Address https://gelex.eu/eli/EU/decision/2018/873@2018-06-13/en

Contents

1. Preamble
2. 1. Article 1
   2. Article 2
3. ANNEX
4. ANNEX
5. Decision: 57 Budget Item: 6701

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 52 thereof,

After consulting the Committee on the Agricultural Funds,

Whereas:

(1) In accordance with Article 31 of Council Regulation (EC) No 1290/2005 and as from 1 January 2015 in accordance with Article 52 of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 the Commission is to carry out the necessary verifications, communicate to the Member States the results of those verifications, take note of the comments of the Member States, initiate a bilateral discussion so that an agreement may be reached with the Member States in question, and formally communicate its conclusions to them.

(2) The Member States have had an opportunity to request the launch of a conciliation procedure. That opportunity has been used in some cases and the reports issued on the outcome have been examined by the Commission.

(3) In accordance with Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013, only agricultural expenditure which has been incurred in a way that has not infringed Union law may be financed.

(4) In the light of the verifications carried out, the outcome of the bilateral discussions and the conciliation procedures, part of the expenditure declared by the Member States does not fulfil this requirement and cannot, therefore, be financed under the EAGF and the EAFRD.

(5) The amounts that are not recognised as being chargeable to the EAGF and the EAFRD should be indicated. Those amounts do not relate to expenditure incurred more than 24 months before the Commission's written notification of the results of the verifications to the Member States.

(6) The amounts excluded from Union financing by the present Decision should also take into account any reductions or suspensions in accordance with Article 41 of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 due to the fact that such reductions or suspensions are of a provisional nature and without prejudice to decisions taken pursuant to Articles 51 or 52 of that Regulation.

(7) As regards the cases covered by this decision, the assessment of the amounts to be excluded on grounds of non-compliance with Union law was notified by the Commission to the Member States in a summary report on the subject.

(8) This Decision is without prejudice to any financial conclusions that the Commission may draw from the judgments of the Court of Justice of the European Union in cases pending on 30 April 2018,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The amounts set out in the Annex and related to expenditure incurred by the Member States' accredited paying agencies and declared under the EAGF or the EAFRD shall be excluded from Union financing.

Article 2

This Decision is addressed to the Republic of Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, the Kingdom of Denmark, the Federal Republic of Germany, the Hellenic Republic, the Kingdom of Spain, the French Republic, the Italian Republic, Hungary, the Republic of Austria, the Republic of Poland, Romania, the Republic of Finland, the Kingdom of Sweden and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

Done at Brussels, 13 June 2018. For the Commission Phil Hogan Member of the Commission

