Document ID: 32023D2492
Language: ENG

<table><col/><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><img/></td><td><p>Official Journal<br/>of the European Union</p></td><td><p>EN</p><p>Series L</p></td></tr></tbody></table>
<table><col/><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td/><td><p>2023/2492</p></td><td><p>17.11.2023</p></td></tr></tbody></table>
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION (EU) 2023/2492
of 15 November 2023
excluding from European Union financing certain expenditure incurred by the United Kingdom under the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD)
(notified under document C(2023) 7606)
(Only the English text is authentic)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 on the financing, management and monitoring of the common agricultural policy and repealing Council Regulations (EEC) No 352/78, (EC) No 165/94, (EC) No 2799/98, (EC) No 814/2000, (EC) No 1290/2005 and (EC) No 485/2008 ( 1 ) , and in particular Article 52 thereof, in conjunction with Articles 131 and 138 of the Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community,
After consulting the Committee on the Agricultural Funds,
Whereas:
<table><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>(1)</p></td><td><p>In accordance with Article&#160;52 of Regulation (EU) No&#160;1306/2013, the Commission is to carry out the necessary verifications, communicate to the United Kingdom the results of those verifications, take note of the comments provided by the United Kingdom, initiate a bilateral discussion so that an agreement may be reached and formally communicate its conclusions to the United Kingdom.</p></td></tr></tbody></table>
<table><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>(2)</p></td><td><p>The United Kingdom has had an opportunity to request the launch of a conciliation procedure. That opportunity has not been used.</p></td></tr></tbody></table>
<table><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>(3)</p></td><td><p>In accordance with Regulation (EU) No&#160;1306/2013, only agricultural expenditure, which has been incurred in a way that has not infringed Union law may be financed.</p></td></tr></tbody></table>
<table><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>(4)</p></td><td><p>In the light of the verifications carried out and the outcome of the bilateral discussion, part of the expenditure declared by the United Kingdom does not fulfil this requirement and cannot therefore be financed under the EAFRD.</p></td></tr></tbody></table>
<table><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>(5)</p></td><td><p>The amounts that are not recognised as being chargeable to the EAFRD should be indicated. Those amounts do not relate to expenditure incurred more than twenty-four months before the Commission&#8217;s written notification of the results of the verifications to the United Kingdom.</p></td></tr></tbody></table>
<table><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>(6)</p></td><td><p>The amounts excluded from Union financing by this Decision should also take into account any reductions or suspensions in accordance with Article&#160;41 of Regulation (EU) No&#160;1306/2013 due to the fact that such reductions or suspensions are of a provisional nature and without prejudice to decisions taken pursuant to Articles&#160;51 or&#160;52 of that Regulation.</p></td></tr></tbody></table>
<table><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>(7)</p></td><td><p>As regards the cases covered by this Decision, the assessment of the amounts to be excluded on grounds of non-compliance with Union law was notified by the Commission to the United Kingdom in a summary report on the subject&#160;<a>(<span>2</span>)</a>.</p></td></tr></tbody></table>
<table><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>(8)</p></td><td><p>This Decision is without prejudice to any financial conclusions that the Commission may draw from the judgments of the Court of Justice of the European Union in cases pending on 17&#160;August 2023,</p></td></tr></tbody></table>
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
The amounts set out in the Annex and related to expenditure incurred by the United Kingdom’s accredited paying agencies and declared under the EAFRD shall be excluded from Union financing.
Article 2
This Decision is addressed to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
Done at Brussels, 15 November 2023.
For the Commission
Janusz WOJCIECHOWSKI
Member of the Commission
( 1 ) OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 549 .
( 2 ) Ares(2023)6489779.
