REPORT FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL 4th FINANCIAL REPORT FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCILon the EUROPEAN AGRICULTURAL FUND FOR RURAL DEVELOPMENT (EAFRD)2010 FINANCIAL YEAR
Date: 2011-10-21
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: aid to agriculture, draft budget, fund (EU), implementation of the budget, rural development

EUROPEAN COMMISSION 

Brussels, 21.10.2011 
COM(2011) 672 final 

REPORT FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND 
THE COUNCIL 

4th FINANCIAL REPORT FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE EUROPEAN 
PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL 
on the EUROPEAN AGRICULTURAL FUND FOR RURAL DEVELOPMENT 
(EAFRD) 
2010 FINANCIAL YEAR 

{SEC(2011) 1259 final} 

 
 
 
 
  
 
TABLE OF CONTENTS 

1. 

1.1. 

1.2. 

1.3. 

1.4. 

2. 

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

Preliminary Draft Budget (PDB) 2010 ........................................................................ 3 

Draft Budget (DB) 2010............................................................................................... 3 

Amending Letter (AL) 2010 ........................................................................................ 3 

The adoption of the 2010 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...................................................................... 5 

2.2.1.  EAFRD operational programmes................................................................................. 5 

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

3. 

3.1. 

3.2. 

The implementation of the 2010 EAFRD budget ........................................................ 5 

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

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

3.2.1.  EAFRD operational programmes................................................................................. 6 

3.2.2.  Technical assistance ..................................................................................................... 7 

3.3. 

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

3.3.1.  EAFRD operational programmes................................................................................. 7 

3.3.2.  Technical assistance ................................................................................................... 11 

3.4. 

3.5. 

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) 2010 

The 2010 Preliminary Draft Budget (PDB) was adopted by the Commission and 
proposed to the Budgetary Authority on 29 April 2009. 

The  proposal  for  the  European  Agricultural  Fund  for  Rural  Development 
(EAFRD)  under  heading  2  of  the  Financial  Framework  2007-2013  totalled  
EUR  13 970 million in commitment appropriations and EUR 12 648 million in 
payment  appropriations  (of  which  EUR  300  million  entered  in  reserve  for  the 
European Economic Recovery Package -EERP). 

Budget Item 

Commitment 
appropriations  
(in €)  

Payment 
appropriations  
(in €)  

05.040501 (Rural dev. programmes) 

 13 947 136 182

 * 12 639 000 000

05.040502 (Technical assistance) 

 22 548 451

 9 000 000

*EUR 300 000 000 entered in reserve for the EERP 

1.2. 

Draft Budget (DB) 2010 

The  Council  adopted  the  2010  Draft  Budget  in  July  2009.  The  payment 
appropriations  for  EAFRD  programmes  were  reduced  by  EUR  98.0 million  as 
compared to the PDB. 

1.3. 

Amending Letter (AL) 2010 

In  October 2009  the  Commission  adopted  Amending  Letter  No  2  to  the  2010 
PDB.  Even  though  the  Amending  Letter  exercise  mainly  concerns  the  EAGF, 
the  commitment  appropriations  for  EAFRD  programmes  were  modified  to 
reflect an additional funding for a total net amount of EUR 388.4 million. This 
net  amount  relates  to  the  second  part  of  the  EERP,  the  non  application  of 
voluntary  modulation  in  Portugal  and  a  minor  adjustment  of  compulsory 
modulation in Spain. Payment appropriations decreased by EUR 32.8 million to 
take account of the non application of volontary modulation in Portugal. 

1.4. 

The adoption of the 2010 Budget 

The  Council  second  reading,  adopted  on  20.11.2009,  did  not  involve  any 
modification of the EAFRD appropriations proposed in the Amending Letter. 

The  European  Parliament  adopted  the  2010  budget  in  its  plenary  session  of 
December 2009. 

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The  voted  EAFRD  budget  amounted  to  EUR  14  358  million  in  commitment 
appropriations and EUR 12 615 million in payment appropriations. 

Budget Item 

05.040501 (Rural dev. 
Programmes)  

Commitment 
appropriations   
(in €)  

Payment 
appropriations   
(in €)  

14 335 536 182

12 606 200 000

05.040502 (Technical assistance) 

22 548 451

9 000 000

2. 

