ANNEX

Presentation of the content of the annual performance report referred to in Article 134 of Regulation (EU) 2021/2115

1. A SYNTHESIS OF THE STATE OF IMPLEMENTATION OF THE CAP STRATEGIC PLAN IN RESPECT OF THE PREVIOUS FINANCIAL YEAR

This section shall include the qualitative information referred to in Article 134(7), point (a), of Regulation (EU) 2021/2115.

1.1. Summary on the state of implementation of the CAP Strategic Plan

This subsection shall include a summary of the progress of implementation of the CAP Strategic Plan during the previous financial year.

This subsection may also include a summary of key issues that affected the performance of the CAP Strategic Plan in the previous financial year that shall be reported in detail in subsection 1.2, including measures taken to address these issues.

1.2. State of implementation of the CAP Strategic Plan by specific and cross-cutting objectives

For each specific and cross-cutting objective referred to in Article 6(1) and (2) of Regulation (EU) 2021/2115, this subsection shall include a description of the issues that affected the performance of the CAP Strategic Plan in the previous financial year, where appropriate, giving reasons and, where relevant, describing the measures taken to address these issues.

This subsection may include explanations related to deviations of achieved values of result indicators from the corresponding milestones to complement the information that shall be provided under subsection 2.1.

1.3. Horizontal aspects of the implementation of CAP Strategic Plan

This subsection shall include a description of progress made towards the implementation of the CAP Strategic Plan in the previous financial year, identification of issues affecting the implementation of the CAP Strategic Plan in the previous financial year, and, where relevant, measures to address them, in relation to governance, networks and national legislative or non-legislative actions relevant for the implementation and performance of the CAP Strategic Plan.

This subsection may include a description of the issues that affected the performance of the CAP Strategic Plan in the previous financial year and that cannot be reported under specific or cross-cutting objectives in subsection 1.2.

1.4. Derogation from GAEC standards in 2023

If the Member State used the derogation provided for in Article 1 of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/1317, this subsection shall include an assessment of the effects of the application of such derogation on global food security, on the preservation of the environment and on the fight against climate change, in accordance with Article 2(5) of that Implementing Regulation.

2. QUANTITATIVE INFORMATION, QUALITATIVE INFORMATION ON DEVIATION OF VALUES OF RESULT INDICATORS FROM MILESTONES AND JUSTIFICATION OF EXCESS OF REALISED UNIT AMOUNTS COMPARED TO PLANNED UNIT AMOUNTS

This section shall include the quantitative information referred to in Article 134(4) and (5) of Regulation (EU) 2021/2115. It shall also include qualitative information as regards deviations from milestones referred to in Article 134(7), point (b), of that Regulation.

It shall include the mandatory qualitative information referred to in Article 134(9) of that Regulation. It may include the optional qualitative information referred to in Article 134(8) of that Regulation.

Achieved results and realised outputs shall be reported in accordance with the methods for calculation laid down in the Annex to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/2290 (1).

2.1. Achieved values of result indicators

This subsection shall include the value achieved in the previous financial year for each of the result indicators set out in the CAP Strategic Plan and the distance to the corresponding annual milestone set in the CAP Strategic Plan, giving reasons, where appropriate, for deviations from milestones and, where relevant, describing the measures taken, in accordance with Article 134(7), point (b), of Regulation (EU) 2021/2115.

In the annual performance report due on 15 February 2025, this subsection shall also include a justification of any shortfall of more than 35 % from the relevant milestones for financial year 2024, as referred to in Article 135(2) of that Regulation.

In the annual performance report due on 15 February 2027, this section shall also include a justification of any shortfall of more than 25 % from the relevant milestones for financial year 2026, as referred to in Article 135(2) of that Regulation.

2.2. Realised outputs – unit amounts – additional national financing

For each unit amount as set out in the CAP Strategic Plan, this subsection shall include realised outputs, corresponding expenditure and realised unit amounts in accordance with Article 134(5) of Regulation (EU) 2021/2115.

This subsection may include a justification of any excess of the realised unit amount compared to the corresponding reference unit amount laid down in Article 134(8) of that Regulation.

This subsection shall include justification of any excess of the realised unit amount compared to the reference unit amount referred to in Article 134(6) and (8) of Regulation (EU) 2021/2115 if this excess is higher than 50 %, as laid down in Article 134(9) of that Regulation.

The second and third paragraphs do not apply to output indicators marked in Annex I to that Regulation as used only for monitoring.

2.2.1. Realised unit amounts for interventions in the form of direct payment

The information provided under this subsection shall include:

(a) realised outputs;

(b) expenditure calculated pursuant to Article 134(5), first subparagraph, point (b), of Regulation (EU) 2021/2115 (‘gross expenditure’) relevant to the realised outputs, including the following elements based on which the calculation of the gross expenditure was carried out: (i) amounts not paid following reduction and capping, laid down in Article 17 of Regulation (EU) 2021/2115; (ii) amounts not paid following financial discipline, laid down in Article 17 of Regulation (EU) 2021/2116; (iii) amounts not paid following penalties, laid down in Article 45(1), point (b), Article 59(1), point (d), and Articles 85 and 89 of Regulation (EU) 2021/2116; (iv) expenditure declared in the annual accounts relevant to the realised outputs, laid down in Article 32(1), point (b), of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/128 (‘net expenditure’);

(c) the resulting realised unit amounts.

