REPORT FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL on EAGF expenditure Early Warning System No 11-12/2023
Date: 2024-01-19
Institutions: Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development, European Commission
Subjects: EAGF, aid to agriculture, audit, budget, budgetary expenditure, budgetary resources, common agricultural policy, implementation of the budget

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   EUROPEAN COMMISSION  Brussels, 19.1.2024  COM(2024) 32 final  REPORT FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL on EAGF expenditure             Early Warning System No 11-12/2023  
 
 
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TABLE PROVISIONAL CONSUMPTION ON 31/12/2023 

This  report presents  the  provisional implementation  of the 2023 budget  for the EAGF 
on 31/12/2023, with details given in the below table. 

A  comparison 
appropriations included in the 2023 budget. 

is  made  of 

the 

implementation 

level  with 

the  corresponding 

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Appropriations Budget (2)Expenditure on 15/10/2023Forecast direct Commission expenditure until 31/12/2023Total expenditure of financial year 2023UtilisationEUR mioEUR mioEUR mioEUR mio%%EUR mioABCD=B+CE=D/AF=E-100%G=D-AExpenditure40.692,240.645,426,340.671,799,9%-0,1%-20,508 01Support administrative expenditure of the "Agriculture and Maritime Policy" Cluster4,64,20,44,6100,0%0,0%0,008 01 01Support expenditure for the "European Agricultural Guarantee Fund"4,64,20,44,6100,0%0,0%0,008 02European Agricultural Guarantee Fund (EAGF) (*)40.687,640.641,225,940.667,299,9%-0,1%-20,508 02 01Agricultural reserve450,0134,5134,529,9%-70,1%-315,508 02 02Sectoral types of interventions under the CAP Strategic Plans960,2204,7204,721,3%-78,7%-755,508 02 02 01Fruit and vegetables sector470,0127,6127,627,1%-72,9%-342,408 02 02 02Apiculture products sector53,037,237,270,2%-29,8%-15,808 02 02 03Wine sector399,013,313,33,3%-96,7%-385,708 02 02 04Hops sector2,20,00,00,0%-100,0%-2,208 02 02 05Olive oil and table olives sector36,026,726,774,0%-26,0%-9,308 02 03Market-related expenditure outside the CAP Strategic Plans1.744,92.469,114,02.483,1142,3%42,3%738,208 02 03 01POSEI and Smaller Aegean Islands (excluding direct payments)229,0222,7222,797,2%-2,8%-6,308 02 03 02Promotion of agricultural products — Simple programmes under shared management83,076,976,992,6%-7,4%-6,108 02 03 03Promotion of agricultural products — Multi-programmes and actions implemented by the Commission under direct management96,982,914,096,9100,0%0,0%0,008 02 03 04School schemes175,0170,9170,997,7%-2,3%-4,108 02 03 05Olive oil9,07,87,887,1%-12,9%-1,208 02 03 06Fruit and vegetables508,0928,5928,5182,8%82,8%420,508 02 03 07Wine627,0963,8963,8153,7%53,7%336,808 02 03 08Apiculture5,07,27,2143,2%43,2%2,208 02 03 09Hopsp.m.2,22,208 02 03 10Public and private storage measures12,06,26,252,1%-47,9%-5,808 02 03 11Exceptional measuresp.m.0,00,008 02 05Direct payments outside the CAP Strategic Plans (*)37.126,037.688,237.688,2101,5%1,5%562,208 02 05 01POSEI and Smaller Aegean Islands (direct payments)444,0440,9440,999,3%-0,7%-3,108 02 05 02Single area payment scheme (SAPS)4.495,04.475,04.475,099,6%-0,4%-20,008 02 05 03Redistributive payment1.661,01.653,41.653,499,5%-0,5%-7,608 02 05 04Basic payment scheme (BPS) (**)14.192,014.826,314.826,3104,5%4,5%634,308 02 05 05Payment for agricultural practices beneficial for the climate and the environment10.931,010.898,310.898,399,7%-0,3%-32,708 02 05 06Payment for farmers in areas with natural constraints5,04,94,997,7%-2,3%-0,108 02 05 07Payment for young farmers477,0459,1459,196,2%-3,8%-17,908 02 05 08Crop-specific payment for cotton246,0242,1242,198,4%-1,6%-3,908 02 05 09Voluntary coupled support scheme4.080,04.079,74.079,7100,0%0,0%-0,308 02 05 10Small farmers scheme595,0608,7608,7102,3%2,3%13,708 02 06Policy strategy, coordination and audit405,5142,511,9154,438,1%-61,9%-251,108 02 06 01Financial corrections in favour of Member States following clearance of accounts and conformity clearance decisions331,480,280,224,2%-75,8%-251,208 02 06 02Settlement of disputesp.m.0,10,108 02 06 03EAGF — Operational technical assistance74,262,311,974,2100,0%0,0%0,008 02 99Completion of previous programmes and activities1,02,22,2221,5%121,5%1,2(1) Financial year = 16/10/2022 to 15/10/2023 but expenditure under Commission direct management possible until 31/12/2023. (2) It concerns the commitment appropriations.PROVISIONAL CONSUMPTION OF THE EAGF APPROPRIATIONS ON 31/12/2023Budget Year 2023 (1)in Eur millionGap between expenditure and appropriations 
 
