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# 52012PC0552

**Amendment to the Commission proposal COM(2011) 625 final/3 for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL establishing rules for direct payments to farmers under support schemes within the framework of the common agricultural policy /* COM/2012/0552 final - 2011/0280 (COD) */**

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EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM

1.           CONTEXT OF THE PROPOSAL

The accession of Croatia to the EU is
scheduled for 1 July 2013. Although the Act of Accession[1]
has not yet been ratified by all Member States, the Commission has recently
updated its Multi-Annual Financial Framework proposals[2]
in view of Croatia's accession. A similar adjustment exercise should be
prepared for the CAP reform proposals to ensure that once they are adopted, Croatia will be fully covered as a new Member State.

2.           RESULTS OF CONSULTATIONS WITH THE
INTERESTED PARTIES AND IMPACT ASSESSMENTS

In relation to Croatia, there was no need for consultation of interested parties or an impact assessment
since these adjustments follow from the Act of Accession.

3.           LEGAL ELEMENTS OF THE PROPOSAL

The adjustment will take the form of an
amendment to the proposal COM(2011) 625 final/3 for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing rules for direct payments to farmers under support schemes within the framework of the common agricultural policy, to include in the proposal those provisions specific to Croatia which are already in the Accession Treaty. The main changes relate to the
inclusion of provisions on

- the gradual introduction of direct
payments in Croatia (phasing-in),

- the possibility to grant complementary
national direct payments (CNDPs) to complement those support schemes listed in
Annex I which Croatia will implement following the reform,

- certain financial aspects (national
envelopes in Annex II, net amounts after capping in Annex III, maximum amount
of CNDPs that may be granted in Annex V), and

- the implementation of the special
national de-mining reserve in Croatia. That de-mining reserve relates to
de-mined land which has returned to use for agricultural areas.

4.           BUDGETARY IMPLICATION

This amendment has no budgetary
implications, apart from those already set out in the explanatory memorandum
for the updated proposals for the Multi-Annual Financial Framework.

2011/0280 (COD)

Amendment to the Commission proposal COM(2011) 625 final/3 for a
REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL

establishing rules for direct payments to
farmers under support schemes within the framework of the common agricultural
policy

Commission proposal COM(2011) 625 final/3 is amended as follows:

(1)          The first sentence of recital (5)
is replaced by the following:

"In order to ensure uniform conditions for
the implementation of this Regulation and to avoid unfair competition or
discrimination between farmers, implementing powers should be conferred on the
Commission in respect of: the authorisation of complementary national direct
payments for Croatia; the setting of the amount to be included in the special
national de-mining reserve for Croatia; the fixation of the annual national
ceiling for the basic payment scheme; the adoption of rules on applications for
allocation of payment entitlements; the adoption of measures regarding the
reversion of non-activated payment entitlements to the national reserve; the
adoption of requirements related to the notification of
transfer of payment entitlements to the national authorities and the deadlines
within which such notification are to take place; the
setting out of the annual ceiling for the payment for agricultural practises
beneficial for the climate and the environment; the setting out of the annual
ceiling for the payment for areas with natural constraints; the setting out of
the annual ceiling for the payment for young farmers; the setting out of the
annual ceilings for the voluntary coupled support; the adoption of rules on the
procedure for the assessment and approval of decisions in the framework of the
voluntary coupled support; the adoption of rules on the procedure of the
authorisation and the notifications to the producers related to the
authorisation of land and varieties for the purposes of the crop specific
payment for cotton; the provision for rules on the calculation of the reduction
of the amount of the crop specific payment for cotton; the adoption of rules
concerning general notification requirements."

(2)          Recital (11) is replaced by the
following:

"(11) With a view to ensuring that the
amounts for the financing of the CAP comply with the annual ceilings referred
to in Article 16(1) of Regulation (EU) No [...] [HZR], an adjustment of the level
of direct support in any calendar year should be maintained. The adjustment of
the direct payments should only be applied to payments to be granted to farmers
in excess of EUR 5 000 in the corresponding calendar year. Taking into account
the levels of direct payments for farmers in Bulgaria, Croatia and Romania in
the framework of the application of the phasing-in mechanism to all direct
payments granted in those Member States, this instrument of financial
discipline should only apply in Bulgaria and Romania as from 1 January 2016 and
in Croatia as from 1 January 2022."

(3)          Recital (12) is replaced by the
following:

"(12)  In order to take account of the
developments relating to the total maximum amounts of direct payments that may
be granted, including those resulting from the decisions to be taken by the
Member States regarding transfers between the first and second pillars and
those resulting from the notifications to be made by Croatia regarding the
de-mined land that has returned to use for agricultural activities, the power
to adopt acts in accordance with Article 290 of the Treaty should be delegated
to the Commission for the purpose of reviewing the national and net ceilings
set out in this Regulation."

(4)          The last sentence of the recital
(14) is replaced by the following:

"To ensure equal treatment of farmers
whose direct payments are subject to phasing-in in Bulgaria, Croatia and
Romania, the minimum threshold should be based on the final amounts to be
granted at the end of the phasing-in process."

(5)        The following sentence is added
at the end of recital (19):

"The same possibility should be available
also for Croatia for which a phasing-in mechanism will apply until 2021
according to the Act of Accession."

(6)        A new recital is inserted after
the recital (19):

"(19a) Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 as amended by the Act of Accession of 2011 provided for a special national de-mining reserve for Croatia in order to finance for a period of ten years after the Accession to the Union the allocation
of payment entitlements to land which will be de-mined and returned to
agricultural use every year. It is appropriate to set the rules for determining
the amounts dedicated to funding support for that land under the support schemes
foreseen in this Regulation and for the management of that reserve. In order to
take account of the amounts resulting from the notifications to be made by Croatia regarding the de-mined land that has returned to use for agricultural activities, the power
to adopt acts in accordance with Article 290 of the Treaty should be delegated
to the Commission for the purposes of reviewing certain financial provisions
applying to Croatia.

(7)          In Article 1(b), point (viii) is
replaced by the following:

"(viii) 
a framework to enable Bulgaria, Croatia and Romania to complement direct
payments."

(8)          In Article 6, paragraph 2 is
replaced by the following:

"2.     In order to take account of the
developments relating to the total maximum amounts of direct payments that may
be granted, including those resulting from the decisions to be taken by the
Member States in accordance with Article 14 and those resulting from the
application of the second paragraph of Article 17b, the Commission shall be
empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 55 for the purpose
of reviewing the national ceilings set out in Annex II."

(9)          In Article 8, paragraph 2 is
replaced by the following:

"2.     In the framework of the gradual
introduction of direct payments as provided for in Article 16, paragraph 1
of this Article shall apply to Bulgaria and Romania as from 1 January
2016 and to Croatia as from 1 January 2022."

(10)        In Article 10, the following
sentence is added at the end of the paragraph 4:

"In
Croatia, for the years 2014-2021, the amount claimed or due to be granted as
referred to in paragraph 1 shall be calculated on the basis of the amount set
out in Annex Va.A."

(11)        The title of Chapter 2 of Title II
is replaced by the following:

"Provisions applying to Bulgaria, Croatia and Romania"

(12)        The title of Article 16 is
replaced by the following:

"Gradual introduction of direct payments
in Bulgaria and Romania"

(13)        The following Article is inserted:

"Article 16a

Gradual introduction of direct payments
in Croatia

In Croatia, direct payments shall be introduced
in accordance with the following schedule of increments expressed as a
percentage of the corresponding level of the direct payments as applied from
2022:

–
25 % in 2013,

–
30 % in 2014,

–
35 % in 2015,

–
40 % in 2016,

–
50 % in 2017,

–
60 % in 2018,

–
70 % in 2019,

–
80 % in 2020,

–
90 % in 2021,

–
100 % as from 2022."

