2006/493/EC: Council Decision of  19 June 2006  laying down the amount of Community support for rural development for the period from  1 January 2007  to  31 December 2013 , its annual breakdown and the minimum amount to be concentrated in regions eligible under the Convergence Objective
Date: 2006-06-19
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Bulgaria, EU aid, European integration, Romania, aid recipient, commitment of expenditure, distribution of aid, economic convergence, eligible region, financial aid, fund (EU), rural development

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COUNCIL

COUNCIL DECISION

of 19 June 2006

laying down the amount of Community support for rural development for the period from
1 January 2007 to 31 December 2013, its annual breakdown and the minimum amount to be
concentrated in regions eligible under the Convergence Objective

(2006/493/EC)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005 of
20 September 2005 on support for rural development by the
European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) (1),
and in particular Article 69(1) thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

of

amount

appropriations

for
commitment
The
Community support for rural development under Regu-
lation (EC) No 1698/2005, for the period from 1 January
2007 to 31 December 2013, its annual breakdown and
the minimum amount
to be concentrated in regions
the Convergence Objective should be
eligible under
Interinstitutional
fixed
the
Agreement between the European Parliament,
the
Council and the Commission on budgetary discipline
and sound financial management of 17 May 2006 (2).

accordance with

in

The total amount should include the amount for Bulgaria
the entry into force, on
and Romania in view of
1 January 2007, of
the
Accession of the Republic of Bulgaria and Romania to

the Treaty

concerning

the European Union. If the Treaty of Accession does not
enter into force on 1 January 2007 for one or both of
those countries the total amount should be adapted
accordingly,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Sole Article

total

of
for

appropriations

commitment
rural development

for
The
amount
Community support
the period
from 1 January 2007 to 31 December 2013 under Regulation
(EC) No 1698/2005, its annual breakdown and the minimum
amount
the
Convergence Objective defined in Article 2(j) of that Regulation
are set out in the Annex to this Decision.

to be concentrated in regions eligible under

for

Done at Luxembourg, 19 June 2006.

For the Council
The President

J. PRÖLL

(1) OJ L 277, 21.10.2005, p. 1.
(2) OJ C 139, 14.6.2006, p. 1.

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Total amount of commitment appropriations for 2007-2013, its annual breakdown and the minimum amount to
be concentrated in the regions eligible under the Convergence Objective and its annual breakdown (*)

ANNEX

EUR million, 2004 prices (**)

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

Total

Total amount EU-25, plus
Bulgaria and Romania

10 710

10 447

10 185

9 955

9 717

9 483

9 253

69 750

Minimum amount for regions eligible under the Convergence Objective

27 699

(*) Before compulsory modulation and other transfers from market-related expenditure and direct payments of the common agricultural

policy to rural development.

(**) The amounts stated are rounded to the nearest million, while programming will be done to the nearest euro.