Explanatory Memorandum to COM(2018)629 - 11th financial report from the Commission to the European Parliament and the council on the European agricultural fund for rural development (eafrd) 2017 financial year

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Brussels, 17.9.2018


COM(2018) 629 final

REPORT FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL

11th FINANCIAL REPORT FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL
on the EUROPEAN AGRICULTURAL FUND FOR RURAL DEVELOPMENT (EAFRD)
2017 FINANCIAL YEAR


Table of contents

2.

1. Budget procedure


3.

1.1.Financial framework


4.

1.2.Draft Budget (DB) 2017


5.

1.3.The adoption of the 2017 Budget


6.

1.4.The adoption of the Amending Budgets


7.

2. Management of appropriations


8.

2.1.Management of commitment appropriations


9.

2.1.1.EAFRD rural development programmes


10.

2.1.2.Technical assistance


11.

2.2.Management of payment appropriations


12.

2.2.1.EAFRD rural development programmes


13.

2.2.2.Technical assistance


14.

3. Implementation of the 2017 EAFRD budget


15.

3.1.Implementation of commitment appropriations


16.

3.1.1.EAFRD rural development programmes


17.

3.1.2.Technical assistance


18.

3.2.Implementation of payment appropriations


19.

3.2.1.EAFRD rural development programmes


20.

3.2.2.Technical assistance


21.

3.3.Analysis of expenditure declared by measure


22.

3.4.Implementation of EAFRD programmes


23.

3.4.1.Programming period 2007-2013


24.

3.4.2.Programming period 2014-2020



25.

1. Budget procedure


26.

1.1. Financial framework


Rural development expenditure in 2017 is funded within two multiannual financial frameworks (MFFs): 2007-2013 and 2014-2020. The financial framework 2014-2020 is provided by Council Regulation (EU) No 1311/2013. The allocation for rural development and the allocation for market related expenditure and direct payments after the annual technical adjustment of the MFF are presented in table 1.


Table 1 – Financial framework 2014-2020

HEADING 2.In million EUR; current prices
Sustainable growth: natural resources2014201520162017201820192020
TOTAL49 85764 69264 26260 19160 26760 34460 421
of which :
- Rural Development a), b), c), d), e)
5 29918 18418 68414 37114 38114 69114 709
- Market related expenditure and direct aids, a), b), c), d)
43 77844 19043 95044 14644 16243 88043 888
a) After net transfer of EUR 351.9 million between EAGF and EAFRD for the financial year 2014 (see note f for details)

b) After net transfer of EUR 51.6 million between EAGF and EAFRD for the financial year 2015 (see note f for details)

c) After net transfer of EUR 28 million between EAGF and EAFRD for the financial years 2014-2020 (see note f for details)

d) After net transfer of EUR 4 313.6 million between EAGF and EAFRD for financial years 2015-2020 (see note f for details)

e) After the reprogramming of the EAFRD allocation of year 2014 following the application of Article 19 of MFF Regulation (EU) No 1311/2013 a total amount of EUR 8 705 million deducted from 2014 commitments was equally distributed to 2015 and 2016 commitments

f) The transfers into Rural Development (EAFRD) mentioned in notes a) to d) above involve: EUR 4 million transferred annually for the whole period 2014-2020 from the cotton sector (EL) on the basis of Article 66(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013, EUR 296.3 million set for the voluntary adjustment transferred for the financial year 2014 (UK) on the basis of Article 10b and 10c(2) of Regulation (EC) No 73/2009, EUR 51.6 million for unspent amounts transferred each year for financial years 2014 and 2015 (SE and DE) on the basis of Articles 136 and 136b of Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 and EUR 4 313.6 million for the reduction of payments and the flexibility between pillars on the basis of Articles 7(2) and 14(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013


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1.2. Draft Budget (DB) 2017


The 2017 Draft Budget (DB) was adopted by the Commission and proposed to the Budgetary Authority on 18 July 2016.

The Draft Budget included EUR 1 280 million in payment appropriations for the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) for the 2007-2013 programming period. No commitment appropriations were requested for year 2017 as the 2007-2013 programming period ended at the end of 2013. For the programming period 2014-2020, the DB 2017 included EUR 14 360 million in commitment appropriations and EUR 9 926 million in payment appropriations.


