REPORT FROM THE COMMISSION 23rd ANNUAL REPORT ON IMPLEMENTATION OF THE STRUCTURAL FUNDS (2011)
Date: 2012-10-31
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Community budget, EAGGF, European Regional Development Fund, European Social Fund, FIFG, financial year, structural expenditure

EUROPEAN 
COMMISSION 

Brussels, 31.10.2012  
COM(2012) 633 final 

REPORT FROM THE COMMISSION 

23rd  ANNUAL REPORT ON IMPLEMENTATION OF  
THE STRUCTURAL FUNDS (2011) 

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REPORT FROM THE COMMISSION 

23rd ANNUAL REPORT ON IMPLEMENTATION OF  
THE STRUCTURAL FUNDS (2011) 

This report is presented in accordance with Article 45(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1260/1999 
laying down general provisions on the Structural Funds. It covers the activities linked to 
Structural Funds 2000-2006 assistance during 2011. 

1. 

INTRODUCTION 

2011 was the twelfth year in which Structural Funds programmes and projects for the 
2000-2006  programming  period  were  implemented.  Full  execution  of  the  2011 
budget was achieved. In terms of payment appropriations, 100.0 % of the European 
Regional Development Fund (ERDF) resources were used. 

In  addition  to  the  implementation  of  2000-2006  Structural  Funds  programmes  and 
projects and preparation for their closure, the Commission was also involved in the 
implementation of 434 programmes (317 under the European Regional Development 
Fund  (ERDF)  and,  117  under  the  European  Social  Fund  (ESF)1  that  relate  to  the 
2007-2013 programming period.  

Sharing  of  experience  was  promoted,  notably  through  interregional  and  urban 
networks  and  the  conference  'Regions  for  Economic  Change:  Fostering  Smart  and 
Sustainable  Growth  in  Cities  and  Regions'  on  23-24  June  2011.  During  this 
conference,  5  winners  of  the  'RegioStars'  2011  scheme  were  announced,  following 
selection from among 66 applications. The objective of the RegioStars Awards is to 
identify  good  practices  in  regional  development  and  to  highlight  original  and 
innovative projects which could be attractive and inspiring to other regions. 

The  9th  edition  of  OPEN  DAYS  ‘European  week  of  regions  and  cities’  organised 
jointly  by  the  Commission  and  the  Committee  of  the  Regions  took  place  on  10-13 
October  2011.  It  brought  together  5  700  local,  regional,  national  and  European 
decision-makers  and  experts  in  the  field  of  regional  and  local  development.  The 
event  is  an  arena  for  cooperation  and  networking,  for  sharing  knowledge  and 
experience,  and  allows  regions  and  cities  to  showcase  their  achievements.  It  also 
offers the ideal opportunity  to  highlight the synergies between cohesion  policy and 
other EU policies. 

The  Polish  presidency  organised  a  two-day  conference  (19-20  October  2011)  on 
'Catalysing  reforms  –  ESF  support  for  better  governance'.  Support  for  good 
governance  was  initiated  in the  financial  period  2000-2006;  a  priority  objective  for 
the financial period 2007-2013 was to strengthen and implement it. 

On the 17 November 2011 over 200 guests from 20 European countries participated 
in  the  range  of  European  Public  Sector  Award  (EPSA)  2011  events  held  in 
Maastricht under the auspices of the Polish Presidency. There were 274 applications 

1 

See Communication on the results of negotiations on strategies and programmes for the programming 
period 2007-2013. 

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coming  from  32  European  countries  and  7  from  EU  institutions.  Among  these 
applications,  EIPA  could  identify  many  good  administrative  capacity-building 
practices,  a  number  of  them  being  co-financed  by  ESF  supportive  action.  EPSA 
seeks  to  create  an  arena  in  which  Europe's  public-sector  institutions  can  excel  and 
become an example to the rest of the world. 

2. 

ANALYSIS OF IMPLEMENTATION 

2.1. 

Budget Implementation 

2.1.1.  ERDF 

Budgetary execution 

Budgetary  execution  was  focused  on  closing  the  2000-2006  programmes  in  2011. 
The last closure documents were received in March from those Member States with 
an extension of their deadline for eligibility. The overall absorption rate reached 100 
% or EUR 1,457 million (incl. technical assistance) reimbursed to programmes. 

