REPORT FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL 3rd FINANCIAL REPORT FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL  on the  EUROPEAN AGRICULTURAL FUND FOR RURAL DEVELOPMENT (EAFRD)   2009 FINANCIAL YEAR
Date: 2010-09-23
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: agricultural expenditure, aid to agriculture, common agricultural policy, implementation of the budget, report, rural development

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EUROPEAN COMMISSION 

Brussels, 23.9.2010 
COM(2010) 497 final 

REPORT FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND 
THE COUNCIL 

3rd FINANCIAL REPORT FROM THE COMMISSION 
TO THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL 
 on the 
 EUROPEAN AGRICULTURAL FUND FOR RURAL DEVELOPMENT (EAFRD)  

2009 FINANCIAL YEAR 

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TABLE OF CONTENTS 

1. 

1.1. 

1.2. 

1.3. 

1.4. 

1.5. 

2. 

Budget procedure ......................................................................................................... 3 

Preliminary Draft Budget (PDB) 2009 ........................................................................ 3 

Draft Budget (DB) 2009............................................................................................... 3 

Amending Letter (AL) 2009 ........................................................................................ 3 

Council second reading ................................................................................................ 3 

The adoption of the 2009 Budget................................................................................. 3 

Management of appropriations .................................................................................... 4 

2.1. 

Management of Commitment appropriations .............................................................. 4 

2.1.1.  EAFRD operational programmes................................................................................. 4 

2.1.2.  Technical assistance ..................................................................................................... 4 

2.2. 

Management of payment appropriations...................................................................... 4 

2.2.1.  EAFRD operational programmes................................................................................. 4 

2.2.2.  Technical assistance ..................................................................................................... 5 

3. 

3.1. 

3.2. 

3.3. 

The implementation of the 2009 EAFRD budget ........................................................ 5 

Introduction .................................................................................................................. 5 

Modification of EAFRD programmes ......................................................................... 5 

Implementation of commitment appropriations........................................................... 6 

3.3.1.  EAFRD operational programmes................................................................................. 6 

3.3.2.  Technical assistance ..................................................................................................... 6 

3.4. 

Implementation of payment appropriations ................................................................. 7 

3.4.1.  EAFRD operational programmes................................................................................. 7 

3.4.2.  Technical assistance ................................................................................................... 11 

3.5. 

3.6. 

Analysis of expenditure declared by axis and by measure ........................................ 11 

Implementation rate of EAFRD programmes ............................................................ 13 

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1. 

BUDGET PROCEDURE 

1.1. 

Preliminary Draft Budget (PDB) 2009 

The 2009 Preliminary Draft Budget (PDB) was adopted by the Commission and 
proposed  to  the  Budgetary  Authority  on  6  May  2008.  The  proposal  for  the 
European  Agricultural  Fund 
(EAFRD)  under  
heading 2 of the Financial Framework 2007-2013 totalled EUR 13 395 millions 
in commitment appropriations and 9 842 in payment appropriations. 

for  Rural  Development 

Budget Item 

Commitment 
appropriations 
(in €)  

Payment 
appropriations 
(in €)  

05.040501 (Rural dev. programmes)  

13 373 504 584 

9 832 000 000

05.040502 (Technical assistance) 

21 913 625 

9 900 000

1.2. 

Draft Budget (DB) 2009 

The  Council  adopted  the  2009  Draft  Budget  in  July  2008.  The  payments 
appropriations for EAFRD programmes were reduced by EUR 115.0 million as 
compared to the PDB. 

1.3. 

Amending Letter (AL) 2009 

In  October 2008  the  Commission  adopted  Amending  Letter  No  2  to  the  2009 
PDB.  Even  though  the  Amending  Letter  exercise  mainly  concerns  the  EAGF, 
the  appropriations  for  EAFRD  programmes  were  increased  to  reflect  an 
additional transfer from the first pillar of EUR 0.16 million relating to the wine 
reform. The increase concerned both commitment and payment appropriations. 

1.4. 

Council second reading 

The  Council  second  reading,  adopted  on  12.11.2008,  did  not  involve  any 
modification of the EAFRD appropriations proposed in the Amending Letter. 

1.5. 

The adoption of the 2009 Budget 

The  European  Parliament  adopted  the  2009  budget  in  its  plenary  session  of 
December  2008,  by  increasing  the  amounts  for  EAFRD  programmes  proposed 
in  the  second  reading  of  the  Council  by  EUR 249.8 million  for  commitment 
appropriation  and  decreasing  the  amounts  by  EUR  696.8  million  for  payment 
appropriation. 