MANAGEMENT OF APPROPRIATIONS 

2.1.  Management of Commitment appropriations 

2.1.1.  EAFRD operational programmes 

In  2010  the  available  commitment  appropriations  amounted  in  total  to  EUR 
14.59 billion. Of this amount, EUR 14.34 billion corresponded to the approved 
budget and EUR 252 million were appropriations carried over from 2009. The 
carryover  decision,  adopted  in  February  2010,  concerned  part  of  the  EERP 
appropriations that could not be committed in 2009 due to the late submission of 
some revised rural development programmes from the Member States.  

The total amount of appropriaitons available  for EAFRD programmes in 2010 
was committed (EUR 14.59 billion). 

Management of commitment appropriations in  2010 – 
EAFRD 

Appropriations at the beginning of 2010 

Carry-over from 2009 

Appropriations available in 2010 

Appropriations used in 2010 

Budget Item 
05.040501 
(amounts in €)  

14 335 536 182

252 029 757

14 587 656 939

14 587 565 939

2.1.2.  Technical assistance 

Article  69,  2nd  paragraph  of  Council  regulation  (EC)  No  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 2010 budget, the 
amount available for this purpose was EUR 22.5 million. At the end of 2010, the 
total amount committed was EUR 4.9 million.  

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2.2.  Management of payment appropriations 

2.2.1.  EAFRD operational programmes 

In  2010  the  initial  payment  appropriations  amounted  to  EUR  12.6  billion.  In 
view  of  the  revised  payment  forecast  submitted  by  the  Member  States  in 
September  2010,  the  appropriations  were  reduced  by  EUR  1  160  million 
through the global transfer procedure. Once the Member States submitted their 
declarations  of  expenditure  for  the  third  quarter,  an  additional  surplus  of 
EUR 330  million  was  identified  and  proposed  for  reduction  in  a  Draft 
Amending Budget. However, as this Amending Budget was finally not adopted, 
those  payment  appropriations  remained  unused  at  the  end  of  the  year.  The 
unused  amount  reflects  the  fact  that  declarations  of  expenditure  for  the  third 
quarter  were  slightly  below  the  revised  forecasts;  and  the  fact  that  part  of  the 
payment requests for the third quarter submitted by several Member States could 
not  be  reimbursed  because  of  the  exhaustion  of  the  available  commitment 
appropriations. The unused appropriations were carried over to 2011. 

The  total  amount  paid  to  Member  States  for  EAFRD  programmes  in  2010 
reached EUR 11.1 billion. 

Management of payment appropriations in   2010 – 
EAFRD 

Appropriations at the beginning of 2010 

Global transfer 

Appropriations available in 2010 

Appropriations used in 2010 

Unused amounts and carry over at the end of 2010  

Budget Item 

05.040501 
(amounts in €)  

12 606 200 000

-1 160 000 000

11 446 200 000

11 116 180 326

330 019 674

2.2.2.  Technical assistance 

In the 2010 budget, the amount for payment appropriations was EUR 9 million. 
This amount was reduced by EUR 2.5 million through the global transfer. At the 
end  of  the  year,  the  total  amount  of  payments  was  EUR  4.4  million,  leaving 
EUR 2.1 million unused. 

3. 

IMPLEMENTATION OF THE 2010 EAFRD BUDGET 

3.1. 

Introduction 

Financial year 2010 mostly represented a consolidation period where many rural 
development  programmes  attained  their  cruising  speed.  However,  this  was  an 
uneven  situation  as  several  programmes  showed  significant  implementation 
difficulties because of the economic and financial crisis which had an effect on 
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caused beneficiaries to hesitate to enter into any commitments; the late approval 
of  certain  programmes;  and  the  lack  of  sufficient  previous  experience  of  some 
Member States in the implementation of Rural Development programmes. 

3.2. 

Implementation of commitment appropriations 

3.2.1.  EAFRD operational programmes 

The table below shows the amounts committed per Member State in 2010 and 
the  allocation  established  by  Commission  decision  2006/636/EC  (modification 
of April 2010 still in force at the end of the year). 

In  2010,  the  commitment  appropriations  available  for  EAFRD  programmes 
amounted  to  EUR  14.59  billion.  This  amount  included  EUR  14.34  billion 
corresponding  to  the  2010  allocation  as  established  in  Decision  2006/636/EC 
and  EUR  252  million  carried  over  from  2009.  All  the  available  appropriations 
were committed during the year (EUR 14.34 billion). 

