Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2020/707

law://eu/dec/2020/707@2026-11-15

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THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION, Having regard to the Treaty on th…
1 The accounts of the Member States’ paying agencies are her…
2 The amounts to be charged to the Member States, as a resul…
3 This Decision is without prejudice to future conformity cl…
4 This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
I Cleared EAFRD expenditure by Rural Development programme for financial year 2019Amount to be recovered from or paid to the Member State per programmeApproved programmes with declared expenditure for EAFRD 2014-2020
II Clearance of the Paying Agencies' accountsFinancial year 2019 – EAFRDCorrections according to Article 54(2) of Regulation (EU) 1306/2013

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,Having regard to Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 on the financing, management and monitoring of the common agricultural policy and repealing Council Regulations (EEC) No 352/78, (EC) No 165/94, (EC) No 2799/98, (EC) No 814/2000, (EC) No 1290/2005 and (EC) No 485/2008^note, and in particular Article 51 thereof,After consulting the Committee on the Agricultural Funds,Whereas:

(1)Pursuant to Article 51 of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013, the Commission, on the basis of the annual accounts submitted by the Member States, accompanied by the information required for the clearance of accounts and an audit opinion regarding the completeness, accuracy and veracity of the accounts and the reports established by the certification bodies, has to clear the accounts of the paying agencies referred to in Article 7 of that Regulation prior to 31 May of the year following the budget year in question.

(2)In accordance with Article 39 of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 the agricultural financial year begins on 16 October of year N-1 and ends on 15 October of year N. When clearing the accounts for financial year 2019, for the purpose of aligning the reference period for the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) expenditure with that of the European Agricultural Guarantee Fund (EAGF), account should be taken of expenditure incurred by the Member States between 16 October 2018 and 15 October 2019, as provided for in Article 11(1) of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 908/2014^note.

(3)The second subparagraph of Article 33(2) of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 908/2014 provides that the amounts that are recoverable from, or payable to, each Member State, in accordance with the accounts clearance decision referred to in Article 33(1) of that Regulation, are to be established by deducting the intermediate payments for the financial year concerned from the expenditure recognised for that year in accordance with Article 33(1). The Commission is to deduct that amount from or add it to the next intermediate payment.

(4)The Commission has checked the information submitted by the Member States and has communicated the results of its checks to the Member States, along with the necessary amendments.

(5)For all paying agencies, the annual accounts and the accompanying documents permit the Commission to take a decision on the completeness, accuracy and veracity of the annual accounts submitted.

(6)In accordance with Article 83 of Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council^note the deadline for interim payments, is the one laid down in Article 36(5) of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013, may be interrupted for a maximum period of six months in order to carry out additional verifications following information received that these payments are linked to an irregularity having serious financial consequences. In adopting this Decision, the Commission should take into account the amounts interrupted in order to avoid making any inappropriate or untimely payments.

(7)Pursuant to Article 54(2) of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013, 50 % of the financial consequences of non-recovery of irregularities should be borne by the Member State concerned, if recovery has not taken place within four years from the date of the recovery request, or within eight years where the recovery is taken before the national courts. Article 54(4) of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 requires Member States to attach to the annual accounts that they have to submit to the Commission, pursuant to Article 29 of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 908/2014, a certified table reflecting the amounts to be borne by them under Article 54(2) of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013. Rules on the application of the Member States’ obligation to report the amounts to be recovered are laid down in Implementing Regulation (EU) No 908/2014. Annex II to Implementing Regulation (EU) No 908/2014 sets out the model of the table that Member States have to use to provide information about amounts to be recovered. On the basis of the tables completed by the Member States, the Commission should decide on the financial consequences of non-recovery of irregularities older than four or eight years respectively.

