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Contents

1. Preamble
2. 1. Article 1
   2. Article 2
   3. Article 3
   4. Article 4
   5. Article 5
   6. Article 6
3. ANNEX
4. ANNEX I The list of the Member States' paying agencies for which the accounts for the last execution year (16 October 2014-31 December 2015) of EAFRD 2007-2013 programming period are cleared
5. Approved programmes with declared expenditure for EAFRD
6. ANNEX II CLEARANCE OF THE PAYING AGENCIES' ACCOUNTS LAST EXECUTION YEAR OF THE 2007-2013 RURAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME
7. List of the Paying Agencies and programmes for which the accounts for the last execution year (16 October 2014-31 December 2015) are disjoined and are the subject of a later clearance decision
8. ANNEX III The final balances for the 2007-2013 rural development programmes for which all relevant annual accounts have been cleared
9. ANNEX IV The rural development programmes for which the annual accounts have not been cleared for one or more financial years

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

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

Having regard to Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 on the financing, management and monitoring of the common agricultural policy and repealing Council Regulations (EEC) No 352/78, (EC) No 165/94, (EC) No 2799/98, (EC) No 814/2000, (EC) No 1290/2005 and (EC) No 485/2008, and in particular Article 51 thereof,

After consulting the Committee on the Agricultural Funds,

Whereas:

(1) Pursuant to Article 51 of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013, 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 an audit opinion regarding the completeness, accuracy and veracity of the accounts and the reports established by the certification bodies, should clear the accounts of the paying agencies referred to in Article 7 of that Regulation.

(2) In accordance with Article 37(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 and Article 41(4)(c) of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 907/2014, for the last execution year, the annual accounts should be presented to the Commission not later than 6 months after the final eligibility date and shall cover the expenditure effected by the paying agency up to the last eligibility date of expenditure, which was 31 December 2015.

(3) In accordance with Article 37(1) and (2) of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013, after receiving the last annual progress report on the implementation of a rural development programme, the Commission should pay the balance, subject to the availability of resources, on the basis of the financial plan in force, the annual accounts for the last execution year for the relevant rural development programme and of the corresponding clearance decision.

(4) In accordance with Article 37(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 the Member States submitted to the Commission a complete set of accounts by 30 June 2016.

(5) The Commission has checked the information submitted by the Member States and has communicated the results of its checks to the Member States by 30 September 2016, along with the necessary amendments.

(6) For certain paying agencies, the annual accounts and the accompanying documents permit the Commission to take a decision on the completeness, accuracy and veracity of the annual accounts submitted.

(7) The information submitted by other paying agencies requires additional enquiries and their accounts may therefore not be cleared by this Implementing Decision.

(8) In accordance with Article 36(3)(b) of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013, an amount of EUR 9934738,68 was excluded from the annual clearance Decision for the financial year 2014. This consists of EUR 1122778,99 declared for the rural development programme 2007EE06RPO001, EUR 18560,56 declared for the rural development programme 2007ES06RPO009, EUR 5599314,30 declared for the rural development programme 2007FI06RPO001, EUR 169459,49 declared for the rural development programme 2007LU06RPO001 and EUR 3024625,34 declared for the rural development programme 2007UK06RPO002. Following the adoption of the amended financial plans, these amounts were reimbursed by the Commission in 2015 and they are therefore included in the present clearance decision.

(9) In accordance with Article 51 of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013, this Decision is without prejudice to the decisions the Commission may take subsequently pursuant to Article 52 of the same Regulation to exclude from Union financing expenditure not effected in accordance with Union rules.

(10) In adopting this Decision, the Commission should take into account the amounts reduced or suspended on the basis of Article 41 of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013, in order to avoid making any undue or untimely payments, or reimbursing amounts that could later be subject to financial correction. By Implementing Decision C(2015)6810, the Commission reduced interim payments linked to the rural development programme of Lithuania for the 2007-2013 programming period. Since the procedure provided for in Article 34 of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 908/2014 is still ongoing, this reduction should be maintained,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

With the exception of the paying agencies referred to in Article 2, the accounts of the Member States' paying agencies concerning expenditure financed by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) in the last execution year of EAFRD 2007-2013 programming period (16 October 2014-31 December 2015) are hereby cleared. The list of the Member States' paying agencies for which the accounts for the last execution year of EAFRD 2007-2013 programming period are cleared, is set out in Annex I.