 
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COMMENTS ON THE 2023 AGRICULTURAL RESERVE   

Budget 2023 included an amount of EUR 450 million for the agricultural reserve. Five 
measures, totaling EUR 530.5 million, have been adopted1.  

1 Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/2406 of 8 December 2022 on exceptional market support 
measures for the eggs and poultry meat sectors in Poland (OJ L 317, 9.12.2022, p. 56, 
ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2022/2406/oj),  
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/739 of 4 April 2023 providing for an emergency support measure 
for the cereal and oilseed sectors in Bulgaria, Poland and Romania (OJ L 96, 5.4.2023, p. 80, ELI: 
http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2023/739/oj), 
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/834 of 18 April 2023 on exceptional market support measures for 
the eggs and poultry meat sectors in Italy (OJ L 105, 20.4.2023, p. 2, 
ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2023/834/oj),  
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/1343 of 30 June 2023 providing for an emergency support 
measure for the cereal and oilseed sectors in Bulgaria, Hungary, Poland, Romania and Slovakia (OJ L 168, 
03.7.2023, p. 22, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2023/1343/oj),  
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/1465 of 14 July 2023 providing for emergency financial support 
for the agricultural sectors affected by specific problems impacting on the economic viability of agricultural 
producers (OJ L 180, 17.7.2023, p. 21, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2023/1465/oj). 

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Appropriations Budget (2)Expenditure/Assigned revenue on 15/10/2023UtilisationEUR mioEUR mio%ABC=B/A(*) Not included in 08 02 and 08 02 05 (p.1/2)08 02 05 12Reimbursement of direct payments to farmers from appropriations carried-over in relation to financial discipline485,2473,597,6%(**) For information only: expenditure against original appropriations and estimated assigned revenue08 02 05 04Basic payment scheme (BPS) - including estimated assigned revenue 14.826,314.826,3100,0%Assigned Revenue634,3626,298,7%6 2 0 0European Agricultural Guarantee Fund — Assigned revenue632,0623,998,7%Assigned revenue carried over from previous budget year2,32,3100,0%(1) Financial year = 16/10/2022 to 15/10/2023 but expenditure under Commission direct management possible until 31/12/2023. (2) It concerns the commitment appropriations.PROVISIONAL CONSUMPTION OF THE EAGF APPROPRIATIONS ON 31/12/2023Budget Year 2023 (1)in Eur million 
 
 
 
 
 
The  first  three  ones  are  exclusively  financed  under  the  2023  agricultural  reserve,  thus 
under  Budget  2023.  Whereas  the  last  two  measures  are  financed  both  under  the  2023 
and 2024 budget. A total of EUR 134.5 million of payments have been declared under 
Budget 2023. The remaining appropriations of EUR 315.5 million will be carried over 
to Budget 2024. 

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COMMENTS ON THE PROVISIONAL IMPLEMENTATION OF THE 2023 EAGF BUDGET 

The  provisional  expenditure  of  the  2023  EAGF  budget,  including  estimated,  fully 
implemented  actions  under  direct  management  by  the  Commission  until 31  December 
2023, results in an under-execution of EUR 20.5 million compared to the budget's voted 
appropriations.  Considering  the  available  assigned  revenue  of  EUR  626.2  million,  the 
total EAGF under-implementation amounts to EUR 646.7 million. 

This  overall  EAGF  surplus  includes  EUR  315.5  million  of  voted  appropriations  (C1) 
from  the  agricultural  reserve,  which  in  accordance  with  Article  16(2),  third 
subparagraph,  of  Regulation  (EU)  2021/2116  will  be  carried  over  to  the  2024 
agricultural reserve. 

The remaining surplus of EUR 331.2 million translates into additional revenue assigned 
to  the  EAGF  (C4)  to  be  carried  over  from  2023  to  2024,  reducing  the  amount  of 
appropriations needed in the Budget 2024. 

The real implementation at year-end for the directly managed expenditure as well as a 
number  of  end-of-year  adjustments  and  transfers  of  appropriations  will  influence 
slightly the final balance of assigned revenue to be carried over to the 2024 budget. In 
the  context  of  the  conciliation  procedure  on  the  budget  for  2024,  this  balance  was 
estimated at EUR 339.8 million. 

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