REPORT FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL 13th FINANCIAL REPORT FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL on the EUROPEAN AGRICULTURAL FUND FOR RURAL DEVELOPMENT (EAFRD) 2019 FINANCIAL YEAR
Date: 2020-08-20
Institutions: Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development, European Commission
Subjects: EAFRD, EU Member State, agricultural expenditure, commitment of expenditure, financial year, payment appropriation, rural development

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   EUROPEAN COMMISSION  Brussels, 20.8.2020  COM(2020) 387 final  REPORT FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL 13th FINANCIAL REPORT FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL  on the EUROPEAN AGRICULTURAL FUND FOR RURAL DEVELOPMENT (EAFRD)  2019 FINANCIAL YEAR  
 
 
Table of contents 

1. 

1.1. 

1.2. 

1.3. 

1.4. 

2. 

BUDGET PROCEDURE ................................................................................................... 2 

Financial framework .................................................................................................. 2 

Draft Budget (DB) 2019 ............................................................................................. 2 

The adoption of the 2019 Budget .............................................................................. 3 

The adoption of the Amending Budgets ................................................................... 3 

MANAGEMENT OF APPROPRIATIONS ........................................................................... 3 

2.1.  Management of commitment appropriations .......................................................... 3 

2.1.1.  EAFRD rural development programmes ..................................................................... 3 

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

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

2.2.1.  EAFRD rural development programmes ..................................................................... 4 

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

3. 

3.1. 

IMPLEMENTATION OF THE 2019 EAFRD BUDGET ..................................................... 5 

Implementation of commitment appropriations ..................................................... 5 

3.1.1.  EAFRD rural development programmes ..................................................................... 5 

3.1.2.  Technical assistance ..................................................................................................... 7 

3.2. 

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

3.2.1.  EAFRD rural development programmes ..................................................................... 7 

3.2.2.  Technical assistance ................................................................................................... 12 

3.3. 

3.4. 

Analysis of expenditure declared by measure ....................................................... 12 

Implementation of EAFRD programmes............................................................... 14 

3.4.1.  Programming period 2007-2013 ................................................................................ 14 

3.4.2.  Programming period 2014-2020 ................................................................................ 14 

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1. 

BUDGET PROCEDURE 

1.1. 

Financial framework  

Rural  development  expenditure  in  2019  is  funded  within  the  multiannual  financial 
framework  (MFF)  2014-2020.  The  financial  framework  is  provided  by  Council 
Regulation  (EU)  No  1311/2013.  The  allocation  for  rural  development  and  the 
allocation  for  market  related  expenditure  and  direct  payments  after  the  annual 
technical adjustment of the MFF are presented in table 1. 

Table 1 – Financial framework 2014-2020 

HEADING 2. 

Sustainable growth: natural 
resources 

TOTAL  

of which : 

- Rural Development a), b), c), d), e) 

- Market related expenditure and 
direct aids, a), b), c), d) 

In million EUR; current prices 

2014 

2015 

2016 

2017 

2018 

2019 

2020 

49 857 

64 692 

64 262 

60 191 

60 267 

60 344 

60 421 

5 298.9 

18 183.7 

18 683.7 

14 371.2 

14 381.0 

14 690.6 

14 709.4 

43 778.1 

44 189.8 

43 950.2 

44 145.7 

44 162.4 

43 880.3 

43 887.1 

a) After net transfer of EUR 351.9 million between EAGF and EAFRD for the financial year 2014 (see note f for details) 

b) After net transfer of EUR 51.6 million between EAGF and EAFRD for the financial year 2015 (see note f for details) 

c) After net transfer of EUR 28 million between EAGF and EAFRD for the financial years 2014-2020 (see note f for details)  

d)  After  net  transfer  of  EUR  4  313.9  million  between  EAGF  and  EAFRD  for  financial  years  2015-2020  (see  note  f  for 
details) 

e) After the reprogramming of the EAFRD allocation of year 2014 following the application of Article 19 of MFF Regulation 
(EU) No 1311/2013 a total amount of EUR 8 705 million deducted from 2014 commitments was equally distributed to 2015 
and 2016 commitments 

f)  The  transfers  to  rural  development  (EAFRD)  mentioned  in  notes  a)  to  d)  above  involve:  EUR  4  million  transferred 
annually for the whole period 2014-2020 from the cotton sector (Greece) on the basis of Article 66(1) of Regulation (EU) No 
1307/2013, EUR 296.3 million set for the voluntary adjustment transferred for the financial year 2014 (UK) on the basis of 
Article  10b  and  10c(2)  of  Regulation  (EC)  No  73/2009,  EUR  51.6  million  for  unspent  amounts  transferred  each  year  for 
financial years 2014 and 2015 (SE and DE) on the basis of Articles 136 and 136b of Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 and EUR 
4 313.9 million for the reduction of payments and the flexibility  between pillars on the basis of Articles 7(2) and 14(1) of 
Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013 

1.2. 