ANNEX
Financial corrections
EAFRD
Financial corrections – excluding cross-compliance
Budget Item: 6201
<table><col/><col/><col/><col/><col/><col/><col/><col/><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>Member State</p></td><td><p>Measure</p></td><td><p>FY</p></td><td><p>Reason</p></td><td><p>Type</p></td><td><p>Correction %</p></td><td><p>Currency</p></td><td><p>Gross Amount</p></td><td><p>Deductions</p></td><td><p>Net Decided</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><span>GB</span></p></td><td><p>Rural Development EAFRD measures subject to IACS</p></td><td><p>2019</p></td><td><p>Absence of sanction system 2019</p></td><td><p>FLAT RATE</p></td><td><p>10,00 %</p></td><td><p>EUR</p></td><td><p>&#8211;&#160;196&#160;923,19</p></td><td><p>&#8211;75,57</p></td><td><p>&#8211;&#160;196&#160;847,62</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>&#160;</p></td><td><p>Rural Development EAFRD measures subject to IACS</p></td><td><p>2021</p></td><td><p>Absence of sanction system 2021</p></td><td><p>FLAT RATE</p></td><td><p>10,00 %</p></td><td><p>EUR</p></td><td><p>&#8211;89,00</p></td><td><p>0,00</p></td><td><p>&#8211;89,00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>&#160;</p></td><td><p>Clearance of Accounts &#8211; Financial Clearance</p></td><td><p>2021</p></td><td><p>Administrative checks FY2021</p></td><td><p>ONE OFF</p></td><td><p>&#160;</p></td><td><p>EUR</p></td><td><p>&#8211;&#160;663&#160;520,79</p></td><td><p>0,00</p></td><td><p>&#8211;&#160;663&#160;520,79</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>&#160;</p></td><td><p>Clearance of Accounts &#8211; Financial Clearance</p></td><td><p>2020</p></td><td><p>Financial and known errors detected by the CB FY 2021</p></td><td><p>ONE OFF</p></td><td><p>&#160;</p></td><td><p>EUR</p></td><td><p>&#8211;27&#160;534,76</p></td><td><p>0,00</p></td><td><p>&#8211;27&#160;534,76</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>&#160;</p></td><td><p>Clearance of Accounts &#8211; Financial Clearance</p></td><td><p>2021</p></td><td><p>Financial and known errors detected by the CB FY 2021</p></td><td><p>ONE OFF</p></td><td><p>&#160;</p></td><td><p>EUR</p></td><td><p>&#8211;7&#160;364,51</p></td><td><p>0,00</p></td><td><p>&#8211;7&#160;364,51</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>&#160;</p></td><td><p>&#160;</p></td><td><p>&#160;</p></td><td><p>&#160;</p></td><td><p>&#160;</p></td><td><p><span>Total GB:</span></p></td><td><p><span>EUR</span></p></td><td><p><span>&#8211;&#160;895&#160;432,25</span></p></td><td><p><span>&#8211;75,57</span></p></td><td><p><span>&#8211;&#160;895&#160;356,68</span></p></td></tr></tbody></table>
<table><col/><col/><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>Currency</p></td><td><p>Gross Amount</p></td><td><p>Deductions</p></td><td><p>Net Decided</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><span>EUR</span></p></td><td><p>&#8211;&#160;895&#160;432,25</p></td><td><p>&#8211;75,57</p></td><td><p>&#8211;&#160;895&#160;356,68</p></td></tr></tbody></table>
<table><col/><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>Financial corrections</p></td><td><p>Total Net Decided</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><span>EAFRD</span></p></td><td><p><span>Financial corrections &#8211; excluding cross-compliance</span></p></td><td><p><span>&#8211;&#160;895&#160;356,68</span></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><span>TOTAL:</span></p></td><td><p>&#160;</p></td><td><p><span>&#8211;&#160;895&#160;356,68</span></p></td></tr></tbody></table>
<table><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>Reimbursements</p></td><td><p>Total Net Decided</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><span>TOTAL:</span></p></td><td><p><span>0,00</span></p></td></tr></tbody></table>
ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec_impl/2023/2492/oj
ISSN 1977-0677 (electronic edition)