ANNEX

ANNEX

Decision: 57 Budget Item: 6701

Member State Measure FY Reason Type Correction % Currency Amount Deductions Financial Impact AT Wine - Restructuring 2015 on-the-spot checks not in sufficient number and not of sufficient quality FLAT RATE 5,00 % EUR – 163750,83 0,00 – 163750,83 Wine - Restructuring 2016 on-the-spot checks not in sufficient number and not of sufficient quality FLAT RATE 5,00 % EUR – 158745,93 0,00 – 158745,93 Wine - Restructuring 2017 OTSC not in sufficient number and not of sufficient quality FLAT RATE 5,00 % EUR – 151661,23 0,00 – 151661,23 Total AT: EUR – 474157,99 0,00 – 474157,99 Member State Measure FY Reason Type Correction % Currency Amount Deductions Financial Impact BG Voluntary Coupled Support 2016 Absence of checks concerning animals under selection control FLAT RATE 5,00 % EUR – 8878,53 0,00 – 8878,53 Other Direct Aid - Article 68-72 of Reg.73/2009 2014 Absence of checks for the correctness of entries in the I&R data base FLAT RATE 5,00 % EUR – 1000881,00 – 26225,92 – 974655,08 Other Direct Aid - Article 68-72 of Reg.73/2009 2015 Absence of checks for the correctness of entries in the I&R database FLAT RATE 5,00 % EUR – 1658872,48 – 26398,57 – 1632473,91 Certification 2016 CEB/2017/005/BG - Random errors in the EAGF population ONE OFF EUR – 59733,94 0,00 – 59733,94 Other Direct Aid - Article 68-72 of Reg.73/2009 2014 Weaknesses of checks of animals missing both ear-tags (considered as eligible during the on-the-spot checks) and weaknesses of checks of animals lacking passports (considered as eligible during the on-the-spot checks) ONE OFF EUR – 466343,56 – 1387,61 – 464955,95 Other Direct Aid - Article 68-72 of Reg.73/2009 2015 Weaknesses of checks of animals missing both ear-tags (considered as eligible during the on-the-spot checks) and weaknesses of checks of animals lacking passports (considered as eligible during the on-the-spot checks) ONE OFF EUR – 463399,04 – 914,68 – 462484,36 Total BG: EUR – 3658108,55 – 54926,78 – 3603181,77 Member State Measure FY Reason Type Correction % Currency Amount Deductions Financial Impact CZ Cross-compliance 2015 CY 2014 - Evaluation of non-compliances - Leniency in the sanctioning system ONE OFF EUR – 601669,00 0,00 – 601669,00 Certification 2016 CY 2015 - Evaluation of non-compliances - Leniency in the sanctioning system ONE OFF EUR – 1129089,00 0,00 – 1129089,00 Certification 2017 CY 2016 - Evaluation of non-compliances - Leniency in the sanctioning system ONE OFF EUR – 1260230,28 0,00 – 1260230,28 Total CZ: EUR – 2990988,28 0,00 – 2990988,28 Member State Measure FY Reason Type Correction % Currency Amount Deductions Financial Impact DE Wine - Restructuring 2016 Deficiency in key control FLAT RATE 2,00 % EUR – 275528,54 0,00 – 275528,54 Wine - Restructuring 2012 Deficiency in key control - Performance of on-the-spot checks covering all payment claims in sufficient number FLAT RATE 2,00 % EUR – 5,70 0,00 – 5,70 Wine - Restructuring 2013 Deficiency in key control - Performance of on-the-spot checks covering all payment claims in sufficient number FLAT RATE 2,00 % EUR – 6559,77 0,00 – 6559,77 Wine - Restructuring 2014 Deficiency in key control - Performance of on-the-spot checks covering all payment claims in sufficient number FLAT RATE 2,00 % EUR – 233087,97 0,00 – 233087,97 Wine - Restructuring 2015 Deficiency in key control - Performance of on-the-spot checks covering all payment claims in sufficient number FLAT RATE 2,00 % EUR – 280889,36 0,00 – 280889,36 Certification 2016 Financial errors in the EAGF and EAFRD population ONE OFF EUR – 472,23 0,00 – 472,23 Total DE: EUR – 796543,57 0,00 – 796543,57 Member State Measure FY Reason Type Correction % Currency Amount Deductions Financial Impact DK Certification 2016 CEB/2017/024/DK - errors in the EAGF and EAFRD populations ONE OFF EUR – 350182,63 – 1625,29 – 348557,34 Total DK: EUR – 350182,63 – 1625,29 – 348557,34 Member State Measure FY Reason Type Correction % Currency Amount Deductions Financial Impact ES Certification 2016 CEB/2016/038/ES known errors in EAGF ONE OFF EUR – 96018,45 0,00 – 96018,45 Certification 2016 FINANCIAL ERRORS DETECTED BY THE CB ONE OFF EUR – 15009,30 0,00 – 15009,30 Entitlements 2016 Weakness in the administrative checks on PE when setting up the BPS - impact on BPS ONE OFF EUR – 39844,18 0,00 – 39844,18 Entitlements 2017 Weakness in the administrative checks on PE when setting up the BPS - impact on BPS ONE OFF EUR – 39794,02 0,00 – 39794,02 Decoupled Direct Aids 2016 Weakness in the administrative checks on PE when setting up the BPS - impact on Greening payments ONE OFF EUR – 20601,48 0,00 – 20601,48 Decoupled Direct Aids 2017 Weakness in the administrative checks on PE when setting up the BPS - impact on Greening payments ONE OFF EUR – 20567,52 0,00 – 20567,52 Decoupled Direct Aids 2016 Weakness in the administrative checks on PE when setting up the BPS - impact on Young Farmers payments ONE OFF EUR – 4268,40 0,00 – 4268,40 Decoupled Direct Aids 2017 Weakness in the administrative checks on PE when setting up the BPS - impact on Young Farmers payments ONE OFF EUR – 4268,40 0,00 – 4268,40 Total ES: EUR – 240371,75 0,00 – 240371,75 Member State Measure FY Reason Type Correction % Currency Amount Deductions Financial Impact FR Fruit and Vegetables - Operational programmes incl withdrawals 2015 Administrative checks prior to granting payment on the elements for establishing the aid payable–VMP ONE OFF EUR – 409462,15 0,00 – 409462,15 Other Direct Aid - POSEI 2013 Animal premium - weakness in administrative and on-the-spot checks FY 2013 ONE OFF EUR – 320094,98 – 640,29 – 319454,69 Other Direct Aid - POSEI (2014+) 2014 Animal premium - weakness in administrative and on-the-spot checks FY 2014 ONE OFF EUR – 323719,64 – 1,50 – 323718,14 Other Direct Aid - POSEI (2014+) 2015 Animal premium - weakness in administrative and on-the-spot checks FY 2015 ONE OFF EUR – 314303,95 – 2,18 – 