Budget Item 

Commitment 
appropriations 
(in €)  

Payment 
appropriations 
(in €)  

05.040501 (Rural dev. programmes)  

13 623 504 584 

9 135 331 205

05.040502 (Technical assistance) 

21 913 625 

9 900 000

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2. 

MANAGEMENT OF APPROPRIATIONS 

2.1.  Management of Commitment appropriations 

2.1.1.  EAFRD operational programmes 

In 2009 the commitment appropriations of the initial budget amounted to EUR 
13.62 billion. This amount was increased (Amending Budget No 4) by EUR 0.6 
billion  corresponding  to  the  first  part  of  the  Recovery  Package  whilst  it  was 
reduced  (Amending  Budget  No  10)  by  EUR  0.25  billion  in  appropriations 
entered through and amendment by the Budget Authority and that could not be 
implemented  due  to  insufficient  legal  basis.  Hence,  the  total  amount  finally 
available for the budget year 2009 was EUR 13.97 billion. 

The total amount committed for EAFRD programmes in 2009 was EUR 13.72 
billion. An amount of EUR 252 million was carried over to 2010. 

Management of commitment appropriations in 2009 - 
EAFRD 

Appropriations at the beginning of 2009 

Amending Budget No 4 – Additional allocation under the 
European Economic Recovery Program 

Amending Budget No 10 – Cancellation of non-executable 
appropriations  

Appropriations available in 2009 

Appropriations used in 2009 

Budget Item 

05.040501 (amounts 
in €)  

13 623 504 584

600 000 000

-249 840 000

13 973 664 584

13 721 634 827

Unused amounts at the end of 2009 – Carry over to 2010 

252 029 757

2.1.2.  Technical assistance 

Article  69,  2nd  paragraph  of  the  Council  regulation  1698/2005  stipulates  that 
0.25%  of  the  resources  for  Community  support  to  rural  development  shall  be 
devoted  to  technical  assistance  for  the  Commission.  In  the  2009  budget,  the 
amount available for this purpose was EUR 21.9 million. At the end of 2009, the 
total amount committed was EUR 5.1 million.  

2.2.  Management of payment appropriations 

2.2.1.  EAFRD operational programmes 

In  2009  the  initial  payment  appropriations  amounted  to  EUR  9.91  billion,  of 
which EUR 9.1 billion corresponded to the voted budget and EUR 775 million 
to  appropriations  carried  forward  from  2008.  In  December  the  Amending 
Budget No 10 reduced the amount by EUR 1.65 billion to take account of the 
revised  payment  forecast  submitted  by  the  Member  States  in  September. 
Consequently,  the  payment  appropriations  available  for  the  budget  year  2009 
amounted to EUR 8.26 billion.  

The  total  amount  paid  to  Member  States  for  EAFRD  programmes  in  2009 
reached EUR 8.21 billion. 

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Management of payment appropriations in 2009 - 
EAFRD 

Appropriations at the beginning of 2009 

Appropriations carried over from 2008 

Amending Budget No 10 – Reduction of payment 
appropriations following revised forecasts from MS 

Appropriations available in 2009 

Appropriations used in 2009 

Unused amounts at the end of 2009  

Budget Item 

05.040501 (amounts 
in €)  

9 135 331 205

774 864 326

-1 650 000 000

8 260 195 531

8 209 373 256

50 822 275

2.2.2.  Technical assistance 

In  the  2009  budget,  the  amount  for  payment  appropriations  was  EUR  9.9 
million.  At  the  end  of  the  year,  the  total  amount  of  payments  was  EUR  3.7 
million. 

3. 

THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE 2009 EAFRD BUDGET 

3.1. 

Introduction 

Financial year 2009 mostly represented a transition between the initial phase of 
approval and initiation of rural development programmes (including payment of 
advances)  and  a  phase  where  most  programmes  attain  their  cruising  speed. 
However, this transition slowed down to some extent because of the economic 
crisis which had an effect on the Member States ability to provide the national 
co-financing  but  also  might  have  caused  beneficiaries  to  hesitate  to  enter  into 
any commitments, the late approval of certain programmes as well as a lack of 
sufficient previous experience of some Member States in the implementation of 
Rural Development programmes. 

Another  important  element  that  characterizes  the  financial  year  2009  is  the 
reprogramming process subsequent to the approval of the Health Check and the 
European Economic Recovery Package. 

3.2.  Modification of EAFRD programmes 

In 2009, a total of 132 modifications of rural development programmes (RDPs) 
for the 2007-2013 programming period were made: 76 by notification procedure 
and  56  by  Commission  Decision  after  a  positive  opinion  of  the  Rural 
Development Committee (RDC). Of these 56 modifications, 49 were approved 
in  the  context  of  the  Health  Check  and  the  European  Economic  Recovery 
Package. The number of programmes to modify (88 in total) and the complexity 
ofthe preparatory work and negotiations did not permit the  approval of all  HC 
and EERP modifications in 2009. The Commission Decisions regarding the 39 
programmes  outstanding  were  adopted  early  in  2010,  which  explains  the 
carry-over  of  EUR  252  million  in  commitment  appropriations  from  2009  to 
2010. 

