Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2025/997of 23 May 2025on the clearance of the accounts of the paying agencies of Member States concerning expenditure within the CAP Strategic Plan financed by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) in the period 2023-2027 for the financial year 2024(notified under document C(2025) 3159)

Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2025/997 of 23 May 2025 on the clearance of the accounts of the paying agencies of Member States concerning expenditure within the CAP Strategic Plan financed by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) in the period 2023-2027 for the financial year 2024 (notified under document C(2025) 3159) 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 53(1), first subparagraph, thereof, After consulting the Committee on the Agricultural Funds, Whereas: (1) Pursuant to Article 53 of Regulation (EU) 2021/2116, 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, is to clear the accounts of the paying agencies referred to in Article 9 of that Regulation prior to 31 May of the year following the budget year in question. (2) In accordance with Article 35 of Regulation (EU) 2021/2116, the financial year begins on 16 October of year N-1 and ends on 15 October of year N. When clearing the accounts for the financial year 2024, for the purpose of aligning the reference period for the EAFRD expenditure with that of the European Agricultural Guarantee Fund, account should be taken of expenditure incurred by the Member States between 16 October 2023 and 15 October 2024, in accordance with Article 11(1) of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/128 Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/128 of 21 December 2021 laying down rules for the application of Regulation (EU) 2021/2116 of the European Parliament and of the Council on paying agencies and other bodies, financial management, clearance of accounts, checks, securities and transparency (OJ L 20, 31.1.2022, p. 131, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2022/128/oj). . (3) Article 35(2), second subparagraph, of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/128 provides that the amounts that are recoverable from, or payable to, each Member State, in accordance with the accounts clearance decision referred to in Article 35(1) of that Implementing Regulation, are to be established by deducting the intermediate payments for the financial year concerned from the expenditure recognised for that year in accordance with that Article 35(1). Article 35(2), third subparagraph, of that Implementing Regulation provides that the Commission is to deduct that amount from or add it to the next intermediate payment. (4) The Commission has checked the information submitted by the Member States and has communicated the results of its checks to the Member States, together with the amendments it proposes.

(5) For all 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. (6) The rules on payment deadlines for measures under rural development in the context of the integrated administration and control system provided for in Article 44(2) of Regulation (EU) 2021/2116 apply from the claim year 2023. The reductions for non-compliance with the latest payment deadlines, calculated in accordance with Article 5 of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/127 Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/127 of 7 December 2021 supplementing Regulation (EU) 2021/2116 of the European Parliament and of the Council with rules on paying agencies and other bodies, financial management, clearance of accounts, securities and use of euro (OJ L 20, 31.1.2022, p. 95, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_del/2022/127/oj). , follow the procedure laid down in Article 39 of Regulation (EU) 2021/2116 and are to be taken into account in this Decision for the financial year 2024. Those reductions may be examined, where appropriate, under conformity clearance proceedings pursuant to Article 55 of Regulation (EU) 2021/2116. (7) In accordance with Article 53 of Regulation (EU) 2021/2116, this Decision should be without prejudice to the decisions the Commission may take subsequently pursuant to Articles 54 and 55 of that Regulation, HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The accounts of the Member States’ paying agencies are hereby cleared as regards expenditure within the CAP Strategic Plan financed by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) in respect of the financial year 2024 and relating to the period 2023-2027. The EAFRD amounts recoverable from, or payable to, each Member State under the CAP Strategic Plans for the period 2023-2027 pursuant to this Decision, are set out in Annex I to this Decision.

Article 2

The reductions for non-compliance with the latest payment deadlines in accordance with Article 44(2) of Regulation (EU) 2021/2116 under each CAP Strategic Plan are set out in Annex II to this Decision.

Article 3

This Decision is without prejudice to future conformity clearance decisions that the Commission may take pursuant to Article 55 of Regulation (EU) 2021/2116 to exclude from Union financing expenditure not effected in conformity with Union law, and to future annual performance clearance decisions that the Commission may take pursuant to Article 54 of Regulation (EU) 2021/2116 to exclude from Union financing expenditure that does not have a corresponding output as reported in the annual performance report.

