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. 2. Som årsag til dette utilfredsstillende forhold kan anføres følgende: i) De regionale IFADAP-kontorers få ansatte med an¬ svar for at evaluere projekter kan ikke inden for de .givne tidsrammer foretage tilstrækkelig dybtgående evalueringer. 6. 
The following reasons can be advanced for this 7.2.16. unsatisfactory situation: (i) the limited staff at IFADAP regional offices with responsibility for evaluating projects cannot in the available time conduct sufficient in-depth evaluations and may not have either the necessary professional background or have been given adequate training in this important area; the increased involvement of the centralized IFADAP (2I) This is in contradiction with the evaluation report by local IFADAP office.
. 12. 95 DA De Europæiske Fællesskabers Tidende Nr. C 345/17 KAPITEL 8 FORANSTALTNINGER TIL FORBEDRING AF LAND¬ BRUGSSTRUKTURER Alle disse foranstaltninger finansieres over EUGFL, Udviklingssektionen, bortset fra udtagning af landbrugs-. arealer (der finansieres over EUGFL, Garantisektionen). 
22. 12. 95 EN^ Official Journal of the European Communities No C 345/17 CHAPTER 8 MEASURES FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF AGRICULTURAL STRUCTURES 8.1.
. 12. 
Outline of the administrative and control procedures 8.1.2.
. Rådets forordning (EØF) nr. 2328/91 (23) blev foranstaltningerne styrket og udvidet. Alle fællesskabsforanstaltningerne til forbedring udtagning af landbrugsarealer (artikel 2) ekstensivering af produktionen (artikel 3) omstilling af produktionen til ikke-overskudsproduk-ter (artikel 4) ordning med støtte til investeringer i landbrugsbedrif¬ ter (artikel 5) omfattende: investeringsstøtte i form af kapitaltilskud eller ren¬ tegodtgørelser (artikel 7) etableringsstøtte til unge landbrugere på under 40 år (artikel 10) supplerende investeringsstøtte til unge landbrugere , (artikel 11) andre foranstaltninger til fordel for landbrugsbedrifter ' omfattende: en ordning til fremme af indførelse af regnskabs¬ føring. igangsætningsstøtte til anerkendte sammenslut¬ ninger bidrag til dækning af landbrugsorganisationernes udgifter til administration (artikel 15) særlige foranstaltninger i form af udligningsgodtgø¬ relse til landbrugere i bjergområder og i visse ugun¬ stigt stillede områder (artikel 19) skovbrugsforanstaltninger på landbrugsbedrifterne (artikel 25) : tilpasning af-erhvervsuddannelsen til kravene i det moderne landbrug (artikel 28). 
The principal measures-incorporated into Council Regulation (EEC) No 2328/91 can be summarized as follows: set-aside of arable land (Article 2), extensification of production (Article 3), conversion of ' production towards non-surplus products (Article 4), ..'·'· system of aid for investments in agricultural holdings, (Article 5) comprising: investment aids in the form of capital grants or interest rate subsidies (Article 7), setting-up aid to young farmers under 40 years of age (Article 10), additional investment aid for young farmers -(Article 11), back-up measures to assist agricultural holdings comprising: a scheme . to encourage the introduction of accounting, aid granted to recognized groups, contributions to the management costs of agricultural associations (Article 15); specific measures, in the form of compensatory allowances to assist mountain and hill farming and farming in certain less-favoured areas (Article 19); forestry measures on agricultural ; holdings (Article 25); adjustment of vocational training to the requirements of modern agriculture (Article 28).
. 3. L 93 af 30. 
(22) OJ No L 93, 30. 3.
. 1. (23) EFT nr. 
1985, p.l. (23) OJ No L 218, 6.
. 
8.
. 
1991, p.
. 5. 
With the adoption of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2328/91 (23) the measures were consolidated and extended. (b) possess adequate competence; occupational-skills and (c) submit a plan for materially improving his holding; (d) undertake to keep simplified accounts. .
. 1. 5. 
8.1.5.
. Det er de regionale kontorer under Landbrugsministeriet (RDA), der attesterer ansøgernes støtteberettigelse. 
The Regional Directorates of the Ministry of" Agriculture (RDAs) are responsible for certifying the eligibility of applicants, in so far as they satisfy the conditions outlined at indents (a) and (b) above. 8.2.
. 1. 2. 8. 
The Court's audit and findings Investment aids and special allowances to young farmers 8.2.2. .
. 
In the regions visited some 90 files relating to 8.2.1. investment projects were examined.
. 8. 2. 2. 
