52023DC0552

EUROPEAN COMMISSION

Brussels, 29.9.2023

COM(2023) 552 final

REPORT FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL

16th FINANCIAL REPORT FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL

on the EUROPEAN AGRICULTURAL FUND FOR RURAL DEVELOPMENT (EAFRD)

2022 FINANCIAL YEAR

Contents

1.Budget procedure

1.1.Financial framework

1.2.Draft Budget 2022

1.3.The adoption of the 2022 Budget

1.4.The adoption of the Amending Budgets

2.Management of appropriations

2.1.Management of commitment appropriations

2.1.1.EAFRD and EURI rural development programmes

2.1.2.Technical assistance

2.2.Management of payment appropriations

2.2.1.EAFRD and EURI rural development programmes

2.2.2.Technical assistance

3.Implementation of the 2022 budget

3.1.Implementation of commitment appropriations

3.1.1.EAFRD and EURI rural development programmes

3.1.2.Technical assistance

3.2.Implementation of payment appropriations

3.2.1.EAFRD and EURI rural development programmes

3.2.2.Technical assistance

3.3.Analysis of expenditure declared by measure

3.4.Implementation of EAFRD and EURI programmes

1. Budget procedure

1.1. Financial framework

Rural development expenditure in 2022 is funded within the multiannual financial framework (MFF) 2021-2027. The financial framework is provided by Council Regulation (EU) No 2020/2093 1 . Additional resources stemming from the European Union Recovery Instrument (EURI) 2 have also been made available for years 2021 and 2022 to address the impact of the COVID-19 crisis and the consequences for the Union agricultural sector and rural areas.

The allocation for rural development and the allocation for market related expenditure and direct payments after the annual technical adjustment of the MFF are presented in table 1.

Table 1 – Financial framework 2021-2027

HEADING 3	In million EUR; current prices
Natural Resources and Environment related to the CAP*	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025	2026	2027
TOTAL	55 713.0	53 365.9	53 626.9	53 757.9	53 890.9	54 021.9	54 155.9
of which :
Market related expenditure and direct aids	40 368.0	40 638.2	40 692.2	40 602.1	40 664.9	40 690.3	40 650.8
Rural development	15 345.0	12 727.7	12 934.7	13 155.8	13 226.0	13 331.7	13 505.1

Additional resources from the European Union Recovery Instrument (EURI) (external assigned revenue)	2 387.7	5 682.8

*) After annual transfers from EAGF to EAFRD for the financial years 2021-2023 totalling EUR 3 463.1 million on the basis of article 14(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013, and for the financial years 2024-2027 totalling 7 123.8 million on the basis of article 103(1)(a) and 103(2) of Regulation (EU) 2021/2115;

*) After annual transfers from EAFRD to EAGF for the financial years 2021-2023 totalling EUR 1 633.4 million on the basis of article 14(2) of Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013, and for the financial years 2024-2027 totalling 2 360.9 million on the basis of Article 103(1)(b) and 103(3) of Regulation (EU) 2021/2115;

*) After annual transfers from EAGF to EAFRD for the financial years 2021-2023 totalling EUR 171.9 million on the basis of Article 7(2) of Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013, and for the financial years 2024-2027 totalling 20 million on the basis of article 17(5) of Regulation (EU) 2021/2115.

Since the legislative procedure regarding the Commission’s legislative proposals on CAP beyond 2020 could not be concluded on time, a transitional regulation 3 has been adopted extending the Union support granted under Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013 up to 2022 in order to avoid disruption of support to farmers and other CAP beneficiaries. The transitional regulation extended most of the CAP rules that were in place during the 2014-2020 period and the EAFRD allocation for the years 2021 and 2022 were added (following the ‘old rules – new money’ principle). This ensured a smooth transition to the future framework of the CAP strategic plans. The transitional regulation also included the reinforcement by an additional EUR 8 070.5 million (in current prices) from the EURI for the period 2021-2022 in the form of external assigned revenue.

1.2. Draft Budget 2022

The initial draft budget for the financial year 2022 was adopted and presented by the Commission to the Budgetary Authority on 9 July 2021. It included EUR 12 727.7 million in commitment appropriations and EUR 14 680.2 million in payment appropriations for the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) 2014-2022 programming period. The Council adopted its position on the original draft budget on 6 September 2021. The European Parliament’s amendments on the Council’s position on the original draft budget were adopted by the European Parliament on 21 October 2021.

As in previous years, the Conciliation Committee had to be convened. The Conciliation Committee agreed on a joint text within the 21-day time-limit referred to in Article 314(6) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union. The Council and the European Parliament approved the joint text respectively on 23 November and 24 November 2021.

1.3. The adoption of the 2022 Budget

The 2022 Budget adopted on 24 December 2021 was, as regards the EAFRD, equal to the Commission’s draft budget both in commitment and payment appropriations.

Table 2

Adopted Budget 2022
Budget Item	Commitment appropriations (in EUR)	Payment appropriations (in EUR)
EAFRD 2014-2022
08.030102 Rural Development types of interventions - 2014-2022 programmes	12 697 426 700	14 655 000 000
08.010200 Support expenditure for the "European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD)	1 850 000	1 850 000
08.0302 EAFRD – Operational technical assistance	28 422 220	16 000 000
08.039902 Completion of the "European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) - Operational technical assistance" (prior to 2021) assistance	0	7 340 175
EURI 2021-2022 (External Assigned Revenue)
08.010200 Support expenditure for the "European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD)	1 612 820	1 612 820
08.030103 Rural development types of interventions financed from the European Union Recovery Instrument (EURI)	5 668 561 918	2 435 000 000
08.0303 EAFRD – Operational technical assistance financed from the European Union Recovery Instrument (EURI)	12 594 102	7 103 461

1.4. The adoption of the Amending Budgets

The Amending Budget No 5/2022 4 decreased the payment appropriations for EAFRD rural development programmes by EUR 775 million.