314301,77 Other Direct Aid - POSEI (2014+) 2016 Animal premium - weakness in administrative and on-the-spot checks FY 2016 ONE OFF EUR – 304428,93 0,00 – 304428,93 Fruit and Vegetables - Operational programmes incl withdrawals 2016 Control of eligibility of operational programme–soundness of estimates. Financial correction from 1.7.2016 till 15.10.2016 FLAT RATE 2,00 % EUR – 1056347,64 0,00 – 1056347,64 Fruit and Vegetables - Operational programmes incl withdrawals 2014 Control of eligibility of operational programme–soundness of estimates; Non-respect for recognition criteria by POs–Warning letters and sanctions. Financial correction from 10.3.2014 till 30.6.2016 FLAT RATE 5,00 % EUR – 4055381,53 0,00 – 4055381,53 Fruit and Vegetables - Operational programmes incl withdrawals 2015 Control of eligibility of operational programme–soundness of estimates; Non-respect for recognition criteria by POs–Warning letters and sanctions. Financial correction from 10.3.2014 till 30.6.2016 FLAT RATE 5,00 % EUR – 5477578,32 – 20473,11 – 5457105,21 Fruit and Vegetables - Operational programmes incl withdrawals 2016 Control of eligibility of operational programme–soundness of estimates; Non-respect for recognition criteria by POs–Warning letters and sanctions. Financial correction from 10.3.2014 till 30.6.2016 FLAT RATE 5,00 % EUR – 2274528,33 0,00 – 2274528,33 Fruit and Vegetables - Operational programmes incl withdrawals 2017 Control of eligibility of operational programmes - soundness of estimates - FY 2017 till 30.6.2017 (provisional) FLAT RATE 2,00 % EUR – 1040251,20 0,00 – 1040251,20 POSEI (2007+) 2013 Error in recognition of producers organisaton ONE OFF EUR – 680081,66 0,00 – 680081,66 POSEI (2014+) 2014 Error in recognition of producers organisaton ONE OFF EUR – 1149556,00 0,00 – 1149556,00 POSEI (2014+) 2015 Error in recognition of producers organisaton ONE OFF EUR – 542082,76 0,00 – 542082,76 POSEI (2014+) 2016 Error in recognition of producers organisaton ONE OFF EUR – 537217,02 0,00 – 537217,02 Other Direct Aid - POSEI 2013 Inaccurate accounting for certain consignments of bananas FY 2013 FLAT RATE 5,00 % EUR – 646575,60 – 11309,16 – 635266,44 Other Direct Aid - POSEI (2014+) 2014 Inaccurate accounting for certain consignments of bananas FY 2014 FLAT RATE 5,00 % EUR – 464167,98 – 905,52 – 463262,46 Other Direct Aid - POSEI (2014+) 2015 Inaccurate accounting for certain consignments of bananas FY 2015 FLAT RATE 5,00 % EUR – 410793,72 – 11,23 – 410782,49 Other Direct Aid - POSEI (2014+) 2016 Inaccurate accounting for certain consignments of bananas FY 2016 FLAT RATE 5,00 % EUR – 423898,10 0,00 – 423898,10 Certification 2014 Lack of diligence in recovery ONE OFF EUR – 111077,56 0,00 – 111077,56 Other Direct Aid - POSEI 2012 Transport of sugar cane ONE OFF EUR – 71021,04 – 1420,42 – 69600,62 Other Direct Aid - POSEI 2013 Transport of sugar cane - weakness in administrative checks FLAT RATE 5,00 % EUR – 10103,99 – 202,08 – 9901,91 Other Direct Aid - POSEI (2014+) 2014 Transport of sugar cane - weakness in administrative checks FLAT RATE 5,00 % EUR – 7764,37 0,00 – 7764,37 Other Direct Aid - POSEI (2014+) 2015 Transport of sugar cane - weakness in administrative checks FLAT RATE 5,00 % EUR – 8881,29 0,00 – 8881,29 POSEI (2007+) 2013 TVA ONE OFF EUR – 1983,23 0,00 – 1983,23 POSEI (2007+) 2013 Weakness in administrative checks - diversification of local production and breeding animals FLAT RATE 5,00 % EUR – 17516,82 0,00 – 17516,82 POSEI (2014+) 2014 Weakness in administrative checks - diversification of local production and breeding animals FLAT RATE 5,00 % EUR – 25163,93 0,00 – 25163,93 POSEI (2014+) 2015 Weakness in administrative checks - diversification of local production and breeding animals FLAT RATE 5,00 % EUR – 64934,16 0,00 – 64934,16 POSEI (2014+) 2016 Weakness in administrative checks - diversification of local production and breeding animals FLAT RATE 5,00 % EUR – 83420,37 0,00 – 83420,37 Total FR: EUR – 20832336,27 – 34965,49 – 20797370,78 Member State Measure FY Reason Type Correction % Currency Amount Deductions Financial Impact GB Decoupled Direct Aids 2016 Greening controls - CY 2015 (CD and EFA obligations not met) FLAT RATE 10,00 % EUR – 3642517,27 0,00 – 3642517,27 Decoupled Direct Aids 2017 Greening controls - CY 2015 (CD and EFA obligations not met) FLAT RATE 10,00 % EUR – 44305,87 0,00 – 44305,87 Decoupled Direct Aids 2016 Greening controls - CY 2015 (EFA partially met with LLF) FLAT RATE 7,00 % EUR – 3200543,02 0,00 – 3200543,02 Decoupled Direct Aids 2017 Greening controls - CY 2015 (EFA partially met with LLF) FLAT RATE 7,00 % EUR – 38929,90 0,00 – 38929,90 Decoupled Direct Aids 2017 Greening controls - CY 2016 (CD and EFA obligations not met) FLAT RATE 10,00 % EUR – 3621231,69 0,00 – 3621231,69 Decoupled Direct Aids 2017 Greening controls - CY 2016 (EFA partially met with LLF) FLAT RATE 7,00 % EUR – 3136712,96 0,00 – 3136712,96 Fruit and Vegetables - Operational Programmes 2013 weaknesses in key controls FLAT RATE 5,00 % EUR – 109370,05 0,00 – 109370,05 Fruit and Vegetables - Operational programmes incl withdrawals 2014 weaknesses in key controls (Y2014+) FLAT RATE 5,00 % EUR – 1623796,79 0,00 – 1623796,79 Fruit and Vegetables - Operational programmes incl withdrawals 2015 weaknesses in key controls (Y2014+) FLAT RATE 5,00 % EUR – 1064381,85 0,00 – 1064381,85 Decoupled Direct Aids 2016 Weakness in the Maximum Eligible Area for commons in LPIS - CY 2015 FLAT RATE 25,00 % EUR – 7258777,49 0,00 – 7258777,49 Decoupled Direct Aids 2017 Weakness in the Maximum Eligible Area for commons in LPIS - CY 2015 FLAT RATE 25,00 % EUR – 89509,95 0,00 – 89509,95 Decoupled Direct Aids 2017 Weakness in the Maximum Eligible Area for commons in LPIS - CY 2016 FLAT RATE 25,00 % EUR – 7848215,53 0,00 – 7848215,53 Total GB: EUR – 31678292,37 0,00 – 31678292,37 Member State Measure FY Reason Type Correction % Currency Amount Deductions Financial Impact