(14)        The title of Article 17 is
replaced by the following:

"Complementary national direct payment and
direct payments in Bulgaria and Romania"

(15)        In Chapter 2, the following
Articles are added:

"

"Article 17a

Complementary national direct payments
for Croatia

1.      Croatia shall have the possibility,
subject to authorisation by the Commission by means of an implementing act
without the assistance of the Committee referred to in Article 56, to complement
any of the support schemes listed in Annex I, where relevant.

2.      The complementary amount which may be
granted in a given year and for a given support scheme shall be limited by a
specific financial envelope. This envelope shall be established as the
difference between:

(a)     the amount of direct support available
per support scheme concerned after the full introduction of direct payments
according to Article 16a for the calendar year 2022

and

(b)     the amount of direct support available
per support scheme concerned after the application of the schedule of
increments according to Article 16a in the year concerned.

3.      The total amount of complementary
national direct payments granted shall not be higher than the ceiling set out
in Annex Va.B. for a corresponding calendar year.

4.      Croatia may decide, on the basis of
objective criteria and after authorisation by the Commission, on the amounts of
complementary national aid to be granted.

5.      The authorisation by the Commission
shall specify the relevant support schemes and define the level up to which the
complementary national direct payments may be paid.

As regards complementary national direct payments intended to complement the voluntary coupled support referred to in Chapter
1 of Title IV, the authorisation shall also specify the specific types of
farming or the specific agricultural sectors referred
to in Article 38(2) to which the complementary national direct payments may
relate.

6.      The
eligibility conditions for complementary national direct payments shall be
those for support under corresponding support schemes as laid down in this
Regulation.

7.      The complementary national direct
payments shall be subject to any adjustments which may be rendered necessary by
developments in the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP). They shall be granted in
accordance with objective criteria and in such a way as to ensure equal
treatment between farmers and to avoid market and competition distortions.

8.      Croatia shall submit a
report providing information on the measures for the implementation of the
complementary national direct payments before 30 June of the year following
their implementation. The report shall cover at least the following:

(a)     any changes in
the situation affecting the complementary national direct payments;

(b)     for each complementary national direct
payment, the numbers of beneficiaries, the total amount of complementary
national aid granted, as well as, the hectares, the number of animals or other
units for which the aid has been granted;

(c)     a
report on control measures applied in relation to the complementary national
direct payments granted.

Article 17b

Special national de-mining reserve for Croatia

1.      From 2014 onwards, Croatia shall
notify the Commission no later than 31 January every year of the areas which
have been identified in accordance with Article 57a(10) of Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 and which have returned to use for agricultural activities in the previous calendar year.

Croatia shall also
notify the number of payment entitlements available to farmers on 31 December
of the previous calendar year, as well as the amount remained unspent in the
special national de-mining reserve at the same date.

If applicable, the notifications provided in
the first and second subparagraphs shall be made per region as defined in
accordance with Article 20(1).

2.      The Commission shall calculate on a
yearly basis the amount to be added to the amounts set for Croatia in Annex II, when reviewing that Annex pursuant to Article 6(2), in order to finance the
support to be granted under the schemes listed in Annex I for the areas
referred to in the first subparagraph of paragraph 1 of this Article. This
amount shall be calculated on the basis of the data notified by Croatia in accordance with paragraph 1 and the estimated average direct payments per hectare in Croatia for the year concerned.

The maximum amount to
be added in accordance with the first subparagraph  on the basis of all the
areas notified by Croatia in accordance with paragraph 1 up to 2022 shall be EUR
9 600 000 and shall be subject to the schedule of introduction of direct
payments in accordance with Article 16a, as set out in Annex Vb.

3.      The Commission shall, by means of
implementing acts, set the share of the amount to be added in accordance with paragraph
2 which Croatia shall include in the special national de-mining reserve in
order to allocate payment entitlements for the areas referred to in the first
subparagraph of paragraph 1. This share shall be calculated on the basis of the
ratio between the basic payment ceiling and the amount set in Annex II before
its increase in accordance with paragraph 2. Those implementing acts shall be
adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article
56(2).

4.      For the years 2014 to 2022, Croatia shall use the special national de-mining reserve to allocate payment entitlements
to farmers on the basis of de-mined land declared by the farmers in the year in
question under the following conditions:

(a)     such land is eligible within the
meaning of Article 25(2),

(b)     the land in question was returned to
use for agricultural activities during the previous calendar year,

(c)     the land has been notified to the
Commission in accordance with paragraph 1.

5.      The value of the payment entitlements
established under this Article shall be the national or regional average value
of payment entitlements in the year of allocation within the limits of the
amount available in the special national de-mining reserve.

6.       The Commission shall be empowered to
adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 55 for the purposes of adapting
the amounts set out in Annex Va in order to take account of the application of
this Article."

(16)        In Article 18, paragraph 1 is
replaced by the following:

"1.     Support under the basic payment
scheme shall be available to farmers if they obtain payment entitlements under
this Regulation through allocation pursuant to Article 17b(4), first allocation
pursuant to Article 21, from the national reserve pursuant to Article 23, or by
transfer pursuant to Article 27."

(17)        In Article 19(3), the following
subparagraph is added:

"The
first subparagraph shall not apply where such a modification is due to the
application of Article 17b(2)"

(18)        In Article 21(2), the first
subparagraph is replaced by the following:

"Farmers who, in 2011 or in the case of
Croatia in 2013, activated at least one payment
entitlement under the single payment scheme or claimed support under the single area payment scheme, both in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 73/2009, shall receive payment entitlements the first year of application of the basic payment scheme provided they are entitled to be granted direct payments in accordance with Article 9."

(19)        In Article 49, paragraph 3 is replaced by the following:

"3.     By way of derogation from
paragraph 2, in Croatia, Cyprus and Malta the amount referred to in paragraph 1
may be set at a value lower than EUR 500, but not less than EUR 200."

(20)        In Annex II, the following is inserted after the entry
for France:

"

Croatia || 111 900 || 130 550 || 149 200 || 186 500 || 223 800 || 261 100*

*           For Croatia the national ceiling for calendar year 2020 is 298 400, for 2021 is 335 700 and for
2022 is 373 000 (in thousands EUR)."

(21)        In Annex III, the following is
inserted after the entry for France:

"

Croatia || 111.9. || 130.6 || 149.2 || 186.5 || 223.8 || 261.1*

*           For
Croatia the estimated net ceiling for  calendar year 2020 is 298.4, for 2021 is
335.7 and for 2022 is 373 (in million EUR)."

(22)        In Annex
IV, the following is inserted after the entry for France:

"

Croatia || 100 || 1 ha

"

(23)        A new Annex Va is inserted:

"ANNEX Va
Financial provisions applying to Croatia referred to in Articles 10 and 17a

A.      Amounts for applying Article 10:

(in
thousands EUR)

||

Croatia || 373 000

B.      Total amount of complementary national
direct payments referred to in Article 17a(3):

(in
thousands EUR)

|| 2014 || 2015 || 2016 || 2017 || 2018 || 2019 || 2020 || 2021

Croatia || 261 100 || 242 450 || 223 800 || 186 500 || 149 200 || 111 900 || 74 600 || 37 300

"

(24)        A new Annex Vb is inserted:

"ANNEX Vb
Maximum amount to be added to the amounts set out in Annex II in accordance
with Article 17b(2)

(in
thousands EUR)

|| 2014 || 2015 || 2016 || 2017 || 2018 || 2019 || 2020 || 2021 || 2022

Croatia || 2 880 || 3 360 || 3 840 || 4 800 || 5 760 || 6 720 || 7 680 || 8 640 || 9 600

"

(25)        In Annex
VI, the following is inserted after the entry for France:

"

Croatia || 5.9

"

(26)        Annex VII is amended as follows:

(a)     The following entry is inserted after
the row concerning Article 57 of Regulation (EC) No 73/2009:

"

57a || Article 17b || -

"

(b)     The entry concerning Article 121 of
Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 is replaced by the
following:

"

121 || Articles 16 and 16a || -

"

(c)     The entry concerning Article 132 of
Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 is replaced by the
following:

"

132 || Articles 17 and 17a || -

"

LEGISLATIVE
FINANCIAL STATEMENT

1.           FRAMEWORK
OF THE PROPOSAL/INITIATIVE

1.1.        Title
of the proposal/initiative

-        Amendment to the Commission proposal COM(2011) 625 final/3
for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing
rules for direct payments to farmers under support schemes within the framework
of the common agricultural policy;

-        Amendment to the Commission proposal COM(2011) 626 final/3
for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a
common organisation of the markets in agricultural products (Single CMO
Regulation);

-        Amendment to the Commission proposal COM(2011) 627 final/3
for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on support for
rural development by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development
(EAFRD);

-        Amendment to the Commission proposal COM(2011) 628 final/2
for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the
financing, management and monitoring of the common agricultural policy.

