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In the case of local communities (for rural development infrastructure such as local roads and sewage systems) the Sapard aid is up to 100 %. 
Nr det gller lokalsamhllen (infrastrukturer fr landsbygdsutveckling som lokala vgar och avloppssystem) uppgr stdet frn Sapard till 100 %.
In all cases (whether the public aid granted is up to 50 % or 100 %), the EU contributes 75 % of the aid paid, while national co-financing provides the remaining 25 %. 
I samtliga fall (oavsett om det statliga stdet ges upp till 50 % eller 100 %) uppgr EU:s bidrag till 75 % av det utbetalade stdet medan den nationella medfinansieringen tcker terstende 25 %.
Sapard is unique in the sense that it is the first external aid programme which is implemented in a decentralised manner. 
Sapard r ett unikt program i den meningen att det r det frsta programmet fr externt std som genomfrs decentraliserat.
This latter aspect means that there is no ex ante approval by the Commission for project selection, tendering and contracting (7). 
Det innebr att det inte behvs ngot frhandsgodknnande frn kommissionen nr det gller valet av projekt, anbudsfrfarande och tecknande av kontrakt(7).
Decentralised management in the Sapard countries has closely followed the systems set up in EU Member States, including the approval by the Commission of a ÔProgramme for Agriculture and (4) GeneralbudgetoftheEuropeanUnion.Asfrom2004,Sapardisman-aged under Chapter 5 of title 5 (Agriculture and rural development) of the budget, and only includes new allocations for Bulgaria and Romania. 
Den decentraliserade frvaltningen i Sapardlnderna har noggrant fljt de system som inrttats i EU:s medlemsstater, inbegripet kommissionens godknnande av ett Óprogram fr jordbruket och (4) Europeiska unionens allmnna budget. Frn 2004 frvaltas Sapard enligt kapitel 05 i avdelning 05 (Jordbruk och landsbygdsutveckling) i budgeten, och omfattar nya anslag enbart fr Bulgarien och Rumnien.
(5) Appropriations for commitment. 
(5) tagandebemyndiganden.
(6) The level of public aid is a function of the type of measure or project. 
(6) Nivn p offentligt std beror p vilken typ av tgrd eller projekt det gller.
For revenue-generating investments the normal maximum aid level is 50 % of the total eligible cost. 
Nr det gller investeringar som ger avkastning r den normala maximala stdnivn 50 % av de totala stdberttigande kostnaderna.
(7) As defined in Article 12 of Council Regulation (EC) No 1266/1999 of 21 June 1999 on coordinating aid to the applicant countries in the framework of the pre-accession strategy (OJ L 161, 26.6.1999). 
(7) Enligt artikel 12 i rdets frordning (EG) nr 1266/1999 av den 21 juni 1999 om samordning av stdet till Sapardlnderna inom ramen fr franslutningsstrategin (EGT L 161, 26.6.1999).
30.11.2004 EN Official Journal of the European Union C 295/5 Rural DevelopmentŐ for each Sapard country. 
30.11.2004 SV Europeiska unionens officiella tidning C 295/5 landsbygdsutvecklingÓ fr varje Sapardland.
The Sapard Regulation stipulates that the programmes should be based on plans drawn up by those countries, which should relate to the 15 measures defined in the Regulation. 
I Sapardfrordningen freskrivs det att programmen skall grunda sig p planer som dessa lnder upprttar och som skall glla de 15 tgrder som faststllts i frordningen.
There has been a concentration on those measures which focus on investments in agricultural processing (improving the processing and marketing of agricultural products, and investments in agricultural holdings) and those which develop rural areas (development and improvement of rural infrastructure). 
Man har inriktat sig p tgrder som gller investeringar i bearbetningen av jordbruksprodukter (frbttring av bearbetningen och marknadsfringen av jordbruksprodukter och investeringar i jordbruksfretag) och tgrder som utvecklar landsbygdsomrden (utveckling och frbttring av landsbygdens infrastruktur).