GR Certification 2015 EAGF Non IACS - sample reviewed in the substantive testing (one-off financial correction) ONE OFF EUR – 6894,50 0,00 – 6894,50 Cross-compliance 2010 Execution of overlapping amount FLAT RATE 2,00 % EUR 0,00 16407,60 – 16407,60 Promotion Measures 2011 incorrection selection procedure of implementing bodies FLAT RATE 5,00 % EUR – 5463,44 – 85,96 – 5377,48 Promotion Measures 2012 incorrection selection procedure of implementing bodies FLAT RATE 5,00 % EUR – 56982,36 – 5463,23 – 51519,13 Promotion Measures 2013 incorrection selection procedure of implementing bodies FLAT RATE 5,00 % EUR – 199382,67 – 10782,20 – 188600,47 Promotion Measures 2014 incorrection selection procedure of implementing bodies FLAT RATE 5,00 % EUR – 446615,37 – 31823,12 – 414792,25 Promotion Measures 2015 incorrection selection procedure of implementing bodies FLAT RATE 5,00 % EUR – 518199,29 0,00 – 518199,29 Entitlements 2008 national reserve allocation for investors category FLAT RATE 10,00 % EUR – 2222531,71 – 1111265,86 – 1111265,85 Entitlements 2009 national reserve allocation for investors category FLAT RATE 10,00 % EUR – 1899562,82 – 1350922,24 – 548640,58 Entitlements 2010 national reserve allocation for investors category FLAT RATE 10,00 % EUR – 2070421,87 – 582247,31 – 1488174,56 Total GR: EUR – 7426054,03 – 3076182,32 – 4349871,71 Member State Measure FY Reason Type Correction % Currency Amount Deductions Financial Impact IT Accreditation Paying Agency 2016 Bonifica exercise: files not yet analysed and recorded in the debt ledger ONE OFF EUR – 7904188,89 0,00 – 7904188,89 Wine - Restructuring 2014 Failure to apply an ancillary control established by article 81 of Regulation (EC) No 555/2008 FLAT RATE 2,00 % EUR – 328285,00 0,00 – 328285,00 Wine - Restructuring 2015 Failure to apply an ancillary control established by article 81 of Regulation (EC) No 555/2008 FLAT RATE 2,00 % EUR – 252870,69 0,00 – 252870,69 Wine - Restructuring 2015 Weaknesses in the functioning of 1 key control FLAT RATE 3,00 % EUR – 160237,00 0,00 – 160237,00 Wine - Restructuring 2016 Weaknesses in the functioning of 1 key control FLAT RATE 3,00 % EUR – 115639,97 0,00 – 115639,97 Total IT: EUR – 8761221,55 0,00 – 8761221,55 Member State Measure FY Reason Type Correction % Currency Amount Deductions Financial Impact PL Scrutiny of transactions 2013 2013 05020401 0,5 % FLAT RATE 0,50 % EUR – 267805,24 0,00 – 267805,24 Scrutiny of transactions 2013 2013 05020812 0,5 % FLAT RATE 0,50 % EUR – 11588,62 0,00 – 11588,62 Scrutiny of transactions 2013 2013 05021001 0,5 % FLAT RATE 0,50 % EUR – 26058,13 0,00 – 26058,13 Scrutiny of transactions 2013 2013 05021204 0,5 % FLAT RATE 0,50 % EUR – 18,02 0,00 – 18,02 Scrutiny of transactions 2013 2013 05021208 0,5 % FLAT RATE 0,50 % EUR – 2800,89 0,00 – 2800,89 Scrutiny of transactions 2013 2013 05021301 0,5 % FLAT RATE 0,50 % EUR – 12442,24 0,00 – 12442,24 Scrutiny of transactions 2013 2013 05021501 0,5 % FLAT RATE 0,50 % EUR – 108,61 0,00 – 108,61 Scrutiny of transactions 2013 2013 05021505 0,5 % FLAT RATE 0,50 % EUR – 326,18 0,00 – 326,18 Scrutiny of transactions 2013 2013 05021506 0,5 % FLAT RATE 0,50 % EUR – 6168,65 0,00 – 6168,65 Scrutiny of transactions 2014 2014 05020803 0,5 % FLAT RATE 0,50 % EUR – 1285,45 0,00 – 1285,45 Scrutiny of transactions 2014 2014 05020812 0,5 % FLAT RATE 0,50 % EUR – 40936,59 0,00 – 40936,59 Scrutiny of transactions 2014 2014 05021208 0,5 % FLAT RATE 0,50 % EUR – 23250,79 0,00 – 23250,79 Scrutiny of transactions 2014 2014 6703 0,5 % FLAT RATE 0,50 % EUR – 4858,66 0,00 – 4858,66 Scrutiny of transactions 2015 2015 05020803 0,5 % FLAT RATE 0,50 % EUR – 5790,37 0,00 – 5790,37 Scrutiny of transactions 2015 2015 05020812 0,5 % FLAT RATE 0,50 % EUR – 754,34 0,00 – 754,34 Scrutiny of transactions 2015 2015 05020899 0,5 % FLAT RATE 0,50 % EUR – 33551,85 0,00 – 33551,85 Scrutiny of transactions 2015 2015 05021208 0,5 % FLAT RATE 0,50 % EUR – 261,92 0,00 – 261,92 Scrutiny of transactions 2015 2015 6703 0,5 % FLAT RATE 0,50 % EUR – 8139,18 0,00 – 8139,18 Other Direct Aid - Article 68-72 of Reg.73/2009 2014 Quality of on-the-spot checks FLAT RATE 5,00 % EUR – 1421755,79 0,00 – 1421755,79 Other Direct Aid - Article 68-72 of Reg.73/2009 2015 Quality of on-the-spot checks FLAT RATE 5,00 % EUR – 1436426,73 0,00 – 1436426,73 Total PL: EUR – 3304328,25 0,00 – 3304328,25 Member State Measure FY Reason Type Correction % Currency Amount Deductions Financial Impact RO Milk - Schoolmilk 2015 Checks of the regular attendance of pupils ONE OFF EUR – 73375,14 0,00 – 73375,14 Milk - Schoolmilk 2016 Checks of the regular attendance of pupils ONE OFF EUR – 39829,05 0,00 – 39829,05 Certification 2015 Known error in EAGF ONE OFF EUR – 16464,42 0,00 – 16464,42 Certification 2015 MLE IN EAGF IACS ESTIMATED BY AMOUNT EUR – 11570299,23 – 38797,64 – 11531501,59 Certification 2015 MLE IN EAGF NON-IACS ESTIMATED BY AMOUNT EUR – 618380,16 – 66097,23 – 552282,93 Total RO: EUR – 12318348,00 – 104894,87 – 12213453,13 Member State Measure FY Reason Type Correction % Currency Amount Deductions Financial Impact SE Milk - Schoolmilk 2015 Non exhautive administrative checks, insufficient quality of on-the-spot ckecks, incorrect calculation of the aid including administrative reductions and penalties FLAT RATE 5,00 % EUR – 21588,10 0,00 – 21588,10 Milk - Schoolmilk 2016 Non exhautive administrative checks, insufficient quality of on-the-spot ckecks, incorrect calculation of the aid including administrative reductions and penalties FLAT RATE 5,00 % EUR – 16214,01 0,00 – 16214,01 Milk - Schoolmilk 2015 Stockholnm Stad Non exhautive administrative checks, insufficient quality of on-the-spot ckecks, incorrect calculation of the aid including administrative reductions and penalties ONE OFF EUR – 105766,50 0,00 – 105766,50 Total SE: EUR – 143568,61 0,00 – 143568,61 Currency Amount Deductions Financial Impact EUR – 92974501,85 – 3272594,75 – 89701907,10