Table 3

Budget 2022 after the Amendments
Budget Item	Commitment appropriations (in EUR)	Payment appropriations (in EUR)
EAFRD 2014-2022
08.030102 Rural Development types of interventions - 2014-2022 programmes	12 697 426 700	13 880 000 000
08.0102 Support expenditure for the "European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD)	1 850 000	1 850 000
08.030200 EAFRD – Operational technical assistance	28 422 220	16 000 000
08.039902 Completion of the "European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) - Operational technical assistance" (prior to 2021) assistance	0	7 340 175
EURI 2021-2022 (External Assigned Revenue)
08.010200 Support expenditure for the "European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD)	1 612 820	1 612 820
08.030103 Rural development types of interventions financed from the European Union Recovery Instrument (EURI)	5 668 561 918	2 435 000 000
08.0303 EAFRD – Operational technical assistance financed from the European Union Recovery Instrument (EURI)	12 594 102	7 103 461

2. Management of appropriations

2.1. Management of commitment appropriations

2.1.1. EAFRD and EURI rural development programmes

As regards commitment appropriations for the EAFRD rural development programmes, the 2022 voted budget amounted to EUR 12 697 million. On top of this, the EAFRD benefited from EURI in the form of external assigned revenue, for an amount of EUR 5 685 million for rural development measures. All in all, total commitment appropriations for the EAFRD in 2022 amounted to EUR 18 382 million.

Table 4

Management of commitment appropriations in 2022 (in EUR)


EAFRD (2014-2022)
Budget Item - 08.030102
Appropriations at the beginning of 2022	12 697 426 700
Appropriations available in 2022	12 697 426 700
Appropriations used in 2022	12 697 426 700
EURI (2021-2022)
Budget Item - 08.030103
Appropriations at the beginning of 2022	5 684 640 065
Appropriations available in 2022	5 684 640 065
Appropriations used in 2022	5 684 640 065

2.1.2. Technical assistance

Article 51(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013 provides that the EAFRD may use up to 0.25% of its annual allocation to finance technical assistance actions at the initiative of the Commission. In the 2022 budget, the initial amount available for this purpose was EUR 1.85 million for non-operational technical assistance, EUR 28.4 million for operational technical assistance, and the following amounts financed from EURI: EUR 1.6 million for administrative technical assistance and EUR 12.6 million for operational technical assistance.

2.2. Management of payment appropriations

2.2.1. EAFRD and EURI rural development programmes

For the EAFRD rural development programmes 2014-2022, the payment appropriations of the voted budget 2022 amounted to EUR 14 655 million. In addition, the available assigned revenue transferred from the previous year amounted to EUR 162 million and the assigned revenue collected during the year amounted to EUR 206 million. The assigned revenue related to both 2014-2022 EAFRD and pre-2014 EAFRD programmes. The payment appropriations were decreased by the Amending Budget No 5/2022 by the amount of EUR 775 million and a transfer within Chapter 08 03 of EUR 1 million took place. Taking into account all transfers and assigned revenue, the total amount of payment appropriations available in 2022 amounted to EUR 14 247 million. In total, EUR 13 977 million of payment appropriations were used. The amount of EUR 206 million of assigned revenue was automatically carried over from 2022 to 2023.

As regards the payment appropriations for rural development measures financed from EURI, the total amount initially forecasted in B2022 was EUR 2 435 million. Based on the revised Member States forecast the payment appropriations requested amounted to 1 253 million. Out of this, EUR 1 243 million were consumed in 2022.

Table 5

Management of payment appropriations in 2022
(in EUR)

EAFRD (2014-2022)
Budget Item - 08.030102
Appropriations at the beginning of 2022	14 655 000 000
Amending Budget No 5/2022	-775 000 000
Transfer within Chapter 08 03	-1 000 000
Assigned revenue carried over from 2021 (including assigned revenue of EAFRD 2014-2022 and from the preceding EAFRD programming periods)	161 580 418
Assigned revenue collected in 2022 (including assigned revenue of EAFRD 2014-2022 and from the preceding EAFRD programming periods)	206 074 193
Appropriations available in 2022	14 246 654 610
Appropriations used in 2022	13 976 996 834

EURI (2021-2022)
Budget Item - 08.030103
Appropriations at the beginning of 2022	1 253 063 807
Appropriations available in 2022	1 253 063 807
Appropriations used in 2022	1 242 831 976

2.2.2. Technical assistance

As regards the EAFRD technical assistance at the initiative of the Commission, total payment appropriations in the 2022 budget included EUR 1.85 million for non-operational technical assistance, EUR 23.3 million for operational technical assistance and as regards EURI: EUR 1.6 million for non-operational technical assistance and EUR 7.1 million for operational technical assistance. Out of this, the following amounts were consumed: EUR 1.85 million for non-operational technical assistance, EUR 21.3 million for operational technical assistance, EUR 0.2 million for administrative expenditure financed from EURI and EUR 0.7 million for the operational technical assistance financed from EURI.

3. Implementation of the 2022 budget

3.1. Implementation of commitment appropriations

3.1.1. EAFRD and EURI rural development programmes

Table 6 shows, per Member State, the allocation established by Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013 as last amended by Regulation (EU) 2021/1017 5 to reflect the transfers between the pillars, as well as the amounts committed in 2022.

Table 6

Envelopes for 2022 vs. amounts committed by the end of 2022
EAFRD (2014-2022)			EURI (2021-2022)
Budget item: 08.030102		(in EUR)	Budget item: 08.030103	(in EUR)
MS	2022 Allocation	Amounts committed in 2022	2022 Allocation	Amounts committed in 2022
BE	82 800 894	82 800 894	33 907 737	33 907 737
BG	284 028 644	284 028 644	142 192 228	142 192 228
CZ	267 027 708	267 027 708	130 614 305	130 614 305
DK	136 972 060	136 972 060	38 265 991	54 344 138*
DE	1 387 301 738	1 387 301 738	499 659 020	499 659 020
EE	88 031 648	88 031 648	44 354 855	44 354 855
IE	311 641 628	311 641 628	133 591 159	133 591 159
GR	651 537 600	651 537 600	257 213 470	257 213 470
ES	1 081 564 825	1 081 564 825	505 351 469	505 351 469
FR	2 008 001 070	2 008 001 070	610 366 714	610 366 714
HR	276 679 401	276 679 401	142 005 526	142 005 526
IT	1 355 921 375	1 355 921 375	641 181 947	641 181 947
CY	23 770 514	23 770 514	8 069 491	8 069 491
LV	142 745 173	142 745 173	59 210 178	59 210 178
LT	195 495 162	195 495 162	98 517 267	98 517 267
LU	11 626 644	11 626 644	6 203 790	6 203 790
HU	384 539 149	384 539 149	210 075 834	210 075 834
MT	19 334 497	19 334 497	6 161 577	6 161 577
NL	129 378 369	129 378 369	36 922 650	36 922 650
AT	520 024 752	520 024 752	242 513 006	242 513 006
PL	1 004 725 539	1 004 725 539	665 197 761	665 197 761
PT	455 640 620	455 640 620	248 947 399	248 947 399
RO	967 049 892	967 049 892	487 332 328	487 332 328
SI	110 170 192	110 170 192	51 609 495	51 609 495
SK	234 975 909	234 975 909	114 921 561	114 921 561
FI	354 551 956	354 551 956	147 396 056	147 396 056
SE	211 889 741	211 889 741	106 779 104	106 779 104
Total	12 697 426 700	12 697 426 700	5 668 561 918	5 684 640 065