Article 2

For the last execution year of EAFRD 2007-2013 programming period referred to in Article 1, the accounts of the Member States' paying agencies in respect of expenditure for each corresponding rural development programme financed by the EAFRD as set out in Annex II, are not covered by this Decision and shall be subject of a future clearance of accounts decision.

Article 3

The final balances for the 2007-2013 rural development programmes for which all relevant annual accounts of the corresponding paying agencies have been cleared are set out in Annex III.

Article 4

The rural development programmes for which the annual accounts of the corresponding paying agencies have not been cleared for one or more financial years, are set out in Annex IV.

Article 5

This Decision is without prejudice to future conformity clearance decisions that the Commission may take pursuant to Article 52 of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 to exclude from Union financing expenditure not effected in accordance with Union rules.

Article 6

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 30 November 2016. For the Commission Phil Hogan Member of the Commission

ANNEX

ANNEX I The list of the Member States' paying agencies for which the accounts for the last execution year (16 October 2014-31 December 2015) of EAFRD 2007-2013 programming period are cleared

Approved programmes with declared expenditure for EAFRD

(in Euro) MS CCI Expenditure in the last execution year of the 2007-2013 RDP Corrections Total Non-reusable amounts Accepted amount cleared for the last execution year of the 2007-2013 RDP Interim payments reimbursed to the Member State including clearing of pre-financing for the last execution year of the 2007-2013 RDP Difference for the last execution year i ii iii = i + ii iv v = iii – iv vi vii = v – vi AT 2007AT06RPO001 180414767,03 0,00 180414767,03 5022381,85 175392385,18 0,00 175392385,18 BE 2007BE06RPO001 8140257,07 0,00 8140257,07 0,00 8140257,07 0,00 8140257,07 CY 2007CY06RPO001 38140069,90 0,00 38140069,90 13390,11 38126679,79 29657079,24 8469600,55 CZ 2007CZ06RPO001 292718350,03 0,00 292718350,03 35461,62 292682888,41 154265497,75 138417390,66 DE 2007DE06RAT001 351752,56 0,00 351752,56 0,00 351752,56 344787,29 6965,27 DE 2007DE06RPO003 36256830,11 0,00 36256830,11 540187,61 35716642,50 3080151,79 32636490,71 DE 2007DE06RPO004 53962511,16 0,00 53962511,16 2618,70 53959892,46 0,00 53959892,46 DE 2007DE06RPO007 146014201,06 0,00 146014201,06 5200,60 146009000,46 97972211,99 48036788,47 DE 2007DE06RPO010 11444115,23 0,00 11444115,23 279017,62 11165097,61 0,00 11165097,61 DE 2007DE06RPO011 190954194,64 0,00 190954194,64 0,00 190954194,64 159624523,46 31329671,18 DE 2007DE06RPO012 103450659,94 0,00 103450659,94 0,00 103450659,94 67725526,51 35725133,43 DE 2007DE06RPO015 41184956,92 0,00 41184956,92 0,00 41184956,92 23950996,56 17233960,36 DE 2007DE06RPO017 51607606,40 0,00 51607606,40 158733,56 51448872,84 38721362,68 12727510,16 DE 2007DE06RPO018 3819565,33 0,00 3819565,33 22759,59 3796805,74 2719891,12 1076914,62 DE 2007DE06RPO019 149119636,31 0,00 149119636,31 42685587,47 106434048,84 56992558,25 49441490,59 DE 2007DE06RPO020 196010469,43 0,00 196010469,43 0,00 196010469,43 165016404,40 30994065,03 DE 2007DE06RPO021 40029762,54 0,00 40029762,54 0,00 40029762,54 26675650,42 13354112,12 DE 2007DE06RPO023 102771123,22 0,00 102771123,22 0,00 102771123,22 69757904,44 33013218,78 DK 2007DK06RPO001 120409422,17 0,00 120409422,17 0,00 120409422,17 99405869,99 21003552,18 EE 2007EE06RPO001 40202306,30 1122778,99 41325085,29 0,00 41325085,29 5843533,28 35481552,01 ES 2007ES06RAT001 3070358,98 0,00 3070358,98 0,00 3070358,98 685438,83 2384920,15 ES 2007ES06RPO001 604799852,21 0,00 604799852,21 N/A 604799852,21 635451116,97 – 30651264,76 ES 2007ES06RPO002 86189041,88 0,00 86189041,88 0,00 86189041,88 67083574,51 