Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2016/2113 of 30 November 2016 on the clearance of accounts of the paying agencies of Member States 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) (notified under document C(2016) 7690)

Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2016/2113 of 30 November 2016 on the clearance of accounts of the paying agencies of Member States 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) (notified under document C(2016) 7690) 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 OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 549. , 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 Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 907/2014 of 11 March 2014 supplementing Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to paying agencies and other bodies, financial management, clearance of accounts, securities and use of euro (OJ L 255, 28.8.2014, p. 18). , 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 Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 908/2014 of 6 August 2014 laying down rules for the application of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to paying agencies and other bodies, financial management, clearance of accounts, rules on checks, securities and transparency (OJ L 255, 28.8.2014, p. 59). 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

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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 Capping and deductions under Article 69(5b) of Council Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005 of 20 September 2005 on support for rural development by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) (OJ L 277, 21.10.2005, p. 1). These amounts are provided only for programmes listed in Annex III. For the programmes which are listed under Annex IV, this amount will be communicated when the annual accounts for the EAFRD were cleared for all relevant financial years. This is not the amount that will be paid. For the final balances to be paid reference is made to Annex III. (in Euro)MSCCIExpenditure in the last execution year of the 2007-2013 RDPCorrectionsTotalNon-reusable amountsAccepted amount cleared for the last execution year of the 2007-2013 RDPInterim payments reimbursed to the Member State including clearing of pre-financing for the last execution year of the 2007-2013 RDPDifference for the last execution yeariiiiii = i + iiivv = iii – ivvivii = v – viAT2007AT06RPO001180414767,030,00180414767,035022381,85175392385,180,00175392385,18BE2007BE06RPO0018140257,070,008140257,070,008140257,070,008140257,07CY2007CY06RPO00138140069,900,0038140069,9013390,1138126679,7929657079,248469600,55CZ2007CZ06RPO001292718350,030,00292718350,0335461,62292682888,41154265497,75138417390,66DE2007DE06RAT001351752,560,00351752,560,00351752,56344787,296965,27DE2007DE06RPO00336256830,110,0036256830,11540187,6135716642,503080151,7932636490,71DE2007DE06RPO00453962511,160,0053962511,162618,7053959892,460,0053959892,46DE2007DE06RPO007146014201,060,00146014201,065200,60146009000,4697972211,9948036788,47DE2007DE06RPO01011444115,230,0011444115,23279017,6211165097,610,0011165097,61DE2007DE06RPO011190954194,640,00190954194,640,00190954194,64159624523,4631329671,18DE2007DE06RPO012103450659,940,00103450659,940,00103450659,9467725526,5135725133,43DE2007DE06RPO01541184956,920,0041184956,920,0041184956,9223950996,5617233960,36DE2007DE06RPO01751607606,400,0051607606,40158733,5651448872,8438721362,6812727510,16