* According to Decision C(2022)464 of 21/01/2022 DK has programmed 2021&2022 EURI amounts in 2022

3.1.2. Technical assistance

The amount of commitment appropriations for operational technical assistance in the budget 2022 was EUR 28.4 million for EAFRD 2014-2022 rural development programmes and EUR 12.6 million for EURI. Tables 7a and 7b show the consumption of the commitment appropriations available for operational technical assistance in 2022 which reached EUR 28.3 million for EAFRD and EUR 3.5 million for EURI.

Table 7a

Technical assistance EAFRD Implementation of commitment appropriations
Budget Item: 08.030200	(in EUR)
Description	Amount committed
Networking Activities in Support of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP)	10 916 360
Information technology	7 380 177
Technical Advisory Platform for Financial Instruments	3 500 000
Corporate Communication	3 375 000
Audit and Controls	1 353 670
European Evaluation Network	1 100 000
Organic agriculture database	670 000
Other	50 000
Total	28 345 206

Table 7b

Technical assistance EURI Implementation of commitment appropriations
Budget Item: 08.030300	(in EUR)
Description	Amount committed
Long-term vision for the EU’s rural areas	2 779 626
Information technology	710 350
Total	3 489 976

3.2. Implementation of payment appropriations

3.2.1. EAFRD and EURI rural development programmes

For the EAFRD programming period 2014-2022, EUR 13 977.0 million of the payment appropriations were implemented out of EUR 14 246.7 million available. For the EURI 2021-2022, EUR 1 242.8 million of the payment appropriations were implemented out of EUR 2 435 million foreseen. Tables 8a, 8b and 8c respectively show the breakdown of payments made in 2022 by declaration period for EAFRD, for EURI and cumulated for both.

Table 8a

Payments in 2022 for EAFRD 2014-2022 rural development programmes (in EUR)
Pre-financing 2014-2022	0
Reimbursement of payment claims prior to Q4 2021	17 804 733
Reimbursement of payment claims Q4 2021	6 330 812 485
Reimbursement of payment claims Q1 2022	2 640 803 296
Reimbursement of payment claims Q2 2022	2 717 598 662
Reimbursement of payment claims Q3 2022	2 269 977 659
Total 2022	13 976 996 834

Table 8b

Payments in 2022 for EURI 2021-2022 rural development programmes (in EUR)
Reimbursement of payment claims Q4 2021	393 866 155
Reimbursement of payment claims Q1 2022	295 293 078
Reimbursement of payment claims Q2 2022	306 454 573
Reimbursement of payment claims Q3 2022	247 218 170
Total 2022	1 242 831 976

Table 8c

Payments in 2022 for EAFRD 2014-2022 and EURI 2021-2022 rural development programmes (in EUR)
Pre-financing 2014-2022	0
Reimbursement of payment claims prior to Q4 2021	17 804 733
Reimbursement of payment claims Q4 2021	6 724 678 640
Reimbursement of payment claims Q1 2022	2 936 096 374
Reimbursement of payment claims Q2 2022	3 024 053 235
Reimbursement of payment claims Q3 2022	2 517 195 829
Total 2022	15 219 828 810

The monthly consumption of payment appropriations during the year (January to December 2022) is shown in the graph below.

The breakdown per Member State and per declaration period of the amounts paid by the Commission in budget year 2022 is shown in tables 9a, 9b and 9c.

Table 9a

Payments effectively made between 01/01/2022 and 31/12/2022
EAFRD 2014-2022 - Budget item 08.030102								(in EUR)
MS	Pre-financing	Prior to Q4 2021	Q4 2021	Q1 2022	Q2 2022	Q3 2022	Total
BE	0	0	23 289 064	6 184 056	50 492 909	11 631 914	91 597 943
BG	0	0	74 558 193	39 750 234	76 429 277	34 127 291	224 864 996
CZ	0	30 607	84 416 777	162 779 621	62 669 048	24 404 396	334 300 448
DK	0	376 977	41 787 859	21 661 266	23 566 391	12 612 061	100 004 555
DE	0	0	710 922 158	331 164 431	272 840 682	186 845 147	1 501 772 418
EE	0	0	11 691 866	57 640 389	10 799 616	12 771 163	92 903 033
IE	0	0	155 668 268	25 997 925	38 864 514	122 032 177	342 562 883
GR	0	0	354 645 223	65 283 590	119 251 997	324 920 378	864 101 188
ES	0	0	549 229 766	157 869 989	380 467 337	175 185 287	1 262 752 378
FR	0	195 484	973 178 895	467 005 403	232 175 948	176 856 929	1 849 412 659
HR	0	0	59 480 637	133 063 409	89 019 930	54 707 337	336 271 313
IT	0	0	938 373 460	202 109 133	285 980 333	204 041 940	1 630 504 866
CY	0	0	6 123 496	6 131 604	3 497 997	1 586 418	17 339 516
LV	0	0	36 521 244	22 380 826	21 885 300	22 506 053	103 293 424
LT	0	0	66 371 679	47 649 259	48 490 756	36 043 183	198 554 876
LU	0	0	9 276 136	9 490 502	2 638 525	376 575	21 781 738
HU	0	1 491 089	177 148 099	153 970 681	127 301 412	97 423 648	557 334 928
MT	0	0	4 269 562	1 840 489	1 481 696	2 195 178	9 786 926
NL	0	0	32 926 248	57 822 407	15 059 872	20 263 927	126 072 454
AT	0	13 560 848	212 967 775	35 634 006	98 807 897	49 401 890	410 372 416
PL	0	0	521 948 233	328 661 932	309 943 099	216 858 878	1 377 412 142
PT	0	3	291 046 715	64 290 689	57 767 865	74 433 092	487 538 364
RO	0	2 147 398	419 022 263	86 867 732	208 168 739	174 043 840	890 249 973
SI	0	0	43 133 080	13 661 022	52 641 897	20 706 093	130 142 092
SK	0	2 327	45 405 769	23 557 728	39 465 774	16 002 030	124 433 628
FI	0	0	148 410 208	20 980 388	47 481 587	163 926 355	380 798 537
SE	0	0	151 455 877	27 333 475	23 759 022	16 805 637	219 354 011
UK	0	0	187 543 937	70 021 111	16 649 241	17 268 841	291 483 129
Total	0	17 804 733	6 330 812 485	2 640 803 296	2 717 598 662	2 269 977 659	13 976 996 834

