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COMMISSION STAFF WORKING DOCUMENT Accompanying the document REPORT FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL 5th FINANCIAL REPORT FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL on the EUROPEAN AGRICULTURAL GUARANTEE FUND 2011 FINANCIAL YEAR
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COMMISSION STAFF WORKING DOCUMENT Accompanying the document REPORT FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL 5th FINANCIAL REPORT FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL on the EUROPEAN AGRICULTURAL GUARANTEE FUND 2011 FINANCIAL YEAR /* SWD/2012/0251 final */
ANNEXES General 1. EAGF budgetary procedure for 2011 2. Part of ex-EAGGF-Guarantee & of EAGF
budget in the EU budget, 2005 to 2011 Cash position and management of
appropriations 3. Summary of outturn for 2011 4. Monthly reimbursements to Member States in the 2011 financial year 5. Centralised direct payments by the European Commission in the 2011
financial year. Part I (Differentiated Appropriations) 6. Centralised direct payments by the European Comm. in the 2011
financial year. Part II (Non-Differentiated
Appropriations) Budget outturn 7. EAGF 2011 Analysis of budget execution –
Summary Table 8. EAGF 2011 Analysis of budget execution –
Detailed Table 9. EAGF 2011 Analysis of execution of assigned
revenue C4 10. EAGF 2011 Analysis of execution of assigned
revenue C5 11. EAGF 2011 Veterinary & Plant Health
measures- Budget execution financed by EAGF 12. EAGF 2011 Veterinary & Plant Health
measures- Budget execution by MS financed by EAGF 13. EAGF 2011 Expenditure for direct aids by
measure and by Member State 14. EAGF 2011 Expenditure for export refunds by
Member State 15. EAGF 2011 Expenditure for intervention in
storage 16 EAGF 2011 Expenditure by item and by Member State 17. EAGF 2011 Breakdown of expenditure by type 18 EAGF 2011 Expenditure by sector according
to the economic nature of the measures 19. EAGF 2011 Quantity & value of products
in public intervention stores 20. Evolution of EAGF Expenditure by article of
the budget. Financial years 2007 to 2011 21. Evolution of EAGF Expenditure by sector and
type of action. Financial years 2007 to 2011 22. Evolution of EAGF Expenditure by sector.
Summary table. Financial years 2007 to 2011 23. Evolution of EAGF Expenditure by sector and
in % terms. Financial years 2005 to 2011 24. Evolution of EAGF Expenditure by Member State & in % terms. Financial years 2007 to 2011 25. Evolution of EAGF Direct aids expenditure
by measure. Financial years 2007 to 2011 26. Evolution of EAGF Direct aids expenditure
by sector. Financial years 2007 to 2011 27. Evolution of EAGF Direct aids expenditure
by article of budget. Financial years 2007 to 2011 28. Evolution of EAGF Total direct aids
expenditure. Financial years 2004 to 2011 29. Evolution of EAGF Export refunds
expenditure by sector. Financial years 2004 to 2011 30. Evolution of EAGF Export refunds
expenditure by MS. Financial years 2006 to 2011 31. Evolution of EAGF Storage expenditure.
Analytical table. Financial years 2004 to 2011 32. Evolution of the breakdown of EAGF expenditure.
Financial years 2006 to 2011 33. EAGF 2011 Expenditure. Details by item and
by Member State Clearance of
accounts 34. Appeals against Clearance of Accounts Decisions pending on
15 October 2011 35. Financial
corrections (Decisions 1 - 35) by decision and financial year TABLE OF CONTENTS 1........... BUDGET PROCEDURE. 6 1.1........ Financial Framework 2007-2013. 6 1.2........ Draft Budget 2011. 6 1.3........ Amending Letter for 2011. 7 1.4........ Adoption of the 2011 budget 7 1.5........ Revenue assigned to EAGF. 8 1.6........ Temporary restructuring amounts in the sugar sector 9 1.7........ Part of the EAGF budget in total EU budget 9 2........... CASH POSITION AND MANAGEMENT OF APPROPRIATIONS. 10 2.1........ Management of appropriations. 10 2.1.1..... Appropriations available for the 2011 financial year 10 2.1.2..... Expenditure section of the EU budget in relation to EAGF. 10 2.1.3..... Assigned revenue section of the EU budget in relation to EAGF. 11 2.1.4..... Execution of appropriations available for the 2011 financial year 11 2.1.5..... Assigned revenue received under shared management 12 2.1.6..... Execution (excluding Sugar Restructuring Fund) 12 2.1.7..... Sugar sector: Temporary restructuring amounts. Sugar Restructuring
Fund. 13 2.1.8..... Execution of Transitional Instrument for the financing of Rural
Development for the new Member States (TRDI EU 10) 13 2.1.9..... Budget execution of voted appropriations - Expenditure under
centralised direct management made by the Commission. 14 2.1.10... Budget execution - Expenditure under centralised direct management
made by the Commission - Automatic carryover from 2010. 14 2.2........ Monthly payments. 15 2.2.1..... Monthly payments to Member States. 15 2.2.1.1.. Monthly payments on the provision for expenditure. 15 2.2.1.2.. Decisions on monthly payments for 2011. 15 2.2.1.3.. Reductions and suspensions of monthly payments. 15 2.2.2..... Centralised direct expenditure by the Commission. 16 3........... THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE 2011 EAGF BUDGET. 16 3.1........ The uptake of the EAGF budget appropriations. 16 4........... COMMENTS ON IMPLEMENTATION OF 2011 EAGF BUDGET. 17 4.1........ Chapter 05 02: Interventions in agricultural markets. 17 4.1.1..... Introduction. 17 4.1.2..... Article 05 02 01: Cereals. 18 4.1.3..... Article 05 02 03: Refunds on Non-Annex I products. 18 4.1.4..... Article 05 02 04: Food programmes. 18 4.1.5..... Article 05 02 05: Sugar 18 4.1.6..... Article 05 02 06: Olive oil 19 4.1.7..... Article 05 02 07: Textile plants. 19 4.1.8..... Article 05 02 08: Fruits and vegetables. 19 4.1.9..... Article 05 02 09: Products of the wine-growing sector 20 4.1.10... Article 05 02 10: Promotion. 20 4.1.11... Article 05 02 11: Other plant products/measures. 21 4.1.12... Article 05 02 12: Milk and milk products. 21 4.1.13... Article 05 02 13: Beef and veal 22 4.1.14... Article 05 02 15: Pig meat, eggs and poultry, bee-keeping and other
animal products. 22 4.2........ Chapter 05 03: Direct Aids. 23 4.2.1..... Article 05 03 01: Decoupled direct aids. 23 4.2.2..... Article 05 03 02: Other direct aids. 24 4.2.3..... Article 05 03 03: Additional amounts of aid. 25 4.3........ Chapter 05 04: Rural Development 25 4.3.1..... Article 05 04 01: Rural Development financed by the
ex-EAGGF-Guarantee. Completion of earlier programmes (2000 to 2006) 25 4.4........ Chapter 05 07: Audit of agricultural expenditure. 25 4.4.1..... Article 05 07 01: Control of agricultural expenditure. 25 4.4.2..... Article 05 07 02: Settlement of disputes. 26 4.5........ Chapter 05 08: Policy strategy and coordination. 26 4.5.1..... Article 05 08 01: Farm accountancy data network (FADN) 26 4.5.2..... Article 05 08 02: Surveys on the structure of agricultural holdings. 26 4.5.3..... Article 05 08 03: Restructuring of systems for agricultural surveys. 26 4.5.4..... Article 05 08 06: Enhancing public awareness of the common
agricultural policy. 26 4.5.5..... Article 05 08 09: EAGF – Operational technical assistance. 26 5........... COMMENTS ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE EAGF BUDGET FOR POLICY AREAS
11 AND 17 26 5.1........ Fisheries markets (Chapter 11 02) 26 5.1.1..... Article 11 02 01: Intervention in fishery products. 26 5.1.2..... Article 11 02 03: Fisheries programme for the outermost regions. 27 5.2........ Veterinary and phyto-sanitary measures expenditure (Chapters 17 01
and 17 04) 28 5.2.1..... Generalities. 28 5.2.2..... Details. 28 5.2.2.1.. Item 17.040101 Animal disease eradication and monitoring programmes. 28 5.2.2.2.. Item 17.040201 – Other measures in the veterinary, animal welfare
and public health field. 29 5.2.2.3.. Item 17.040301 – Emergency fund for veterinary complaints and other
diseases of animal contaminations which are a risk to public health. 29 5.2.2.4.. Item 17.040401 Plant-health measures – Expenditure on operational
management 29 5.2.2.5.. Item 17.040701 Food and feed control – Expenditure on operational
management 30 5.2.2.6.. Item 17.010401– Plant-health measures – expenditure on
administrative measures. 30 5.2.2.7.. Item 17.010405 – Food and feed control - expenditure on
administrative measures. 30 5.2.2.8.. Item 17.010407 – Animal disease eradication and emergency fund -
expenditure on administrative management. 30 5.2.2.9.. Item 17.010431 Executive agency for health and consumers –
Contribution from programmes under Heading 2 30 5.2.3..... Article 17.0302 - SANCO tobacco: Community Tobacco Fund. 32 6........... IMPLEMENTATION OF ASSIGNED REVENUE (policy area 05-agriculture and
rural development) 33 6.1........ Revenue assigned to EAGF. 33 6.2........ Assigned revenue concerning temporary restructuring amounts in sugar
sector 33 6.3........ Sugar Restructuring Fund. 33 7........... BREAKDOWN BY TYPE OF EXPENDITURE. 34 8........... SPECIFIC ACTIVITIES. 35 8.1........ Supply of food from intervention stocks for benefit of needy in the
Community. 35 8.2........ Promotion measures – payments by Member States. 39 9........... CONTROL MEASURES. 39 9.1........ Introduction. 39 9.2........ Integrated Administration and Control System (IACS) 41 9.3........ Market measures. 41 9.4........ Application of Council Regulation (EC) No 485/2008 (ex-post
controls) 42 10......... CLEARANCE OF ACCOUNTS. 42 10.1...... Conformity clearance - Introduction. 42 10.2...... Conformity clearance – Audits and decisions adopted in 2011. 43 10.2.1... Audits. 43 10.2.2... Conformity decisions. 43 10.3...... Financial clearance. 44 10.3.1... Introduction. 44 10.3.2... Decisions. 45 10.3.2.1..................................... Financial clearance for financial years 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009. 45 10.3.2.2....................................................... Financial clearance decision for the financial year 2010. 45 10.4...... Appeals brought before the Court of Justice against clearance
decisions. 45 10.4.1... Judgments handed down. 45 10.4.2... New appeals. 46 10.4.3... Appeals pending. 46 11......... RELATIONS WITH PARLIAMENT AND WITH THE EUROPEAN COURT OF AUDITORS 47 11.1...... Relations with Parliament 47 11.2...... Relations with the European Court of Auditors. 47 11.2.1... Mission of the European Court of Auditors. 47 11.2.2... Annual Report 2010. 47 11.2.3... Special Reports by the Court of Auditors. 48 12......... BASIC RULES GOVERNING EAGF AND AMENDMENTS MADE IN 2010. 49 12.1...... Checks. 49 12.2...... Clearance of accounts. 49 12.3...... Public storage. 50 ANNEXES. 52 1. BUDGET
PROCEDURE[1] 1.1. Financial Framework 2007-2013. CAP expenditure is funded within the current
financial framework as agreed in the Inter-institutional Agreement between the
European Parliament and the Council in May 2006, amended to take into account
the Galileo-programme in 2007, the reprogramming of rural development in 2008
and the European Economic Recovery Package (EERP) in 2009. CAP expenditure is
part of Heading 2: Preservation and management of natural resources. A specific
sub-ceiling has been decided for market related expenditure and direct payments
within this heading. To take account of the transfer of amounts to
rural development due to compulsory modulation (including the increase from the
CAP Health Check) increase, to the reform of the cotton, tobacco and wine
sectors as well as to the voluntary modulation decided for the UK, the
expenditure ceiling for market measures and direct payments had to be reduced
accordingly. The CAP amounts included in heading 2 of the
financial framework (2007-2013) are: (in EUR
million current prices) Heading 2* || 2007 || 2008 || 2009 || 2010 || 2011 || 2012 || 2013 Total a), b) of which: -Rural development a), c), d) -Market related expenditure and direct payments, c) || 55 143 10 902 44 753 || 59 193 13 303 44 592 || 56 333 14 002 44 887 || 59 955 14 364 44 276 || 60 338 14 436 44 467 || 60 810 14 617 44 710 || 61 289 14 817 44 939 *) Preservation and Management of Natural resources a) After reprogramming of rural development ( EUR 1 469 million). b) After transfer of EUR 1 600 million to Galileo in 2007 and of EUR 2 000 million to the European Economic Recovery Package in 2009. c) After transfer into Rural Development of the lower expected expenditure resulting from the reforms of the tobacco, cotton and wine CMOs and from the compulsory and voluntary (UK) modulation Art. 136 of Regulation 73/2009 (SE+DE) and reduction due to financing of the European Economic Recovery Plan (Commission Decision No 2010/273 EU). d) Including the reinforcement of Rural Development by EUR 1 020 million included in the European Economic Recovery Package, of which EUR 600 million is financed in 2009 within heading 2 while, for 2010, EUR 420 million had been allocated to Rural Development on the basis of the amended Commission Decision No 636/2006. 1.2. Draft Budget 2011 The 2011 Draft
Budget (DB) was adopted by the Commission and proposed to the Budgetary
Authority on 27.04.2010. The commitment appropriations proposed for the
European Agricultural Guarantee Fund (EAGF) under heading 2 of the Financial
Framework 2007-2013 totalled EUR 43 747.4 million. The Council adopted
its position on the 2011 Draft Budget on 08.07.2010 whereby it reduced
commitment appropriations for EAGF by EUR 470.2 million, when compared to
the Commission's DB, to EUR 43 277.2 million. On the other hand, the
European Parliament adopted its position on the 2011 Draft Budget on 13.10.2010 whereby it increased commitment appropriations for
EAGF by EUR 365.8 million, when compared to the Commission's DB, to
EUR 44 113.4 million. 1.3. Amending Letter for 2011 On 20.10.2010 the Commission adopted Amending
Letter (AL) No 3 to the 2011 DB, setting commitment appropriation requirements
for EAGF at EUR 43 401.2 million. This amount was lower by EUR 346.2 million
compared to the one foreseen for the Draft Budget. This decrease was mostly
attributable to the favourable situation in agricultural markets to the tune of