Budget Item: 6711

Member State Measure FY Reason Type Correction % Currency Amount Deductions Financial Impact BG Certification 2016 CEB/2017/005/BG - MLE in the EAFRD population ESTIMATED BY AMOUNT EUR – 1834947,67 – 160347,68 – 1674599,99 Rural Development EAFRD (2014-2020) measures subject to IACS 2016 Identification of reference parcels in a computerised LPIS-GIS with at least the requirements in Article 5 of Regulation 640/2014 (measure 12 of RDP 2014-2020). ONE OFF EUR – 1837276,90 0,00 – 1837276,90 Rural Development EAFRD (2014-2020) measures subject to IACS 2016 Identification of reference parcels in a computerised LPIS-GIS with at least the requirements in Article 5 of Regulation 640/2014 (measure 13 of RDP 2014-2020). ONE OFF EUR – 210464,02 0,00 – 210464,02 Rural Development EAFRD (2014-2020) measures subject to IACS 2017 Verification of the compliance with the rules of organic farming (measure 11 of RDP 2014-2020). EXTRAPOLATED 3,35 % EUR – 606372,80 0,00 – 606372,80 Rural Development EAFRD (2014-2020) measures subject to IACS 2015 Verification of the compliance with the rules of organic farming (measure 214 of RDP 2007-2013 and measure 11 of RDP 2014-2020). EXTRAPOLATED 3,35 % EUR – 292993,48 – 5859,87 – 287133,61 Rural Development EAFRD (2014-2020) measures subject to IACS 2016 Verification of the compliance with the rules of organic farming (measure 214 of RDP 2007-2013 and measure 11 of RDP 2014-2020). EXTRAPOLATED 3,35 % EUR – 571044,47 0,00 – 571044,47 Total BG: EUR – 5353099,34 – 166207,55 – 5186891,79 Member State Measure FY Reason Type Correction % Currency Amount Deductions Financial Impact CZ Rural Development EAFRD (2014-2020) measures subject to IACS 2017 Pre-notification of on-the-spot checks for M214, M10, M11 and M13 in relation to claim year 2016 (paid in financial year 2017) FLAT RATE 5,00 % EUR – 144617,10 0,00 – 144617,10 Rural Development EAFRD (2014-2020) measures subject to IACS 2018 Pre-notification of on-the-spot checks for M214, M10, M11 and M13 in relation to claim year 2016 (paid in financial year 2018) FLAT RATE 5,00 % EUR – 6499,55 0,00 – 6499,55 Total CZ: EUR – 151116,65 0,00 – 151116,65 Member State Measure FY Reason Type Correction % Currency Amount Deductions Financial Impact DE Certification 2016 Financial errors in the EAGF and EAFRD population ONE OFF EUR – 56042,26 0,00 – 56042,26 Certification 2015 Known errors (EAFRD non-IACS) ONE OFF EUR – 20424,82 0,00 – 20424,82 Certification 2015 Random errors on the expenditures of EAFRD non IACS ONE OFF EUR – 226246,59 0,00 – 226246,59 Total DE: EUR – 302713,67 0,00 – 302713,67 Member State Measure FY Reason Type Correction % Currency Amount Deductions Financial Impact DK Rural Development EAFRD Axis 4 LEADER (2007-2013) 2014 3 Key Controls deficient and 2 Ancillary Controls absent FLAT RATE 10,00 % EUR – 1264137,31 – 3916,77 – 1260220,54 Rural Development EAFRD Leader 2015 3 Key Controls deficient and 2 Ancillary Controls absent FLAT RATE 10,00 % EUR – 1205474,58 0,00 – 1205474,58 Rural Development EAFRD Leader 2016 3 Key Controls deficient and 2 Ancillary Controls absent FLAT RATE 10,00 % EUR – 897168,81 0,00 – 897168,81 Certification 2016 CEB/2017/024/DK - errors in the EAGF and EAFRD populations ONE OFF EUR – 3981,96 0,00 – 3981,96 Total DK: EUR – 3370762,66 – 3916,77 – 3366845,89 Member State Measure FY Reason Type Correction % Currency Amount Deductions Financial Impact ES Certification 2016 FINANCIAL ERRORS DETECTED BY THE CB ONE OFF EUR – 59731,49 0,00 – 59731,49 Rural Development EAFRD Axis 1 - Measures with flat rate support 2014 Non-compliance with the priority status requirements ONE OFF EUR – 63257,98 0,00 – 63257,98 Rural Development EAFRD (2014-2020) Measures with flat-rate support 2015 Non-compliance with the priority status requirements ONE OFF EUR – 197252,51 0,00 – 197252,51 Total ES: EUR – 320241,98 0,00 – 320241,98 Member State Measure FY Reason Type Correction % Currency Amount Deductions Financial Impact FI Rural Development EAFRD Axis 1+3 - Investment orientated measures (2007-2013) 2011 Selection of the beneficiaries process does not prioritise in order to support only those that best fulfil the objectives of the RDP FLAT RATE 5,00 % EUR – 13572,25 0,00 – 13572,25 Rural Development EAFRD Axis 1+3 - Investment orientated measures (2007-2013) 2012 Selection of the beneficiaries process does not prioritise in order to support only those that best fulfil the objectives of the RDP FLAT RATE 5,00 % EUR – 60774,73 0,00 – 60774,73 Rural Development EAFRD Axis 1+3 - Investment orientated measures (2007-2013) 2013 Selection of the beneficiaries process does not prioritise in order to support only those that best fulfil the objectives of the RDP FLAT RATE 5,00 % EUR – 164041,55 0,00 – 164041,55 Rural Development EAFRD Investment - public beneficiaries 2014 Selection of the beneficiaries process does not prioritise in order to support only those that best fulfil the objectives of the RDP FLAT RATE 5,00 % EUR – 395521,13 0,00 – 395521,13 Rural Development EAFRD (2014-2020) Investment - public beneficiaries 2015 Selection of the beneficiaries process does not prioritise in order to support only those that best fulfil the objectives of the RDP FLAT RATE 5,00 % EUR – 526480,02 0,00 – 526480,02 Rural Development EAFRD (2014-2020) Investment - public beneficiaries 2016 Selection of the beneficiaries process does not prioritise in order to support only those that best fulfil the objectives of the RDP FLAT RATE 5,00 % EUR – 34620,08 0,00 – 34620,08 Total FI: EUR – 1195009,76 0,00 – 1195009,76 Member State Measure FY Reason Type Correction % Currency Amount Deductions Financial Impact FR Certification 2014 EAFRD financial error No 1 ONE OFF EUR – 216,18 0,00 – 216,18 Certification 2014 EAFRD financial error No 106 ONE OFF EUR – 1089,43 0,00 – 1089,43 Certification 2014 EAFRD financial error No 131 ONE OFF EUR – 265,77 – 25,45 – 240,32 Certification 2014 EAFRD financial error No 138 ONE OFF EUR – 3239,40 0,00 – 3239,40 Certification 2014 EAFRD financial error No 150 ONE OFF EUR – 5,73 0,00 – 5,73 Certification 2014 EAFRD financial error No 41 ONE OFF EUR – 28132,45 0,00 – 28132,45 Certification 2014 EAFRD financial error No 49 ONE OFF EUR – 11,64 – 1,12 – 10,52 Certification 2014 EAFRD financial error No 50 ONE OFF EUR – 2891,42 – 276,81 – 2614,61 Certification 2014 EAFRD financial error No 51 ONE OFF EUR – 5600,00 – 536,11 – 5063,89 Certification 2014 EAFRD financial error No 57 ONE OFF EUR – 504,51 – 48,30 – 456,21 Certification 2014 EAFRD financial error No 60 ONE OFF EUR – 80598,00 0,00 – 80598,00 Rural Development EAFRD (2014-2020) measures subject to IACS 2015 ICHN 2014 - Sufficient quality of on-the-spot controls - appropriate verification of the commitments - assessment of the livestock density during the on-the-spot checks ESTIMATED BY AMOUNT EUR – 12710673,46 – 8651399,66 – 4059273,80 Certification 2014 Lack of diligence in recovery ONE OFF EUR – 833708,09 0,00 – 833708,09 Rural Development EAFRD (2014-2020) measures subject to IACS 2015 PHAE 2014 - Sufficient quality of on-the-spot controls - appropriate verification of the commitments - assessment of the livestock density during the on-the-spot checks ESTIMATED BY AMOUNT EUR – 1553534,09 – 1553534,09 0,00 Total FR: EUR – 15220470,17 – 10205821,54 – 5014648,63 Member State Measure FY Reason Type Correction % Currency Amount Deductions Financial Impact GB Rural Development EAFRD Investment - private beneficiaries 2014 Deficiencies in verification of Reasonableness of costs (M123, M312) and in in-situ visits (M121, transitional measures) FLAT RATE 5,00 % EUR – 325626,46 0,00 – 325626,46 Rural Development EAFRD (2014-2020) Investment - private beneficiaries 2015 Deficiencies in verification of Reasonableness of costs (M123, M312) and in in-situ visits (M121, transitional measures) FLAT RATE 5,00 % EUR – 248414,98 0,00 – 248414,98 Rural Development EAFRD (2014-2020) forestry measures 2016 Deficiencies in verification of Reasonableness of costs (M123, M312) and in in-situ visits (M121, transitional measures) FLAT RATE 5,00 % EUR – 3342,25 0,00 – 3342,25 Rural Development EAFRD (2014-2020) Investment - private beneficiaries 2016 Deficiencies in verification of Reasonableness of costs (M123, M312) and in in-situ visits (M121, transitional measures) FLAT RATE 5,00 % EUR – 17320,23 0,00 – 17320,23 Rural Development EAFRD Leader 2015 EAFRD non-IACS: sample reviewed in the substantive testing (one-off financial correction)-RD programme 2007-2013 ONE OFF EUR – 63131,31 0,00 – 63131,31 Total GB: EUR – 657835,23 0,00 – 657835,23 Member State Measure FY Reason Type Correction % Currency Amount Deductions Financial Impact GR Certification 2015 EAFRD Non IACS - sample reviewed in the substantive testing (one-off financial correction) ONE OFF EUR – 99353,26 – 673,55 – 98679,71 Total GR: EUR – 99353,26 – 673,55 – 98679,71 Member State Measure FY