Member States declare their expenditure quarterly. However, for year n, Q4 declarations are submitted in January of year n+1. Consequently, the corresponding reimbursements by the Commission to the Member States in year n go from Q4 of year n-1 until Q3 of year n.

Table 9b

Payments effectively made between 01/01/2022 and 31/12/2022
EURI - Budget item 08.030103					(in EUR)
MS	Q4 2021	Q1 2022	Q2 2022	Q3 2022	Total
BE	917 910	9 870	11 397 476	1 099 055	13 424 311
BG	0	0	5 610 785	6 471	5 617 256
CZ	0	23 877 734	8 041 999	4 683 131	36 602 864
DK	0	0	0	146 418	146 418
DE	13 828 583	35 166 754	16 681 270	7 821 435	73 498 042
EE	1 060 516	1 658 768	2 256 684	1 964 403	6 940 372
IE	11 057 352	5 377 660	5 351 324	7 475 139	29 261 475
GR	0	0	0	0	0
ES	23 256 574	1 550 025	13 796 606	6 397 621	45 000 826
FR	827 896	67 532 241	28 580 447	13 716 870	110 657 454
HR	0	29 528 327	1 710 786	7 936 799	39 175 912
IT	21 563 269	8 292 274	55 096 324	6 334 871	91 286 739
CY	0	2 355 152	934 605	339 597	3 629 354
LV	126 553	2 424 018	1 747 002	3 753 520	8 051 092
LT	40 285 761	2 012 932	1 433 005	744 301	44 475 999
LU	550 355	3 761 386	0	1 298 103	5 609 843
HU	13 813 365	34 481 752	27 565 266	17 544 185	93 404 568
MT	0	0	255 649	324	255 973
NL	0	0	0	0	0
AT	111 638 832	22 374 815	57 748 782	24 588 820	216 351 249
PL	0	0	0	0	0
PT	65 451 226	4 481 795	10 984 889	11 034 544	91 952 454
RO	7 217 915	30 460 110	24 016 491	79 208 907	140 903 423
SI	0	0	0	365 878	365 878
SK	0	16 218 584	4 326 492	1 083 586	21 628 662
FI	10 928 601	1 078 675	25 926 668	45 411 432	83 345 376
SE	71 341 446	2 650 205	2 992 023	4 262 761	81 246 435
UK	0	0	0	0	0
Total	393 866 155	295 293 078	306 454 573	247 218 170	1 242 831 976

Table 9c

Payments effectively made between 01/01/2022 and 31/12/2022
EAFRD 2014-2022 and EURI 2021-2022 Budget item 08.030102; 08.030103								(in EUR)
MS	Pre-financing	Prior to Q4 2021	Q4 2021	Q1 2022	Q2 2022	Q3 2022	Total
BE	0	0	24 206 974	6 193 926	61 890 385	12 730 969	105 022 255
BG	0	0	74 558 193	39 750 234	82 040 062	34 133 763	230 482 252
CZ	0	30 607	84 416 777	186 657 355	70 711 047	29 087 527	370 903 313
DK	0	376 977	41 787 859	21 661 266	23 566 391	12 758 479	100 150 973
DE	0	0	724 750 742	366 331 185	289 521 952	194 666 581	1 575 270 459
EE	0	0	12 752 382	59 299 157	13 056 300	14 735 566	99 843 405
IE	0	0	166 725 620	31 375 585	44 215 838	129 507 316	371 824 358
GR	0	0	354 645 223	65 283 590	119 251 997	324 920 378	864 101 188
ES	0	0	572 486 339	159 420 014	394 263 944	181 582 907	1 307 753 204
FR	0	195 484	974 006 790	534 537 644	260 756 396	190 573 799	1 960 070 113
HR	0	0	59 480 637	162 591 736	90 730 716	62 644 136	375 447 225
IT	0	0	959 936 729	210 401 407	341 076 657	210 376 811	1 721 791 605
CY	0	0	6 123 496	8 486 756	4 432 602	1 926 015	20 968 869
LV	0	0	36 647 797	24 804 844	23 632 302	26 259 573	111 344 516
LT	0	0	106 657 441	49 662 191	49 923 761	36 787 483	243 030 875
LU	0	0	9 826 491	13 251 888	2 638 525	1 674 678	27 391 582
HU	0	1 491 089	190 961 464	188 452 433	154 866 678	114 967 833	650 739 496
MT	0	0	4 269 562	1 840 489	1 737 346	2 195 502	10 042 899
NL	0	0	32 926 248	57 822 407	15 059 872	20 263 927	126 072 454
AT	0	13 560 848	324 606 607	58 008 821	156 556 679	73 990 710	626 723 665
PL	0	0	521 948 233	328 661 932	309 943 099	216 858 878	1 377 412 142
PT	0	3	356 497 941	68 772 484	68 752 754	85 467 636	579 490 818
RO	0	2 147 398	426 240 178	117 327 842	232 185 230	253 252 748	1 031 153 396
SI	0	0	43 133 080	13 661 022	52 641 897	21 071 971	130 507 970
SK	0	2 327	45 405 769	39 776 312	43 792 266	17 085 616	146 062 290
FI	0	0	159 338 809	22 059 063	73 408 255	209 337 786	464 143 913
SE	0	0	222 797 323	29 983 680	26 751 044	21 068 399	300 600 446
UK	0	0	187 543 937	70 021 111	16 649 241	17 268 841	291 483 129
Total	0	17 804 733	6 724 678 640	2 936 096 374	3 024 053 235	2 517 195 829	15 219 828 810

Tables 10a, 10b and 10c compare, for each Member State, the EAFRD 2014-2022, EURI 2021-2022 and cumulated for both, payments made in 2022 with the payments made in 2021. Despite the decrease of EAFRD payments by 4.05%, the strong increase in EURI payments resulted in the overall increase of the total payments by 4.02% compared to year 2021 (EUR 15.2 billion vs. EUR 14.6 billion).

