2007/325/EC: Commission Decision of 27 April 2007 on the clearance of the accounts of the paying agencies of the Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia concerning expenditure in the field of rural development measures financed by the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund (EAGGF), Guarantee Section, for the 2006 financial year (notified under document number C(2007) 1893)
Date: 2007-04-27
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EAGGF Guarantee Section, EU Member State, agricultural expenditure, closing of accounts, rural development

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COMMISSION

COMMISSION DECISION

of 27 April 2007

on the clearance of the accounts of the paying agencies of the Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus,
Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia concerning expenditure in the field
of rural development measures financed by the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee
Fund (EAGGF), Guarantee Section, for the 2006 financial year

(notified under document number C(2007) 1893)

(Only the Czech, English, Estonian, Greek, Hungarian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Polish, Slovak and Slovenian texts are
authentic)

(2007/325/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(3)

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1258/1999 of 17
May 1999 on the financing of
the common agricultural
policy (1), and in particular Article 7(3) thereof,

(4)

After consulting the Fund Committee,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

Poland,

Slovenia

On the basis of the annual accounts submitted by the
Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania,
Slovakia
Hungary, Malta,
concerning expenditure in the field of rural development
measures, accompanied by the information required, the
accounts of the paying agencies referred to in Article 4(1)
of Regulation (EC) No 1258/1999 are to be cleared. The
clearance covers the integrality, accuracy and veracity of
the accounts transmitted in the light of the reports estab-
lished by the certification bodies.

and

for

Latvia,
and Slovakia

Lithuania, Hungary, Malta,
the

The time limits granted to the Czech Republic, Estonia,
Cyprus,
Poland,
Slovenia
submission to the
the documents referred to in Article
Commission of
6(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) 1258/1999 and in Article
4(1) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1663/95 of 7
July 1995 laying down detailed rules for the application
of Council Regulation (EEC) No 729/70 regarding the
procedure for the clearance of accounts of the EAGGF
Guarantee Section (2), have expired.

(1) OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 103.
(2) OJ L 158, 8.7.1995, p. 6. Regulation as last amended by Regulation

(EC) No 465/2005 (OJ L 77, 23.3.2005, p. 6).

(5)

(6)

(7)

The Commission has checked the information submitted
and communicated to the Czech Republic, Estonia,
Poland,
Cyprus,
Slovenia and Slovakia before 31 March 2007 the
results of
its verifications, along with the necessary
amendments.

Lithuania, Hungary, Malta,

Latvia,

application

of Council Regulation

For the rural development expenditure covered by Article
7(2) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 27/2004 of 5
January 2004 laying down transitional detailed rules for
(EC) No
the
1257/1999 as regards the financing by the EAGGF
Guarantee Section of rural development measures in
the Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania,
Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia (3)
the
outcome of
the clearance decision is to be deducted
from or added to subsequent payments made by the
Commission.

the

documents

accompanying

In the light of the verifications made, the annual accounts
and
the
Commission to take,
for certain paying agencies, a
decision on the integrality, accuracy and veracity of the
accounts submitted. The details of these amounts were
described in the Summary Report that was presented to
the Fund Committee at the same time as this Decision.

permit

In the light of the verifications made, the information
submitted by certain paying agencies requires additional
inquiries and their accounts cannot be therefore cleared
in this Decision.

For the rural development expenditure covered by Regu-
lation (EC) No 27/2004,
the amounts recoverable or
payable under the clearance of accounts decision are to
be deducted from or added to subsequent payments.

(3) OJ L 5, 9.1.2004, p. 36.

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(8)

In accordance with the second subparagraph of Article
7(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1258/1999 and Article 7(1)
of Regulation (EC) No 1663/95, this Decision, does not
by
prejudice
the
financing
Commission excluding
expenditure
with
not
Community rules,

subsequently
from Community

accordance

decisions

effected

taken

in

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

Without prejudice to Article 2,
the amounts which are re-
coverable from, or payable to, each Member State pursuant to
rural development measures
this Decision in the field of
applicable in the Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia,
Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia are
set out in Annex I and Annex II.

Article 2

For the 2006 financial year, the accounts of the Member States’
paying agencies in the field of rural development measures

applicable in the Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia,
Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia, set
out in Annex III, are disjoined from this Decision and shall
be the subject of a future clearance Decision.

Article 3

This Decision is addressed to the Czech Republic, the Republic
of Estonia, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Latvia, the
Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of Hungary, the Republic of
Malta, the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Slovenia and the
Slovak Republic.

Done at Brussels, 27 April 2007.