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3.3. 

Implementation of commitment appropriations 

3.3.1.  EAFRD operational programmes 

The table below shows the amounts committed per Member State in 2009 and 
the  allocation  established  by  Commission  decision  636/2006  (modification  of 
October 2009 still in force at the end of the year). 

In  2009,  the  commitment  appropriations  available  for  EAFRD  programmes 
amounted  to  EUR  13.97  billion  and  the  amount  committed  to  EUR  13.72 
billion.  The  remaining  EUR  252  million  correspond  to  programmes  for  which 
the  modifications  in  relation  to  the  Health  Check  and  the  Recovery  Package 
were not approved before the year end. These appropriations were carried-over 
to 2010 and committed entirely within the deadline of 31 March 2010. Hence, 
no amount was lost for rural development programmes. 

Commission Decision 636 / 2006 (last version in force end of 2009) vs. the amounts 
committed end of 2009 (in €):

Com m ission Decision 
636 / 2006  –  EU funds in 
2009
(a)

Am ounts com m itted in 
the budget year 2009
(b)

Am ounts carried over 
for com m itm ent in 2010
(c = a -b)

580,732,057
62,458,083
456,843,751
23,949,762
409,036,387
1,202,865,574
67,411,254
101,036,594
1,320,830,901
308,265,407
947,341,939
482,113,090
527,075,432
346,851,422
1,183,870,921
249,948,998
13,255,487
150,342,483
11,256,597
73,671,337
1,971,439,817
584,180,154
1,502,691,530
270,816,031
136,508,049
282,749,256
706,122,271
13,973,664,584

580,732,057
61,348,083
437,343,751
23,949,762
388,036,387
1,188,636,470
67,411,254
101,036,594
1,270,959,694
308,138,561
947,176,739
453,393,090
498,635,432
329,171,422
1,145,274,921
249,948,998
13,255,487
150,342,483
11,256,597
73,671,337
1,971,439,817
584,180,154
1,502,691,530
256,996,031
136,508,049
268,049,256
702,050,871
13,721,634,827

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1,110,000
19,500,000
0
21,000,000
14,229,104
0
0
49,871,207
126,846
165,200
28,720,000
28,440,000
17,680,000
38,596,000
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0
0
0
0
0
0
0
13,820,000
0
14,700,000
4,071,400
252,029,757

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DE
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GR
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IE
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LU
LV
MT
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RO
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SK
UK
Total

3.3.2.  Technical assistance 

The table below shows the commitment appropriations for technical assistance 
consumed in 2009. The most important part is related to European Network for 
Rural Development. 

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Amounts committed in 
budget year 2009 (in €)

Comment / description

05.040502

200 000

05.040502

4 208 909

Subtotal management by 
DG AGRI

05.040502

05.040502

05.040502

Subtotal management by 
PM O and OPOCE

4 408 909

428 290

200 000

101 250

729 540

Seminar on the implementation of 
DR programs organized in 
Brussels
Contact point of the European 
netw ork for RD (2nd year); semi-
subsistence seminar organized in 
Sibiu (RO)

European Netw ork for RD 
(Leader+ subcommittee, 
coordination committee, thematic 
w orking groups) etc. 
Expert committee on the evaluation 
of RD programmes 
Magazine for European Netw ork 
for RD 

Total

5 138 449

3.4. 

Implementation of payment appropriations 

3.4.1.  EAFRD operational programmes 

In the 2009 budget the amount for payment appropriations, including the carry-
over  from  2008,  was  EUR  9.91  billion.  Amending  Budget  No  10  reduced  this 
amount in December by EUR 1.65 billion so that the appropriations of the year 
finally amounted to EUR 8.26 billion. 

At  the  end  of  2009,  the  total  amount  paid  for  EAFRD  programmes  was  EUR 
8.21  billion.  The  difference  between  the  appropriations  of  the  year  (EUR  8.26 
billion)  and  the  total  amount  paid  is  EUR  51.2  million,  which  represents  an 
under-execution of 0.6%. 