Draft Budget (DB) 2019 

The Draft Budget (DB) 2019 was adopted by the Commission and proposed to the 
Budgetary Authority on 21 June 2018. 

The Draft Budget included EUR 14 679 million in commitment appropriations and 
EUR 13 122 million in payment appropriations for the European Agricultural Fund 
for Rural Development (EAFRD) 2014-2020 programming period. 

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The  Council  adopted  its  position  on  the  2019  Draft  Budget  on  4  September  2018 
and  the  European  Parliament  adopted  its  position  on  24  October  2018.  The 
Conciliation  Committee  had  to  be  convened.  The  Conciliation  Committee  did  not 
agree  on  a  joint  text  within  the  21-day  time-limit.  The  European  Commission 
presented  a  second  draft  general  budget  for  2019  on  30  November  2018.  The 
amounts for the EAFRD were not changed as compared with the first Draft Budget. 
The Council and the European Parliament approved the joint text respectively on 11 
December and 12 December 2018. 

1.3. 

The adoption of the 2019 Budget 

The 2019 Budget adopted on 12 December 2018 was, as regards the EAFRD, equal 
to the Commission’s proposal.  

Table 2 

Budget Item 

Adopted Budget 2019 

Commitment 
appropriations 
(in EUR) 

Payment 
appropriations 
(in EUR) 

2014-2020 

05.046001 (Rural development programmes) 

14.656.460.137 

13.100.000.000 

05.010404 (Non-operational technical assistance) 

5.034.000 

5.034.000 

05.046002 (Operational technical assistance) 

17.115.400 

16.725.400 

1.4. 

The adoption of the Amending Budgets 

None of the 2019 amending budgets concerned the EAFRD. 

2. 

MANAGEMENT OF APPROPRIATIONS 

2.1.  Management of commitment appropriations 

2.1.1.  EAFRD rural development programmes 

As  regards  commitment  appropriations  for  the  EAFRD  rural  development 
programmes, the 2019 voted budget amounted to EUR 14 656 million, all related to 
the 2014-2020 programmes.  

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Table 3 

Management of commitment appropriations in 2019 – EAFRD 

Appropriations at the beginning of 2019 

Appropriations available in 2019 
Appropriations used in 2019 

2.1.2.  Technical assistance 

Budget Item 
05.046001 
(in EUR) 

14.656.460.137 

14.656.460.137 
14.656.460.137 

Article 51(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013 provides that the EAFRD may use 
up  to  0.25%  of  its  annual  allocation  to  finance  technical  assistance  actions  at  the 
initiative  of  the  Commission.  In  the  2019  budget,  the  initial  amount  available  for 
this  purpose  was  EUR  5.0  million  for  non-operational  technical  assistance  and 
EUR 17.1 million for operational technical assistance. 

2.2.  Management of payment appropriations 

2.2.1.  EAFRD rural development programmes 

For  the  rural  development  programmes  2014-2020,  the  payment  appropriations  of 
the voted budget 2019 amounted to EUR 13 100 million. In addition, the available 
assigned revenue transferred from the previous year amounted to EUR 12.4 million 
and the assigned revenue collected during the year, amounted to EUR 25.1 million. 
The  payment  appropriations  were  reinforced  with  the  transfer  of  EUR  0.5  million 
from the line “EAFRD 2014-2020 contribution to European Solidarity Corps", EUR 
265.6 million with the global transfer and EUR 100 million with the end-of-the year 
transfer.  In  addition,  the  transfer  of  EUR  961.7  million  of  assigned  revenue  from 
prior to 2014 EAFRD programmes was executed to cover in full the Member States' 
declarations  of  expenditure  of  the  third  quarter  of  2019.  An  amount  of  EUR  1.8 
million  was  transferred  to  the  operational  technical  assistance  line.  Taking  into 
account all transfers, the total amount of payment appropriations available in 2019 
amounted  to  EUR 14 463.4  million.  In  total,  EUR 13 840.0  million  of  payment 
appropriations  were  used  and  EUR 623.4 million  of  assigned  revenue  were 
automatically carried over from 2019 to 2020.  