The  Commission  is  managing  the  previous  and  current  programming  periods  in 
parallel. After a slow start-up of the 2007-2013 programmes, submission of payment 
claims  accelerated  during  2011.  This  trend  combined  with  the  fact  that  most  2000-
2006 programmes had reached the 95% ceiling for interim payments led to a transfer 
of appropriations from the 2000-2006 period to the 2007-2013 period. This allowed 
for the 100.0% execution of payment appropriations for ERDF programmes financed 
under both programming periods. 

Payments  to  all  objectives  were  lower  than  originally  foreseen,  mainly  due  to  a 
transfer  of  appropriations  during  the  global  transfer  to  reinforce  the  2007-2013 
appropriations. For Objective 1, EUR 1,205 million were paid instead of EUR 1,838 
million,  for  Objective  2,  EUR  221  million  instead  of  EUR  410  million  and  for 
Interreg EUR 16 million instead of EUR 108 million. 

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FIFG 

172,858.60 

170,953.65 

Sum:
14,394,959.85
20,813,886.25
15,403,515.36
164,048.95
2,758,393.92
25,243,544.63
197,565,244.13
3,541,889.88
2,295,555.74
151,691,592.33
48,836,092.41
122,208,125.32
53,686,604.98
606,747,112.29
69,841,002.14
54,834,787.31
506,870,421.73
5,875,248.32
10,959,508.00
3,158,181.11
27,344,309.58
85,251,582.80
348,497,869.45
978,970.08
12,542,201.11
89,052.00 
3,482,262.41
91,453.25 
869,443.14
667,789.06  2,395,856,353.22

119,535.31 

23,936.25 

Payments in 2011 on 2000-2006 programmes: 

EAGGF 

5,254,566.66 

17,297,754.06

4,094,783.06 
122,789,589.18 

ERDF
14,394,959.85
1,014,831.52
15,403,515.36
164,048.95
1,401,140.35

2,295,555.74 
73,787,602.49 
3,420,450.33 
18,412,572.56 

172,807.37
45,415,642.08
95,433,002.76
21,362,083.49
581,662,512.98
60,190,178.63

AT 
BE 
CB 
CE 
CY 
CZ 
DE 
DK 
EE 
ES 
FI 
FR 
GB 
GR 
HU 
IE 
IT 
LT 
LV 
MT 
NL 
PL 
PT 
RG 
SE 
SI 
777,989.89
SK 
Sum:  499,822,356.58  1,458,324,386.44

9,978,215.00 
124,807,942.01 
5,850,767.25 
4,592,410.00 
210,000.00 
3,351,245.76 
55,988,004.63 
39,271,043.25 

2,334,881.95
22,921,011.32
643,191.12
297,752,430.98
978,970.08
9,619,354.82

269,384,078.88

25,084,599.31 

633,009.35 

ESF

14,544,488.07

1,186,299.92
21,148,761.57
57,477,900.89
3,541,889.88

77,731,182.47

8,362,550.00
32,151,662.89

9,650,823.51
44,856,572.31
112,654,464.59
24,481.07
6,367,098.00
493,763.85
1,072,052.50
28,620,387.05
11,474,395.22

2,922,846.29
2,760,201.06

437,041,821.14

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Closures 

In  2011,  the  examination  process  continued  for  the  closure  documents  received  in 
2010. The remainder of the closure documents were submitted by Member States in 
March 2011. This was due to the extension of 12 months granted by the Commission 
for  the  final  date  of  eligibility  of  expenditure  for  some  Greek  and  Cross-border 
programmes. 

Out of the 379 programmes, a total of 152 final payment claims were paid at the end 
of  2011  for  a  value  of  EUR  1,457  million.  On  top  of  that,  138  winding-up 
declarations (WUDs) and 40 final reports were analysed in 2011. 

A proposal for closure was sent to Member States for 33 programmes while a further 
42 closure letters had been sent and agreed on at 31 December 2011. The preparatory 
work carried out in 2011 has created a solid basis for an effective closure process in 
2012, when the remaining programmes will be closed. 