Table 10a

Payments made to Member States - Comparison 2022 vs 2021 - EAFRD 2014-2022								(in EUR)

MS	2021			2022			Difference 2022 vs. 2021
	Interim payments	Pre-financing	Total	Interim payments	Pre-financing	Total	(in €)		(in %)
BE	83 200 228	0	83 200 228	91 597 943	0	91 597 943	8 397 715		10.09%
BG	354 656 384	0	354 656 384	224 864 996	0	224 864 996	-129 791 388		-36.60%
CZ	357 112 490	0	357 112 490	334 300 448	0	334 300 448	-22 812 042		-6.39%
DK	116 711 724	0	116 711 724	100 004 555	0	100 004 555	-16 707 168		-14.31%
DE	1 354 081 524	0	1 354 081 524	1 501 772 418	0	1 501 772 418	147 690 893		10.91%
EE	91 646 169	0	91 646 169	92 903 033	0	92 903 033	1 256 864		1.37%
IE	343 394 482	0	343 394 482	342 562 883	0	342 562 883	-831 599		-0.24%
GR	635 813 400	0	635 813 400	864 101 188	0	864 101 188	228 287 788		35.90%
ES	1 149 326 192	0	1 149 326 192	1 262 752 378	0	1 262 752 378	113 426 186		9.87%
FR	1 913 176 336	0	1 913 176 336	1 849 412 659	0	1 849 412 659	-63 763 678		-3.33%
HR	382 157 088	0	382 157 088	336 271 313	0	336 271 313	-45 885 775		-12.01%
IT	1 470 890 084	0	1 470 890 084	1 630 504 866	0	1 630 504 866	159 614 782		10.85%
CY	22 254 455	0	22 254 455	17 339 516	0	17 339 516	-4 914 939		-22.09%
LV	124 088 704	0	124 088 704	103 293 424	0	103 293 424	-20 795 280		-16.76%
LT	188 998 052	0	188 998 052	198 554 876	0	198 554 876	9 556 824		5.06%
LU	15 413 120	0	15 413 120	21 781 738	0	21 781 738	6 368 619		41.32%
HU	576 581 182	0	576 581 182	557 334 928	0	557 334 928	-19 246 254		-3.34%
MT	14 960 087	0	14 960 087	9 786 926	0	9 786 926	-5 173 161		-34.58%
NL	163 189 480	0	163 189 480	126 072 454	0	126 072 454	-37 117 026		-22.74%
AT	580 737 161	0	580 737 161	410 372 416	0	410 372 416	-170 364 745		-29.34%
PL	1 419 017 405	0	1 419 017 405	1 377 412 142	0	1 377 412 142	-41 605 263		-2.93%
PT	393 714 264	0	393 714 264	487 538 364	0	487 538 364	93 824 100		23.83%
RO	1 215 176 318	0	1 215 176 318	890 249 973	0	890 249 973	-324 926 345		-26.74%
SI	119 116 597	0	119 116 597	130 142 092	0	130 142 092	11 025 494		9.26%
SK	138 965 031	0	138 965 031	124 433 628	0	124 433 628	-14 531 403		-10.46%
FI	388 344 719	0	388 344 719	380 798 537	0	380 798 537	-7 546 182		-1.94%
SE	319 709 015	0	319 709 015	219 354 011	0	219 354 011	-100 355 004		-31.39%
UK	634 015 485	0	634 015 485	291 483 129	0	291 483 129	-342 532 356		-54.03%
Total	14 566 447 176	0	14 566 447 176	13 976 996 834	0	13 976 996 834	-589 450 342		-4.05%

Table 10b

Payments made to Member States - Comparison 2022 vs 2021 - EURI 2021-2022							(in EUR)

MS	2021			2022			Difference 2022 vs. 2021
	Interim payments	Pre-financing	Total	Interim payments	Pre-financing	Total	(in €)	(in %)
BE	0	0	0	13 424 311	0	13 424 311	13 424 311
BG	0	0	0	5 617 256	0	5 617 256	5 617 256
CZ	0	0	0	36 602 864	0	36 602 864	36 602 864
DK	0	0	0	146 418	0	146 418	146 418
DE	0	0	0	73 498 042	0	73 498 042	73 498 042
EE	14 171 391	0	14 171 391	6 940 372	0	6 940 372	-7 231 019	-51.03%
IE	1 258 205	0	1 258 205	29 261 475	0	29 261 475	28 003 270	2225.65%
GR	0	0	0		0	0	0
ES	0	0	0	45 000 826	0	45 000 826	45 000 826
FR	1 413 035	0	1 413 035	110 657 454	0	110 657 454	109 244 419	7731.19%
HR	0	0	0	39 175 912	0	39 175 912	39 175 912
IT	0	0	0	91 286 739	0	91 286 739	91 286 739
CY	0	0	0	3 629 354	0	3 629 354	3 629 354
LV	0	0	0	8 051 092	0	8 051 092	8 051 092
LT	0	0	0	44 475 999	0	44 475 999	44 475 999
LU	2 020 467	0	2 020 467	5 609 843	0	5 609 843	3 589 377	177.65%
HU	0	0	0	93 404 568	0	93 404 568	93 404 568
MT	0	0	0	255 973	0	255 973	255 973
NL	0	0	0		0	0	0
AT	0	0	0	216 351 249	0	216 351 249	216 351 249
PL	0	0	0		0	0	0
PT	6 956 099	0	6 956 099	91 952 454	0	91 952 454	84 996 355	1221.90%
RO	0	0	0	140 903 423	0	140 903 423	140 903 423
SI	0	0	0	365 878	0	365 878	365 878
SK	0	0	0	21 628 662	0	21 628 662	21 628 662
FI	39 659 878	0	39 659 878	83 345 376	0	83 345 376	43 685 498	110.15%
SE	0	0	0	81 246 435	0	81 246 435	81 246 435
UK	0	0	0		0	0	0
Total	65 479 075	0	65 479 075	1 242 831 976	0	1 242 831 976	1 177 352 901	1798%