(8)Pursuant to Article 54(3) of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013, on duly justified grounds, Member States may decide not to pursue recovery. Such a decision may be taken only if the costs already, and likely to be, incurred total more than the amount to be recovered, or if the recovery proves impossible owing to the insolvency recorded and recognised under national law, of the debtor or the persons legally responsible for the irregularity. If the decision has been taken within four years from the date of recovery request, or within eight years where the recovery is taken before the national courts, 100 % of the financial consequences of the non-recovery should be borne by the Union budget. The amounts for which a particular Member State decided not to pursue recovery and the grounds for its decision are shown in the summary report referred to in Article 54(4) of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 in conjunction with point (c)(iv) of the first subparagraph of Article 102(1) of that Regulation. Therefore, such amounts should not be charged to the Member States concerned and are consequently to be borne by the Union budget.

(9)This Decision should also take into account the amounts that are still to be charged to the Member States as a result of the application of Article 54(2) of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 in relation to the 2007-2013 programming period for EAFRD.

(10)Pursuant to Article 41 of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013, the Commission has already reduced or suspended a number of intermediate payments for financial year 2019 due to expenditure not effected in accordance with Union rules. In this Decision, the Commission should take into account such reduced or suspended amounts on the basis of Article 41 of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013, in order to avoid making any undue,or untimely, payments or reimbursements that could later be subject to financial correction.

(11)In accordance with Article 51 of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013, this Decision should be without prejudice to the decisions the Commission may take subsequently to exclude from Union financing expenditure not effected in accordance with Union rules,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1 #

The accounts of the Member States’ paying agencies are hereby cleared as regards expenditure financed by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) in respect of financial year 2019 and relating to the 2014-2020 programming period.The amounts recoverable from, or payable to, each Member State under each rural development programme pursuant to this Decision, are set out in Annex I.

Article 2 #

The amounts to be charged to the Member States, as a result of the application of Article 54(2) of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 relating to the 2014-2020 programming period and to the 2007-2013 programming period for the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD), are set out in Annex II to this Decision.

Article 3 #

This Decision is without prejudice to future conformity clearance decisions that the Commission may take pursuant to Article 52 of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 to exclude from Union financing expenditure not effected in accordance with Union rules.

Article 4 #

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Annex I · Cleared EAFRD expenditure by Rural Development programme for financial year 2019Amount to be recovered from or paid to the Member State per programmeApproved programmes with declared expenditure for EAFRD 2014-2020

