CELEX: 32007D0325
Language: en
Date: 2007-04-27 00:00:00
Title: 2007/325/EC: Commission Decision of 27 April 2007 on the clearance of the accounts of the paying agencies of the Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia concerning expenditure in the field of rural development measures financed by the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund (EAGGF), Guarantee Section, for the 2006 financial year (notified under document number C(2007) 1893)

11.5.2007   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               L 122/41
            
         
      COMMISSION DECISION
   
   of 27 April 2007
   on the clearance of the accounts of the paying agencies of the Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia concerning expenditure in the field of rural development measures financed by the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund (EAGGF), Guarantee Section, for the 2006 financial year
   (notified under document number C(2007) 1893)
   (Only the Czech, English, Estonian, Greek, Hungarian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Polish, Slovak and Slovenian texts are authentic)
   (2007/325/EC)
   THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
   Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
   Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1258/1999 of 17 May 1999 on the financing of the common agricultural policy (1), and in particular Article 7(3) thereof,
   After consulting the Fund Committee,
   Whereas:
   
               (1)
            
            
               On the basis of the annual accounts submitted by the Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia concerning expenditure in the field of rural development measures, accompanied by the information required, the accounts of the paying agencies referred to in Article 4(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1258/1999 are to be cleared. The clearance covers the integrality, accuracy and veracity of the accounts transmitted in the light of the reports established by the certification bodies.
            
         
               (2)
            
            
               The time limits granted to the Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia for the submission to the Commission of the documents referred to in Article 6(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) 1258/1999 and in Article 4(1) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1663/95 of 7 July 1995 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EEC) No 729/70 regarding the procedure for the clearance of accounts of the EAGGF Guarantee Section (2), have expired.
            
         
               (3)
            
            
               The Commission has checked the information submitted and communicated to the Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia before 31 March 2007 the results of its verifications, along with the necessary amendments.
            
         
               (4)
            
            
               For the rural development expenditure covered by Article 7(2) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 27/2004 of 5 January 2004 laying down transitional detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 1257/1999 as regards the financing by the EAGGF Guarantee Section of rural development measures in the Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia (3) the outcome of the clearance decision is to be deducted from or added to subsequent payments made by the Commission.
            
         
               (5)
            
            
               In the light of the verifications made, the annual accounts and the accompanying documents permit the Commission to take, for certain paying agencies, a decision on the integrality, accuracy and veracity of the accounts submitted. The details of these amounts were described in the Summary Report that was presented to the Fund Committee at the same time as this Decision.
            
         
               (6)
            
            
               In the light of the verifications made, the information submitted by certain paying agencies requires additional inquiries and their accounts cannot be therefore cleared in this Decision.
            
         
               (7)
            
            
               For the rural development expenditure covered by Regulation (EC) No 27/2004, the amounts recoverable or payable under the clearance of accounts decision are to be deducted from or added to subsequent payments.
            
         
               (8)
            
            
               In accordance with the second subparagraph of Article 7(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1258/1999 and Article 7(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1663/95, this Decision, does not prejudice decisions taken subsequently by the Commission excluding from Community financing expenditure not effected in accordance with Community rules,
            
         HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
   Article 1
   Without prejudice to Article 2, the amounts which are recoverable from, or payable to, each Member State pursuant to this Decision in the field of rural development measures applicable in the Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia are set out in Annex I and Annex II.
   Article 2
   For the 2006 financial year, the accounts of the Member States’ paying agencies in the field of rural development measures applicable in the Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia, set out in Annex III, are disjoined from this Decision and shall be the subject of a future clearance Decision.
   Article 3
   This Decision is addressed to the Czech Republic, the Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of Hungary, the Republic of Malta, the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Slovenia and the Slovak Republic.
   
      Done at Brussels, 27 April 2007.
      
         
            For the Commission
         
         Mariann FISCHER BOEL
         
         
            Member of the Commission
         
      
   
   
      (1)  OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 103.
   
      (2)  OJ L 158, 8.7.1995, p. 6. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 465/2005 (OJ L 77, 23.3.2005, p. 6).
   
      (3)  OJ L 5, 9.1.2004, p. 36.
   