For the Commission

Mariann FISCHER BOEL
Member of the Commission

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ANNEX II

CLEARED EXPENDITURE BY RURAL DEVELOPMENT MEASURE FOR EXERCISE 2006

Differences between annual accounts and declarations of expenditure

Cyprus

No

Measure

Expenditure 2006
Annex I column ‘a’

Reductions
Annex I column ‘d’

Amount cleared 2006
Annex I column ‘e’

1 Support of investments for management of animal waste
2 Encouragement of the improvement and the development
3 Encouragement of the set up of producer groups
4 Promotion of vocational training of farmers
5 Technical and advisory service to the farmers
6 Early retirement
7 Support for setting up of young farmers
8 Meeting EU standards
9 Adoption of agri-environmental measures

10 Agri-environmental actions for the protection of natural value
11 Afforestation
12 Improving of infrastructure for livestock development
13 Less Favourite Areas
14 Support for quality schemes
15 Support of small scale, traditional processing
16 Protection of agricultural and traditional landscapes
17 Protection of forest fires and other natural disasters
18 Afforestation of non-agricultural land
19 Improvement of harvesting process
20 Technical support of the implementation, monitoring
21 Technical support of collective initiatives at local level

Total

Czech Republic

9 443 852,29
1 239 312,75
0,00
0,00
0,00
486 308,23
1 275 250,49
1 360 168,93
4 130 349,24
556 903,68
13 952,08
192 901,09
4 881 517,45
0,00
209 556,17
696 713,67
200 764,44
55 636,33
53 503,29
0,00
0,00
24 796 690,13

0,00
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0,00
0,00
0,00
0,00
0,00
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0,00
0,00
0,00
0,00
0,00
0,00
0,00
0,00
0,00
0,00
0,00
0,00
0,00

9 443 852,29
1 239 312,75
0,00
0,00
0,00
486 308,23
1 275 250,49
1 360 168,93
4 130 349,24
556 903,68
13 952,08
192 901,09
4 881 517,45
0,00
209 556,17
696 713,67
200 764,44
55 636,33
53 503,29
0,00
0,00
24 796 690,13

No

Measure

Expenditure 2006
Annex I column ‘a’

Reductions
Annex I column ‘d’

Amount cleared 2006
Annex I column ‘e’

1 Early retirement
2 Less Favourite Areas
3 Agri-environment
4 Forestry
5 Producer groups
6 Technical assistance
7 Sapard

700 Investments in agricultural holdings, Regulation (EC) No 1268/1999
701 Processing and marketing Regulation (EC) No 1268/1999
702 Flood damage 1
703 Improving structures for quality
704 Land improvement and reparcelling
705 Renovation and development of villages
706 Flood damage 2
707 Development of rural infrastructure
708 Development and diversification of activities
709 Agricultural production methods to protect
710 Improvement of vocational training
711 Technical assistance Sapard

Total

545 103,99
76 534 949,79
88 959 922,46
2 707 601,06
1 687 004,62
0,00
0,00
351 123,76
1 641 034,72
0,00
847 428,46
683 889,73
634 488,40
110 168,00
464 428,01
1 024 762,25
241 255,09
47 031,42
11 569,58
176 491 761,34

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– 178,10
– 150,83
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76 524 834,61
88 959 744,36
2 707 450,23
1 687 004,62
0,00
0,00
351 123,76
1 641 034,72
0,00
847 428,46
683 889,73
634 488,40
110 168,00
464 428,01
1 024 762,25
241 255,09
47 031,42
11 569,58
176 481 317,23

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No

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1 Less favourite areas
2 Agri-environment
3 Afforestation of agricultural land
4 Semi-substance farms undergoing restructuring
5 Meeting standards
6 Complements in direct payments
7 Technical assistance
8 Sapard
9 Support to areas with environmental restrictions

Estonia

Total

Hungary

Expenditure 2006
Annex I column ‘a’

Reductions
Annex I column ‘d’

Amount cleared 2006
Annex I column ‘e’

6 350 920,66
18 368 083,98
1 102 043,43
2 273 812,97
5 826 010,68
7 422 630,38
1 080 101,29
0,00
0,00
42 423 603,39

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– 9 000,91
– 51,36
– 612,11
– 2 488,11
0,00
– 1 852,29
0,00
0,00
– 15 231,72

6 349 693,72
18 359 083,07
1 101 992,07
2 273 200,86
5 823 522,57
7 422 630,38
1 078 249,00
0,00
0,00
42 408 371,67

