Annexes to COM(2016)632 - Financial report from the Commission to the European Parliament and the Council on the European agricultural fund for rural development (eafrd) 2015 financial year

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document COM(2016)632 EN
date September 30, 2016
agreement in the Conciliation Committee, the Commission submitted a new Draft Budget 2015 on 27 November 2014. The new Draft Budget included a decrease of EUR 262 million of the payment appropriations for the EAFRD, compared to the initial Draft Budget. This decrease concerned both programming periods (EUR 138 million for the old period and EUR 124 million for the new one). The 2015 budget was finally adopted on 17 December 2014 further decreasing EAFRD payment appropriations by EUR 218 million, of which EUR 115 million for the old programming period and EUR 103 million for the new period.


1.3.    The adoption of the 2015 Budget

The 2015 Budget adopted on 17 December 2014 for the EAFRD in chapter 05 04 amounted to EUR 5 890 million in payment appropriations for the programming period 2007-2013 and EUR 13 819 million in commitment appropriations and EUR 5 272 million in payment appropriations for the period 2014-2020.


Table 3

Adopted Budget 2015
Budget ItemCommitment appropriations
(in EUR)
Payment appropriations
(in EUR)
2007-2013
05.040501 (Rural dev. Programmes)-5 890 339 551
05.040502 (Operational technical assistance)--
2014-2020
05.046001 (Rural dev. Programmes)13 796 873 6775 252 192 422
05.046002 (Operational technical assistance)22 292 40019 770 986


1.4.    The adoption of the Amending Budgets

Amending Budget No 1 was adopted on 28 April 2015. It increased the commitment appropriations for the rural development programmes 2014-2020 by EUR 4.4 billion reflecting the reprogramming of the EAFRD allocation of year 2014 following the application of Article 19 of Regulation (EU) No 1311/2013. The Amending Budget No 7, adopted on 14 October 2015, reduced the commitment appropriations for the technical assistance line for EAFRD 2014-2020 by EUR 6.5 million.


Table 4

Budget 2015 after the Amendments No1 and No7
Budget ItemCommitment appropriations
(in EUR)
Payment appropriations
(in EUR)
2007-2013
05.040501 (Rural dev. Programmes)-5 890 339 551
05.040502 (Operational technical assistance)--
2014-2020
05.046001 (Rural dev. Programmes)18 149 536 7295 252 192 422
05.046002 (Operational technical assistance)15 792 40019 770 986


2. Management of appropriations

2.1.    Management of commitment appropriations

2.1.1.    EAFRD rural development programmes

Budget 2015 did not include any commitment appropriations for EAFRD 2007-2013 programmes.

As regards EAFRD 2014-2020, the 2015 voted budget amounted to EUR 13 797 million. The Amending Budget No 1 added 4 353 million. Moreover, due to the late adoption of the programmes, the amount of EUR 1 970 million had to be carried over from 2014 to 2015. In total, the available commitment appropriations in 2015 amounted to EUR 20 120 million.


Table 5

Management of commitment appropriations in 2015 – EAFRDBudget Item

05.040501

(amounts in euro)
Budget Item

05.046001

(amounts in euro)
Appropriations at the beginning of 2015-13 796 873 677
Carryover from 2014-1 970 095 304
Amending budget No 1-4 352 663 052
Appropriations available in 2015-20 119 632 033
Appropriations used in 2015-20 119 632 033


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 2015 budget, the initial amount available for this purpose was EUR 22.3 million. Amending Budget No 7 reduced this amount by EUR 6.5 million, leaving EUR 15.8 million in the budget.


2.2.    Management of payment appropriations

2.2.1.    EAFRD rural development programmes

For programmes 2007-2013, payment appropriations of the voted budget 2015 amounted to EUR 5 890 million. In addition, the available assigned revenue, either carried over from 2014 or collected during the year, amounted to EUR 310.0 million. At the beginning of the year payment appropriations were reduced by EUR 4 million to cover urgent needs linked to coordination and strategy of Agriculture and Rural Development. During the year, the monitoring of the implementation of the budget and the analysis of the forecasts submitted by Member States revealed an additional need. This additional need was partially covered with a transfer from the 2014-2020 technical assistance line (EUR 2.1 million), the use of assigned revenue (EUR 287.3 million) and the End-of-Year transfer (EUR 288.5 million). The total amount of payment appropriations available in 2015 was EUR 6 487 million. Of this amount, EUR 22.7 million of assigned revenue were automatically carried over to 2016.

