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In Lithuania several cases were found where only one applicant applied for posts available in the Sapard Agency and the selection tests were routinely destroyed at their conclusion. 
I Litauen upptcktes flera fall dr endast en skande anskte om en ledig tjnst p Sapardorganet, och urvalsproven frstrdes rutinmssigt eftert.
There is thus no transparent procedure which guarantees that qualified people are selected, and that the systems are of the quality approved by the Commission. 
Drfr finns det inte ngon insyn i frfarandet som garanterar att kvalificerad personal vljs ut och att systemen har den kvalitet som kommissionen godknt.
Project applicants are required to comply with health and environmental standards, both prior to and after project implementation. 
Projektskande skall uppfylla hlso-och miljnormerna, bde fre och efter genomfrandet av projektet.
As part of its decisions to decentralise management of aid, the Commission accepted the national checks on compliance with quality, health and environmental standards without reviewing who checked what, how or when. 
Som en del av besluten att delegera frvaltningen av std godtog kommissionen de nationella kontrollerna av att kvalitets-, hlso-och miljnormerna var uppfyllda utan att kontrollera vem som kontrollerade vad, hur kontrollerna gick till och nr de gjordes.
The Commission did not require the Sapard countries to provide such information as part of the Sapard procedures. 
Kommissionen krvde inte att Sapardlnderna skulle tillhandahlla sdana upplysningar som en del av Sapardfrfarandena.
The only check required by the Commission and actually performed by Sapard Agencies was the presence of certificates issued by the responsible public body. 
Den enda kontroll som kommissionen krvde och som Sapardorganen faktiskt utfrde var kontrollen av att det fanns intyg som hade utfrdats av det ansvariga offentliga organet.
In Romania, certificates of compliance with standards were issued by the environmental agency and the agency responsible for hygiene and health checks. 
I Rumnien utfrdades intyg om att normerna uppfylls av miljbyrn och byrn som ansvarar fr hygien-och hlsokon-troller.
Neither the Romanian authorities nor the Commission had assessed the basis for issuing these certificates. 
Varken de rumnska myndigheterna eller kommissionen hade underskt p vilken grund dessa intyg hade utfrdats.
Inspection reports for Sapard projects were not always available and, if they were, they did not provide any details of the checks undertaken. 
Inspektionsrapporter fr Sapardprojekten fanns inte alltid tillgngliga och om de var det innehll de inga nrmare upplysningar om de utfrda kontrollerna.
In Bulgaria, the national authorities check the requirement that the holding and the project meet the national environmental standards by the presence of a decision from the communal committee. 
I Bulgarien kan de nationella myndigheterna kontrollera att jordbruksfretaget och projektet uppfyller de nationella normerna fr milj tack vare ett beslut frn kommunrdet.
This decision is based only on information provided by the beneficiary, and on-the-spot checks are not carried out to check this. 
Detta beslut grundar sig enbart p de upplysningar som lmnas av stdmottagaren och de kontrolleras inte p plats.
No information was available from the Commission or the national authorities on the extent of environmental checks performed in Sapard countries. 
Vare sig kommissionen eller de nationella myndigheterna har lmnat ngra upplysningar om omfattningen p de miljkon-troller som har utfrts i Sapardlnderna.
In order to assess the sufficiency of what was checked and how, the Court requested meetings with representatives from the bodies which performed such inspections. 
Fr att revisionsrtten skulle kunna bedma om fremlet och villkoren fr kontrollerna var tillrckliga begrde man mten med fretrdare frn de organ som ansvarar fr granskningarna.
In Poland, such details were not provided and consequently the Court can have no opinion on how Poland ensures compliance with the provisions on the protection of the environment as required by the Sapard Regulation. 
I Polen fanns inte ngon sdan information tillgnglig och drfr kan inte revisionsrtten uttala sig om i vilken utstrckning Polen fljer bestmmelserna i Sapardfrordningen nr det gller miljskydd.
Checks in Lithuania and Bulgaria on standards for the measure Ôinvestments in agricultural holdingsŐ were only carried out by the relevant agency before the project was approved, but (1) Council Regulation (EC) No 1266/1999 of 21 June 1999 (OJ L 161, 26.6.1999) on coordinating aid to the applicant countries in the framework of the pre-accession strategy; Annex 1(iii). 
I Litauen och Bulgarien utfrde ett behrigt organ kontroller av att normerna fr tgrden Óinvesteringar i jordbruksfretagÓ var uppfyllda innan projektet godkndes, men inte nr det (1) Frordning (EG) nr 1266/1999, bilaga 1 iii.