Depending on the personal circumstances of the individual beneficiaries, the basic investment aid provided in Article 7 of the Regulation was supplemented by aid for the first installation of young farmers (Article 10) and/or supplementary aid for young farmers (Article 11). '
. 2. 
No C 345/18 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 22.
. 3. 2. 
12. 95 8.2.3. An example of the bad application of the latter . eligibility criterion is the case of a wine producer.
. 60 kilometer fra Porto efter en onkels død. 
The . candidate, à teacher by profession and living in Porto, took over the family farm some 60 kilometres from Porto on the death of an uncle.
. 
The IFADAP desk officer expressed surprise at the sudden change of career and expressed doubts as to whether the candidate had sufficient experience in the agricultural sector to satisfy the conditions of the scheme.
. 
However, the Regional Directorate of Agriculture testified that the candidate had more than 4 years expérience in agriculture without having any documentary basis to do so and accordingly the candidate, was dispensed with the requirement to follow a fundamental training course ' in . agriculture.
. 
Although the candidate did participate in a short training course on wine production, and a visit on-the-spot indicated that the project had been well implemented, the laxity in the application of the conditions stipulated for Community aid, in this and in other cases, is a cause for concern.
. 
Furthermore, it was noted that, in a number of cases examined by the Court, the files had been closed without having received any proof that the condition of having successfully completed the required training had been respected.
. 8. 2. 4. 
22. 12. 95 EN Official Journal of the European Communities No C 345/19 accepted subject to proof of an accounting system being furnished-Full details of individual cases referred to above have been communicated to the Portuguese authorities and to the Commission with a recommendation that appropriate follow-up action be taken.
. 
8.2.5. The following case illustrates the insufficient attention to marketing aspects of grant-aided projects.
. 
The project, involving Community aid of Esc.
. 
59 million (ECU 0,33 million), was for the construction of greenhouses, primarily for the production of tomatoes and lettuces.
. 
Although a visit on-the-spot showed that the project had been correctly implemented and the productive capacity had been well established, the problems associated with marketing the production had, once again, been underestimated.
. 
In effect, the relatively simultaneous ripening of such perishable products in such large quantities, posed considerable problems to find local market outlets, the only market exploited in this case.
. 
V Compensatory allowances 8.2.8. Article 17 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2328/91 provides that, 'in regions which appear on the Community list of less-favoured farming areas within the meaning of Directive 75/268/EEC (24), Member States "may grant an annual compensatory allowance to be fixed according to the permanent natural handicaps described in Article 3 (of that Directive) within the limits and subject to the conditions laid down in Articles 18 and 19 of this Regulation'.
. 
The compensatory allowances are payable either on the basis of the number of animals maintained within a stipulated holding period or on the basis of the area' farmed.
. 
Payment of the compensatory allowances is subject both to a maximum amount per hectare and to a maximum amount per holding.
. 2. 9. 
8.2.9.
. 
The scheme is administered and controlled by the RDAs with the payment of approved amounts being effected by IFADAP.
. 
'(Litoral and Interior) in the centre (20%), Alentejo in the South 1,13%) and the Azores (12%), with marginal expenditure in the other regions. 8.2.Ί1.
. 1. 2. Det fremgår af bilag IV, at tallene for det samlede antal støttemodtagere, de samlede storkreaturenheder og arealenheder (ha), der ansøgtes om støtte for, og de samlede udbetalte beløb ændredes væsentligt fra år til år. 
There were ¡significant annual variations, in terms of the total numbers of beneficiaries, total livestock units (LUs) and area units (ha) submitted for aid and total amounts paid as indicated in Annex IV.
. 1991 hhv. 1993 var signifikante. 
The variations noted between 1988 and 1989 and between 1992 and 1991 and 1993 respectively, were particularly significant.
. 12. 2. 
8.2.12. '
. 
Because the Court had already carried out an extensive audit in this area, during 1990, the examination in the context of the present enquiry was limited to a documentary verification of a small sample of 62 transactions relating to 1993 payments in the regions of Entre Douro e Minho (37 transactions) and Alentejo (25 transactions)..
. Hertil kom, at det varierede meget fra region til region, hvilken dokumentation der var adgang til. (") EFT nr. L 128 af 19. 
The following observations arise: the payment files contained a minimum of supporting documentation to justify, on the one hand, the agricultural areas for which the allowances were paid or, alternatively, the number of animals justifying the payment; in addition, there was a big difference between the available documentation in each 'region; (24) OJ No L 128, 19.
. 
1975, p.
. 
1.
. 12. 2. 95 ii) I Alentejo skal ansøgere fremlægge sundhedscertifi-kater for dyrene (undtagen for får og geder) samtidig med, at ansøgningen bekræftes. 