In  respect  of  the  entire  2000-2006  period,  EUR  124,308  million  had  been  paid  to 
Member States as of 31 December 2011. This represents an average absorption rate 
for all Member States of 96 % of the overall allocation of EUR 129,584 million. The 
remaining payments concern payments of balances for the closure of programmes. 

RAL 

At the end of 2011, commitments from previous years on which payments were still 
outstanding  (RAL  'reste  à  liquider')  amounted  to  EUR  4,856  million  for  ERDF, 
compared with EUR 6,719 million at the end of 2010. This represents 3.9 % of the 
total  amount  committed  for  ERDF.  A  further  decrease  of  the  RAL  is  planned  with 
the payment of final balances in 2012 and 2013. 

2.1.2.  ESF 

For the 2000-2006 period, there are 239 ESF operational programmes to be closed. 
Closure  documents  for  all  239  programmes  were  submitted  in  due  time  and  are 
admissible.  Up  to  now,  212  WUDs  and  214  final  reports  have  been  accepted.  84 
closures files have been completed, representing a total amount of EUR 445 million. 

The payment-credits' consumption during 2011 reached EUR 437 million. 

The  total  outstanding  commitments  (RAL)  at  the  end  of  2011  stood  at  EUR  2,367 
million  (compared  to  EUR  3,004  million  in  2010).  This  represents  3.46  %  of  total 
commitments for the period 2000-2006. 

For the whole period, EUR 64,492 million had been paid to Member States as at the 
end of 2011. This represents an absorption rate for all Member States of 94.09 % of 
the overall allocation of EUR 68,600 million. 

Based  on  the  results  of  the  closure  analysis  process,  targeted  closure  audits  were 
carried  out  in  2011  on  the  WUDs  of  high-risk  programmes,  in  order  to  provide 
additional assurance that the residual risks did not exceed the materiality level. 

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2.1.3.  EAGGF   

The total amount paid in 2011 for EAGGF Guidance programmes was EUR 499.68 
million, of which EUR 8.8 million was paid from assigned revenue. Finally, 90.2 % 
of the 2011 available appropriations were used for payments. 

Implementation  of  the  2000-2006  programmes  was  accomplished  before  2011.  In 
2011,  the  Commission  received  the  closure  documents  for  the  remaining  4 
programmes  (the  closure  documents  for  the  148  out  of  152  RD  programmes  had 
already  been  received  in  2010)  and  worked  intensively  on  the  closure  of  the 
programmes.  In  addition  to  the  19  programmes  already  closed  in  2010,  the 
Commission  closed  a  further  75  programmes  in  2011.  Moreover,  the  final  balance 
was  proposed  for  88  programmes,  out  of  which  a  partial  balance  was  paid  for  13 
programmes. 

The  EAGGF-Guidance  outstanding  commitments  (RAL)  at  the  end  of  2011 
amounted  to  EUR  632.3  million,  equivalent  to  2.9  %  of  the  whole  2000-2006 
allocation. This amount is EUR 551 million lower than the EUR 1,183.3 million of 
RAL at the end of 2010. 

2.1.4.  FIFG  

The overall absorption rate for payments was 29.03 %, with EUR 0.7 million being 
disbursed to Member States. 

Concerning the execution level of payment appropriations, EUR 0.5 million was paid 
under  Objective  1  and  EUR  0.2  million  was  paid  in  respect  of  areas  other  than 
Objective 1. 

The  total  RAL  for  the  FIFG  at  the  end  of  2011  reached  EUR  295.7  million 
(compared  with  EUR  296.44  million  in  2010).  This  represents  7.4 %  of  total 
commitments for the 2000-2006 period.  

For  the  whole  period,  as  at  the  end  of  2011,  EUR  3,640  million  had  been  paid  to 
Member States. This represents an absorption rate for all Member States of 92.5 % of 
the overall allocation of EUR 3,935 million. 

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 3. 

CONSISTENCY AND COORDINATION 

3.1. 

Consistency with other EU policies 

Previous  reports  have  described  relevant  developments  in  relation  to  ensuring 
consistency  between  the  cohesion  policy  and  other  EU  policy  priorities  such  as 
competition  policy,  internal  market,  environment,  transport  and  gender-equality 
objectives.  There  were  no  specific  changes  in  requirements  or  expectations  on 
managing authorities as the 2000-2006 programmes entered the closure phase. 