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Table 4 

Management of payment appropriations in 2019 
(in EUR) 

EAFRD (2014-2020) 
Budget Item - 05.046001 

Appropriations at the beginning of 2019 

13.100.000.000 

Transfer from "EAFRD 2014-2020 contribution to ESC" line 

540.000 

Transfer to Technical Assistance line of EAFRD 2014-2020 

-1.800.000 

Global transfer 

End-of-the year transfer 

Assigned revenue carried over from 2018 

Assigned revenue collected in 2019 

265.580.630 

100.000.000 

12.400.084 

25.056.900 

Transfer of Assigned revenue from EAFRD prior to 2014 

961.659.440 

Appropriations available in 2019 
Appropriations used in 2019 

14.463.437.054 
13.839.996.951 

2.2.2.  Technical assistance 

As regards the EAFRD technical assistance at the initiative of the Commission, total 
payment appropriations in the 2019 budget amounted to EUR 21.8 million. EUR 1.8 
million were transferred from the EAFRD 2014-2020 programmes line to cover the 
payment needs. The final payment appropriations was EUR 23.6 million.  

3. 

IMPLEMENTATION OF THE 2019 EAFRD BUDGET 

3.1. 

Implementation of commitment appropriations 

3.1.1.  EAFRD rural development programmes 

The total amount of commitment appropriations available in the 2019 budget for the 
EAFRD programmes 2014-2020 (EUR 14 656.5 million) was committed.  

Table 5 shows, per Member State, the allocation established by Regulation (EU) No 
1305/2013  as  last  amended  by  Regulation    (EU)  2019/2881  and  the  amounts 
committed in 2019. 

1  Regulation  (EU)  2019/288  of  the  European  Parliament  and  of  the  Council  of  13  February  2019  amending 
Regulations (EU) N° 1305/2013 and (EU) N° 1307/2013 as regards certain rules on direct payments and support 
for rural development in respect of the years 2019 and 2020 

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Table 5  

Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013 (as amended) vs. amounts 
committed by the end of 2019 

Budget item: 05.046001 

(in EUR) 

MS 

BE 

BG 

CZ 

DK 

DE 

EE 

IE 

GR 

ES 

FR 

HR 

IT 

CY 

LV 

LT 

LU 

HU 

MT 

NL 

AT 

PL 

PT 

RO 

SI 

SK 

FI 

SE 

UK 

Total 

Amounts committed 
in 2019 

(b) 
102.912.713 
339.523.306 
323.242.050 
152.367.537 
1.397.914.658 
127.277.180 
312.764.355 
700.043.071 
1.183.448.718 
1.984.761.729 
282.342.500 
1.498.573.799 

18.889.108 

159.374.589 
247.213.599 
14.464.074 
487.402.356 
13.876.504 
148.107.797 
565.713.368 
1.189.103.987 
581.637.133 
1.141.925.604 
120.384.760 
214.844.203 
343.198.337 
249.710.989 
755.442.113 
14.656.460.137 

Regulation (EU) No 
1305/2013 
 2019 Allocation 
(a) 

102.912.713 
339.523.306 
323.242.050 
152.367.537 
1.397.914.658 
127.277.180 
312.764.355 
700.043.071 
1.183.448.718 
1.984.761.729 
282.342.500 
1.498.573.799 

18.889.108 

159.374.589 
247.213.599 
14.464.074 
487.402.356 
13.876.504 
148.107.797 
565.713.368 
1.189.103.987 
581.637.133 
1.141.925.604 
120.384.760 
214.844.203 
343.198.337 
249.710.989 
755.442.113 
14.656.460.137 

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3.1.2.  Technical assistance 

For the programming period 2014-2020, the amount of commitment appropriations 
for  operational  technical  assistance  in  the  budget  2019  was  EUR  17.1  million. 
Table 6  shows  the  consumption  of  the  commitment  appropriations  available  for 
operational  technical  assistance  in  2019.  The most  important  part  relates  to  the 
European Network for Rural Development. 