For programmes 2014-2020, the payment appropriations of the voted budget amounted to EUR 5 252 million.

Table 6

Management of payment appropriations in 2015

(in euro)
EAFRD (2007-2013)

Budget Item - 05.040501
Appropriations at the beginning of 20155 890 339 551
Transfer for urgent needs-4 000 000
Assigned revenue carried over from 201468 843 782
Assigned revenue collected in 2015241 194 023
Transfers from TA line of EAFRD 2014-20202 134 784
End-of-the year transfer288 483 924
Appropriations available in 20156 486 996 064
Appropriations used in 20156 464 298 560
EAFRD (2014-2020)

Budget Item - 05.046001
Appropriations available in 20155 252 192 422
Appropriations used in 20155 252 192 422


2.2.2.    Technical assistance

Total payment appropriations in 2015 budget amounted to EUR 19.8 million. In addition, EUR 0.2 million were carried over from year 2014 to cover 2007-2013 outstanding needs under item 05.040502. The total payments reached EUR 8.9 million while EUR 8.8 million were redeployed via internal transfers to reinforce 2000-2006 and 2007-2013 programmes.


3. Implementation of the 2015 EAFRD budget

3.1.    Implementation of commitment appropriations

3.1.1.    EAFRD rural development programmes

In 2015, commitment appropriations were available only for EAFRD programmes 2014-2020 and in total amounted to EUR 20 120 million. The whole amount was committed. Table 7 shows, per Member State, the allocation established by Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013 of 17/12/2013 as amended by Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/791 of 27/04/2015 (i.e. including the reprogramming), the amounts carried over from 2014 to 2015 and the amounts committed in 2015.

Table 7

Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013 (as amended) vs. amounts committed end of 2015
Budget item: 05.046001(in euro)
MSRegulation (EU) No 1305/2013
2015 Allocation
Amounts carried over for commitment in 2015Amounts committed in 2015
(a)(b)(c=a+b)
AT559 329 914559 329 914
BE97 243 25740 855 562138 098 819
BG502 807 341502 807 341
CY28 341 47228 341 472
CZ470 143 771470 143 771
DE1 498 240 410429 631 2101 927 871 620
DK90 168 92090 168 920
EE103 651 030103 626 144207 277 174
ES1 780 169 9081 780 169 908
FI336 933 7342 918 336339 852 070
FR2 336 138 6184 353 0192 340 491 637
GR907 059 608907 059 608
HR448 426 250448 426 250
HU742 851 235742 851 235
IE469 633 941469 633 941
IT2 223 480 1802 223 480 180
LT230 412 316230 392 975460 805 291
LU21 385 46821 385 468
LV150 968 424138 327 376289 295 800
MT20 905 10720 905 107
NL87 003 50987 118 078174 121 587
PL1 175 590 5601 175 590 560
PT577 895 01967 508 413645 403 432
RO1 723 260 6621 723 260 662
SE386 944 025386 944 025
SI119 006 876118 678 072237 684 948
SK213 101 979271 154 575484 256 554
UK848 443 195475 531 5441 323 974 739
Total18 149 536 7291 970 095 30420 119 632 033

3.1.2.    Technical assistance

Table 8 shows the consumption of the commitment appropriations available for technical assistance in 2015. The most important part relates to European Network for Rural Development.


Table 8

Technical assistance – Implementation of commitment appropriations
Budget Item: 05.046002(in euro)
DescriptionAmount committed
European Network for Rural Development5 199 163
European Innovation Partnership2 567 966
Information technology2 381 032
European Evaluation Network1 845 650
Events366 780
Audit and Controls159 900
Total12 520 491

3.2.    Implementation of payment appropriations

3.2.1.    EAFRD rural development programmes

For the programming period 2007-2013 all payment appropriations available in the budget (EUR 5 890 million) were implemented with the exception of EUR 4 million transferred early in the year. Additional payments of EUR 577.9 million were made with appropriations from technical assistance, assigned revenue and the End-of-Year transfer. At the end of 2015, the total amount paid for EAFRD programmes 2007-2013 was EUR 6 464 million. Nevertheless, at the end of 2015, there was a payments' backlog of EUR 223 million that had to be paid early in 2016 with 2016 payment appropriations. A significant part of this backlog was foreseen in the 2016 budget.