The table below shows the breakdown of this amount by declaration period: 

(in million €)
12.3
126.6
2 546.8
1 490.4
1 612.0
2 421.2
8 209.4  

Reimbursement of payment claims Q2 2008
Reimbursement of payment claims Q3 2008
Reimbursement of payment claims Q4 2008
Reimbursement of payment claims Q1 2009
Reimbursement of payment claims Q2 2009
Reimbursement of payment claims Q3 2009
Total 2009
The reimbursement of 3rd quarter 2009 for 6 EAFRD programmes was totally or 
partiality on hold at the end of the year because the commitment appropriations 
for these programmes were fully exhausted by the payment of previous claims. 
The  table  below  shows  the  6  EAFRD  programmes  and  the  corresponding 
amounts. The payment had to wait until the new commitment appropriations for 
2010 were made available.  

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Q3 2009 (in €)

Vlaanderen (2007BE06RPO001)
Nordrhein-Westfalen (2007DE06RPO015)
Aragon (2007ES06RPO002)
Ireland National (2007IE06RPO001)
Bayern (2007DE06RPO004)
Åland (Finland) 2007FI06RPO002
Total

6,425,513.33
2,100,736.79
2,506,309.72
107,643,642.54
8,534,106.68
98,742.99
127,309,052.05  

The  monthly  consumption  of  payment  appropriations  during  the  year  (January 
to  December  2009)  is  represented  in  the  graph  below.  The  rhythm  of 
consumption is linked to the calendar for sending the four payment declarations 
(31  January,  30  April,  31  July  and  10  November  for  the  payment  claims 
corresponding respectively to Q4 2008, Q1 2009, Q2 2009 and Q3 2009). 

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The  breakdown  per  Member  State  and  per  declaration  period  of  the  amounts 
paid by the Commission in the budget year 2009 is shown in the following table. 
The  declaration  periods  concerned  are  from16  October  to  31  December  2008 
(Q4  2008),  from  1  January  2009  to  31  March  2009  (Q1  2009),  from  1  April 
2009 to 30 June 2009 (Q2 2009) and from 1 July 2009 to 15 October 2009 (Q3 
2009).  

In the table below, the amounts from columns Q2 2008 and Q3 2008 relate to 
the  EAFRD  programmes  that  exhausted  their  commitment  appropriations  for 
2007 and 2008 and had to wait until 2009 to have their amounts reimbursed with 
new 2009 appropriations. 

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Paym ents effectively m ade in the budget year 2009 (in €)

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BE
BG
CY
CZ
DE
DK
EE
ES
FI
FR
GR
HU
IE
IT
LT
LU
LV
M T
NL
P L
P T
RO
SE
SI
SK
UK

Q2 2008

Q3 2008

Q4 2008

Q1 2009

Q2 2009

Q3 2009

2,634,830.50

10,345,809.87

12,299,213.27

18,438,179.63

95,219,252.45

427,949,468.51
10,376,897.04
24,190,671.12
5,307,184.60
110,128,510.90
374,933,155.25
12,150,036.33
23,940,802.93
156,895,320.71
13,131,174.24
258,731,262.94
20,238,236.94
156,246,669.69
75,404,378.64
79,913,810.69
34,134,107.24
2,861,814.18
20,445,383.75

5,533,019.26
215,398,260.57
96,528,233.12
109,676,461.84
55,808,494.29
27,883,610.46
116,095,838.58
112,884,460.14

37,906,840.60
7,212,858.83
39,168,066.16
3,793,620.57
110,974,831.07
103,131,605.84
20,697,171.26
41,941,283.76
99,545,639.20
6,206,336.97
107,383,212.58
29,988,515.32
96,671,967.12
55,761,624.35
35,813,253.22
48,651,779.76
4,649,597.17
28,086,479.38

15,647,058.76
351,623,965.99
12,286,838.03
61,535,621.24
21,367,421.73
19,190,587.19
32,555,030.65
98,592,173.12

43,897,590.17
20,897,215.45
37,693,842.23
3,497,159.91
82,178,640.52
85,070,469.75
9,535,500.93
13,754,824.08
156,002,080.45
8,153,331.43
90,156,048.85
71,138,490.87
155,032,080.49
50,432,026.42
73,086,720.11
87,349,750.54
2,085,587.64
42,060,538.99

5,793,324.73
255,735,375.64
858,574.75
144,008,337.72
12,240,963.73
38,596,260.58
66,181,492.98
56,593,186.87

40,598,431.18
16,787,346.17
26,000,411.44
3,563,803.38
36,893,946.50
356,705,369.28
11,478,786.58
15,484,239.63
175,412,539.46
163,635,234.21
323,536,247.95
52,767,205.17
89,233,671.16
52,354,140.14
167,878,512.18
77,358,004.23
3,313,511.57
13,870,990.90
3,357,533.82
9,098,570.81
221,068,079.69
125,890,304.17
250,707,458.23
16,451,526.90
15,062,003.97
74,453,967.21
78,274,074.46