– EUR 136 million as well as to the increase of the
expected available assigned revenue in 2011 by EUR 229 million. 1.4. Adoption
of the 2011 budget 2011 was the first time that the new annual
budgetary procedure provided for by the Lisbon Treaty, under article 314 of the
Treaty on the Functioning of the EU (TFEU) was applied. Following their
divergent positions on the Commission's draft budget, the Council and the
European Parliament met within a Conciliation Committee for a 21-day
conciliation period. However, by the time this period expired on 15 November
2010, they had not reached an agreement on the 2011 budget. Therefore, in line
with Article 314 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the EU (TFEU), the
Commission made a new draft budget proposal on 26
November 2010. The Budgetary Authority accepted the
Commission's new draft budget which was approved by Parliament in a vote on 15
December 2010. The 2011 EAGF budget was adopted
by the Budgetary Authority on 15 December 2010. The budget included commitment
and payment appropriations amounting to: –
EUR 42 508.3 million and to
EUR 42 509.1 million respectively for agricultural market
measures and direct aids (policy area 05). –
EUR 352.9 million and to
EUR 253.7 million respectively for veterinary and phyto-sanitary
measures (policy area 17). –
EUR 30 million and to
EUR 25.8 million respectively for fisheries (policy area 11). The budget’s total commitment appropriations
for EAGF amounted to EUR 42 891.2 million and its payment
appropriations amounted to EUR 42 788.5 million. The difference
between commitment and payment appropriations is due to the fact, that for
certain measures, which are directly implemented by the Commission,
differentiated appropriations are used. These measures relate mainly to the
promotion of agricultural products, to policy strategy and coordination
measures for agriculture as well as to fisheries and to veterinary and phyto-sanitary
measures. Specifically, of the voted EAGF commitment
appropriations amounting to EUR 42 891.2 million, EUR 2
964.9 million were foreseen for market measures under chapter 05 02
while EUR 39 771.1 million were foreseen for direct aids under
chapter 05 03. Furthermore, the 2011 budget foresaw commitment
appropriations of EUR 352.9 million for veterinary and phyto-sanitary
measures under policy area 17-Health and Consumer Protection and EUR 30 million
for fisheries markets under policy area 11-Maritime Affairs and Fisheries. For details, please see annex 1. 1.5. Revenue assigned to EAGF[2] In accordance with Article 34 of Council Regulation
(EC) No 1290/2005 on the financing of the CAP, the receipts
originating from financial corrections under conformity clearance decisions,
from irregularities and from the milk levy are designated as revenue assigned
to the financing of EAGF expenditure. This assigned revenue can be used, partly
or wholly, to cover the financing of EAGF expenditure if the budget appropriations
granted by the Budgetary Authority are not sufficient to finance the
expenditure incurred by the Member States. In the case where all or part of
this revenue is not used, then, it will be automatically carried over into the
following budget year in order to finance budgetary needs of that year. At the time of establishment of the 2011
budget, an estimate of the revenue was made both for the amount expected to be
collected in the course of the 2011 budget year as well as of the amount which
was expected to be carried over from the budget year 2010 into 2011. This
estimate was taken into consideration when the Budgetary Authority adopted the
2011 budget. Specifically: –
Revenue from the conformity clearance
corrections and from irregularities was estimated at EUR 600 million
and EUR 88 million respectively while the receipts from the milk levy
were estimated at EUR 19 million. Thus, the total amount of assigned
revenue expected to be collected in the course of the 2011 budget year was
estimated at EUR 707 million. –
The amount of assigned revenue expected to be
carried over from the budget year 2010 into 2011 was estimated at EUR 540 million. The total amount of EUR 1 247 million
was taken into consideration by reducing the appropriations requested for the
operational funds for producer organisations in the fruits and vegetables
sector by EUR 500 million and for the single payment scheme by
EUR 747 million. After taking account of these amounts, the Budgetary
Authority eventually granted appropriations amounting to EUR 292 million
and EUR 30 389 million respectively for these schemes in
accordance with the Commission's proposals. The sum of the voted appropriations
and the assigned revenue mentioned above corresponds to a total estimate of needs
of EUR 792 million for the operational funds for producer
organisations in the fruits and vegetables sector and
EUR 31 136 million for the single payment scheme. 1.6. Temporary restructuring amounts in the sugar sector[3] The temporary restructuring amounts in the
sugar sector, as set out in article 11 of Council Regulation (EC) No 320/2006,
are treated as assigned revenue intended to finance the sugar restructuring aid
and other aids foreseen in the Sugar Restructuring Fund. For the marketing years
2006/07 up to 2008/09, these amounts related to the sugar, inulin syrup and
isoglucose quantitative quotas held by operators in each Member State and they were paid by Member States into the Fund. At the time of
establishment of the 2011 budget an amount of EUR 1 015 million
was expected to be carried over from the budget year 2010 into 2011. 1.7. Part
of the EAGF budget in total EU budget The final
EAGF budget's (commitment appropriations) part of the total EU budget for the period
2005–2011 appears in annex 2. 2. CASH
POSITION AND MANAGEMENT OF APPROPRIATIONS 2.1. Management of appropriations
2.1.1. Appropriations available for the 2011 financial year In EUR || Expenditure section of budget (1) || Commitment appropriations || Payment appropriations || Revenue section of budget (AR) (2) || Forecasts 1. Initial appropriations for EAGF of which || 42 891 201 900 || 42 788 499 841 || 1. Conformity clearance || 600 000 000 1a. Appropriations under shared management || 42 465 900 000 || 42 465 900 000 || 2. Irregularities || 88 000 000 1b. Appropriations under centralised direct management (3) || 425 301 900 || 322 599 841 || 3. Super levy from milk producers || 19 000 000 2. Amending Budget 6/2011 || -23 140 000 || 0 || 4. Temporary restructuring amounts for sugar sector (4) || 0 3. Transfer to / out of EAGF in the year || 500 000 || 3 110 000 || Total forecast of AR || 707 000 000 4. Final appropriations for EAGF of which || 42 868 561 900 || 42 791 609 841 || || 4a. Appropriations under shared management || 42 465 900 000 || 42 465 900 000 || || 4b. Appropriations under centralised direct management || 402 661 900 || 325 709 841 || || (1) Appropriations entered in the 2011 budget taking into account the assigned revenue to be collected in 2011 and the one carried over from 2010 to 2011 in accordance with Article 10 of the Council Regulation (EC) No 1605/2002. (2) AR: Assigned revenue to be collected. There are no amounts of revenue entered on the revenue line (p.m.)[4], but the forecast amount is indicated in the budget comments. (3) 83% of commitment appropriations concern expenditure for veterinary and phyto-sanitary measures under policy area 17 - Health and Consumer Protection). The rest concern expenditure for policy strategy and coordination under policy area 05 - Agriculture and rural development (10%) and for fisheries markets under policy area 11 - Maritime Affairs and Fisheries (7%). (4) This revenue is used to provide appropriations for the payment of Sugar Restructuring Fund aids. 2.1.2. Expenditure section of the EU budget in relation to EAGF The initial commitment appropriations for 2011
totalled EUR 42 891 201 900. This was a net amount taking account of the
forecasted assigned revenue to be collected in 2011 and the one carried over
from 2010 to 2011. The initial payment appropriations amounted to EUR 42
788 499 841. The majority of the appropriations for expenditure under centralised
direct management made by the Commission are differentiated appropriations. In financial year 2011, there were the
Amending Budget 6/2011 and transfers of commitment and payment appropriations
to and out of EAGF. The commitment and payment appropriations finally available
to the EAGF, after this Amending Budget and those transfers, for the 2011
financial year amounted to EUR 42 868 561 900 and EUR 42 791 609 841 respectively.
Part of the appropriations coming from assigned
revenue received in 2010 was not used in that financial year and it was
automatically carried forward from 2010 to 2011. The amount of these
appropriations totalled EUR 1 950 million (including EUR 1
045 million for Sugar Restructuring Fund). 2.1.3. Assigned revenue section of the EU budget in relation to
EAGF For more details, please see point 1.5. 2.1.4. Execution
of appropriations available for the 2011 financial year In EUR || Execution of commitment appropriations || Execution of payment appropriations Shared management (1) || 43 772 404 535.48 || 43 772 404 535.48 Expenditure under centralised direct management || 385 606 709.61 || 344 507 317.37 Total (including Sugar Restructuring Fund) Sugar Restructuring Fund Total (excluding Sugar Restructuring Fund) || 44 158 011 245.09 187 935 635.21 43 970 075 609.88 || 44 116 911 852.85 187 935 635.21 43 928 976 217.64 (1) Committed amounts.
Commitments and payments less assigned revenue received for shared management:
EUR 43 105 570 603.39. For the financial year 2011, the actual amount
of commitment appropriations used amounted to EUR 44 158 011 245.09 while
that for payment appropriations amounted to EUR 44 116 911 852.85. 2.1.5. Assigned revenue received under shared management In EUR Assigned revenue (excluding Temporary restructuring amounts) Forecasted revenue || 707 000 000.00 Revenue received || 666 826 618.99 Difference || -40 173 381.01 For details,
please see points 1.5 and 6.1. 2.1.6. Execution
(excluding Sugar Restructuring Fund) In EUR Expenditure under shared management (excluding Sugar Restructuring Fund) (1) || Final appropriations (C1) || Assigned revenue appropriations (C4) || Carry over of assigned revenue appropriations (C5) from 2010 Appropriations || 42 465 900 000.00 || 666 826 618.99 || 905 096 386.29 Execution || 42 454 029 213.56 || 225 343 300.42 || 905 096 386.29 Appropriations cancelled || 11 870 786.44 || - || 0.00 Carry over to 2012 || - || 441 483 318.57 || - (1) Commitment
appropriations = payment appropriations. Appropriations available
for financing measures under management shared with Member States (excluding expenditure
under centralised direct management by the Commission) amounted to EUR 42
466 million compared to actual expenditure of
EUR 42 454 million. The 2011 appropriations coming from assigned
revenue amounted to
EUR 666.8 million of which an amount of EUR 225.3 million
was used in chapter 05 02. The remaining amount of EUR 441.5 million was
automatically carried over to budget year 2012. Part of the appropriations coming from assigned
revenue received in 2010 was not used in financial year 2010 and was
automatically carried forward to 2011 (C5 fund source). These appropriations
amounted to
EUR 905.1 million and had to be used first in accordance with Article
10 of the Financial Regulation. It should be noted that all appropriations
(EUR 905.1 million) carried over from financial year 2010 have been
fully used in accordance with the Financial Regulation. Sugar sector: Temporary
restructuring amounts. Sugar Restructuring Fund In EUR Temporary restructuring amounts || Sugar Restructuring Fund Revenue section of budget || Expenditure section of budget || Amount || || Final appropriations (C1) || Appropriations from AR (C4) || Carry over of appropriations from 2010 AR (C5) Forecast revenue || 0,00 || Appropriations || || pm || 7 313.10 || 1 044 756 804.57 Revenue received || 7 313.10 || Execution (1) || || - || - 4 938 186.20 || 192 873 821.41 || || Appropriations cancelled || || - || - || || 0 || || Carry over to 2012 || || - || 4 945 499.30 || || 851 882 983.16 (1) Commitment appropriations = payment appropriations Execution of
Temporary restructuring amounts - Revenue section. For details, please see
point 6.2. Execution of Sugar
Restructuring Fund - Expenditure section. For details, please see point 6.3. 2.1.7. Execution of Transitional Instrument for the financing of
Rural Development for the new Member States (TRDI EU 10) In EUR TRDI EU 10 || Commitment appropriations || Execution of commitment appropriations || Payment appropriations || Execution of payment appropriations || Remaining 2011 || 0.00 || 0.00 || 0 || 0 || 0 There were no commitment and payment
appropriations for TRDI EU10. Execution of outstanding commitment appropriations from previous years: TRDI EU 10 || Outstanding commitments (RAL) || Execution of payment appropriations || Outstanding commitments (1) 2006 || 18 883 583.40 || 0 || 0 (1) The amount of
EUR 18 883 583.4 was decommitted during the 2011 financial year. Budget execution of voted appropriations
- Expenditure under centralised direct management made by the Commission In EUR Expenditure under centralised direct management || Commitment appropriations || De-commitments || Payment appropriations || Carry over to 2012 (2) Appropriations (C1) (1) || 402 661 900.00 || - || 325 709 841.00 || - Execution (C1) || 385 156 336.70 || - || 304 613 983.52 || 15 480 489.32 Appropriations cancelled || 17 505 563.30 || - || 5 615 368.16 || - (1) C1 denotes the budget's voted appropriations. This amount includes transfers to / out EAGF: EUR 500 000 for commitment appropriations and EUR 3 110 000 for payment appropriations (2) Carry over to 2012 only for non-differentiated appropriations Commitment appropriations of EUR 402.7 million
were foreseen for expenditure under centralised direct management in the 2011 budget.
