Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2022/2262 of 11 November 2022 excluding from European Union financing certain expenditure incurred by the United Kingdom under the European Agricultural Guarantee Fund (EAGF) and under the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) (notified under document C(2022)7871)

Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2022/2262 of 11 November 2022 excluding from European Union financing certain expenditure incurred by the United Kingdom under the European Agricultural Guarantee Fund (EAGF) and under the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) (notified under document C(2022)7871) (Only the English text is authentic) 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 52 thereof, in conjunction with Articles 131 and 138 of the Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community, After consulting the Committee on the Agricultural Funds, Whereas: (1) In accordance with Article 52 of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013, the Commission is to carry out the necessary verifications, communicate to the United Kingdom the results of those verifications, take note of the comments provided by the United Kingdom, initiate a bilateral discussion so that an agreement may be reached and formally communicate its conclusions to the United Kingdom. (2) The United Kingdom has had an opportunity to request the launch of a conciliation procedure. That opportunity has not been used. (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 and the outcome of the bilateral discussion, part of the expenditure declared by the United Kingdom 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 twenty-four months before the Commission’s written notification of the results of the verifications to the United Kingdom. (6) The amounts excluded from Union financing by this 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 United Kingdom in a summary report on the subject Ares(2022)6655537. . (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 21 September 2022,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The amounts set out in the Annex and related to expenditure incurred by the United Kingdom’s accredited paying agencies and declared under the EAGF and the EAFRD shall be excluded from Union financing.

Article 2

This Decision is addressed to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Done at Brussels, 11 November 2022. For the Commission Janusz Wojciechowski Member of the Commission

Annex

ANNEX Budget Item: 6200 Member StateMeasureFYReasonTypeCorrection %CurrencyAmountDeductionsFinancial ImpactGBCross-compliance2018CY 2017FLAT RATE2,00%EUR-566913,74-22814,34-544099,40Cross-compliance2019CY 2017FLAT RATE2,00%EUR-26004,08-824,60-25179,48Cross-compliance2020CY 2017FLAT RATE2,00%EUR-3623,700,00-3623,70Cross-compliance2019CY 2018FLAT RATE2,00%EUR-3768822,41-100974,81-3667847,60Cross-compliance2020CY 2018FLAT RATE2,00%EUR-8120,580,00-8120,58Cross-compliance2020CY 2019FLAT RATE2,00%EUR-3805285,77-78804,23-3726481,54Clearance of Accounts - Financial Clearance2020Known and random errors EAGF IACSONE OFFEUR-305991,120,00-305991,12Clearance of Accounts - Financial Clearance2020Known error EAGF Non-IACSONE OFFEUR-52757,630,00-52757,63Clearance of Accounts - Financial Clearance2020Known error EAGF Non-IACS - F&VONE OFFEUR-623,79-623,790,00Total GB:EUR-8538142,82-204041,77-8334101,05CurrencyAmountDeductionsFinancial ImpactEUR-8538142,82-204041,77-8334101,05 Budget Item: 6201 Member StateMeasureFYReasonTypeCorrection %CurrencyAmountDeductionsFinancial ImpactGBClearance of Accounts - Financial Clearance2020Calculated correction EAFRD IACSONE OFFEUR-176260,630,00-176260,63Cross-compliance2018CY 2017FLAT RATE2,00%EUR-264138,40-70,19-264068,21Cross-compliance2019CY 2017FLAT RATE2,00%EUR-100396,25-25,86-100370,39Cross-compliance2020CY 2017FLAT RATE2,00%EUR-3228,800,00-3228,80Cross-compliance2021CY 2017FLAT RATE2,00%EUR-4028,240,00-4028,24Cross-compliance2018CY 2018FLAT RATE2,00%EUR-631,320,00-631,32Cross-compliance2019CY 2018FLAT RATE2,00%EUR-24408,70-5,57-24403,13Cross-compliance2020CY 2018FLAT RATE2,00%EUR-25273,340,00-25273,34Cross-compliance2021CY 2018FLAT RATE2,00%EUR-1631,770,00-1631,77Cross-compliance2019CY 2019FLAT RATE2,00%EUR-874,820,00-874,82Cross-compliance2020CY 2019FLAT RATE2,00%EUR-50787,410,00-50787,41Cross-compliance2021CY 2019FLAT RATE2,00%EUR-17381,350,00-17381,35Cross-compliance2020CY 2020FLAT RATE2,00%EUR-1507,100,00-1507,10Cross-compliance2021CY 2020FLAT RATE2,00%EUR-64003,640,00-64003,64Clearance of Accounts - Financial Clearance2020Debt management EAFRD 2007-2013 and EAFRD 2014-2020ONE OFFEUR-149505,260,00-149505,26 Clearance of Accounts - Financial Clearance2020Known error EAFRD Non-AICS - Facilitation FundONE OFFEUR-1798731,050,00-1798731,05Clearance of Accounts - Financial Clearance2020Known errors items 14 and 57 EAFRD Non-IACSONE OFFEUR-6806,290,00-6806,29Clearance of Accounts - Financial Clearance2020PIR EAFRD Non-IACSESTIMATED BY AMOUNTEUR-5810207,160,00-5810207,16Total GB:EUR-8499801,53-101,62-8499699,91CurrencyAmountDeductionsFinancial ImpactEUR-8499801,53-101,62-8499699,91