2.2.2. Realised unit amounts for interventions in certain sectors

The information provided under this subsection shall include:

(a) realised outputs;

(b) expenditure calculated pursuant to Article 134(5), first subparagraph, point (b), of Regulation (EU) 2021/2115 (‘gross expenditure’) relevant to the realised outputs, including the following elements based on which the calculation of the gross expenditure was carried out: (i) where applicable, amounts not paid due to limitation of financial assistance based on the share of the value of the marketed production, referred to in Article 52(2) and Article 68(3) of Regulation (EU) 2021/2115; (ii) amounts not paid following penalties, laid down in Article 45(1), point (b), and Article 59(1), point (d), of Regulation (EU) 2021/2116; (iii) expenditure declared in the annual accounts relevant to the realised outputs, laid down in Article 32(1), point (b), of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/128 (‘net expenditure’);

(c) the resulting realised unit amounts.

2.2.3. Realised unit amounts for interventions for rural development

The information provided under this subsection shall include:

(a) realised outputs excluding outputs generated exclusively by additional national financing;

(b) expenditure calculated pursuant to Article 134(5), first subparagraph, point (b), of Regulation (EU) 2021/2115 (‘gross expenditure’) relevant to the realised outputs, including the following elements based on which the calculation of the gross expenditure was carried out: (i) amounts recovered, laid down in Article 57 of Regulation (EU) 2021/2116; (ii) amounts not paid following penalties, laid down in Article 45(2), point (b), Article 59(1), point (d), and Articles 85 and 89 of Regulation (EU) 2021/2116; (iii) expenditure declared in the annual accounts relevant to the realised outputs, laid down in Article 32(1), point (c), of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/128 (‘net expenditure’); (iv) total public expenditure excluding national financing;

(c) the resulting realised unit amounts.

2.2.4. Additional national financing

Realised outputs generated exclusively by additional national financing shall be reported by intervention.

National financial assistance and additional national financing referred to in Article 134(11) and Article 115(5), points (a) and (d), of Regulation (EU) 2021/2115 shall be reported by intervention.

2.3. Realised outputs – aggregated values

This subsection shall include aggregated values of output indicators reported in accordance with the methods for calculation laid down in the Annex to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/2290.

2.3.1. Aggregated values of output indicators by interventions and units of measurement

2.3.2. Aggregated values of output indicators by types of intervention and units of measurement

2.3.3. Other aggregated values of output indicators

2.4. Additional unit amounts of reference

If Member States decide to make use of the option laid down in Article 134(6) of Regulation (EU) 2021/2115, this subsection shall contain for each intervention concerned the information referred to in Article 134(6), first subparagraph, point (a), or in Article 134(6), first subparagraph, point (b), of that Regulation.

2.5. Use of financial instruments in rural development interventions

This subsection shall contain additional information on the use of financial instruments in the previous financial year in accordance with Article 134(10) of Regulation (EU) 2021/2115. This additional information shall be reported by type of intervention.

2.6. Information on oilseeds, cotton and transitional national aid

This subsection shall include the information on oilseeds to be reported in accordance with Article 11(6) of Regulation (EU) 2021/2115.

This subsection shall also include the information on the crop-specific payment for cotton to be reported in accordance with Article 137 of Regulation (EU) 2021/2115, except for the annual performance report due on 15 February 2024.

This subsection shall also include the information on transitional national aid to be reported in accordance with Article 138 of Regulation (EU) 2021/2115, which shall be reported by intervention, except for the annual performance report due on 15 February 2024.

3. SUMMARY OF EVALUATIONS

In the last annual performance report due on 15 February 2030, this section shall comprise a summary of the evaluations carried out during the implementation period of the CAP Strategic Plan in accordance with Article 134(2) of Regulation (EU) 2021/2115.

It shall be complemented by a list of evaluations carried out during the implementation period, which shall include for each evaluation:

(a) title;

(b) date of completion;

(c) link to one or more specific or cross-cutting objectives referred to in Article 6(1) and (2) of Regulation (EU) 2021/2115;

(d) key conclusions and recommendations;

(e) explanation how the key recommendations were followed up;

(f) link to the evaluation report.

(1) Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/2290 of 21 December 2021 laying down rules on the methods for the calculation of the common output and result indicators set out in Annex I to Regulation (EU) 2021/2115 of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing rules on support for strategic plans to be drawn up by Member States under the common agricultural policy (CAP Strategic Plans) and financed by the European Agricultural Guarantee Fund (EAGF) and by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) and repealing Regulations (EU) No 1305/2013 and (EU) No 1307/2013 (OJ L 458, 22.12.2021, p. 486).