An amount of EUR 385.2 million was committed in 2011. The balance of
these appropriations, EUR 17.5 million, was cancelled. 81.9% of
commitment appropriations concern Policy area 17-Veterinary and phyto-sanitary
measures expenditure. The rest concern Policy area 05-Agriculture and Rural
Development (10.5%) and Policy area 11-Fisheries (7.6%). Since 2007, and in accordance with article 149
of the Financial Regulation, the majority of EAGF appropriations for expenditure
under direct management made by the Commission are differentiated
appropriations. The automatic carry over to 2012, which relates only to
non-differentiated appropriations, amounts to EUR 15.5 million. For details, please see annex 5 and 6. 2.1.8. Budget execution - Expenditure under centralised direct management
made by the Commission - Automatic carryover from 2010 In EUR Carry over from 2010 to 2011 || Commitments || De-commitments || Payments || Cancelled appropriations Carried over appropriations || 31 740 465.18 || 1 712 891.49 || 28 337 196.24 || 1 690 377.45 The automatic carry over from 2010 to 2011
only concerned expenditure under centralised direct management for non-differentiated
appropriations. As indicated in the table above, an
amount of EUR 31.7 million was carried over from 2010 to 2011. In 2011 an
amount of EUR 1.7 million from this carry over was de-committed. The
payments made amounted to EUR 28.4 million and the appropriations cancelled
totalled EUR 1.7 million. For details, please see annex 6. 2.2. Monthly payments 2.2.1. Monthly payments to Member States 2.2.1.1. Monthly payments on the provision for expenditure Council Regulation (EC) No 1290/2005 of 21
June 2005 on the financing of the Common Agricultural Policy[5]
states in Article 15 that "monthly payments shall be made by the
Commission … for expenditure performed by Member States' accredited paying
agencies during the reference month". Monthly payments shall be
made to each Member State at the latest on the third working day of the second
month following that in which the expenditure is incurred. The monthly payments are a reimbursement of net
expenditure (after deduction of revenue) which has been already carried out and
are made available on the basis of the monthly declarations forwarded by the
Member States[6]. The monthly booking of
expenditure and revenue is subject to checks and corrections on the basis of
the detailed declaration[7]. Moreover, these payments
will become final following the Commission's verifications under the accounting
clearance of accounts procedure. Payments made by the Member States from 16.10.2010
to 15.10.2011 are covered by the system for monthly payments. The remaining
payments are made directly by the Commission for a limited number of measures. For financial year 2011, the total net amount
of monthly payments made was EUR 43 105 570 603.39 2.2.1.2. Decisions on monthly payments for 2011 For the financial year 2011, the Commission
adopted twelve decisions on monthly payments. Furthermore, an additional
monthly payment decision, adjusting those already granted for the total
expenditure chargeable to the year, was adopted in December 2011. For details,
please see Annex 4 of the present working document. 2.2.1.3. Reductions and suspensions of monthly payments In 2011, a correction of – EUR 13.6 million
was made to the monthly payments effected to the Member States. The most
important categories of corrections are detailed in the following points. a. Reductions of the monthly payments
as a result of the non-compliance with the payment deadlines Pursuant to Article 16 of Council Regulation
(EC) No 1290/2005 concerning the budgetary discipline, certain Member
States did not always respect the payment deadlines fixed by the Community
legislations for the payment of aids to beneficiaries. The payment deadlines were introduced, on
the one hand, to ensure an equal treatment between the beneficiaries in all the
Member States and, on the other hand, to avoid the situation in which delays of
payments resulted in aids no longer having the expected economic effect.
Moreover, any scope for payments in accordance with the administrative
practices of the different paying services would not allow the correct application
of the budget discipline. As a result of non-respecting the set payment
deadlines, the Commission decided on two occasions, jointly with the monthly
payments, reductions for a total amount of
– EUR 10.9 million. b. Reductions of the monthly payments as a result of overspending the financial ceilings For some aid measures financed by EAGF,
financial ceilings are determined in the sectoral regulations, which have to be
adhered to. Expenditure exceeding these ceilings is considered as "non
eligible expenditure" and has to be corrected. These corrections lead to reductions of
the monthly payments. As a result of overspending these financial ceilings, the
Commission made financial corrections for a total amount of – EUR 3.1
million. c. Reductions
of the monthly payments as a result of the non-payment by Member States of the
additional milk levy No reduction of the monthly payments as a
result of the non-payment of the additional milk levy was carried out by the
Commission as all Member States declared the amounts due. On the other hand, an
amount of EUR 0.3 million concerning this levy declared in previous years by
the Member States was refused, as corrections had already been made in previous
financial years. 2.2.2. Centralised
direct expenditure by the Commission In certain cases, the Commission makes payments
directly for certain measures. These concern payments for veterinary and
plant-health measures (policy area 17), payments for certain fisheries market
measures (policy area 11) and payments for certain measures which do not have
the character of traditional market measures, in particular certain actions
related to controls, to promotion actions and to information actions on the
agricultural policy. For details, please see annex 5 and 6. 3. THE
IMPLEMENTATION OF THE 2011 EAGF BUDGET 3.1. The uptake of the EAGF budget appropriations The implementation
of the budget amounted to EUR 43 970.1 million. This
expenditure was funded by the budget's initial appropriations, by using the
entire amount of assigned revenue of EUR 905.1 million carried over from 2010
and a part of the assigned revenue collected in 2011 amounting to EUR 225.3
million out of a total EUR 666.8 million. Within Policy area
05-Agriculture and Rural Development, the expenditure for market measures
amounted to EUR 3 334.1 million and for direct aids to
EUR 40 178 million. The expenditure incurred for market
measures and direct aids exceeded the budget’s voted appropriations and it was
partly covered by transfers of appropriations from other items of the budget
and partly by the revenue which was assigned to the EAGF budget. Furthermore, the
aforementioned total implementation amount includes expenditure for Policy area
11-Fisheries market measures of EUR 30 million as well as expenditure
amounting to EUR 314.6 million for Policy area 17-veterinary and
phyto-sanitary measures. For details of the
budget's implementation by Policy area, please see annexes 7 and 8. Annex 16 presents a
breakdown of the expenditure on market measures, direct payments and audit of
agricultural expenditure by item and by Member State. 4. COMMENTS
ON IMPLEMENTATION OF 2011 EAGF BUDGET A brief commentary
on the implementation of the agricultural budget's appropriations is presented
hereafter based on details appearing in the annexed tables: –
Annexes 7 and 8: Analysis of execution of the
2011 EAGF budget. The expenditure incurred for each item of the budget appears
in column 6. Columns 2, 3 and 4 indicate, respectively, the source and amount
of funding which originates either from voted appropriations or from transfers
of assigned revenue and of voted appropriations from other items of the budget. –
Annex 9: Assigned revenue (C4) collected and
used in 2011 –
Annex 10: Assigned revenue (C5) carried over
from 2010 and used in 2011. This presentation
is made at the level of each chapter, article and item of the agricultural
budget. 4.1. Chapter 05 02: Interventions in agricultural markets 4.1.1. Introduction Total payments for
this area of the budget amounted to EUR 3 344.1 million and
they were funded by the budget’s voted appropriations amounting to EUR 2
964.9 million and by assigned revenue amounting to EUR 639.7 million. It
should be noted that C1 appropriations amounting to EUR 247.5 million were
transferred to item 05 07 01 06 to cover the negative expenditure of – EUR 272
million which was finally included in the 2011 budget for the accounting
clearance of EAGF accounts. As regards assigned revenue, EUR 628.9 million
was used to cover the expenditure incurred in the fruits and vegetables sector
and the available balance was carried forward to 2012. (NB: Details for this
sector appear in point 4.1.8 here below). In items where the budget's
appropriations were under-spent, the available appropriations were transferred
to other items of the budget in order to cover additional expenditure as
needed. Annex 8 presents
these details at the level of each budget item. 4.1.2. Article 05 02 01: Cereals In the course of the budget year, no cereals were
bought into intervention. On the contrary, intervention stocks of wheat and
barley decreased from around 5.56 million tonnes at the start of the
year to around 0.17 million tonnes at the end of the year. It should
be noted that, in the course of 2010, the store value of all these quantities
was depreciated to the level of their expected selling price at that time.
Specifically, for bread-making wheat, all the stock of 0.23 million tonnes
at the start of the year was removed by the end of the year. For barley, most
of the stocks of 5.33 million tonnes at the start of the year were removed
leaving only a quantity of 0.17 million tonnes at the end of the budget year.
Out of total removals of 5.4 million tonnes, a quantity of 2.76 million tonnes
was destined for the food programmes for the most deprived persons in the EU.
These removals were valued at the product's intervention price while the rest
of these removals involved sales which were made at prices significantly higher
than those forecasted in the budget. These values resulted in realizing
considerable gains for the 2011 budget which, however, are shown in the
budget's execution as negative amounts. Therefore, this item's execution
amounted to gains of – EUR 189.5 million compared to the budget's appropriations
amounting to - EUR 23 million. With regard to intervention for starch, the 2011
budget forecasted payments for the potato starch premium amounting to EUR
41 million while Member States incurred payments amounting to EUR 33.2 million
because the quantities aided for the marketing year 2010/11 were 22% lower due
to lower production than the corresponding quantity included in the budget. 4.1.3. Article 05 02 03: Refunds on Non-Annex I products The expenditure incurred for export refunds for
processed agricultural products amounted to EUR 12.7 million thus,
under-spending the budget’s voted appropriations by –EUR 18.3 million.
Member States incurred lower expenditure than foreseen in the budget mainly for
the payment of refunds for both sugar and dairy products incorporated in the exported
processed agricultural products. 4.1.4. Article 05 02 04: Food programmes Member States
implemented almost fully the 2011 plan for food distribution to the most
deprived persons. In addition, Member States paid administrative and transport
costs for the previous years' plans. This resulted in an over-execution of the
2011 budget's appropriations by EUR 15 million. 4.1.5. Article
05 02 05: Sugar Export refunds for sugar had been set at zero
since the end of September 2008. Therefore, the 2011 budget foresaw only the
payments for outstanding export refund balances which were estimated at EUR 1 million
while Member States actually paid out a higher amount of EUR 1.5 million,
thus, over-spending the 2011 budget's voted appropriations by approximately EUR 0.5 million.
Furthermore, EUR 0.8 million were spent on for outstanding balances for
production refunds for sugar used in the chemical industry for which the budget
foresaw no appropriations in 2011. 4.1.6. Article 05 02 06: Olive oil With regard to the aid for the financing of
quality improvement work programmes for approved operators’ organisations, lower
payments were incurred because one Member State did not fully execute the 2010/2011
work programme for these organisations, thus, under-spending the appropriations
retained in the 2011 budget by –EUR 3.9 million. 4.1.7. Article 05 02 07: Textile plants With regard to the processing aids for long
flax fibre and for short flax and hemp fibre, the overall expenditure incurred
amounted to EUR 20.3 million, thus, over-spending the
appropriations foreseen in the 2011 budget by EUR 0.3 million. The expenditure incurred by Member States for
the national restructuring programmes for cotton was as foreseen in the 2011
budget. 4.1.8. Article 05 02 08: Fruits and vegetables For operational funds for producer
organisations, which aim at financing their production quality improvement,
promotion and commercialisation programmes,
the total needs estimated to cover the expenditure forecasted to be incurred by
the Member States concerned amounted to EUR 792 million. Out of this
total amount, the Budgetary Authority granted appropriations amounting to
EUR 292 million because it took account of estimated revenue
amounting to
EUR 500 million which had been assigned to the funding of this scheme
in the 2011 budget. Member States eventually incurred payments amounting
to
EUR 785.6 million which were lower compared to the budget's available
appropriations. This under-execution, mainly for advanced payments for plans
approved in 2011, was due to the fact that some Member States had overestimated
their implementation forecast. The payments incurred by Member States for aid
to producer groups for preliminary recognition were higher compared to the
appropriations retained in the 2011 budget, thus, leading to an over-execution
of these appropriations by EUR 87.8 million as a larger number of producer groups entered into this
scheme. This over-execution was covered partly by assigned revenue as
well as by a transfer of voted appropriations from other items of the budget. For the School Fruit Scheme, several Member
States had an execution which remained below their budgetary allocation, thus,
leading to an under-execution of the budget's appropriations by – EUR 32.7
million. The exceptional support measures for the fruit
and vegetables sector, adopted by the Commission following the E.coli crisis
(Regulation (EU) No 585/2011), were partly funded through the operational funds for producers' organisations while the rest was funded through budget item 05 02 08 99 – Other measures within this budget article to the tune of EUR 90 million. As no appropriations were foreseen in the 2011 budget for these measures, this expenditure was covered by
assigned revenue. It should be noted that these measures were
expected to cost approximately EUR 227 million out of which EUR 215 million
were expected to be paid and declared in 2011. Member States incurred
expenditure amounting to approximately EUR 178.3 million in 2011. Member States
can still make further payments in the course of the 2012 budget year. 4.1.9. Article 05 02 09: Products of the wine-growing sector The wine sector was reformed as of budget year
2009. Currently, the principal measures left in this sector are the national
support programmes and the grubbing up scheme. For the rest of the measures,
the 2011 budget included appropriations destined to cover the estimated still
outstanding balances of payments concerning these measures and some quantities
left in store. No expenditure was incurred for the private
storage of alcohol. With regard to the public storage of alcohol, following the
reform of the wine sector no intervention purchases of alcohol are possible. All
wine alcohol intervention stocks were sold and removed in the course of the
2011 budget year. However, a minor quantity of 0.06 million hl is
still in store but its cost is covered by the buyer of this stock. The final
overall expenditure for the storage of alcohol amounted to EUR 1.6 million,
including end-of-year depreciation amounting to EUR 0.3 million.