Table 6 

Operational technical assistance – Implementation of commitment appropriations 

Budget Item: 05.046002 

 (in EUR)  

Description 

 Amount committed  

European Network for Rural Development  

Information technology* 

European Innovation Partnership  

European Evaluation Network  

Corporate Communication 

Technical Advisory Platform for Financial Instruments 

Organic agriculture database 

Audit and Controls 

Total 

  * Including BCO (Broadband Competence Offices) 

              4.980.794  

              3.111.799  

              2.736.732  

              1.975.414  

              1.380.000  

                 500.000  

                 433.295  

                 644.735  

         15.762.767  

3.2. 

Implementation of payment appropriations 

3.2.1.  EAFRD rural development programmes 

For  the  programming  period  2014-2020,  EUR 13 840.0 million  of  the  payment 
appropriations  were  implemented  out  of  EUR  14 463.4  million  available.  Table  7 
shows the breakdown of payments made in 2019 by declaration period: 

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Table 7 

Payments 2019 for EAFRD rural development 
programmes (in EUR) 

2007-2013 

2014-2020 

Pre-financing 2014-20202 

Reimbursement of payment claims prior to Q4 2018 

Reimbursement of payment claims Q4 2018 

Reimbursement of payment claims Q1 2019 

Reimbursement of payment claims Q2 2019 

Reimbursement of payment claims Q3 2019 

Closure payments 2007-2013 

Total 2019 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

257.692.857 

257.692.857 

2.714.793 

134.874 

5.755.256.476 

2.754.299.275 

2.741.814.776 

2.585.776.756 

- 

13.839.996.951 

The  monthly  consumption  of  payment  appropriations  during  the  year  (January  to 
December 2019) is shown in the graph below.  

Graph 1  

2  

The  pre-financing  paid  in  financial  year  2019  concerns  only  pre-financing  for  the  additional  amounts 
transferred from direct payments to rural development 

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The  breakdown  per  Member  State  and  per  declaration  period  of  the  amounts  paid  by  the 
Commission in budget year 2019 is shown in tables 8a and 8b.  

Table 8a: EAFRD 2007-2013  

Payments effectively made between 01/01/2019 and 31/12/2019 
EAFRD 2007-2013 - Budget item 05.040501                 (in EUR) 

Closure 

97.225.956 

160.466.901 

MS 

BE 

BG 

CZ 

DK 

DE 

EE 

IE 

GR 

ES 

FR 

IT 

CY 

LV 

LT 

LU 

HU 

MT 

NL 

AT 

PL 

PT 

RO 

SI 

SK 

FI 

SE 

UK 

Total 

257.692.857 

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Table 8b: EAFRD 2014-2020 

Payments effectively made between 01/01/2019 and 31/12/2019 
EAFRD 2014-2020 - Budget item 05.046001 

(in EUR) 