Total
550,352,330.46
57,909,147.99
127,052,990.95
16,161,768.46
340,175,928.99
930,186,409.99
53,861,495.10
95,121,150.40
618,592,972.72
191,126,076.85
779,806,772.32
174,132,448.30
497,184,388.46
329,171,422.00
356,692,296.20
247,493,641.77
12,910,510.56
104,463,393.02
3,357,533.82
36,071,973.56
1,043,825,681.89
235,563,950.07
565,927,879.03
105,868,406.65
100,732,462.20
289,286,329.42
346,343,894.59

Total 12,299,213.27 126,638,072.45 2,546,787,263.96 1,490,383,379.87 1,612,029,415.83 2,421,235,910.39 8,209,373,255.77  
The amount paid in 2009, EUR 8.21 billion, relate to reimbursements only as all 
prefinancing foreseen was paid in 2007 and 2008. 

The  table  in  the  next  page  compares,  for  each  Member  State,  the  EAFRD 
payments  made  in  2009  to  the  payments  in  2008.  While  interim  payments  in 
2009 increased by 35.4% compared to 2008 (EUR 8.21 billion vs. 6.06 billion), 
the total amount decreased by -3.9% (EUR 8.21 billion vs. 8.54 billion) as the 
last part of pre-financing was already paid in 2008. 

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Paym ents m ade to Mem ber States - Com parison 2008-2009  (in €)

2008

2009

Difference 2009 vs. 2008

Prefinancing

Total

Interim  paym ents Prefinancing

Total

( in €)

( in %)

12,866,719.12
182,636,901.72

131,421,515.15
31,126,255.72
25,013,059.92
501,043,604.54
29,631,449.29
91,330,692.29
129,755,654.84

Interim  paym ents
462,608,745.20
48,530,648.29
58,185,829.70
10,456,613.17
212,624,547.33
669,504,888.17
77,174,319.94
23,926,805.54
476,135,002.53
219,979,453.44
780,526,000.66
223,673,306.91
148,885,197.46
273,117,209.35
375,009,858.38
60,813,560.24
8,934,674.20
50,651,800.03

462,608,745.20
61,397,367.41
240,822,731.42
10,456,613.17
212,624,547.33
800,926,403.32
108,300,575.66
48,939,865.46
977,178,607.07
249,610,902.73
871,856,692.95
353,428,961.75
148,885,197.46
355,014,220.00
679,577,108.58
60,813,560.24
11,896,161.82
123,529,745.31
5,364,334.84
23,141,066.23
846,530,426.94
398,677,609.74
561,575,332.14
189,616,187.32
85,257,958.43
166,719,725.46
484,090,026.00
6,063,133,759.48 2,475,706,914.50 8,538,840,673.98

174,434,794.46
85,257,958.43
97,790,092.73
400,627,305.52

23,141,066.23
846,530,426.94
254,613,654.63

144,063,955.11
561,575,332.14
15,181,392.86

2,961,487.62
72,877,945.28
5,364,334.84

81,897,010.65
304,567,250.20

68,929,632.73
83,462,720.48

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AT
BE
BG
CY
CZ
DE
DK
EE
ES
FI
FR
GR
HU
IE
IT
LT
LU
LV
MT
NL
PL
PT
RO
SE
SI
SK
UK
Total

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550,352,330.46
57,909,147.99
127,052,990.95
16,161,768.46
340,175,928.99
930,186,409.99
53,861,495.10
95,121,150.40
618,592,972.72
191,126,076.85
779,806,772.32
174,132,448.30
497,184,388.46
329,171,422.00
356,692,296.20
247,493,641.77
12,910,510.56
104,463,393.02
3,357,533.82
36,071,973.56
1,043,825,681.89
235,563,950.07
565,927,879.03
105,868,406.65
100,732,462.20
289,286,329.42
346,343,894.59
8,209,373,255.77

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16,161,768.46

53,861,495.10
95,121,150.40

550,352,330.46
57,909,147.99

87,743,585.26
-3,488,219.42
127,052,990.95 -113,769,740.47
5,705,155.29
340,175,928.99 127,551,381.66
930,186,409.99 129,260,006.67
-54,439,080.56
46,181,284.94
618,592,972.72 -358,585,634.35
191,126,076.85
-58,484,825.88
-92,049,920.63
779,806,772.32
174,132,448.30 -179,296,513.45
497,184,388.46 348,299,191.00
329,171,422.00
-25,842,798.00
356,692,296.20 -322,884,812.38
247,493,641.77 186,680,081.53
1,014,348.74
-19,066,352.29
-2,006,801.02
12,930,907.33
1,043,825,681.89 197,295,254.95
235,563,950.07 -163,113,659.67
4,352,546.89
565,927,879.03
105,868,406.65
-83,747,780.67
15,474,503.77
100,732,462.20
289,286,329.42 122,566,603.96
346,343,894.59 -137,746,131.41
0.00 8,209,373,255.77 -329,467,418.21