The Sapard countries granted these a higher priority than other possible measures such as those for agri-environment, forestry and afforestation to which they allocated only 4 % of all resources. 
Sapardlnderna gav dessa tgrder en hgre prioritet n andra mjliga tgrder, till exempel miljtgrder fr jordbruket, tgrder fr skogsbruk och beskogning, vilka endast tilldelades fyra procent av de totala medlen.
Annex 1 provides a breakdown by country of the allocation to the main type of measure and beneficiary. 
I bilaga 1 visas hur anslagen till den frmsta typen av tgrd och stdmottagare frdelades per land.
A separate body in the Ministry of Finance, called the National Fund, requests and receives payments from the Commission, and makes funds available to the Sapard Agency. 
Ett separat organ i finansministeriet, kallat den nationella fonden, begr och tar emot betalningar frn kommissionen och gr medlen tillgngliga fr Sapardorganet.
How did we audit Sapard? 
Hur granskade vi Sapard?
Due to the large increase in the pre-accession budget in general, which effectively doubled from 1999 to 2000 and which, for Sapard, was to be managed by newly created structures under newly created rules, the Court decided to perform an audit which aimed at answering the question: ÔHas Sapard been well managed?Ő Three audit objectives were defined, which sought to review: Ń the CommissionŐs management and control systems for the programme, Ń the quality of systems set up in the applicant Sapard countries, and Ń project selection, approval and implementation by national and regional authorities. 
P grund av den stora kningen av franslutningsbudge-ten i allmnhet, som frdubblades frn 1999 till 2000 och som, nr det gller Sapard, skulle frvaltas genom nybildade strukturer enligt nya bestmmelser, beslutade revisionsrtten att genomfra en granskning fr att besvara frgan: ÓHar Sapard frvaltats vl?Ó Det faststlldes tre granskningsml som gllde fljande: Ń Kommissionens frvaltnings-och kontrollsystem fr programmet. Ń Kvaliteten p de inrttade systemen i Sapardlnderna.
These objectives allowed the Court to analyse whether the management and control systems were effective and applied reasonably or whether they were insufficient in their coverage. 
Med utgngspunkt i dessa granskningsml kunde revisionsrtten analysera huruvida frvaltnings-och kontrollsystemen var ndamlsenliga och tillmpades frnuftigt eller avgra om de var otillrckliga.
Audits were carried out in the Commission (DG Agriculture) and in four Sapard countries (Bulgaria, Lithuania, Poland and Romania). 
Granskningarna utfrdes vid kommissionen (generaldirektoratet fr jordbruk) och i fyra Sapardlnder (Bulgarien, Litauen, Polen och Rumnien).
Documentary checks were made for a sample of 76 projects, of which 42 were visited on the spot between November 2002 and September 2003. 
Dokumentgranskningar gjordes fr ett urval av 76 projekt av vilka 42 besktes p plats mellan november 2002 och september 2003.
The projects in the sample covered the main measures implemented at the time of the audit, which themselves represented around 95 % of all contracts concluded and payments made in these four countries (1). 
Projekten i urvalet tckte de frmsta tgrder som genomfrts vid tiden fr granskningen, vilka utgjorde cirka 95 % av alla inggna kontrakt och gjorda betalningar i de fyra lnderna (1).
In addition, key elements of the systems set up in the Sapard countries were reviewed. 
Dessutom granskades viktiga element i de system som inrttats i Sapardlnderna.
The staff of the Supreme Audit Institutions of the countries visited have worked with and accompanied the CourtŐs auditors. 
Personalen vid de hgre/nationella revisionsorganen i de lnder som besktes arbetade och fljde med revisionsrttens revisorer.
The audit of Sapard built on the results of previous audits, which had focused on the setting up of the programme and the CommissionŐs analysis and monitoring of the Sapard systems, which have been published in the CourtŐs Annual Reports (2). 