3.2. 

Coordination of instruments 

3.2.1.  The Structural Funds and the Cohesion Fund 

the 
In  2000-2006,  all  25  Member  States  benefited  from 
Structural Funds,  while  thirteen  Member  States  also  benefited  from  the  Cohesion 
Fund  which  supports  the  less-prosperous  Member  States.  The  programming  and 
implementation  of  the  Structural  Funds  (ERDF  in  particular)  have  been  carefully 
co-ordinated,  also  vis-à-vis  the  Cohesion  Fund  to  avoid  duplication  in  projects 
supported.  

the  support  of 

3.2.2.  The  Structural  Funds  and  the  European  Investment  Bank  (EIB)  /  European 

Investment Fund (EIF)  

Throughout the 2000-2006 period, the Commission and the EIB and EIF reinforced 
their  cooperation  by  setting  up  the  three  initiatives  JASPERS,  JEREMIE  and 
JESSICA.  Details  of  this  cooperation  were  provided  in  previos  reports.  Since  the 
implementation of the 2000-2006 period entered the closure phase in 2010, there is 
nothing particular to report. 

4. 

EVALUATIONS 

the  Commission  continued 

to  support 
In  2011, 
decision-making  on  Structural  Funds'  matters.  But  most  of  the  evaluations 
concerning the period 2000-2006 were finished in 2010. 

to  carry  out  evaluations 

ERDF 

Evaluations launched in 2011 and currently underway: 

innovation  evaluation 

A study  on evaluating  innovation activities,  to determine  the state of 
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            the  art  of 
in  Member  States,  analyse 
            the advantages and limitations of available methodologies for assessing 
            different  kinds  of  innovation  activities,  conduct  a  series  of  case 
            studies  on  good-quality  evaluations,  and  draft  guidance 
for 
            managing authorities to support their evaluation activities. 

Providing  methodological  guidance  to  the  Member  States  continues  to  be  an 
important  task  for  the  Commission.  In  this  respect,  the  online  and  interactive 
resource  for  the  evaluation  of  socio-economic  development  EVALSED  will 

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constantly  be  updated,  with  a  new  section  on  theory-based  evaluation  currently 
underway. 

ESF    

Two  evaluations,  which  were  already  underway  in  2011,  were  completed  in  2012. 
The first assessed whether the economic crisis had had an impact on ESF spending. 
The second analysed the effectiveness and efficiency of ESF expenditure on Lifelong 
Learning activities. But both evaluations are not dealing with the 2000-2006 period. 

EAGGF 

The ex-post evaluation of 2000-2006 rural-development programmes ran throughout 
2011 and was completed during the first quarter of 2012. The evaluation concluded 
that  flexibility  to  adapt  to  the  variety  of  situations  across  the  Union,  coupled  with 
clearly  defined  objectives  and  appropriate  eligibility  and  selection  criteria  to 
maintain  the  focus  on  the  objectives,  are  key  to  the  success  of  rural-development 
policy.  A  deliberate  focus  on  synergy  and  complementarity  between  measures 
improved  the  effectiveness  of  the  policy.  Overall,  the  policy  generated  and/or 
maintained  employment  in  rural  areas,  supported  rural  incomes,  contributed  to 
maintaining  and  improving  the  rural  environment  and  biodiversity,  and  contributed 
to improving the quality of life and the sustainability of rural communities. 

5. 

CONTROLS 

Detailed information on the results of the controls is available in the Annual Activity 
Reports of the respective Directorates-General2. 

5.1. 

ERDF 

Assurance  with  regard  to  the  2000-2006  ERDF  programmes  has  been  built  up 
gradually  over  the  years.  In  terms  of  coverage,  the  programmes  audited  by  DG 
Regional Policy auditors represent 43% of the national and regional programmes in 
number terms and 76% of the planned ERDF contribution. As regards INTERREG, a 
separate  audit  enquiry  launched  in  2006  was  concluded  in  2009-2010  for  the  23 
programmes examined, representing 54 % of the amount committed. 