12,910,510.56
104,463,393.02
3,357,533.82
36,071,973.56

19.0%
-5.7%
-47.2%
54.6%
60.0%
16.1%
-50.3%
94.4%
-36.7%
-23.4%
-10.6%
-50.7%
233.9%
-7.3%
-47.5%
307.0%
8.5%
-15.4%
-37.4%
55.9%
23.3%
-40.9%
0.8%
-44.2%
18.2%
73.5%
-28.5%
-3.9%

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3.4.2.  Technical assistance 

In the 2009 budget the amount for payment appropriations is € 9.9 million. The 
table hereafter presents the payments for technical assistance with a total amount 
of  €  3.7  million.  The  most  important  part 
is  related  to  European  Network  for 
Rural Development. 

Budget lines

Am ounts paid in budget year 
2009 (in €)

05.040502-C1-AGRI AGRI-G3

3 441 139

Subtotal management by DG 
AGRI

05.040502-C1-AGRI/EMPL

3 441 139

176 392

05.040502-C1-AGRI/PMO

116 278

Subtotal management by DG 
EM PL et PM O

Total

292 670

3 733 809

Com m ent / description

European Netw ork for Rural 
Development contact point, 
Leader+ seminar in Portugal, 
Leader+ magazines and best 
practices, etc. 

IT maintenance and development 
(SFC 2007)
European Netw ork for Rural 
Development – reimbursement of 
charges for participating experts

3.5. 

Analysis of expenditure declared by axis and by measure 

The  table  below  shows  the  payment  claims  declared  by  Member  state  and  by 
axis/measure for rural development in 2009 (Q4 2008 to Q3 2009), from 2007 to 
2009 (Q4 2006 to Q3 2009) and also the financial plans of EAFRD programmes 
(2007-2013; EU27). 

In  year  2009,  the  expenditure  continues  to  be  concentrated  in  axis  2  (57.8%), 
followed  by  axis  1  with  32%,  axis  3  with  4.4%  and  axis  4  with  1.1%.  This 
repartition  of  expenditure  still  significantly  diverges  with  the  repartition  in  the 
financial  plans  for  the  2007-2013  programming  period  (33.6%,  44.4%,  13.3% 
and 5.9% for respectively axis 1 to 4). 

Axis  2  measures  mainly  involve  annual  payments  (e.g.  agro-environmental 
measures)  whilst  Axis  1  and  3  mainly  relate  to  multiannual  measures  that 
require  longer  proceedings  for  their  approval  and  implementation  (e.g. 
investment projects). 

Compared with the average for the first 3 years (2007-2009), in the year 2009 
the  expenditure  is  more  balanced  between  the  axis  and  the  level  of  each  axis 
tends to be closer compared to the levels of the axis in the financial plans. For 
instance, Axis 2 decreases from 75.0% in 2008 to 57.8% in 2009 while Axis 1 
increases form 21.3% in 2008 to 32.0% in 2009. 

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E A F R D  pa ym e nt  c la im s , by a xis  a nd by m e a s ure  –  ye a r 2 0 0 9  ( Q 4  2 0 0 8  t o  Q 3  2 0 0 9 ) ,
E A F R D  P a ym e nt  c la im s , by a xis  a nd by m e a s ure  -  2 0 0 7  t o  2 0 0 9  ( Q 4  2 0 0 6  t o  Q 3  2 0 0 9 )  a nd,
E A F R D  f ina nc ia l pla ns  in f o rc e  ( a t  17  M a rc h 2 0 10 ; inc luding H C  & R P ; ye a r 2 0 0 7  t o  ye a r 2 0 13 )

A xis  /  M e a s ure  E A F R D

2 0 0 9  ( Q 4  2 0 0 8  t o  
Q 3  2 0 0 9 , in €)

2 0 0 9  ( Q 4  2 0 0 8  t o  
Q 3  2 0 0 9 , in %)