Granskningen av Sapard byggde p resultaten av tidigare granskningar, som hade inriktats p inrttandet av programmet och kommissionens analys och vervakning av Sapardsystemen som har offentliggjorts i revisionsrttens rsrapport (2).
The main conclusions were that considerable time was used in setting up the Sapard instrument, in particular in clarifying and working out the details of the complex legal basis, and that the management and control systems foresaw insufficient checks in risk areas such as staffing, prevention of double funding, sound financial management, bank interest, and compliance with minimum standards for environment, hygiene and animal welfare. 
De viktigaste slutsatserna var att det tog avsevrd tid att inrtta Sapard-instrumentet, srskilt nr det gllde att klargra och utarbeta detaljerna i den komplicerade rttsliga grunden och att frvaltnings-och kontrollsystemen innehll ett otillrckligt antal kontroller p riskomrden som personalresurser, frebyggande av dubbel finansiering, sund ekonomisk frvaltning, bankrntor och uppfyllande av miniminormerna i frga om milj, hygien och djurens vlbefinnande.
STAGES IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF SAPARD Large proportions of available funds remained unused 11. 
STEG I GENOMF RANDET AV SAPARD Stora delar av tillgngliga medel utnyttjades inte 11.
The diagram shows the stages in the implementation of the Sapard programme from the first proposal for legislation until 31 December 2003. 
I figuren visas de olika stegen i genomfrandet av Sapardprogrammet frn det frsta lagfrslaget fram till den 31 december 2003.
The boxes give information about when key steps were completed. 
I rutorna finns det information om nr viktiga steg togs.
The amounts indicated in section ÔAŐ show the gap between the total Community financial contribution in the general budget (3) and the total amount for which contracts have been concluded with beneficiaries. 
De angivna beloppen i sektion ÓAÓ visar hur stor skillnad det r mellan gemenskapens totala ekonomiska bidrag i den allmnna budgeten (3) och det totala belopp fr vilket kontrakt tecknats med stdmottagarna.
The difference thus reflects the amount available in the budget which was not used by the Sapard countries because of the time needed to have their systems approved, and, following this, the delays in those countries arising from difficulties in implementation. 
Mellanskillnaden speglar sledes det tillgngliga belopp i budgeten som inte utnyttjades av Sapardlnderna p grund av den tid det tog att f systemen godknda och drefter frseningarna i dessa lnder som berodde p svrigheter i genomfrandet.
The two main implementation problems are presented in paragraphs 81 to 95. 
De tv strsta problemen i genomfrandet tas upp i punkterna 81Đ95.
(1) The main measures are: investments in agricultural holdings, improving the processing and marketing of agricultural and fishery products, and development and improvement of rural infrastructure. 
(1) De frmsta tgrderna r: investeringar i jordbruksfretag, frbttringar av frdlingen och salufringen av jordbruks-och fiskeriprodukter och utveckling och frbttring av infrastrukturen p landsbygden.
This represents some 80 % of commitments made in all applicant countries. 
Detta motsvarar ungefr 80 % av de taganden som gjorts i alla kandidatlnder.
(2) Court of Auditors Annual Reports concerning the financial year 2000 (OJ C 359, 15.12.2001) (paragraphs 6.41 to 6.53); 2001 (OJ C 295, 28.11.2002) (paragraphs 6.8 to 6.32); and 2002 (OJ C 286, 28.11.03) (paragraphs 8.23 to 8.31). 
(2) Revisionsrttens rsrapport fr budgetret 2000 (EGT C 359, 15.12.2001) (punkterna 6.41Đ6.53), 2001 (EGT C 295, 28.11.2002) (punkterna 6.8Đ6.32) och 2002 (EGT C 286, 28.11.2003) (punkterna 8.23Đ8.31).
(3) Cumulative appropriations for commitment. 