1.2.        Policy
area(s) concerned in the ABM/ABB structure[3]

Policy Area Title 05 of Heading 2

1.3.        Nature
of the proposal/initiative (Legislative framework for the CAP post 2013)

x The proposal/initiative relates to a new action

 ̈ The
proposal/initiative relates to a new action following a pilot
project/preparatory action[4]

x The proposal/initiative relates to the extension of
an existing action

x The proposal/initiative relates to an action
redirected towards a new action

1.4.        Objectives

1.4.1.     The
Commission's multiannual strategic objective(s) targeted by the proposal/initiative

In order to promote resource efficiency with a view to smart,
sustainable and inclusive growth for EU agriculture and rural development in
line with the Europe 2020 Strategy, the objectives of the CAP are:

- Viable food production;

- Sustainable management of natural resources and climate action;

- Balanced territorial development.

1.4.2.     Specific
objective(s) and ABM/ABB activity(ies) concerned

Specific objectives for Policy area 05:

Specific objective No 1:

To provide environmental public goods

Specific objective No 2:

To compensate for production difficulties in areas with specific
natural constraints

Specific objective No 3:

To pursue climate change mitigation and adaptation actions

Specific objective No 4:

To manage the EU budget (CAP) in accordance with high standards of
financial management

Specific objective for ABB 05 02 - Interventions in agricultural
markets:

Specific objective No 5:

To improve the competitiveness of the agricultural sector and
enhance its value share in the food chain

Specific objective for ABB 05 03 - Direct aids:

Specific objective No 6:

To contribute to farm incomes and limit farm income variability

Specific objectives for ABB 05 04 – Rural development:

Specific objective No 7

To foster green growth through innovation

Specific objective No 8:

To support rural employment and maintain the social fabric of rural
areas

Specific objective No 9

To improve the rural economy and promote diversification

Specific objective No 10

To allow for structural diversity in farming systems

1.4.3.     Expected
result(s) and impact

It is not possible to set quantitative targets for impact indicators
at this stage. Although the policy can steer in a certain direction, the broad
economic, environmental and social outcomes measured by such indicators would
ultimately also depend on the impact from a range of external factors, which
recent experience indicates have become significant and unpredictable. Further
analysis is on-going, to be ready for the period post-2013.

As regards the direct payments, Member States will have the
possibility to decide, to a limited degree, on the implementation of certain
components of the direct payment schemes.

For rural development, the expected results and impact will depend
on the rural development programmes that Member States will submit to the
Commission. Member States will be asked to set targets in their programmes.

1.4.4.     Indicators
of results and impact

The proposals provide
for the establishment of a common monitoring and evaluation framework with a
view to measuring the performance of the Common Agricultural Policy. That
framework shall include all instruments related to the monitoring and
evaluation of CAP measures and in particular of the direct payments, market
measures, rural development measures and of the application of cross
compliance.

The impact of these
CAP measures shall be measured in relation to the following objectives:

(a)      viable food production, with a focus on agricultural
income, agricultural productivity and price stability;

(b)     sustainable management of natural resources and climate
action, with a focus on greenhouse gas emissions, biodiversity, soil and water;

(c)      balanced territorial development, with a focus on rural
employment, growth and poverty in rural areas.

By means of
implementing acts, the Commission shall define the set of indicators specific
to these objectives and areas.

Moreover, as regards
rural development, a reinforced common monitoring and evaluation system is
proposed. That system aims (a) to demonstrate the progress and achievements of
rural development policy and assess the impact, effectiveness, efficiency and
relevance of rural development policy interventions, (b)     to contribute to
better targeted support for rural development, and (c) to support a common
learning process related to monitoring and evaluation. The Commission will
establish, by means of implementing act, a list of common indicators linked to
the policy priorities.

1.5.        Grounds
for the proposal/initiative

1.5.1.     Requirement(s)
to be met in the short or long term

In order to meet the multi-annual strategic objectives of the CAP
which are a direct translation of the Europe 2020 strategy for European rural
areas and to fulfil the relevant requirements of the Treaty, the proposals, as
amended to take account of the Accession of Croatia, aim to lay down the
legislative framework for the Common Agricultural Policy for the period after
2013.

1.5.2.     Added
value of EU involvement

The future CAP will not only be a policy that caters for a small,
albeit essential, part of the EU economy, but also a policy of strategic
importance for food security, the environment and territorial balance. Thus,
the CAP, as a truly common policy, makes the most efficient use of limited
budgetary resources in maintaining a sustainable agriculture throughout the EU,
addressing important cross-border issues such as climate change and reinforcing
solidarity among Member States.

As mentioned in the Commission communication "A Budget for
Europe 2020"[5], the CAP is a genuinely
European policy. Instead of operating 28 separate agricultural policies and
budgets, Member States pool resources to operate a single European policy with
a single European budget. This naturally means that the CAP accounts for a
significant proportion of the EU budget. However, this approach is both more
efficient and economical than an uncoordinated national approach.

1.5.3.     Lessons
learned from similar experiences in the past

On the basis of the evaluation of the current policy framework, an
extensive consultation with stakeholders as well as an analysis of future
challenges and needs, a comprehensive impact assessment has been carried out.
More details can be found in the impact assessment and the explanatory
memorandum that are accompanying the legal proposals.

1.5.4.     Coherence
and possible synergy with other relevant instruments

The legislative proposals concerned by this financial statement
should be seen in the broader context of the proposal for a single framework
regulation with common rules for the common strategic framework funds (EAFRD,
ERDF, ESF, Cohesion Fund and EMFF). That framework regulation will make an
important contribution to reducing administrative burden, to spending EU funds
in an effective way, and to put simplification into practice. This also
underpins the new concepts of the common strategic framework for all these
funds and the upcoming Partnership Contracts which will also cover these funds.

The common strategic framework, which will be established, will
translate the objectives and priorities of the Europe 2020 Strategy into
priorities for the EAFRD together with the ERDF, ESF, Cohesion Fund and EMFF,
which will ensure an integrated use of the funds to deliver common objectives.

The common strategic framework will also set out coordination
mechanisms with other relevant Union policies and instruments.

Moreover, as regards the CAP, significant synergies and
simplification effects will be obtained by harmonising and aligning the
management and control rules for the first (EAGF) and second (EAFRD) pillar of
the CAP. The strong link between the EAGF and the EAFRD should be maintained
and the structures already in place in the Member States be sustained.

1.6.        Duration
and financial impact

x Proposal/initiative of limited
duration (for the draft regulations on direct payment schemes, rural
development and transitional regulations)

–
x   Proposal/initiative in effect from
01/01/2014 to 31/12/2020

–
x   Financial impact for the period of the next
multi-annual financial framework. For rural development, impact on payments to
2023.

x Proposal/initiative of unlimited
duration (for the draft regulation on the single CMO and the horizontal
regulation)

–
Implementation from 2014.

1.7.        Management
mode(s) envisaged[6]

x Centralised direct management
by the Commission

 ̈ Centralised indirect management with the delegation of implementation tasks to:

–
 ̈  executive agencies

–
 ̈  bodies set up by the Communities[7]

–
 ̈  national public-sector bodies/bodies with public-service mission

–
 ̈  persons entrusted with the implementation of specific actions
pursuant to Title V of the Treaty on European Union and identified in the
relevant basic act within the meaning of Article 49 of the Financial Regulation

x Shared management with the
Member States

 ̈ Decentralised management with third countries

 ̈ Joint management with international organisations (to be specified)

Comments

No
substantive change compared to the present situation, i.e. the bulk of
expenditure concerned by the legislative proposals on the CAP reform will be
managed by shared management with the Member States. However, a very minor part
will continue to fall under centralised direct management by the Commission.