111 Vo catio nal training and info rmatio n actio ns 
112 Setting up o f yo ung farmers
113 Early retirement 
114 Use o f adviso ry services
115 Setting up o f management, relief and adviso ry ..
121 M o dernisatio n o f agricultural ho ldings
122 Impro vement o f  the eco no mic value o f fo rests 
123 A dding value to  agricultural and fo restry ..
124 Co o peratio n fo r develo pment o f new pro ducts
125 Infrastructure related to  the develo pment …
126 Resto ring agricultural pro ductio n po tential 
131 M eeting standards based o n Co mmunity ..
132 P articipatio n o f  farmers in fo o d quality …
133 Info rmatio n and pro mo tio n activities 
141 Semi-subsistence farming 
142 P ro ducer gro ups
143 Direct P ayment (B G + RO)
144 Ho ldings undergo ing restructuring due to  a refo rm o f a CM O
A xe  1
211 Natural handicap payments to  farmers in mo untain…
212 P ayments to  farmers in areas with handicaps, o ther .
213 Natura 2000 payments and payments linked ..
214 A gri-enviro nment payments
215 A nimal welfare payments
216 No n-pro ductive investments
221 First affo restatio n o f agricultural land
222 First establishment o f agro fo restry systems o n ...
223 First affo restatio n o f no n-agricultural land
224 Natura 2000 payments
225 Fo rest-enviro nment payments
226 Resto ring fo restry po tential and …
227 No n-pro ductive investments
A xe  2
311 Diversificatio n into  no n-agricultural activities
312 B usiness creatio n and develo pment 
313 Enco uragement o f to urism activities
321 B asic services fo r the eco no my and rural …
322 Village renewal and develo pment 
323 Co nservatio n and upgrading o f the rural heritage
331 Training and info rmatio n 
341 Skills acquisitio n, animatio n and implementatio n o f ...
A xe  3
411 Implementing lo cal develo pment strategies. Co mpet..
412 Implementing lo cal develo pment strategies. Envir..
413 Implementing lo cal develo pment strategies. Quality ..
421 Implementing co o peratio n pro jects 
431 Running the lo cal actio n gro up, acquiring skills and ...
A xe  4
5 11 T e c hnic a l A s s is t a nc e
6 11 B G  R O  D ire c t  P ya m e nt s

39,485,635.1
264,366,482.5
317,043,487.5
5,155,491.4
702,632.61
1,262,721,280.2
20,423,294.6
289,834,725.9
4,832,912.0
220,118,596.1
31,995,899.1
9,995,318.6
5,223,301.9
3,922,769.5
123,576,845.2
25,766,437.9
624,803.6

-

2 ,6 2 5 ,7 8 9 ,9 13 .6
899,008,563.2
907,935,875.8
20,494,456.5
2,547,549,479.5
30,159,911.1
15,236,510.8
182,078,744.1

-

11,547,811.2
3,037,675.5
2,883,836.4
90,310,052.8
30,460,131.7
4 ,7 4 0 ,7 0 3 ,0 4 8 .5
44,332,453.8
36,443,851.7
29,523,291.0
68,080,913.0
110,164,321.2
59,328,212.0
5,239,242.9
11,281,176.6
3 6 4 ,3 9 3 ,4 6 2 .3
8,813,604.9
749,828.7
51,756,757.3
420,154.4
25,760,154.2
8 7 ,5 0 0 ,4 9 9 .6
9 1,3 5 2 ,17 5 .9
2 9 4 ,5 3 6 ,2 7 7 .5

0.5%
3.2%
3.9%
0.1%
0.0%
15.4%
0.2%
3.5%
0.1%
2.7%
0.4%
0.1%
0.1%
0.0%
1.5%
0.3%
0.0%
0.0%
3 2 .0 %
11.0%
11.1%
0.2%
31.1%
0.4%
0.2%
2.2%
0.0%
0.1%
0.0%
0.0%
1.1%
0.4%
5 7 .8 %
0.5%
0.4%
0.4%
0.8%
1.3%
0.7%
0.1%
0.1%
4 .4 %
0.1%
0.0%
0.6%
0.0%
0.3%
1.1%
1.1%
3 .6 %

2 0 0 7  t o  2 0 0 9  ( Q 4  
2 0 0 6  t o  Q 3  2 0 0 9 , in 

€)

77,586,899.1
492,257,964.4
688,392,789.8
8,713,361.3
1,509,979.37
1,809,687,532.5
47,624,163.6
430,726,372.1
5,557,508.8
347,562,878.3
55,868,555.7
42,043,963.8
7,046,405.5
4,956,742.8
260,100,123.3
33,096,650.9
624,803.6

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4 ,3 13 ,3 5 6 ,6 9 4 .7
2,160,134,402.6
2,242,591,187.5
32,684,124.2
6,062,907,817.8
80,721,824.0
20,144,766.8
456,665,272.4

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18,337,533.5
3,214,475.7
8,129,772.8
191,198,573.0
64,089,359.8
11,3 4 0 ,8 19 ,110 .3
65,142,225.9
42,624,639.5
48,967,924.7
100,520,579.4
157,302,587.0
90,150,345.6
7,286,202.7
17,796,792.2
5 2 9 ,7 9 1,2 9 6 .9
9,539,364.5
778,622.3
57,003,658.0
643,455.4
28,208,895.3
9 6 ,17 3 ,9 9 5 .4
16 3 ,3 3 9 ,5 7 5 .5
3 3 9 ,4 5 5 ,10 2 .4