MS 

Pre-financing 

Prior to Q4 2018 

Q4 2018 

Q1 2019 

Q2 2019 

 Q3 2019 

Total 

BE 

BG 

CZ 

DK 

DE 

EE 

IE 

GR 

ES 

FR 

HR 

IT 

CY 

LV 

LT 

LU 

HU 

MT 

NL 

AT 

PL 

PT 

RO 

SI 

SK 

FI 

SE 

UK 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

17.334.254 

9.482.574 

33.218.285 

18.837.316 

78.872.428 

55.344.911 

77.499.583 

107.997.278 

67.792.991 

308.634.763 

52.848.870 

204.165.511 

86.450.814 

50.362.856 

393.828.050 

42.034.170 

25.776.718 

25.047.434 

8.208.342 

101.066.664 

596.910.906 

291.497.999 

208.933.806 

176.253.592 

1.273.596.303 

23.539.059 

65.082.476 

157.269.176 

30.982.563 

12.226.795 

39.397.304 

24.060.415 

124.908.745 

96.373.396 

324.022.439 

275.111.064 

34.505.407 

46.860.555 

54.936.575 

411.413.602 

527.423.244 

148.716.407 

278.660.313 

210.819.806 

1.165.619.770 

2.703.993 

0  1.042.261.975 

457.277.445 

301.119.386 

260.160.776 

2.063.523.575 

0 

0 

0 

0 

10.800 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

74.467.768 

73.992.801 

98.848.103 

52.326.860 

299.635.531 

689.961.184 

221.751.805 

237.813.915 

299.554.216 

1.449.081.121 

8.867.428 

2.616.579 

2.550.300 

6.918.518 

20.952.824 

96.634.492 

46.651.363 

26.091.992 

37.097.820 

206.475.667 

73.287.933 

49.310.142 

34.191.233 

24.451.057 

181.251.164 

5.119.156 

5.653.405 

2.121.682 

1.587.351 

14.481.595 

184.133.619 

133.238.829 

97.309.058 

96.688.026 

511.369.533 

11.087.890 

620.865 

13.721.305 

53.369.141 

4.054.663 

6.469.479 

3.666.529 

16.838.579 

19.429.947 

90.398.504 

304.858.442 

42.762.776 

141.825.329 

48.725.218 

538.171.765 

341.817.663 

278.763.628 

241.914.834 

229.788.859 

1.092.284.985 

315.985.382 

89.332.030 

55.471.630 

62.260.191 

523.049.233 

323.746.321 

136.212.495 

224.930.153 

282.184.080 

967.073.048 

134.874 

34.717.325 

14.449.325 

56.642.464 

37.855.996 

47.516.257 

65.152.780 

23.279.066 

120.096.847 

49.710.435 

209.361.675 

140.089.247 

26.542.166 

59.579.240 

124.962.860 

351.173.513 

134.063.084 

33.824.471 

32.298.532 

26.112.103 

226.298.189 

155.978.145 

162.364.775 

223.763.628 

231.818.923 

773.925.472 

0 

0 

0 

0 

Total 

2.714.793 

134.874  5.755.256.476 

2.754.299.275 

2.741.814.776 

2.585.776.756 

13.839.996.951 

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Table 9 compares, for each Member State, the EAFRD 2014-2020 payments made 
in  2019  with  the  payments  in  2018.  Overall,  the  payments  increased  by  14% 
compared to year 2018 (EUR 13.8 billion vs. EUR 12.2 billion).  

Table 9 

Payments made to Member States - Comparison 2019 vs 2018 - EAFRD 2014-2020 

(in EUR) 

MS 

BE 

BG 

CZ 

DK 

DE 

EE 

IE 

GR 

ES 

FR 

HR 

IT 

CY 

LV 

LT 

LU 

HU 

MT 

NL 

AT 

PL 

PT 

RO 

SI 

SK 

FI 

SE 

UK 

2018 
Pre-
financing 

Interim 
payments 

69.095.529 

205.683.318 

324.647.223 

89.687.155 

1.117.668.890 

128.104.065 

318.709.149 

579.944.832 

899.726.086 

Total 

Interim 
payments 

69.095.529 

78.872.428 

205.683.318 

308.634.763 

324.647.223 

393.828.050 

89.687.155 

101.066.664 

1.117.668.890 

1.273.596.303 

128.104.065 

124.908.745 

318.709.149 

324.022.439 

579.944.832 

411.413.602 

899.726.086 

1.165.619.770 

2019 
Pre-
financing 
0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

Difference 2019 vs. 2018 

Total 

(in EUR) 

(in %) 