2.           MANAGEMENT
MEASURES

2.1.        Monitoring
and reporting rules

In terms of monitoring and evaluation of the CAP, the Commission
will present a report to the European Parliament and the Council every 4 years,
with the first report to be presented not later than end 2017.

This is complemented by specific provisions in all areas of the CAP,
with various comprehensive reporting and notifications requirements to be
specified in the implementing rules.

As regards rural development, rules are also provided for monitoring
at programme level, which will be aligned with the other funds, and which will
be coupled with ex ante, on-going and ex post evaluations.

2.2.        Management
and control system

2.2.1.     Risk(s)
identified

There are more than seven million beneficiaries of the CAP,
receiving support under a large variety of different aid schemes, each of which
having detailed and sometimes complex eligibility criteria.

The reduction in the error rate in the domain of the common
agricultural policy can already be considered as a trend. Thus, most recently
an error rate close to 2% confirms the overall positive assessment of previous
years. It is the intention to continue the efforts in order to achieve an error
rate below 2%.

2.2.2.     Control
method(s) envisaged

The legislative package, in particular the proposal for the
regulation on the financing, management and monitoring of the common
agricultural policy, envisages maintaining and reinforcing the current system
established by Regulation (EC) No 1290/2005. It provides for a compulsory
administrative structure at Member State level, centred around accredited
paying agencies, which are responsible for carrying out controls at final
beneficiary level in accordance with the principles set out under point 2.3.
Every year, the head of each paying agency is required to provide a statement
of assurance which covers the completeness, accuracy and veracity of the
accounts, the proper functioning of the internal control systems and the
legality and regularity of the underlying transactions. An independent audit
body is required to provide an opinion on all these three elements.

The Commission will continue to audit agricultural expenditure,
using a risk-based approach in order to ensure that its audits are targeted to
the areas of highest risk. Where these audits reveal that expenditure has been
incurred in breach of Union rules, it will exclude the amounts concerned from Union financing under the conformity clearance system.

As regards the cost of controls, a detailed analysis is provided in
annex 8 to the impact assessment accompanying the legislative proposals.

Furthermore the publication of information on the beneficiaries of
the EAGF and EAFRD will reinforce the public control of the use of the money
and contribute to the visibility and better understanding of the CAP.

2.3.        Measures
to prevent fraud and irregularities

The legislative package, in particular the proposal for the
regulation on the financing, management and monitoring of the common
agricultural policy, envisages maintaining and reinforcing the current detailed
systems for controls and penalties to be applied by the paying agencies, with
common basis features and special rules tailored to the specificities of each
aid regime. The systems generally provide 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 checks
of a minimum number of transactions, depending on the risk associated with the
regime in question. If these on-the-spot checks reveal a high number of
irregularities, additional checks must be carried out. In this context, the by
far most important system is the Integrated Administration and Control System
(IACS), which in financial year 2010 covered around 80% of total expenditure
under the EAGF and the EAFRD. For Member States with properly functioning
control systems and low error rates, the Commission will be empowered to allow
for a reduction of the number of on-the-spot checks.

The package further envisages that Member States shall prevent,
detect and correct irregularities and fraud, impose effective, dissuasive and
proportionate penalties as laid down in Union legislation or national law, and
recover any irregular payments plus interests. It includes an automatic
clearance mechanism for irregularity cases, which provides that if recovery has
not taken place within four years of the date of the recovery request, or
within eight years in the case of legal proceedings, the amounts not recovered
shall be borne by the Member State concerned. This mechanism will be a strong
incentive for Member States to recover irregular payments as quickly as
possible.

3.           ESTIMATED
FINANCIAL IMPACT OF THE PROPOSAL/INITIATIVE

The amounts indicated in this financial
statement are expressed in current prices and in commitments.

In addition to the changes resulting from the
legislative proposals as listed in the accompanying tables below, the
legislative proposals imply further changes which have no financial impact.

For any of the years in the period 2014-2020,
the application of financial discipline cannot be excluded at this stage.
However, this will not depend on the reform proposals as such, but on other
factors, such as the execution of direct aids or future developments in the
agricultural markets.

As concerns direct aids, the extended net
ceilings for 2014 (calendar year 2013) included in the Commission proposal
regarding the application of direct payments in the transitional year 2013
(COM(2011)630)[8] are higher than the
amounts allocated to direct aids indicated in the accompanying tables. The
purpose of this extension is to ensure a continuation of the existing
legislation in a scenario in which all the other elements would remain
unchanged, without prejudice to the possible need for applying the financial
discipline mechanism.

The reform proposals contain provisions giving
Member States a set degree of flexibility in relation to their allocation of
direct aids respectively rural development. In case Member States decide to use
that flexibility, this will have financial consequences within the given financial
amounts, which cannot be quantified at this stage.

The reform proposal for direct payments
contains a provision on progressive reduction and capping of direct payments.
The product of capping, to be transferred to rural development, has been
estimated in order to determine the net ceilings of direct payments (Annex III
of the proposal). This estimation was based on assumptions as concerns the
implementation of direct payments by Member States and will therefore be
revised once Member States have notified their decisions on the implementation.
Moreover, for Croatia, it is not possible to estimate the product of capping at
this stage due to unavailability of data. A first rough estimate, based on
preliminary information, showed that the product of capping would be null for Croatia. It will be revised once data are available.

This financial statement does not take into
account the possible use of the crises reserve. It should be underlined that
the amounts taken into account for market-related expenditure are based on no
public intervention buying-in and other measures related to a crisis situation
in any sectors.

3.1.        Heading(s)
of the multiannual financial framework and expenditure budget line(s) affected

Table 1: Amounts for the CAP
including complementary amounts foreseen in the MFF proposals and the CAP
reform proposals

In million EUR (current prices)

Budget year || 2013 || 2013 adjusted (1) || 2014 || 2015 || 2016 || 2017 || 2018 || 2019 || 2020 || TOTAL 2014-2020

|| || || || || || || || || ||

Inside MFF || || || || || || || || || ||

Heading 2 || || || || || || || || || ||

Direct aids and market-related expenditure (2) (3) (4) (5) || 44 939 || 45 304 || 44 956 || 45 199 || 45 463 || 45 702 || 45 729 || 45 756 || 45 783 || 318 589

Estimated assigned revenue || 672 || 672 || 672 || 672 || 672 || 672 || 672 || 672 || 672 || 4 704

|| || || || || || || || || ||

P1 Direct aids and market-related expenditure (with assigned revenue) (5) || 45 611 || 45 976 || 45 628 || 45 871 || 46 135 || 46 374 || 46 401 || 46 428 || 46 455 || 323 293

|| || || || || || || || || ||

P2 Rural development (4) || 14 817 || 14 451 || 14 784 || 14 784 || 14 784 || 14 784 || 14 784 || 14 784 || 14 784 || 103 488

|| || || || || || || || || ||

Total || 60 428 || 60 428 || 60 412 || 60 655 || 60 919 || 61 159 || 61 186 || 61 212 || 61 239 || 426 781

Heading 1 || || || || || || || || || ||

CSF Agricultural research and innovation || N.A. || N.A. || 682 || 696 || 710 || 724 || 738 || 753 || 768 || 5 072

Most deprived persons || N.A. || N.A. || 379 || 387 || 394 || 402 || 410 || 418 || 427 || 2 818

Total || N.A. || N.A. || 1 061 || 1 082 || 1 104 || 1 126 || 1 149 || 1 172 || 1 195 || 7 889

Heading 3 || || || || || || || || || ||

Food safety || N.A. || N.A. || 352 || 352 || 352 || 352 || 352 || 352 || 352 || 2 465

|| || || || || || || || || ||

Outside MFF || || || || || || || || || ||

Reserve for agricultural crises || N.A. || N.A. || 531 || 541 || 552 || 563 || 574 || 586 || 598 || 3 945

European Globalisation Fund (EGF) || || || || || || || || || ||

Of which maximum available for agriculture: (6) || N.A. || N.A. || 379 || 387 || 394 || 402 || 410 || 418 || 427 || 2 818

|| || || || || || || || || ||

TOTAL || || || || || || || || || ||

TOTAL Commission proposals (MFF + outside MFF) + assigned revenue || 60 428 || 60 428 || 62 735 || 63 017 || 63 322 || 63 602 || 63 671 || 63 740 || 63 810 || 443 898

TOTAL MFF proposals (i.e. excluding Reserve and EGF) + assigned revenue || 60 428 || 60 428 || 61 825 || 62 089 || 62 376 || 62 637 || 62 686 || 62 736 || 62 786 || 437 136

Notes:

(1)           Taking into account legislative changes
already agreed, i.e. voluntary modulation for the UK and Article 136
"unspent amounts" will cease to apply by the end of 2013.