In  preparation  for  closure,  an  extensive  preparatory  enquiry  was  carried  out  from 
2007  onwards  in  order  to  review  the  winding-up  bodies  (WUBs).  The  aim  was  to  
verify  the  assurance  which  can  be  placed  on  their  closure  work  underpinning  the 
WUDs;  in  other  words,  to  verify  Member  States'  preparations  for  closure  and  to 
identify and mitigate any related risks. The objective was to decide whether the audit 
work  of  the  national  bodies  can  be  relied  on  as  a  main  source  of  assurance  for  the 
remainder  of  the  programming  period  and  whether  the  WUD  will  be  based  on 
adequate  audit  work,  thus  making  it  a  reliable  source  of  assurance  at  programme 
closure.  The  42  audits  carried  out  under  this  enquiry,  together  with  audit  missions 
done  on  the  WUB  as  part  of  regular  systems  audits  which  started  in  2004,  made  it 
possible to cover WUBs in charge of approximately 85 % of the agreed amount of 
the 2000-2006 programmes at the end of 2010.  

2 

Published at http://ec.europa.eu/atwork/synthesis/aar/index_en.htm 

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Given the significant amount of audit work carried out by DG Regional Policy on the 
2000-2006 programmes over previous years, and the high level of coverage attained 
from this audit work, the work of the DG has focused on two types of audit work at 
closure: 

1) on-the-spot checks on a sample of programmes through a joint enquiry with DG 
Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion, DG Agriculture and Rural Development 
and DG Maritime Affairs and Fisheries for the closure of 2000-2006 Structural Fund 
assistance  in  the  EU  25.  The  Enquiry  Planning  Memorandum  (EPM)  developed  in 
2009 covers two actions: 

i)  audit  work  on-the-spot  to  review  the  qualitative  and  quantitative  aspects  of  the 
national audit activities underpinning the WUDs issued by the WUBs, also including  
re-performance of a sample of 8-10 files, and 

ii) audit work to assess the acceptability of the declaration and of the accompanying 
report (as above). 

During 2010 and 2011 DG Regional Policy carried out 21 on-the-spot audit missions 
under  the  'EPM  Closure  of  Assistance  2000-2006  in  the  EU25'  in  seven  Member 
States (CZ, DE, ES, IT, IE UK, SK) including some Interreg programmes covering 
39 programmes wholly or partially. 

These closure audit missions have allowed DG Regional Policy to address particular 
risks  at  closure  (such  as  retrospective  projects,  public  procurement,  treatment  of 
irregularities, calculation of error rate), and to be able to conclude the analysis of the 
WUDs, in some cases proposing financial corrections to cater for system weaknesses 
not addressed sufficiently or unreliable error rates reported in WUDs. 

2) Analysis of WUDs: The audit directorate of DG Regional Policy examines all the 
379  WUDs  submitted  at  programme  closure  in  line  with  the  internal  procedures 
adopted by DG Regional Policy in 2009 in order to determine the validity of the final 
payment request. This work was concentrated particularly in the second half of 2010 
and 2011 and by mid-April 2012 all 379 WUDs had been assessed. In total, 336 (89 
%)  WUDs  have  been  accepted.  As  regards  the  remaining  43  (11  %)  WUDs,  DG 
Regional Policy has completed its initial analysis and has requested additional audit 
work or further information from the Member States in question. 

The 336 WUDs accepted concern 15 Member States (AT, DK, EL, FI, FR, HU, CY, 
LV, LX, MT, NL, PL, SE, SK, SL). The 43 WUDs still pending concern 11 Italian 
programmes,  8  Spanish,  5  Irish,  4  Czech,  3  Portuguese,  3  Belgian,  5  INTERREG 
programmes, and one programme each for Estonia, Germany, Lithuania and the UK. 

The  WUBs  classified  their  audit  opinions  in  line  with  the  closure  guidelines  as: 
unqualified  (84  %  cases),  qualified  (16  %  cases  covering  4  %  of  intermediary 
payments),  and  no  opinion  in  3  cases.  No  adverse  opinions  or  disclaimers  were 
expressed  for  any  programme.  As  a  result  of  DG  Regional  Policy's  examination  of 
the  WUDs,  the  DG  has  proposed  financial  corrections  amounting  to  over  EUR  1.3 
billion in its conclusions of 147 WUDs. Furthermore, it is likely that further financial 

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corrections  will  be  proposed  in  some  of  the  cases  where  additional  audit  work  or 
enquiries are on-going. 