2 0 0 7  t o  2 0 0 9  
( Q 4  2 0 0 6  t o  Q 3  
2 0 0 9 , in %)

F ina nc ia l pla ns  
2 0 0 7 - 2 0 13  ( in €)  *

F ina nc ia l pla ns  
2 0 0 7 - 2 0 13  ( in %)  *

0.5%
2.9%
4.1%
0.1%
0.0%
10.8%
0.3%
2.6%
0.0%
2.1%
0.3%
0.3%
0.0%
0.0%
1.5%
0.2%
0.0%
0.0%
2 5 .7 %
12.9%
13.4%
0.2%
36.1%
0.5%
0.1%
2.7%
0.0%
0.1%
0.0%
0.0%
1.1%
0.4%
6 7 .6 %
0.4%
0.3%
0.3%
0.6%
0.9%
0.5%
0.0%
0.1%
3 .2 %
0.1%
0.0%
0.3%
0.0%
0.2%
0 .6 %
1.0 %
2 .0 %

1,085,976,060.0
2,893,743,758.0
2,854,573,418.0
534,516,203.0
102,271,298.0
10,619,144,021.0
648,923,205.0
5,656,327,873.0
349,603,378.0
5,105,283,661.0
402,531,731.0
101,759,328.0
298,624,104.0
207,671,669.0
994,955,894.0
327,899,573.0
131,773,438.0
15,903,594.0
3 2 ,3 3 1,4 8 2 ,2 0 6 .0
6,218,167,879.0
7,236,375,252.0
487,654,824.0
22,224,144,629.0
540,790,341.0
588,202,389.0
2,300,268,371.0
16,117,104.0
354,672,609.0
101,989,396.0
267,929,870.0
1,606,222,818.0
811,188,979.0
4 2 ,7 5 3 ,7 2 4 ,4 6 1.0
1,495,305,179.0
2,215,288,801.0
1,296,872,839.0
3,181,670,749.0
3,009,100,433.0
1,347,143,457.0
146,171,526.0
149,985,663.0
12 ,8 4 1,5 3 8 ,6 4 7 .0
449,103,916.0
166,935,719.0
3,883,169,004.0
278,656,455.0
941,057,710.0
5 ,7 18 ,9 2 2 ,8 0 4 .0
1,9 5 2 ,9 2 4 ,8 7 2 .0
6 4 5 ,5 8 1,6 9 7 .0

1.1%
3.0%
3.0%
0.6%
0.1%
11.0%
0.7%
5.9%
0.4%
5.3%
0.4%
0.1%
0.3%
0.2%
1.0%
0.3%
0.1%
0.0%
3 3 .6 %
6.5%
7.5%
0.5%
23.1%
0.6%
0.6%
2.4%
0.0%
0.4%
0.1%
0.3%
1.7%
0.8%
4 4 .4 %
1.6%
2.3%
1.3%
3.3%
3.1%
1.4%
0.2%
0.2%
13 .3 %
0.5%
0.2%
4.0%
0.3%
1.0%
5 .9 %
2 .0 %
0 .7 %

G ra nd t o t a l

8 ,2 0 4 ,2 7 5 ,3 7 7 .3

10 0 .0 %

16 ,7 8 2 ,9 3 5 ,7 7 5 .0

10 0 .0 %

9 6 ,2 4 4 ,17 4 ,6 8 7 .0

10 0 .0 %

 * F ina nc ia l pla ns  inc luding H e a lt h C he c k  ( H C )  a nd R e c o v e ry P a c k a ge  ( R P )  a m o unt s  ( a t  17  M a rc h 2 0 10 )

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3.6. 

Implementation rate of EAFRD programmes 

The graph on the next  page  presents the financial implementation rate  of rural 
development  programmes  (from  the  beginning  to  2009,  including  Q4  2009) 
compared  with  the  2007-2009  appropriations.  The  average  EAFRD  financial 
implementation rate for all EAFRD programmes is 68.4%. 

The graph shows that most Member States have absorbed more than 50% of the 
2007-2009 appropriations. 

Furthermore,  3  Member  states  have  a  level  of  declared  expenditure  which  is 
higher than the 2007-2009 commitments and the difference had to be paid with 
fresh commitments from 2010. 

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Financial implementation rate of RD programmes (% of the EAFRD 2007 – 2009 appropriations paid or to be paid, including payment claims Q4 2009 to be paid 
in 2010) by Member state *

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