Table 10c

Payments made to Member States - Comparison 2022 vs 2021 - EAFRD 2014-2022 and EURI 2021-2022							(in EUR)

MS	2021			2022			Difference 2022 vs. 2021
	Interim payments	Pre-financing	Total	Interim payments	Pre-financing	Total	(in €)	(in %)
BE	83 200 228	0	83 200 228	105 022 255	0	105 022 255	21 822 027	26.23%
BG	354 656 384	0	354 656 384	230 482 252	0	230 482 252	-124 174 132	-35.01%
CZ	357 112 490	0	357 112 490	370 903 313	0	370 903 313	13 790 823	3.86%
DK	116 711 724	0	116 711 724	100 150 973	0	100 150 973	-16 560 751	-14.19%
DE	1 354 081 524	0	1 354 081 524	1 575 270 459	0	1 575 270 459	221 188 935	16.33%
EE	105 817 560	0	105 817 560	99 843 405	0	99 843 405	-5 974 155	-5.65%
IE	344 652 688	0	344 652 688	371 824 358	0	371 824 358	27 171 671	7.88%
GR	635 813 400	0	635 813 400	864 101 188	0	864 101 188	228 287 788	35.90%
ES	1 149 326 192	0	1 149 326 192	1 307 753 204	0	1 307 753 204	158 427 012	13.78%
FR	1 914 589 372	0	1 914 589 372	1 960 070 113	0	1 960 070 113	45 480 741	2.38%
HR	382 157 088	0	382 157 088	375 447 225	0	375 447 225	-6 709 863	-1.76%
IT	1 470 890 084	0	1 470 890 084	1 721 791 605	0	1 721 791 605	250 901 520	17.06%
CY	22 254 455	0	22 254 455	20 968 869	0	20 968 869	-1 285 585	-5.78%
LV	124 088 704	0	124 088 704	111 344 516	0	111 344 516	-12 744 188	-10.27%
LT	188 998 052	0	188 998 052	243 030 875	0	243 030 875	54 032 823	28.59%
LU	17 433 587	0	17 433 587	27 391 582	0	27 391 582	9 957 995	57.12%
HU	576 581 182	0	576 581 182	650 739 496	0	650 739 496	74 158 314	12.86%
MT	14 960 087	0	14 960 087	10 042 899	0	10 042 899	-4 917 188	-32.87%
NL	163 189 480	0	163 189 480	126 072 454	0	126 072 454	-37 117 026	-22.74%
AT	580 737 161	0	580 737 161	626 723 665	0	626 723 665	45 986 504	7.92%
PL	1 419 017 405	0	1 419 017 405	1 377 412 142	0	1 377 412 142	-41 605 263	-2.93%
PT	400 670 363	0	400 670 363	579 490 818	0	579 490 818	178 820 455	44.63%
RO	1 215 176 318	0	1 215 176 318	1 031 153 396	0	1 031 153 396	-184 022 922	-15.14%
SI	119 116 597	0	119 116 597	130 507 970	0	130 507 970	11 391 372	9.56%
SK	138 965 031	0	138 965 031	146 062 290	0	146 062 290	7 097 259	5.11%
FI	428 004 597	0	428 004 597	464 143 913	0	464 143 913	36 139 317	8.44%
SE	319 709 015	0	319 709 015	300 600 446	0	300 600 446	-19 108 569	-5.98%
UK	634 015 485	0	634 015 485	291 483 129	0	291 483 129	-342 532 356	-54.03%
Total	14 631 926 251	0	14 631 926 251	15 219 828 810	0	15 219 828 810	587 902 559	4.02%

3.2.2. Technical assistance

The amount of payment appropriations available in budget year 2022 for the operational technical assistance was EUR 23.3 million for EAFRD and EUR 7.1 million for EURI. The final implementation amounted to EUR 21.3 million for EAFRD and EUR 0.7 million for EURI.

Tables 11a and 11b hereafter present the payments grouped by main activities. The most important part relates to information technology and the European Network for Rural Development.

Table 11a

Technical assistance EAFRD Implementation of payment appropriations
Budget Item: 08.030200, 08.039902	(in EUR)
Description	Amount paid
Information technology	7 628 236
Networking Activities in Support of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP)	7 605 439
Technical Advisory Platform for Financial Instruments	2 485 914
Corporate Communication	1 698 450
European Evaluation Network	1 054 611
Audit and Controls	423 072
Organic agriculture database	328 667
Other	65 000
Total	21 289 387

Table 11b

Technical assistance EURI Implementation of payment appropriations
Budget Item: 08.030300	(in EUR)
Description	Amount paid
Information technology	710 350
Total	710 350

3.3. Analysis of expenditure declared by measure

Tables 12a, 12b and 12c show respectively for EAFRD, EURI and cumulated for both, the payment claims declared by measure in 2022 (4th quarter of 2021 to 3rd quarter of 2022), the cumulative declared expenditure from the beginning of the programming period and also the financial plans of 2014-2022 EAFRD and 2021-2022 EURI programmes.

The expenditure for EAFRD 2014-2022 in 2022 was concentrated mainly in Measure 13 (Payments to areas facing natural or other specific constraints), Measure 04 (Investments in physical assets), in and in Measure 10 (Agri-environment-climate). The expenditure for EURI 2021-2022 in 2022 was concentrated mainly in Measure 11 (Organic farming) and Measure 13 (Payments to areas facing natural or other specific constraints).