30.11.2004 EN Official Journal of the European Union C 295/13 not when it had been completed. 
30.11.2004 SV Europeiska unionens officiella tidning C 295/13 hade slutfrts.
It is important that such subsequent checks are performed and certificates issued if justified in order to ensure that national and EU standards have indeed been met by the end of the project. 
Det r viktigt att sdana efterfljande kontroller grs och att intyg utfrdas om det r befogat fr att man skall kunna garantera att de nationella normerna och EU-normerna verkligen r uppfyllda nr projektet har slutfrts.
Thus, for one of the projects visited on-the-spot in Lithuania, the Court found that manure was inappropriately stored, with a consequent risk of nitrate leakage and non-respect of EU standards. 
Nr det gller ett av de projekt som revisionsrtten granskade p plats i Litauen upptckte man att gdsel frvarades p ett olmpligt stt, vilket kade risken fr nitratlckage och risken fr att EU-normerna inte hade uppfyllts.
There had been a pre-approval check on the spot, but since then the number of cows had significantly increased. 
Det hade gjorts en kontroll p plats infr frhandsgodknnandet, men sedan den kontrollen hade antalet kor kat betydligt.
Problems were also found concerning compliance with hygiene and health standards in Poland. 
Problem upptcktes ocks nr det gller uppfyllandet av normerna fr hygien och hlsa i Polen.
For one of the projects reviewed by the Court, the purchase of new equipment for a milk processing plant, the report on progress to meet EU standards prepared by the veterinary authorities stated that the plant complied for 74 % with the standards. 
Fr ett av de projekt som revisionsrtten granskade som gllde inkp av ny utrustning till ett mjlkfrdlingsfretag angavs det i rapporten som veterinrmyndigheten utarbetade om framstegen nr det gller att uppfylla EU-normer att fretaget uppfyllde normerna till 74 %.
Other checks were not made when the project was completed and paid, even though the requirement in the Polish programme that the whole enterprise should comply with EU standards was apparently not fulfilled. and national rules on interest were in conflict with Sapard rules 77. 
Denna rapport beaktades inte. Dessutom gjordes det inga ytterligare kontroller vare sig nr projektet hade slutfrts eller betalats, trots att man uppenbarligen inte hade uppfyllt kravet i det polska programmet att hela fretaget skall uppfylla EU-normerna.
As soon as the systems were approved, the Commission made advance payments to Sapard countries which could be used as working capital. 
S snart systemen hade godknts gjorde kommissionen frskottsbetalningar till Sapardlnderna vilka kunde anvndas som rrelsekapital.
Due to the time needed to start making payments to beneficiaries (see paragraph 16), these advance payments remained largely unused for the first year of Sapard implementation. 
P grund av att det tog lng tid att brja betala stdmottagarna (se punkt 16) frblev dessa frskottsbetalningar i stor utstrckning outnyttjade under Sapards frsta genomfran-der.
The Court found that this was not the case, as higher interest rates could have been obtained with the same level of security in three of the four countries audited because national rules were applied. 
Revisionsrtten upptckte att detta inte var fallet eftersom man kunde ha ftt hgre rntesatser med samma grad av skerhet i tre av de fyra lnder som granskades p grund av att man tillmpade nationella bestmmelser.
In Bulgaria, different commercial banks were asked to offer conditions in order to select the bank which was to hold the Sapard accounts. 
I Bulgarien uppmanades olika affrsbanker att komma med erbjudanden fr att man skulle kunna vlja vilken bank Sapard skulle ppna sina konton hos.
After the Commission had made the advance payment, the Bulgarian authorities placed unused funds on time deposits. 
Efter det att kommissionen hade gjort frskottsbetalningen placerade de bulgariska myndigheterna outnyttjade medel p terminskonton, vilket r ett exempel p god praxis.
This best practice was not applied in Lithuania, Poland and Romania, where national legislation obliged the authorities to use the national bank. 
Detta var inte fallet i Litauen, Polen och Rumnien dr den nationella lagstiftningen tvingade myndigheterna att anvnda nationalbanken.
These banks offered lower interest rates than commercial banks, and funds could not be placed on time deposits. 
Dessa banker erbjd en lgre rnta n affrsbankerna och pengarna kunde inte sttas in p terminskonton.
The largest difference was found in Romania where approximately 650 000 euro more interest could have been earned up to the end of 2003 if available higher rates had been applied to unused Community funds. 