(2)           The amounts
relate to the proposed annual ceiling for the first pillar. However, it should
also be noted that it is proposed to move negative expenditure from accounting
clearance (currently under budget item 05 07 01 06) to assigned revenue (under
item 67 03). For details, see estimated revenue table on the page below.

(3)           The 2013 figures include the amounts for
veterinary and phytosanitary measures as well as market measures for the
fisheries sector.

(4)           The amounts in
the table above are in line with those in the Commission communication "A
Budget for Europe 2020" (COM(2011)500 of 29 June 2011) and the
Commission's amended proposal for the MFF 2014-2020 (COM(2012)388 of 6 July
2012). However, it remains to be decided if the MFF will reflect the transfer
that is proposed for the envelope of one Member State of the cotton national
restructuring programme to rural development as from 2014, implying an
adjustment (4 million EUR per year) of the amounts for respectively the EAGF
sub-ceiling and for pillar 2. In the tables in the sections below, the amounts
have been transferred, irrespective of them being reflected in the MFF.

(5)           It includes the
maximum amounts of the special reserve for de-mining for Croatia.

(6)           In accordance
with the Commission communication "A Budget for Europe 2020"
(COM(2011)500 final), a total amount of up to 2.5 billion EUR in 2011 prices
will be available under the European Globalisation Fund for providing additional
support to farmers suffering from effects of globalisation. In the table above,
the breakdown by year in current prices is only indicative. The proposal
for the inter-institutional agreement between the European Parliament, the
Council and the Commission on cooperation in budgetary matters and on sound
financial management (COM(2011)403 final of 29 June 2011) sets out, for the
EGF, an overall maximum annual amount of 429 million EUR in 2011 prices.

3.2.        Estimated
impact on expenditure

3.2.1.     Summary
of estimated impact on expenditure

Table 2: Estimated revenue as well as
expenditure for Policy Area 05 within Heading 2

In million EUR (current prices)

Budget year || 2013 (1) || 2013 adjusted (1) || 2014 || 2015 || 2016 || 2017 || 2018 || 2019 || 2020 || TOTAL 2014-2020

REVENUE || || || || || || || || || ||

123 – Sugar production charge (own resources) || 123 || 123 || 125 || 125 || || || || || || 250

|| || || || || || || || || ||

67 03 - Assigned revenue || 672 || 672 || 741 || 741 || 741 || 741 || 741 || 741 || 741 || 5 187

of which: ex 05 07 01 06 - Accounting clearance || 0 || 0 || 69 || 69 || 69 || 69 || 69 || 69 || 69 || 483

Total || 795 || 795 || 866 || 866 || 741 || 741 || 741 || 741 || 741 || 5 437

EXPENDITURE || || || || || || || || || ||

05 02 - Markets (2) || 3 311 || 3 311 || 2 652 || 2 671 || 2 700 || 2 729 || 2 752 || 2 740 || 2 729 || 18 974

05 03 - Direct aids (before capping) (3) || 42 170 || 42 535 || 42 970 || 43 193 || 43 428 || 43 637 || 43 641 || 43 678 || 43 715 || 304 261

05 03 – Direct aids (after capping) (3) (4) || 42 170 || 42 535 || 42 970 || 43 028 || 43 256 || 43 453 || 43 455 || 43 492 || 43 530 || 303 184

|| || || || || || || || || ||

05 04 - Rural development (before capping) || 14 817 || 14 451 || 14 788 || 14 788 || 14 788 || 14 788 || 14 788 || 14 788 || 14 788 || 103 516

05 04 - Rural development (after capping) (4) || 14 817 || 14 451 || 14 788 || 14 952 || 14 960 || 14 973 || 14 974 || 14 974 || 14 974 || 104 594

05 07 01 06 - Accounting clearance || -69 || -69 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0

Total || 60 229 || 60 229 || 60 410 || 60 652 || 60 916 || 61 155 || 61 181 || 61 207 || 61 232 || 426 751

NET BUDGET after assigned revenue || || || 59 669 || 59 911 || 60 175 || 60 414 || 60 440 || 60 466 || 60 491 || 421 564

Notes:

(1)           For comparison purposes, the
2013 figures are kept unchanged to the figures in the initial Commission
proposals of 12 October 2011.

(2)           For 2013, preliminary estimate
based on Draft Budget 2012 taking into account legal adjustments already agreed
for 2013 (e.g. wine ceiling, abolition of potato starch premium, dried fodder)
as well as some foreseen developments. For all years, the estimates assume that
there will be no additional financing need for support measures due to market
disturbances or crises.

(3)           The 2013 amount includes an
estimate of wine grubbing-up 2012. The amounts for 2014-2020, shown in Table 2,
do not include the special reserve for de-mining for Croatia, whereas the
corresponding amounts, shown in Table 1 include the special reserve.

(4)           The product of capping was
estimated based on assumptions as concerns the implementation of direct
payments by Member States and will therefore be revised once they have notified
their decisions on the implementation. Moreover, for Croatia, it is not
possible to estimate the product of capping at this stage due to unavailability
of data. A first rough estimate, based on preliminary information, showed that
the product of capping would be null for Croatia. It will be revised once data
are available.

Table 3: Calculation of the financial
impact by budget chapter of the CAP reform proposals as regards revenue and CAP
expenditure

In million EUR (current prices)

Budget year || 2013 (1) || 2013 adjusted (1) || || TOTAL 2014-2020

|| || 2014 || 2015 || 2016 || 2017 || 2018 || 2019 || 2020 ||

REVENUE || || || || || || || || || ||

123 – Sugar production charge (own resources) || 123 || 123 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0

|| || || || || || || || || ||

67 03 - Assigned revenue || 672 || 672 || 69 || 69 || 69 || 69 || 69 || 69 || 69 || 483

of which: ex 05 07 01 06 - Accounting clearance || 0 || 0 || 69 || 69 || 69 || 69 || 69 || 69 || 69 || 483

Total || 795 || 795 || 69 || 69 || 69 || 69 || 69 || 69 || 69 || 483

EXPENDITURE || || || || || || || || || ||

05 02 - Markets (2) || 3 311 || 3 311 || -659 || -640 || -611 || -582 || -559 || -571 || -582 || -4 203

05 03 - Direct aids (before capping) (3) || 42 170 || 42 535 || -460 || -492 || -534 || -577 || -617 || -617 || -617 || -3 913

05 03 - Direct aids – Estimated product of capping (4) to be transferred to rural development || || || 0 || -164 || -172 || -185 || -186 || -186 || -186 || -1 078

05 04 - Rural development (before capping) (5) || 14 817 || 14 451 || 4 || 4 || 4 || 4 || 4 || 4 || 4 || 28

05 04 - Rural development – Estimated product of capping (4) to be transferred from direct aids || || || 0 || 164 || 172 || 185 || 186 || 186 || 186 || 1 078

05 07 01 06 - Accounting clearance || -69 || -69 || 69 || 69 || 69 || 69 || 69 || 69 || 69 || 483

Total || 60 229 || 60 229 || -1 046 || -1 059 || -1 072 || -1 085 || -1 103 || -1 114 || -1 126 || -7 605

NET BUDGET after assigned revenue || || || -1 115 || -1 128 || -1 141 || -1 154 || -1 172 || -1 183 || -1 195 || -8 088

Notes:

(1)           For comparison purposes, the
2013 figures are kept unchanged to the figures in the initial Commission
proposals of 12 October 2011.

