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Contents

1. Preamble
2. 1. Article 1
   2. Article 2
   3. Article 3
3. ANNEX
4. ANNEX I CLEARANCE OF THE PAYING AGENCIES' ACCOUNTS Financial year 2007 — EAGF rural development expenditure in new Member States Amount to be recovered from or paid to the Member State
5. ANNEX II CLEARED EXPENDITURE BY EAGF RURAL DEVELOPMENT MEASURE FOR EXERCISE 2007 IN NEW MEMBER STATES CYPRUS CZECH REPUBLIC HUNGARY LITHUANIA LATVIA POLAND SLOVENIA SLOVAKIA Differences between annual accounts and declarations of expenditure
6. ANNEX III CLEARANCE OF THE PAYING AGENCIES' ACCOUNTS Financial year 2007 — EAGF rural development expenditure in new Member States List of the paying agencies for which the accounts are disjoined and are the subject of a later clearance decision

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1290/2005 of 21 June 2005 on the financing of the common agricultural policy, and in particular Articles 30 and 39 thereof,

After consulting the Committee on the Agricultural Funds,

Whereas:

(1) On the basis of the annual accounts submitted by the Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia concerning expenditure in the field of rural development measures, accompanied by the information required, the accounts of the paying agencies referred to in Article 6(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1290/2005 are to be cleared. The clearance covers the completeness, accuracy and veracity of the accounts transmitted in the light of the reports established by the certification bodies.

(2) The time limits granted to the Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia referred to in Article 7(2) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 885/2006 laying down detailed rules for the application of the procedure for the clearance of accounts of the EAGF for the submission to the Commission of the documents referred to in Article 8(1)(c) of Regulation (EC) No 1290/2005 and in Article 7(1) of Regulation (EC) No 885/2006, have expired.

(3) The Commission has checked the information submitted and communicated to the Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia before 31 March 2008 the results of its verifications, along with the necessary amendments.

(4) For the rural development expenditure covered by Article 7(2) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 27/2004 of 5 January 2004 laying down transitional detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 1257/1999 as regards the financing by the EAGGF Guarantee Section of rural development measures in the Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia the outcome of the clearance decision is to be deducted from or added to subsequent payments made by the Commission.

(5) In the light of the verifications made, the annual accounts and the accompanying documents permit the Commission to take, for certain paying agencies, a decision on the completeness, accuracy and veracity of the accounts submitted. The details of these amounts were described in the Summary Report that was presented to the Fund Committee at the same time as this Decision.

(6) In the light of the verifications made, the information submitted by certain paying agencies requires additional inquiries and their accounts cannot be therefore cleared in this Decision.

(7) For the rural development expenditure covered by Regulation (EC) No 27/2004, the amounts recoverable or payable under the clearance of accounts decision are to be deducted from or added to subsequent payments.

(8) In accordance with Article 30(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1290/2005, this Decision does not prejudice decisions taken subsequently by the Commission excluding from Community financing expenditure not effected in accordance with Community rules,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

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 2007 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 the Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia are set out in Annex I and Annex II.

Article 2

For the 2007 financial year, the accounts of the Member States' paying agencies in the field of rural development measures applicable in the Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia, set out in Annex III, are disjoined from this Decision and shall be the subject of a future clearance Decision.

Article 3

This Decision is addressed to the Czech Republic, the Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of Hungary, the Republic of Malta, the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Slovenia and the Slovak Republic.

Done at Brussels, 30 April 2008. For the Commission Mariann Fischer Boel Member of the Commission

ANNEX

ANNEX I CLEARANCE OF THE PAYING AGENCIES' ACCOUNTS Financial year 2007 — EAGF rural development expenditure in new Member States Amount to be recovered from or paid to the Member State

MS 2007 — 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 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 CY EUR 17817990,09 17817990,09 0,00 17817990,09 17817394,00 596,09 CZ EUR 188407840,07 188407840,07 0,00 188407840,07 107317031,00 81090809,07 EE EUR 0,00 36236291,00 36236291,00 0,00 36236291,00 36236291,00 0,00 HU EUR 178498827,76 178498827,76 0,00 178498827,76 142520308,00 35978519,76 LT EUR 156247750,70 156247750,70 0,00 156247750,70 137893174,00 18354576,70 LV EUR 110967368,28 110967368,28 0,00 110967368,28 92775801,00 18191567,28 MT EUR 0,00 4148025,00 4148025,00 0,00 4148025,00 4148025,00 0,00 PL EUR 1085818964,54 1085818964,54 0,00 1085818964,54 624783864,00 461035100,54 SI EUR 88853612,73 88853612,73 0,00 88853612,73 29882274,00 58971338,73 SK EUR 144596146,16 144596146,16 0,00 144596146,16 105327185,00 39268961,16 MS Advances paid but still to be cleared for the programme implementation (Article 32 of Council Regulation (EC) No 1260/1999) CZ EUR 86848000,00 CY EUR 11968000,00 EE EUR 24080000,00 HU EUR 96368000,00 LT EUR 78320000,00 LV EUR 52496000,00 MT EUR 4304000,00 PL EUR 458624000,00 SI EUR 45056000,00 SK EUR 63536000,00