(3) Ackumulerade tagandebemyndiganden.
C 295/6 EN Official Journal of the European Union 30.11.2004 DIAGRAM Implementation of Sapard 1998-2003 A = B = C = Source Amounts in the EU budget for which contracts were not signed. 
C 295/6 SV Europeiska unionens officiella tidning 30.11.2004 FIGUR Genomfrande av Sapard 1998-2003 Belopp i EU-budgeten fr vilket kontrakt inte har tecknats.
Amounts paid to beneficiaries. : European Court of Auditors: payments and contracts as at 31 December 2003. 
A = B = C = Klla: Europeiska revisionsrtten: betalningar och kontrakt per den 31 december 2003.
12. with final beneficiaries but which have not yet been paid. 
12. I sektion ÓBÓ visas hur mnga kontrakt som tecknats med slutliga stdmottagare, men som nnu inte har betalats.
This reflects the time needed for the implementation of projects, which, for example for construction projects, can normally take more than a year, but also reflects administrative delays (see paragraph 16 et seq). 
Detta speglar hur lng tid som krvs fr att genomfra projekten, vilket nr det till exempel gller byggnadsprojekt normalt kan ta mer n ett r, men ocks de administrativa frseningarna (se punkt 16 ff).
In June 1999, the Council adopted the CommissionŐs proposal for a Regulation on Sapard. 
I juni 1999 antog rdet kommissionens frslag till en frordning om Sapard.
This set out a new and complex legal framework, which required further definition. 
I detta faststlldes en ny och komplicerad rttslig ram som mste definieras bttre.
It took the Commission seven months to set out the implementation principles; then six months to draft and adopt the detailed rules; then a further six months to draft, negotiate and adopt the agreements with the Sapard countries. 
Det tog kommissionen sju mnader att faststlla principerna fr genomfrandet, sedan sex mnader att utarbeta och anta detaljerade bestmmelser, och drefter ytterligare sex mnader att utarbeta, frhandla om och anta avtalen med Sapardlnderna.
Thus, the legal basis was finalised on 29 November 2000 (1). 
Drfr faststlldes den rttsliga grunden slutgiltigt den 29 november 2000 (1).
By the end of March 2001, all countries had signed the agreements. 
Vid utgngen av mars 2001 hade alla lnder undertecknat avtalen.
(1) Further details are given in the CourtŐs Annual Report concerning the financial year 2000, paragraphs 6.41 to 6.43. 
(1) Nrmare upplysningar finns i rsrapporten fr budgetret 2000, punkterna 6.41Đ6.43. 14.
The Commission did not use the time available in the period between March 1998, when it proposed the Sapard Regulation (2), and June 1999, when it was adopted by the Council, to make further implementation preparations. 
Kommissionen utnyttjade inte den tid som fanns tillgnglig frn mars 1998, d man lade fram frslaget till Sapardfrord-ning (2), till juni 1999, d frslaget antogs av rdet, till att frbereda genomfrandet ytterligare.
This 15-month period could have been used to prepare detailed principles and rules which would have clarified the policy and accelerated implementation. 
Denna femtonmnadersperiod kunde kommissionen ha anvnt till att utarbeta detajerade principer och bestmmelser som skulle ha gjort riktlinjerna tydligare och pskyndat genomfrandet.
After completion of the legal framework in November 2000, the start of Sapard depended on the time needed to set up the systems by the Sapard countries. 
Nr den rttsliga ramen var klar i november 2000 berodde pbrjandet av Sapard p hur lng tid Sapardlnderna behvde fr att inrtta systemen.
Some countries were quick: the Commission approved the systems for some of the measures in Bulgaria in May 2001. 
Vissa lnder var snabba: kommissionen godknde systemen fr somliga tgrder i Bulgarien i maj 2001.
For others it took longer. Hungary did not start the implementation of some of the Sapard measures until 27 November 2002. and because of delays in implementation by the Sapard countries 16. 
