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Contents

1. Preamble
2. 1. Article 1
   2. Article 2
   3. Article 3
3. ANNEX
4. ANNEX I CLEARED EAFRD EXPENDITURE BY RURAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME FOR FINANCIAL YEAR 2012 Amount to be recovered from or paid to the Member State per programme Approved programmes with declared expenditure for EAFRD
5. ANNEX II CLEARANCE OF THE PAYING AGENCIES' ACCOUNTS FINANCIAL YEAR 2012 — EAFRD List of the Paying Agencies and programmes for which the accounts are disjoined and are subject of a later clearance decision

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

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 27, 30 and 33 thereof,

After consulting the Committee on the Agricultural Funds,

Whereas:

(1) Under Article 30 of Regulation (EC) No 1290/2005, the Commission, on the basis of the annual accounts submitted by the Member States, accompanied by the information required for the clearance of accounts and a certificate regarding the integrality, accuracy and veracity of the accounts and the reports established by the certification bodies, clears the accounts of the paying agencies referred to in Article 6 of the said Regulation.

(2) Pursuant to Article 5 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 883/2006 of 21 June 2006 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 1290/2005 as regards the keeping of accounts by the paying agencies, declarations of expenditure and revenue and the conditions for reimbursing expenditure under the EAGF and the EAFRD, the financial year for the EAGF accounts begins on 16 October of year N-1 and ends on 15 October of year N. In the framework of clearing the accounts, for the purpose of aligning the reference period for EAFRD expenditure with that of the EAGF, account should be taken for the 2012 financial year of expenditure incurred by the Member States between 16 October 2011 and 15 October 2012.

(3) The second subparagraph of Article 10(2) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 885/2006 of 21 June 2006 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 1290/2005 as regards the accreditation of paying agencies and other bodies and the clearance of the accounts of the EAGF and of the EAFRD lays down that the amounts that are recoverable from, or payable to, each Member State, in accordance with the accounts clearance decision referred to in the first subparagraph of Article 10(1) of the said Regulation, shall be established by deducting the intermediate payments in respect of the financial year concerned from the expenditure recognised for the same year in accordance with paragraph 1. The Commission shall deduct that amount from or add it to the following intermediate payment.

(4) The Commission has checked the information submitted by the Member States and it has communicated to the Member States before 31 March 2013 the results of its verifications, along with the necessary amendments.

(5) 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 annual accounts submitted. Annex I lists the amounts cleared by Member States and the amounts to be recovered from or paid to the Member States.

(6) The information submitted by certain other paying agencies requires additional inquiries and their accounts cannot be cleared in this Decision. Annex II lists the paying agencies concerned.

(7) The Commission, in accordance with Article 27 of Regulation (EC) No 1290/2005, may reduce or temporarily suspend interim payments to the Member States. It shall inform the Member State accordingly. In order to avoid any premature, or temporary, reimbursement of the amounts in question, they should not be recognised in this Decision and they should be further examined under the conformity clearance procedure pursuant to Article 31 of Regulation (EC) No 1290/2005.

(8) Pursuant to Article 33(8) of Regulation (EC) No 1290/2005, 50 % of the financial consequences of non-recovery of irregularities shall be borne by the Member State concerned if the recovery of those irregularities has not taken place prior to the closure of a rural development programme within four years of the primary administrative or judicial finding, or within eight years if the recovery is taken to the national courts, or on the closure of the programme if those deadlines expire prior such closure. Article 33(4) of the said Regulation obliges Member States to submit to the Commission, together with the annual accounts, a summary report on the recovery procedures undertaken in response to irregularities. Detailed rules on the application of the Member States’ reporting obligation of the amounts to be recovered are laid down in Regulation (EC) No 885/2006. Annex III to the said Regulation provides the table that had to be provided in 2013 by the Member States. On the basis of the tables completed by the Member States, the Commission should decide on the financial consequences of non-recovery of irregularities older than four or eight years respectively. This decision is without prejudice to future conformity decisions pursuant to Article 33(5) of Regulation (EC) No 1290/2005.

