Commission Decision of 16 July 2008 amending Decision 2006/636/EC fixing the annual breakdown by Member State of the amount for Community support to rural development for the period from 1 January 2007 to 31 December 2013 (notified under document number C(2008) 3347) (2008/609/EC)

Commission Decision

of 16 July 2008

amending Decision 2006/636/EC fixing the annual breakdown by Member State of the amount for Community support to rural development for the period from 1 January 2007 to 31 December 2013

(notified under document number C(2008) 3347)

(2008/609/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005 of 20 September 2005 on support for rural development by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD)(1), and in particular Article 69(4) thereof,

Whereas:

(1) Council Decision 2006/493/EC of 19 June 2006 laying down the amount of Community support for rural development for the period from 1 January 2007 to 31 December 2013, its annual breakdown and the minimum amount to be concentrated in regions eligible under the Convergence Objective(2) has been amended to take account of the decision by the Budgetary Authority to transfer to 2008 and the following years certain commitment appropriations for Community support for rural development under Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005 that were not used in 2007, in accordance with point 48 of the Interinstitutional Agreement between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on budgetary discipline and sound financial management(3).

(2) Commission Decision 2006/636/EC(4) must be amended accordingly,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The Annex to Decision 2006/636/EC is replaced by the Annex to this Decision.

Article 2

This Decision shall apply from the 2008 financial year.

Article 3

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 16 July 2008.

For the Commission

Mariann Fischer Boel

Member of the Commission

ANNEX

Breakdown by Member State of Community support for rural development for the period 2007-2013

a For the years 2007, 2008 and 2009, the appropriations originating from the EAGGF Guarantee Section amount respectively to EUR 193 715 561, EUR 263 453 163 and EUR 337 004 104.
b For the years 2007, 2008 and 2009, the appropriations originating from the EAGGF Guarantee Section amount respectively to EUR 610 786 223, EUR 831 389 081 and EUR 1 058 369 098.
(Current prices EUR)
	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	Total 2007-2013	Of which minimum for regions eligible under the Convergence Objective(total)
Belgium	63 991 299	63 957 784	60 238 083	59 683 509	59 267 519	56 995 480	54 476 632	418 610 306	40 744 223
Bulgariaa	244 055 793	337 144 772	437 343 751	399 098 664	398 058 913	397 696 922	395 699 781	2 609 098 596	692 192 783
Czech Republic	396 623 321	392 638 892	388 036 387	400 932 774	406 640 636	412 672 094	417 962 250	2 815 506 354	1 635 417 906
Denmark	62 592 573	66 344 571	63 771 254	64 334 762	63 431 467	62 597 618	61 588 551	444 660 796	0
Germany	1 184 995 564	1 186 941 705	1 147 425 574	1 156 018 553	1 159 359 200	1 146 661 509	1 131 114 950	8 112 517 055	3 174 037 771
Estonia	95 608 462	95 569 377	95 696 594	100 929 353	104 639 066	108 913 401	113 302 602	714 658 855	387 221 654
Ireland	373 683 516	355 014 220	329 171 422	333 372 252	324 698 528	316 771 063	307 203 589	2 339 914 590	0
Greece	461 376 206	463 470 078	453 393 090	452 018 509	631 768 186	626 030 398	619 247 957	3 707 304 424	1 905 697 195
Spain	286 654 092	1 277 647 305	1 246 359 901	1 253 424 047	1 057 772 000	1 050 937 191	1 041 123 263	7 213 917 799	3 178 127 204
France	931 041 833	942 359 146	898 672 939	909 225 155	933 778 147	921 205 557	905 682 332	6 441 965 109	568 263 981
Italy	1 142 143 461	1 135 428 298	1 101 390 921	1 116 626 236	1 271 659 589	1 266 602 382	1 258 158 996	8 292 009 883	3 341 091 825
Cyprus	26 704 860	24 772 842	22 749 762	23 071 507	22 402 714	21 783 947	21 037 942	162 523 574	0
Latvia	152 867 493	147 768 241	142 542 483	147 766 381	148 781 700	150 188 774	151 198 432	1 041 113 504	327 682 815
Lithuania	260 974 835	248 836 020	236 928 998	244 741 536	248 002 433	250 278 098	253 598 173	1 743 360 093	679 189 192
Luxembourg	14 421 997	13 661 411	12 655 487	12 818 190	12 487 289	12 181 368	11 812 084	90 037 826	0
Hungary	570 811 818	537 525 661	498 635 432	509 252 494	547 603 625	563 304 619	578 709 743	3 805 843 392	2 496 094 593
Malta	12 434 359	11 527 788	10 656 597	10 544 212	10 347 884	10 459 190	10 663 325	76 633 355	18 077 067
Netherlands	70 536 869	72 638 338	69 791 337	70 515 293	68 706 648	67 782 449	66 550 233	486 521 167	0
Austria	628 154 610	594 709 669	550 452 057	557 557 505	541 670 574	527 868 629	511 056 948	3 911 469 992	31 938 190
Poland	1 989 717 841	1 932 933 351	1 872 739 817	1 866 782 838	1 860 573 543	1 857 244 519	1 850 046 247	13 230 038 156	6 997 976 121
Portugal	560 524 173	562 491 944	552 040 154	559 861 895	565 142 601	565 192 105	564 072 156	3 929 325 028	2 180 735 857
Romaniab	0	1 146 687 683	1 442 871 530	1 359 770 651	1 357 854 634	1 359 146 997	1 356 173 250	8 022 504 745	1 995 991 720
Slovenia	149 549 387	139 868 094	129 728 049	128 304 946	123 026 091	117 808 866	111 981 296	900 266 729	287 815 759
Slovakia	303 163 265	286 531 906	268 049 256	256 310 239	263 028 387	275 025 447	317 309 578	1 969 418 078	1 106 011 592
Finland	335 121 543	316 143 440	292 385 407	296 367 134	287 790 092	280 508 238	271 617 053	2 079 932 907	0
Sweden	292 133 703	277 225 207	256 996 031	260 397 463	252 975 513	246 760 755	239 159 282	1 825 647 954	0
United Kingdom	263 996 373	645 001 582	698 582 271	741 000 084	748 834 332	752 295 626	748 964 152	4 598 674 420	188 337 515
Total	10 873 879 246	13 274 839 325	13 279 304 584	13 290 726 182	13 470 301 311	13 424 913 242	13 369 510 797	90 983 474 687	31 232 644 963

(1)

OJ L 277, 21.10.2005, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 146/2008 (OJ L 46, 21.2.2008, p. 1).

(2)

OJ L 195, 15.7.2006, p. 22.

(3)

OJ C 139, 14.6.2006, p. 1.

(4)

OJ L 261, 22.9.2006, p. 32. Decision as last amended by Decision 2007/680/EC (OJ L 280, 24.10.2007, p. 27).