19105467,37 ES 2007ES06RPO004 10819548,97 0,00 10819548,97 0,00 10819548,97 10819546,34 2,63 ES 2007ES06RPO005 39127499,30 0,00 39127499,30 0,45 39127498,85 37752050,93 1375447,92 ES 2007ES06RPO006 9283884,42 0,00 9283884,42 0,00 9283884,42 5302016,45 3981867,97 ES 2007ES06RPO007 282215353,74 0,00 282215353,74 0,00 282215353,74 272487142,31 9728211,43 ES 2007ES06RPO008 173940717,32 0,00 173940717,32 17641,40 173923075,92 131759986,54 42163089,38 ES 2007ES06RPO009 56121244,85 18560,56 56139805,41 18765,23 56121040,18 40471926,89 15649113,29 ES 2007ES06RPO010 233713300,99 0,00 233713300,99 5364682,52 228348618,47 201182038,91 27166579,56 ES 2007ES06RPO011 215435433,06 0,00 215435433,06 0,00 215435433,06 215493246,25 – 57813,19 ES 2007ES06RPO012 15716123,24 0,00 15716123,24 737535,58 14978587,66 14978587,05 0,61 ES 2007ES06RPO013 57532665,17 0,00 57532665,17 4127,40 57528537,77 51816039,06 5712498,71 ES 2007ES06RPO014 12538312,15 0,00 12538312,15 0,00 12538312,15 7639461,50 4898850,65 ES 2007ES06RPO015 16674763,93 0,00 16674763,93 0,00 16674763,93 12971705,42 3703058,51 ES 2007ES06RPO016 7352887,18 0,00 7352887,18 0,00 7352887,18 4464520,56 2888366,62 ES 2007ES06RPO017 26800845,33 0,00 26800845,33 0,00 26800845,33 26916117,17 – 115271,84 FI 2007FI06RPO001 91530348,92 5599314,30 97129663,22 0,00 97129663,22 24423059,42 72706603,80 FI 2007FI06RPO002 527945,41 0,00 527945,41 0,00 527945,41 40268,10 487677,31 GR 2007GR06RPO001 888314517,06 0,00 888314517,06 N/A 888314517,06 922581212,89 – 34266695,83 HU 2007HU06RPO001 748754592,05 0,00 748754592,05 149117,72 748605474,33 648459437,19 100146037,14 IE 2007IE06RPO001 44978622,14 0,00 44978622,14 1900408,70 43078213,44 0,00 43078213,44 IT 2007IT06RPO002 8149462,51 0,00 8149462,51 0,00 8149462,51 1747073,50 6402389,01 IT 2007IT06RPO003 127616735,00 0,00 127616735,00 62261,60 127554473,40 101200113,66 26354359,74 IT 2007IT06RPO007 59805780,74 0,00 59805780,74 1329918,62 58475862,12 35949179,67 22526682,45 IT 2007IT06RPO009 95037114,69 0,00 95037114,69 0,00 95037114,69 80989496,92 14047617,77 IT 2007IT06RPO010 99037273,94 0,00 99037273,94 14,42 99037259,52 79600169,71 19437089,81 IT 2007IT06RPO011 14862287,40 0,00 14862287,40 0,00 14862287,40 10068172,35 4794115,05 IT 2007IT06RPO014 82990789,77 0,00 82990789,77 275,94 82990513,83 59135824,91 23854688,92 LT 2007LT06RPO001 244973915,09 0,00 244973915,09 0,00 244973915,09 158247238,33 86726676,76 LU 2007LU06RPO001 4936636,74 169459,49 5106096,23 0,00 5106096,23 945791,68 4160304,55 LV 2007LV06RPO001 56888733,59 0,00 56888733,59 0,00 56888733,59 4375802,65 52512930,94 MT 2007MT06RPO001 18525508,20 0,00 18525508,20 43435,58 18482072,62 15825626,82 2656445,80 NL 2007NL06RPO001 73109827,75 0,00 73109827,75 450010,86 72659816,89 44639544,30 28020272,59 PL 2007PL06RPO001 2751343627,94 0,00 2751343627,94 0,00 2751343627,94 2096701691,24 654641936,70 PT 2007PT06RAT001 866848,88 0,00 866848,88 92093,13 774755,75 307978,67 466777,08 PT 2007PT06RPO001 33268022,24 0,00 33268022,24 181340,87 33086681,37 26663056,94 6423624,43 PT 2007PT06RPO002 404097172,73 0,00 404097172,73 2652078,48 401445094,25 241466481,61 159978612,64 PT 2007PT06RPO003 39566393,71 0,00 39566393,71 0,00 39566393,71 39580602,94 – 14209,23 SE 2007SE06RPO001 123975874,31 0,00 123975874,31 0,00 123975874,31 81220293,81 42755580,50 SI 2007SI06RPO001 94548141,11 0,00 94548141,11 0,31 94548140,80 51850486,84 42697653,96 SK 2007SK06RPO001 254161344,40 0,00 254161344,40 322,61 254161021,79 167819763,78 86341258,01 UK 2007UK06RPO001 144515333,22 0,00 144515333,22 1487992,45 143027340,77 50672584,29 92354756,48 UK 2007UK06RPO002 18203293,99 3024625,34 21227919,33 1731156,70 19496762,63 3507181,78 15989580,85 UK 2007UK06RPO0013 – 987841,37 0,00 – 987841,37 455326,60 – 1443167,97 0,00 – 1443167,97 UK 2007UK06RPO004 59384266,74 0,00 59384266,74 315791,70 59068475,04 59319912,22 – 251437,18