The Council adopted its position on the 2017 Draft Budget on 12 September 2016 and the European Parliament adopted its position on 26 October 2016. The Conciliation Committee had to be convened and the Committee agreed on a joint text within the 21-day time limit. The Council approved the joint text on 29 November 2016 and the European Parliament approved it on 1 December 2016.

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1.3. The adoption of the 2017 Budget


The 2017 Budget adopted on 1 December 2016 was, as regards the EAFRD, equal to the initial Commission's proposal.

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Table 2


Adopted Budget 2017
Budget ItemCommitment appropriationsPayment appropriations
(in EUR)(in EUR)
2007-2013
05.040501 (Rural development programmes)-1 280 000 000
05.040502 (Operational technical assistance)--
2014-2020
05.046001 (Rural development programmes)14 337 026 6979 902 000 000
05.010404 (Non-operational technical assistance)4 910 0004 910 000
05.046002 (Operational technical assistance)18 522 00019 022 443


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1.4. The adoption of the Amending Budgets


In the Amending Budgets No 6 the payment appropriations of EAFRD 2007-2013 were decreased by EUR 780 million and the commitments appropriations for the technical assistance were decreased by EUR 1.5 million.

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Table 3


Budget 2017 after the Amendments
Budget ItemCommitment appropriationsPayment appropriations
(in EUR)(in EUR)
2007-2013
05.040501 (Rural development programmes)-500 000 000
05.040502 (Operational technical assistance)--
2014-2020
05.046001 (Rural development programmes)14 337 026 6979 902 000 000
05.010404 (Non-operational technical assistance)4 910 0004 910 000
05.046002 (Operational technical assistance)17 022 00019 022 443


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2. Management of appropriations


33.

2.1. Management of commitment appropriations


34.

2.1.1. EAFRD rural development programmes


As regards commitment appropriations, the 2017 voted budget amounted to EUR 14 337 million, all related to the 2014-2020 programmes.

The Budget 2017 did not include any commitment appropriations for EAFRD 2007-2013 programmes.

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Table 4


Management of commitment appropriations in 2017 – EAFRDBudget Item

05.040501

(in EUR)
Budget Item

05.046001

(in EUR)
Appropriations at the beginning of 2017-14 337 026 697
Appropriations available in 2017-14 337 026 697
Appropriations used in 2017-14 337 026 697


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2.1.2. Technical assistance


Article 51(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013 provides that the EAFRD may use up to 0.25% of its annual allocation to finance technical assistance actions at the initiative of the Commission. In the 2017 budget, the initial amount available for this purpose was EUR 4.9 million for non-operational technical assistance and EUR 18.5 million for operational technical assistance. The latter was reduced by EUR 1.5 million by the Amending Budget No 6.

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2.2. Management of payment appropriations


38.

2.2.1. EAFRD rural development programmes


For the rural development programmes 2014-2020, the payment appropriations of the voted budget 2017 amounted to EUR 9 902 million. In addition, the available assigned revenue, collected during the year, amounted to EUR 14.0 million The payment appropriations were reinforced with the transfer of EUR 3.0 million from the line of the technical assistance, with the end-of-the year transfer in the amount of EUR 567.7 million and with the transfer of EUR 110.0 million of assigned revenue from EAFRD 2007-2013 in order to cover in full the Member States' declarations of expenditure of the third quarter of 2017. Taking into account all transfers, the total amount of payment appropriations available in 2017 amounted to EUR 11 069.9 million. In total, in 2017, EUR 11 051.8 million of payment appropriations were used and EUR 18.1 million of assigned revenue were automatically carried over to 2018.

For the rural development programmes 2007-2013, payment appropriations of the voted budget 2017 amounted to EUR 1 280 million. In addition, the available assigned revenue, either carried over from 2016 or collected during the year, amounted to EUR 497.2 million. The Amending Budget No 6 reduced the payment appropriations by EUR 780 million. Moreover, they were also reduced by two transfers to the budget line for the EAFRD 2014-2020 programmes, in total EUR 583.2 million. At the end of the year, the total amount of payment appropriations available in 2017 was EUR 413.8 million. Of this amount, EUR 43.1 million were used and EUR 370.7 million of assigned revenue were automatically carried over to 2018.