Commission Decision 2006/636/EC (last version in force end of 2009) vs. 
the amounts committed end of 2010: 

Budget item: 05.040501 

(in €) 

Commission Decision 
2006/636/EC – EU 

Amounts carried 
over for commitment 

Amounts committed 
in the budget year 

MS 

funds 2010            

in 2010         

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 

(a) 

586 983 505 
70 637 509 
412 748 664 
23 911 507 
415 632 774 
1 311 256 553 
85 052 762 
104 667 353 
1 400 090 047 
313 973 134 
1 091 752 155 
492 922 509 
529 160 494 
363 518 252 
1 256 577 236 
253 855 536 
13 838 190 
153 226 381 
10 964 212 
87 111 293 
1 935 872 838 
592 619 895 
1 401 644 651 
280 491 463 
134 100 946 
266 600 239 
746 326 084 
14 335 536 182 

(b) 

0 
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 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
13 820 000 
0 
14 700 000 
4 071 400 
252 029 757 

2010      

(c=a+b) 

586 983 505 
71 747 509 
432 248 664 
23 911 507 
436 632 774 
1 325 485 657 
85 052 762 
104 667 353 
1 449 961 254 
314 099 980 
1 091 917 355 
521 642 509 
557 600 494 
381 198 252 
1 295 173 236 
253 855 536 
13 838 190 
153 226 381 
10 964 212 
87 111 293 
1 935 872 838 
592 619 895 
1 401 644 651 
294 311 463 
134 100 946 
281 300 239 
750 397 484 
14 587 565 939 

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3.2.2.  Technical assistance 

The table below shows the commitment appropriations for technical assistance 
consumed in 2010. The most important part is related to European Network for 
Rural Development. 

Technical assistance – Implementation of commitment 
appropriations 

Budget Item: 05.040502 

 (in €)  

Description 

 Amount committed  

Contact point of the European Network for 
Rural Development (ENRD) 

Information technology 

                        4 061 754    

                           219 730    

Thematic working groups ENRD 

                           350 754    

Experts committee on the evaluation of 
rural development programmes 

Publications 

Total 

                           200 000    

                           100 387    

                         4 932 625 

3.3. 

Implementation of payment appropriations 

3.3.1.  EAFRD operational programmes 

the  2010  budget 

for  payment  appropriations  was  
In 
EUR  12.61  billion.  The  global 
this  amount  by  
EUR  -1.16  billion  so  that  the  appropriations  of  the  year  finally  amounted  to 
EUR 11.45 billion. 

the  amount 

reduced 

transfer 

At  the  end  of  2010,  the  total  amount  paid  for  EAFRD  programmes  was  
EUR  11.12  billion.  The  difference  between  the  appropriations  of  the  year  
(EUR  11.45  billion)  and  the  total  amount  paid  is  EUR  330  million,  which 
represents  an  under-execution  of  2.88%.  It  should  be  noted  that  the  payments 
made in 2010 increased more than 35% compared to 2009. 

The table below shows the breakdown of payments made in 2010 by declaration 
period : 

Payments 2010 – EAFRD operational programmes                  million € 

Reimbursement of payment claims Q3 2009 
Reimbursement of payment claims Q4 2009 
Reimbursement of payment claims Q1 2010 
Reimbursement of payment claims Q2 2010 
Reimbursement of payment claims Q3 2010 
Advances 

127.31 
2 947.20 
2 124.25 
2 073.00 
3 443.28 
401.15 

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Total 2010 

11 116.18 

The reimbursement of 3rd quarter 2010 for 5 EAFRD programmes was totally or 
partiality  on  hold  at  the  end  of  the  year  because  the  outstanding  commitment 
appropriations  for  these  programmes  were  fully  exhausted  by  the  payment  of 
previous  claims.  The  table  below  shows  the  5  EAFRD  programmes  and  the 
corresponding amounts. The payment had to wait until the annual commitments 
for 2011 were made. 

EAFRD Programs– Nº CCI 

Q3 2010 (in€) 

Vlaanderen (2007BE06RPO001) 
Bayern  (2007DE06RPO004) 
Ireland National (2007IE06RPO001) 
Bolzano  (2007IT06RPO002) 
Luxembourg  (2007LU06RPO001) 
Total 

6 655 665 
29 517 043 
32 730 873 
990 232 
262 045 
70 155 858 

The  monthly  consumption  of  payment  appropriations  during  the  year  (January 
to  December  2010)  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 2009, Q1 2010, Q2 2010 and Q3 2010). 