Reason Type Correction % Currency Amount Deductions Financial Impact HU Rural Development EAFRD Axis 1 - Measures with flat rate support (2007-2013) 2011 Deficiencies in key control related to management and control of M142 - duration of support. ESTIMATED BY AMOUNT EUR – 3102022,70 0,00 – 3102022,70 Rural Development EAFRD Axis 1 - Measures with flat rate support (2007-2013) 2012 Deficiencies in key control related to management and control of M142 - duration of support. ESTIMATED BY AMOUNT EUR – 10804018,11 0,00 – 10804018,11 Rural Development EAFRD Axis 1 - Measures with flat rate support (2007-2013) 2013 Deficiencies in key control related to management and control of M142 - duration of support. ESTIMATED BY AMOUNT EUR – 5087630,41 0,00 – 5087630,41 Rural Development EAFRD (2014-2020) Measures with flat-rate support 2015 Deficiencies in key control related to management and control of M142 - duration of support. ESTIMATED BY AMOUNT EUR – 2330804,65 0,00 – 2330804,65 Rural Development EAFRD (2014-2020) Measures with flat-rate support 2016 Deficiencies in key control related to management and control of M142 - duration of support. ESTIMATED BY AMOUNT EUR – 841528,08 0,00 – 841528,08 Rural Development EAFRD Axis 1 - Measures with flat rate support (2007-2013) 2011 Deficiencies in key control related to management and control of M142 - eligibility criteria FLAT RATE 5,00 % EUR – 224850,19 – 155101,14 – 69749,05 Rural Development EAFRD Axis 1 - Measures with flat rate support (2007-2013) 2012 Deficiencies in key control related to management and control of M142 - eligibility criteria FLAT RATE 5,00 % EUR – 695297,84 – 540200,91 – 155096,93 Rural Development EAFRD Axis 1 - Measures with flat rate support (2007-2013) 2013 Deficiencies in key control related to management and control of M142 - eligibility criteria FLAT RATE 5,00 % EUR – 286488,68 – 254381,52 – 32107,16 Rural Development EAFRD Axis 1 - Measures with flat rate support 2014 Deficiencies in key controls related to management and control of M142 - eligibility criteria FLAT RATE 5,00 % EUR – 382937,22 – 295655,73 – 87281,49 Rural Development EAFRD (2014-2020) Measures with flat-rate support 2015 Deficiencies in key controls related to management and control of M142 - eligibility criteria FLAT RATE 5,00 % EUR – 156267,78 – 116540,23 – 39727,55 Rural Development EAFRD (2014-2020) Measures with flat-rate support 2016 Deficiencies in key controls related to management and control of M142 - eligibility criteria FLAT RATE 5,00 % EUR – 48652,30 – 42076,40 – 6575,90 Rural Development EAFRD Axis 1 - Measures with flat rate support 2014 deficiency in key control - duration of support ESTIMATED BY AMOUNT EUR – 5913114,58 0,00 – 5913114,58 Total HU: EUR – 29873612,54 – 1403955,93 – 28469656,61 Member State Measure FY Reason Type Correction % Currency Amount Deductions Financial Impact IT Accreditation Paying Agency 2014 Absence of reperformance controls by Agea on EAFRD IACS FLAT RATE 2,00 % EUR – 1359927,42 0,00 – 1359927,42 Accreditation Paying Agency 2015 Absence of reperformance controls by Agea on EAFRD IACS FLAT RATE 2,00 % EUR – 5767406,83 0,00 – 5767406,83 Accreditation Paying Agency 2016 Absence of reperformance controls by Agea on EAFRD IACS FLAT RATE 2,00 % EUR – 3720952,06 0,00 – 3720952,06 Accreditation Paying Agency 2007 Debt Management: paper files prior to FY2010 not recorded in the system for EAFRD ONE OFF EUR – 218915,60 0,00 – 218915,60 Accreditation Paying Agency 2008 Debt Management: paper files prior to FY2010 not recorded in the system for EAFRD ONE OFF EUR – 826684,32 0,00 – 826684,32 Accreditation Paying Agency 2009 Debt Management: paper files prior to FY2010 not recorded in the system for EAFRD ONE OFF EUR – 589631,90 0,00 – 589631,90 Accreditation Paying Agency 2010 Debt Management: paper files prior to FY2010 not recorded in the system for EAFRD ONE OFF EUR – 971562,29 0,00 – 971562,29 Rural Development EAFRD (2014-2020) Investment - private beneficiaries 2015 Ineligible amounts (fraud) paid to beneficiary L.O. and other projects under M121 approved by the same inspector ONE OFF EUR – 1071801,22 0,00 – 1071801,22 Rural Development EAFRD (2014-2020) Measures with flat-rate support 2015 Ineligible amounts (fraud) paid to beneficiary L.O. under M112 ONE OFF EUR – 21000,00 0,00 – 21000,00 Rural Development EAFRD Axis 1+3 - Investment orientated measures (2007-2013) 2011 Ineligible amounts paid for projects under M121 FLAT RATE 2,52 % EUR – 91005,25 – 91005,25 0,00 Rural Development EAFRD Axis 1+3 - Investment orientated measures (2007-2013) 2012 Ineligible amounts paid for projects under M121 FLAT RATE 2,52 % EUR – 30627,55 – 30627,55 0,00 Rural Development EAFRD Axis 1+3 - Investment orientated measures (2007-2013) 2013 Ineligible amounts paid for projects under M121 FLAT RATE 2,52 % EUR – 236521,00 – 236521,00 0,00 Rural Development EAFRD Investment - private beneficiaries 2014 Ineligible amounts paid for projects under M121 FLAT RATE 2,52 % EUR – 21659,14 0,00 – 21659,14 Rural Development EAFRD (2014-2020) Investment - private beneficiaries 2015 Ineligible amounts paid for projects under M121 FLAT RATE 2,52 % EUR – 514365,17 0,00 – 514365,17 Rural Development EAFRD (2014-2020) Investment - private beneficiaries 2016 Ineligible amounts paid for projects under M121 FLAT RATE 2,52 % EUR – 514416,77 0,00 – 514416,77 Rural Development EAFRD (2014-2020) Investment - private beneficiaries 2016 Ineligible amounts paid for transitional expenditure (follow up: projects under M121) FLAT RATE 2,52 % EUR – 107498,30 0,00 – 107498,30 Rural Development EAFRD (2014-2020) Investment - private beneficiaries 2017 Ineligible amounts paid for transitional expenditure (follow up: projects under M121) FLAT RATE 2,52 % EUR – 164372,47 0,00 – 164372,47 Total IT: EUR – 16228347,29 – 358153,80 – 15870193,49 Member State Measure FY Reason Type Correction % Currency Amount Deductions Financial Impact RO Rural Development EAFRD Axis 2 (2007-2013, non area related measures) 2014 Incorrect payment rates - FY2014 - sub-measure 3a ONE OFF EUR – 818013,62 – 15198,83 – 802814,79 Rural Development EAFRD Axis 2 (2007-2013, non area related measures) 2014 Incorrect payment rates - FY2014 - sub-measure 3b ONE OFF EUR – 4576407,63 0,00 – 4576407,63 Rural Development EAFRD Axis 2 (2007-2013, non area related measures) 2014 Incorrect payment rates - FY2014 - sub-measure 4b ONE OFF EUR – 9560314,82 – 177632,27 – 9382682,55 Rural Development EAFRD Axis 2 (2007-2013, non area related measures) 2014 Incorrect payment rates - FY2014 - sub-measure 5a ONE OFF EUR – 1727302,80 – 32093,58 – 1695209,22 Rural Development EAFRD (2014-2020) measures subject to IACS 2015 Incorrect payment rates - FY2015 - sub-measure 1a ESTIMATED BY AMOUNT EUR – 5533253,66 0,00 – 5533253,66 Rural Development EAFRD (2014-2020) measures subject to IACS 2015 Incorrect payment rates - FY2015 - sub-measure 3a ONE OFF EUR – 1588178,57 0,00 – 1588178,57 Rural Development EAFRD (2014-2020) measures subject to IACS 2015 Incorrect payment rates - FY2015 - sub-measure 3b ONE OFF EUR – 4489089,72 0,00 – 4489089,72 Rural Development EAFRD (2014-2020) measures subject to IACS 2015 Incorrect payment rates - FY2015 - sub-measure 4b ONE OFF EUR – 10657012,37 0,00 – 10657012,37 Rural Development EAFRD (2014-2020) measures subject to IACS 2015 Incorrect payment rates - FY2015 - sub-measure 5a ONE OFF EUR – 2969317,38 0,00 – 2969317,38 Rural Development EAFRD (2014-2020) measures subject to IACS 2016 Incorrect payment rates - FY2016 - sub-measure 1a ESTIMATED BY AMOUNT EUR – 7651592,95 0,00 – 7651592,95 Rural Development EAFRD (2014-2020) measures subject to IACS 2016 Incorrect payment rates - FY2016 - sub-measure 3a ONE OFF EUR 7970,40 0,00 7970,40 Rural Development EAFRD (2014-2020) measures subject to IACS 2016 Incorrect payment rates - FY2016 - sub-measure 3b ONE OFF EUR – 1497,68 0,00 – 1497,68 Rural Development EAFRD (2014-2020) measures subject to IACS 2016 Incorrect payment rates - FY2016 - sub-measure 4b ONE OFF EUR – 8689604,28 0,00 – 8689604,28 Rural Development EAFRD (2014-2020) measures subject to IACS 2016 Incorrect payment rates - FY2016 - sub-measure 5a ONE OFF EUR – 463232,49 0,00 – 463232,49 Certification 2014 Known error in EAFRD IACS ONE OFF EUR – 60838,46 – 304,19 – 60534,27 Certification 2014 MLE EAFRD NON-IACS ESTIMATED BY AMOUNT EUR – 13424095,76 – 722370,47 – 12701725,29 Certification 2014 MLE EARDF IACS ESTIMATED BY AMOUNT EUR – 5447940,85 – 7258,11 – 5440682,74 Rural Development EAFRD (2014-2020) Measures with flat-rate support 2015 weakness in a key control ONE OFF EUR – 100833,00 0,00 – 100833,00 Rural Development EAFRD (2014-2020) Measures with flat-rate support 2016 weakness in a key control ONE OFF EUR – 64467,00 0,00 – 64467,00 Total RO: EUR – 77815022,64 – 954857,45 – 76860165,19 Currency Amount Deductions Financial Impact EUR – 150587585,19 – 13093586,59 – 137493998,60

