COMMISSION STAFF WORKING DOCUMENT Accompanying the document REPORT FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND TO THE COUNCIL on the implementation of Article 45 of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council on information measures relating to the common agricultural policy
Date: 2017-12-19
Institutions: Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development, European Commission
Subjects: EU financing, EU initiative, European Commission, co-financing, common agricultural policy, dissemination of EU information, public awareness campaign

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   EUROPEAN COMMISSION  Brussels, 19.12.2017  SWD(2017) 459 final  COMMISSION STAFF WORKING DOCUMENT Accompanying the document REPORT FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND TO THE COUNCIL on the implementation of  Article 45 of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council on information measures relating to the common agricultural policy {COM(2017) 777 final}  
 
 
TABLE OF CONTENTS 

ANNEX I - GRANTS APPLICATIONS 

ANNEX 2 - GRANTS AWARDED ON 2015 BUDGET 

ANNEX 3 - GRANTS AWARDED ON 2016 BUDGET 

ANNEX 4 - DIRECT ACTIONS 

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ANNEX 1 - GRANTS APPLICATIONS 

Number of applications received and awarded by Member State 2015-2016 

Applications rejected and awarded in 
2015 
Country  Rejected  Awarded  Total 

Applications rejected and awarded in 
2016 

   Country  Rejected  Awarded  Total 

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

2 
12 
0 
0 
1 
0 
0 
2 
5 
3 
18 
3 
1 
0 
0 
2 
1 
1 
2 
1 
3 
5 
0 
3 
0 
0 
0 
2 
67 

3 
1 
0 
0 
1 
0 
1 
0 
0 
2 
2 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
1 
0 
2 
1 
0 
1 
0 
1 
0 
0 
0 
0 
16 

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

5 
13 
0 
0 
2 
0 
1 
2 
5 
5 
20 
3 
1 
0 
0 
2 
2 
1 
4 
2 
3 
6 
0 
4 
0 
0 
0 
2 
83 

2 
5 
0 
0 
1 
0 
0 
0 
2 
2 
16 
1 
0 
1 
0 
0 
1 
1 
2 
0 
0 
5 
1 
2 
0 
1 
0 
0 
43 

1 
3 
0 
0 
2 
0 
1 
1 
1 
1 
5 
0 
0 
0 
0 
1 
0 
0 
1 
0 
0 
1 
1 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
19 

3 
8 
0 
0 
3 
0 
1 
1 
3 
3 
21 
1 
0 
1 
0 
1 
1 
1 
3 
0 
0 
6 
2 
2 
0 
1 
0 
0 
62 

* Included Grants awarded to organisations with important EU and/or trans-national dimension 

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ANNEX 2 - GRANTS AWARDED ON 2015 BUDGET 

List of grants awarded under the 2015 fiscal year on budget line 05.0806 

Applicant 

ARGE DORF Europäische ARGE 
Landentwicklung Dorferneuerung 
Szaktudás Kiadó Ház (Szaktudás 
Publishing House) 
Groupe de Bruges 
IFOAM EU Group 
Confédération Paysanne 
Associazione Nazionale delle Bonifiche 
delle Irrigazioni e dei Miglioramenti 
Fondiari (ANBĪ) 
Vogelbescherming NL 
Birdlife Europe1 
EurActiv.com 
The Agri  Awareness Trust 
Fondazione Campagna Amica 
IKONOMEDIA 
France Media Monde 
AGRO BIO 
EUROSOC#DIGITAL 
CAFS Chamber of Agriculture 

City 

St Pölten 

Budapest 

Wageningen 
Brussels 
Bagnolet 
Rome 

Country 

Austria 

Hungary 

The Netherlands 
Belgium 
France 
Italy 

Zeist 
Brussels 
Brussels 
Dublin 
Rome 
Sofia 
Issy-les-Moulineaux 
Lisbon 
Berlin 
Ljubljana 

The Netherlands 
Belgium 
Belgium 
Republic of Ireland 
Italy 
Bulgaria 
France 
Portugal 
Germany 
Slovenia 
TOTAL 