Fr andra tog det lngre tid: Ungern brjade inte genomfra ngra tgrder inom ramen fr Sapard frrn den 27 november 2002.
Since the start of Sapard in the countries concerned, heavy administrative procedures, stricter than required by the (2) Proposal from the Commission for a Council Regulation (COM(98) 153 final, 19 March 1998). 
Sedan Sapard inleddes i de berrda lnderna har tungrodda administrativa frfaranden, som r striktare n vad som (2) Kommissionens frslag till rdets frordning (KOM(98) 153 slutlig av den 19 mars 1998).
30.11.2004 EN Official Journal of the European Union C 295/7 Sapard rules, have hampered an efficient implementation of the programme. 
30.11.2004 SV Europeiska unionens officiella tidning C 295/7 krvs enligt Sapardbestmmelserna, frhindrat ett effektivt genomfrande av programmet.
Below are some examples of the implementation problems found by the Court (see also paragraph 91 et seq). 
Nedan ges ngra exempel p de problem med genomfrandet som revisionsrtten upptckte (se ven punkt 91 ff.).
Romania was the last-but-one Sapard country to have parts of its systems approved, but it was not well-prepared for applying the programme in August 2002. 
Rumnien var det nst sista Sapardlandet som fick delar av sina system godknda, men landet var inte vl frberett fr att tillmpa programmet i augusti 2002.
The time between receiving the application form and approving it took up to seven-and-a-half months. 
Det tog sju och en halv mnad frn det att anskningsblanketten mottogs till det att anskan godkndes.
Since April 2003 the situation has improved because the Romanian authorities have changed certain procedures and increased the number of staff available to deal with these applications. 
Sedan april 2003 har lget frbttrats tack vare att de rumnska myndigheterna har ndrat vissa frfaranden och kat antalet medarbetare som handlgger anskningarna.
Despite these delays, the large number of applications made it possible for the Romanian authorities to use all funds planned for rural infrastructure for the whole seven-year period (2000-2006). 
Trots frseningarna har det stora antalet anskningar gjort det mjligt fr de rumnska myndigheterna att utnyttja alla medel som avsatts till landsbygdens infrastruktur fr hela sjursperioden (2000Đ2006).
Poland also received a large number of applications for this type of project. 
Polen tog ocks emot ett stort antal anskningar fr denna typ av projekt.
However, for administrative reasons not required by the Sapard rules, more than 250 million euro which were available were not used for more than one year (1). 
Men av administrativa skl, som inte krvs enligt Sapardbestmmelserna, fanns mer n 250 miljoner euro tillgngliga under mer n ett r utan att utnyttjas (1).
This hampered an efficient implementation of Sapard. 
Detta frhindrade ett effektivt genomfrande av Sapard.
One of the main reasons for the delays in approving the applications is the lack of staff in the key unit which evaluates all project applications. 
Ett av huvudsklen till att anskningarna godknns s sent r att det saknas personal i den centrala enhet som bedmer alla projektanskningar.
In Bulgaria, all checks made at local level are reperformed by the Sapard Agency at central level. 
I Bulgarien utfrdes alla kontroller p lokal niv p nytt av Sapardorganet p central niv.
This adds about one month to each project approval (thereby delaying project implementation) and about one month to each payment approval stage. 
Detta gjorde att det behvdes ungefr ytterligare en mnad fr varje projektgodknnande (vilket frsenade genomfrandet av projektet) och ungefr en mnad fr varje betalningsgodknnande.
Such double checks are necessary when systems are set up, but the need for them should be kept under review. 
Det r ndvndigt att gra dubbla kontroller i samband med att systemen inrttas, men man br underska behovet av dem i framtiden.
As will be seen in paragraph 35, the Commission has not looked actively for implementation problems such as the ones described above. Although in some cases the Commission has taken action by discussing the issue with the country concerned, this was not done systematically. 