Amounts paid (in Million €)

EAFRD - Monthly consumption of payment appropriations during 2010 
(in millions €)

3500

3000

2500

2000

1500

1000

500

0

2881

3005

1829

1631

7

187

35

260

21

385

37

01-2010

02-2010

03-2010

04-2010

05-2010

06-2010

07-2010

08-2010

09-2010

10-2010

11-2010

12-2010

838

The  breakdown  per  Member  State  and  per  declaration  period  of  the  amounts 
paid  by  the  Commission  in  budget  year  2010  is  shown  in  the  following  table. 
The  amounts  from  column  Q3  2009  relate  to  the  EAFRD  programmes  that 

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exhausted their commitment appropriations for 2009 and had to wait until 2010 
to have their amounts reimbursed with the 2010 commitment appropriations. 

Payments effectively made between 01/01/2010 and 31/12/2010 

(in €) 

MS 
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 

Q3 2009 

6 425 513 

10 634 843 

2 506 310 
98 743 

107 643 643 

127 309 052 

Q4 2009 
455 569 614 
5 218 982 
10 833 902 
5 844 859 
71 116 190 
449 653 563 
22 509 479 
11 014 279 
219 017 075 
79 327 737 
186 049 035 
39 973 082 
146 605 566 
87 587 253 
175 925 287 
60 891 489 
5 362 753 
33 969 622 
1 937 682 
17 739 157 
329 716 307 
43 519 546 
60 250 707 
114 003 289 
43 330 855 
154 336 375 
115 891 789 
2 947 195 476 

Q1 2010 
43 672 108 
10 904 604 
99 737 836 
4 092 969 
219 606 417 
137 650 080 
11 031 696 
52 150 110 
146 477 779 
13 676 425 
130 073 442 
12 150 331 
114 137 436 
55 583 262 
77 580 985 
73 440 397 
5 090 031 
45 596 012 
1 439 925 
17 108 137 
477 616 176 
33 409 884 
64 728 636 
37 089 368 
12 979 172 
75 990 280 
151 235 571 
2 124 249 066 

Q2 2010 
44 906 450 
26 499 701 
109 667 733 
3 006 340 
92 176 063 
90 433 394 
8 301 380 
12 978 492 
148 788 488 
12 679 542 
92 283 874 
119 315 280 
112 972 138 
38 086 416 
126 397 795 
56 368 010 
1 385 947 
25 735 665 
2 877 517 
13 801 790 
283 114 658 
137 575 894 
279 349 875 
21 201 521 
36 286 031 
72 653 554 
104 153 251 
2 072 996 797 

Q3 2010 
37 674 070 
16 734 243 
55 280 536 
3 221 705 
55 446 653 
374 027 292 
9 257 104 
16 374 090 
290 719 234 
181 220 600 
382 352 635 
233 200 744 
77 779 633 
81 473 859 
235 683 411 
49 387 045 
3 765 284 
51 538 859 
10 853 260 
16 761 310 
337 768 509 
232 644 503 
349 034 410 
112 977 181 
18 819 694 
72 766 745 
136 518 327 
3 443 280 935 

Advances 

Grand Total 

7 987 420 
4 821 180 
2 320 500 
142 800 
2 940 000 
67 702 460 
9 328 060 
635 460 
58 741 200 
5 256 020 
79 977 240 
13 924 680 
3 797 360 
10 823 820 
48 564 040 
1 570 380 
344 400 
928 200 
71 400 
7 467 320 
11 822 300 
9 078 860 
7 118 580 
8 918 980 
1 100 820 
1 924 300 
33 841 220 
401 149 000 

589 809 662 
70 604 223 
277 840 508 
16 308 673 
441 285 322 
1 130 101 633 
60 427 719 
93 152 431 
866 250 086 
292 259 068 
870 736 226 
418 564 116 
455 292 132 
381 198 252 
664 151 518 
241 657 321 
15 948 416 
157 768 358 
17 179 784 
72 877 714 
1 440 037 950 
456 228 687 
760 482 207 
294 190 338 
112 516 573 
377 671 253 
541 640 158 
11 116 180 326 

Of the total amount paid in 2010 EUR 10.72 billion, relates to reimbursements 
and EUR 401 million to advances.  