MS	CCI	Expenditure 2019	Corrections	Total	Non-reusable amounts	Accepted amount cleared for FY 2019	Interim payments reimbursed to the Member State for the financial year	Amount to be recovered from (-) or paid to (+) the Member State
(in EUR)
		i	ii	iii = i + ii	iv	v = iii - iv	vi	vii = v - vi
AT	2014AT06RDNP001	530792506,55	-1750000,00	529042506,55	0,00	529042506,55	529042468,84	37,71
BE	2014BE06RDRP001	40746272,70	0,00	40746272,70	0,00	40746272,70	40746257,34	15,36
BE	2014BE06RDRP002	38145525,08	0,00	38145525,08	0,00	38145525,08	38150952,57	-5427,49
BG	2014BG06RDNP001	309155718,57	0,00	309155718,57	0,00	309155718,57	309390025,15	-234306,58
CY	2014CY06RDNP001	20952617,16	0,00	20952617,16	0,00	20952617,16	20952823,78	-206,62
CZ	2014CZ06RDNP001	394916055,66	-30606,96	394885448,70	0,00	394885448,70	394887013,68	-1564,98
DE	2014DE06RDRN001	635763,53	0,00	635763,53	0,00	635763,53	635763,52	0,01
DE	2014DE06RDRP003	92445964,03	0,00	92445964,03	0,00	92445964,03	92445964,03	0,00
DE	2014DE06RDRP004	203932538,55	0,00	203932538,55	0,00	203932538,55	203932538,55	0,00
DE	2014DE06RDRP007	125628955,07	0,00	125628955,07	0,00	125628955,07	125629013,11	-58,04
DE	2014DE06RDRP010	45991706,72	0,00	45991706,72	0,00	45991706,72	45991706,72	0,00
DE	2014DE06RDRP011	121234745,10	0,00	121234745,10	0,00	121234745,10	121234745,10	0,00
DE	2014DE06RDRP012	167830523,60	0,00	167830523,60	0,00	167830523,60	167830523,60	0,00
DE	2014DE06RDRP015	96267544,04	0,00	96267544,04	0,00	96267544,04	96272860,63	-5316,59
DE	2014DE06RDRP017	33430513,48	0,00	33430513,48	0,00	33430513,48	33412863,44	17650,04
DE	2014DE06RDRP018	5791469,50	0,00	5791469,50	0,00	5791469,50	5791493,78	-24,28
DE	2014DE06RDRP019	122306493,20	0,00	122306493,20	0,00	122306493,20	122128048,05	178445,15
DE	2014DE06RDRP020	103115968,77	0,00	103115968,77	0,00	103115968,77	103115968,77	0,00
DE	2014DE06RDRP021	57657958,77	0,00	57657958,77	0,00	57657958,77	57657963,58	-4,81
DE	2014DE06RDRP023	97975590,76	0,00	97975590,76	0,00	97975590,76	97975991,68	-400,92
DK	2014DK06RDNP001	102515908,97	0,00	102515908,97	0,00	102515908,97	103179982,71	-664073,74
EE	2014EE06RDNP001	124908706,88	0,00	124908706,88	0,00	124908706,88	124908873,33	-166,45
ES	2014ES06RDNP001	29449836,80	0,00	29449836,80	0,00	29449836,80	29655521,64	-205684,84
ES	2014ES06RDRP001	228811824,21	0,00	228811824,21	0,00	228811824,21	228811743,85	80,36
ES	2014ES06RDRP002	71111392,83	0,00	71111392,83	0,00	71111392,83	71114011,38	-2618,55
ES	2014ES06RDRP003	39056304,85	0,00	39056304,85	0,00	39056304,85	39078684,82	-22379,97
ES	2014ES06RDRP004	10313552,62	0,00	10313552,62	0,00	10313552,62	10313552,57	0,05
ES	2014ES06RDRP005	17178960,97	0,00	17178960,97	0,00	17178960,97	17176788,80	2172,17
ES	2014ES06RDRP006	16854477,89	0,00	16854477,89	0,00	16854477,89	16861128,20	-6650,31
ES	2014ES06RDRP007	201930621,93	0,00	201930621,93	0,00	201930621,93	201925849,08	4772,85
ES	2014ES06RDRP008	110685061,08	0,00	110685061,08	0,00	110685061,08	110681479,84	3581,24
ES	2014ES06RDRP009	52412273,99	0,00	52412273,99	0,00	52412273,99	52412272,41	1,58
ES	2014ES06RDRP010	106110727,35	0,00	106110727,35	0,00	106110727,35	106110692,67	34,68
ES	2014ES06RDRP011	158306738,83	0,00	158306738,83	0,00	158306738,83	158306715,16	23,67
ES	2014ES06RDRP012	15570984,88	0,00	15570984,88	0,00	15570984,88	15582265,80	-11280,92
ES	2014ES06RDRP013	37493230,66	0,00	37493230,66	0,00	37493230,66	37493228,18	2,48