      ANNEX I
      CLEARANCE OF THE PAYING AGENCIES' ACCOUNTS
      Financial year 2006 — Rural Development Expenditure in New Member States
      Amount to be recovered from or paid to the Member State
      
                  MS
               
               
                   
               
               
                  Expenditure for the Paying Agencies for which the accounts are
               
               
                  Total a + b
               
               
                  Reductions
               
               
                  Total
               
               
                  Interim Payments reimbursed to the Member State for the financial year
               
               
                  Amount to be recovered from (–) or paid to (+) the Member State
               
            
                  cleared
               
               
                  disjoined
               
            
                  = expenditure declared in the annual declaration
               
               
                  = total of Interim Payments reimbursed to the Member State for the financial year
               
            
                   
               
               
                   
               
               
                  a
               
               
                  b
               
               
                  c = a + b
               
               
                  d
               
               
                  e = c + d
               
               
                  f
               
               
                  g = e – f
               
            
                  CY
               
               
                  EUR
               
               
                  24 796 690,13
               
               
                  0,00
               
               
                  24 796 690,13
               
               
                  0,00
               
               
                  24 796 690,13
               
               
                  24 797 284,89
               
               
                  – 594,76
               
            
                  CZ
               
               
                  EUR
               
               
                  176 491 761,34
               
               
                  0,00
               
               
                  176 491 761,34
               
               
                  –10 444,11
               
               
                  176 481 317,23
               
               
                  176 353 014,70
               
               
                  128 302,53
               
            
                  EE
               
               
                  EUR
               
               
                  42 423 603,39
               
               
                  0,00
               
               
                  42 423 603,39
               
               
                  –15 231,72
               
               
                  42 408 371,67
               
               
                  42 408 371,67
               
               
                  0,00
               
            
                  HU
               
               
                  EUR
               
               
                  296 033 597,90
               
               
                  0,00
               
               
                  296 033 597,90
               
               
                  –9 339,13
               
               
                  296 024 258,77
               
               
                  296 024 258,77
               
               
                  0,00
               
            
                  LT
               
               
                  EUR
               
               
                  0,00
               
               
                  140 016 475,42
               
               
                  140 016 475,42
               
               
                  0,00
               
               
                  140 016 475,42
               
               
                  140 016 475,42
               
               
                  0,00
               
            
                  LV
               
               
                  EUR
               
               
                  95 213 650,83
               
               
                  0,00
               
               
                  95 213 650,83
               
               
                  0,00
               
               
                  95 213 650,83
               
               
                  95 213 651,75
               
               
                  –0,92
               
            
                  MT
               
               
                  EUR
               
               
                  7 944 230,12
               
               
                  0,00
               
               
                  7 944 230,12
               
               
                  –4 618,97
               
               
                  7 939 611,15
               
               
                  7 939 611,15
               
               
                  0,00
               
            
                  PL
               
               
                  EUR
               
               
                  1 149 569 960,50
               
               
                  0,00
               
               
                  1 149 569 960,50
               
               
                  –13 069,51
               
               
                  1 149 556 890,99
               
               
                  1 149 556 398,09
               
               
                  492,90
               
            
                  SI
               
               
                  EUR
               
               
                  118 941 385,27
               
               
                  0,00
               
               
                  118 941 385,27
               
               
                  0,00
               
               
                  118 941 385,27
               
               
                  118 942 873,75
               
               
                  –1 488,48
               
            
                  SK
               
               
                  EUR
               
               
                  0,00
               
               
                  117 783 440,91
               
               
                  117 783 440,91
               
               
                  0,00
               
               
                  117 783 440,91
               
               
                  117 783 440,91
               
               
                  0,00
               
            
         
      
                  MS
               
               
                   
               
               
                  Advances paid but still to be cleared for the programme implementation (Article 32 of Council Regulation (EC) No 1260/1999)
               
            
                  CZ
               
               
                  EUR
               
               
                  86 848 000,00
               
            
                  CY
               
               
                  EUR
               
               
                  11 968 000,00
               
            
                  EE
               
               
                  EUR
               
               
                  24 080 000,00
               
            
                  HU
               
               
                  EUR
               
               
                  96 368 000,00
               
            
                  LT
               
               
                  EUR
               
               
                  78 320 000,00
               
            
                  LV
               
               
                  EUR
               
               
                  52 496 000,00
               
            
                  MT
               
               
                  EUR
               
               
                  4 304 000,00
               
            
                  PL
               
               
                  EUR
               
               
                  458 624 000,00
               
            
                  SI
               
               
                  EUR
               
               
                  45 056 000,00
               
            
                  SK
               
               
                  EUR
               
               
                  63 536 000,00
               
            
   