ANNEX II CLEARANCE OF THE PAYING AGENCIES' ACCOUNTS LAST EXECUTION YEAR OF THE 2007-2013 RURAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME

List of the Paying Agencies and programmes for which the accounts for the last execution year (16 October 2014-31 December 2015) are disjoined and are the subject of a later clearance decision

Member State Paying Agency Programme Belgium Région Wallonne 2007BE06RPO002 Bulgaria State Fund Agriculture 2007BG06RPO001 Germany EU-Zahlstelle der Freien und Hansestadt Hamburg 2007DE06RPO009 Spain Organismo Pagador de la Comunidad Autónoma del Principado de Asturias 2007ES06RPO003 France Office du Développement Agricole et Rural de Corse 2007FR06RPO002 Agence de services et de paiement 2007FR06RPO001 2007FR06RPO003 2007FR06RPO004 2007FR06RPO005 2007FR06RPO006 Italy Agenzia per le Erogazioni in Agricoltura 2007IT06RAT001 2007IT06RPO001 2007IT06RPO004 2007IT06RPO005 2007IT06RPO006 2007IT06RPO008 2007IT06RPO012 2007IT06RPO013 2007IT06RPO015 2007IT06RPO016 2007IT06RPO017 2007IT06RPO019 2007IT06RPO020 2007IT06RPO021 Agenzia della regione Calabria per le Erogazioni in Agricoltura 2007IT06RPO018 Romania Paying Agency for Rural Development and Fishery (PARDF) 2007RO06RPO001

ANNEX III The final balances for the 2007-2013 rural development programmes for which all relevant annual accounts have been cleared