ES	2014ES06RDRP014	14512960,71	0,00	14512960,71	0,00	14512960,71	14512961,16	-0,45
ES	2014ES06RDRP015	11885175,23	0,00	11885175,23	0,00	11885175,23	11885175,62	-0,39
ES	2014ES06RDRP016	9176482,97	0,00	9176482,97	0,00	9176482,97	9176481,49	1,48
ES	2014ES06RDRP017	34529635,62	0,00	34529635,62	0,00	34529635,62	34529634,05	1,57
FI	2014FI06RDRP001	348845468,91	0,00	348845468,91	0,00	348845468,91	348845692,60	-223,69
FI	2014FI06RDRP002	2329802,72	0,00	2329802,72	0,00	2329802,72	2329802,72	0,00
FR	2014FR06RDNP001	134030995,75	0,00	134030995,75	0,00	134030995,75	134030995,75	0,00
FR	2014FR06RDRN001	1987774,19	0,00	1987774,19	0,00	1987774,19	1987774,19	0,00
FR	2014FR06RDRP001	16284029,39	0,00	16284029,39	0,00	16284029,39	16284029,38	0,01
FR	2014FR06RDRP002	15534431,99	0,00	15534431,99	0,00	15534431,99	15534431,99	0,00
FR	2014FR06RDRP003	14076246,64	0,00	14076246,64	0,00	14076246,64	14076246,66	-0,02
FR	2014FR06RDRP004	47430878,10	0,00	47430878,10	0,00	47430878,10	47430878,11	-0,01
FR	2014FR06RDRP006	8082394,98	0,00	8082394,98	0,00	8082394,98	8082394,98	0,00
FR	2014FR06RDRP011	10765010,94	0,00	10765010,94	0,00	10765010,94	10765010,94	0,00
FR	2014FR06RDRP021	34446704,78	0,00	34446704,78	0,00	34446704,78	34446704,76	0,02
FR	2014FR06RDRP022	20848487,69	0,00	20848487,69	0,00	20848487,69	20848487,71	-0,02
FR	2014FR06RDRP023	19565763,42	0,00	19565763,42	0,00	19565763,42	19565763,42	0,00
FR	2014FR06RDRP024	63071142,27	0,00	63071142,27	0,00	63071142,27	63071142,27	0,00
FR	2014FR06RDRP025	67198978,18	0,00	67198978,18	0,00	67198978,18	67198978,16	0,02
FR	2014FR06RDRP026	98729352,49	0,00	98729352,49	0,00	98729352,49	98729352,50	-0,01
FR	2014FR06RDRP031	14847305,69	0,00	14847305,69	0,00	14847305,69	14847305,69	0,00
FR	2014FR06RDRP041	60104185,78	0,00	60104185,78	0,00	60104185,78	60104185,78	0,00
FR	2014FR06RDRP042	21336395,63	0,00	21336395,63	0,00	21336395,63	21336395,66	-0,03
FR	2014FR06RDRP043	71282388,55	0,00	71282388,55	0,00	71282388,55	71282388,54	0,01
FR	2014FR06RDRP052	96072089,58	0,00	96072089,58	0,00	96072089,58	96072089,59	-0,01
FR	2014FR06RDRP053	80968640,16	0,00	80968640,16	0,00	80968640,16	80968640,16	0,00
FR	2014FR06RDRP054	89636130,45	0,00	89636130,45	0,00	89636130,45	89636130,43	0,02
FR	2014FR06RDRP072	105488799,09	0,00	105488799,09	0,00	105488799,09	105493314,64	-4515,55
FR	2014FR06RDRP073	250890968,38	0,00	250890968,38	0,00	250890968,38	250890968,40	-0,02
FR	2014FR06RDRP074	99985617,49	0,00	99985617,49	0,00	99985617,49	99985617,49	0,00
FR	2014FR06RDRP082	200618567,07	0,00	200618567,07	0,00	200618567,07	200618567,08	-0,01
FR	2014FR06RDRP083	199936626,10	0,00	199936626,10	0,00	199936626,10	199936626,12	-0,02
FR	2014FR06RDRP091	101631768,73	0,00	101631768,73	0,00	101631768,73	101631768,72	0,01
FR	2014FR06RDRP093	97294348,97	0,00	97294348,97	0,00	97294348,97	97294348,96	0,01
FR	2014FR06RDRP094	18669034,43	0,00	18669034,43	0,00	18669034,43	18669043,82	-9,39
UK	2014UK06RDRP001	501228862,63	0,00	501228862,63	0,00	501228862,63	501770201,89	-541339,26
UK	2014UK06RDRP002	22164493,79	0,00	22164493,79	0,00	22164493,79	22164474,28	19,51
UK	2014UK06RDRP003	158970631,55	0,00	158970631,55	0,00	158970631,55	159458333,74	-487702,19
UK	2014UK06RDRP004	92557109,51	0,00	92557109,51	0,00	92557109,51	92557110,53	-1,02
EL	2014GR06RDNP001	411413602,16	0,00	411413602,16	0,00	411413602,16	411413601,44	0,72