This expenditure led to over-spending the 2011 budget’s voted appropriations by EUR 0.6 million
and it was covered by transfer of voted appropriations from other items of the
budget. Aids paid for the use of concentrated and
rectified must were higher than the estimated still outstanding balances for
which appropriations were retained in the 2011 budget, thus, resulting in an
over-spending of the budget's appropriations by
EUR 0.5 million which was covered by transfer of voted appropriations
from other items of the budget. With regard to the national support programmes,
Member States incurred slightly lower expenditure of – EUR 20.2 million,
compared to the amounts foreseen in these programmes, which were nevertheless satisfactorily
implemented at 97.7% of foreseen appropriations. With regard to the grubbing up scheme, Member
States incurred lower expenditure, mainly, because the area for which the aid
was paid for the marketing year 2010/2011 was 7% smaller compared to the area
forecasted to be paid in the 2011 budget, thus, leading to under-spending the
budget’s appropriations by –EUR 9.8 million. 4.1.10. Article 05 02 10: Promotion With regard to promotion measures, Member
States did not pay all the amounts foreseen in the budget for promotion activities
based on the promotion decisions taken by the Commission. Total payments
amounted to EUR 46.3 million, thus, under-executing the 2011
budget's appropriations by –EUR 11.7 million. With regard to direct payments by the European
Community, the Commission committed almost all the amount of EUR 1.1 million
foreseen in the 2011 budget. for promotion measures. 4.1.11. Article 05 02 11: Other plant products/measures Aids for a quantity of dried fodder of 3.9 million
tonnes were retained in the 2011 budget for the marketing year 2010/11. Member
States incurred expenditure for these aids for quantities which were 4% higher
than the ones foreseen in the 2011 budget, thus, over-spending the
corresponding appropriations by EUR 12.1 million which was covered by transfer
of voted appropriations from other items of the budget. The expenditure incurred by Member States for
the aid for producer organisations for hops was as foreseen in the 2011 budget. The expenditure incurred by Member States for
the POSEI programmes' market measures amounted to EUR 223.7 million,
thus, under-spending the 2011 budget's appropriations by - EUR 33.3 million
This under-spending concerned both the supply arrangements and the support
programmes for local production under these programmes (see also point 4.2.2
below). With regard to the Community fund for tobacco,
the EU's contribution towards still outstanding balances for the Member States'
tobacco reconversion plans amounted to EUR 0.38 million. As no
appropriations were foreseen in the 2011 budget for these plans, this
expenditure was covered by transfer of voted appropriations from other items of
the budget. 4.1.12. Article 05 02 12: Milk and milk products The Commission maintained the export refund
rate for dairy products at zero in 2011. Member States incurred payments for
export certificates still outstanding amounting to EUR 5.4 million,
thus, under-spending the 2011 budget’s appropriations by -EUR 4.6 million. As regards public storage of skimmed milk
powder, no purchases were made in 2011. On the contrary, intervention stocks decreased
from around 0.2 million tonnes at the start of the year to around 0.06 million
tonnes at the end of the year. It should be noted that, in the course of 2010,
the store value of these quantities was depreciated to the level of their
expected selling price at that time. Out of total removals of 0.14 million
tonnes, a quantity of 0.094 million tonnes was destined for the food programmes
for the most deprived persons in the EU. These removals were valued at the
product's intervention price while the rest of these removals involved sales
which were made at prices significantly higher than those forecasted in the
budget. These values resulted in realizing considerable gains for the 2011
budget which, however, are shown in the budget's execution as negative amounts.
Therefore, this item's execution amounted to gains of – EUR 73 million compared
to the budget's appropriations amounting to - EUR 12 million. As regards the private storage aid for butter,
the appropriations foreseen in the 2011 budget amounted to EUR 10 million
while the expenditure incurred amounted to
EUR 8.3 million because of the lower volume of butter for which this
aid was paid for 2011. Furthermore as regards public storage of butter, no
purchases were made while the stock on hand of 1 544 tonnes was destined for
free distribution to the most deprived persons in the EU. Eventually, only 748
tonnes were distributed, leaving, at the end of 2011, 796 tonnes of butter still
in store. This item's execution amounted to under-spending the 2012 budget's appropriations
by approximately - EUR 1.7 million. With regard to private storage for cheese, the
2011 budget foresaw appropriations of EUR 1 million for outstanding balances
still due for this measure for which Member States payments were minimal at EUR
5 323. With regard to school milk, the quantities
distributed were lower than the quantities retained in the 2011 budget, thus,
leading to an under-execution of the corresponding appropriations by –EUR 25.8 million.
However, it should be recalled that the 2011 budget for
this item was increased by EUR 10 million compared to the initial needs of
EUR 80 million requested by the Commission. 4.1.13. Article 05 02 13: Beef and veal The quantity of fresh and frozen meat exported
with refunds was higher than the one foreseen in the budget. As a consequence,
the corresponding 2011 budget appropriations were over-spent by approximately
EUR 21.1 million which was funded by transfer of voted appropriations
from other items of the budget. As regards exports of live animals, the
estimated quantities exported were higher than the ones foreseen in the budget,
thus, also over-spending the 2011 budget’s appropriations by approximately
EUR 0.6 million. which was funded by transfer of voted appropriations
from other items of the budget. 4.1.14. Article 05 02 15: Pig meat, eggs and poultry, bee-keeping
and other animal products The expenditure incurred by Member States for
export refunds for processed pig-meat products amounted to EUR 19.1 million,
thus, under-spending the 2011 budget’s appropriations by -EUR 1.9 million
because of the smaller quantity of exported products. Following the difficult market situation in the
pig-meat sector, the Commission adopted a private storage aid scheme in January
2011 (Regulation (EU) No 68/2011). The expenditure incurred amounted to EUR 56.3 million. As no appropriations were foreseen in the 2011 budget for this scheme, this expenditure was covered by transfer of voted appropriations from other items of the budget. With regard to export refunds for eggs, the
exported quantities for all types of eggs was 3% smaller compared to the
quantities foreseen in the budget, thus, under-spending the 2011 budget’s
appropriations by –EUR 0.2 million. For export refunds for poultry, the exported
quantities for all types of poultry increased by approximately 34% compared to
the quantities foreseen in the budget, thus, over-spending the 2011 budget’s
appropriations by EUR 20.7 million which was
funded by transfer of voted appropriations from other items of the budget. The payments incurred by Member States for
specific aid for bee-keeping were smaller compared to the appropriations
retained in the budget, thus, leading to an under-execution of these
appropriations by - EUR 3.6 million. 4.2. Chapter 05 03: Direct Aids The voted appropriations for this chapter of
the 2011 budget amounted to
EUR 39 771.1 million while payments amounted to approximately
EUR 40 178 million. This level of 2011 EAGF expenditure was higher
compared to the level of 2010 mainly because of the continuing phasing-in of
these aids to the EU-12 in that year. A part of the single payment scheme was
foreseen to be funded by assigned revenue, thus, leading to this apparent
over-implementation which was covered partly by this revenue and partly by
transfers of voted appropriations from other items of the budget. Annex 8 presents
these details at the level of each budget item. 4.2.1. Article 05 03 01: Decoupled direct aids The main schemes covered by this article's
apprporiations are the expenditure for the single payment scheme (SPS), for the
single area payment scheme (SAPS) which is applied by 10 out of the EU-12
Member States and for the specific support measures under article 68 of Council
Regulation (EC) No 73/2009. All aid schemes in this article are paid independently of production but on certain conditions e.g. respect of cross-compliance. The expenditure incurred for all schemes in this article amounted to EUR 36 830.4 million, thus, over-spending the 2011 budget's voted appropriations of EUR 36 324 million by EUR 506.4 million. With regard to the single payment scheme, the
Budgetary Authority granted appropriations amounting to EUR 30 389 million
because it took account of the revenue assigned to this budget item amounting
to EUR 747 million. Hence, the total available appropriations for the
funding of this scheme's needs amounted to
EUR 31 136 million. However, the Member States concerned incurred
expenditure amounting to EUR 31 081.8 million, i.e. an
under-execution of - EUR 54 million, or less than 0.2%, compared to the
scheme's needs. Despite the fact that a number of Member States did not make
full use of their single payment scheme financial envelope, this implementation
level points to an improvement of the overall management of the SPS financial
envelope compared to the implementation level of last year. This expenditure
was funded by the budget's voted appropriations of EUR 30 389 million
as well as by part of the revenue assigned to this
scheme amounting to EUR 501.5 million and by transfers of
appropriations from other items of the budget amounting to EUR 191.4 million.