DE2007DE06RPO0183819565,330,003819565,3322759,593796805,742719891,121076914,62DE2007DE06RPO019149119636,310,00149119636,3142685587,47106434048,8456992558,2549441490,59DE2007DE06RPO020196010469,430,00196010469,430,00196010469,43165016404,4030994065,03DE2007DE06RPO02140029762,540,0040029762,540,0040029762,5426675650,4213354112,12DE2007DE06RPO023102771123,220,00102771123,220,00102771123,2269757904,4433013218,78DK2007DK06RPO001120409422,170,00120409422,170,00120409422,1799405869,9921003552,18EE2007EE06RPO00140202306,301122778,9941325085,290,0041325085,295843533,2835481552,01ES2007ES06RAT0013070358,980,003070358,980,003070358,98685438,832384920,15ES2007ES06RPO001604799852,210,00604799852,21N/A604799852,21635451116,97– 30651264,76ES2007ES06RPO00286189041,880,0086189041,880,0086189041,8867083574,5119105467,37ES2007ES06RPO00410819548,970,0010819548,970,0010819548,9710819546,342,63ES2007ES06RPO00539127499,300,0039127499,300,4539127498,8537752050,931375447,92ES2007ES06RPO0069283884,420,009283884,420,009283884,425302016,453981867,97ES2007ES06RPO007282215353,740,00282215353,740,00282215353,74272487142,319728211,43ES2007ES06RPO008173940717,320,00173940717,3217641,40173923075,92131759986,5442163089,38ES2007ES06RPO00956121244,8518560,5656139805,4118765,2356121040,1840471926,8915649113,29ES2007ES06RPO010233713300,990,00233713300,995364682,52228348618,47201182038,9127166579,56 ES2007ES06RPO011215435433,060,00215435433,060,00215435433,06215493246,25– 57813,19ES2007ES06RPO01215716123,240,0015716123,24737535,5814978587,6614978587,050,61ES2007ES06RPO01357532665,170,0057532665,174127,4057528537,7751816039,065712498,71ES2007ES06RPO01412538312,150,0012538312,150,0012538312,157639461,504898850,65ES2007ES06RPO01516674763,930,0016674763,930,0016674763,9312971705,423703058,51ES2007ES06RPO0167352887,180,007352887,180,007352887,184464520,562888366,62ES2007ES06RPO01726800845,330,0026800845,330,0026800845,3326916117,17– 115271,84FI2007FI06RPO00191530348,925599314,3097129663,220,0097129663,2224423059,4272706603,80FI2007FI06RPO002527945,410,00527945,410,00527945,4140268,10487677,31GR2007GR06RPO001888314517,060,00888314517,06N/A888314517,06922581212,89– 34266695,83HU2007HU06RPO001748754592,050,00748754592,05149117,72748605474,33648459437,19100146037,14IE2007IE06RPO00144978622,140,0044978622,141900408,7043078213,440,0043078213,44IT2007IT06RPO0028149462,510,008149462,510,008149462,511747073,506402389,01IT2007IT06RPO003127616735,000,00127616735,0062261,60127554473,40101200113,6626354359,74IT2007IT06RPO00759805780,740,0059805780,741329918,6258475862,1235949179,6722526682,45IT2007IT06RPO00995037114,690,0095037114,690,0095037114,6980989496,9214047617,77IT2007IT06RPO01099037273,940,0099037273,9414,4299037259,5279600169,7119437089,81 IT2007IT06RPO01114862287,400,0014862287,400,0014862287,4010068172,354794115,05IT2007IT06RPO01482990789,770,0082990789,77275,9482990513,8359135824,9123854688,92LT2007LT06RPO001244973915,090,00244973915,090,00244973915,09158247238,3386726676,76LU2007LU06RPO0014936636,74169459,495106096,230,005106096,23945791,684160304,55LV2007LV06RPO00156888733,590,0056888733,590,0056888733,594375802,6552512930,94MT2007MT06RPO00118525508,200,0018525508,2043435,5818482072,6215825626,822656445,80NL2007NL06RPO00173109827,750,0073109827,75450010,8672659816,8944639544,3028020272,59PL2007PL06RPO0012751343627,940,002751343627,940,002751343627,942096701691,24654641936,70PT2007PT06RAT001866848,880,00866848,8892093,13774755,75307978,67466777,08PT2007PT06RPO00133268022,240,0033268022,24181340,8733086681,3726663056,946423624,43PT2007PT06RPO002404097172,730,00404097172,732652078,48401445094,25241466481,61159978612,64PT2007PT06RPO00339566393,710,0039566393,710,0039566393,7139580602,94– 14209,23SE2007SE06RPO001123975874,310,00123975874,310,00123975874,3181220293,8142755580,50SI2007SI06RPO00194548141,110,0094548141,110,3194548140,8051850486,8442697653,96SK2007SK06RPO001254161344,400,00254161344,40322,61254161021,79167819763,7886341258,01UK2007UK06RPO001144515333,220,00144515333,221487992,45143027340,7750672584,2992354756,48UK2007UK06RPO00218203293,993024625,3421227919,331731156,7019496762,633507181,7815989580,85

UK2007UK06RPO0013– 987841,370,00– 987841,37455326,60– 1443167,970,00– 1443167,97UK2007UK06RPO00459384266,740,0059384266,74315791,7059068475,0459319912,22– 251437,18

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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 StatePaying AgencyProgrammeBelgiumRégion Wallonne2007BE06RPO002BulgariaState Fund Agriculture2007BG06RPO001GermanyEU-Zahlstelle der Freien und Hansestadt Hamburg2007DE06RPO009SpainOrganismo Pagador de la Comunidad Autónoma del Principado de Asturias2007ES06RPO003FranceOffice du Développement Agricole et Rural de Corse2007FR06RPO002Agence de services et de paiement2007FR06RPO0012007FR06RPO0032007FR06RPO0042007FR06RPO0052007FR06RPO006ItalyAgenzia per le Erogazioni in Agricoltura2007IT06RAT0012007IT06RPO0012007IT06RPO0042007IT06RPO0052007IT06RPO0062007IT06RPO0082007IT06RPO0122007IT06RPO0132007IT06RPO0152007IT06RPO0162007IT06RPO0172007IT06RPO0192007IT06RPO0202007IT06RPO021Agenzia della regione Calabria per le Erogazioni in Agricoltura2007IT06RPO018RomaniaPaying Agency for Rural Development and Fishery (PARDF)2007RO06RPO001