No C 345/20 EN Official Journal of the European Communities " "~ 22. 12. 95 (ii) although applicants . must present the requisite animal sanitary cards in Alentejo (except for sheep and goats) at the time of confirming the application, there is no evidence on· file to verify . that such documentation had been presented or to indicate what checks had been carried out; Annual Report, Chapter 9 have been overcome (see Annex V).
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CHAPTER 9 OPERATIONAL PROGRAMMES APPROVED UNDER OBJECTIVE 1 OF THE REFORM OF THE STRUCTURAL FUNDS 9.1.
. 1. 2. 
9.1.2. During the period under review a total of 23 OPs were approved in the abovementioned context for a total value in terms of commitments, of nearly ECU 229 'million (see Annex VI).
. 3. 1. 
9.1.3.
. 
The Court's audit included, an examination of four of the most important OPs in value terms.
. 
These were: the OP for Land Reform and the Cessation of Agricultural Activity, the OP providing assistance to farmers affected by drought, - the OP providing aid for farmers affected by bad weather, the OP for Forestry Measures.
. ECU eller 73 % af de samlede forpligtelser til mål nr. 
Together, these four OPs accounted for ECU 167 million, or 73 % of total commitments provided for Objective 1 operations.
. 
Community aid for those OPs ranged from 50 to 75 % of eligible expenditure with the balance being funded from the national budget.
. 1. 4. 
9.1.4.
. IEADR's tjene¬ stegrene er ansvarlige for strukturforanstaltninger, IFA¬ DAP for finansielle foranstaltninger i forbindelse med rentegodtgørelser, og Skovbrugsinstituttet for de foran¬ staltninger, der er fastlagt i OP vedrørende skovbrugsfor¬ anstaltninger. 
The selected measures are administered, and controlled by diverse national organizations notably, the services of IEADR for structural measures, IFADAP fpr financial measures relating to interest rate subventions and the Forestry Institute for the measures provided in the OP for Forestry Measures.
. 12. 95 DA De Europæiske Fællesskabers Tidende Nr. C 345/21 betalingsdossierer blev undersøgt, hvoraf 40 henhørte under OP »ugunstige, vejrforhold«, 44 under tørke-OP, 18 under skovbrugsforanstaltningerne, heraf. 
12. 22. 95 EN I Official Journal of the European Communities No C 345/21 OP, 44 relating to the Drought OP, 18 relating to Forestry measures, including 10 payments effected under the provisions of Council Regulation (EEC) No 797/85, and one collective measure for Land Reform.
. 
In addition eight of the projects examined were verified on-the-spot.
. 2. 2. 
The OP for Land Reform and the Cessation of Agricultural Activity 9.2.2.
. ECU til 14,7 mio. ECU, og at den væsentligste bestanddel af det oprindelige OP, nemlig jordreformfor¬ anstaltningen, var blevet skåret ned til næsten det halve fra 18,4 mio. 
It . was noted that the financial resources . allocated to this OP were significantly reduced from an initial sum of ECU 24,5 million to ECU 14,7 million and that the principal element of the original OP, the measure for Land Reform, was almost halved from ECU 18,4 million to ECU 10,9 million.
. Samtidig var fællesskabsandelen af finansieringen af programmet imid¬ lertid steget fra 65% til 75%. 
At the same time, however, the Community element of financing for the programme was increased from 65% to 75%.
. 
An even greater reduction was noted in the implementation of the i programme with only 20 actions indicated by the 1993 implementation report as having been undertaken, of the 70 which had been planned initially.
. 
This substantial reduction in activity is surprising in view of the generally-accepted perceived need for land reform in Portugal, especially in northern regions.
. 3. 2. 
9.2.3.
. 
The collective measure for land reform examined was at Valença in the region of Entre Douro e Minho.
. 
The project, comprising thè regrouping of 296 hectares had been substantially completed at the time of . the audit.
. 
In general it was noted that the project had been implemented in a satisfactory manner and was no doubt facilitated by the homogeneous nature of the land, situated in a plain on the banks of a major river.
. 
It was observed, however, that an important number of new land parcels had a total area of less than one hectare, thereby diminishing the overall efficiency of the measure from the viewpoint of encouraging a mechanical exploitation of the re-grouped landholdings.
. 2. 4. 
W 9.2.4.
. ESC (2 mio. ECU), svarende til gennemsnitligt 1,2 mio. 
The total cost of the Valença collective measure amounted to Esc 356 million (ECU 2 million) representing an average cost per hectare of Esc 1,2 million (ECU.
. ECU) pr. ha, ikke medregnet udgifter til forundersøgelser og til den generelle forberedelse af pro¬ jektet. 