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Table 5


Management of payment appropriations in 2017
(in EUR)
EAFRD (2014-2020)
Budget Item - 05.046001
Appropriations at the beginning of 20179 902 000 000
Transfer from EAFRD 2007-2013473 190 882
Transfer from technical assistance line of EAFRD 2014-20203 000 000
End-of-the year transfer567 662 308
Assigned revenue collected in 201714 029 057
Transfer of Assigned revenue from EAFRD 2007-2013110 000 000
Appropriations available in 201711 069 882 247
Appropriations used in 201711 051 784 091
EAFRD (2007-2013)
Budget Item - 05.040501
Appropriations at the beginning of 20171 280 000 000
Transfer to EAFRD 2014-2020-473 190 882
Transfer to line 05.087706-182 967
Amending budget-780 000 000
Assigned revenue carried over from 201612 134 265
Assigned revenue collected in 2017485 027 166
Transfer of Assigned revenue to EAFRD 2014-2020-110 000 000
Appropriations available in 2017413 787 582
Appropriations used in 201743 121 731


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2.2.2. Technical assistance


As regards the EAFRD technical assistance, total payment appropriations in the 2017 budget amounted to EUR 23.9 million. EUR 3.0 million were transferred to the EAFRD 2014-2020 programmes line in order to cover in full the Member States’ declarations of expenditure of the third quarter of 2017. The final payment appropriations was EUR 20.9 million.

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3. Implementation of the 2017 EAFRD budget


42.

3.1. Implementation of commitment appropriations


43.

3.1.1. EAFRD rural development programmes


The total amount of commitment appropriations available in the 2017 budget for the EAFRD programmes 2014-2020 (EUR 14 337.0 million) was committed.

Table 6 shows, per Member State, the allocation established by Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013 as last amended by Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2018/162 and the amounts committed in 2017.

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Table 6


Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013 (as amended) vs. amounts committed by the end of 2017
Budget item: 05.046001(in EUR)
MSRegulation (EU) No 1305/2013Amounts committed in 2017
2017 Allocation
(a)(b)
AT562 467 745562 467 745
BE97 175 07697 175 076
BG340 409 994340 409 994
CY18 894 80118 894 801
CZ344 509 078344 509 078
DE1 404 073 3021 404 073 302
DK144 868 072144 868 072
EE122 865 093122 865 093
ES1 185 553 0051 185 553 005
FI340 009 057340 009 057
FR1 665 777 5921 665 777 592
GR703 471 245703 471 245
HR282 342 500282 342 500
HU488 620 684488 620 684
IE313 007 411313 007 411
IT1 493 380 1621 493 380 162
LT230 451 686230 451 686
LU14 366 48414 366 484
LV155 139 289155 139 289
MT13 914 92713 914 927
NL118 357 256118 357 256
PL1 192 025 2381 192 025 238
PT579 806 001579 806 001
RO1 186 544 1491 186 544 149
SE249 386 135249 386 135
SI119 684 133119 684 133
SK215 356 644215 356 644
UK754 569 938754 569 938
Total14 337 026 69714 337 026 697


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3.1.2. Technical assistance


For the programming period 2014-2020, the amount of commitment appropriations for operational technical assistance in the budget 2017 was EUR 18.5 million. This line was reduced by EUR 1.5 million in the Amending Budget No 6. Table 7 shows the consumption of the commitment appropriations available for operational technical assistance in 2017. The most important part relates to the European Network for Rural Development as well as the European Innovation Partnership.

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Table 7


Technical assistance – Implementation of commitment appropriations
Budget Item: 05.046002(in EUR)
DescriptionAmount committed
European Network for Rural Development5 023 899
European Innovation Partnership2 687 741
Information technology*2 257 024
European Evaluation Network1 925 113
Audit and Controls668 574
Solidarity Corps500 000
Organic agriculture database115 000
Total13 177 350
* Including Broadband Competence Offices

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3.2. Implementation of payment appropriations


48.

3.2.1. EAFRD rural development programmes


For the programming period 2014-2020, all payment appropriations available in the Budget 2017 (EUR 9 902.0 million) were used. In addition, in the end of the year, reinforcements were needed to allow reimbursing in full expenditure declared by the Member States. The following transfers increased the payment appropriations available for EAFRD 2014-2020: EUR 473.2 million from EAFRD 2007-2013 Budget 2017, EUR 110.0 million of the assigned revenue from EAFRD 2007-2013, EUR 3.0 million from the operational technical assistance EAFRD 2014-2020, EUR 567.7 million from the end-of-the year transfer. In total, by the end of 2017, EUR 11 051.8 million, out of EUR 11 069.9 million payment appropriations available after the transfers was used.