HR	2014HR06RDNP001	299671237,41	0,00	299671237,41	0,00	299671237,41	299685519,51	-14282,10
HU	2014HU06RDNP001	511369560,77	0,00	511369560,77	0,00	511369560,77	511369578,23	-17,46
IE	2014IE06RDNP001	324050714,30	0,00	324050714,30	0,00	324050714,30	324050714,30	0,00
IT	2014IT06RDNP001	193548961,44	0,00	193548961,44	0,00	193548961,44	193555347,19	-6385,75
IT	2014IT06RDRN001	13648458,43	0,00	13648458,43	0,00	13648458,43	13648458,43	0,00
IT	2014IT06RDRP001	29975815,54	0,00	29975815,54	0,00	29975815,54	29975335,13	480,41
IT	2014IT06RDRP002	18327612,70	0,00	18327612,70	0,00	18327612,70	18327612,62	0,08
IT	2014IT06RDRP003	92926497,41	0,00	92926497,41	0,00	92926497,41	92926499,55	-2,14
IT	2014IT06RDRP004	27070038,88	0,00	27070038,88	0,00	27070038,88	27070039,14	-0,26
IT	2014IT06RDRP005	52348695,41	0,00	52348695,41	0,00	52348695,41	52349943,22	-1247,81
IT	2014IT06RDRP006	21573069,55	0,00	21573069,55	0,00	21573069,55	21573069,53	0,02
IT	2014IT06RDRP007	73972599,26	0,00	73972599,26	0,00	73972599,26	73972033,95	565,31
IT	2014IT06RDRP008	32850280,82	0,00	32850280,82	0,00	32850280,82	32850280,64	0,18
IT	2014IT06RDRP009	97615781,35	0,00	97615781,35	0,00	97615781,35	97615780,70	0,65
IT	2014IT06RDRP010	57267283,32	0,00	57267283,32	0,00	57267283,32	57267282,12	1,20
IT	2014IT06RDRP011	19783912,66	0,00	19783912,66	0,00	19783912,66	19783912,76	-0,10
IT	2014IT06RDRP012	51539682,95	0,00	51539682,95	0,00	51539682,95	51539700,05	-17,10
IT	2014IT06RDRP013	9172806,59	0,00	9172806,59	0,00	9172806,59	9172806,29	0,30
IT	2014IT06RDRP014	70456765,03	0,00	70456765,03	0,00	70456765,03	70456763,63	1,40
IT	2014IT06RDRP015	21485143,22	0,00	21485143,22	0,00	21485143,22	21485143,10	0,12
IT	2014IT06RDRP016	86806537,56	0,00	86806537,56	0,00	86806537,56	86801624,87	4912,69
IT	2014IT06RDRP017	42424028,34	0,00	42424028,34	0,00	42424028,34	42424027,00	1,34
IT	2014IT06RDRP018	102145788,69	0,00	102145788,69	0,00	102145788,69	102169711,01	-23922,32
IT	2014IT06RDRP019	158788358,36	0,00	158788358,36	0,00	158788358,36	158784946,22	3412,14
IT	2014IT06RDRP020	70009609,58	0,00	70009609,58	0,00	70009609,58	70016377,42	-6767,84
IT	2014IT06RDRP021	105317165,48	0,00	105317165,48	0,00	105317165,48	105336976,13	-19810,65
LT	2014LT06RDNP001	181392756,61	-48911,41	181343845,20	0,00	181343845,20	181345149,19	-1303,99
LU	2014LU06RDNP001	14534680,31	0,00	14534680,31	0,00	14534680,31	14484491,14	50189,17
LV	2014LV06RDNP001	206454657,71	0,00	206454657,71	0,00	206454657,71	206475667,04	-21009,33
MT	2014MT06RDNP001	19429832,31	0,00	19429832,31	0,00	19429832,31	19429922,12	-89,81
NL	2014NL06RDNP001	90801416,57	0,00	90801416,57	0,00	90801416,57	90815520,63	-14104,06
PL	2014PL06RDNP001	1092290840,09	0,00	1092290840,09	0,00	1092290840,09	1092290030,37	809,72
PT	2014PT06RDRP001	39437443,20	0,00	39437443,20	0,00	39437443,20	39437437,81	5,39
PT	2014PT06RDRP002	452107823,65	0,00	452107823,65	0,00	452107823,65	452047544,92	60278,73
PT	2014PT06RDRP003	31558368,34	0,00	31558368,34	0,00	31558368,34	31558362,99	5,35
RO	2014RO06RDNP001	968522495,89	-1348671,14	967173824,75	0,00	967173824,75	967195086,21	-21261,46
SE	2014SE06RDNP001	226275603,92	0,00	226275603,92	0,00	226275603,92	226319797,01	-44193,09
SI	2014SI06RDNP001	120004332,06	0,00	120004332,06	0,00	120004332,06	119962009,29	42322,77
SK	2014SK06RDNP001	209359906,44	0,00	209359906,44	0,00	209359906,44	209359977,67	-71,23