Som framgr av punkt 35 letade inte kommissionen aktivt efter problem i genomfrandet, till exempel sdana problem som beskrivs ovan. ven om kommissionen i vissa fall har vidtagit tgrder genom att diskutera frgan med det berrda landet gjordes detta inte systematiskt.
Key steps have not been analysed so that lessons can be learned 22. 
Viktiga steg analyserades inte s att man kunde dra lrdomar av dem 22.
The Commission did not analyse the critical steps which delayed the setting up of the systems by the Sapard countries. This would have been good management practice. 
Kommissionen analyserade inte de kritiska steg som gjorde att Sapardlnderna blev frsenade med att inrtta systemen, vilket hade varit frenligt med god frvaltningssed.
Application rounds are launched for specific regional, annual allocations. This practice of linking projects to specific regional, annual allocations blocked the use of other available budgets. 
Anbudsfrfaranden stts i gng fr srskilda regionala, rliga anslag. Denna metod att knyta projekt till srskilda regionala rliga anslag gjorde att vriga tillgngliga medel blockerades.
For rural development infrastructure, the allocation to the regions requires a decision by the Ministry of Agriculture, which was, for a large part of the funds, not done until 22 September 2003. because Sapard countries could have taken into account success factors when setting up systems for the management of EU funds. 
Nr det gller utveckling av landsbygdens infrastruktur krver tilldelningen av medel till regionerna ett beslut frn jordbruksministeriet, vilket inte fattades frrn den 22 september 2003 fr en stor del av dessa medel. hade kommit till anvndning eftersom Sapardlnderna skulle ha kunnat dra nytta av framgngsrika exempel nr de inrttade systemen fr frvaltningen av EU-medel.
Later, the Commission also did not include such an analysis in the mid-term evaluation of the programme in each Sapard country. 
Senare gjorde kommissionen inte heller ngon sdan analys i samband med utvrderingen efter halva tiden av programmet i varje Sapardland.
An external evaluation was not launched to ensure that the experience gained from Sapard could be used in the future. and budgets were systematically under-utilised 24. 
Det gjordes ingen extern utvrdering i syfte att se till att erfarenheterna frn Sapard skulle kunna anvndas i framtiden. Budgetarna underutnyttjades systematiskt 24.
The Commission could not make accurate estimates of the amounts included for payments in the budgets for the first three years. 
Kommissionen kunde inte gra korrekta berkningar av de belopp som avsg betalningar i budgetarna fr de tre frsta ren.
Up to the end of 2002, it made 850,8 million euro available for payments, of which only 154,4 million euro (18 %) were used, while the other part was cancelled (2). 
Fram till slutet av 2002 gjorde kommissionen 850,8 miljoner euro tillgngliga fr betalningar, av vilka endast 154,4 miljoner euro (18 %) utnyttjades, medan den resterande delen annullerades (2).
The Commission noted that the payment estimates were uncertain because they depended on factors which were out of its control and there was no previous experience in managing external aid in a decentralised manner. 
Kommissionen konstaterade att betalningsberkningarna var oskra eftersom de hngde p faktorer som stod utanfr dess kontroll och man hade ingen tidigare erfarenhet av att frvalta externt std decentraliserat.
Instead, other arguments were provided to justify the amounts, such as the need to give a positive signal that the Commission was confident that the countries concerned would be able to implement Sapard. 
I stllet framfrde man andra argument fr att motivera beloppen, till exempel behovet av att snda ut positiva signaler om att kommissionen litade p att de berrda lnderna skulle kunna genomfra Sapard.
There is a need to separate political will and economic reality but, as a consequence of an undue emphasis on the former, the Commission systematically overestimated the amounts for payments in the budget. 
Man mste skilja p politisk vilja och ekonomisk verklighet, men eftersom kommissionen lade alltfr stor tonvikt p den politiska viljan verskattade den systematiskt betalningsbeloppen i budgeten.