For the programming period 2014-2020 all payment appropriations (EUR 5 252 million) were used, of which EUR 1 945 million for the pre-financing. At the end of 2015 there was a payments' backlog of EUR 462 million. This backlog was paid in in early 2016 from the 2016 payment appropriations. The 2016 budget anticipated a significant part of the backlog.


Table 9 below shows the breakdown of payments made in 2015 by declaration period:

Table 9

Payments 2015 for EAFRD rural development programmes (in million euro)2007-20132014-2020
Item 05.040501Item 05.046001
Reimbursement of payment claims prior to Q4 20142.08-
Reimbursement of payment claims Q4 20143 985.15818.18
Reimbursement of payment claims Q1 20151 045.92810.43
Reimbursement of payment claims Q2 2015809.271 280.04
Reimbursement of payment claims Q3 2015621.87398.30
Pre-financing 2014-20200.001 945.25
Total 20156 464.305 252.19

The monthly consumption of payment appropriations during the year (January to December 2015) is shown in the graph below.


Graph 1




The breakdown per Member State and per declaration period of the amounts paid by the Commission in budget year 2015 is shown in tables 10a and 10b.


Table 10a

Payments effectively made between 01/01/2015 and 31/12/2015
EAFRD 2007-2013 - Budget item 05.040501 (in euro)
MSPrior to Q4 2014Q4 2014Q1 2015Q2 2015Q3 2015Total
BE1 694 0501 056 9002 609 0705 360 020
BG294 046236 318 43525 736 47342 602 80899 558 664404 510 426
CY9 530 6545 208 3072 067 2211 474 24618 280 429
DE235 588 05725 872 23520 096 5496 330 891287 887 731
DK26 046 91518 590 88111 905 9004 183 87860 727 573
ES18 561582 164 05294 073 366139 691 713137 387 200953 334 892
FR136 557 86959 554 26329 641 23614 112 065239 865 433
GR405 763269 682 80448 819 77327 215 21232 985 751379 109 303
HU234 090 677148 002 282382 092 959
IT1 364 264 765 795 904104 439 114200 203 20971 544 8571 143 347 348
LT18 276 60817 935 4241 903 95238 115 984
MT4 505 949786 7772 541 006756 9988 590 730
NL10 583 06310 583 063
PL597 590 917385 580 897187 427 2061 170 599 020
PT18 342 9245 553 4604 365 2662 777 86731 039 518
RO798 629 70779 633 176132 032 601247 328 8341 257 624 319
SK21 761 9198 198 57929 960 498
UK17 991 97416 881 2286 872 4071 523 70343 269 312
Total2 082 6333 985 152 4781 045 923 138809 271 405621 868 9066 464 298 560


Table 10b

Payments effectively made between 01/01/2015 and 31/12/2015
EAFRD 2014-2020 - Budget item 05.046001(in euro)
MSQ4 2014Q1 2015Q2 2015Q3 2015Pre-financingTotal
AT284 992 31796 213 465156 12239 375 520420 737 424
BE12 409 66245 217 2373 328 94812 955 95573 911 803
BG47 334 33947 334 339
CY3 967 3313 967 331
CZ184 302 8193 319 04546 113 480233 735 344
DE13 236 207144 343 005100 854 17112 087 339171 219 696441 740 417
DK1 025 347678 8136 294 0077 998 168
EE27 613 880596 9562 832 08016 466 83147 509 747
ES3 134 5469 616 116207 434 721220 185 382
FI310 320 6272 514 37536 814 21332 869 51324 011 173406 529 902
FR129 178 250216 183 789227 696 885573 058 924
GR141 548 754141 548 754
HR54 069 633265 60140 524 45094 859 683
HU68 613 29068 613 290
IE292 954 81634 180 72354 764 804381 900 343
IT7 578 868208 887 615216 466 483
LT28 493 7089 135 426785 08932 261 76570 675 988
LU12 200 3029 3382 011 49214 221 132
LV49 756 2831 853 4341 729 44721 512 07674 851 240
MT1 946 5381 946 538
NL25 547 3761 428 281645 99612 146 10739 767 761
PL100 405 93173 954 93485 982 808260 343 673
PT109 223 11313 813 53860 197 27043 362 39347 698 857274 295 171
RO243 839 892243 839 892
SE140 428 835294 80834 911 305175 634 948
SI29 137 393796 10316 756 99646 690 492
SK56 705 0054 501 672460 67430 905 45792 572 808
UK279 060 319172 856 52427 271 27498 067 330577 255 447
Total818 178 194810 425 5501 280 043 247398 295 9561 945 249 4745 252 192 422