      ANNEX II
      CLEARED EXPENDITURE BY RURAL DEVELOPMENT MEASURE FOR EXERCISE 2006
      Differences between annual accounts and declarations of expenditure
      Cyprus
      
                  No
               
               
                  Measure
               
               
                  Expenditure 2006
                  Annex I column ‘a’
               
               
                  Reductions
                  Annex I column ‘d’
               
               
                  Amount cleared 2006
                  Annex I column ‘e’
               
            
                  1
               
               
                  Support of investments for management of animal waste
               
               
                  9 443 852,29
               
               
                  0,00
               
               
                  9 443 852,29
               
            
                  2
               
               
                  Encouragement of the improvement and the development
               
               
                  1 239 312,75
               
               
                  0,00
               
               
                  1 239 312,75
               
            
                  3
               
               
                  Encouragement of the set up of producer groups
               
               
                  0,00
               
               
                  0,00
               
               
                  0,00
               
            
                  4
               
               
                  Promotion of vocational training of farmers
               
               
                  0,00
               
               
                  0,00
               
               
                  0,00
               
            
                  5
               
               
                  Technical and advisory service to the farmers
               
               
                  0,00
               
               
                  0,00
               
               
                  0,00
               
            
                  6
               
               
                  Early retirement
               
               
                  486 308,23
               
               
                  0,00
               
               
                  486 308,23
               
            
                  7
               
               
                  Support for setting up of young farmers
               
               
                  1 275 250,49
               
               
                  0,00
               
               
                  1 275 250,49
               
            
                  8
               
               
                  Meeting EU standards
               
               
                  1 360 168,93
               
               
                  0,00
               
               
                  1 360 168,93
               
            
                  9
               
               
                  Adoption of agri-environmental measures
               
               
                  4 130 349,24
               
               
                  0,00
               
               
                  4 130 349,24
               
            
                  10
               
               
                  Agri-environmental actions for the protection of natural value
               
               
                  556 903,68
               
               
                  0,00
               
               
                  556 903,68
               
            
                  11
               
               
                  Afforestation
               
               
                  13 952,08
               
               
                  0,00
               
               
                  13 952,08
               
            
                  12
               
               
                  Improving of infrastructure for livestock development
               
               
                  192 901,09
               
               
                  0,00
               
               
                  192 901,09
               
            
                  13
               
               
                  Less Favourite Areas
               
               
                  4 881 517,45
               
               
                  0,00
               
               
                  4 881 517,45
               
            
                  14
               
               
                  Support for quality schemes
               
               
                  0,00
               
               
                  0,00
               
               
                  0,00
               
            
                  15
               
               
                  Support of small scale, traditional processing
               
               
                  209 556,17
               
               
                  0,00
               
               
                  209 556,17
               
            
                  16
               
               
                  Protection of agricultural and traditional landscapes
               
               
                  696 713,67
               
               
                  0,00
               
               
                  696 713,67
               
            
                  17
               
               
                  Protection of forest fires and other natural disasters
               
               
                  200 764,44
               
               
                  0,00
               
               
                  200 764,44
               
            
                  18
               
               
                  Afforestation of non-agricultural land
               
               
                  55 636,33
               
               
                  0,00
               
               
                  55 636,33
               
            
                  19
               
               
                  Improvement of harvesting process
               
               
                  53 503,29
               
               
                  0,00
               
               
                  53 503,29
               
            
                  20
               
               
                  Technical support of the implementation, monitoring
               
               
                  0,00
               
               
                  0,00
               
               
                  0,00
               
            
                  21
               
               
                  Technical support of collective initiatives at local level
               
               
                  0,00
               
               
                  0,00
               
               
                  0,00
               
            
                   
               
               
                  Total
               
               
                  24 796 690,13
               
               
                  0,00
               
               
                  24 796 690,13
               
            
         
      Czech Republic
      
                  No
               
               
                  Measure
               
               
                  Expenditure 2006
                  Annex I column ‘a’
               
               
                  Reductions
                  Annex I column ‘d’
               
               
                  Amount cleared 2006
                  Annex I column ‘e’
               
