Commission Decision 2010/257

law://eu/dec/2010/257@2026-11-14

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THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,Having regard to the Treaty on the functioning of the European Union,Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1290/2005 of 21 June 2005 on the financing of the common agricultural policy^note, and in particular Articles 30 and 39 thereof,After consulting the Committee on the Agricultural Funds,Whereas:

(1)On the basis of the annual accounts submitted by Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland 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 6(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1290/2005 are to be cleared. The clearance covers the completeness, accuracy and veracity of the accounts transmitted in the light of the reports established by the certification bodies.

(2)The time limits granted to Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland and Slovakia referred to in Article 7(2) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 885/2006 of 21 June 2006 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 1290/2005 as regards the accreditation of paying agencies and other bodies and the clearance of the accounts of the EAGF and of the EAFRD^note for the submission to the Commission of the documents referred to in Article 8(1)(c) of Regulation (EC) No 1290/2005 and in Article 7(1) of Regulation (EC) No 885/2006^note, have expired.

(3)The Commission has checked the information submitted and communicated to Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland and Slovakia before 31 March 2010 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^note the outcome of the clearance of accounts 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 completeness, 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 Article 30(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1290/2005, this Decision does not prejudice decisions taken subsequently by the Commission excluding from European Union financing expenditure not effected in accordance with European Union rules,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1 #

Without prejudice to Article 2, the accounts of the paying agencies of the Member States concerning expenditure in the field of rural development financed by the European Agricultural Guarantee Fund (EAGF) in respect of the 2009 financial year, are hereby cleared.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 Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland and Slovakia are set out in Annex I and Annex II.

Article 2 #

For the 2009 financial year, the accounts of the Member States’ paying agencies in the field of rural development measures applicable in Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland 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 Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of Malta, the Republic of Poland and the Slovak Republic.

Annex I

Amount to be recovered from or paid to the Member State.
MS		2009 — 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^note
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
EE	EUR		0,00	0,00	0,00	0,00	0,00	0,00
CY	EUR	9474074,82		9474074,82	0,00	9474074,82	0,00	9474074,82
LV	EUR	2607932,10		2607932,10	0,00	2607932,10	0,00	2607932,10
LT	EUR	4033561,97		4033561,97	0,00	4033561,97	0,00	4033561,97
MT	EUR	5102120,76		5102120,76	0,00	5102120,76	457469,86	4644650,90
PL	EUR	12361738,57		12361738,57	0,00	12361738,57	0,00	12361738,57
SK	EUR	7348431,19		7348431,19	0,00	7348431,19	0,00	7348431,19

Annex II

CYPRUS
No	Measures	Expenditure 2009 Annex I column ‘a’	Reductions Annex I column ‘d’	Amount cleared for 2009 Annex I column ‘e’
		i	ii	iii = i + ii
1	Support of investments for management of animal waste	2171324,36		2171324,36
2	Encouragement of the improvement and the development	2808953,00		2808953,00
3	Encouragement of the set up of producer groups	100000,00		100000,00
4	Promotion of vocational training of farmers	214482,99		214482,99
5	Technical and advisory service to the farmers	114647,20		114647,20
6	Early retirement	119962,87		119962,87
7	Support for setting up of young farmers	1355000,00		1355000,00
8	Meeting EU standards	1059306,78		1059306,78
9	Adoption of agri-environmental measures	–35501,90		–35501,90
10	Agri-environmental actions for the protection of natural value	–30271,74		–30271,74
11	Afforestation	2371,79		2371,79
12	Improving of infrastructure for livestock development	0,00		0,00
13	Less Favoured Areas	1040,45		1040,45
14	Support for quality schemes	276389,31		276389,31
15	Support of small scale, traditional processing	271178,37		271178,37
16	Protection of agricultural and traditional landscapes	152497,44		152497,44
17	Protection of forest fires and other natural disasters	369758,71		369758,71
18	Afforestation of non agricultural land	295623,90		295623,90
19	Improvement of harvesting process	–854,30		–854,30
20	Technical support of the implementation, monitoring	62239,78		62239,78
21	Technical support of collective initiatives at local level	165925,81		165925,81
	Total	9474074,82	0,00	9474074,82

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Clearance of the paying agencies’ accounts financial year 2009 — eagf rural development expenditure in new member states

List of the Paying Agencies for which the accounts are disjoined and are subject of a later clearance decision
Member State	Paying Agency
Estonia	PRIA

Commission Decision 2010/257

Commission Decision 2010/257

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