Budget Item: 05040501

Member State Measure FY Reason Type Correction % Currency Amount Deductions Financial Impact FR Rural Development EAFRD Axis 2 (2007-2013, area related measures) 2011 Reimbursement following judgment in case T-518/15 (audit RD2/2012/005/FR) FLAT RATE 10,00 % EUR 9284320,89 18568,64 9265752,25 Rural Development EAFRD Axis 2 (2007-2013, area related measures) 2012 Reimbursement following judgment in case T-518/15 (audit RD2/2012/005/FR) FLAT RATE 10,00 % EUR 17853829,20 35707,65 17818121,55 Rural Development EAFRD Axis 2 (2007-2013, area related measures) 2013 Reimbursement following judgment in case T-518/15 (audit RD2/2012/005/FR) FLAT RATE 10,00 % EUR 20063817,86 40127,63 20023690,23 Total FR: EUR 47201967,95 94403,92 47107564,03 Member State Measure FY Reason Type Correction % Currency Amount Deductions Financial Impact RO Rural Development EAFRD (2014-2020) measures subject to IACS 2016 Financial effect of Commission Decision C(2016)3342 which reduced the interim payments related to the expenditure made in the period between 16 October 2015 and 31 December 2015 ONE OFF EUR – 8584818,55 8584818,55 Rural Development EAFRD (2014-2020) measures subject to IACS 2015 Financial effect of Commission Decision C(2016)3342 which reduced the interim payments related to the expenditure made in the period between 1 July 2015 and 15 October 2015 ONE OFF EUR – 2740099,09 2740099,09 Total RO: EUR – 11324917,64 11324917,64 Currency Amount Deductions Financial Impact EUR 47201967,95 – 11230513,72 58432481,67

Budget Item: 05046001

RO Rural Development EAFRD (2014-2020) measures subject to IACS 2016 Financial effect of Commission Decision C(2017)6061 which suspended the interim payments related to the expenditure made in the period between 1 July 2016 and 15 October 2016 ONE OFF EUR – 5775525,93 5775525,93 Total RO: EUR – 5775525,93 5775525,93 Currency Amount Deductions Financial Impact EUR – 5775525,93 5775525,93

Versions

1. 2018-06-13

Cited by

• Judgment of the General Court (Ninth Chamber) of 12 February 2020 –Hungary v Commission (Case T‑505/18) Judgment · Grade B

  Re: Application under Article 263 TFEU seeking partial annulment of Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2018/873 of 13 June 2018 excluding from European Union financing certain expenditure incurred by the Member States under the European Agricultural Guarantee Fund (EAGF) and under the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) (OJ 2018 L 152, p. 29). Operative part The Court:

• Judgment of the General Court (Fourth Chamber) 18 January 2023 Judgment · Grade B

  On 13 June 2018, the Commission adopted Implementing Decision (EU) 2018/873 excluding from European Union financing certain expenditure incurred by the Member States under the European Agricultural Guarantee Fund (EAGF) and under the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) (OJ 2018 L 152, p. 29). By that decision, the Commission, inter alia, applied to Romania a flat-rate financial correction of 25% corresponding to an amount of EUR 13 184 846.61 for the financial years 2015 and 2016, because of the overestimation of the amount of payments made by the Romanian paying authority

• Judgment of the General Court (Fourth Chamber) 18 January 2023 Judgment · Grade B

  Romania brought an action for partial annulment of Implementing Decision 2018/873. That action was dismissed as inadmissible, on the ground that it was out of time, by order of 30 April 2019, Romania v Commission (T‑530/18, EU:T:2019:269). Romania’s appeal against that order was dismissed by judgment of 10 September 2020, Romania v Commission (C‑498/19 P, not published, EU:C:2020:686).

• Judgment of the General Court (Fourth Chamber) 18 January 2023 Judgment · Grade B

  In that regard, in the first place, it must be observed that Implementing Decision 2018/873 and the administrative dialogue that preceded the adoption of the contested decision are part of the context of which that decision forms part and may therefore, in application of the case-law cited in paragraph 40 above, be taken into account for the purpose of assessing whether that decision is sufficiently reasoned. Furthermore, the Commission itself, in the context of the second audit, referred on a number of occasions to the first audit, pointing out that the essential elements had already been dis

• Judgment of the General Court (Fourth Chamber) 18 January 2023 Judgment · Grade B

  That conclusion is not called into question by the argument that, in perpetuating the incorrect approach taken at the time of the administrative dialogue held in the context of the adoption of Implementing Decision 2018/873, which consisted in taking the view that the supposedly incorrect calculation method should be classified as the absence of a key control, the Commission hindered the efforts made by the Romanian authorities to understand the grounds forming the basis of the contested decision.

