Considerations on COM(2009)38-2 - Amendment of Decision 2006/493/EC laying down the amount of Community support for rural development for the period from 1 January 2007 to 31 December 2013, its annual breakdown and the minimum amount to be concentrated in regions eligible under the Convergence Objective

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dossier COM(2009)38-2 - Amendment of Decision 2006/493/EC laying down the amount of Community support for rural development for the period from 1 ...
document COM(2009)38-2 EN
date May 25, 2009
 
table>(1)Council Decision 2006/493/EC (2) lays down the amount of Community support for rural development for the period from 1 January 2007 to 31 December 2013, its annual breakdown and the minimum amount to be concentrated in regions eligible under the Convergence Objective.
(2)The European Council, at its meeting on 11 and 12 December 2008, approved a European Economic Recovery Plan (EERP) which envisages the initiation of priority action to enable the Member States’ economies to adjust more rapidly to current challenges.

(3)The EERP is based on an effort equivalent in total to around 1,5 % of European Union GDP, a figure of around EUR 200 billion. Of that amount, EUR 1 020 million should be made available to all Member States via the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development with a view to developing broadband Internet in rural areas, and to strengthening the operations related to the priorities laid down in points (a) to (f) of Article 16a(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005. According to the Declaration of the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on the financing of projects in the field of energy and broadband Internet as well as the CAP Health Check in the framework of the European Economic Recovery Plan (3), EUR 600 million should be available in 2009 while EUR 420 million should be secured through a compensation mechanism at the conciliation of the 2010 Community budgetary procedure and should be available in 2010.

(4)Decision 2006/493/EC should therefore be amended accordingly,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

The Annex to Decision 2006/493/EC is replaced by the text appearing in the Annex to this Decision.

Article 2

This Decision shall apply as from 1 January 2009.

Done at Brussels, 25 May 2009.

For the Council

The President

J. ŠEBESTA


(1) OJ L 277, 21.10.2005, p. 1.

(2) OJ L 195, 15.7.2006, p. 22.

(3) OJ C 108, 12.5.2009, p. 1.


ANNEX

‘ANNEX

Total amount of commitment appropriations for 2007–2013 (constant 2004 prices), annual breakdown and minimum amount to be concentrated in regions eligible under the Convergence Objective (1)

2004 prices in EUR (2)2007200820092010201120122013Total
Total amount for EU-25, plus Bulgaria and Romania9 325 497 78310 788 767 26311 058 446 24210 651 531 6349 824 886 7139 588 187 1689 356 225 58170 593 542 384
Minimum amount for regions eligible under the Convergence Objective27 676 975 284


Total amount of commitment appropriations for 2007–2013 (current prices), annual breakdown and minimum amount to be concentrated in regions eligible under the Convergence Objective (3)

Current prices in EUR (4)2007200820092010201120122013Total
Total amount for EU-25, plus Bulgaria and Romania9 896 292 85111 678 108 65312 209 418 20911 995 354 63411 285 706 55411 234 089 44211 181 555 66279 480 526 005
Minimum amount for regions eligible under the Convergence Objective31 232 644 963


(1) Before modulation and other transfers from market-related expenditure and direct payments of the common agricultural policy to rural development.

(2) Amounts are rounded to the nearest euro.

(3) Before modulation and other transfers from market-related expenditure and direct payments of the common agricultural policy to rural development.

(4) Amounts are rounded to the nearest euro.’