For the programming period 2007-2013, EUR 43.1 million were implemented out of the initial EUR 1 280 million of payment appropriations available in the budget and of EUR 497.2 million available as assigned revenue. The Amending Budget No 6 reduced the payment appropriations by EUR 780.0 million. Moreover, EUR 583.2 million (including EUR 110.0 million of assigned revenue) was transferred to the budget line for the EAFRD 2014-2020 programmes.

Table 8 shows the breakdown of payments made in 2017 by declaration period:

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Table 8


Payments 2017 for EAFRD rural development programmes (in million EUR)2007-20132014-2020
Item 05.040501Item 05.046001
Pre-financing 2014-2020-0.0
Reimbursement of payment claims prior to Q4 20170.026.4
Reimbursement of payment claims Q4 20170.03 941.4
Reimbursement of payment claims Q1 20170.01 924.2
Reimbursement of payment claims Q2 20170.02 099.1
Reimbursement of payment claims Q3 20170.03 060.7
Closure and/or positive payments 2007-201343.1-
Total 201743.111 051.8


The monthly consumption of payment appropriations during the year (January to December 2017) is shown in the graph below.


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Graph 1



The breakdown per Member State and per declaration period of the amounts paid by the Commission in budget year 2017 is shown in tables 9a and 9b.

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Table 9a: EAFRD 2007-2013


Payments effectively made between 01/01/2017 and 31/12/2017
EAFRD 2007-2013 - Budget item 05.040501 (in EUR)
MSPositive payments, mainly following the judgements of Court of JusticeClosureTotal
AT
BE
BG1 644 1201 644 120
CY
CZ
DE2 6072 607
DK
EE
ES
FI
FR
GR4 843 6284 843 628
HU
IE
IT
LT708 137708 137
LU
LV
MT
NL
PL24 77624 776
PT
RO35 897 24935 897 249
SE
SI1 2141 214
SK
UK
Total43 121 731043 121 731


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Table 9b: EAFRD 2014-2020


Payments effectively made between 01/01/2017 and 31/12/2017
EAFRD 2014-2020 - Budget item 05.046001(in EUR)
MSPrior to Q4 2016Q4 2016Q1 2017Q2 2017Q3 2017Total
AT284 034 51334 306 827118 368 15641 760 912478 470 408
BE5 925 0452 756 55619 997 1268 452 98937 131 717
BG19 664 65839 513 02181 321 94454 014 439194 514 062
CY7 106 4912 030 5161 212 3014 224 14314 573 450
CZ40 792 52495 902 13486 375 95936 281 185259 351 803
DE474 591 531206 265 375158 977 107111 118 692950 952 706
DK27 313 51320 805 18031 119 75820 639 54999 878 000
EE17 338 40952 578 67012 925 13916 571 07399 413 291
ES288 516 817126 055 741121 249 143166 811 391702 633 093
FI127 783 82218 656 89153 803 633118 963 308319 207 655
FR801 033 39364 649 70369 174 381818 850 5171 753 707 994
GR338 972 96139 884 77645 877 268283 310 929708 045 934
HR12 404 31535 760 81579 650 69922 357 649150 173 479
HU54 311 3092 482 437105 315 53934 483 224196 592 509
IE104 218 85124 253 16817 117 853108 982 160254 572 032
IT215 647 575189 232 281211 715 839173 676 812790 272 508
LT84 849 52668 844 17355 926 20144 354 105253 974 006
LU2 759 0594 188 850637 7531 277 9128 863 575
LV63 038 10744 521 39122 859 33032 078 140162 496 969
MT1 654 062305 55788 103123 2512 170 973
NL11 845 69332 549 01710 590 1362 628 96857 613 814
PL148 421 690132 318 221208 784 25384 080 426573 604 590
PT309 074 60187 906 63377 268 20449 983 739524 233 177
RO26 332 371265 094 574340 526 570313 662 587623 552 6131 569 168 715
SE31 826 68934 272 89023 227 73214 948 891104 276 200
SI27 374 47512 498 31031 421 8088 959 01680 253 608
SK51 127 10744 801 39738 534 46633 400 226167 863 196
UK43 923124 709 926166 295 483101 908 247144 817 050537 774 629
Total26 376 2953 941 431 2361 924 162 5842 099 110 6663 060 703 31011 051 784 091


Table 10 compares, for each Member State, the EAFRD 2014-2020 payments made in 2017 with the payments in 2016. The payments increased significantly (by 42%) compared to year 2016 (EUR 11.1 billion vs. EUR 7.8 billion). The 2016 figures include the last tranche of pre-financing paid for the 2014-2020 programmes.