Tables 11a and 11b compare, for each Member State, the EAFRD payments made in 2015 with the payments in 2014. The total payments for EAFRD 2007-2013 decreased by 41% (EUR 6.5 billion vs. 10.9 billion). At the same time the payments for EAFRD 2014-2020 increased significantly compared to year 2014 (EUR 5.3 billion vs. EUR 0.2 billion), which reflects the fact that in 2014 only 9 rural development programmes had been adopted.


Table 11a

Payments made to Member States - Comparison 2015 vs 2014 - EAFRD 2007-2013(in €)
MS20142015Difference 2015 vs. 2014
Interim paymentsPre-financingTotalInterim paymentsPre-financingTotal(in €)(in %)
AT244 873 9990244 873 999000-244 873 999-100.00%
BE16 628 109016 628 1095 360 02005 360 020-11 268 088-67.77%
BG393 750 6270393 750 627404 510 4260404 510 42610 759 7992.73%
CY22 898 351022 898 35118 280 429018 280 429-4 617 922-20.17%
CZ283 248 0600283 248 060000-283 248 060-100.00%
DE917 307 3160917 307 316287 887 7310287 887 731-629 419 585-68.62%
DK83 307 265083 307 26560 727 573060 727 573-22 579 691-27.10%
EE62 135 652062 135 652000-62 135 652-100.00%
ES964 188 6410964 188 641953 334 8920953 334 892-10 853 749-1.13%
FI56 934 909056 934 909000-56 934 909-100.00%
FR798 152 7310798 152 731239 865 4330239 865 433-558 287 298-69.95%
GR549 164 6130549 164 613379 109 3030379 109 303-170 055 310-30.97%
HR0000000N/A
HU550 351 0680550 351 068382 092 9590382 092 959-168 258 109-30.57%
IE0000000N/A
IT1 204 033 19901 204 033 1991 143 347 34801 143 347 348-60 685 850-5.04%
LT232 381 2110232 381 21138 115 984038 115 984-194 265 227-83.60%
LU1 287 91601 287 916000-1 287 916-100.00%
LV58 786 443058 786 443000-58 786 443-100.00%
MT11 410 988011 410 9888 590 73008 590 730-2 820 258-24.72%
NL111 016 0780111 016 07810 583 063010 583 063-100 433 015-90.47%
PL1 700 773 10301 700 773 1031 170 599 02001 170 599 020-530 174 083-31.17%
PT683 122 0110683 122 01131 039 518031 039 518-652 082 493-95.46%
RO822 842 4720822 842 4721 257 624 31901 257 624 319434 781 84752.84%
SE221 274 2360221 274 236000-221 274 236-100.00%
SI118 091 4510118 091 451000-118 091 451-100.00%
SK148 345 3800148 345 38029 960 498029 960 498-118 384 881-79.80%
UK691 044 4860691 044 48643 269 312043 269 312-647 775 173-93.74%
Total10 947 350 314010 947 350 3146 464 298 56006 464 298 560-4 483 051 754-40.95%

