Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2025/209of 5 February 2025reimbursing certain expenditure incurred by the United Kingdom under the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) and previously excluded from Union financing(notified under document C(2025) 680)(Only the English text is authentic)

Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2025/209 of 5 February 2025 reimbursing certain expenditure incurred by the United Kingdom under the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) and previously excluded from Union financing (notified under document C(2025) 680) (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) 2021/2116 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 2 December 2021 on the financing, management and monitoring of the common agricultural policy and repealing Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 OJ L 435, 6.12.2021, p. 187, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2021/2116/oj. , and in particular Article 104 thereof, 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, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2013/1306/oj. , and in particular Articles 51 and 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) By Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2024/2866 Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2024/2866 of 13 November 2024 excluding from European Union financing certain expenditure incurred by the United Kingdom under the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) (OJ L, 2024/2866, 15.11.2024, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec_impl/2024/2866/oj). , the amount of EUR 3696542,04 under the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) has been excluded from Union financing as financial correction resulting from the audit CEB/2023/049/GB. (2) By Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2024/2851 Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2024/2851 of 11 November 2024 on the clearance of the accounts of the paying agencies of the United Kingdom concerning expenditure financed by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) in the last execution year of the programming period 2014-2020 (16 October 2022–31 December 2023) (OJ L, 2024/2851, 13.11.2024, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec_impl/2024/2851/oj). , the accounts of the Paying Agency Rural Payments Agency in respect of the last execution year and relating to the 2014-2020 programming period were cleared. Those accounts included an adjustment related to the financial correction for the amount of EUR 3696542,04, resulting from the audit CEB/2023/049/GB. (3) Implementing Decisions (EU) 2024/2866 and (EU) 2024/2851 have been executed at the final balance payment of 2024, resulting in the deduction of EUR 3696542,04 from the final payment twice.

(4) In order to compensate for the effect of the double deduction, it is necessary to reimburse the amount of EUR 3696542,04 to the United Kingdom. (5) Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2023/1038 Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2023/1038 of 24 May 2023 on the clearance of the accounts of the paying agencies of the United Kingdom concerning expenditure financed by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) for financial year 2022 (OJ L 139, 26.5.2023, p. 81, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec_impl/2023/1038/oj). cleared the accounts of the United Kingdom’s paying agencies for expenditure financed by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) for financial year 2022. That Implementing Decision cleared the accounts of the Rural Payments Agency and included a negative amount of EUR 6667,13 for measure M19 (Support for LEADER local development). However, this amount was inadvertently excluded from the calculation of the final eligible amount for the measure. (6) Consequently, Implementing Decision (EU) 2024/2851, which cleared the accounts of the United Kingdom’s paying agencies for EAFRD expenditure during the final execution year of the 2014–2020 programming period (16 October 2022–31 December 2023), and established the final balance for rural development programmes, underpaid the final balance for the 2014UK06RDRP001 rural development programme by EUR 6667,13. To rectify this underpayment, it is necessary to reimburse EUR 6667,13 to the United Kingdom. (7) 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 9 December 2024, HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

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

Article 2

This Decision is addressed to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Done at Brussels, 5 February 2025. For the Commission Christophe Hansen Member of the Commission

Annex

ANNEX Reimbursements EAFRD Budget Item: 08030102 CountryMeasureFYReasonTypeCorrection %CurrencyGross AmountDeductionsNet DecidedGBRural Development EAFRD measures subject to IACS2022Reimbursement : EAFRD IACS: known errors identified by CB (substantive testing)ONE OFFEUR7178,200,007178,20Rural Development EAFRD measures subject to IACS2022Reimbursement : EAFRD IACS - most probable financial risk above materialityONE OFFEUR2068375,830,002068375,83Rural Development EAFRD Knowledge and innovation2022Reimbursement : EAFRD NIACS: known error identified by CB (compliance testing)ONE OFFEUR805627,840,00805627,84Clearance of Accounts - Financial Clearance2022Reimbursement : EAFRD NIACS: most probable financial riskONE OFFEUR768046,800,00768046,80Rural Development EAFRD measures subject to IACS2022Reimbursement : Known errors identified by CB (compliance testing)ONE OFFEUR47313,370,0047313,37Total GB:EUR3696542,040,003696542,04