Table 12a

EAFRD declared expenditure 2022 (Q4 2021-Q3 2022) & Total cumulative expenditure (Q1 2014 to Q3 2022)
compared with Financial Plans
		Financial Plans 2014-2022		Declared expenditure 2022 (Q4 2021 to Q3 2022)		Cumulative declared expenditure (Q1 2014 to Q3 2022)
EAFRD Measure		(million €)	(%)	(million €)	(% of amount declared in 2022)	(million €)	(%)	(% of Financial Plan)
Measure 01	Knowledge transfer and information actions	986.9	0.8%	82.5	0.6%	516.3	0.6%	52.3%
Measure 02	Advisory services, farm management and farm relief services	519.4	0.4%	50.4	0.4%	231.3	0.3%	44.5%
Measure 03	Quality schemes for agricultural products and foodstuffs	453.2	0.4%	36.1	0.3%	203.8	0.2%	45.0%
Measure 04	Investments in physical assets	28 078.9	21.9%	2 656.7	18.8%	16 576.6	18.3%	59.0%
Measure 05	Restoring agricultural production potential damaged by natural disasters and catastrophic events and introduction of appropriate prevention actions	963.4	0.8%	106.2	0.8%	496.2	0.5%	51.5%
Measure 06	Farm and business development	8 170.1	6.4%	1 155.8	8.2%	5 892.6	6.5%	72.1%
Measure 07	Basic services and village renewal in rural areas	8 030.3	6.3%	725.6	5.1%	5 035.2	5.6%	62.7%
Measure 08	Investments in forest area development and improvement of the viability of forests	4 631.3	3.6%	474.8	3.4%	2 719.0	3.0%	58.7%
Measure 09	Setting-up of producer groups and organisations	308.6	0.2%	36.6	0.3%	180.0	0.2%	58.3%
Measure 10	Agri-environment-climate	20 785.6	16.2%	2 411.9	17.0%	17 177.0	19.0%	82.6%
Measure 11	Organic farming	10 641.2	8.3%	1 216.8	8.6%	7 916.0	8.7%	74.4%
Measure 12	Natura 2000 and Water Framework Directive payments	792.0	0.6%	81.8	0.6%	622.0	0.7%	78.5%
Measure 13	Payments to areas facing natural or other specific constraints	23 328.8	18.2%	2 695.3	19.0%	20 186.3	22.3%	86.5%
Measure 14	Animal Welfare	2 664.5	2.1%	376.5	2.7%	2 180.7	2.4%	81.8%
Measure 15	Forest environmental and climate services and forest conservation	271.0	0.2%	44.7	0.3%	169.5	0.2%	62.5%
Measure 16	Co-operation	1 828.4	1.4%	191.6	1.4%	799.6	0.9%	43.7%
Measure 17	Risk management	2 534.6	2.0%	504.8	3.6%	2 040.6	2.3%	80.5%
Measure 18	Financing of complementary national direct payments for Croatia	108.1	0.1%	0.0	0.0%	108.1	0.1%
Measure 19	Support for LEADER local development — community-led local development (CLLD)	8 503.5	6.6%	957.1	6.8%	4 636.5	5.1%	54.5%
Measure 20	Technical assistance Member States	2 950.6	2.3%	341.5	2.4%	1 778.9	2.0%	60.3%
Measure 21	Exceptional temporary support to farmers and SMEs particularly affected by the COVID-19 crisis	636.4	0.5%	12.2	0.1%	628.5	0.7%	0.0%
Measure 22	Exceptional temporary support to farmers and SMEs particularly affected by the impact of Russia's invasion of Ukraine	410.8	0.3%	0.0	0.0%	0.0	0.0%	0.0%
Measure 113	Early retirement	454.4	0.4%	3.5	0.0%	445.5	0.5%	0.0%
Measure 131	Meeting standards based on Community legislation	0.0	0.0%	0.0	0.0%	0.0	0.0%	0.0%
Measure 341	Skills acquisition, animation and implementation	0.6	0.0%	0.0	0.0%	0.5	0.0%	0.0%
Grand total		128 052.8	100.0%	14 162.6	100.0%	90 540.7	100.0%	70.7%

Table 12b

EURI declared expenditure 2022 (Q4 2021-Q3 2022) & Total cumulative expenditure (Q1 2021 to Q3 2022)
compared with Financial Plans
		Financial Plans 2021-2022		Declared expenditure 2022 (Q4 2021 to Q3 2022)		Cumulative declared expenditure (Q1 2021 to Q3 2022)
EAFRD Measure		(million €)	(%)	(million €)	(% of amount declared in 2022)	(million €)	(%)	(% of Financial Plan)
Measure 01	Knowledge transfer and information actions	1.3	0.0%	0.1	0.0%	0.1	0.0%	11.8%
Measure 02	Advisory services, farm management and farm relief services	3.3	0.0%	0.0	0.0%	0.0	0.0%	0.0%
Measure 03	Quality schemes for agricultural products and foodstuffs	3.2	0.0%	1.0	0.1%	1.0	0.1%	30.1%
Measure 04	Investments in physical assets	2 684.5	33.3%	170.6	13.7%	182.3	13.9%	6.8%
Measure 05	Restoring agricultural production potential damaged by natural disasters and catastrophic events and introduction of appropriate prevention actions	0.6	0.0%	0.0	0.0%	0.0	0.0%	0.0%
Measure 06	Farm and business development	1 010.5	12.6%	172.9	13.9%	177.8	13.6%	17.6%
Measure 07	Basic services and village renewal in rural areas	872.1	10.8%	61.7	5.0%	61.7	4.7%	7.1%
Measure 08	Investments in forest area development and improvement of the viability of forests	173.1	2.2%	2.7	0.2%	2.7	0.2%	1.6%
Measure 09	Setting-up of producer groups and organisations	0.0	0.0%	0.0	0.0%	0.0	0.0%	0.0%
Measure 10	Agri-environment-climate	728.5	9.0%	151.3	12.2%	158.5	12.1%	21.8%
Measure 11	Organic farming	1 296.4	16.1%	379.3	30.5%	420.3	32.1%	32.4%
Measure 12	Natura 2000 and Water Framework Directive payments	96.9	1.2%	41.3	3.3%	41.3	3.2%	42.6%
Measure 13	Payments to areas facing natural or other specific constraints	684.6	8.5%	214.7	17.3%	214.7	16.4%	31.4%
Measure 14	Animal Welfare	82.4	1.0%	20.4	1.6%	20.4	1.6%	24.7%
Measure 15	Forest environmental and climate services and forest conservation	6.5	0.1%	0.6	0.0%	0.6	0.0%	9.2%
Measure 16	Co-operation	177.7	2.2%	2.4	0.2%	2.5	0.2%	1.4%
Measure 17	Risk management	9.5	0.1%	0.0	0.0%	0.0	0.0%	0.0%
Measure 18	Financing of complementary national direct payments for Croatia	0.0	0.0%	0.0	0.0%	0.0	0.0%
Measure 19	Support for LEADER local development — community-led local development (CLLD)	101.7	1.3%	1.9	0.2%	1.9	0.1%	1.9%
Measure 20	Technical assistance Member States	117.4	1.5%	22.0	1.8%	22.6	1.7%	19.3%
Measure 21	Exceptional temporary support to farmers and SMEs particularly affected by the COVID-19 crisis	0.0	0.0%	0.0	0.0%	0.0	0.0%	0.0%
Measure 22	Exceptional temporary support to farmers and SMEs particularly affected by the impact of Russia's invasion of Ukraine	0.0	0.0%	0.0	0.0%	0.0	0.0%	0.0%
Measure 113	Early retirement	0.0	0.0%	0.0	0.0%	0.0	0.0%	0.0%
Measure 131	Meeting standards based on Community legislation	0.0	0.0%	0.0	0.0%	0.0	0.0%	0.0%
Measure 341	Skills acquisition, animation and implementation	0.0	0.0%	0.0	0.0%	0.0	0.0%	0.0%
Grand total		8 050.3	100.0%	1 242.9	100.0%	1 308.3	100.0%	16.3%

