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.
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.
ANNEX ISupplementary provisions
ANNEX I
CLEARANCE OF THE PAYING AGENCIES’ ACCOUNTS
FINANCIAL YEAR 2009 — EAGF RURAL DEVELOPMENT EXPENDITURE IN NEW MEMBER STATES.
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 ( *1 )
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
9 474 074,82
9 474 074,82
0,00
9 474 074,82
0,00
9 474 074,82
LV
EUR
2 607 932,10
2 607 932,10
0,00
2 607 932,10
0,00
2 607 932,10
LT
EUR
4 033 561,97
4 033 561,97
0,00
4 033 561,97
0,00
4 033 561,97
MT
EUR
5 102 120,76
5 102 120,76
0,00
5 102 120,76
457 469,86
4 644 650,90
PL
EUR
12 361 738,57
12 361 738,57
0,00
12 361 738,57
0,00
12 361 738,57
SK
EUR
7 348 431,19
7 348 431,19
0,00
7 348 431,19
0,00
7 348 431,19
MS
Advances paid but still to be cleared for the programme implementation [Article 32 of Council Regulation No. 1260/1999].
EE
EUR
24 080 000,00
CY
EUR
11 968 000,00
LV
EUR
52 496 000,00
LT
EUR
78 320 000,00
MT
EUR
4 304 000,00
PL
EUR
458 624 000,00
SK
EUR
63 536 000,00
( *1 ) As payments have reached 95 % of the financial plan for all Member States, the balances will be settled during the closure of the programme.
ANNEX IISupplementary provisions
ANNEX II
CLEARED EXPENDITURE BY EAGF RURAL DEVELOPMENT MEASURE FOR EXERCISE 2009 IN NEW MEMBER STATES
DIFFERENCES BETWEEN ANNUAL ACCOUNTS AND DECLARATIONS OF EXPENDITURE
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
2 171 324,36
2 171 324,36
2
Encouragement of the improvement and the development
2 808 953,00
2 808 953,00
3
Encouragement of the set up of producer groups
100 000,00
100 000,00
4
Promotion of vocational training of farmers
214 482,99
214 482,99
5
Technical and advisory service to the farmers
114 647,20
114 647,20
6
Early retirement
119 962,87
119 962,87
7
Support for setting up of young farmers
1 355 000,00
1 355 000,00
8
Meeting EU standards
1 059 306,78
1 059 306,78
9
Adoption of agri-environmental measures
–35 501,90
–35 501,90
10
Agri-environmental actions for the protection of natural value
–30 271,74
–30 271,74
11
Afforestation
2 371,79
2 371,79
12
Improving of infrastructure for livestock development
0,00
0,00
13
Less Favoured Areas
1 040,45
1 040,45
14
Support for quality schemes
276 389,31
276 389,31
15
Support of small scale, traditional processing
271 178,37
271 178,37
16
Protection of agricultural and traditional landscapes
152 497,44
152 497,44
17
Protection of forest fires and other natural disasters
369 758,71
369 758,71
18
Afforestation of non agricultural land
295 623,90
295 623,90
19
Improvement of harvesting process
– 854,30
– 854,30
20
Technical support of the implementation, monitoring
62 239,78
62 239,78
21
Technical support of collective initiatives at local level
165 925,81
165 925,81
Total
9 474 074,82
0,00
9 474 074,82
LATVIA
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
Early retirement
–1 195,73
–1 195,73
2
Producer groups
0,00
0,00
3
Support for semi-substance farms
– 264,78
– 264,78
4
Meeting standards
423 612,67
423 612,67
5
Agri-environment
1 853 096,73
1 853 096,73
6
Less Favoured Areas
–13 412,76
–13 412,76
7
Technical assistance
391 805,87
391 805,87
8
Obligations transferred from previous programming period
0,00
0,00
9
Allocations of resources for single area payments
–45 709,90
–45 709,90
Total
2 607 932,10
0,00
2 607 932,10
LITHUANIA
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
Agri-environment
3 561 291,02
3 561 291,02
2
Less Favoured Areas and areas with environmental restrictions
–2 954,63
–2 954,63
3
Meeting standards
– 204 331,89
– 204 331,89
4
Afforestation of agricultural land
30 628,19
30 628,19
5
Early retirement
104 338,87
104 338,87
6
Support for semi-subsistence farms undergoing restructuring
–8 179,78
–8 179,78
7
Other measures
96 659,66
96 659,66
8
Technical assistance
455 049,09
455 049,09
9
Complementary national direct payments
1 061,44
1 061,44
Total
4 033 561,97
0,00
4 033 561,97
MALTA
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
Less Favoured Areas
–5 448,47
–5 448,47
2
Agri-environment
1 635 984,94
1 635 984,94
3
Meeting standards
1 098 668,34
1 098 668,34
4
Producers Group
0,00
0,00
5
Technical assistance
865 308,32
865 308,32
6
State Aid Complement
0,00
0,00
7
Ad Hoc Full time Farmers/Breeders
1 507 607,63
1 507 607,63
Total
5 102 120,76
0,00
5 102 120,76
POLAND
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
Early retirement
– 115 562,12
– 115 562,12
2
Support for semi-substance farms
– 782 545,72
– 782 545,72
3
Less Favoured Areas
–3 314 036,52
–3 314 036,52
4
Agri-environment undertakings and animal welfare
– 449 096,77
– 449 096,77
5
Afforestation
–68 801,15
–68 801,15
6
Meeting EU standards
–2 128 574,31
–2 128 574,31
7
Producer Groups
0,00
0,00
8
Technical assistance
19 304 548,86
19 304 548,86
9
Complements to direct payments
–80 324,22
–80 324,22
10
Projects approved under Reg. (EC) No 1268/1999
–3 869,48
–3 869,48
Total
12 361 738,57
0,00
12 361 738,57
SLOVAKIA
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
Investments in agricultural holdings
320 353,71
320 353,71
2
Training
8 185,24
8 185,24
3
Less Favoured Areas and areas with environmental restrictions
16 450,87
16 450,87
4
Meeting standards
405 119,68
405 119,68
5
Agri-environmental support
0,00
0,00
6
Improving processing and marketing of agricultural products
151 516,81
151 516,81
7
Forest management
0,00
0,00
8
Afforestation of agricultural land
126 911,56
126 911,56
9
Land consolidation
30 933,37
30 933,37
10
Diversification of agricultural activities
0,00
0,00
11
Support for semi-subsistence farms
248 306,32
248 306,32
12
Producer groups
1 308 323,39
1 308 323,39
13
Technical assistance including evaluation
4 128 723,81
4 128 723,81
14
Complements to direct payments
9 051,97
9 051,97
901
Investments in agricultural holdings, R. 1268/1999
0,00
0,00
905
Agri-environmental support — projects approved R. 1268/1999
594 554,46
594 554,46
907
Forest management — projects approved under R. 1268/1999
0,00
0,00
912
Producer groups — project approved under R. 1268/1999
0,00
0,00
Total
7 348 431,19
0,00
7 348 431,19