(9) Pursuant to Article 33(7) of Regulation (EC) No 1290/2005, after closure of a rural development programme Member States may decide not to pursue recovery. Such a decision may only be taken if the costs already and likely to be incurred total more than the amount to be recovered or if the recovery proves impossible owing to the insolvency, recorded and recognised under national law, of the debtor or the persons legally responsible for the irregularity. If that decision has been taken within four years of the primary administrative or judicial finding, or within eight years if the recovery is taken to the national courts, 100 % of the financial consequences of the non-recovery should be borne by the EU budget. In the summary report referred to in Article 33(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1290/2005 the amounts for which the Member State decided not to pursue recovery and the grounds for the decision are shown. These amounts are not charged to the Member States concerned and are consequently to be borne by the EU budget. This decision is without prejudice to future conformity decisions pursuant to Article 33(5) of the said Regulation.

(10) 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 European Union financing expenditure not effected in accordance with European Union rules,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

With the exception of the paying agencies referred to in Article 2, the accounts of the paying agencies of the Member States concerning expenditure financed by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) in respect of the 2012 financial year, are hereby cleared. The amounts which are recoverable from, or payable to, each Member State under each rural development programme pursuant to this Decision, including those resulting from the application of Article 33(8) of Regulation (EC) No 1290/2005, are set out in Annex I.

Article 2

For the 2012 financial year, the accounts of the Member States’ paying agencies in respect of expenditure per rural development programme financed by the EAFRD, set out in Annex II, are disjoined from this Decision and shall be the subject of a future clearance of accounts Decision.

Article 3

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 26 April 2013. For the Commission Dacian Cioloș Member of the Commission

ANNEX

ANNEX I CLEARED EAFRD EXPENDITURE BY RURAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME FOR FINANCIAL YEAR 2012 Amount to be recovered from or paid to the Member State per programme Approved programmes with declared expenditure for EAFRD