With regard to the single area payment scheme,
the Member States concerned incurred payments amounting to EUR 5
084.3 million, thus, resulting in an under-execution of the 2011 budget's
appropriations by –EUR 51.7 million. This under-execution is due
to the fact that, in some Member States, the total eligible area declared by
farmers is smaller than the area fixed in the legislation and which is used for
the purpose of calculating the maximum rate of aid per hectare. With regard to the separate sugar payment
scheme, the Member States concerned did not pay the totality of their
corresponding budgetary ceilings, thus, resulting in an under-execution of the
2011 budget's appropriations by –EUR 2.8 million. With regard to the separate fruit and
vegetables payment scheme, the Member States concerned made payments amounting
to EUR 12.2 million, thus, resulting in an
under-execution of the 2011 budget's appropriations by –EUR 0.8 million. Finally with regard to the specific support
under article 68 of Council Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 scheme, the Member States concerned made payments amounting to EUR 381.9 million, thus, resulting in an under-execution of the 2011 budget's appropriations by –EUR 131.1 million. This is the first year of implementation of this scheme and various Member States experienced difficulties due to the novelty of the scheme. 4.2.2. Article
05 03 02: Other direct aids The appropriations of this article cover
expenditure for other direct aids for which Member States have chosen to
maintain a limited link between the payment of these aids and production for a
number of sectors, under well defined conditions and within clear limits, in
order to avoid the abandonment of this production. With regard to these schemes, the Commission
had estimated that appropriations amounting to EUR 3 447 million
(after modulation) were required in 2011. However, Member States incurred
expenditure amounting to EUR 3 347 million, thus, under-spending the
budget’s appropriations by –EUR 100 million. Thirty one schemes are funded under this
article. For most of these schemes, the Member States concerned incurred
expenditure which was lower than the budget's retained appropriations such as: –
Crops area payments: -EUR 6.2 million
mainly most probably due to the eligible area claimed by farmers in 2010 being
slightly less than the base area; –
Suckler cow premium: -EUR 20.2 million
probably due to a small decrease in the herd as well as to the application of
sanctions for not complying with the scheme's eligibility conditions; –
Payments to starch potato producers: - EUR 20.8
million because the bad climatic conditions had a negative impact to the level
of production; –
Area aid for cotton: -EUR 8.7 million
because in one of the Member States concerned, eligible areas were lower than
the base area; –
Specific support under article 68 of Council
Regulation (EC) No 73/2009: –EUR 57 million because various Member States experienced difficulties due to the novelty of the scheme and to insufficient communication to the farmers. On the other hand, Member States concerned
incurred expenditure for POSEI-Community support programmes direct payments
which was EUR 27 million higher than the 2011 budget's retained
appropriations, thus, partly compensating the under-execution observed for
market measures (see point 4.1.11 above). Thus, the global execution for the
POSEI programmes in 2011 over this scheme and the market measures scheme was
around 99%. This over-execution was funded by transfer of voted appropriations
from other items of the budget. 4.2.3. Article 05 03 03: Additional amounts of aid The appropriations of this article intended to
cover still outstanding balances for the additional amount of aid paid to
farmers in the EU-15 Member States in order to compensate for the modulation
applicable to their first EUR 5 000 or less of direct payments. While
the appropriations in the 2011 budget amounted to EUR 0.1 million, Member
States incurred payments amounting to EUR 0.6 million, thus, over-implementing
the budget’s appropriations by EUR 0.5 million. This over-execution was
funded by transfer of voted appropriations from other items of the budget. 4.3. Chapter 05 04: Rural Development 4.3.1. Article 05 04 01: Rural Development financed by
the ex-EAGGF-Guarantee. Completion of earlier programmes (2000 to 2006) No commitment appropriations can be made
anymore for these programmes. Member States are now closing these programmes
and they recover unduly paid amounts. The final net amount recovered under this
article was equal to –EUR 6.6 million. 4.4. Chapter 05 07: Audit of agricultural expenditure 4.4.1. Article 05 07 01: Control of agricultural expenditure This article involves the measures taken in
order to reinforce the means of on-the-spot controls and to improve the systems
of verification so as to limit the risk of frauds and irregularities in
detriment of the Community budget. It also includes the amounts credited into
the EAGF budget through the corrections based on the accounting clearance
procedure and on the procedure relating to the reduction/suspension of
advances. The European Community directly financed
measures mostly for the purchase of satellite images within the framework of
the Integrated Administrative and Control System (IACS) by committing the
amount of EUR 6.5 million foreseen in the 2011 budget for Monitoring
and preventive measures-Direct payments by the European Union. With regard to the accounting clearance of
previous years' accounts, and contrary to expected negative corrections, the
Commission made overall positive corrections to Member States' accounts amounting
to approximately EUR 66.6 million including the negative
corrections imposed to Member States from the penalties for non-respecting
payment deadlines. The 2011 budget included appropriations amounting to –EUR 272 million
for the negative clearance of accounts corrections. The Commission closed this
account by transferring voted appropriations amounting to EUR 338.6 million
from other items of the budget. With regard to the conformity clearance of
previous years' accounts, positive corrections amounting to EUR 3.5 million
were made by the Commission within the year. The 2011 budget did not retain any
appropriations for such positive corrections which were eventually funded by
transferring voted appropriations of the same amount from other items of the
budget. 4.4.2. Article 05 07 02: Settlement of disputes In this article of the 2011 budget appropriations
amounting to EUR 3 million were foreseen. These appropriations were intended to
cover expenditure for which the Commission could be held liable by decision of
a court of justice, including the cost of settling claims for damages and
interest. No such expenditure was incurred in 2011. 4.5. Chapter 05 08: Policy strategy and coordination 4.5.1. Article 05 08 01: Farm accountancy data network (FADN) Appropriations committed with regard to the
cost of data collection on farm holdings under this network amounted to EUR 14.2
million which was foreseen in the 2011 budget. 4.5.2. Article 05 08 02: Surveys on the structure of
agricultural holdings Appropriations committed with regard to the
maintenace cost of IT infrastructure needed for the processing of the surveys
carried out on the structure of agricultural holdings amounted to approximately
EUR 0.2 million, thus, under-executing the 2011 budget’s commitment
appropriations by -EUR 0.3 million. 4.5.3. Article 05 08 03: Restructuring of systems for
agricultural surveys Appropriations committed with regard to the
cost of operating the MARS meteorological system amounted to approximately EUR 1.44 million
compared to the appropriations of EUR 1.46 million foreseen in the 2011 budget. 4.5.4. Article 05 08 06: Enhancing public awareness of the
common agricultural policy Appropriations committed with regard to the
cost of actions, fairs and publications aimed at improving the level of
understanding of the CAP amounted to
EUR 8 million which was foreseen in the 2011
budget. 4.5.5. Article
05 08 09: EAGF – Operational technical assistance Appropriations committed with regard to
operational technical assistance for the EAGF amounted to approximately
EUR 1.27 million versus the amount of
EUR 1.49 million retained in the 2011 budget. 5. COMMENTS
ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE EAGF BUDGET FOR POLICY AREAS 11 AND 17 5.1. Fisheries markets (Chapter 11 02) 5.1.1. Article 11 02 01: Intervention in fishery products 97% of the commitment appropriations and 98% of
payment appropriations were committed (compared to 67% in 2010, 74% in 2009 and
82% in 2008 for payment appropriations). 87% of the intervention requests submitted by
Member States in 2011 were paid. The balance was suspended due to inadequate
documentation. This situation can be considered as normal and under control
(the experience shows that eventually most of the declarations are fully
paid). A particular effort was made to clear the backlog of old declarations
(i.e. open before 31/12/2010): 85% of these declarations could be paid, 10% had
to be rejected and the corresponding amounts decommitted and 5% concern only
one Member State and it will require further analysis in 2012. 5.1.2. Article 11 02 03: Fisheries programme for the outermost
regions Commitment appropriations for the five
outermost regions, i.e. the Azores, Madeira, the Canary Islands, French Guiana
and Reunion, totalled EUR 14 996 768, which corresponds to the maximum amount
provided by the compensation scheme. 100% of the commitment appropriations
were committed. As a consequence of the Director's General
reservation in his declaration of assurance on 2009, 12 compensation requests
from 2008 to 2010 for the 3 Member States concerned were still suspended during
the first months of 2011. The opinion of the Legal Service on the appropriate
interpretation of the underlying Council Regulation (EC) No 791/2007 was communicated to DG MARE in March 2011. As a consequence, it was possible to lift the reservation in the AAR 2010 and, accordingly, to lift all suspensions of payment requests. From these payment requests, 68% (in value) could be paid in 2011 (corresponding to all old payment requests from France and Spain). However the payment requests from Portugal – including declarations made in 2011 – remained suspended due to difficulties in obtaining
the necessary probing documentation, and Spain was not able to submit its
declaration for 2011 on time. As a consequence, the execution rate of the
payment appropriations reached only 57%. 5.2. Veterinary and phyto-sanitary measures expenditure
(Chapters 17 01 and 17 04) 5.2.1. Generalities More than 95 % of the C1 commitment
appropriations available from the 2011 budget have been used. Specifically, an
amount of EUR 314.1 million out of EUR 329.8 million available for the
operational and administrative credits for veterinary and plant health measures
has been committed. More than 98% of the C1 payment appropriations have been
used for these measures. Specifically, an amount of EUR 250.2 million out of
EUR 253.7 million available was paid. Via amending budget No 6/2011, the commitment
appropriations for the eradication/surveillance programmes (item 17.040101) and
the other veterinary measures (item 17.040201) have been decreased by
respectively EUR 19.8 million and EUR 3.3 million. This decrease was possible
thanks to the favourable animal health situation as a result of the policy
conducted under the motto "prevention is better than cure". As in
previous years, there have been some internal transfers of commitment and
payment appropriations. 5.2.2. Details 5.2.2.1. Item 17.040101 Animal disease eradication and monitoring
programmes The amount of available credits (all sources)
was EUR 251.5 million. After a reallocation of credits, executed in the autumn
of 2011, an amount of a bit more than EUR 238 million was committed (139
commitments) according to the details mentioned below. The number of
commitments is reduced vis-à-vis previous years (+/- 150) because 2010 was the
last year of the co-financing of programmes for the eradication of enzootic
bovine leucosis and Aujeszky's disease. –
EUR 13.4 million for the bluetongue programmes, –
EUR 74.6 million for the TSE, BSE and scrapie
programmes, –
EUR 121.4 million for the traditional eradication
programmes, –
EUR 3.5 million for avian influenza survey
programmes and, –
EUR 25.1 million for the salmonella control
programmes. Compared to previous years, there is a
considerable increase of the EU contribution towards tuberculosis programmes
and a significant reduction of this contribution towards bluetongue programmes.
Furthermore, it has to be signalled that the EU contribution has been increased
from 50% to 60% for programmes other than rabies and TSE. Payment appropriations were increased via an
internal transfer of EUR 14.9 million. Payment credits were executed for 100% via
163 C1 payments for an amount of EUR 185.8 million. Three payments were made on
C5 appropriations for an amount of almost EUR 0.5 million. The available
envelope of payment appropriations didn't cover total needs. The balance will
be paid from the 2012 budget payment appropriations. It is not possible at this
stage to quantify exactly this balance because the final result of the ex ante
audits is not known yet. 5.2.2.2. Item 17.040201 – Other measures in the veterinary, animal
welfare and public health field After an amendment to the budget (- EUR 3.3
million) and an internal transfer of EUR 0.2 million an envelope of EUR 14.5
million remained available. Almost 93% thereof was implemented. The payment credits were executed up to a total
sum of EUR 12.95 million or 99.6 % of the available envelope. Payment
appropriations of EUR 6 million were carried over from 2010 budget of which
almost 80% was used, in particular, for the purchase of foot-and-mouth
antigens. 5.2.2.3. Item 17.040301 – Emergency fund for veterinary complaints
and other diseases of animal contaminations which are a risk to public health The initial envelope of EUR 20 million was via
an internal transfer to the plant health line (17.040401) of almost EUR 10
million, reduced to EUR 10.1 million. This amount was entirely used via 11
rather small commitments. The envelope of payment appropriations was decreased
via an internal transfer to the eradication programmes line (17.040101) from EUR
30 million to an envelope of a bit more than EUR 15 million. 19 payments were
made, thus, executing 95.4% of the available envelope. 5.2.2.4. Item 17.040401 Plant-health measures – Expenditure on
operational management The commitment appropriations have been
increased via an internal transfer from EUR 12 million to a bit more than EUR 22
million (coming from the emergency fund). This increase was needed to cover the
financing of the EU contribution towards the eradication of harmful organisms
in different Member States (solidarity action). Almost 96% of this amount was
committed. In 2011, almost 91% of available appropriations
amounting to EUR 12 million were paid out. 5.2.2.5. Item 17.040701 Food and feed control – Expenditure on
operational management Out of the EUR 30 million commitment
appropriations 98.5% was committed, EUR 14.3 million for the EU reference
laboratories and EUR 13.4 million for the action better training for safer
food, the balance was for other actions and IT. All payment appropriations of the envelope of
EUR 25 million, apart from EUR 0.95 million, were paid out. 5.2.2.6. Item 17.010401– Plant-health measures – expenditure on
administrative measures The allocated commitment appropriations amounted
to EUR 0.7 million. Almost EUR 0.3 million was not committed because the
envisaged actions couldn't be launched in time. Payments of a bit more than EUR
0.15 million were made in 2011. 5.2.2.7. Item 17.010405 – Food and feed control - expenditure on
administrative measures 60% of EUR 0.7 million available was committed.
Only a bit more than 30 % was paid. 5.2.2.8. Item 17.010407 – Animal disease eradication and emergency
fund - expenditure on administrative management. Almost 82% of EUR 0.3 million was committed. A
bit more than EUR 0.2 million was paid in 2011. 5.2.2.9. Item 17.010431 Executive agency for health and consumers –
Contribution from programmes under Heading 2 100% of the available envelope was committed
and paid in 2011 (EUR 1.1 million). Finally, it should be recalled that no
appropriations were foreseen on budget lines 17.040501 and 17.040502 relating
to the Community plant variety office in Angers (France). The details of all the
commitments done in 2011 by Member State are given in annex 12. 5.2.3. Article 17.0302 - SANCO tobacco: Community Tobacco Fund Following the cessation of direct payments to
tobacco producers in 2009, 2010 was the last year of funding the information
programmes of the anti-smoking campaign. However, it should be noted that this
campaign does continue but it is now funded under the Public Health programme. 6. IMPLEMENTATION
OF ASSIGNED REVENUE (policy area 05-agriculture and rural development) 6.1. Revenue assigned to EAGF The assigned revenue actually carried over from
2010 into 2011, amounted to EUR 905.1 million and has entirely been
used in financing expenditure of the 2011 budget year in accordance with
article 10 of the Financial Regulation. This amount covered expenditure of EUR 403.6 million
for the operational funds for producer organisations and of EUR 501.5 million
for the single payment scheme. As far as the assigned revenue collected in 2011,
annex 9 shows that this revenue amounted to EUR 666.8 million and it
originated from: –
The corrections of the conformity clearance
procedure which amounted to approximately EUR 467.3 million. –
The receipts from irregularities which amounted
to approximately EUR 177.6 million. –
The milk levy collections which amounted to
approximately EUR 21.9 million. A part of the assigned revenue collected in 2011
amounting to EUR 225.3 million was used in order to cover expenditure
incurred within the year in the fruits and vegetables sector. The balance of the assigned revenue collected
in 2011 amounting to EUR 441.5 million was automatically carried over
into the 2012 budget in order to fund budgetary needs of that year. For details, please see annex 9 and 10. 6.2. Assigned revenue concerning temporary restructuring
amounts in sugar sector In line with the legislation, no new temporary
restructuring amounts have been collected from the Member States since November
2009. Therefore, the total assigned revenue available to the Sugar
Restructuring Fund equals the amount of EUR 1 044.8 million carried over
from 2010. After reimbursing Member States the amount of EUR 187.9 million
incurred for Sugar Restructuring Fund aids (see point 6.3 below), the balance
of approximately EUR 856.8 million will be carried over into the 2012 budget
year and it is intended to finance the Sugar Restructuring Fund payments to be
made in that year. For details please see annex 9 and 10. 6.3. Sugar Restructuring Fund The reimbursement to Member States for
payments made for aids concerning restructuring measures, for diversification
aids or for aids to sugar refining amounted to EUR 187.9 million These aids
were reimbursed to Member States from the assigned revenue of EUR 1 044.8
million mentioned in point 6.2 above. For details, please see annex 7 and 8. 7. BREAKDOWN
BY TYPE OF EXPENDITURE The total EAGF expenditure amounts to
EUR 43 970.1 million (excluding the Sugar Restructuring Fund).