0,007 million),, without taking account of costs of preliminary studies and. for the general preparation of the project.
. Omkost¬ ningerne ved disse vises i bilag VII. 
In view of the relatively straightforward nature of the project, the abovementioned costs incurred seem particularly high relative to the estimated costs for three other projects currently underway which were given as in Annex VII.
. 2. 95. 
The OP providing assistance to farmers affected by drought 9.2.5.
. Tørken bevirkede, at mange landbrugeres høst gik tabt, og at landbru¬ gerne derfor ikke kunne tilbagebetale deres gæld. -Derfor blev en betydelig andel af midlerne til OP'et (88% af en samlet sum på 39 mio.. 
This OP was intended to deal with the problems associated with the extensive period of drought which affected Portugal during 1991 and .which, for many farmers, resulted in the loss of their harvest with, as a consequence, their. inability to reimburse debts incurred. For this reason a considerable percentage of the funds provided for the OP (88 % out of a total sum of ECU 39 million) was earmarked for the payment of interest rebates.
. 
Other significant elements of the OP were: measures for encouraging the cultivation of sorghum wheat, and ' measures for the encouragement of water" retention.
. 2. 6. 
9.2.6.
. 7. 2. 
9.2.7. Finally, as regards . the . measures for the retention of water, the OP provided for the realization of a collective irrigation project comprising the construction of a canal ,between the Odivelas and Sado rivers.
. 
However, the project was cancelled due to the lack of available commitments as the amount originally earmarked for this project had been used for interest rebate purposes.
. 
In the circumstances it is regrettable that an authentic structural measure, which would have served to alleviate the effects of future droughts, had to be cancelled in order to satisfy short-term requirements.
. 
Furthermore it is difficult to accept that the debt burden on farmers was as a result of the period of drought to the extent that financial resources had to be earmarked for¬ mierest rebates over a period of six years.
. 8. 2. 
The OP providing aid for farmers affected by bad weather 9.2.8.
Under dette OP skulle der iværksættes-foran¬ staltninger til afbødning af virkningerne af ugunstige vejrforhold, herunder oversvømmelser efter de skybrud og voldsomme uvejr, der hærgede nogle regioner i Portu- 
This OP provided for measures to alleviate the effects of bad weather, including flooding, arising from the torrential rains and violent storms which affected certains regions of Portugal in Autumn 1989.
Nr. C 345/22 DA De Europæiske Fællesskabers Tidende 22. 
No C 345/22 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 22.
De omtalte projekter var indgivet af indbyrdes forbundne private virksomheder beliggende på samme grund og med fælles kontoradresse i Porto kommune. 
The projects in question were submitted by related private companies which share the same site and a common administrative address in the administrative Commune of Porto.
2. 12. 95 DA De Europæiske Fællesskabers Tidende Nr. C 345/23 investeringerne i genopførelse og reparation af anlæggene samt udskiftning af muldlaget kunne blive rentable på længere sigt, og om dækningen af disse omkostninger var i overensstemmelse med princip¬ perne for forsvarlig økonomisk forvaltning. 
22. 12. 95 EN Official Journal of the European Communities No C 345/23 likely to have been public knowledge prior to the payment of Community aid (November 1992) it could be considered that the costs associated with the rebuilding and repair of installations and the replacement of topsoil were unable to provide appropriate term benefits and should not have been incurred from the perspective of sound financial management.
2. 1. 9. 
9.2.11.
Retten har anmodet de nationale myndigheder om fuldstændige oplysninger om sådanne tilbageholdte beløb. 
Full details of all such amounts retained by the national authorities have been requested.
Vigtigere er det imidlertid, at beløbet blev inkasseret hos minoritets-ijk partneren i september 1992, hvor majoritetspartneren fß kun to måneder tidligere ganske vist gennem to særskilte aktieselskaber havde fået tildelt yderligere et betydeligt støttebeløb på over 2,7 mia. ESC (15 mio. ECU) eller' 45% af de samlede OP-midler, hvor der den 30. juni 1992, 16 dage før undertegnelsen af de respektive kontrakter, skulle afholdes betalinger for 400 mio. 
More important, however, the sum was recovered from the minority partner in September 1992, while the majority partner had, just two months earlier, been approved albeit -via two separate limited companies a further substantial sum of aid, representing in excess of Esc 2,7 billion (ECU 15 million) or 45 % of the relevant OP with payments amounting to Esc 400 million (ECU 2,2 million), scheduled to be made on 30 June 1992 some 16 days prior to the signature of the respective contracts.