78.872.428 

9.776.899 

14,15% 

308.634.763 

102.951.445 

50,05% 

393.828.050 

69.180.827 

21,31% 

101.066.664 

11.379.509 

12,69% 

1.273.596.303 

155.927.413 

13,95% 

124.908.745 

324.022.439 

-3.195.320 

-2,49% 

5.313.290 

1,67% 

411.413.602 

-168.531.230 

-29,06% 

1.165.619.770 

265.893.684 

29,55% 

1.708.849.535 

16.198.977 

1.725.048.512 

2.060.819.582 

2.703.993 

2.063.523.575 

338.475.063 

19,62% 

206.150.392 

1.045.757.040 

14.530.171 

192.664.101 

206.150.392 

299.635.531 

1.045.757.040 

1.449.081.121 

14.530.171 

20.952.824 

192.664.101 

206.475.667 

0 

0 

0 

0 

299.635.531 

93.485.139 

45,35% 

1.449.081.121 

403.324.081 

38,57% 

20.952.824 

6.422.653 

44,20% 

206.475.667 

13.811.566 

7,17% 

217.968.861 

1.502.340 

219.471.201 

181.240.364 

10.800 

181.251.164 

-38.220.037 

-17,41% 

14.530.735 

385.929.544 

9.391.195 

14.530.735 

14.481.595 

385.929.544 

511.369.533 

9.391.195 

19.429.947 

90.398.504 

78.872.378 

1.800.000 

80.672.378 

512.804.158 

944.569.722 

503.033.323 

1.146.152.415 

110.943.349 

200.196.868 

351.787.931 

195.642.880 

580.998.528 

512.804.158 

538.171.765 

944.569.722 

1.092.284.985 

503.033.323 

523.049.233 

1.146.152.415 

967.073.048 

110.943.349 

120.096.847 

200.196.868 

209.361.675 

351.787.931 

351.173.513 

195.642.880 

226.298.189 

580.998.528 

773.925.472 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

14.481.595 

-49.140 

-0,34% 

511.369.533 

125.439.988 

32,50% 

19.429.947 

90.398.504 

10.038.752  106,90% 

9.726.126 

12,06% 

538.171.765 

25.367.607 

4,95% 

1.092.284.985 

147.715.262 

15,64% 

523.049.233 

20.015.909 

3,98% 

967.073.048 

-179.079.366 

-15,62% 

120.096.847 

209.361.675 

351.173.513 

9.153.498 

9.164.806 

8,25% 

4,58% 

-614.418 

-0,17% 

226.298.189 

30.655.309 

15,67% 

773.925.472 

192.926.944 

33,21% 

Total 

12.154.039.375 

19.501.317 

12.173.540.691 

13.837.282.157 

2.714.793 

13.839.996.951 

1.666.456.259 

13,69% 

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3.2.2.  Technical assistance  

For  the  programming  period  2014-2020,  the  amount  for  payment  appropriations 
available for the operational technical assistance was EUR 18.5 million. The original 
amount  of  EUR 16.7  million  in  the  Budget  2019  has  been  reinforced  by  EUR  1.8 
million  transferred  from  the  rural  development  programmes  under  EAFRD  2014-
2020 line. The final implementation amounted to EUR 17.0 million. 

Table  10  hereafter  presents  the  payments  grouped  by  main  activities.  The  most 
important part relates to the European Network for Rural Development. 

Table 10  

 Technical assistance – Implementation of payment appropriations 
Budget Item: 05.046002 

 (in EUR)  

Description 

European Network for Rural Development  

Information technology* 

Technical Advisory Platform for Financial Instruments 

European Innovation Partnership  

European Evaluation Network  

Corporate Communication 

LIFE Programme 

Audit and Controls 

Organic agriculture database 

LOGO protection 

Total 

  * Including Broadband Competence Offices 

Amount paid  

                    4.237.354  

                    3.001.302  

                    3.064.333  

                    2.648.305  

                    1.428.387  

                    1.000.000  

                       840.847  

                       632.480  

                       139.108  

                         50.000  

               17.042.118  

3.3. 

Analysis of expenditure declared by measure 

Table 11 shows the payment claims declared by Member State and by measure for 
rural  development  in  2019  (4th  quarter  of  2018  to  3rd  quarter  of  2019),  the 
cumulative declared expenditure from the beginning of the programming period and 
also the financial plan of EAFRD 2014-2020 programmes.  

The expenditure for EAFRD 2014-2020 in 2019 concentrated mainly in Measure 04 
(Investments in physical assets), in Measure 13 (Payments to areas facing natural or 
other specific constraints) and in Measure 10 (Agri-environment-climate). 

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Table 11 

EAFRD declared expenditure 2019 (Q4 2018-Q3 2019) & Total cumulative expenditure (Q4 2014 to Q3 2019*)  
compared with Financial Plans  - EAFRD 2014-2020 

EAFRD Measure 

 (million 
EUR) 

(%) 

 (million 
EUR) 

Measure 01 

Knowledge transfer and information actions 

Measure 02 

Measure 03 

Advisory services, farm management and farm relief 
services 

Quality schemes for agricultural products and 
foodstuffs 

93,4 

39,7 

37,1 

0,7% 

0,3% 

0,3% 

Declared expenditure 
2019 (Q4 2018 to Q3 
2019) 

Cumulative declared 
expenditure (Q4 2014 to Q3 
2019) 

Financial Plans 2014-
2020 

 (million 
EUR) 

(%) 

973,6 

1,0% 

606,1 

0,6% 

(%) 