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ANNEX III The final balances for the 2007-2013 rural development programmes for which all relevant annual accounts have been cleared The final balance of the RDP of LT01 is reduced by 708136,83 EUR under Article 41 of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 and it is subject of a conformity enquiry. Member StatePaying AgencyProgrammeFinal balance in EURATAT012007AT06RPO001201048842,91BEBE022007BE06RPO00111915307,11CYCY012007CY06RPO0018138264,88CZCZ012007CZ06RPO001138417269,54DEDE012007DE06RAT0016965,28DE032007DE06RPO00333079775,42DE042007DE06RPO00470357109,98DE072007DE06RPO00748036735,72DE112007DE06RPO01131329671,19DE122007DE06RPO01235725132,72DE152007DE06RPO01517233960,44DE172007DE06RPO01712727510,16DE182007DE06RPO0181076914,65DE192007DE06RPO01949441490,19DE202007DE06RPO02030994065,04DE212007DE06RPO02113350534,31DE232007DE06RPO02333053719,77DE262007DE06RPO01012195402,12DKDK022007DK06RPO00120963291,37EEEE012007EE06RPO00135481509,90ESES022007ES06RPO00219105467,57ES042007ES06RPO004– 1570468,31ES052007ES06RPO0051375447,92ES062007ES06RPO0063982139,88ES072007ES06RPO0079728211,49ES082007ES06RPO00842163089,49ES092007ES06RPO00915649113,35 ES102007ES06RPO01027166579,64ES112007ES06RPO011– 6930052,58ES122007ES06RPO012– 2529813,38ES132007ES06RPO0135712498,75ES142007ES06RPO0144898850,90ES152007ES06RPO0153703058,56ES162007ES06RPO0162888363,59ES172007ES06RPO017– 3251561,99ES182007ES06RAT0012384920,15FIFI012007FI06RPO00172701842,492007FI06RPO002487677,39HUHU012007HU06RPO001100146037,10IEIE012007IE06RPO001123238683,26ITIT052007IT06RPO01423854688,90IT072007IT06RPO01019437089,80IT082007IT06RPO00326354359,60IT102007IT06RPO00914047617,83IT232007IT06RPO00722526681,19IT242007IT06RPO0026402389,09IT252007IT06RPO0114794115,04LTLT012007LT06RPO00186077486,54LULU012007LU06RPO0014310827,77LVLV012007LV06RPO00152512930,94MTMT012007MT06RPO0012656238,28NLNL042007NL06RPO00127849916,20PLPL012007PL06RPO001654646405,33PTPT032007PT06RAT001466777,312007PT06RPO0016423624,502007PT06RPO002159994438,452007PT06RPO003– 194494,42

SESE012007SE06RPO00139280927,30SISI012007SI06RPO00142697633,16SKSK012007SK06RPO00186339545,97UKGB052007UK06RPO00215989736,99GB062007UK06RPO00333256485,91GB072007UK06RPO004– 7316081,21GB092007UK06RPO00192304669,80

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ANNEX IV The rural development programmes for which the annual accounts have not been cleared for one or more financial years The final balance will be calculated when the annual accounts for the EAFRD are cleared for all relevant financial years. Member StatePaying AgencyProgrammeBelgiumRégion Wallonne2007BE06RPO002BulgariaState Fund Agriculture2007BG06RPO001GermanyEU-Zahlstelle der Freien und Hansestadt Hamburg2007DE06RPO009SpainDirección General de Fondos Agrarios de la Consejería de Agricultura, Pesca y Medio Ambiente de la Junta de Andalucía2007ES06RPO001Organismo Pagador de la Comunidad Autónoma del Principado de Asturias2007ES06RPO003FranceOffice du Développement Agricole et Rural de Corse2007FR06RPO002Agence de services et de paiement2007FR06RPO0012007FR06RPO0032007FR06RPO0042007FR06RPO0052007FR06RPO006GreecePayment and Control Agency for Guidance and Guarantee Community Aids (O.P.E.K.E.P.E.)2007GR06RPO001ItalyAgenzia per le Erogazioni in Agricoltura2007IT06RAT0012007IT06RPO0012007IT06RPO0042007IT06RPO0052007IT06RPO0062007IT06RPO0082007IT06RPO0122007IT06RPO0132007IT06RPO0152007IT06RPO0162007IT06RPO0172007IT06RPO0192007IT06RPO0202007IT06RPO021Agenzia della regione Calabria per le Erogazioni in Agricoltura2007IT06RPO018RomaniaPaying Agency for Rural Development and Fishery (PARDF)2007RO06RPO001