In Euro MS CCI Expenditure 2012 Corrections Total Non-reusable amounts Accepted amount cleared for FY 2012 Interim payments reimbursed to the Member State for the financial year Amount to be recovered from (–) of paid to (+) the Member State i ii iii = i + ii iv v = iii – iv vi vii = v – vi AT 2007AT06RPO001 536750710,55 0,00 536750710,55 0,00 536750710,55 536889693,18 –138982,63 BE 2007BE06RPO001 38717525,91 0,00 38717525,91 0,00 38717525,91 38717490,21 35,70 BE 2007BE06RPO002 28714739,97 0,00 28714739,97 0,00 28714739,97 28716204,48 –1464,51 BG 2007BG06RPO001 308461739,36 0,00 308461739,36 0,00 308461739,36 308461766,20 –26,84 CY 2007CY06RPO001 19979798,73 0,00 19979798,73 0,00 19979798,73 19977169,29 2629,44 CZ 2007CZ06RPO001 420405062,51 0,00 420405062,51 0,00 420405062,51 420404919,20 143,31 DE 2007DE06RAT001 402133,08 0,00 402133,08 0,00 402133,08 402133,11 –0,03 DE 2007DE06RPO004 210119186,29 0,00 210119186,29 0,00 210119186,29 210119186,29 0,00 DE 2007DE06RPO007 185163802,40 0,00 185163802,40 0,00 185163802,40 185163861,88 –59,48 DE 2007DE06RPO009 3069982,65 0,00 3069982,65 0,00 3069982,65 3069987,85 –5,20 DE 2007DE06RPO011 122658529,48 0,00 122658529,48 0,00 122658529,48 122658529,49 –0,01 DE 2007DE06RPO012 124722137,43 0,00 124722137,43 0,00 124722137,43 124722136,25 1,18 DE 2007DE06RPO015 45640598,90 0,00 45640598,90 0,00 45640598,90 45640598,96 –0,06 DE 2007DE06RPO017 32444966,09 0,00 32444966,09 0,00 32444966,09 32444966,09 0,00 DE 2007DE06RPO018 5642155,06 0,00 5642155,06 0,00 5642155,06 5642155,04 0,02 DE 2007DE06RPO019 166108621,46 0,00 166108621,46 0,00 166108621,46 166108621,45 0,01 DE 2007DE06RPO020 144647436,45 0,00 144647436,45 0,00 144647436,45 144647436,41 0,04 DE 2007DE06RPO021 38874673,75 0,00 38874673,75 0,00 38874673,75 38874699,12 –25,37 EE 2007EE06RPO001 129931680,74 0,00 129931680,74 0,00 129931680,74 129931856,59 –175,85 ES 2007ES06RAT001 12605523,30 0,00 12605523,30 0,00 12605523,30 12605523,29 0,01 ES 2007ES06RPO002 44410451,88 0,00 44410451,88 0,00 44410451,88 44411263,01 –811,13 ES 2007ES06RPO003 46565987,62 0,00 46565987,62 0,00 46565987,62 46565977,49 10,13 ES 2007ES06RPO004 4728268,02 0,00 4728268,02 0,00 4728268,02 4728266,87 1,15 ES 2007ES06RPO005 6355287,75 0,00 6355287,75 0,00 6355287,75 6355287,82 –0,07 ES 2007ES06RPO006 11509387,33 0,00 11509387,33 0,00 11509387,33 11509387,33 0,00 ES 2007ES06RPO007 88731043,58 0,00 88731043,58 0,00 88731043,58 88731040,54 3,04 ES 2007ES06RPO008 94769354,19 0,00 94769354,19 0,00 94769354,19 94769380,73 –26,54 ES 2007ES06RPO009 30099390,74 0,00 30099390,74 0,00 30099390,74 30099338,76 51,98 ES 2007ES06RPO010 91947161,33 0,00 91947161,33 0,00 91947161,33 92023646,85 –76485,52 ES 2007ES06RPO011 102629746,17 0,00 102629746,17 0,00 102629746,17 102629745,16 1,01 ES 2007ES06RPO012 7282917,77 0,00 7282917,77 0,00 7282917,77 7282917,38 0,39 ES 2007ES06RPO013 24869738,26 0,00 24869738,26 0,00 24869738,26 24869737,90 0,36 ES 2007ES06RPO014 20959053,96 0,00 20959053,96 0,00 20959053,96 20959062,52 –8,56 ES 2007ES06RPO015 13565898,04 0,00 13565898,04 0,00 13565898,04 13568195,86 –2297,82 ES 2007ES06RPO016 6657518,54 0,00 6657518,54 0,00 6657518,54 6657514,28 4,26 ES 2007ES06RPO017 2432274,93 0,00 2432274,93 0,00 2432274,93 2432290,65 –15,72 FI 2007FI06RPO001 306194739,68 0,00 306194739,68 0,00 306194739,68 306205706,94 –10967,26 FI 2007FI06RPO002 2476684,91 0,00 2476684,91 0,00 2476684,91 2476684,88 0,03 FR 2007FR06RPO002 13474359,90 0,00 13474359,90 0,00 13474359,90 13474771,64 –411,74 GR 2007GR06RPO001 330814547,86 0,00 330814547,86 0,00 330814547,86 330814547,83 0,03 HU 2007HU06RPO001 444085578,73 0,00 444085578,73 0,00 444085578,73 443956972,20 128606,53 IE 2007IE06RPO001 322067654,67 0,00 322067654,67 0,00 322067654,67 322067614,63 40,04 IT 2007IT06RAT001 6506208,56 0,00 6506208,56 0,00 