The  table  in  the  next  page  compares,  for  each  Member  State,  the  EAFRD 
payments made in 2010 with the payments in 2009. While interim payments in 
2010 increased by 30.5% compared to 2009 (EUR 10.72 billion vs. 8.21 billion), 
total payments increased by 35.4% (EUR 11.12 billion vs. 8.21 billion) due to 
the  year
the 

supplementary  advances  paid  during 

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Payments made to Member States - Comparison 2010 vs 2009  

(in  €) 

MS 

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 

Interim payments 

Prefinancing 

Total 

Interim payments 

Prefinancing 

Total 

( in €) 

( in %) 

2009 

2010 

Difference 2010 vs. 2009 

550 352 330 
57 909 148 
127 052 991 
16 161 768 
340 175 929 
930 186 410 
53 861 495 
95 121 150 
618 592 973 
191 126 077 
779 806 772 
174 132 448 
497 184 388 
329 171 422 
356 692 296 
247 493 642 
12 910 511 
104 463 393 
3 357 534 
36 071 974 
1 043 825 682 
235 563 950 
565 927 879 
105 868 407 
100 732 462 
289 286 329 

346 343 895 
8 209 373 256 

550 352 330 
57 909 148 
127 052 991 
16 161 768 
340 175 929 
930 186 410 
53 861 495 
95 121 150 
618 592 973 
191 126 077 
779 806 772 
174 132 448 
497 184 388 
329 171 422 
356 692 296 
247 493 642 
12 910 511 
104 463 393 
3 357 534 
36 071 974 
1 043 825 682 
235 563 950 
565 927 879 
105 868 407 
100 732 462 
289 286 329 

346 343 895 
8 209 373 256 

581 822 242 
65 783 043 
275 520 008 
16 165 873 
438 345 322 
1 062 399 173 
51 099 659 
92 516 971 
807 508 885 
287 003 048 
790 758 986 
404 639 436 
451 494 772 
370 374 432 
615 587 478 
240 086 941 
15 604 016 
156 840 158 
17 108 384 
65 410 394 
1 428 215 650 
447 149 827 
753 363 627 
285 271 358 
111 415 753 
375 746 953 

7 987 420 
4 821 180 
2 320 500 
142 800 
2 940 000 
67 702 460 
9 328 060 
635 460 
58 741 200 
5 256 020 
79 977 240 
13 924 680 
3 797 360 
10 823 820 
48 564 040 
1 570 380 
344 400 
928 200 
71 400 
7 467 320 
11 822 300 
9 078 860 
7 118 580 
8 918 980 
1 100 820 
1 924 300 

589 809 662 
70 604 223 
277 840 508 
16 308 673 
441 285 322 
1 130 101 633 
60 427 719 
93 152 431 
866 250 086 
292 259 068 
870 736 226 
418 564 116 
455 292 132 
381 198 252 
664 151 518 
241 657 321 
15 948 416 
157 768 358 
17 179 784 
72 877 714 
1 440 037 950 
456 228 687 
760 482 207 
294 190 338 
112 516 573 
377 671 253 

39 457 332 
12 695 075 
150 787 517 
146 904 
101 109 393 
199 915 223 
6 566 224 
-1 968 719 
247 657 113 
101 132 991 
90 929 454 
244 431 667 
-41 892 256 
52 026 830 
307 459 221 
-5 836 321 
3 037 905 
53 304 965 
13 822 250 
36 805 741 
396 212 268 
220 664 737 
194 554 328 
188 321 932 
11 784 110 
88 384 924 

507 798 938 
10 715 031 326 

33 841 220 
401 149 000 

541 640 158 
11 116 180 326 

195 296 263 
2 906 807 070 

7.2% 
21.9% 
118.7% 
0.9% 
29.7% 
21.5% 
12.2% 
-2.1% 
40.0% 
52.9% 
11.7% 
140.4% 
-8.4% 
15.8% 
86.2% 
-2.4% 
23.5% 
51.0% 
411.7% 
102.0% 
38.0% 
93.7% 
34.4% 
177.9% 
11.7% 
30.6% 

56.4% 
35.4% 

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3.3.2.  Technical assistance 

In the 2010 budget the amount for payment appropriations was € 9 million. The 
table hereafter presents the payments for technical assistance for a total amount 
of EUR 4.4 million. The most important part is related to European Network for 
Rural Development. 