Den strsta skillnaden upptcktes i Rumnien dr man hade kunnat f cirka 650 000 euro mer i rnta fram till slutet av 2003 om tillgngliga hgre rntesatser hade tillmpats p outnyttjade gemenskapsmedel.
Problems were also noted in other countries, for instance in Poland, where the interest was booked on a sub account which was not interest-bearing. 
Problem upptcktes ocks i andra lnder, till exempel i Polen dr rntan bokades p ett underkonto som inte var rntebrande.
Different practices were noted in the Sapard countries, and the Commission did not ensure that best practices were applied in all 10 countries. 
Sapardlnderna hade olika stt att arbeta och kommissionen sg inte till att alla tio lnderna fljde god praxis.
IMPLEMENTATION PROBLEMS IN SAPARD COUNTRIES Potential beneficiaries lack own resources and have difficulties in obtaining credit 81. 
GENOMF RANDEPROBLEM I SAPARDLNDERNA Potentiella stdmottagare saknar egna resurser och har svrt att f kredit 81.
For projects which do not generate substantial net revenues (such as local roads) the aid rate is up to 100 % as infrastructure is a necessary pre-condition for any development in rural areas. 
Nr det gller projekt som inte genererar ngra vsentliga nettoinkomster (till exempel lokala vgar) r stdsatsen upp till 100 % eftersom infrastruktur r ett ndvndigt frhandsvillkor fr all utveckling i landsbygdsomrden.
High numbers of applications were received for such projects, and the high rate of aid financing is one of the principle reasons frequently stated for this success. 
Ett stort antal anskningar mottogs fr sdana projekt, och den hga satsen fr std-finansiering uppges ofta vara ett av de frmsta sklen till denna framgng.
For all other projects, as the aid rate is limited to 50 %, beneficiaries are required to finance at least 50 % of the project costs from their own funds or through loans. 
Fr alla vriga projekt r stdsatsen begrnsad till 50 %, och stdmottagarna skall finansiera minst 50 % av projektkostnaderna med egna medel eller genom ln.
This means that they have to pre-finance the expenditure, often for a period of several months, which is the time it takes for the Sapard Agency to handle the payment claim and make the payment. 
Det innebr att de mste frfinansiera utgifterna, ofta under en period av flera mnader, vilket r den tid det tar fr Sapardorganet att behandla betalningsanskan och gra utbetalningen.
Heavy administrative procedures have prolonged this period (see paragraph 93). 
Tungrodda administrativa frfaranden har ytterligare frlngt denna period (se punkt 93).
An enquiry by the Sapard Agency amongst farmers and agricultural advisors in Poland investigated the main obstacles in applying for Sapard aid (1). 
Sapardorganet gjorde en underskning bland jordbrukare och jordbruksrdgivare i Polen fr att ta reda p vilka de frmsta hindren var nr det gllde att anska om Sapardstd (1).
This showed that the three main difficulties were the high cost of bank credit, the requirement to pre-finance and the lack of own resources for the investment. 
Underskningen visade att de tre frmsta svrigheterna var den hga kostnaden fr bankkredit, kravet p frfinansiering och bristen p egna resurser till investeringen.
The potential for Sapard is nevertheless high, which can be seen by the success of the Polish national aid scheme, under which the State provides loans to farmers of up to 80 % of the project. In 2002, more than 24 000 farmers were supported under this scheme, which is 10 times that of the Sapard programme (2). 
Enligt den beviljar staten ln till jordbrukare fr upp till 80 % av projektet. r 2002 fick mer n 24 000 jordbrukare std enligt denna stdordning, vilket r tio gnger fler n de som fick std frn Sapardprogrammet (2).
Applicants have major problems in securing advance financing and complementary funding. 
De skande har stora problem nr det gller att skaffa fram frskottsfinansiering och kompletterande finansiering.
This is mainly because of the lack of working and investment capital, combined with a restrictive credit policy of banks, which is exacerbated by an underdeveloped property market and banking system. 
Det beror frmst p att det saknas rrelse-och investeringskapital kombinerat med bankernas restriktiva kreditpolicy som frvrras av en underutvecklad fastighetsmarknad och underutvecklade banksystem.
This is a general problem in all Sapard countries, and has been one of the bottlenecks for implementing Sapard and one of the main reasons for lower-than-expected project implementation. 
Detta r ett generellt problem i alla Sapardlnder och har utgjort ett hinder fr genomfrandet av Sapard och r ett av de frmsta sklen till att genomfrandenivn av projekt har varit lgre n frvntat.