Hereafter, this expenditure is presented broken down into the most significant
categories along with the percentage that these represent in the total EAGF
expenditure for 2011: Storage Expenditure for storage amounted to - EUR 194.6 million.
This negative amount represents the gains realized for the 2011 budget, mainly,
as a result of the removals of cereals, butter and skimmed milk powder from
public storage at average prices higher than the buying in prices. (For details
please see points 4.1.2 and 4.1.12 above). Export refunds Spending on export refunds amounted to EUR 179.4 million,
i.e.: 0.4% of the total and it related mainly to beef, poultry, pig-meat,
dairy and non-annex I products. Other market measures In addition to storage and export refunds, the
expenditure for other market measures expenditure amounted to EUR 3 428.3 million,
i.e.: 7.8% of the year's total. This category covers expenditure mainly
relating to cereals, food programmes, fruit and vegetables, wine, milk and milk
products, beef and veal and pig meat. This expenditure incorporates other minor
amounts and it includes the corrections arising from the financial clearance of
accounts. Direct payments Expenditure for direct payments amounted to EUR 40
178 million, i.e.: 91.4% of the total. Direct expenditure under centralised
management This expenditure amounting to EUR 385.6 million,
i.e.: 0.9% was paid directly by the Commission and it mostly covered the
expenditure relating to veterinary and phyto-sanitary measures as well as to farm
accounting and information on the CAP.. Rural development under ex-EAGGF-Guarantee No commitment appropriations can be made
anymore for these programmes. Member States are now closing these programmes
and they recover unduly paid amounts. The final net amount recovered under this
article was equal to –EUR 6.6 million. The evolution of this breakdown by type of
expenditure for the period 2005-2010 is presented in annex 32. 8. SPECIFIC
ACTIVITIES 8.1. Supply of food from intervention stocks for benefit of
needy in the Community In the particularly harsh winter 1986/87, the
Community organised an emergency programme for the supply of foodstuffs to the
most deprived persons in the Community for a limited period. When this emergency programme ended, the
Community received many calls for this type of measure to be applied on a
permanent basis. The Commission submitted a proposal to the Council, which
adopted it as Regulation (EEC) No 3730/87 laying down general
rules for the supply of food from intervention stocks to designated
organisations for distribution to the most deprived persons in the Community.
The Commission then adopted an implementing regulation (Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3149/92[8]).
In 2007, Council Regulation (EEC) No 3730/87 was repealed and provisions for this scheme were integrated in article 27 of the "Single CMO"[9]
Regulation. In 2008, the Commission tabled a proposal[10]
to adjust the legal framework of the scheme to the changed circumstances of the
CAP, which have reduced the availability of intervention stocks. This proposal
has been revised in 2010[11] and 2011[12].
On 15 December 2011, the Council reached a political agreement on the
continuation of the scheme for the period up to 2013 with a ceiling of EUR 500
million per budget year. Since 1987, the Commission has adopted a
distribution plan each year specifying the budget resources and quantities of
products allocated to the Member States involved in the scheme. In 2011, a total of 20 Member States wished to
take part in the action. The appropriations were shared among the participating
Member States according to the number of persons at risk of poverty and the
GNI based on the most recent Eurostat statistics, together with the needs for
food aid reported by Member States authorities to the Commission. The annual
plan was established after consultation of the charities. It was administered
at national level by the authorities of the participating Member States. Each Member State designated the organisations that had to distribute food to the needy. In 2011, products available in EU intervention
stocks were sufficient to meet almost completely the demands of the participating
Member States. In paricular, 97% of the expenditure on food procurement was
sourced from intervention stocks of cereals, skimmed
milk powder, butter and sugar.
Additional market purchases were needed only for
butter. The measure also allowed the transfer of cereals, butter and skimmed milk powder from the Member States
where stocks were available, to Member States where such stocks were necessary
to implement the scheme but unavailable in Community storage. The annual plan 2011 was published on 22 October
2010 as Commission Regulation (EU) 945/2010[13]. A
modification of the 2011 plan, to reallocate the resources that some Member
States were not able to use, was published on 21 May 2011, as Commission
Implementing Regulation (EU) 499/2011[14]. The financial resources
made available for the participating Member states to implement the plan
accounted for EUR 480 million while final appropriations for this measure in
the 2011 budget amounted to EUR 500 million. In the 2011 plan, the budget appropriations
allocated to each participating Member State amounted to: TABLE
1 2011
Plan – Allocation of budget appropriations Member State || EUR Belgium || 10 935 075 Bulgaria || 11 042 840 Czech Republic || 45 959 Estonia || 755 405 Ireland || 1 196 457 Greece || 20 045 000 Spain || 74 731 353 France || 72 741 972 Italy || 102 023 445 Latvia || 6 723 467 Lithuania || 7 781 341 Luxembourg || 107 483 Hungary || 14 146 729 Malta || 640 243 Poland || 75 422 222 Portugal || 20 513 026 Romania || 49 578 143 Slovenia || 2 441 755 Slovakia || 4 809 692 Finland || 4 318 393 Total || 480 000 000 Within the aforementioned allocations, the
quantities of each type of product to be withdrawn from Community intervention
stocks for distribution to the most deprived persons amounted to: TABLE
2 2011
Plan – Allocation of public storage products – (In tonnes) Member State || Cereals || Butter || Skimmed milk powder || Sugar Belgium || 74 030 || - || 1 687 || Bulgaria || 103 318 || - || - || Czech Republic || 401 || - || - || 9 Estonia || 7 068 || - || - || Ireland || 250 || 109 || - || Greece || 88 836 || 976 || - || Spain || 305 207 || - || 23 507 || France || 491 108 || - || 11 305 || Italy || 480 539 || - || 28 281 || Latvia || 50 663 || - || 730 || Lithuania || 61 000 || - || 704 || Luxembourg * || - || - || - || Hungary || 132 358 || - || - || Malta || 5 990 || - || - || Poland || 441 800 || - || 15 743 || Portugal || 61 906 || 458 || 5 000 || Romania || 370 000 || - || 5 600 || Slovenia || 14 465 || - || 500 || Slovakia || 45 000 || - || - || Finland || 25 338 || - || 899 || Total || 2 759 277 || 1 543 || 93 956 || 9 * Allocation for Luxembourg for the purchase of
milk powder on the EU market:
EUR 101 880. Equally, within the aforementioned allocations,
the budget appropriations to each participating Member State for purchases of
butter on the market for distribution to the most deprived persons were: TABLE
3 2011 Plan – Allocation of budget appropriations
for purchase of butter on the market Member State || Butter (in EUR) Ireland || 867 046 Greece || 7 835 710 Portugal || 3 666 327 Total || 12 369 083 For the 2011 budget year, the participating
Member States spent approximately
EUR 452.1 million for the food programmes (excluding administrative
and transport costs), as detailed in the following table: TABLE
4 Expenditure
declared on the 2011 plan until 15 October 2011 Member State || EUR Belgium || 10 672 585 Bulgaria || 10 444 509 Czech Republic || 43 476 Estonia || 716 337 Ireland || 1 159 789 Greece || 12 999 975 Spain || 70 955 576 France || 69 065 673 Italy || 97 766 366 Latvia || 6 394 508 Lithuania || 7 418 495 Luxembourg || 101 776 Hungary || 13 620 846 Malta || 603 950 Poland || 72 655 334 Portugal || 19 002 519 Romania || 47 417 909 Slovakia || 4 560 701 Slovenia || 2 312 322 Finland || 4 155 877 Total || 452 068 522 8.2. Promotion measures – payments by Member States The legal basis for information and promotion
programmes for agricultural products implemented in the EU and elsewhere is
provided by Council Regulation (EC) No 3/2008 and Commission Regulation (EC) No 501/2008. Programmes are submitted by representative
professional and inter-professional organisations to Member States which are
responsible for programme management once the Commission has confirmed the
selection and agreed the part-financing. The rate of co-financing of the action
plans is 50%. In 2008, the Council accepted an increase of this percentage up
to 60% for specific promotion actions concerning fruit and vegetables for
school pupils and information on responsible drinking patterns and harm linked
to hazardous alcohol consumption. The rules also allow the financing of promotion
and information measures carried out on the initiative of the Commission. In
this framework the Commission organised and financed two promotional events in
third countries in 2011, namely: a high level mission to China in March 2011 and a promotional campaign in South Korea in autumn 2011. In 2011, 46 new promotion programmes were
approved by two separate Commission decisions concerning the internal market
(26) and third countries (20), and payments made by Member States from the EU
budget for promotion measures amounted to EUR 46.3 million compared to the
2011 budget appropriations of EUR 58 million. In order to respond rapidly to the consequences
of the E-Coli crisis in the fresh fruits and vegetables sector, the Commission
decided to adopt special promotion information programmes in this sector,
targeting both the internal and third markets. In this framework, by a third
Commission Decision, 14 complementary promotion programmes were accepted for
co-financing for a total 3-years EU contribution of EUR 17 million. As a concrete starting point for the reform of
the promotion regime, the Commission launched in July 2011 a Green Paper in
order to consult, at large, stakeholders and other interested parties. The
analysis of contributions received was presented during a conference organised
by the Polish presidency at the end of November 2011. Furthermore, discussions
on this matter permitted the publication of Council conclusions on the future
of agricultural promotion policy. Last but not least, a retrospective evaluation
on promotion was finalised in 2011 with the publication of the report on
31.1.2012. 9. CONTROL
MEASURES 9.1. Introduction The EU legislation provides for a comprehensive
system of management and controls which relies on four levels: (a) compulsory administrative structure at the
level of Member States, centred around the establishment of paying agencies and
an accreditation authority at high level which is competent for issuing and
withdrawing the agency’s accreditation. The decision for issuing the
accreditation is based on a detailed review by an external audit body; (b) detailed systems for controls and
dissuasive sanctions to be applied by those paying agencies, with common basic
features and special rules tailored to the specificities of each aid regime; (c) ex-post controls by independent audit
bodies on the paying agencies' annual accounts and the functioning of their
internal control procedures (under Regulation (EC) No 885/2006[15])
and by special departments on aid measures other than direct payments covered
by the IACS (checks based on Regulation (EC) No 485/2008[16]); (d) clearance of accounts procedure through the
Commission's annual financial clearance and multi-annual conformity clearance. These four levels establish a comprehensive
system for the management and control of agricultural expenditure. It includes,
on the one hand, all the necessary building blocks to guarantee a sound
administration of the expenditure at Member States’ level and, on the other
hand, allows the Commission to counter the risk of financial losses as a result
of any deficiencies in the set-up and operation of those building blocks
through the clearance of accounts procedure. Article 9(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1290/2005[17]
provides for the general obligation of Member States to ensure that
transactions financed by the EAGF and the EAFRD are carried out and executed
correctly, to prevent and deal with irregularities and to recover amounts
unduly paid. In complement to this general obligation, there
is a system of controls and dissuasive sanctions of final beneficiaries which
reflects the specific features of the regime and the risk involved in its
administration. The controls are carried out by the paying
agencies or by delegated bodies operating under their supervision and
effective, dissuasive and proportionate sanctions are imposed if the controls
reveal non-compliance with EU rules. The system generally provides for
exhaustive administrative controls of 100% of the aid applications,
cross-checks with other databases where this is considered appropriate as well
as pre-payment on-the-spot controls of a sample of transactions ranging between
1% and 100%, depending on the risk associated with the regime in question. For
example, the control rate in the framework of the Integrated Administration and
Control System (IACS) is normally 5%. If the on-the-spot controls reveal a high
number of irregularities, additional controls must be carried out. The sample
of transactions is determined on a risk and/or random basis. In addition, for most regimes which are not
subject to the IACS, on top of the primary and secondary control levels, ex-post controls must be carried out in accordance with Regulation (EC)
No 485/2008. 9.2. Integrated Administration and Control System (IACS) Council Regulation (EC) No 73/2009[18]
and Commission Regulation (EC) No 1122/2009[19]
contain the rules on the IACS. A fully operational IACS consists of: a
computerised database, an identification system for agricultural parcels and
farmers claiming aid, a system for identification and registration of payment
entitlements, aid applications and integrated controls system (claim
processing, on-the-spot checks and sanctioning mechanisms) and a system for
identifying and registering animals where applicable. The IACS is fully
automated and provides highly efficient controls by maximising the use of
computerised and remote controls. This system foresees a 100% administrative
control covering the eligibility of the claim, complemented by administrative
cross-controls with standing databases ensuring that only areas or animals that
fulfil all eligible requirements are paid the premium and by a minimum 5% of
on-the-spot checks to check the existence and eligibility of the area or the
animals claimed. The use of standing databases, which are
appropriately updated, is well adapted to the schemes whereby aids are directly
paid to the farmers and based on the surfaces or on the number of animals, in