Amount paid (€)  % of cofinancing 

€108.202,99 

€102.543,55 

€81.759,01 
€202.659,35 
€162.871,08 
€90.490,37 

€243.920,05 
€0 
€275.793,79 
€242.538,78 
€114.610,70 
€173.471,61 
€202.484,68 
€68.287,78 
€88.224,73 
€165.943,35 
€2.323.801,82 

50% 

50% 

50% 
50% 
50% 
50% 

47% 
50% 
50% 
50% 
50% 
50% 
50% 
50% 
50% 
50% 

1 This grant was awarded but the grant agreement was not signed as the beneficiary was not able to carry on the action 

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ANNEX 3 - GRANTS AWARDED ON 2016 BUDGET 

List of grants awarded under the 2016 fiscal year on budget line 05.0806 

Applicant 

AGRO BIO 
Association Bulgarian Villages (ABV)2 
Circolo Festambiente 
Radio Italia Puglia 
Association «DEVIN - Past, present une 
future" 
FGN (Fundación Global Nature) 
EurActiv.com 
Coldiretti 
DABS (Dobrudja Agrarian and Business 
School) 
The Agri Awareness Trust 
Iniziative Editoriali 
EUROSOC#DIGITAL 
Pentalpha gGmbH 
HPA (Croatian Agricultural Agency) 
Harghita County Council 
Vogelbescherming NL 
GAIA EPICHEIREIN (Gaia Epicheirein 
Digital Services) 
AIA (Associazione Italiana Allevatori) 
France Media Monde 

City 

Lisbon 
Veliko Tamovo 
Grosseto 
Corato (BA) 

Devin 

Valencia 
Brussels 
Rome 

Dobrich 

Dublin 
Rimini (RN) 
Berlin 
Leipzig 
Križevci 
Miercurea Ciuc 
Zeist 

Athens 

Roma 
Issy-les-Moulineaux 

Country 

Portugal 
Bulgaria 
Italy 
Italy 

Bulgaria 

Spain 
Belgique 
Italy 

Bulgaria 

Republic of Ireland 
Italy 
Germany 
Germany 
Croatia 
Romania 
Netherlands 

Greece 

Italy 
France 
TOTAL 

Amount paid (€)  % of cofinancing 

€113,916.79 
€0.00 
€113,209.41 
€59,221.75 

€59,924.10 

€67,307.42 
€299,693.75 
€66,243.98 

€79,244.82 

€299,356.19 
€59,880.15 
€83,429.76 
€88,746.21 
€122,353.92 
€77,072.55 
€144,518.50 

€289,457.40 

€100,110.81 
€298,965.00 
€2,419,099.28 

50% 
50% 
50% 
50% 

50% 

50% 
50% 
50% 

50% 

50% 
50% 
50% 
50% 
50% 
50% 
50% 

50% 

50% 
50% 

2 This grant was awarded but the grant agreement was not signed as the beneficiary was not able to carry on the action 

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ANNEX 4 - DIRECT ACTIONS 

Financial Implications 2015-2016 

TABLE 1: List of direct actions financed under the 2015 fiscal year on budget line 05.0806 

MEDIA NETWORKING 

Details 

press and study trips 
AG-press annual event 
Social media subscription 
press and study trips 

Year 
2015 
2015 
2015 
2016 

2015-2016  Maintenance of e-platform 

STAKEHOLDERS NETWORKING 

Year 
2015 
2015 
2015-2016 

Year 

2015-2016 

2015-2016 
2015 

2016 

2016 

Year 

2015 

2015 

2015 

Details 

Agri markets conference 
Kick-off meeting with grant beneficiaries 
Sheep meat conferences 

GENERAL PUBLIC ACTIVITIES 

Details 
Design, further development and production of 
an educational pack for pupils and teachers 
Purchase of communication material  
Organisation of the EU Open days 
Participation at the Grüne Woche - coorganised 
with DG SANTE et MARE 
Participation at the Salon de l'Agriculture - 
coorganised with DG SANTE et MARE 