The Sapard programme itself does not include the possibility of addressing this problem, and the countries have tried to solve this themselves in different ways. 
Sapardprogrammet i sig erbjuder ingen mjlighet att ta itu med detta problem, och lnderna har p olika stt frskt att lsa det p egen hand.
(1) Opinions on the Sapard Measure 2 programme expressed by Agricultural Advisory Centres and potential beneficiaries of the programme, Warsaw, 30 November 2002. 
(1) Opinions on Sapard Measure 2 programme expressed by Agricultural Advisory Centres and potential beneficiaries of the programme (Yttranden ver Sapards tgrd 2-program, framfrda av centrum fr jordbruksrdgivare och programmets potentiella stdmottagare), Warszawa den 30 november 2002.
(2) 2 377 contracts were signed with farmers in the period September 2002-November 2003. 
(2) 2 377 kontrakt ingicks med jordbrukare under perioden september 2002 och november 2003.
C 295/14 EN Official Journal of the European Union 30.11.2004 85. 
C 295/14 SV Europeiska unionens officiella tidning 30.11.2004 85.
The Bulgarian authorities were of the opinion that a credit scheme would help to solve these problems, and thus facilitate the implementation of Sapard. 
De bulgariska myndigheterna ansg att ett kreditsystem skulle hjlpa dem att lsa problemen och drmed underltta genomfrandet av Sapard.
Consequently, a scheme which would provide credit to Sapard beneficiaries was approved, and 60 million euro was allocated to it in the 2003 national budget. 
Som en fljd av detta godkndes ett system som skulle ge kredit till mottagarna av Sapardstd och det tilldelades 60 miljoner euro i 2003 rs nationella budget.
The scheme was notified by the Bulgarian Minister of Agriculture to the Commission in June 2003. 
Den bulgariska jordbruksministern informerade kommissionen om systemet i juni 2003.
In its reply in July 2003, the Commission stated that it was of the opinion that the scheme might include certain elements of state aid and that in that case certain changes were required in order to respect competition rules (1). 
I sitt svar i juli 2003 uppgav kommissionen att det inte kunde uteslutas att detta system delvis bygger p statliga std och att den drfr ansg att det i frekommande fall krvdes att man gjorde vissa ndringar om konkurrensbestmmelserna skulle fljas (1).
Apart from questioning the financial details of the Bulgarian scheme by letter, no urgent assistance or advice was provided and, in the event, Bulgaria withdrew the proposal. 
Kommissionen njde sig med att per brev begra vissa frtydliganden nr det gllde de ekonomiska detaljerna i det bulgariska systemet, men nr Bulgarien inte fick ngot omedelbart std eller ngra rd drog landet till sist tillbaka frslaget.
Thus, the 60 million euro available to address a key implementation problem in Sapard was not used because the Commission did not actively follow up the problem. 86. 
De 60 miljoner euro som hade gjorts tillgngliga fr att lsa ett grundlggande problem nr det gllde genomfrandet av Sapard utnyttjades sledes inte p grund av att kommissionen inte aktivt fljde upp frgan.
Other countries have already implemented similar schemes, which were, however, not examined by the Commission. 
86. vriga lnder har redan infrt liknande system, som dock inte kontrollerades av kommissionen.
The Lithuanian authorities, for example, have set up a guarantee fund which issues guarantees to potential Sapard (and non-Sapard) beneficiaries for loans. 
De litauiska myndigheterna till exempel har inrttat en garantifond som utfrdar lnegarantier till potentiella mottagare av Sapardstd (och till icke-Sapardstdmottagare).
Elements of this scheme might also be considered as state aid. 
Vissa delar av detta system kan ocks anses vara statligt std.
Romanian municipalities faced considerable difficulties in making payments to contractors, as the amounts concerned were frequently greater than their whole annual budget. 
Rumnska kommuner hade mycket svrt att betala uppdragstagarna eftersom de aktuella beloppen ofta var hgre n kommunernas totala rsbudget.
The rules prevented the Sapard Agency from paying contractorsŐ invoices directly. 
Bestmmelserna frhindrade Sapardorganet att betala uppdragstagarnas fakturor direkt.
Faced with a similar situation, the Lithuanian Sapard Agency did make such payments directly to municipalities, thus violating the Sapard rules for an amount of around 1 million euro (2). 
Nr Sapardorganet i Litauen stod infr en liknande situation gjorde det utbetalningar direkt till kommunerna och brt drmed mot Sapardbestmmelserna fr ett belopp av cirka 1 miljon euro (2).