Table 11b

Payments made to Member States - Comparison 2015 vs 2014 - EAFRD 2014-2020(in €)
MS20142015Difference 2015 vs. 2014
Interim paymentsPre-financingTotalInterim paymentsPre-financingTotal(in €)(in %)
AT039 375 52039 375 520381 361 90439 375 520420 737 424381 361 904968.53%
BE00060 955 84712 955 95573 911 80373 911 803N/A
BG000047 334 33947 334 33947 334 339N/A
CY00003 967 3313 967 3313 967 331N/A
CZ000187 621 86446 113 480233 735 344233 735 344N/A
DE015 994 70515 994 705270 520 722171 219 696441 740 417425 745 7122661.79%
DK06 294 0076 294 0071 704 1616 294 0077 998 1681 704 16127.08%
EE00031 042 91616 466 83147 509 74747 509 747N/A
ES00012 750 662207 434 721220 185 382220 185 382N/A
FI023 596 99323 596 993382 518 72824 011 173406 529 902382 932 9081622.80%
FR000345 362 039227 696 885573 058 924573 058 924N/A
GR0000141 548 754141 548 754141 548 754N/A
HR00054 335 23340 524 45094 859 68394 859 683N/A
HU000068 613 29068 613 29068 613 290N/A
IE000327 135 53954 764 804381 900 343381 900 343N/A
IT0007 578 868208 887 615216 466 483216 466 483N/A
LT00038 414 22332 261 76570 675 98870 675 988N/A
LU00012 209 6402 011 49214 221 13214 221 132N/A
LV00053 339 16421 512 07674 851 24074 851 240N/A
MT00001 946 5381 946 5381 946 538N/A
NL00027 621 65312 146 10739 767 76139 767 761N/A
PL085 982 80885 982 808174 360 86585 982 808260 343 673174 360 865202.79%
PT053 745 85253 745 852226 596 31447 698 857274 295 171220 549 318410.36%
RO0000243 839 892243 839 892243 839 892N/A
SE000140 723 64334 911 305175 634 948175 634 948N/A
SI00029 933 49616 756 99646 690 49246 690 492N/A
SK00061 667 35130 905 45792 572 80892 572 808N/A
UK000479 188 11798 067 330577 255 447577 255 447N/A
Total0224 989 886224 989 8863 306 942 9481 945 249 4745 252 192 4225 027 202 5362234.41%

3.2.2.    Technical assistance

In the 2015 budget there were no longer payment appropriations for the technical assistance related to the programing period 2007-2013. However, the amount of EUR 0.2 million was carried over from 2014.

For the programming period 2014-2020, the amount for payment appropriations for technical assistance was EUR 19.8 million. A part of these appropriations (EUR 8.8 million) was transferred to cover payment needs in relation to rural development programmes under Objective 1 and EAFRD 2007-2013.

Table 12 hereafter presents the payments grouped by main activities. The most important part relates to the European Network for Rural Development.

Table 12

Technical assistance – Implementation of payment appropriations
DescriptionAmount paid
Budget Item: 05.040502(in euro)
Information technology154 655
Total: 05.040502154 655
Budget Item: 05.046002(in euro)
European Network for Rural Development3 379 803
European Innovation Partnership 2 102 856
Information technology1 701 673
European Evaluation Network1 156 864
Events295 482
Protection of EU symbols150 000
Total: 05.04060028 786 679
Total technical assistance8 941 334


3.3.    Analysis of expenditure declared by axis and/or by measure

Tables 13a and 13b show the payment claims declared by Member States and by axis/measure for Rural Development in 2015 (4th quarter of 2014 to 3rd quarter of 2015), the cumulative declared expenditure from the beginning of the programmes and also the financial plans of EAFRD programmes.

In 2015, the expenditure for EAFRD 2007-2013 concentrated in axis 1 (37.1%), followed by axis 2 with 31.4%, axis 3 with 16.5% and axis 4 with 12.8%. Compared to the previous year there is a noticeable drop in the share of axis 2 in favour of axes 1, 3 and 4. This confirms the trend towards the expected alignment between the actual implementation and the programming per axis, even though, until 3rd quarter of 2015, the repartition of expenditure still diverges from the repartition in the financial plans (31.6%, 46.7%, 12.6% and 5.9% for axis 1 to 4 respectively).

Axis 2 measures mainly involve annual payments (e.g. agro-environmental measures) whilst axis 1, 3 and, to a lesser extent, axis 4 mainly relate to multi-annual measures that require longer proceedings for their approval and implementation (e.g. investment projects).

