2009/85/EC: Commission Decision of 27 January 2009 on the clearance of the accounts of the paying agencies of Estonia concerning expenditure in the field of rural development measures financed by the European Agricultural Guarantee Fund (EAGF) for the 2007 financial year (notified under document number C(2009) 150)
Date: 2009-01-27
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EAGGF Guarantee Section, Estonia, agricultural expenditure, agricultural policy, closing of accounts, rural development

3.2.2009

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(Acts adopted under the EC Treaty/Euratom Treaty whose publication is not obligatory)

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DECISIONS

COMMISSION

COMMISSION DECISION

of 27 January 2009

on the clearance of the accounts of the paying agencies of Estonia concerning expenditure in the
field of rural development measures financed by the European Agricultural Guarantee Fund (EAGF)
for the 2007 financial year

(notified under document number C(2009) 150)

(Only the Estonian text is authentic)

(2009/85/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

decision concerning expenditure in the field of rural
development measures on the integrality, accuracy and
veracity of
the accounts submitted by the Estonian
paying agency ‘PRIA’.

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1290/2005 of
21 June 2005 on the financing of the common agricultural
policy (1), and in particular Articles 30 and 39 thereof,

(3)

In accordance with Article 30(2) of Regulation (EC) No
1290/2005, this Decision does not prejudice decisions
taken subsequently by the Commission excluding from
Community
effected in
financing
accordance with Community rules,

expenditure not

After consulting the Committee on the Agricultural Funds,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Whereas:

(1)

Commission Decision 2008/395/EC (2) cleared, for the
2007 financial year,
the paying
agencies except for the Estonian paying agency ‘PRIA’
and the Maltese paying agency ‘MRAE’.

the accounts of all

Article 1
The accounts of the Estonian paying agency ‘PRIA’ concerning
expenditure in the field of rural development measures financed
by the European Agricultural Guarantee Fund (EAGF), in respect
of the 2007 financial year, are hereby cleared.

(2)

Following the transmission of new information and after
the Commission can now take a
additional checks,

(1) OJ L 209, 11.8.2005, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 139, 29.5.2008, p. 25.

The amounts which are recoverable from, or payable to, the
Member State pursuant to this Decision in the field of rural
development measures applicable in Estonia are set out
in
Annex I and Annex II.

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This Decision is addressed to the Republic of Estonia.

Article 2

Done at Brussels, 27 January 2009.

For the Commission

Mariann FISCHER BOEL
Member of the Commission

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ANNEX II

CLEARED EXPENDITURE BY EAGF RURAL DEVELOPMENT MEASURE FOR EXERCISE 2007 IN NEW
MEMBER STATES

DIFFERENCES BETWEEN ANNUAL ACCOUNTS AND DECLARATIONS OF EXPENDITURE

MS

No

EE

No

Measures

Measures

Expenditure 2007
Annex I column ‘a’

Reductions
Annex I column ‘d’

Amount cleared
for 2007
Annex I column ‘e’

i

ii

iii = i + ii

1 Support of investments for management of animal

6 551 632,40

0,00

6 551 632,40

waste

2 Encouragement of the improvement and the devel­

20 321 752,46

0,00

20 321 752,46

opment

3 Encouragement for setting up producer groups

101 134,83

4 Promotion of vocational training of farmers

2 566 539,21

5 Technical and advisory service to farmers

6 Early retirement

7 Support for setting up 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 develop­

ment

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 from forest

fires and other natural

disasters

18 Afforestation of non-agricultural land

19 Improvement of harvesting process

20 Technical support of the implementation, moni­

toring

21 Technical support of collective initiatives at local

level

6 225 307,60

4 021 137,22

932 689,76

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0,00

0,00

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0,00

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101 134,83

2 566 539,21

6 225 307,60

4 021 137,22

932 689,76

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0,00

0,00

0,00

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0,00

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Total

40 720 193,48

0,00

40 720 193,48