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Table 10


Payments made to Member States - Comparison 2017 vs 2016 - EAFRD 2014-2020(in EUR)
MS20162017Difference 2017 vs. 2016
Interim paymentsPre-financingTotalInterim paymentsPre-financingTotal(in €)(in %)
AT394 576 58139 375 520433 952 101478 470 4080478 470 40844 518 30710.26%
BE39 503 0516 477 97845 981 02937 131 717037 131 717-8 849 312-19.25%
BG129 060 04323 667 170152 727 213194 514 0620194 514 06241 786 84927.36%
CY7 177 6991 322 4448 500 14214 573 450014 573 4506 073 30871.45%
CZ181 882 81923 056 740204 939 559259 351 8030259 351 80354 412 24326.55%
DE647 841 34593 607 201741 448 545950 952 7060950 952 706209 504 16028.26%
DK74 929 01314 976 09789 905 11099 878 000099 878 0009 972 89011.09%
EE87 901 4318 233 41696 134 84699 413 291099 413 2913 278 4453.41%
ES378 590 28982 973 888461 564 178702 633 0930702 633 093241 068 91552.23%
FI327 182 92923 804 083350 987 012319 207 6550319 207 655-31 779 358-9.05%
FR524 557 370113 848 442638 405 8121 753 707 99401 753 707 9941 115 302 182174.70%
GR227 838 94947 182 918275 021 867708 045 9340708 045 934433 024 067157.45%
HR131 044 15920 262 225151 306 384150 173 4790150 173 479-1 132 905-0.75%
HU208 468 12534 306 645242 774 769196 592 5090196 592 509-46 182 260-19.02%
IE253 822 79221 905 922275 728 714254 572 0320254 572 032-21 156 682-7.67%
IT419 548 741104 443 808523 992 549790 272 5080790 272 508266 279 95950.82%
LT173 957 33016 130 882190 088 212253 974 0060253 974 00663 885 79433.61%
LU6 355 8401 005 7467 361 5868 863 57508 863 5751 501 98920.40%
LV108 833 03810 756 038119 589 076162 496 9690162 496 96942 907 89335.88%
MT589 457973 2691 562 7262 170 97302 170 973608 24838.92%
NL34 449 92610 812 45445 262 37957 613 814057 613 81412 351 43527.29%
PL362 852 03488 961 088451 813 122573 604 5900573 604 590121 791 46726.96%
PT536 945 15340 601 404577 546 557524 233 1770524 233 177-53 313 380-9.23%
RO524 017 09981 279 964605 297 0631 569 168 71501 569 168 715963 871 652159.24%
SE191 405 37217 455 653208 861 025104 276 2000104 276 200-104 584 824-50.07%
SI77 260 5378 378 49885 639 03580 253 608080 253 608-5 385 427-6.29%
SK105 682 05015 885 298121 567 349167 863 1960167 863 19646 295 84738.08%
UK653 010 76548 906 195701 916 960537 774 6290537 774 629-164 142 331-23.38%
Total6 809 283 9361 000 590 9847 809 874 92011 051 784 091011 051 784 0913 241 909 17241.51%

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3.2.2. Technical assistance


For the programming period 2014-2020, the amount for payment appropriations for the operational technical assistance was EUR 19.0 million. A part of these appropriations (EUR 3.0 million) was transferred to cover payment needs in relation to rural development programmes under EAFRD 2014-2020.

Table 11 hereafter presents the payments grouped by main activities. The most important part relates to the European Network for Rural Development.

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Table 11


Technical assistance – Implementation of payment appropriations
Budget Item: 05.046002(in EUR)
DescriptionAmount paid
European Network for Rural Development4 057 011
European Innovation Partnership2 734 982
Corporate communication2 600 000
Information technology*2 258 270
European Evaluation Network1 375 984
Audit and Controls649 115
Technical Advisory Platform for Financial Instruments320 000
Solidarity Corps296 041
Organic agriculture database248 533
Total14 539 936

* Including Broadband Competence Offices

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3.3. Analysis of expenditure declared by measure


Table 12 shows the payment claims declared by Member States and by measure for rural development in 2017 (4th quarter of 2016 to 3rd quarter of 2017), the cumulative declared expenditure from the beginning of the programming period and also the financial plan of EAFRD 2014-2020 programmes.