The expenditure for EAFRD 2014-2020 in 2015 concentrated mainly in Measure 13 (Payments to areas facing natural or other specific constraints) and in Measure 10 (Agri-environment-climate).


Table 13a

EAFRD declared expenditure 2015 (Q4 2014-Q3 2015) & Total cumulative expenditure (Q4 2006 to Q3 2015)
compared with Financial Plans - EAFRD 2007-2013
Declared expenditure 2015 (Q4 2014 to Q3 2015)Cumulative declared expenditure (Q4 2006 to Q3 2015)Financial Plans 2007-2013
EAFRD Axis / Measure(million €)(%)(million €)(%)(million €)(%)
111 Vocational training and information actions132.11.2%787.10.9%902.30.9%
112 Setting up of young farmers540.15.0%2 922.53.3%3 310.83.4%
113 Early retirement200.51.9%2 587.42.9%2 593.82.7%
114 Use of advisory services18.40.2%129.60.1%139.40.1%
115 Setting up of management, relief and ....1.70.0%30.50.0%33.80.0%
121 Modernisation of agricultural holdings1 447.513.4%11 037.012.4%11 828.712.2%
122 Improvement of the economic value of forest46.80.4%302.20.3%324.10.3%
123 Adding value to agricultural and forestry...583.85.4%4 094.64.6%4 643.04.8%
124 Cooperation for development of new products47.10.4%205.60.2%252.50.3%
125 Infrastructure related to the development …722.36.7%3 840.24.3%4 366.94.5%
126 Restoring agricultural production potential135.01.3%612.10.7%652.90.7%
131 Meeting standards based on Community...0.20.0%62.00.1%64.10.1%
132 Participation of farmers in food quality…8.60.1%88.30.1%99.40.1%
133 Information and promotion activities26.60.2%116.50.1%131.30.1%
141 Semi-subsistence farming50.30.5%744.10.8%792.20.8%
142 Producer groups36.90.3%224.40.3%250.70.3%
143 Direct Payment (BG + RO)0.60.0%9.50.0%15.70.0%
144 Holdings undergoing restructuring1.00.0%180.70.2%190.00.2%
Axis 13 999.337.1%27 974.131.5%30 591.831.6%
211 Natural handicap payments to farmers in ...331.23.1%7 210.08.1%7 128.07.4%
212 Payments to farmers in areas with handicaps...462.34.3%7 593.58.6%8 062.58.3%
213 Natura 2000 payments and payments linked ..44.00.4%254.30.3%272.60.3%
214 Agri-environment payments1 618.915.0%23 155.226.1%23 845.524.6%
215 Animal welfare payments258.12.4%899.91.0%1 040.61.1%
216 Non-productive investments120.91.1%580.80.7%656.40.7%
221 First afforestation of agricultural land133.21.2%1 543.71.7%1 584.41.6%
222 First establishment of agroforestry systems...0.40.0%1.20.0%2.50.0%
223 First afforestation of non-agricultural land22.20.2%160.60.2%176.10.2%
224 Natura 2000 payments12.70.1%62.50.1%69.60.1%
225 Forest-environment payments8.00.1%62.00.1%79.40.1%
226 Restoring forestry potential and …248.02.3%1 393.31.6%1 603.31.7%
227 Non-productive investments119.11.1%623.50.7%738.50.8%
Axis 23 379.0431.4%43 540.6549.1%45 259.2346.7%
311 Diversification into non-agricultural activities137.31.3%1 004.11.1%1 110.51.1%
312 Business creation and development224.92.1%1 318.91.5%1 570.01.6%
313 Encouragement of tourism activities168.51.6%791.90.9%1 112.01.1%
321 Basic services for the economy and rural …673.86.3%3 160.93.6%3 745.63.9%
322 Village renewal and development332.93.1%3 035.23.4%3 327.03.4%
323 Conservation and upgrading of the rural....206.31.9%1 069.11.2%1 194.21.2%
331 Training and information17.60.2%89.50.1%96.40.1%
341 Skills acquisition, animation and implement...12.60.1%96.10.1%101.00.1%
Axis 31 773.8516.5%10 565.811.9%12 256.812.6%
411 Implementing local development strategies...140.01.3%391.30.4%505.20.5%
412 Implementing local development strategies...16.60.2%51.40.1%73.80.1%
413 Implementing local development strategies....1 034.39.6%3 520.64.0%4 059.94.2%
421 Implementing cooperation projects57.90.5%131.70.1%189.90.2%
431 Running the local action group, acquiring ...126.61.2%826.80.9%928.61.0%
Axis 41 375.312.8%4 921.85.5%5 757.45.9%
511 Technical Assistance247.42.3%1 301.11.5%1 531.11.6%
611 BG RO Direct Payments-0.20.0%436.40.5%1 531.11.6%
Grand total10 774.6100.0%88 739.9100.0%95 833.8100.0%