(2)           For 2013, preliminary
estimate based on Draft Budget 2012 taking into account legal adjustments
already agreed for 2013 (e.g. wine ceiling, abolition of potato starch premium,
dried fodder) as well as some foreseen developments. For all years, the
estimates assume that there will be no additional financing need for support
measures due to market disturbances or crises.

(3)           The 2013 amount includes an
estimate of wine grubbing-up 2012. The amounts for 2014-2020, shown in Table 3,
do not include the special reserve for de-mining for Croatia , whereas the
corresponding amounts, shown in Table 1 include the special reserve.

(4)           The product of capping was
estimated based on assumptions as concerns the implementation of direct
payments by Member States and will therefore be revised once they have notified
their decisions on the implementation. Moreover, for Croatia, it is not
possible to estimate the product of capping at this stage due to unavailability
of data. A first rough estimate, based on preliminary information, showed that
the product of capping would be null for Croatia. It will be revised once data
are available.

(5)           The change compared to 2013
is solely due to the proposed transfer of the cotton national envelope to rural
development (4 million EUR per year). In addition, the updated MFF proposals
(COM(2012)388) foresee an additional amount of 333 million EUR per year.

Table 4: Calculation of the financial
impact of the CAP reform proposals as regards CAP market-related expenditure

In million EUR (current prices)

BUDGET YEAR || || Legal base || Estimated needs || Changes to 2013 ||

|| || || 2013 (1) || 2014 || 2015 || 2016 || 2017 || 2018 || 2019 || 2020 || TOTAL 2014-2020

Exceptional measures: streamlined and extended scope of legal base || || Art. 154, 155, 156 || pm || pm || pm || pm || pm || pm || pm || pm || pm

Removal of intervention for durum wheat and sorghum || || ex Art.10 || pm || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || -

Food programmes for most deprived || (2) || Ex-Art. 27 of Reg 1234/2007 || 500.0 || -500.0 || -500.0 || -500.0 || -500.0 || -500.0 || -500.0 || -500.0 || -3 500.0

Private storage (Flax fibre) || || Art. 16 || N.A. || pm || pm || pm || pm || pm || pm || pm || Pm

Aid for cotton - Restructuring || (3) || ex Art. 5 of Reg. 637/2008 || 10.0 || -4.0 || -4.0 || -4.0 || -4.0 || -4.0 || -4.0 || -4.0 || -28.0

Setting-up aid for F&V producer groups || || ex Art. 117 || 30.0 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 0.0 || -15.0 || -15.0 || -30.0 || -30.0 || -90.0

School fruit scheme || || Art. 21 || 90.0 || 60.0 || 60.0 || 60.0 || 60.0 || 60.0 || 60.0 || 60.0 || 420.0

Abolition hops PO || || ex Art. 111 || 2.3 || -2.3 || -2.3 || -2.3 || -2.3 || -2.3 || -2.3 || -2.3 || -15.9

Optional private storage for skimmed-milk powder || || Art. 16 || N.A. || pm || pm || pm || pm || pm || pm || pm || pm

Abolition aid for use of skimmed milk/SMP as feedingstuff/casein and use of casein || || ex Art. 101, 102 || pm || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || -

Optional private storage for butter || (4) || Art. 16 || 14.0 || [-1.0] || [-14.0] || [-14.0] || [-14.0] || [-14.0] || [-14.0] || [-14.0] || [-85.0]

Abolition milk promotional levy || || ex Art. 309 || pm || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || -

TOTAL 05 02 || || || || || || || || || || ||

Net effect of reform proposals (5) (6) || || || || -446.3 || -446.3 || -446.3 || -461.3 || -461.3 || -476.3 || -476.3 || -3 213.9

Notes:

(1)           The 2013 needs are estimated
based on the Commission's Draft Budget 2012, except for (a) the fruit &
vegetables sectors where the needs are based on the financial statement of the
respective reforms and (b) any legal changes already agreed.

(2)           The
2013 amount corresponds to the ceiling set by Regulation (EU) No 121/2012  . As
from 2014, the measure will be financed within Heading 1.

(3)           The envelope for the cotton
restructuring programme for Greece (4 million EUR/year) will be transferred to
rural development as from 2014. The envelope for Spain (6.1 million EUR/year)
will go to the Single Payment Scheme as from 2018 (already decided).

(4)           Estimated
effect in case of non-application of the measure.

(5)           In addition to expenditure
within chapters 05 02 and 05 03, it is anticipated that direct expenditure
within chapters 05 01, 05 07 and 05 08 will be financed by revenue that will be
assigned to the EAGF.

(6)           Table 4 shows the net effect
of the reform proposals for affected market measures, whereas in table 3 the
figures for "05 02 Markets" show the difference between the adjusted
2013 amount and the estimated amounts available for market-related expenditure
during 2014-2020.

Table 5: Calculation of the financial
impact of the CAP reform proposals as regards direct aids

In million EUR (current prices)

BUDGET YEAR || || Legal base || Estimated needs || Changes to 2013 ||

|| || 2013 (1) || 2013 adjusted (2) || 2014 || 2015 || 2016 || 2017 || 2018 || 2019 || 2020 || TOTAL 2014-2020

|| || || || || || || || || || || ||

Direct aids (3) || || || 42 169.9 || 42 535.4 || 434.2 || 493.0 || 720.1 || 917.2 || 919.7 || 957.0 || 994.3 || 5 435.6

- Changes already decided: || || || || || || || || || || || ||

Phasing-in EU 12 || || || || || 875.0 || 1 133.9 || 1 392.8 || 1 651.6 || 1 651.6 || 1 651.6 || 1 651.6 || 10 008.1

Cotton restructuring || || || || || 0.0 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 6.1 || 6.1 || 6.1 || 18.4

Health Check || || || || || -64.3 || -64.3 || -64.3 || -90.0 || -90.0 || -90.0 || -90.0 || -552.8

Previous reforms || || || || || -9.9 || -32.4 || -32.4 || -32.4 || -32.4 || -32.4 || -32.4 || -204.2

|| || || || || || || || || || || ||

- Phasing-in Croatia (3) || || || || || 93.3 || 111.9 || 130.6 || 149.2 || 186.5 || 223.8 || 261.1 || 1 156.3

|| || || || || || || || || || || ||

- Changes due to new CAP reform proposals || || || -459.8 || -656.1 || -706.5 || -761.3 || -802.2 || -802.2 || -802.2 || -4 990.3

Of which: capping (4) || || || || || 0.0 || -164.1 || -172.1 || -184.7 || -185.6 || -185.6 || -185.6 || -1 077.7

|| || || || || || || || || || || ||

TOTAL 05 03 || || || || || || || || || || || ||

Net effect of reform proposals || || || || || -459.8 || -656.1 || -706.5 || -761.3 || -802.2 || -802.2 || -802.2 || -4 990.3

TOTAL EXPENDITURE || || || 42 169.9 || 42 535.4 || 42 969.7 || 43 028.4 || 43 255.6 || 43 452.6 || 43 455.2 || 43 492.5 || 43 529.8 || 303 183.6

Notes:

(1)           The
2013 amount includes an estimate of wine grubbing-up 2012.

(2)           Taking
into account legislative changes already agreed, i.e. voluntary modulation for
the UK and Article 136 "unspent amounts" will cease to apply by the
end of 2013.

(3)           It
does not include the special reserve for de-mining for Croatia.