Technical assistance – Implementation of payment 
appropriations 

Budget Item: 05.040502 

 (in €)  

Description 

 Amount paid 

Seminar on the implementation of rural 
development programmes 

                           107 687 

Contact point of the European Network for 
Rural Development (ENRD) 

                        3 928 213 

Thematic working groups ENRD 

                           205 202    

Experts committee on the evaluation of 
rural development programmes 

Publications 

Total 

                             76 784    

                             88 516    

                        4 406 402 

3.4. 

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  2010  (Q4  2009  to  Q3  2010),  the 
cumulative declared expenditure from 2007 to 2010 (Q4 2006 to Q3 2010) and 
also the financial plans of EAFRD programmes (2007-2013; EU27). 

In  2010,  the  expenditure  continues  to  be  concentrated  in  axis  2  (50.9%), 
followed by axis 1 with  35.4%, axis 3 with  9.10% and axis 4 with  2.5%. 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  6% for axis 1 to 4 respectively).  

Axis  2  measures  mainly  involve  annual  payments  (e.g.  agro-environmental 
measures) whilst Axis 1, 3 and, to a lesser extent, Axis 4 mainly relate to multi-
annual  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), the expenditure in  
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to the share in the financial plans. For instance, Axis 2 decreases from  57.8% in 
2009 to  50.0% in 2010 while Axis 1 increases from 32.0% in 2009 to  35.4% in 
2010.  

EAFRD declared expenditure 2010 (Q4 2009-Q3 2010) & Total cumulative expenditure (Q4 2006 to Q3 2010)  
compared with Financial Plans 

Declared expenditure 
2010 (Q4 2009 to Q3 2010) 

Cumulative declared 
expenditure (Q4 2006 to 
Q3 2010) 

Financial Plans 2007-2013 

EAFRD Axis / Measure 

111 Vocational training and information actions  
112 Setting up of young farmers 
113 Early retirement  
114 Use of advisory services 
115 Setting up of management, relief and advisory 
121 Modernisation of agricultural holdings 
122 Improvement of  the economic value of forest  
123 Adding value to agricultural and forestry 
124 Cooperation for development of new products 
125 Infrastructure related to the development … 
126 Restoring agricultural production potential  
131 Meeting standards based on Community... 
132 Participation of  farmers in food quality … 
133 Information and promotion activities  
141 Semi-subsistence farming  
142 Producer groups 
143 Direct Payment (BG + RO) 
144 Holdings undergoing restructuring  

Axis 1 
211 Natural handicap payments to farmers in ... 
212 Payments to farmers in areas with handicaps... 
213 Natura 2000 payments and payments linked..  
214 Agri-environment payments 
215 Animal welfare payments 
216 Non-productive investments 
221 First afforestation of agricultural land 
222 First establishment of agroforestry systems .... 
223 First afforestation of non-agricultural land 
224 Natura 2000 payments 
225 Forest-environment payments 
226 Restoring forestry potential and … 
227 Non-productive investments 

Axis 2 
311 Diversification into non-agricultural activities 
312 Business creation and development  
313 Encouragement of tourism activities 
321 Basic services for the economy and rural … 
322 Village renewal and development  
323 Conservation and upgrading of the rural ... 
331 Training and information  
341 Skills acquisition, animation and 
implementation 

Axis 3 
411 Implementing local development strategies... 
412 Implementing local development strategies... 
413 Implementing local development strategies.... 
421 Implementing cooperation projects  
431 Running the local action group, acquiring... 

Axis 4 
511 Technical Assistance 
611 BG RO Direct Payments 
Grand total 

 (million €) 

               78.9  
             345.9  
             351.7  
               11.0  
                 2.5  
          1 728.3  
               32.5  
             585.3  
               12.4  
             406.3  
               49.1  
                 2.9  
                 9.5  
                 8.0  
             130.9  
               23.2  
                 1.1  
                   -   

          3 779.3  
          1 003.8  
          1 026.7  
               23.0  
          2 897.4  
               62.4  
               34.6  
             179.9  
                   -   
               18.9  
                 3.7  
                 4.9  
             132.4  
               49.4  

          5 437.2  
             100.1  
             107.2  
               78.6  
             219.9  
             330.0  
             104.7  
                 9.6  

               17.4  

             967.4  
               16.8  
                 1.5  
             155.5  
                 2.6  
               93.3  

             269.8  
             124.6  
               98.7  
        10 677.0  

(%) 