6506208,56 6506208,56 0,00 IT 2007IT06RPO001 24379135,72 0,00 24379135,72 0,00 24379135,72 24380736,23 –1600,51 IT 2007IT06RPO002 17564520,93 0,00 17564520,93 0,00 17564520,93 17564521,29 –0,36 IT 2007IT06RPO003 65039830,31 0,00 65039830,31 0,00 65039830,31 65039828,99 1,32 IT 2007IT06RPO004 15657996,80 0,00 15657996,80 0,00 15657996,80 15664080,33 –6083,53 IT 2007IT06RPO005 47329565,62 0,00 47329565,62 0,00 47329565,62 47339294,23 –9728,61 IT 2007IT06RPO006 14777673,53 0,00 14777673,53 0,00 14777673,53 14786581,96 –8908,43 IT 2007IT06RPO007 90362021,28 0,00 90362021,28 0,00 90362021,28 90362024,63 –3,35 IT 2007IT06RPO008 16936677,31 0,00 16936677,31 0,00 16936677,31 17328986,74 –392309,43 IT 2007IT06RPO009 75301501,51 0,00 75301501,51 0,00 75301501,51 75301501,48 0,03 IT 2007IT06RPO010 55292452,79 0,00 55292452,79 0,00 55292452,79 55292452,33 0,46 IT 2007IT06RPO011 22479775,82 0,00 22479775,82 0,00 22479775,82 22479775,77 0,05 IT 2007IT06RPO012 58700494,85 0,00 58700494,85 0,00 58700494,85 58718426,04 –17931,19 IT 2007IT06RPO013 7077988,03 0,00 7077988,03 0,00 7077988,03 7077988,21 –0,18 IT 2007IT06RPO014 83205962,61 0,00 83205962,61 0,00 83205962,61 83205960,22 2,39 IT 2007IT06RPO015 14019405,51 0,00 14019405,51 0,00 14019405,51 14019423,76 –18,25 IT 2007IT06RPO016 72825928,02 0,00 72825928,02 0,00 72825928,02 72854508,13 –28580,11 IT 2007IT06RPO017 60734732,80 0,00 60734732,80 –5006487,10 55728245,70 55719550,02 8695,68 IT 2007IT06RPO018 98749442,94 0,00 98749442,94 0,00 98749442,94 98748375,78 1067,16 IT 2007IT06RPO019 124100396,67 0,00 124100396,67 0,00 124100396,67 124120192,75 –19796,08 IT 2007IT06RPO020 124337336,44 0,00 124337336,44 0,00 124337336,44 124510471,21 –173134,77 IT 2007IT06RPO021 226053238,71 0,00 226053238,71 0,00 226053238,71 226139550,09 –86311,38 LT 2007LT06RPO001 237177796,40 0,00 237177796,40 0,00 237177796,40 237121459,60 56336,80 LU 2007LU06RPO001 9348661,78 0,00 9348661,78 0,00 9348661,78 9378940,94 –30279,16 LV 2007LV06RPO001 214814466,80 0,00 214814466,80 0,00 214814466,80 214813938,09 528,71 MT 2007MT06RPO001 9002133,91 0,00 9002133,91 0,00 9002133,91 9002133,88 0,03 NL 2007NL06RPO001 97078371,06 0,00 97078371,06 0,00 97078371,06 98217487,71 –1139116,65 PL 2007PL06RPO001 2041824877,34 0,00 2041824877,34 0,00 2041824877,34 2041821110,52 3766,82 PT 2007PT06RAT001 2100675,90 0,00 2100675,90 0,00 2100675,90 2100675,68 0,22 PT 2007PT06RPO001 48442865,80 0,00 48442865,80 0,00 48442865,80 48442855,88 9,92 PT 2007PT06RPO002 601644296,63 0,00 601644296,63 0,00 601644296,63 601644193,09 103,54 PT 2007PT06RPO003 26722075,59 0,00 26722075,59 0,00 26722075,59 26722055,59 20,00 SE 2007SE06RPO001 294264230,85 0,00 294264230,85 0,00 294264230,85 298089364,84 –3825133,99 SI 2007SI06RPO001 122609926,69 0,00 122609926,69 0,00 122609926,69 122610210,36 –283,67 SK 2007SK06RPO001 274899210,89 0,00 274899210,89 0,00 274899210,89 274899689,64 –478,75 UK 2007UK06RPO001 469465696,13 0,00 469465696,13 0,00 469465696,13 469411107,94 54588,19 UK 2007UK06RPO002 51445616,04 0,00 51445616,04 0,00 51445616,04 51445684,02 –67,98 UK 2007UK06RPO003 166234309,63 0,00 166234309,63 0,00 166234309,63 166904508,81 –670199,18 UK 2007UK06RPO004 54428821,51 0,00 54428821,51 0,00 54428821,51 54428841,38 –19,87

ANNEX II CLEARANCE OF THE PAYING AGENCIES' ACCOUNTS FINANCIAL YEAR 2012 — EAFRD List of the Paying Agencies and programmes for which the accounts are disjoined and are subject of a later clearance decision

Member State Paying Agency Programme Denmark DAFA 2007DK06RPO001 Germany Baden-Württemberg 2007DE06RPO003 Thüringen 2007DE06RPO023 Helaba 2007DE06RPO010 France ASP 2007FR06RPO001 ASP 2007FR06RPO003 ASP 2007FR06RPO004 ASP 2007FR06RPO005 ASP 2007FR06RPO006 Romania PARDF 2007RO6RPO001 Spain Andalucia 2007ES06RPO001

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