HORIZONTAL ACTIVITIES 

Details 

Organisation of DG AGRI's events at EXPO 
Milan 2015 
Distribution and stocking cost for publications 
Eurobarometer survey on agriculture and the 
CAP 

2015-2016  Contracting of a Senior online editor 
2015-2016  Contracting of a Web-visual designer 
2015-2016  Contracting of a Webmaster 
2015-2016 

Publications - codelegated to the OP 
Contribution for the Digital Transformation of 
DG AGRI's EUROPA website 

2016 

Place 
S-GR-IE-BE(2)-IT 
Belgium 
EU 
DE-CZ-BE/NL 
EU 
TOTAL 

Place 
Belgium 
Belgium 
Belgium 
TOTAL 

Place 

EU 

EU 
Brussels 

Berlin 

Paris 

TOTAL 

Place 

Italy 

EU 

EU 

Belgium 
Belgium 
Belgium 
EU 

EU 

TOTAL 

AMOUNT COMMITTED - FINAL PAYMENT NOT DONE YET 
AMOUNT OF FINAL PAYMENTS 

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Payments (€) 

123,388.88 
80,102.04 
4,942.62 
67,705.42 
14,830.00 
290,968.96 

Payments (€) 

91,120.96 
8,414.59 
114,947.90 
214,483.45 

Payments (€) 

571,560.34 

489,124.92 
87,210.86 

258,081.45 

1,405,977.57 

Payments (€) 

1,238,439.47 

47,691.44 

400,851.04 

99,000.00 
49,920.00 
68,250.00 
83,952.80 

239,606.25 

2,227,711.00 

N/A 

4,139,140.98 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
TABLE 2: List of direct actions financed under the 2016 fiscal year on budget line 05.0806 

MEDIA AND WEB 

Details 

Place 

Initial budget 
foreseen (€) 

Commitments (€) 
payments (€) 

Year 

2016 

2016 

2016-2017 

2016-2017 

Press and study trips 

Social media subscription 
Contracting of a Senior online 
editor 
Contracting of a Web-visual 
designer 

2016-2017  Contracting of a Webmaster 
2016-2017  Contracting of a Webmaster 
2016-2017  Maintenance of e-platform 

CONFERENCES, FAIRS AND EVENTS 

Year 

2016 

2016 

2016 
2016 

2016 

2016 

Details 

Cork conference 
Kick-off meeting with grant 
beneficiaries 
Sheep meat conference IV 
Organisation of the EU Open Days 
Participation in the Grüne Woche 
and Salon International de 
l'Agriculture 
Outlook conference 

HORIZONTAL ACTIVITIES 

Year 

2016 

Details 

Publications and communication 
material 

Slovenia, Spain, 
Belgium 
EU 

Belgium 

Belgium 

Belgium 
Belgium 
EU 
TOTAL 

Place 

Ireland 

Belgium 

Belgium 
Brussels 

90,000.00 

2,500.00 

90,000.00 

60,000.00 

70,000.00 
70,000.00 
15,000.00 
397,500.00 

13,340.50 

2493.1 
55,000.00 

20,800.00 

37,450.00 
30,975.00 
13930 
173,988.60 

Initial budget 
foreseen (€) 
455,895.29 

20,000.00 

70,000.00 
50,000.00 

Payments (€) 

415,002.20 

14,450.88 

35,415.38 
72,962.18 

Berlin, Paris 

380,005.43 

54,318.00 

Belgium 
TOTAL 

140,000.00 
1,115,900.72 

80,444.11 
672,592.75 

Place 

EU 

TOTAL 

Initial budget 
foreseen (€) 

67,500.00 

67,500.00 

Payments (€) 

60,479.64 

60,479.64 

AMOUNT INITIALLY FORESEEN 

1,580,900.70  *  Following 

amendment of the 
Work Programme 

AMOUNT OF FINAL PAYMENTS 

890,637.89 

CORPORATE COMMUNICATION 

Year 
2016 

Details 

Co-delegated to DG COMM 

Place 
EU 

Payments (€) 
4,000,000.00 

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