(4)           The product of capping was
estimated based on assumptions as concerns the implementation of direct
payments by Member States and will therefore be revised once they have notified
their decisions on the implementation. Moreover, for Croatia, it is not
possible to estimate the product of capping at this stage due to unavailability
of data. A first rough estimate, based on preliminary information, showed that
the product of capping would be null for Croatia. It will be revised once data
are available.

Table 6: Components of direct aids

In million EUR (current prices)

BUDGET YEAR || || || || || 2015 || 2016 || 2017 || 2018 || 2019 || 2020 || TOTAL 2015-2020

Annex II || || || || || 42 519.1 || 42 754.0 || 42 963.3 || 42 966.8 || 43 004.1 || 43 041.4 || 257 248.6

Payment for agricultural practices beneficial for the climate and environment (30%) || || || || || 12 900.1 || 12 894.5 || 12 889.0 || 12 890.0 || 12 901.2 || 12 912.4 || 77 387.2

Maximum that can be allocated to the Payment for young farmers (2%) || || || || || 860.0 || 859.6 || 859.3 || 859.3 || 860.1 || 860.8 || 5 159.1

Basic Payment Scheme, Payment for areas with Natural Constraints, Voluntary Coupled Support || || || || || 28 759.0 || 28 999.9 || 29 215.1 || 29 217.4 || 29 242.8 || 29 268.1 || 174 702.2

Maximum that can be taken from the above lines to finance the Small Farmer Scheme (10%) || || || || || 4 300.0 || 4 298.2 || 4 296.3 || 4 296.7 || 4 300.4 || 4 304.1 || 25 795.7

Wine transfers included in Annex II (1) || || || || || 159.9 || 159.9 || 159.9 || 159.9 || 159.9 || 159.9 || 959.1

Capping (2) || || || || || -164.1 || -172.1 || -184.7 || -185.6 || -185.6 || -185.6 || -1 077.7

Cotton || || || || || 256.0 || 256.3 || 256.5 || 256.6 || 256.6 || 256.6 || 1 538.6

POSEI/Small Aegean Islands || || || || || 417.4 || 417.4 || 417.4 || 417.4 || 417.4 || 417.4 || 2 504.4

(1)           Direct aids for the period
2014-2020 include an estimate of the wine transfers to SPS based on the
decisions taken by the Member States for 2013. For Croatia, it was not possible
to estimate as the wine national programme will not be implemented in 2013 and Croatia has not notified any transfer at this stage.

(2)           The product of capping was
estimated based on assumptions as concerns the implementation of direct
payments by Member States and will therefore be revised once they have notified
their decisions on the implementation. Moreover, for Croatia, it is not
possible to estimate the product of capping at this stage due to unavailability
of data. A first rough estimate, based on preliminary information, showed that
the product of capping would be null for Croatia. It will be revised once data
are available.

Table 7: Calculation of the financial
impact of the CAP reform proposals as regards transitional measures for
granting direct aids in 2014

In million EUR (current prices)

BUDGET YEAR || || Legal base || Estimated needs || Changes to 2013

|| || || 2013 (1) || 2013 adjusted || 2014 (2)

Annex IV to Council Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 || || || 40 165.0 || 40 530.5 || 541.9

Phasing-in EU 10 || || || || || 616.1

Health Check || || || || || -64.3

Previous reforms || || || || || -9.9

TOTAL 05 03 || || || || ||

TOTAL EXPENDITURE || || || 40 165.0 || 40 530.5 || 41 072.4

Notes:

(1)           The
2013 amount includes an estimate of wine grubbing-up 2012.

(2)           The
extended net ceilings include an
estimate of the wine transfers to SPS based on the decisions taken by the
Member States for 2013.

Table 8: Calculation of the financial
impact of the CAP reform proposals as regards rural development

In million EUR (current prices)

BUDGET YEAR || || Legal base || Rural development allocation || Changes to 2013 ||

|| || || 2013 || 2013 adjusted (1) || 2014 || 2015 || 2016 || 2017 || 2018 || 2019 || 2020 || TOTAL 2014-2020

Rural development programmes || || || 14 788.9 || 14 423.4 || || || || || || || ||

Aid for cotton - Restructuring || (2) || || || || 4.0 || 4.0 || 4.0 || 4.0 || 4.0 || 4.0 || 4.0 || 28.0

Product of capping of direct aids || (3) || || || || || 164.1 || 172.1 || 184.7 || 185.6 || 185.6 || 185.6 || 1 077.7

RD envelope excluding technical assistance || (4) || || || || -9.3 || -9.3 || -9.3 || -9.3 || -9.3 || -9.3 || -9.3 || -65.2

Technical assistance || (4) || || 27.6 || 27.6 || 9.3 || 4.3 || 4.3 || 4.3 || 4.3 || 4.3 || 4.3 || 35.2

Prize for local innovative co-operation projects || (5) || || N.A. || N.A. || 0.0 || 5.0 || 5.0 || 5.0 || 5.0 || 5.0 || 5.0 || 30.0

Additional RD amount (in line with COM(2012)388) || || || N.A. || N.A. || 333.0 || 333.0 || 333.0 || 333.0 || 333.0 || 333.0 || 333.0 || 2 331.0

TOTAL 05 04 || || || || || || || || || || || ||

Net effect of reform proposals || || || || || 4.0 || 168.1 || 176.1 || 188.7 || 189.6 || 189.6 || 189.6 || 1 105.7

TOTAL EXPENDITURE (before capping) || || || 14 816.6 || 14 451.1 || 14 788.1 || 14 788.1 || 14 788.1 || 14 788.1 || 14 788.1 || 14 788.1 || 14 788.1 || 103 516.5

TOTAL EXPENDITURE (after capping) || || || 14 816.6 || 14 451.1 || 14 788.1 || 14 952.2 || 14 960.2 || 14 972.8 || 14 973.7 || 14 973.7 || 14 973.7 || 104 594.2

Notes:

(1)           Adjustments
in line with the existing legislation only applicable until the end of
financial year 2013.

(2)           The amounts in table 1
(section 3.1) are in line with those in the Commission communication "A
Budget for Europe 2020" (COM(2011)500 final) and the Commission's amended
proposal for the MFF 2014-2020 (COM(2012)388 of 6 July 2012). However, it
remains to be decided if the MFF will reflect the transfer that is proposed for
the envelope of one Member State of the cotton national restructuring programme
to rural development as from 2014, implying an adjustment (4 million EUR per
year) of the amounts for respectively the EAGF sub-ceiling and for pillar 2. In
table 8 above, the amounts have been transferred, irrespective of them being
reflected in the MFF.

(3)           The product of capping was
estimated based on assumptions as concerns the implementation of direct
payments by Member States and will therefore be revised once they have notified
their decisions on the implementation. Moreover, for Croatia, it is not
possible to estimate the product of capping at this stage due to unavailability
of data. A first rough estimate, based on preliminary information, showed that
the product of capping would be null for Croatia. It will be revised once data
are available.

(4)           The
2013 amount for technical assistance was fixed based on the initial rural
development envelope (transfers from pillar 1 not included).

Technical assistance for 2014-2020 is fixed at 0.25%
of the total rural development envelope.

(5)           Covered
by the amount available for technical assistance.