Article 4

This Decision is addressed to the Member States. Done at Brussels, 23 May 2025. For the Commission Christophe Hansen Member of the Commission

Annex

ANNEX I Cleared EAFRD expenditure by CAP Strategic Plan for financial year FY2024 Amount to be recovered from or paid to the Member State per CAP Strategic Plan

Approved CAP Strategic Plan with declared expenditure for EAFRD 2023-2027 The amounts to be recovered from (-) or paid to (+) the MS include the funds which are reusable by reallocation by the Member State In EuroMember StateCCIExpenditure FY2024CorrectionsTotalNon-reusable amountsAccepted amount cleared for FY2024Interim payments reimbursed to the Member State for the financial yearAmount to be recovered from (-) or paid to (+) the Member Stateiiiiii = i + iiivv = iii - ivvivii = v - viAT2023AT06AFSP001236554703,850,00236554703,850,00236554703,85236554703,850,00BE2023BE06AFSP0017315331,200,007315331,200,007315331,207354033,34-38702,14BE2023BE06AFSP00215354099,780,0015354099,780,0015354099,7815354099,780,00BG2023BG06AFSP00141549938,210,0041549938,210,0041549938,2141549910,3127,90CY2023CY06AFSP00115166625,590,0015166625,590,0015166625,5915166625,590,00CZ2023CZ06AFSP001138680708,390,00138680708,390,00138680708,39138680783,15-74,76DE2023DE06AFSP001513063943,460,00513063943,460,00513063943,46513125771,19-61827,73DK2023DK06AFSP00144961708,980,0044961708,980,0044961708,9844961708,980,00EE2023EE06AFSP00128484839,610,0028484839,610,0028484839,6128585105,10-100265,49ES2023ES06AFSP001356147959,340,00356147959,340,00356147959,34357025719,99-877760,65FI2023FI06AFSP001246782103,830,00246782103,830,00246782103,83246782193,26-89,43FR2023FR06AFSP0011033425693,620,001033425693,620,001033425693,621033629669,05-203975,43EL2023EL06AFSP001157529586,360,00157529586,360,00157529586,36157529601,21-14,85HR2023HR06AFSP001115754708,930,00115754708,930,00115754708,93115755552,33-843,40HU2023HU06AFSP001220631811,580,00220631811,580,00220631811,58220631830,20-18,62IE2023IE06AFSP001309018458,470,00309018458,470,00309018458,47309018458,470,00IT2023IT06AFSP001467957355,500,00467957355,500,00467957355,50468122339,43-164983,93LT2023LT06AFSP00156036737,080,0056036737,080,0056036737,0856036738,95-1,87LU2023LU06AFSP0019103485,580,009103485,580,009103485,588879485,57224000,01 LV2023LV06AFSP00146011507,600,0046011507,600,0046011507,6046011507,600,00MT2023MT06AFSP0012323343,040,002323343,040,002323343,042323615,75-272,71NL2023NL06AFSP001126476696,160,00126476696,160,00126476696,16126451587,7725108,39PL2023PL06AFSP001105933014,770,00105933014,770,00105933014,77108779598,74-2846583,97PT2023PT06AFSP001122907001,350,00122907001,350,00122907001,35130524049,96-7617048,61RO2023RO06AFSP001223040990,590,00223040990,590,00223040990,59222917219,46123771,13SE2023SE06AFSP001122379428,000,00122379428,000,00122379428,00122399835,95-20407,95SI2023SI06AFSP00161140675,420,0061140675,420,0061140675,4261140679,38-3,96SK2023SK06AFSP001119955638,510,00119955638,510,00119955638,51119957497,84-1859,33

Annex

ANNEX II Clearance of the Paying Agencies' accounts Financial year FY2024 – EAFRD Reductions for non-compliance with the latest payment deadlines in accordance with Article 44 (2) of Regulation (EU) 2021/2116 In EuroMember StateCCIReductions for non-compliance with latest payment deadlines for FY2024AT2023AT06AFSP0010,00BE2023BE06AFSP0010,00BE2023BE06AFSP0020,00BG2023BG06AFSP0010,00CY2023CY06AFSP0010,00CZ2023CZ06AFSP0010,00DE2023DE06AFSP0010,00DK2023DK06AFSP0010,00EE2023EE06AFSP0010,00ES2023ES06AFSP0010,00FI2023FI06AFSP0010,00FR2023FR06AFSP0010,00EL2023EL06AFSP0010,00HR2023HR06AFSP0010,00HU2023HU06AFSP0010,00IE2023IE06AFSP0010,00IT2023IT06AFSP0010,00LT2023LT06AFSP0010,00LU2023LU06AFSP0010,00LV2023LV06AFSP0010,00MT2023MT06AFSP0010,00NL2023NL06AFSP0010,00PL2023PL06AFSP0010,00PT2023PT06AFSP0010,00RO2023RO06AFSP0010,00SE2023SE06AFSP0010,00SI2023SI06AFSP0010,00SK2023SK06AFSP0010,00