5.2. 

ESF   

In  2011,  the  auditors  continued  the  examination  of  the  WUDs  submitted  at 
programme closure for those programmes for which the deadline for submission of 
closure documents had been extended to 2011. It also included the follow-up of the 
requests for additional information.  

Based  on  the  results  of  the  closure-analysis  process,  6  targeted  closure  audits  were 
carried  out  in  2011,  and  8  are  planned  in  2012,  on  the  WUDs  for  high-risk 
programmes, in order to be able to provide additional assurance that the residual risk 
does  not  exceed  the  materiality  level.  In  few  cases,  this  procedure  led  to  the 
determination  of  revised  financial  corrections.  In  all  cases  observed,  corrective 
procedures have been initiated. 

For the 2000-2006 period, financial corrections were decided in 2011 for an amount 
of  EUR  8.6  million,  of  which  EUR  8.1  million  have  already  been  implemented.  In 
addition, EUR 10.9 million decided in previous years were implemented in 2011. 

5.3. 

EAGGF 

At the end of 2011, a total of 110 of the 152 programmes were subject to audit (72.4 
%), covering € 21.8 billion (96.9 %) of to tal commitment appropriations. A total of 
46 programmes were subject to a follow-up audit. 

By 31 December 2011, the examination of the WUDs submitted by Member States 
was finalised as regards 146 programmes, representing 96.1 % of the total number of 
programmes.   

5.4. 

FIFG  

The FIFG is under closure and there were no new FIFG audits carried out in 2011. 
Since  the  beginning  of  the  2000-2006  programming  period,  DG  Maritime  Affairs 
and Fisheries has carried out a total of 58 audit missions covering all its mono-fund 
programmes  (18  programmes  representing  an  initial  budget  contribution  of  €  3 
608.73  million  –  87.4  %  of  the  total  2000-2006  budget)  as  well  as  18  multi-fund 
programmes  representing  a  contribution  of  €  374.58  million  –  9.2  %  of  the  total 
2000-2006 initial budget. In total, DG Maritime Affairs and Fisheries systems audits 
have covered programmes representing 96.6 % of the total FIFG initial contribution 
for  2000-2006.  For  the  remaining  programmes,  the  assurance  is  gained  from  other 
Structural Funds DGs' audit work and/or national audits. 

For  47  WUDs,  the  first  analysis  has  been  completed;  for  the  remaining  13,  the 
analysis  is  still  ongoing.  Of  the  47  cases  analysed,  16  declarations  were  accepted. 
Member States were requested to provide additional clarifications for the remaining 
31 WUDs which were 'interrupted': DG Maritime Affairs and Fisheries has received 
27  responses  so  far  and  has  analysed  14  of  them.  There  are  thus  27  WUDs  (14  at 
first- analysis stage, 13 at post-interruption stage) still under examination. 

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5.5. 

OLAF 

In 2011, OLAF undertook 29 missions in the Member States relating to measures co-
financed  by  the  Structural  Funds.  During  these  missions  on-the-spot  checks3  were 
carried out on 57 economic operators and 18 other types of missions were carried out 
to  gather  information  or  to  assist  either  national  administrations  or  judicial 
authorities. As was the case in previous years, typical problems identified by OLAF 
in the course of 2011 included false declarations, false invoicing and failure to abide 
by public-procurement rules, as well as specified instances of conflict of interest in 
certain tendering procedures. 

In 2011, Members States reported to the Commission, in accordance with Regulation 
(EC) No 1681/9442 as amended5 and Regulation (EC) No 1828/20066 as amended7, 
some  3  8168  notifications  of  irregularities  involving  EUR  1.177  billion  concerning 
co-financed  measures  of  the  1994-99,  2000-2006  and  2007-2013  programming 
periods9.  

6. 

COMMITTEES ASSISTING THE COMMISSION 

6.1. 