that the risk can be reduced to the lowest levels. For the financial year 2011, the IACS covered
some 91.4% of the EAGF expenditure. Furthermore, the relevant components of the
IACS are applicable to the rural development measures, which are based on area
or number of animals. Such measures include, inter alia, agri-environment and
animal welfare measures, less-favoured areas and areas with environmental
restrictions and afforestation of agricultural land. For financial year 2011, around
45% of payments made under the EAFRD were also covered. The Commission services verify the
effectiveness of Member States' IACS and homogenous implementation by means of
both on-the-spot auditing and general supervision based on annually supplied
financial and statistical data. It has been established already for some years
now that the IACS provides an excellent and cost effective means of ensuring
the proper use of EU funds. 9.3. Market measures Market interventions, for example export refunds
or storage aid, are not covered by IACS but they are governed by specific
rules as regards controls and sanctions which are set out in sector-based
regulations. Aids are paid on the basis of claims, often
involving the lodging of administrative and/or end-use securities, which are
systematically (100%) checked administratively for completeness and
correctness. The more financially important aid schemes are also subject to
regular accounting controls performed in situ on commercial and financial
documents. 9.4. Application of Council Regulation (EC) No 485/2008
(ex-post controls) Regulation (EC) No 485/2008 provides for
an ex-post control system which is a complement to the sectoral control systems
described above. The system constitutes an extra layer of control which
contributes to the assurance that transactions have been carried out in
conformity with the rules or otherwise allows recovering the unduly paid
amounts. The ex-post scrutiny is to be carried out by a
body in the Member State, which is independent of the departments within the
paying agency responsible for the pre-payment controls and the payments. It
covers a wide range of CAP subsidies including export refunds, processing and
production subsidies etc. In fact, the ex-post scrutiny covers all subsidies
paid to beneficiaries from EAGF (except payments covered by IACS and those
excluded by Regulation (EC) No 2311/2000[20]). In 2011, 3 missions were carried out to review
the implementation of scrutiny, under Regulation (EC) No 485/2008, by
Member States. Furthermore a desk-audit was carried out reconciling Member
States' expenditure data provided under Regulation (EC) No.885/2006 and the
expenditure included in the information provided under article 10 of Regulation
(EC) No 485/2008. In 2011, Member States scrutiny services completed
ex-post controls in respect of the budget items subject to scrutiny for which
payments were made in financial year 2009. The annual reports on the scrutiny
period July 2010-June 2011 shows that 88% of the planned scrutinies were
completed, 10% of planned scrutinies were ongoing and 1% of scrutinies had not
started yet. The regulation also foresees Member States providing mutual
assistance in the performance of scrutinies. In the 2010/2011 scrutiny period,
nearly 200 such requests were fulfilled. 10. CLEARANCE
OF ACCOUNTS 10.1. Conformity clearance - Introduction It is primarily the Member States'
responsibility to satisfy themselves that transactions are carried out and
executed correctly via a system of control and dissuasive sanctions. Where
Member States fail to meet this requirement, the Commission applies financial
corrections to protect the financial interests of the EU. The conformity clearance relates to the
legality and regularity of transactions. It is designed to exclude expenditure
from EU financing which has not been effected in compliance with EU rules, thus
shielding the EU budget from expenditure that should not be charged to it
(financial corrections). In contrast, it is not a mechanism by which irregular
payments to beneficiaries are recovered, which according to the principle of
shared management is the sole responsibility of Member States. Financial corrections are determined on the
basis of the nature and gravity of the infringement and the financial damage
caused to the EU. Where possible, the amount is calculated on the basis of the
loss actually caused or on the basis of an extrapolation. Where this is not
possible, flat-rates are used which take account of the severity of the
deficiencies in the national control systems in order to reflect the financial
risk for the EU. Where undue payments are or can be identified
as a result of the conformity clearance procedures, Member States are required
to follow them up by recovery actions against the final beneficiaries. However,
even where this is not possible because the financial corrections only relate
to deficiencies in the Member States' management and control systems, financial
corrections are an important means to improve these systems and thus to prevent
or detect and recover irregular payments to final beneficiaries. The conformity
clearance, thereby, contributes to the legality and regularity of the
transactions at the level of the final beneficiaries. 10.2. Conformity clearance – Audits and decisions adopted in
2011 10.2.1. Audits The following table presents an overview of the
conformity missions and their coverage in respect of financial year 2011,
broken down per ABB-activity: Financial Year 2011 || ABB 02 || ABB 03 || ABB 041) || Total2) Number of conformity audits with missions carried out3) || 37 || 32 || 37 || 106 1) concerns only EAFRD, thus excluding the EAGGF Guidance section. 2) Not including 9 audits covering cross-compliance, 1 audit covering entitlements, 6 audits covering irregularities and 2 IT audits. 3) If an audit covers more than one ABB, it is allocated to all ABB covered by that audit. 10.2.2. Conformity decisions During the
financial year 2011, two conformity decisions were adopted which had a
financial impact by excluding from EU financing a total of EUR 995.4 million
covering expenditure in the financial years from 1999-2009: ·
Decision 2010/668/EU of 4 November 2010 – 34th
Decision, financial impact of € 517.5 million, · Decision No 2011/244/EU of 15 April 2011 – 35th Decision, financial
impact of € 477.9 million. The
breakdown according to sectors is as follows: (in EUR million) || Decision 34 || Decision 35 Area aids / Arable crops || 311.78 || 160.07 Article 69 of Reg.1782/2003 || 5.35 || 3.31 Cotton, flax and hemp, silk worms || 0.00 || 9.16 Dried fodder and seeds || 0.43 || 0.12 Export Refunds || 1.03 || 0.01 Financial Audit || 15.43 || 0.00 Fruit and vegetables || 54.70 || 86.95 Intervention storage || -1.99 || 2.08 Irregularities || 0.00 || -0.51 Livestock premiums || 57.01 || 8.63 Milk Products || 9.33 || 0.00 Olive oil and oils and fats || 0.00 || 207.98 POSEI || 4.71 || 0.00 Potato starch || 28.95 || 0.00 Rural development || 10.14 || 0.00 Sugar || 0.00 || 0.13 Tobacco || 20.60 || 0.00 Grand Total || 517.48 || 477.92 Council Regulation (EC) No 1290/2005
introduced an automatic clearing mechanism for non recovered irregular
payments after 4 years or, in case the recovery is challenged in national
courts, 8 years after the establishment of the irregularity. The financial
consequences of non recovery are shared by the Member State concerned and the
EU on a 50 %-50 % basis. The Commission may still decide to charge
the Member State for 100 % in cases of negligence by the Member State. Regarding financial year 2010, Member States
reported the information about recovery cases by 1 February 2011. The Member
States recovered around EUR 142 million during financial year 2010 solely
for EAGF (EUR 175.2 million in total with EAFRD and TRDI). The still
outstanding amount still to be recovered from beneficiaries at the end of that
financial year was EUR 1 147 million solely for EAGF (EUR 1 193 million in
total with EAFRD and TRDI). The financial consequences of non recovery for
cases dating from 2006 or 2002 account to EUR 28.4 million to the Member
States. Around EUR 29 million were borne by the EU budget for cases
reported irrecoverable during financial year 2010. 10.3. Financial clearance 10.3.1. Introduction The financial clearance covers the
completeness, accuracy and veracity of paying agencies' accounts as well as the
internal control systems set up by these paying agencies. Within this
framework, DG AGRI pays particular attention to the certifying bodies’
conclusions and recommendations (where weaknesses are found), following their
reviews of the paying agencies’ compliance with the accreditation criteria. As
part of this review, the DG AGRI departments also cover aspects relating to
conformity issues and protecting the financial interests of the EU as regards
the advances paid, securities obtained and intervention stocks. The Commission adopts an annual clearance of
accounts decision clearing the paying agencies' annual accounts on the basis of
the certificates and reports from the certifying bodies, but without prejudice
to any subsequent decisions to recover expenditure which proves not to have
been in accordance with the EU rules. The Commission must clear the accounts
and adopt its clearance decision by 30 April of the year following the
financial year in question. 10.3.2. Decisions 10.3.2.1. Financial clearance for financial years 2006,
2007, 2008 and 2009 In respect of financial year 2006 and 2007,
only the EAGF accounts of ARBEA (Italy) were still outstanding. The total
amount still to be cleared was EUR 124 million in financial year 2006 and EUR
101 million in financial year 2007, representing 0.2 % of total annual
expenditure. These accounts were proposed for clearance in a Commission
Decision adopted on 18 February 2011 (regarding financial year 2006) and on 15
February 2011 (concerning financial year 2007). In respect of financial year 2008, and following
the clearance of the EAGF accounts of ARBEA (Italy) which has been proposed and
adopted on 15 February 2011 together with the above-mentioned decisions; only
the accounts of OPEKEPE (Greece) are still outstanding in respect of EAGF. The
amount still to be cleared is EUR 2 460.7 million. In respect of financial year 2009, only the
EAGF accounts of the paying agencies AGEA and ARBEA (Italy) and the Romanian
paying agency PIAA were still outstanding. The total amount still to be cleared
was EUR 3 695.2 million. These accounts were proposed for clearance in a
Commission Decision adopted on 15 February 2011. 10.3.2.2. Financial clearance decision for the financial
year 2010 On 29 April 2011, the Commission adopted a
Decision clearing the annual accounts of 74 paying agencies in respect of their
expenditure financed by the EAGF. By means of its decision, it cleared amounts
of EUR 38 862.4 million. An amount of EUR 3 559,6 million were still to
be cleared, concerning the paying agencies Rheinland-Pfalz (Germany), OPEKEPE
(Greece), ARBEA (Italy) and Dienst Regelingen (the Netherlands). The accounts
of Rheinland-Pfalz and Dienst Regelingen have been cleared in the meantime in a
Commission Decision adopted on 27 January 2012. The accounts of OPEKEPE (Greece) and ARBEA (Italy) are still outstanding in respect of EAGF. The amount still to be cleared
is EUR 2 460.9 million. 10.4. Appeals brought before the Court of Justice against
clearance decisions 10.4.1. Judgments handed down In the financial year 2011, the Court
handed down 10 judgments in appeals brought by the Member States against
clearance decisions. In financial year 2011, the Court partially annulled the Decision
2005/555/CE by the judgment of 9 September 2011 in case T-344/05 brought by
Greece. In financial year 2011, the Court rejected
appeals brought in the following cases: · judgment of 26 October 2010 in case T-236/07* brought by Germany · judgment of 28 October 2010 in case T-227/07 brought by Spain; · judgment of 12 November 2010 in case T-113/08 brought by Spain; · judgment of 24 March 2011 in case T-184/09 brought by Greece; · judgment of 31 March 2011 in case T-214/07 brought by Greece; · judgment of 7 April 2011 in case C-321/09P brought by Greece; · judgment of 12 July 2011 in case T-197/09 brought by Slovenia; · judgment of 22 September 2011 in case T-500/09 brought by Italy; · judgment of 28 September 2011 in case T-352/05 brought by Greece. 10.4.2. New
appeals In the financial year
2011, 11 new appeals were brought by the Member States against clearance
decisions: · T-588/10 brought by Greece on 29 December 2010 · T-2/11 brought by Portugal on 4 January 2011 · T-3/11 brought by Portugal on 4 January
2011 · T-16/11 brought by the Netherlands on 14 January 2011 · T-44/11 brought by Italy on 17 January 2011 · C-24/11P brought by Spain on 17 January 2011 · T-294/11 brought by Greece on 9 June 2011 · T-335/11 brought by Bulgaria on 23 June 2011 · T-358/11 brought by Italy on 27 June 2011 · T-339/11 brought by Spain on 28 June 2011 · T-343/11 brought by the Netherlands on 28 June 2011. 10.4.3. Appeals
pending The situation as at 15
October 2011 with regard to appeals pending is shown, together with the amounts
concerned, in annex 34. 11. RELATIONS
WITH PARLIAMENT AND WITH THE EUROPEAN COURT OF AUDITORS 11.1. Relations with Parliament The European Parliament is, together with the
Council, part of the EU’s Budgetary Authority. It is, thus, one of the most
important discussion partners of the Commission on budgetary matters and,
therefore, on the EAGF. Three EP committees are involved in the
discussions and the preparation for the plenary on agricultural budgetary
matters. These are the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development, the
Committee on Budgets and the Committee on Budgetary Control. The Committee on Budgetary Control monitored
the correct implementation of the 2009 budget. It was asked to draw up the
Parliamentary Decision (OJ L 250, 27 September 2011) by which discharge (in
respect to the implementation of the general budget of the European Union for
the 2009 financial year) was granted to the Commission on 10 May 2011. 11.2. Relations with the European Court of Auditors 11.2.1. Mission of the European Court of Auditors The European
Court of Auditors is the external auditor of the European Union. Articles 285
to 287 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union provide that the
Court shall audit the Union finances with a view to improving financial
management and reporting on the use of public funds. The Court of Auditors
should provide the European Parliament and the Council with a statement of
assurance as to the reliability of the accounts and the legality and regularity
of the underlying transactions. This statement, which can be complemented by
specific assessments for various policy areas, is of prime importance to the European
Parliament in its deliberations on granting discharge to the Commission for the