Table 13b

EAFRD declared expenditure 2015 (Q4 2014-Q3 2015) & Total cumulative expenditure (Q4 2014 to Q3 2015)
compared with Financial Plans - EAFRD 2014-2020
Declared expenditure 2015 (Q4 2014 to Q3 2015)Cumulative declared expenditure (Q4 2014 to Q3 2015)Financial Plans 2014-2020
EAFRD Measure(million €)(%)(million €)(%)(million €)(%)
Measure 01Knowledge transfer and information actions1.60.0%1.60.0%1 1581.2%
Measure 02Advisory services, farm management and farm relief services0.70.0%0.70.0%8850.9%
Measure 03Quality schemes for agricultural products and foodstuffs1.70.0%1.70.0%3810.4%
Measure 04Investments in physical assets219.75.8%219.75.8%22 48322.7%
Measure 05Restoring agricultural production potential damaged by natural disasters and catastrophic events and introduction of appropriate prevention actions15.10.4%15.10.4%9561.0%
Measure 06Farm and business development71.41.9%71.41.9%7 3157.4%
Measure 07Basic services and village renewal in rural areas2.90.1%2.90.1%6 6526.7%
Measure 08Investments in forest area development and improvement of the viability of forests80.62.1%80.62.1%4 6104.7%
Measure 09Setting-up of producer groups and organisations0.00.0%0.00.0%4770.5%
Measure 10Agri-environment-climate1 364.336.2%1 364.336.2%16 33516.5%
Measure 11Organic farming216.05.7%216.05.7%6 2906.4%
Measure 12Natura 2000 and Water Framework Directive payments34.70.9%34.70.9%5750.6%
Measure 13Payments to areas facing natural or other specific constraints1 540.040.9%1 540.040.9%16 14916.3%
Measure 14Animal Welfare49.01.3%49.01.3%1 4011.4%
Measure 15Forest environmental and climate services and forest conservation2.60.1%2.60.1%2810.3%
Measure 16Co-operation1.20.0%1.20.0%1 7081.7%
Measure 17Risk management5.20.1%5.20.1%1 7061.7%
Measure 18Financing of complementary national direct payments for Croatia54.61.4%54.61.4%1120.1%
Measure 19Support for LEADER local development — community-led local development (CLLD)9.00.2%9.00.2%6 8787.0%
Measure 20Technical assistance Member States18.30.5%18.30.5%1 9902.0%
Measure 113Early retirement80.72.1%80.72.1%6150.6%
Measure 131Meeting standards based on Community legislation0.00.0%0.00.0%00.0%
Measure 341Skills acquisition, animation and implementation0.00.0%0.00.0%00.0%
Grand total3 769100.0%3 769100.0%98 958100.0%

*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.

3.4.    Implementation of EAFRD programmes - Programming period 2007-2013

Graph 2 presents the financial implementation rate of rural development programmes 2007-2013 per Member State: payments from the beginning of the programming period to 2015, including 4th quarter of 2015 that is reimbursed in financial year 2016, compared with the 2007-2013 commitments according to the financial plan. As 2013 was the last year when commitments were made, the implementation rate equals to the absorption rate (payments made from the beginning of the programming period compared to the total 2007-2013 allocation). The average EAFRD financial implementation rate for all EAFRD programmes is 95%.

Graph 2 shows that almost all Member States have absorbed 95% of the 2007-2013 commitments.

Until the end of 2015 the application of the N+2 rule has resulted in decommitments amounting in total to EUR 410.4 million. This amount relates to years 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012.