Coordination Committee of the Funds (COCOF)   

The only COCOF activity in 2011 concerning the implementation of the 2000-2006 
period was the presentation of an analysis of the closure process regarding the 2000-
2006 programmes. 

6.2. 

ESF Committee 

In  2011  there  were  three  Plenary  Sessions  and  five  Technical  Working  Group 
meetings.  The  Technical  Working  Group  reviewed  the  progress  of  the  closure 
process  of  the  2000-2006  period  at  all  of  its  meetings  in  2011,  and  there  was  one 
detailed presentation on the lessons to be learned from the closure process. 

6.3. 

Committee on Agricultural Structures and Rural Development (STAR)  

DG AGRI 

The  STAR  Committee  met  twice  in  2011  to  inform  on  financial  treatment  to  be 
applied to expenditure financed by the EAGGF Guidance Section in certain cases of 
irregularity. The opinion of the Committee was not required. 

6.4. 

Committee on Structures for Fisheries and Aquaculture (CSFA) 

DG MARE 

3 
4 
5 
6 
7 
8 

9  

Regulation (EC) No 2185/1996, OJ L 292, 15.10.1996, p. 2 
OJ L 178, 12.07.1994, p.43 
Regulation (EC) No2035/2005, JO L 328, 15.12.2005, p; 8 
OJ L 371, 27.12.2006, p,1 
Regulation (EC) No 846/2009, JO L 250, 23.09.2009, p.1 
2010:  number  of  communicated  cases  6,910;  overall  amount  related  to  the  communications  €1.1546 
billion. 
See Commission Report on the protection of the EU financial interests (COM (2012) 408 final) 

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The  Committee  on  Structures  for  Fisheries  and  Aquaculture  (CSFA)  met  twice  in 
2011. The main point discussed at the meetings was the closure of the FIFG. 

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7. 

List of Major Projects to which the Funds have contributed (2000-2006 period) 

TITLE 
CCI_MP 
1999NL053PR001 Megabanenmarkt Amsterdam 
2001ES161PR001  Circumvalación de Las Palmas - Fase II et Fase III 
2001ES161PR002  Autovía: Albacete-Murcia-Tramo: Albacete-Venta del Olivo 
2001ES161PR003  Proyecto de la presa de la Brena II 
2001ES161PR004  Desaladora de Aqua Marina de Carbonera 
2001ES161PR005  Autovía A-49: Sevilla-Frontera portuguesa. Tramo: San Juan del Puerto-Enlace de Lepe 
2001FR162PR001  Port 2000 Le Havre 
2001FR162PR002  Route Nationale 106 (Languedoc-Roussillon) 
2001FR162PR003  Grand Projet ATMEL 
2001PT161PR001  Terminal de Regasificação de Gás Natural Liquefeito 
2001PT161PR002  Armazenagem subterrânea de gás natural no Carriço-Pombal 
2001PT161PR003  Linha do Douro - Remodelação do troço Cête-Caíde 
2001PT161PR004 
IC 10 - Ponte sobre o Tejo em Santarém e acessos imediatos 
2002DE161PR002 Ausbau der Schienenstrecke Berlin - Frankfurt/Oder - Grenze Deutschland/Polen 
2002DE161PR003 Neubau der Bundesautobahn A 17 von Dresden (B 173) - Tschechische Republik 
2002DE161PR004 Neu- und Ausbau der A 113, B 96 und B 96a 
2002DE161PR005 Neubau der Bundesstrasse B 6n in den Abschnitten Wernigerode-Blankenburg und Quedlinburg-Bernburg 
2002DE161PR006 Neubau der Bundesautobahn A71 AD Oberrolingen (A 38) - AS Erfurt-Bindersleben 
2002DE162PR001 Design und Kulturstandort Zollverein 
2002DE162PR002 Propylen Pipeline 
2002ES161PR001  Gran Telescopio de Canarias 
2002ES161PR002  Ampliación de la Darsena de Escombreras en Cartagena 
2002ES161PR003  Ampliación del Puerto de Castellon 
2002ES161PR004  Autovía Ruta de la plata. CN-630-Construccion del tramo del Enlace de Gerena-Enlace de Camas 
2002ES161PR005  Autovía Ciudad Real-Atalaya de Canavate- Tramo: Enlace de Miguelturra - Enlace de Daimiel 
2002ES161PR006  Autovía de Castilla-La Mancha - Tramo: Abia de la Obispalia y Cuenca 
2002ES161PR007  Ampliación del Puerto de Ferrol (Puerto exterior) 
2002ES161PR008  Autovía A-381: Tramo: Jerez - Los Barrios, Provincia de Cadiz 