implementation of the budget. As part of its work, the Court carries out
numerous audits within the Commission services. Court officials frequently visit
the Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development to gather facts
and figures needed for the Court's opinions, as well as for its annual and special
reports. In the light of these investigations the Court frequently makes
suggestions and recommendations to the Commission on how to improve its financial
management and make supervisory and control systems more effective. 11.2.2. Annual Report 2010 Each year the Court of Auditors draws up a
report which over several chapters scrutinises the management of the Union's budget for the previous financial year. This report is forwarded to the other
institutions of the Union and is published, together with the Commission
replies to the observations of the Court of Auditors, in the Official Journal
of the European Union. According to international audit practices
contradictory meetings are held between the auditor (Court of Auditors) and the
auditee (Commission) before the report is published. In these meetings the
Court's findings and conclusions and the Commission's arguments and replies are
discussed with a view to reaching full agreement on the underlying facts. The annual report for the 2010 financial year[21]
presented a revised structure. The Court reviewed the
presentation and composition of the different policy groups and related
chapters. Policy areas Energy and Transport were included in chapter 4
"Cohesion, Energy and Transport"; Research, Education and
citizenship, and Economic and financial affairs were grouped under chapter 6
"Research and other internal policies". Finally, the 2010 annual
report included a new chapter 8 "Getting results from the EU budget",
focused on performance issues. It is also worth noting that the annual report
for 2010 includes for the first time for each policy group the most likely
error rate (MLE) defined as the weighted average of the percentage error rates
found in the sample. In the area of "Agriculture and natural
resources", on the basis of the results of transaction testing, the Court
estimates the MLE at 2.3% and further specifies that direct payments covered by
IACS are free from material error. This result
confirms, in the Commission's view, the positive trend of past years with an
overall error rate close to the materiality threshold of 2% and which for EAGF
expenditure, representing 77% of total expenditure under this policy group, is
well below this threshold. The main findings by the Court and the replies
given by the Commission concern the following domains: Regularity of transactions (3.17-3.22; 3.55; Annex 3.1) Systems related to
regularity of transactions in agriculture and rural development (3.27–3.41;
3.56; Annex 3.2) Recoveries and
financial corrections (3.42-3.48) The annual activity
report of the Director General for Agriculture and Rural Development (3.52-3.54;
Annex 3.3) Recommendations,
including the follow-up to previous recommendations (3.57-3.59; Annex 3.4). Like in previous
years, the Court's statement of assurance is included in Chapter 1
"Statement of Assurance and supporting information". 11.2.3. Special
Reports by the Court of Auditors In calendar year 2011, the Court published five special reports in
the field of agriculture: Special report No
11/2011 "Do the design and management of the geographical indications
scheme allow it to be effective?", published on 15
November 2011; Special report No 10/2011 "Are the School Milk and School Fruit Schemes
effective?", published on 24
October 2011; Special report No 8/2011 "Recovery of undue payments made under the common
agricultural policy", published on 28 September 2011; Special report No 7/2011 "Is agri-environment support well designed and
managed?", published on 19
September 2011. Special report No 5/2011
"Single Payment Scheme (SPS): issues to be addressed to improve its sound
financial management", published on 29 June 2011. 12. BASIC
RULES GOVERNING EAGF AND AMENDMENTS MADE IN 2010 12.1. Checks –
Council Regulation (EC) No 485/2008 of
26 May 2008 on scrutiny by Member States of transactions forming part of
the system of financing by the European Agricultural Guarantee Fund (Codified
version) (OJ L 143, 3.6.2008, p. 1); –
Commission Regulation (EC) No 4/2004 of 23 December 2003 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EEC) No 4045/89 on scrutiny by Member States of transactions
forming part of the system of financing by the Guarantee Section of the
European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund (OJ L 2, 6.1.2004,
p. 3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 40/2006 of 10 January 2006 (OJ L 8, 13.1.2006, p. 4); –
Council Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 of 19 January 2009 (OJ L30, 31.1.2009, p. 16) establishing common rules for direct support schemes for farmers under the common agricultural policy and establishing certain support schemes for farmers, amending Regulations (EC) No 1290/2005, (EC) No 247/2006, (EC) No 378/2007 and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003, as last amended by Commission Implementing
Regulation (EU) No 785/2011 of 5 August 2011 (OJ L 203, 9.8.2011, p. 10); –
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1122/2009 of 30 November 2009 (OJ L 316, 2.12.2009, p. 65) laying down detailed rules for the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 as regards cross-compliance, modulation and the integrated administration and control system, under the direct support schemes for farmers provided for that Regulation, as well as for the implementation of Council Regulation
(EC) No 1234/2007 as regards cross-compliance under the support scheme
provided for the wine sector and repealing Commission Regulation (EC) No 796/2004
of 21 April 2004 (OJ L 141, p. 18), as last amended by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU)
No 1368/2011 of 21 December 2011 (OJ L 341, 22.12.2011,
p. 33–37). 12.2. Clearance of accounts –
Council Regulation (EC) No 1290/2005 of 21 June 2005 on the financing of the common agricultural policy (OJ L 209, 11.8.2005, p. 1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 473/2009 of 25 May 2009 (OJ L 144, 9.6.2009, p. 3); –
Commission Regulation (EC) No 885/2006 of
21 June 2006 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council
Regulation (EC) No 1290/2005 as regards the accreditation of paying
agencies and other bodies and the clearance of the accounts of the EAGF and of
the EAFRD (OJ L 171, 23.6.2006, p. 90),
as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1034/2008 of 21 October 2008 (OJ L 279, 22.10.2008, p. 13). 12.3. Public storage (a) Basic rules –
Council Regulation (EC) No 1290/2005 of 21 June 2005 on the financing of the common agricultural policy (OJ L 209, 11.8.2005, p.1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 473/2009 of 25 May 2009 (OJ L 144, 9.6.2009, p. 3); –
Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 of
22 October 2007 establishing a common organisation of agricultural markets
and on specific provisions for certain agricultural products - Single CMO
Regulation - (OJ L 299, 16.11.2007, p.1), as last amended by Regulation (EU) No 1234/2010 of 15 December 2010 (OJ L 346, 30.12.2010, p.11); –
Commission Regulation (EU) No 807/2010 of 14 September 2010 laying down detailed rules for the supply of food from intervention stocks for the benefit of the most deprived persons in the Union (OJ L 242, 15.9.2010, p. 9); –
Commission Regulation (EC) No 884/2006 of 21 June 2006 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 1290/2005 as regards the financing by the European Agricultural Guarantee Fund (EAGF) of intervention measures in the form of public storage operations and the accounting of public storage operations by the paying agencies of the Member States (OJ L 171, 23.6.2006, p. 35), as last amended by Regulation (EU) No 157/2011 of 21 February 2011 (OJ L 47, 22.2.2011, p. 1); –
Commission Regulation (EU) No 1272/2009 of 11 December 2009 laying down common detailed rules for the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 as regards buying-in and selling of agricultural products under public intervention (OJ L349 29.12.2009, p. 1), as last amended by Regulation (EU) No 957/2011 of 26 September 2011 (OJ L 249, 27.9.2011, p. 6); –
Commission
Regulation (EC) No 720/2008 of 25 July 2008 laying down common detailed
rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 as
regards the storage and movement of products bought in by a paying agency or an
intervention agency (Codified version) (OJ L 198, 26.7.2008, p.17); –
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1130/2009 of
24 November 2009 laying down common detailed rules for verifying the use
and/or destination of products from intervention (OJ
L310 25.11.2009, p. 5); (b) Free distribution plan –
Commission
Regulation (EU) No 945/2010 of 21 October 2010 adopting the plan
allocating to the Member States resources to be charged to the 2011 budget year
for the supply of food from intervention stocks for the benefit of the most
deprived persons in the EU and derogating from certain provisions of Regulation
(EU) No 807/2010 (OJ L 278 22.10.2010,
p.1), as last amended by Regulation (EU) No 1260/2011 of 2 December 2011 (OJ L 320, 3.12.2011, p. 24); (c) Depreciation on buying in –
No depreciation was fixed for the 2011
accounting year. (d) Additional depreciation at the end of the
financial year –
Commission Decision C (2011) 7190 of 13 October
2011 (not published) fixing the amounts and detailed rules for the
depreciation of stocks of certain agricultural products bought into public
intervention by the French Republic, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of
Hungary, the Republic of Finland and the Kingdom of Sweden during the 2011
financial year; (e) Uniform interest rate –
Commission Regulation (EU) No 974/2010 of 29 October 2010 fixing the interest rates to be used for calculating the costs of financing intervention measures comprising buying-in, storage and disposal for the 2011 EAGF accounting year (OJ L 285, 30.10.2010, p. 9); (f) Standard amounts –
Commission Decision C(2010) 7075 of 15 October 2010 (not published) fixing, for the 2011 financial year, the standard amounts to be used for financing physical operations arising from the public storage of agricultural products. ANNEXES General 1. EAGF budgetary procedure for 2011 2. Part of ex-EAGGF-Guarantee & of EAGF
budget in the EU budget, 2005 to 2011 Cash position and management of
appropriations 3. Summary of outturn for 2011 4. Monthly reimbursements to Member States in the 2011 financial year 5. Centralised direct payments by the European Commission in the 2011
financial year. Part I (Differentiated Appropriations) 6. Centralised direct payments by the European Comm. in the 2011
financial year. Part II (Non-Differentiated
Appropriations) Budget outturn 7. EAGF 2011 Analysis of budget execution –
Summary Table 8. EAGF 2011 Analysis of budget execution –
Detailed Table 9. EAGF 2011 Analysis of execution of assigned
revenue C4 10. EAGF 2011 Analysis of execution of assigned
revenue C5 11. EAGF 2011 Veterinary & Plant Health
measures- Budget execution financed by EAGF 12. EAGF 2011 Veterinary & Plant Health
measures- Budget execution by MS financed by EAGF 13. EAGF 2011 Expenditure for direct aids by
measure and by Member State 14. EAGF 2011 Expenditure for export refunds by
Member State 15. EAGF 2011 Expenditure for intervention in
storage 16 EAGF 2011 Expenditure by item and by Member State 17. EAGF 2011 Breakdown of expenditure by type 18 EAGF 2011 Expenditure by sector according
to the economic nature of the measures 19. EAGF 2011 Quantity & value of products
in public intervention stores 20. Evolution of EAGF Expenditure by article of
the budget. Financial years 2007 to 2011 21. Evolution of EAGF Expenditure by sector and
type of action. Financial years 2007 to 2011 22. Evolution of EAGF Expenditure by sector.
Summary table. Financial years 2007 to 2011 23. Evolution of EAGF Expenditure by sector and
in % terms. Financial years 2005 to 2011 24. Evolution of EAGF Expenditure by Member State & in % terms. Financial years 2007 to 2011 25. Evolution of EAGF Direct aids expenditure
by measure. Financial years 2007 to 2011 26. Evolution of EAGF Direct aids expenditure
by sector. Financial years 2007 to 2011 27. Evolution of EAGF Direct aids expenditure
by article of budget. Financial years 2007 to 2011 28. Evolution of EAGF Total direct aids
expenditure. Financial years 2004 to 2011 29. Evolution of EAGF Export refunds
expenditure by sector. Financial years 2004 to 2011 30. Evolution of EAGF Export refunds
expenditure by MS. Financial years 2006 to 2011 31. Evolution of EAGF Storage expenditure.
Analytical table. Financial years 2004 to 2011 32. Evolution of the breakdown of EAGF expenditure.
Financial years 2006 to 2011 33. EAGF 2011 Expenditure. Details by item and
by Member State Clearance of
accounts 34. Appeals against Clearance of Accounts Decisions pending on
15 October 2011 35. Financial
corrections (Decisions 1 - 35) by decision and financial year [1] This
procedure is presented in annex 1. [2] These
amounts are not entered in the revenue lines of the budget (article 670 for the
revenue assigned to the EAGF) but they are mentioned in the budgetary remarks
for this article. [3] These amounts are not entered in the revenue lines of the
budget (article 680 for the temporary restructuring amounts for the sugar
sector) but they are mentioned in the budgetary remarks for this article. [4] p.m.:
"pour mémoire". [5] OJ L 209 of 11.8.2005, p. 1. [6] These monthly declarations of
expenditure are transmitted by the Member States by the declaration of the 10th
of the month N+1. [7] The detailed declarations are
transmitted monthly by the Member States (by table 104) on the 20th of
the month N+1. [8] OJ L 313, 30.10.1992, p. 50. [9] Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 of 22 October 2007, OJ L 299, 16.11.2007, p. 1. [10] COM (2008) 563 final [11] COM (2010) 486 final [12] COM (2011) 634 final [13] OJ L 278, 22.10.2010, p. 1. [14] OJ L 134, 21.5.2011, p. 15. [15] OJ
L 171, 23.6.2006, p. 90–110. [16] OJ
L 143, 3.6.2008, p. 1–9. [17] OJ L 209, 11.08.2005, p. 1. [18] OJ L30, 31.1.2009, p.16. [19] Commission Regulation (EC) No 1122/2009 of 29 October 2009 laying down detailed rules for the
implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 as regards cross-compliance, modulation and the integrated administration and control system, under the direct support schemes for farmers provided for that Regulation, as well as for the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 as regards cross-compliance under the support scheme provided for the wine sector provided for in Council Regulation (EC) No 479/2008. [20] OJ L 265, 19.10.2000, p. 10. [21] OJ C 326, 10.11.2011, p.1.