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Measure

Expenditure 2006
Annex I column ‘a’

Reductions
Annex I column ‘d’

Amount cleared 2006
Annex I column ‘e’

1 Agri-environment
2 Meeting standards
3 Afforestation
4 Support for semi-substance farms
5 Producer groups
6 Early retirement
7 Less favourite areas
8 Technical assistance
9 Projects approved under Regulation (EC) No 1268/1999

10 Complementary national direct payments

227 833 992,16
1 595 755,18
22 153 089,37
502 022,58
7 202 971,57
0,00
6 402 140,63
15 153 476,83
14 999 999,74
190 149,84
296 033 597,90

0,00
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227 833 992,16
1 595 755,15
22 153 089,37
501 886,75
7 202 971,58
0,00
6 401 340,64
15 153 476,83
14 991 596,45
190 149,84
296 024 258,77

Total

Latvia

No

Measure

Expenditure 2006
Annex I column ‘a’

Reductions
Annex I column ‘d’

Amount cleared 2006
Annex I column ‘e’

1 Early retirement
2 Producer groups
3 Support for semi-substance farms
4 Meeting standards
5 Agri-environment
6 Less favourite areas
7 Technical assistance
8 Obligations transferred from previous programming period
9 Allocations of resources for single area payments

No

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1 Less favourite areas
2 Agri-environment
3 Meeting standards
4 Producer groups
5 Technical assistance
6 State Aid complement
7 Ad hoc measure

114 610,00
778 930,76
13 140 756,56
16 269 647,82
11 920 958,74
41 850 749,84
991 731,69
0,00
10 146 265,42
95 213 650,83

0,00
0,00
0,00
0,00
0,00
0,00
0,00
0,00
0,00
0,00

114 610,00
778 930,76
13 140 756,56
16 269 647,82
11 920 958,74
41 850 749,84
991 731,69
0,00
10 146 265,42
95 213 650,83

Total

Malta

Expenditure 2006
Annex I column ‘a’

Reductions
Annex I column ‘d’

Amount cleared 2006
Annex I column ‘e’

1 593 569,29
385 505,60
307 772,98
0,00
0,00
3 760 000,00
1 897 382,26
7 944 230,12

681,16
– 4 335,34
0,00

0,00
– 964,80
– 4 618,97

1 594 250,45
381 170,26
307 772,98
0,00
0,00
3 760 000,00
1 896 417,46
7 939 611,15

Total

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No

Measure

Expenditure 2006
Annex I column ‘a’

Reductions
Annex I column ‘d’

Amount cleared 2006
Annex I column ‘e’

Poland

1 Early retirement
2 Support for semi-substance farms
3 Producer groups
4 Less favourite areas
5 Agri-environment undertakings and animal welfare
6 Afforestation
7 Meeting EU standards
8 Technical assistance
9 Complements to direct payments

10 Projects approved under Regulation (EC) No 1268/1999

140 747 510,60
105 651 252,73
1 039 815,80
261 975 568,73
54 365 171,48
27 182 933,10
279 345 058,83
474 369,94
189 369 013,75
89 419 265,54
1 149 569 960,50

0,00
– 9 615,14
0,00
– 238,56
– 421,86
– 457,96
– 188,51
– 954,75
– 1 191,12
– 1,61
– 13 069,51

140 747 510,60
105 641 637,59
1 039 815,80
261 975 330,17
54 364 749,62
27 182 475,14
279 344 870,32
473 415,19
189 367 822,63
89 419 263,93
1 149 556 890,99

Total

Slovenia

No

Measure

Expenditure 2006
Annex I column ‘a’

Reductions
Annex I column ‘d’

Amount cleared 2006
Annex I column ‘e’

1 Less favourite areas
2 Agri-environment
3 Early retirement
4 Meeting standards
5 Technical assistance
6 SAPARD programme
7 Complements to direct payments

32 537 794,40
36 334 012,75
1 695 055,58
36 789 386,23
257 731,75
1 235 224,98
10 092 179,58
118 941 385,27

Total

0,00
0,00
0,00
0,00
0,00
0,00
0,00
0,00

32 537 794,40
36 334 012,75
1 695 055,58
36 789 386,23
257 731,75
1 235 224,98
10 092 179,58
118 941 385,27

ANNEX III

CLEARANCE OF THE PAYING AGENCIES' ACCOUNTS
Financial year 2006 — Rural Development Expenditure

List of the Paying Agencies for which the accounts are disjoined and are subject of a later clearance decision

Member State

Lithuania

Slovakia

Paying Agency

NMA

APA