0,5% 

0,2% 

250,5 

87,1 

98,7 

0,2% 

368,6 

0,4% 

Measure 04 

Investments in physical assets 

2.801,0 

20,2% 

7.966,7 

16,9% 

22.860,8 

22,8% 

Measure 05 

Measure 06 

Measure 07 

Measure 08 

Measure 09 

Measure 10 

Measure 11 

Measure 12 

Measure 13 

Restoring agricultural production potential damaged 
by natural disasters and catastrophic events and 
introduction of appropriate prevention actions 

Farm and business development 

Basic services and village renewal in rural areas 

Investments in forest area development and 
improvement of the viability of forests 

Setting-up of producer groups and organisations 

Agri-environment-climate 

Organic farming 

Natura 2000 and Water Framework Directive 
payments 

Payments to areas facing natural or other specific 
constraints  

Measure 14 

Animal Welfare 

Measure 15 

Measure 16 

Measure 17 

Measure 18 

Measure 19 

Forest environmental and climate services and forest 
conservation 

Co-operation 

Risk management 

Financing of complementary national direct 
payments for Croatia 

Support for LEADER local development — 
community-led local development (CLLD) 

Measure 20 

Technical assistance Member States 

Measure 113 

Early retirement 

Measure 131 

Meeting standards based on Community legislation 

Measure 341 

Skills acquisition, animation and implementation 

75,2 

0,5% 

235,8 

0,5% 

807,5 

0,8% 

813,5 

1.022,7 

411,4 

24,0 

2.483,1 

1.321,1 

5,9% 

7,4% 

3,0% 

0,2% 

17,9% 

9,5% 

2.838,8 

2.403,2 

1.436,0 

73,4 

9.841,7 

4.207,6 

92,6 

0,7% 

340,9 

6,0% 

5,1% 

3,0% 

0,2% 

20,9% 

8,9% 

0,7% 

6.701,1 

6.893,5 

6,7% 

6,9% 

4.257,4 

4,3% 

266,4 

0,3% 

16.443,4 

16,4% 

7.451,3 

7,4% 

606,6 

0,6% 

2.654,5 

19,2% 

11.916,0 

25,3% 

16.732,2 

16,7% 

309,8 

15,1 

107,1 

358,6 

-0,1 

857,0 

278,7 

42,9 

0,0 

0,1 

2,2% 

0,1% 

0,8% 

2,6% 

0,0% 

6,2% 

2,0% 

0,3% 

0,0% 

0,0% 

1.152,4 

46,6 

246,1 

884,4 

108,2 

1.851,4 

794,3 

402,2 

0,0 

0,5 

2,4% 

0,1% 

0,5% 

1,9% 

0,2% 

3,9% 

1,7% 

0,9% 

0,0% 

0,0% 

1.809,1 

1,8% 

240,0 

0,2% 

1.676,4 

1.613,0 

1,7% 

1,6% 

111,9 

0,1% 

7.011,4 

7,0% 

2.155,0 

493,8 

0,0 

0,6 

2,2% 

0,5% 

0,0% 

0,0% 

Grand total 

13.838,4 

100,0% 

47.182,5 

100,0% 

100.079,5 

100,0% 

*Member  States  declare  their  expenditure  quarterly.  However,  for  year  n,  Q4  declarations  are 
submitted  in  January  of  year  n+1.  Consequently,  the  corresponding  reimbursements  by  the 
Commission to the Member States in year n go from Q4 of year n-1 until Q3 of year n. 

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3.4. 

Implementation of EAFRD programmes 

3.4.1.  Programming period 2007-2013 

Graph  2  presents  the  final  absorption  rate  of  rural  development  programmes  2007-
2013 per Member State. The EU average reached 97%.  

3.4.2.  Programming period 2014-2020 

Graph  3  presents  the  absorption  rate  of  rural  development  programmes  2014-2020 
per  Member  State:  payments  from  the  beginning  of  the  programming  period 
including payments made for the 4th quarter of 2019 that are reimbursed in financial 
year 2020 compared to the total 2014-2020 allocation. 

In  2019  the  level  of  consumption  for  the  first  time  resulted  in  the  decommitment 
of EUR 16.5 million. 

the 

implementation  of 

the  EAFRD  2014-2020  rural  development 
Overall, 
programmes  reached  by  end  2019  on  average  an  absorption  rate  of  56%. 
Programmes  are  generally  well  on  track  in  terms  of  implementation,  with  the 
variation in the averages per Member State illustrated in graph 3 below. 

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