Council Regulation (EC) No 1944/2006 of 19 December 2006 amending Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005 on support for rural development by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD)
Date: 2006-12-19
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: distribution of EU funding, fund (EU), rural development, structural expenditure

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COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 1944/2006

of 19 December 2006

amending Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005 on support for rural development by the European
Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

(4)

Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005 should be amended
accordingly,

Having regard to the Treaty
establishing the European
Community, and in particular Articles 37 and 299(2) thereof,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Article 1

Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (1),

Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005 shall be amended as follows:

Having regard to the opinion of the European Economic and
Social Committee (2),

1.

In Article 69 paragraph 6 shall be replaced by the following:

After consulting the Committee of the Regions,

Whereas:

Article 69(6) of Council Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005
of 20 September 2005 on support for rural development
by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Devel-
opment (EAFRD) (3) fixes the ceiling of total annual allo-
cations of Community structural
spending for any
Member State and Article 70(3) and (4) of that Regu-
lation set out the EAFRD contribution rates.

In the Financial Framework 2007-2013 agreed upon by
the European Council in December 2005, the ceilings of
annual appropriations of Community structural spending,
which are to be applicable to each individual Member
State, were fixed at a level different from that of the
ceiling fixed in Article 69(6) of Regulation (EC)
No 1698/2005.

(1)

(2)

(3)

‘6.
The Commission shall ensure that total annual allo-
cations
from the EAFRD originating from the EAGGF
Guidance Section for any Member State pursuant to this
Regulation, and from the ERDF, the ESF and the CF,
in
accordance with Council Regulation (EC) No 1083/2006
of 11 July 2006 laying down general provisions on the
European Regional Development Fund, the European Social
Fund and the Cohesion Fund (*), including the contribution
of ERDF in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1638/2006
the Council of 24
of
October 2006 laying down general provisions establishing
a European Neighbourhood and Partnership Instrument (**)
and Council Regulation (EC) No 1085/2006 of 17 July 2006
for Pre-Accession Assistance
establishing an Instrument
(IPA) (***),
Fund
and
according to Council Regulation (EC) No 1198/2006 of
27 July 2006 on the European Fisheries Fund (****), do
not exceed the following limits:

the European Parliament and of

from the

European

Fisheries

— for Member States whose average 2001-2003 GNI per
the EU-25 average:

is below 40 % of

capita (PPS)
3,7893 % of their GDP,

In accordance with the Financial Framework 2007-2013,
an amount of EUR 320 million, which may not be
subject
to the national co-financing requirement as
provided for in Article 70(3) and (4) of Regulation (EC)
No 1698/2005, was allocated to Portugal.

— for Member States whose average 2001-2003 GNI per
capita (PPS) is equal to or above 40 % and below 50 %
of the EU-25 average: 3,7135 % of their GDP,

(1) Opinion of 14 November 2006 (not yet published in the Official

Journal).

(2) Opinion of 13 December 2006 (not yet published in the Official
Journal). Opinion delivered following non-compulsory consultation.
(3) OJ L 277, 21.10.2005, p. 1. Regulation as amended by Regulation

(EC) No 1463/2006 (OJ L 277, 9.10.2006, p. 1).

— for Member States whose average 2001-2003 GNI per
capita (PPS) is equal to or above 50 % and below 55 %
of the EU-25 average: 3,6188 % of their GDP,

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— for Member States whose average 2001-2003 GNI per
capita (PPS) is equal to or above 55 % and below 60 %
of the EU-25 average: 3,5240 % of their GDP,

— for Member States whose average 2001-2003 GNI per
capita (PPS) is equal to or above 60 % and below 65 %
of the EU-25 average: 3,4293 % of their GDP,

— for Member States whose average 2001-2003 GNI per
capita (PPS) is equal to or above 65 % and below 70 %
of the EU-25 average: 3,3346 % of their GDP,

— for Member States whose average 2001-2003 GNI per
capita (PPS) is equal to or above 70 % and below 75 %
of the EU-25 average: 3,2398 % of their GDP,

— thereafter, the maximum level of transfer is reduced by
0,09 percentage points of GDP for each increment of
5 percentage points of average 2001-2003 per capita
GNI (PPS) as compared to the EU-25 average.

Calculations of the GDP by the Commission shall be based
on the statistics published in April 2005. Individual national
growth rates of GDP for 2007-2013, as projected by the
Commission in April 2005,
shall be applied for each
Member State separately.

to the

is positive,

level of under-spending

quence of exchange rate changes, the amounts allocated for
that period to that Member State pursuant
to the first
subparagraph shall be adjusted accordingly. The total net
effect, whether positive or negative, of these adjustments
if the
may not exceed EUR 3 000 million. In any event,
total additional resources shall be
net effect
limited
the
maximum resources available for commitments from the
Structural Funds and the CF for the years 2007-2010.
Final adjustments shall be spread in equal proportions over
the years 2011-2013. In order to reflect the value of the
Polish zloty in the reference period, the result of the appli-
cation of the percentages referred to in the first subpar-
agraph for Poland shall be multiplied by a coefficient of
1,04 for the period up to the review referred to in this
subparagraph.

against

___________

(*) OJ L 210, 31.7.2006, p. 25.
(**) OJ L 310, 9.11.2006, p. 1.
(***) OJ L 210, 31.7.2006, p. 82.
(****) OJ L 223, 15.8.2006, p. 1.’

2. The following paragraph shall be inserted in Article 70:

‘4a.
in Portugal for an amount of EUR 320 million.’

Paragraphs 3 and 4 may, in certain cases, not apply

in 2010 it

is established that any Member State's
If
cumulated GDP for the years 2007-2009 has diverged by
more than ± 5 % from the cumulated GDP estimated
pursuant to the second subparagraph, including as a conse-

This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh day
following its publication in the Official Journal of the European
Union.

Article 2

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 19 December 2006.

For the Council
The President

J. KORKEAOJA