In order to reduce the financial burden of pre-financing on the beneficiary, Lithuania and Romania made interim payments to beneficiaries as projects progressed. 
Fr att minska stdmottagarens ekonomiska brda nr det gller frfinansiering gjorde Litauen och Rumnien lpande utbetalningar till stdmottagarna allteftersom projekten avancerade.
This practice was not applied in all countries as this was considered to increase the administrative workload. 
Denna rutin anvndes inte i alla lnder eftersom den ansgs ka den administrativa arbetsbrdan.
An additional problem which exists in Romania is the commitment for municipalities to bear maintenance costs after project completion which is a condition of eligibility for the measure concerned. 
Ett annat problem i Rumnien r skyldigheten fr kommunerna att st fr underhllskostnaderna efter det att ett projekt har slutfrts, vilket r ett villkor fr stdberttigande fr den berrda tgrden.
Most projects concerned roads and the actual extent of this future commitment to maintenance was not properly calculated by the municipalities or questioned by the Sapard Agency. 
De flesta projekten gllde vgar och den faktiska omfattningen av denna framtida frpliktelse att skta underhllet berknades inte korrekt av kommunerna och ifrgasattes inte heller av Sapardorganet.
Even provisional figures were not known and when questioned by the CourtŐs auditors the municipalities were unable to give a reasoned estimate or indicate how these costs might be realistically funded from their limited budgets. 
Kommunerna hade inte ens ngra preliminra siffror, och nr revisionsrttens revisorer gjorde frfrgningar kunde inte kommunerna gra en rimlig berkning av kostnaderna och inte heller ange hur de skulle kunna finansieras p ett realistiskt stt frn deras begrnsade budget.
Most (1) A ceiling of 50 % of public aid from all sources cannot be exceeded. 
De flesta (1) Ett tak p 50 % nr det gller statligt std frn alla kllor kan inte verskridas.
Since Bulgaria applied a grant rate of 50 %, any subsidy element in the grant scheme would exceed this ceiling. 
Eftersom Bulgarien anskte om en stdsats p 50 % skulle alla eventuella bidrag i stdordningen innebra att detta tak verskreds.
(2) As at 31 March 2003. municipalities considered the question of maintenance as being of secondary importance. 
(2) Den 31 mars 2003. kommuner ansg att frgan om underhll var av underordnad betydelse.
It was more important to have the project approved. 
Det var viktigare att f projektet godknt.
The current system in Romania thus does not guarantee the sustainability of the investments which is a major weakness. 
Det nuvarande systemet i Rumnien kan sledes inte garantera investeringarnas varaktighet, vilket r en allvarlig brist.
The Commission did not identify such implementation problems and so was unable to address them in a consistent manner. 
Kommissionen upptckte inte dessa problem i genomfrandet och kunde drfr inte ta itu med dem p ett konsekvent stt.
After the first nine months of Sapard implementation in Poland, 977 applications were received, of which 472 (48 %) were rejected. 
Efter de frsta nio mnaderna av genomfrande av Sapard i Polen mottogs 977 anskningar av vilka 472 (48 %) avslogs.
An analysis of these figures showed that the main reason for rejection was that the applications were not prepared properly. 
Nr man analyserade dessa siffror visade det sig att det frmsta sklet till avslag var att anskningarna inte hade fyllts i korrekt.
The difficulties relate mainly to the large number of documents to be provided and the difficulty in obtaining them. 
Svrigheterna berodde frmst p det stora antalet dokument som skulle tillhandahllas och problemen med att f fram dem.
The same problem was found in Bulgaria, which can be illustrated by one of the projects reviewed by the Court. 
I Bulgarien hade man samma problem, vilket kan illustreras med ett projekt som revisionsrtten granskade.
For this relatively simple project for the purchase of a combine harvester and a plough, the number of pages in the application file was 2 477 and for the file with the payment request 601 pages. 
Fr detta frhllandevis enkla projekt, som gllde inkp av en skrdetrska och en plog, var antalet sidor i anskningsblanketten 2 477 och blanketten fr betalningsanskan innehll 601 sidor.
The relevance of some of these documents is not always clear, and there is a need to simplify the procedures and relieve the burden for beneficiaries, which will, in turn, speed up implementation. 
Relevansen fr somliga dokument var inte alltid sjlvklar. Frfarandena mste frenklas s att stdmottagarnas arbetsbrda lttar, vilket i sin tur kommer att pskynda genomfrandet.