry into force of this Regulation.

6. Measures under this Regulation may be cumulated with other support financed by the European Agricultural Guarantee Fund and the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development.

COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2023/1343 of 30 June 2023 providing for an emergency support measure for the cereal and oilseed sectors in Bulgaria, Hungary, Poland, Romania and Slovakia ANNEX