Member State Paying Agency Programme Final balance in EUR AT AT01 2007AT06RPO001 201048842,91 BE BE02 2007BE06RPO001 11915307,11 CY CY01 2007CY06RPO001 8138264,88 CZ CZ01 2007CZ06RPO001 138417269,54 DE DE01 2007DE06RAT001 6965,28 DE03 2007DE06RPO003 33079775,42 DE04 2007DE06RPO004 70357109,98 DE07 2007DE06RPO007 48036735,72 DE11 2007DE06RPO011 31329671,19 DE12 2007DE06RPO012 35725132,72 DE15 2007DE06RPO015 17233960,44 DE17 2007DE06RPO017 12727510,16 DE18 2007DE06RPO018 1076914,65 DE19 2007DE06RPO019 49441490,19 DE20 2007DE06RPO020 30994065,04 DE21 2007DE06RPO021 13350534,31 DE23 2007DE06RPO023 33053719,77 DE26 2007DE06RPO010 12195402,12 DK DK02 2007DK06RPO001 20963291,37 EE EE01 2007EE06RPO001 35481509,90 ES ES02 2007ES06RPO002 19105467,57 ES04 2007ES06RPO004 – 1570468,31 ES05 2007ES06RPO005 1375447,92 ES06 2007ES06RPO006 3982139,88 ES07 2007ES06RPO007 9728211,49 ES08 2007ES06RPO008 42163089,49 ES09 2007ES06RPO009 15649113,35 ES10 2007ES06RPO010 27166579,64 ES11 2007ES06RPO011 – 6930052,58 ES12 2007ES06RPO012 – 2529813,38 ES13 2007ES06RPO013 5712498,75 ES14 2007ES06RPO014 4898850,90 ES15 2007ES06RPO015 3703058,56 ES16 2007ES06RPO016 2888363,59 ES17 2007ES06RPO017 – 3251561,99 ES18 2007ES06RAT001 2384920,15 FI FI01 2007FI06RPO001 72701842,49 2007FI06RPO002 487677,39 HU HU01 2007HU06RPO001 100146037,10 IE IE01 2007IE06RPO001 123238683,26 IT IT05 2007IT06RPO014 23854688,90 IT07 2007IT06RPO010 19437089,80 IT08 2007IT06RPO003 26354359,60 IT10 2007IT06RPO009 14047617,83 IT23 2007IT06RPO007 22526681,19 IT24 2007IT06RPO002 6402389,09 IT25 2007IT06RPO011 4794115,04 LT LT01 2007LT06RPO001 86077486,54 LU LU01 2007LU06RPO001 4310827,77 LV LV01 2007LV06RPO001 52512930,94 MT MT01 2007MT06RPO001 2656238,28 NL NL04 2007NL06RPO001 27849916,20 PL PL01 2007PL06RPO001 654646405,33 PT PT03 2007PT06RAT001 466777,31 2007PT06RPO001 6423624,50 2007PT06RPO002 159994438,45 2007PT06RPO003 – 194494,42 SE SE01 2007SE06RPO001 39280927,30 SI SI01 2007SI06RPO001 42697633,16 SK SK01 2007SK06RPO001 86339545,97 UK GB05 2007UK06RPO002 15989736,99 GB06 2007UK06RPO003 33256485,91 GB07 2007UK06RPO004 – 7316081,21 GB09 2007UK06RPO001 92304669,80

ANNEX IV The rural development programmes for which the annual accounts have not been cleared for one or more financial years

Member State Paying Agency Programme Belgium Région Wallonne 2007BE06RPO002 Bulgaria State Fund Agriculture 2007BG06RPO001 Germany EU-Zahlstelle der Freien und Hansestadt Hamburg 2007DE06RPO009 Spain Dirección General de Fondos Agrarios de la Consejería de Agricultura, Pesca y Medio Ambiente de la Junta de Andalucía 2007ES06RPO001 Organismo Pagador de la Comunidad Autónoma del Principado de Asturias 2007ES06RPO003 France Office du Développement Agricole et Rural de Corse 2007FR06RPO002 Agence de services et de paiement 2007FR06RPO001 2007FR06RPO003 2007FR06RPO004 2007FR06RPO005 2007FR06RPO006 Greece Payment and Control Agency for Guidance and Guarantee Community Aids (O.P.E.K.E.P.E.) 2007GR06RPO001 Italy Agenzia per le Erogazioni in Agricoltura 2007IT06RAT001 2007IT06RPO001 2007IT06RPO004 2007IT06RPO005 2007IT06RPO006 2007IT06RPO008 2007IT06RPO012 2007IT06RPO013 2007IT06RPO015 2007IT06RPO016 2007IT06RPO017 2007IT06RPO019 2007IT06RPO020 2007IT06RPO021 Agenzia della regione Calabria per le Erogazioni in Agricoltura 2007IT06RPO018 Romania Paying Agency for Rural Development and Fishery (PARDF) 2007RO06RPO001

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