            
                  1
               
               
                  Early retirement
               
               
                  545 103,99
               
               
                  0,00
               
               
                  545 103,99
               
            
                  2
               
               
                  Less Favourite Areas
               
               
                  76 534 949,79
               
               
                  –10 115,18
               
               
                  76 524 834,61
               
            
                  3
               
               
                  Agri-environment
               
               
                  88 959 922,46
               
               
                  – 178,10
               
               
                  88 959 744,36
               
            
                  4
               
               
                  Forestry
               
               
                  2 707 601,06
               
               
                  – 150,83
               
               
                  2 707 450,23
               
            
                  5
               
               
                  Producer groups
               
               
                  1 687 004,62
               
               
                  0,00
               
               
                  1 687 004,62
               
            
                  6
               
               
                  Technical assistance
               
               
                  0,00
               
               
                  0,00
               
               
                  0,00
               
            
                  7
               
               
                  Sapard
               
               
                  0,00
               
               
                  0,00
               
               
                  0,00
               
            
                  700
               
               
                  Investments in agricultural holdings, Regulation (EC) No 1268/1999
               
               
                  351 123,76
               
               
                  0,00
               
               
                  351 123,76
               
            
                  701
               
               
                  Processing and marketing Regulation (EC) No 1268/1999
               
               
                  1 641 034,72
               
               
                  0,00
               
               
                  1 641 034,72
               
            
                  702
               
               
                  Flood damage 1
               
               
                  0,00
               
               
                  0,00
               
               
                  0,00
               
            
                  703
               
               
                  Improving structures for quality
               
               
                  847 428,46
               
               
                  0,00
               
               
                  847 428,46
               
            
                  704
               
               
                  Land improvement and reparcelling
               
               
                  683 889,73
               
               
                  0,00
               
               
                  683 889,73
               
            
                  705
               
               
                  Renovation and development of villages
               
               
                  634 488,40
               
               
                  0,00
               
               
                  634 488,40
               
            
                  706
               
               
                  Flood damage 2
               
               
                  110 168,00
               
               
                  0,00
               
               
                  110 168,00
               
            
                  707
               
               
                  Development of rural infrastructure
               
               
                  464 428,01
               
               
                  0,00
               
               
                  464 428,01
               
            
                  708
               
               
                  Development and diversification of activities
               
               
                  1 024 762,25
               
               
                  0,00
               
               
                  1 024 762,25
               
            
                  709
               
               
                  Agricultural production methods to protect
               
               
                  241 255,09
               
               
                  0,00
               
               
                  241 255,09
               
            
                  710
               
               
                  Improvement of vocational training
               
               
                  47 031,42
               
               
                  0,00
               
               
                  47 031,42
               
            
                  711
               
               
                  Technical assistance Sapard
               
               
                  11 569,58
               
               
                  0,00
               
               
                  11 569,58
               
            
                   
               
               
                  Total
               
               
                  176 491 761,34
               
               
                  –10 444,11
               
               
                  176 481 317,23
               
            
         
      Estonia
      
                  No
               
               
                  Measure
               
               
                  Expenditure 2006
                  Annex I column ‘a’
               
               
                  Reductions
                  Annex I column ‘d’
               
               
                  Amount cleared 2006
                  Annex I column ‘e’
               
            
                  1
               
               
                  Less favourite areas
               
               
                  6 350 920,66
               
               
                  –1 226,94
               
               
                  6 349 693,72
               
            
                  2
               
               
                  Agri-environment
               
               
                  18 368 083,98
               
               
                  –9 000,91
               
               
                  18 359 083,07
               
            
                  3
               
               
                  Afforestation of agricultural land
               
               
                  1 102 043,43
               
               
                  –51,36
               
               
                  1 101 992,07
               
            
                  4
               
               
                  Semi-substance farms undergoing restructuring
               
               
                  2 273 812,97
               
               
                  – 612,11
               
               
                  2 273 200,86
               
            
                  5
               
               
                  Meeting standards
               
               
                  5 826 010,68
               
               
                  –2 488,11
               
               
                  5 823 522,57
               
            
                  6
               
               
                  Complements in direct payments
               
               
                  7 422 630,38
               
               
                  0,00
               
               
                  7 422 630,38
               
            
                  7
               
               
                  Technical assistance
               
               
                  1 080 101,29
               
               
                  –1 852,29
               
               
                  1 078 249,00
               
            
                  8
               
               
                  Sapard
               
               
                  0,00
               
               
                  0,00
               
               
                  0,00
               
            
                  9
               
               
                  Support to areas with environmental restrictions
               
               
                  0,00
               
               
                  0,00
               
               
                  0,00
               
            
                   
               
               
                  Total
               
               
                  42 423 603,39
               
               
                  –15 231,72
               
               
                  42 408 371,67
               
            
         