ESC (8,8 mio. ECU), og det andet projekt, der forekom alt for optimistisk, er siden slået fejl. Det giver endnu engang anledning til tvivl om, hvorvidt evalueringsprocedurerne er hensigtsmæssige, og rejser også' det ovenfor omtalte spørgsmål om, hvordan der i dette tilfælde kunne god¬ kendes et så betydeligt fællesskabsstøttebeløb efter erfa¬ ringerne med det andet fejlslagne projekt. 
In addition, while the total amount of aid paid was subsequently reduced to Esc 1,6 billion (ECU 8,8 million), the second project, which would appear to have been wildly optimistic, has since failed, thereby calling into question once again the adequacy of evaluation procedures and raising the question as to how such an important sum of Community aid could have been approved in this instance, given the experience of the abovementioned previously failed project.
Med et så ambitiøst projekt, der involverer opførelse af ca. 
As a very minimum such an ambitious project, involving the establishment of some 300 hectares of glasshouses, should only have been approved on a more realistic phased basis.
9.2.13. . 
9.2.13.
9.2.14. ' 
9.2.14.
Sagen vedrørte et offentligt skovbrugsprojekt i regionen Entre Douro e Minho. Projektet dækkede 1 375 ha inden for et samlet skovbrugsprogram, der omfattede 4 360 ha. 
The case referred to above was in the region of Entre Douro e Minho and involved a public forestry project covering 1 375 ' hectares in a total forestry programme covering 4 360 hectares.
Det var blevet godkendt i 1990 og straks iværksat af de lokale styrelser under generaldirektoratet for skovbrug, en tjenestegren, der på det tidspunkt hørte under landbrugs-og skovbrugsministeriet. Det areal, der var godkendt til beplantning og forbedring, var ansat for højt. 
It involved the over-statement of the surface area approved for planting and improvement under the grant-aided project, which was approved in 1990 and implemented directly by thè local services of the General Directorate of Forests, a service which, at that time, was part of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forests.
Selv om der i henhold til projektet skulle beplantes 813 ha skovareal tilhørende staten, attesterede den lokale skovbrugsstyrelse i 1993, at 541 ha var blevet beplantet. 
Although the project envisaged the planting of 813 hectares of forest land belonging to the State, the local Forestry Service certified in 1993 that 541 'hectares had been planted.
ESC (1 mio. ECU) og senere til 157,1 mio. 
Fourteen payments have already been made for the project for a total sum of Esc 157,1 million (ECU 0,9 million).
ECU). Ansatte i skovbrugsinsti¬ tuttet har imidlertid ved kontrol på stedet konstateret, at der i strid med, hvad den lokale styrelse havde attesteret, i virkeligheden kun var blevet beplantet 256,1 ha, og at de faktiske udgifter kun beløb sig til 94,5 mio. 
However, an on-the-spot control by the Forestry Institute staff found that, in reality only 256,1 ha had been planted, contrary to the area certified by the local service, with actual expenditure established at Esc 94,5 million (ECU 0,5 million).
9.2.15. 
9.2.15.
Ved ovennævnte kontrol på stedet konstatere¬ des følgeride særlige forhold: i) Der var indgået kontrakter med tre forskellige pri¬ vate firmaer om beplantning af specificerede arealer på hhv. 
More specifically the abovementioned on-the-spot control revealed that: (i) contracts for planting work had been granted to three separate private firms for specified areas of 71,5 ha, 270,0 ha and 199,5 ha respectively, for a total area of 541 hectares;
Nr. C 345/24 DA De Europæiske Fællesskabers Tidende 22. 
No C 345/24 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 22.
De udpegede myndigheder i medlemsstaterne fik i første instans overdraget forvaltningen af andre horison¬ tale foranstaltninger, hvor de væsentligste var foranstalt¬ ningerne i henhold til Rådets forordning (EØF) nr. 
The management of other horizontal measures was assigned, in the first instance to the designated authorities in the Member States.
797/ 85 til forbedring af landbrugsstrukturerne (som siden hen fik retsgrundlag i Rådets forordning (EØF) nr. 2328/ 91). ... 
The principal such measures were those provided for by Council Regulation· (EEC) No 797/85 for the improvement of agricultural structures (subsequently covered by Council Regulation (EEC) No 2328/91). 10.3.
Resultaterne af denne revision viser, at der var en række svagheder i Kommissionens overvågning af de budgetudgifter, der blev afholdt i Portugal'! henhold til Rådets forordning (EØF) nr. 355/77. 
The ' results of the present audit indicate a number of weaknesses in the Commission's monitoring of Community budgetary expenditure incurred in Portugal under Council Regulation (EEC) No 355/77.