Table 12c

EAFRD and EURI declared expenditure 2022 (Q4 2021-Q3 2022) & Total cumulative expenditure (Q1 2014 to Q3 2022)
compared with Financial Plans
		Financial Plans 2014-2022		Declared expenditure 2022 (Q4 2021 to Q3 2022)		Cumulative declared expenditure (Q1 2014 to Q3 2022)
EAFRD Measure		(million €)	(%)	(million €)	(% of amount declared in 2022)	(million €)	(%)	(% of Financial Plan)
Measure 01	Knowledge transfer and information actions	988.1	0.7%	82.7	0.5%	516.5	0.6%	52.3%
Measure 02	Advisory services, farm management and farm relief services	522.7	0.4%	50.4	0.3%	231.3	0.3%	44.2%
Measure 03	Quality schemes for agricultural products and foodstuffs	456.4	0.3%	37.1	0.2%	204.8	0.2%	44.9%
Measure 04	Investments in physical assets	30 763.4	22.6%	2 827.3	18.4%	16 758.9	18.2%	54.5%
Measure 05	Restoring agricultural production potential damaged by natural disasters and catastrophic events and introduction of appropriate prevention actions	964.0	0.7%	106.2	0.7%	496.2	0.5%	51.5%
Measure 06	Farm and business development	9 180.6	6.7%	1 328.6	8.6%	6 070.4	6.6%	66.1%
Measure 07	Basic services and village renewal in rural areas	8 902.5	6.5%	787.3	5.1%	5 096.9	5.5%	57.3%
Measure 08	Investments in forest area development and improvement of the viability of forests	4 804.4	3.5%	477.5	3.1%	2 721.7	3.0%	56.6%
Measure 09	Setting-up of producer groups and organisations	308.6	0.2%	36.6	0.2%	180.0	0.2%	58.3%
Measure 10	Agri-environment-climate	21 514.1	15.8%	2 563.2	16.6%	17 335.5	18.9%	80.6%
Measure 11	Organic farming	11 937.6	8.8%	1 596.2	10.4%	8 336.3	9.1%	69.8%
Measure 12	Natura 2000 and Water Framework Directive payments	888.9	0.7%	123.2	0.8%	663.3	0.7%	74.6%
Measure 13	Payments to areas facing natural or other specific constraints	24 013.4	17.6%	2 910.0	18.9%	20 401.0	22.2%	85.0%
Measure 14	Animal Welfare	2 747.0	2.0%	396.8	2.6%	2 201.1	2.4%	80.1%
Measure 15	Forest environmental and climate services and forest conservation	277.5	0.2%	45.3	0.3%	170.1	0.2%	61.3%
Measure 16	Co-operation	2 006.1	1.5%	194.0	1.3%	802.0	0.9%	40.0%
Measure 17	Risk management	2 544.1	1.9%	504.8	3.3%	2 040.6	2.2%	80.2%
Measure 18	Financing of complementary national direct payments for Croatia	108.1	0.1%	0.0	0.0%	108.1	0.1%	100.0%
Measure 19	Support for LEADER local development — community-led local development (CLLD)	8 605.2	6.3%	959.0	6.2%	4 638.4	5.1%	53.9%
Measure 20	Technical assistance Member States	3 068.0	2.3%	363.5	2.4%	1 801.5	2.0%	58.7%
Measure 21	Exceptional temporary support to farmers and SMEs particularly affected by the COVID-19 crisis	636.4	0.5%	12.2	0.1%	628.5	0.7%	98.8%
Measure 22	Exceptional temporary support to farmers and SMEs particularly affected by the impact of Russia's invasion of Ukraine	410.8	0.3%	0.0	0.0%	0.0	0.0%	0.0%
Measure 113	Early retirement	454.4	0.3%	0.0	0.0%	445.5	0.5%	98.0%
Measure 131	Meeting standards based on Community legislation	0.0	0.0%	3.5	0.0%	0.0	0.0%	75.9%
Measure 341	Skills acquisition, animation and implementation	0.6	0.0%	0.0	0.0%	0.5	0.0%	88.1%
Grand total		136 103.1	100.0%	15 405.5	100.0%	91 849.0	100.0%	67.5%

3.4. Implementation of EAFRD and EURI programmes

Graphs 2a, 2b and 2c present respectively for EAFRD, EURI and cumulated for both, the absorption rate of rural development programmes 2014-2022 per Member State: payments from the beginning of the programming period including payments made for the 4th quarter of 2022 that are reimbursed in financial year 2023 compared to the total 2014-2022 allocation.

The de-commitments done in 2022 amount to 15.7 million. The total amount of decommitment since the beginning of the programming period 2014-2020 equals EUR 32.2 million.

Table 13

The decommitments made for 2014-2022 rural development programmes EAFRD until 31/12/2022
MS	CCI	RDP identification	Year of commitment	Year of decommitment	Amount of decommitment
ES	2014ES06RDRP001	Andalucía	2016	2020	10 255 982.47
FR	2014FR06RDRP022	Picardie	2016	2020	6 202 722.84
IT	2014IT06RDRP020	Puglia	2017	2022	10 409 965.78
IT	2014IT06RDRP020	Puglia	2018	2022	5 314 670.74
Total					32 183 341.83

Overall, the implementation of the EAFRD 2014-2022 rural development programmes reached by end 2022 on average an absorption rate of 74%. Programmes are generally well on track in terms of implementation, with the variation in the averages per Member State illustrated in the graphs below.

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