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2002ES161PR009  Autovía de la Plata CN-630 de Gijón a Sevilla. Tramo: Plasencia (Sur) - Canaveral (Este) 
2002ES161PR010  Presa del Arenoso 
2002ES161PR011  Autovía A-92 Sur, Guadix-Almeria. Tramo: Hueneja-Interseccion N-340 
2002ES161PR012  Línea de alta velocidad entre Córdoba y Málaga 
2002ES161PR013  Autovía de Castilla. Tramo Martin de Yeltes-Ciudad Rodrigo 
2002ES161PR014  Planta de regasificación de gas natural licuado en la Isla de Gran Canaria 
2002ES161PR015 
2002ES161PR016  Glapilk, A.I.E. 
2002ES161PR018  Asturiana de Zinc, S.A. 
2002ES161PR019  Conexión Almanzora-Poniente Almenriense. Fase I: Tramo venta del podre Nijar en Almería 
2002ES161PR020  Autopista Santiago de Compostela-Ourense. Tramo: Santiago-Alto de Santo Domingo 

Impulsión de la IDAM de Carboneras 

Autovía del Cantábrico - Carretera Nacional 632, de Ribadesella a Luarca. Tramo: Grases (Villaviciosa) - 
Infanzón (Gijon) 

2002ES161PR021 
2002ES161PR022  Delphi Automotive System España, S.A. 
2002ES161PR023  Construcción del nuevo Hospital General Universitario de Murcia 

Autovía del Cantábrico. Carretra Nacional 632, de Ribadesella a Luarca. Tramo: Soto del Barco-Muros de 
2002ES161PR024 
Naon 
2002ES161PR025  Conducción Jucar-Vinalopo 
2002ES161PR026  Autovía Alacant-Alcoit y Villena Ibi. Tramo: Rambla de Rambuchar-Catalla) 
2002ES161PR027  Maspalomas Resort S.L. 
2002ES161PR028  Dupont Ibérica, S.L. 
2002ES161PR029  Autovía de la Plata. Tramo: Valverde de la Virgen-Ardon 
2002FR161PR001  Déviation de Sainte-Marie (Ile de la Réunion) 
2002FR162PR001  Cap 'Découverte 
2002FR162PR002  Grande Halle d'Auvergne 
2002FR162PR003  ATMEL ROUSSET (Bouches du Rhône) Phase 3 
2002FR162PR004  Pikington-Glass France à Seingbouse 
2002FR162PR005  Tunnel du Lioran 
2002IE161PR001  Purchase of diesel railcars 
2002IE161PR003  N 8 Watergrasshill by-pass 
2002IE161PR004  N11 Rathnew-Ashford by-pass 
2002IE161PR005  N18 Hurlers cross by-pass 

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2002IE161PR006  N22 Ballincollig by-pass 
2003DE161PR002 AMD Piesteritz 
2003ES161PR001  Nueva carretera de acceso al Puerto de Castellón 
2003ES161PR002  Fibras del Noreste S.A. 
2003ES161PR003  Biotenol Galicia S.A. 
2003ES161PR004  Autovía del Mediterráneo CN-240. Tramo: Nerja-Almuñécar 

Autovía del Cantábrico. Carretera Nacional 632, de Ribadesella a Luarca. Tramo: Vegarrozadas-Soto del 
Barco 

2003ES161PR005 
2003FR161PR001  SEVELNORD 
2003FR162PR001  Lenglet 
2003FR162PR002  Éléctrification des lignes vosgiennes 
2003FR162PR003  Plate-forme multimodale Dourges 2ème phase 
2003FR162PR004  RCEA Limousin 
2004IT161PR002 
2005ES161PR007  FIBRAS DEL NOROESTE 

IVECO-Ristrutturazione stabilimento di Foggia e nuovo Lab. di Ricerca 

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