Annex II · Clearance of the Paying Agencies' accountsFinancial year 2019 – EAFRDCorrections according to Article 54(2) of Regulation (EU) 1306/2013

	Corrections Related to the 2014-2020 Programming Period	Corrections Related to the 2007-2013 Programming Period
Member State	Currency	In National currency	In EUR	In National currency	In EUR
AT	EUR	—	—	—	—
BE	EUR	—	—	—	163,63
BG	BGN	—	—	1811463,11	—
CY	EUR	—	—	—	—
CZ	CZK	—	—	1449992,55	—
DE	EUR	—	225,19	—	304625,59
DK	DKK	—	—	958077,48	—
EE	EUR	—	589,99	—	293834,35
ES	EUR	—	—	—	233018,22
FI	EUR	—	7891,54	—	24085,04
FR	EUR	—	3370,85	—	119838,03
UK	GBP	1344,21	—	264556,48	—
EL	EUR	—	—	—	903687,85
HR	HRK	—	—	—	—
HU	HUF	—	—	351338867,00	—
IE	EUR	—	14159,77	—	69568,41
IT	EUR	—	—	—	869742,86
LT	EUR	—	—	—	34243,02
LU	EUR	—	—	—	—
LV	EUR	—	—	—	62324,86
MT	EUR	—	—	—	8724,71
NL	EUR	—	—	—	1448,25
PL	PLN	—	—	3461599,55	—
PT	EUR	—	100951,54	—	813504,70
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Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2020/707

Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2020/707

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Annex I · Cleared EAFRD expenditure by Rural Development programme for financial year 2019Amount to be recovered from or paid to the Member State per programmeApproved programmes with declared expenditure for EAFRD 2014-2020

Annex II · Clearance of the Paying Agencies' accountsFinancial year 2019 – EAFRDCorrections according to Article 54(2) of Regulation (EU) 1306/2013

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Annex I · Cleared EAFRD expenditure by Rural Development programme for financial year 2019Amount to be recovered from or paid to the Member State per programmeApproved programmes with declared expenditure for EAFRD 2014-2020

Annex II · Clearance of the Paying Agencies' accountsFinancial year 2019 – EAFRDCorrections according to Article 54(2) of Regulation (EU) 1306/2013

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