      Hungary
      
                  No
               
               
                  Measure
               
               
                  Expenditure 2006
                  Annex I column ‘a’
               
               
                  Reductions
                  Annex I column ‘d’
               
               
                  Amount cleared 2006
                  Annex I column ‘e’
               
            
                  1
               
               
                  Agri-environment
               
               
                  227 833 992,16
               
               
                  0,00
               
               
                  227 833 992,16
               
            
                  2
               
               
                  Meeting standards
               
               
                  1 595 755,18
               
               
                  –0,03
               
               
                  1 595 755,15
               
            
                  3
               
               
                  Afforestation
               
               
                  22 153 089,37
               
               
                  0,00
               
               
                  22 153 089,37
               
            
                  4
               
               
                  Support for semi-substance farms
               
               
                  502 022,58
               
               
                  – 135,83
               
               
                  501 886,75
               
            
                  5
               
               
                  Producer groups
               
               
                  7 202 971,57
               
               
                  0,01
               
               
                  7 202 971,58
               
            
                  6
               
               
                  Early retirement
               
               
                  0,00
               
               
                  0,00
               
               
                  0,00
               
            
                  7
               
               
                  Less favourite areas
               
               
                  6 402 140,63
               
               
                  – 799,99
               
               
                  6 401 340,64
               
            
                  8
               
               
                  Technical assistance
               
               
                  15 153 476,83
               
               
                  0,00
               
               
                  15 153 476,83
               
            
                  9
               
               
                  Projects approved under Regulation (EC) No 1268/1999
               
               
                  14 999 999,74
               
               
                  –8 403,29
               
               
                  14 991 596,45
               
            
                  10
               
               
                  Complementary national direct payments
               
               
                  190 149,84
               
               
                  0,00
               
               
                  190 149,84
               
            
                   
               
               
                  Total
               
               
                  296 033 597,90
               
               
                  –9 339,13
               
               
                  296 024 258,77
               
            
         
      Latvia
      
                  No
               
               
                  Measure
               
               
                  Expenditure 2006
                  Annex I column ‘a’
               
               
                  Reductions
                  Annex I column ‘d’
               
               
                  Amount cleared 2006
                  Annex I column ‘e’
               
            
                  1
               
               
                  Early retirement
               
               
                  114 610,00
               
               
                  0,00
               
               
                  114 610,00
               
            
                  2
               
               
                  Producer groups
               
               
                  778 930,76
               
               
                  0,00
               
               
                  778 930,76
               
            
                  3
               
               
                  Support for semi-substance farms
               
               
                  13 140 756,56
               
               
                  0,00
               
               
                  13 140 756,56
               
            
                  4
               
               
                  Meeting standards
               
               
                  16 269 647,82
               
               
                  0,00
               
               
                  16 269 647,82
               
            
                  5
               
               
                  Agri-environment
               
               
                  11 920 958,74
               
               
                  0,00
               
               
                  11 920 958,74
               
            
                  6
               
               
                  Less favourite areas
               
               
                  41 850 749,84
               
               
                  0,00
               
               
                  41 850 749,84
               
            
                  7
               
               
                  Technical assistance
               
               
                  991 731,69
               
               
                  0,00
               
               
                  991 731,69
               
            
                  8
               
               
                  Obligations transferred from previous programming period
               
               
                  0,00
               
               
                  0,00
               
               
                  0,00
               
            
                  9
               
               
                  Allocations of resources for single area payments
               
               
                  10 146 265,42
               
               
                  0,00
               
               
                  10 146 265,42
               
            
                   
               
               
                  Total
               
               
                  95 213 650,83
               
               
                  0,00
               
               
                  95 213 650,83
               
            
         
      Malta
      
                  No
               
               
                  Measure
               
               
                  Expenditure 2006
                  Annex I column ‘a’
               
               
                  Reductions
                  Annex I column ‘d’
               
               
                  Amount cleared 2006
                  Annex I column ‘e’
               
            
                  1
               
               
                  Less favourite areas
               
               
                  1 593 569,29
               
               
                  681,16
               
               
                  1 594 250,45
               
            
                  2
               
               
                  Agri-environment
               
               
                  385 505,60
               
               
                  –4 335,34
               
               
                  381 170,26
               
            
                  3
               
               
                  Meeting standards
               
               
                  307 772,98
               
               
                  0,00
               
               
                  307 772,98
               
            
                  4
               
               
                  Producer groups
               
               
                  0,00
               
               
                   
               
               