ANNEX II CLEARED EXPENDITURE BY EAGF RURAL DEVELOPMENT MEASURE FOR EXERCISE 2007 IN NEW MEMBER STATES CYPRUS CZECH REPUBLIC HUNGARY LITHUANIA LATVIA POLAND SLOVENIA SLOVAKIA Differences between annual accounts and declarations of expenditure

No Measures Expenditure 2007 Annex I column a Reductions Annex I column d Amount cleared for 2007 Annex I column e i ii iii = i + ii 1 Support of investments for management of animal waste 3225390,38 3225390,38 2 Encouragement for improvement and development 2413832,05 2413832,05 3 Encouragement of the set-up of producer groups 0,00 0,00 4 Promotion of vocational training of farmers 0,00 0,00 5 Technical and advisory service to the farmers 0,00 0,00 6 Early retirement 476161,06 476161,06 7 Support for setting-up of young farmers 0,00 0,00 8 Meeting EU standards 1327209,76 1327209,76 9 Adoption of agri-environmental measures 5598846,60 5598846,60 10 Agri-environmental actions for the protection of natural value 1385404,31 1385404,31 11 Afforestation 80294,63 80294,63 12 Improving of infrastructure for livestock development 600274,13 600274,13 13 Less-favoured areas 1298319,91 1298319,91 14 Support for quality schemes 0,00 0,00 15 Support of small-scale traditional processing 211518,23 211518,23 16 Protection of agricultural and traditional landscapes 504899,70 504899,70 17 Protection from forest fires and other natural disasters 293655,31 293655,31 18 Afforestation of non-agricultural land 314776,22 314776,22 19 Improvement of harvesting process 79455,98 79455,98 20 Technical support of the implementation, monitoring 0,00 0,00 21 Technical support of collective initiatives at local level 7951,82 7951,82 Total 17817990,09 0,00 17817990,09 No Measures Expenditure 2007 Annex I column a Reductions Annex I column d Amount cleared for 2007 Annex I column e i ii iii = i + ii 1 Early retirement 1590493,75 1590493,75 2 Less-favoured areas 81005360,10 81005360,10 3 Agri-environment 102916341,29 102916341,29 4 Forestry 2687988,90 2687988,90 5 Producer groups 207656,03 207656,03 6 Technical assistance 0,00 0,00 7 Sapard programme 0,00 0,00 700 Investments in agricultural holdings, Regulation (EC) No 1268/1999 0,00 0,00 701 Processing and marketing, Regulation (EC) No 1268/1999 0,00 0,00 702 Flood damage 1 0,00 0,00 703 Improving structures for quality 0,00 0,00 704 Land improvement and reparcelling 0,00 0,00 705 Renovation and development of villages 0,00 0,00 706 Flood damage 2 0,00 0,00 707 Development of rural infrastructure 0,00 0,00 708 Development and diversification of activities 0,00 0,00 709 Agricultural production methods to protect 0,00 0,00 710 Improvement of vocational training 0,00 0,00 711 Technical assistance, Sapard programme 0,00 0,00 Total 188407840,07 0,00 188407840,07 No Measures Expenditure 2007 Annex I column a Reductions Annex I column d Amount cleared for 2007 Annex I column e i ii iii = i + ii 1 Agri-environment 73486969,91 73486969,91 2 Meeting standards 4105536,55 4105536,55 3 Afforestation 22816432,69 22816432,69 4 Support for semi-substance farms 685771,04 685771,04 5 Producer groups 15660337,14 15660337,14 6 Early retirement 0,00 0,00 7 Less-favoured areas 5445831,94 5445831,94 8 Technical assistance 12481066,90 12481066,90 9 Projects approved under Regulation (EC) No 1268/1999 0,00 0,00 10 Complementary national direct payments 43816881,59 43816881,59 Total 178498827,76 0,00 178498827,76 No Measures Expenditure 2007 Annex I column a Reductions Annex I column d Amount cleared for 2007 Annex I column e i ii iii = i + ii 1 Agri-environment 22285402,90 22285402,90 2 Less-favoured areas and areas with environmental restrictions 49265832,76 49265832,76 3 Meeting standards 27087408,61 27087408,61 4 Afforestation of agricultural land 2282657,14 2282657,14 5 Early retirement 25344412,08 25344412,08 6 Support for semi-subsistence farms undergoing restructuring 1957236,61 1957236,61 7 Other measures 261299,00 261299,00 8 Technical assistance 1608513,64 1608513,64 9 Complementary national direct payments 26154987,96 26154987,96 Total 