0.7% 
3.2% 
3.3% 
0.1% 
0.0% 
16.2% 
0.3% 
5.5% 
0.1% 
3.8% 
0.5% 
0.0% 
0.1% 
0.1% 
1.2% 
0.2% 
0.0% 
0.0% 

35.4% 
9.4% 
9.6% 
0.2% 
27.1% 
0.6% 
0.3% 
1.7% 
0.0% 
0.2% 
0.0% 
0.0% 
1.2% 
0.5% 

50.9% 
0.9% 
1.0% 
0.7% 
2.1% 
3.1% 
1.0% 
0.1% 

0.2% 

9.1% 
0.2% 
0.0% 
1.5% 
0.0% 
0.9% 

2.5% 
1.2% 
0.9% 
100.0% 

 (million €) 

             156.5  
             838.1  
          1 040.1  
               19.7  
                 4.0  
          3 537.9  
               80.1  
          1 016.0  
               18.0  
             753.9  
             104.9  
               45.0  
               16.5  
               12.9  
             391.0  
               56.2  
                 1.7  
                   -   

          8 092.6  
          3 163.9  
          3 269.3  
               55.7  
          8 960.3  
             143.1  
               54.7  
             636.6  
                   -   
               37.2  
                 7.0  
               13.1  
             323.6  
             113.5  

        16 778.0  
             165.2  
             149.8  
             127.5  
             320.4  
             487.3  
             194.8  
               16.9  

               35.2  

          1 497.2  
               26.4  
                 2.3  
             212.5  
                 3.3  
             121.5  

             366.0  
             288.0  
             438.2  
        27 460.0  

(%) 

0.6% 
3.1% 
3.8% 
0.1% 
0.0% 
12.9% 
0.3% 
3.7% 
0.1% 
2.7% 
0.4% 
0.2% 
0.1% 
0.0% 
1.4% 
0.2% 
0.0% 
0.0% 

29.5% 
11.5% 
11.9% 
0.2% 
32.6% 
0.5% 
0.2% 
2.3% 
0.0% 
0.1% 
0.0% 
0.0% 
1.2% 
0.4% 

61.1% 
0.6% 
0.5% 
0.5% 
1.2% 
1.8% 
0.7% 
0.1% 

0.1% 

5.5% 
0.1% 
0.0% 
0.8% 
0.0% 
0.4% 

1.3% 
1.0% 
1.6% 
100.0% 

 (million €) 

          1 089.2  
          2 887.5  
          2 853.0  
             440.1  
               93.5  
        10 667.0  
             653.7  
          5 647.3  
             349.3  
          5 129.4  
             477.5  
             103.9  
             294.1  
             206.4  
             993.9  
             327.9  
             131.8  
               17.0  

        32 362.5  
          6 240.9  
          7 241.4  
             476.7  
        22 231.3  
             543.0  
             591.1  
          2 295.0  
               16.4  
             347.8  
             102.0  
             271.4  
          1 609.7  
             808.9  

        42 775.5  
          1 488.9  
          2 208.8  
          1 291.0  
          3 120.2  
          3 107.9  
          1 314.6  
             147.5  

(%) 

1.1% 
3.0% 
3.0% 
0.5% 
0.1% 
11.1% 
0.7% 
5.9% 
0.4% 
5.3% 
0.5% 
0.1% 
0.3% 
0.2% 
1.0% 
0.3% 
0.1% 
0.0% 

33.6% 
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% 

44.4% 
1.5% 
2.3% 
1.3% 
3.2% 
3.2% 
1.4% 
0.2% 

             150.0  

0.2% 

        12 829.0  
             471.9  
             167.0  
          3 877.5  
             278.6  
             959.8  

          5 754.7  
          1 876.9  
             645.6  
        96 244.2  

13.3% 
0.5% 
0.2% 
4.0% 
0.3% 
1.0% 

6.0% 
2.0% 
0.7% 
100.0% 

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3.5. 

Implementation of EAFRD programmes 

The graph  on the next page  presents the financial implementation rate of rural 
development  programmes  (from  the  beginning  to  2010,  including  Q4  2010) 
compared  with  the  2007-2010  appropriations.  The  average  EAFRD  financial 
implementation rate for all EAFRD programmes is 72.4%. 

The graph shows that most Member States have absorbed more than 60% of the 
2007-2010 appropriations. 

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Graph 1- Financial implementation rate of RD programmes by Member State *
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