The expenditure for EAFRD 2014-2020 in 2017 continued to concentrate mainly in Measure 13 (Payments to areas facing natural or other specific constraints) and in Measure 10 (Agri-environment-climate).


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Table 12


EAFRD declared expenditure 2017 (Q4 2016-Q3 2017) & Total cumulative expenditure (Q4 2014 to Q3 2017)
compared with Financial Plans - EAFRD 2014-2020
Declared expenditure 2017 (Q4 2016 to Q3 2017)Cumulative declared expenditure (Q4 2014 to Q3 2017)Financial Plans 2014-2020
EAFRD Measure(million €)(%)(million €)(%)(million €)(%)
Measure 01Knowledge transfer and information actions51.40.5%73.30.3%1 102.71.1%
Measure 02Advisory services, farm management and farm relief services16.00.1%27.30.1%763.40.8%
Measure 03Quality schemes for agricultural products and foodstuffs18.30.2%28.80.1%379.90.4%
Measure 04Investments in physical assets1 625.514.7%2 811.713.3%22 621.222.8%
Measure 05Restoring agricultural production potential damaged by natural disasters and catastrophic events and introduction of appropriate prevention actions58.50.5%111.60.5%894.10.9%
Measure 06Farm and business development861.57.8%1 277.66.0%7 234.77.3%
Measure 07Basic services and village renewal in rural areas568.55.2%688.93.3%6 679.56.7%
Measure 08Investments in forest area development and improvement of the viability of forests341.73.1%670.23.2%4 532.64.6%
Measure 09Setting-up of producer groups and organisations17.40.2%33.40.2%413.10.4%
Measure 10Agri-environment-climate2 031.818.4%5 125.324.2%16 504.116.6%
Measure 11Organic farming939.88.5%1 739.58.2%6 631.86.7%
Measure 12Natura 2000 and Water Framework Directive payments69.60.6%165.50.8%576.20.6%
Measure 13Payments to areas facing natural or other specific constraints3 314.430.0%6 532.730.8%16 013.616.1%
Measure 14Animal Welfare287.82.6%519.32.5%1 509.41.5%
Measure 15Forest environmental and climate services and forest conservation10.70.1%20.20.1%265.20.3%
Measure 16Co-operation38.80.4%60.70.3%1 749.01.8%
Measure 17Risk management166.61.5%182.30.9%1 671.71.7%
Measure 18Financing of complementary national direct payments for Croatia17.80.2%108.50.5%111.90.1%
Measure 19Support for LEADER local development — community-led local development (CLLD)291.52.6%417.02.0%6 931.27.0%
Measure 20Technical assistance Member States208.01.9%291.71.4%2 125.42.1%
Measure 113Early retirement97.40.9%295.11.4%631.80.6%
Measure 131Meeting standards based on Community legislation0.00.0%0.00.0%0.00.0%
Measure 341Skills acquisition, animation and implementation0.40.0%0.40.0%0.60.0%
Grand total11 033.6100.0%21 180.9100.0%99 343.3100.0%


*Member States declare their expenditure quarterly. However, for year n, Q4 declarations are submitted in January of year n+1. Consequently, the corresponding reimbursements by the Commission to the Member States in year n go from Q4 of year n-1 until Q3 of year n.

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3.4. Implementation of EAFRD programmes


59.

3.4.1. Programming period 2007-2013


Graph 2 presents the absorption rate of rural development programmes 2007-2013 per Member State: payments from the beginning of the programming period till 31 December 2017, including closure payments for the programmes that have already been closed by this date, compared to the total 2007-2013 allocation.

Until the end of 2017 the application of the N+2 rule has resulted in decommitments amounting in total to EUR 1 867 million.

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3.4.2. Programming period 2014-2020


Graph 3 presents the absorption rate of rural development programmes 2014-2020 per Member State: payments from the beginning of the programming period including payments made for the 4th quarter of 2017 that is reimbursed in financial year 2018 compared to the total 2014-2020 allocation.