                  0,00
               
            
                  5
               
               
                  Technical assistance
               
               
                  0,00
               
               
                   
               
               
                  0,00
               
            
                  6
               
               
                  State Aid complement
               
               
                  3 760 000,00
               
               
                  0,00
               
               
                  3 760 000,00
               
            
                  7
               
               
                  Ad hoc measure
               
               
                  1 897 382,26
               
               
                  – 964,80
               
               
                  1 896 417,46
               
            
                   
               
               
                  Total
               
               
                  7 944 230,12
               
               
                  –4 618,97
               
               
                  7 939 611,15
               
            
         
      Poland
      
                  No
               
               
                  Measure
               
               
                  Expenditure 2006
                  Annex I column ‘a’
               
               
                  Reductions
                  Annex I column ‘d’
               
               
                  Amount cleared 2006
                  Annex I column ‘e’
               
            
                  1
               
               
                  Early retirement
               
               
                  140 747 510,60
               
               
                  0,00
               
               
                  140 747 510,60
               
            
                  2
               
               
                  Support for semi-substance farms
               
               
                  105 651 252,73
               
               
                  –9 615,14
               
               
                  105 641 637,59
               
            
                  3
               
               
                  Producer groups
               
               
                  1 039 815,80
               
               
                  0,00
               
               
                  1 039 815,80
               
            
                  4
               
               
                  Less favourite areas
               
               
                  261 975 568,73
               
               
                  – 238,56
               
               
                  261 975 330,17
               
            
                  5
               
               
                  Agri-environment undertakings and animal welfare
               
               
                  54 365 171,48
               
               
                  – 421,86
               
               
                  54 364 749,62
               
            
                  6
               
               
                  Afforestation
               
               
                  27 182 933,10
               
               
                  – 457,96
               
               
                  27 182 475,14
               
            
                  7
               
               
                  Meeting EU standards
               
               
                  279 345 058,83
               
               
                  – 188,51
               
               
                  279 344 870,32
               
            
                  8
               
               
                  Technical assistance
               
               
                  474 369,94
               
               
                  – 954,75
               
               
                  473 415,19
               
            
                  9
               
               
                  Complements to direct payments
               
               
                  189 369 013,75
               
               
                  –1 191,12
               
               
                  189 367 822,63
               
            
                  10
               
               
                  Projects approved under Regulation (EC) No 1268/1999
               
               
                  89 419 265,54
               
               
                  –1,61
               
               
                  89 419 263,93
               
            
                   
               
               
                  Total
               
               
                  1 149 569 960,50
               
               
                  –13 069,51
               
               
                  1 149 556 890,99
               
            
         
      Slovenia
      
                  No
               
               
                  Measure
               
               
                  Expenditure 2006
                  Annex I column ‘a’
               
               
                  Reductions
                  Annex I column ‘d’
               
               
                  Amount cleared 2006
                  Annex I column ‘e’
               
            
                  1
               
               
                  Less favourite areas
               
               
                  32 537 794,40
               
               
                  0,00
               
               
                  32 537 794,40
               
            
                  2
               
               
                  Agri-environment
               
               
                  36 334 012,75
               
               
                  0,00
               
               
                  36 334 012,75
               
            
                  3
               
               
                  Early retirement
               
               
                  1 695 055,58
               
               
                  0,00
               
               
                  1 695 055,58
               
            
                  4
               
               
                  Meeting standards
               
               
                  36 789 386,23
               
               
                  0,00
               
               
                  36 789 386,23
               
            
                  5
               
               
                  Technical assistance
               
               
                  257 731,75
               
               
                  0,00
               
               
                  257 731,75
               
            
                  6
               
               
                  SAPARD programme
               
               
                  1 235 224,98
               
               
                  0,00
               
               
                  1 235 224,98
               
            
                  7
               
               
                  Complements to direct payments
               
               
                  10 092 179,58
               
               
                  0,00
               
               
                  10 092 179,58
               
            
                   
               
               
                  Total
               
               
                  118 941 385,27
               
               
                  0,00
               
               
                  118 941 385,27
               
            
   
      ANNEX III
      CLEARANCE OF THE PAYING AGENCIES' ACCOUNTS
      Financial year 2006 — Rural Development Expenditure
      List of the Paying Agencies for which the accounts are disjoined and are subject of a later clearance decision
      
                  Member State
               
               
                  Paying Agency
               
            
                  Lithuania
               
               
                  NMA
               
            
                  Slovakia
               
               
                  APA