156247750,70 0,00 156247750,70 No Measures Expenditure 2007 Annex I column a Reductions Annex I column d Amount cleared for 2007 Annex I column e i ii iii = i + ii 1 Early retirement 1969847,34 1969847,34 2 Producer groups 0,00 0,00 3 Support for semi-substance farms 11380749,30 11380749,30 4 Meeting standards 18477804,02 18477804,02 5 Agri-environment 28455604,50 28455604,50 6 Less-favoured areas 44469295,01 44469295,01 7 Technical assistance 687059,69 687059,69 8 Obligations transferred from previous programming period 5527008,42 5527008,42 9 Allocations of resources for single area payments 0,00 0,00 Total 110967368,28 0,00 110967368,28 No Measures Expenditure 2007 Annex I column a Reductions Annex I column d Amount cleared for 2007 Annex I column e i ii iii = i + ii 1 Early retirement 208211570,06 208211570,06 2 Support for semi-substance farms 153848603,49 153848603,49 3 Producer groups 2217071,84 2217071,84 4 Less-favoured areas 268656270,64 268656270,64 5 Agri-environment undertakings and animal welfare 99644744,58 99644744,58 6 Afforestation 34137537,58 34137537,58 7 Meeting EU standards 162483934,83 162483934,83 8 Technical assistance 1179654,66 1179654,66 9 Complements to direct payments 155386446,75 155386446,75 10 Projects approved under Regulation (EC) No 1268/1999 53130,11 53130,11 Total 1085818964,54 0,00 1085818964,54 No Measures Expenditure 2007 Annex I column a Reductions Annex I column d Amount cleared for 2007 Annex I column e i ii iii = i + ii 1 Less-favoured areas 35507061,93 35507061,93 2 Agri-environment 36570020,31 36570020,31 3 Early retirement 2157975,90 2157975,90 4 Meeting standards 11469182,41 11469182,41 5 Technical assistance 622994,02 622994,02 6 Sapard programme 341673,22 341673,22 7 Complements to direct payments 2184704,95 2184704,95 Total 88853612,73 0,00 88853612,73 No Measures Expenditure 2007 Annex I column a Reductions Annex I column d Amount cleared for 2007 Annex I column e i ii iii = i + ii 1 Investments in agricultural holdings 2371921,16 2371921,16 2 Training 0,00 0,00 3 Less-favoured areas and areas with environmental restrictions 69206792,25 69206792,25 4 Meeting standards 2926865,23 2926865,23 5 Agri-environmental support 47813409,02 47813409,02 6 Improving processing and marketing of agricultural products 355963,87 355963,87 7 Forest management 1109,96 1109,96 8 Afforestation of agricultural land 96237,08 96237,08 9 Land consolidation 316125,54 316125,54 10 Diversification of agricultural activities 9505,89 9505,89 11 Support for semi-subsistence farms 445878,45 445878,45 12 Producer groups 2305705,75 2305705,75 13 Technical assistance including evaluation 3586575,26 3586575,26 14 Complements to direct payments 14365364,23 14365364,23 901 Investments in agricultural holdings, Regulation (EC) No 1268/1999 131805,70 131805,70 905 Agri-environmental support — projects approved under Regulation (EC) No 1268/1999 582024,62 582024,62 907 Forest management — projects approved under Regulation (EC) No 1268/1999 0,00 0,00 912 Producer groups — project approved under Regulation (EC) No 1268/1999 80862,15 80862,15 Total 144596146,16 0,00 144596146,16

ANNEX III CLEARANCE OF THE PAYING AGENCIES' ACCOUNTS Financial year 2007 — EAGF rural development expenditure in new Member States List of the paying agencies for which the accounts are disjoined and are the subject of a later clearance decision

Member State Paying agency Estonia PRIA Malta MRAE

Versions

1. 2008-04-30

Cited by

• Commission Decision of 27 January 2009 on the clearance of the accounts of the paying agencies of Estonia concerning expenditure in the field of rural development measures financed by the European Agricultural Guarantee Fund (EAGF) for the 2007 financial year (notified under document number C(2009) 150) (Only the Estonian text is authentic) (2009/85/EC) Decision · Grade B

  Commission Decision 2008/395/EC cleared, for the 2007 financial year, the accounts of all the paying agencies except for the Estonian paying agency PRIA and the Maltese paying agency MRAE.