• Judgment of the General Court (Fourth Chamber) 18 January 2023 Judgment · Grade B

  Thus, it is true that, by comparison with Implementing Decision 2018/873, the Commission changed the terminology used to classify the use of a method for the calculation of the payment rates relating to the sub-measure at issue which it considered to be incorrect and that, instead of referring to the absence of key control, it focused on the existence of wide-spread irregularity and negligence in countering irregular practices in order to justify the application of a flat-rate financial correction of 25%. However, Romania cannot maintain that the change in the terminology used by the Commissio

• Judgment of the General Court (Fourth Chamber) 18 January 2023 Judgment · Grade B

  Romania maintains that the Commission misapplied Article 12(6) and (7) of Delegated Regulation No 907/2014 and the Guidelines on the calculation of financial corrections. It submits that, as the conciliation body had demonstrated in the report which it submitted in the context of procedure 17/RO/796 (see paragraph 15 above), that problem had already been raised with respect to Implementing Decision 2018/873. More specifically, the Commission was wrong to consider that the existence of a supposedly incorrect calculation method could be treated as equivalent to the cases of irregularity governed

• Action brought on 24 August 2018 — Czech Republic v European Commission (Case T-509/18) Notice · Grade B

  annul Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2018/873 of 13 June 2018 excluding from European Union financing certain expenditure incurred by the Member States under the European Agricultural Guarantee Fund (EAGF) and under the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) in so far as it excludes expenditure of a total of EUR 151116,65 incurred by the Czech Republic, and

• Action brought on 19 December 2024 – Czech Republic v Commission (Case T-661/24) Notice · Grade B

  In support of the action, the applicant relies on a single plea in law. By the present application pursuant to Article 268 TFEU and the second paragraph of Article 340 TFEU, the Czech Republic seeks compensation for damage from the European Commission (the Commission). That compensation for damage corresponds to interest at the rate of 3.5 % on the amount of EUR 151116,65, which the Czech Republic paid into the Commission’s account on 10 August 2018 on the basis of Commission Implementing Decision 2018/873 and which the Commission, in connection with the measures arising from the judgment of t

• Judgment of the General Court of 24 September 2019 — France v Commission (Case T-507/18) Notice · Grade B

  EAGF and EAFRDExpenditure excluded from financingExpenses incurred by France under the Programme of Options Specifically Relating to Remoteness and Insularity (POSEI)Inaccurate accounting for certain consignments of bananas (financial years 2013 — 2016)Flat-rate financial correction2019/C 413/61Language of the case: French Applicant: French Republic (represented by: F. Alabrune, D. Colas, S. Horrenberger, A.-L. Desjonquères, A. Alidière and C. Mosser, acting as Agents) Defendant: European Commission (represented by: A. Lewis and J. Aquilina, acting as Agents) Application under Article 263 TFEU

• Action brought on 24 August 2018 — Hungary v Commission (Case T-505/18) Notice · Grade B

  Annul Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2018/873 of 13 June 2018 excluding from European Union financing certain expenditure incurred by the Member States under the European Agricultural Guarantee Fund (EAGF) and under the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD), in the part concerning Hungary which excludes from EU financing the aid granted to producer groups which have qualified recognition;

• Judgment of the General Court (Second Chamber) of 25 June 2020 –Poland v Commission (Case T‑506/18) Judgment · Grade B

  Re: Action under Article 263 TFEU for the partial annulment of Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2018/873 of 13 June 2018 excluding from European Union financing certain expenditure incurred by the Member States under the European Agricultural Guarantee Fund (EAGF) and under the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) (OJ 2018 L 152, p. 29). Operative part The Court:

• Judgment of the General Court of 19 December 2019 — Czech Republic v Commission (Case T-509/18) Notice · Grade B

  EAGF and EAFRDExpenditure excluded from financingApplicable time periods between multiple visits by the national control authoritiesAnnouncement of on-the-spot checksImplied noticeArticles 25 and 26 of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 809/2014Flat rate financial correction2020/C 61/33Language of the case: Czech Applicant: Czech Republic (represented by: M. Smolek, J. Pavliš, O. Serdula and J. Vláčil, acting as Agents) Defendant: European Commission (represented by: A. Lewis, A. Sauka and K. Walkerová, acting as Agents) Application under Article 263 TFEU seeking annulment of Commission Implement

• Judgment of the General Court of 19 December 2019 — Czech Republic v Commission (Case T-509/18) Notice · Grade B

  Annuls Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2018/873 of 13 June 2018 excluding from European Union financing certain expenditure incurred by the Member States under the European Agricultural Guarantee Fund (EAGF) and under the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) in so far as the European Commission excluded under that decision expenditure of a total of EUR 151116,65 incurred by the Czech Republic under the EAFRD;

• Appeal brought on 27 June 2019 by Romania against the order of the General Court (Eighth Chamber) delivered on 30 April 2019 in Case T-530/18, Romania v Commission (Case C-498/19 P) Notice · Grade B

  uphold the appeal, set aside the order of the General Court in Case T-530/18 in its entirety, and give a new ruling on Case T-530/18 upholding the action for partial annulment of Implementing Decision (EU) 2018/873 of 13 June 2018 excluding from European Union financing certain expenditure incurred under the European Agricultural Guarantee Fund (EAGF) and under the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD):

• Appeal brought on 27 June 2019 by Romania against the order of the General Court (Eighth Chamber) delivered on 30 April 2019 in Case T-530/18, Romania v Commission (Case C-498/19 P) Notice · Grade B

  uphold the appeal, set aside the order of the General Court in Case T-530/18 in its entirety, and remit Case T-530/18 back to the General Court so that it may give a new ruling on the action and, in so doing, uphold the action for annulment and annul in part Implementing Decision (EU) 2018/873 as described above;

• Appeal brought on 27 June 2019 by Romania against the order of the General Court (Eighth Chamber) delivered on 30 April 2019 in Case T-530/18, Romania v Commission (Case C-498/19 P) Notice · Grade B

  The General Court did not correctly legally assess whether the notification was complete and correct and incorrectly classified the notification issued by the Commission as capable of triggering the period laid down in Article 263 TFEU. This approach by the General Court is also at odds with the principle of legal certainty. Romania considers that the presence of any errors relating to the essential elements of a decision such as Decision 2018/873 is capable of compromising the notification and raises serious issues from the point of view of the principle of legal certainty. Consequently, it i

• Appeal brought on 27 June 2019 by Romania against the order of the General Court (Eighth Chamber) delivered on 30 April 2019 in Case T-530/18, Romania v Commission (Case C-498/19 P) Notice · Grade B

  The General Court erred in its interpretation of Article 263 TFEU in the light of Article 297 TFEU by failing to take into consideration the effects of the publication of Decision 2018/873 in the Official Journal of the European Union from the point of view of effective information and the principle of legal certainty. According to the sixth paragraph of Article 263 TFEU, what is relevant in the context of exercising the right to bring proceedings is effective information relating to the content of the contested EU measure, and not the moment when it enters into force or the moment when it pro

• Appeal brought on 27 June 2019 by Romania against the order of the General Court (Eighth Chamber) delivered on 30 April 2019 in Case T-530/18, Romania v Commission (Case C-498/19 P) Notice · Grade B

  The General Court infringed Article 263 TFEU by finding that the differences between the notified text and the text published in the Official Journal of the European Union concerning provisions of Decision 2018/873 addressed to other Member States of the European Union were irrelevant and without effect, in view of the privileged applicant status of Member States.

• Judgment of the General Court (Sixth Chamber) of 24 September 2019 –France v Commission (Case T‑507/18) Judgment · Grade B

  Re: Application under Article 263 TFEU seeking annulment of Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2018/873 of 13 June 2018 excluding from European Union financing certain expenditure incurred by the Member States under the European Agricultural Guarantee Fund (EAGF) and under the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) (OJ 2018 L 152, p. 29) in so far as it applies to the French Republic a financial correction of 5%, amounting to a total sum of EUR 1 945 435.39, as regards the measures entitled Other Direct Aid — POSEI, on the ground of inaccurate accounting for certain consig