Heading of multiannual financial framework: || 5 || " Administrative expenditure "

EUR million (to 3 decimal places)

Note:     It is estimated that the
legislative proposals will have no impact on appropriations of an
administrative nature, i.e. it is the intention that the legislative framework
can be implemented with the present level of human resources and administrative
expenditure. The impact of Croatia's accession has not yet been taken into
account in the figures indicated below.

|| || || Year 2014 || Year 2015 || Year 2016 || Year 2017 || Year 2018 || Year 2019 || Year 2020 || TOTAL

DG: AGRI ||

Ÿ Human resources || 136.998 || 136.998 || 136.998 || 136.998 || 136.998 || 136.998 || 136.998 || 958.986

Ÿ Other administrative expenditure || 9.704 || 9.704 || 9.704 || 9.704 || 9.704 || 9.704 || 9.704 || 67.928

TOTAL DG AGRI || Appropriations || 146.702 || 146.702 || 146.702 || 146.702 || 146.702 || 146.702 || 146.702 || 1 026.914

TOTAL appropriations under HEADING 5 of the multiannual financial framework || (Total commitments = Total payments) || 146.702 || 146.702 || 146.702 || 146.702 || 146.702 || 146.702 || 146.702 || 1 026.914

EUR million (to 3 decimal places)

|| || || Year N[9] || Year N+1 || Year N+2 || Year N+3 || ... enter as many years as necessary to show the duration of the impact (see point 1.6) || TOTAL

TOTAL appropriations under HEADINGS 1 to 5 of the multiannual financial framework || Commitments || || || || || || || ||

Payments || || || || || || || ||

3.2.2.     Estimated
impact on operational appropriations

–
 ̈  The proposal/initiative does not require the use of operational
appropriations

–
x   The proposal/initiative requires the use of
operational appropriations, as explained below:

Commitment appropriations in EUR million (to 3 decimal
places)

Indicate objectives and outputs ò || || || Year 2014 || Year 2015 || Year 2016 || Year 2017 || Year 2018 || Year 2019 || Year 2020 || TOTAL

OUTPUTS

Type of output || Average cost of the output || Number of outputs || Cost || Number of outputs || Cost || Number of outputs || Cost || Number of outputs || Cost || Number of outputs || Cost || Number of outputs || Cost || Number of outputs || Cost || Total number of outputs || Total cost

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Note: For the specific objectives, the outputs are still to be
determined (see section 1.4.2 above).

3.2.3.     Estimated
impact on appropriations of an administrative nature

3.2.3.1.  Summary

–
 ̈  The proposal/initiative does not require the use of administrative
appropriations

–
x   The proposal/initiative requires the use of
administrative appropriations, as explained below:

EUR million (to 3 decimal places)

|| Year 2014 || Year 2015 || Year 2016 || Year 2017 || Year 2018 || Year 2019 || Year 2020 || TOTAL

HEADING 5 of the multiannual financial framework || || || || || || || ||

Human resources [10] || 136.998 || 136.998 || 136.998 || 136.998 || 136.998 || 136.998 || 136.998 || 958.986

Other administrative expenditure || 9.704 || 9.704 || 9.704 || 9.704 || 9.704 || 9.704 || 9.704 || 67.928

Subtotal HEADING 5 of the multiannual financial framework || || || || || || || ||

Outside HEADING 5 of the multiannual financial framework || || || || || || || ||

Human resources || || || || || || || ||

Other expenditure of an administrative nature || || || || || || || ||

Subtotal outside HEADING 5 of the multiannual financial framework || || || || || || || ||

TOTAL || 146.702 || 146.702 || 146.702 || 146.702 || 146.702 || 146.702 || 146.702 || 1 026.914

3.2.3.2.  Estimated
requirements of human resources

–
 ̈  The proposal/initiative does not require the use of human
resources

–
x   The proposal/initiative requires the use of
human resources, as explained below:

Note: It is estimated that the legislative
proposals will have no impact on appropriations of an administrative nature,
i.e. it is the intention that the legislative framework can be implemented with
the present level of human resources and administrative expenditure. The
figures for the period 2014-2020 are based on the situation for 2011. The
impact of Croatia's accession has not yet been taken into account in the
figures indicated below.

Estimate to be expressed in full amounts
(or at most to one decimal place)

|| Year 2014 || Year 2015 || Year 2016 || Year 2017 || Year 2018 || Year 2019 || Year 2020

Ÿ Establishment plan posts (officials and temporary agents) ||

XX 01 01 01 (Headquarters and Commission’s Representation Offices) || 1 034 || 1 034 || 1 034 || 1 034 || 1 034 || 1 034 || 1 034

XX 01 01 02 (Delegations) || 3 || 3 || 3 || 3 || 3 || 3 || 3

XX 01 05 01 (Indirect research) || || || || || || ||

10 01 05 01 (Direct research) || || || || || || ||

Ÿ External personnel (in Full Time Equivalent unit: FTE)[11] ||

XX 01 02 01 (CA, INT, SNE from the "global envelope") || 78 || 78 || 78 || 78 || 78 || 78 || 78

XX 01 02 02 (CA, INT, JED, LA and SNE in the delegations) || || || || || || ||

XX 01 04 yy || - at Headquarters || || || || || || ||

- in delegations || || || || || || ||

XX 01 05 02 (CA, INT, SNE - Indirect research) || || || || || || ||

10 01 05 02 (CA, INT, SNE - Direct research) || || || || || || ||

Other budget lines (specify) || || || || || || ||

TOTAL[12] || 1 115 || 1 115 || 1 115 || 1 115 || 1 115 || 1 115 || 1 115

XX is the
policy area or budget title concerned.

The human resources required
will be met by staff from the DG who are already assigned to management of the action
and/or have been redeployed within the DG, together if necessary with any
additional allocation which may be granted to the managing DG under the annual
allocation procedure and in the light of budgetary constraints.

Description of
tasks to be carried out:

Officials and temporary agents ||

External personnel ||

3.2.4.     Compatibility
with the current multiannual financial framework

–
x   Proposal/initiative is compatible with the PROPOSALS
FOR THE 2014-2020 multiannual financial framework.

–
 ̈  Proposal/initiative will entail reprogramming of the relevant
heading in the multiannual financial framework.

–
 ̈  Proposal/initiative requires application of the flexibility
instrument or revision of the multiannual financial framework.

3.2.5.     Third-party
contributions

–
The proposal/initiative does not provide for
co-financing by third parties

–
X  The proposal regarding rural development
(EAFRD) provides for the co-financing estimated below:

Appropriations in EUR million (to 3 decimal places)

|| Year 2014 || Year 2015 || Year 2016 || Year 2017 || Year 2018 || Year 2019 || Year 2020 || Total

Specify the co-financing body || MS || MS || MS || MS || MS || MS || MS || MS

TOTAL appropriations cofinanced [13] || To be determined || To be determined || To be determined || To be determined || To be determined || To be determined || To be determined || To be determined

3.3.        Estimated
impact on revenue

–
x   Proposal/initiative has no financial impact
on revenue.

–
 ̈  Proposal/initiative has the following financial impact:

–
x   on own resources

–
x   on miscellaneous revenue

EUR million (to 3 decimal places)

Budget revenue line: || Appropriations available for the ongoing budget year || Impact of the proposal/initiative[14]

Year N || Year N+1 || Year N+2 || Year N+3 || ... insert as many columns as necessary in order to reflect the duration of the impact (see point 1.6)

|| || || || || || || ||

For miscellaneous assigned revenue, specify the budget expenditure
line(s) affected.

See tables 2 and 3 in section 3.2.1.

[1]               OJ L 112 of 24 April 2012.

[2]               COM(2012)388 of 6 July 2012.

[3]               ABM: Activity-Based Management – ABB: Activity-Based
Budgeting.

[4]               As referred to in Article 49(6)(a) or (b) of the
Financial Regulation.

[5]               COM(2011)500 final of 29 June 2011.

[6]               Details of management modes and references to the
Financial Regulation may be found on the BudgWeb site: http://www.cc.cec/budg/man/budgmanag/budgmanag_en.html

[7]               As referred to in Article 185 of the Financial
Regulation.

[8]               The European Parliament and Council are expected to
adopt the regulation in autumn 2012.

[9]               Year N is the year in which implementation of the
proposal/initiative starts.

[10]             Based on an average cost of 127 000 EUR for
establishment plan post of officials and temporary agents.

[11]             CA= Contract Agent; INT= agency staff ("Intérimaire");
JED= "Jeune Expert en Délégation" (Young Experts in
Delegations); LA= Local Agent; SNE= Seconded National Expert;

[12]             This does not include the sub-ceiling on budget line
05.010404.

[13]             This will be set out in the rural development
programmes to be submitted by the Member States.

[14]             As regards traditional own resources (customs duties,
sugar levies), the amounts indicated must be net amounts, i.e. gross amounts
after deduction of 25% for collection costs.