Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/916Show full title

ANNEX

‘ANNEX III Structure and content of the annual report referred to in Article 31

The structure and content of the report over the previous year shall be as follows:

1. GENERAL CONTEXT IN THE PREVIOUS YEAR

1.1. Socio-economic context.

1.2. Situation of agriculture and its development.

2. PHYSICAL AND FINANCIAL IMPLEMENTATION OF THE MEASURES AND ACTIONS

2.1. Overall table with financial data concerning support for local production and specific supply arrangements, including initial allocation per measure and action, as well as actual spending and, if relevant, any State aid provided in accordance with Article 17 of Regulation (EU) No 229/2013.

2.2. Comprehensive description of the physical and financial implementation of each measure and action, including technical assistance, comprised in the programme:

(a)

for the specific supply arrangements: data and analysis of the annual supply balance of the smaller Aegean islands;

(b)

for the support for local production: data and analysis of the physical and financial implementation of each measure and action listed in the programme including such data as the number of beneficiaries, the number of animals covered by the payment, the eligible surface area and/or the number of holdings concerned. Where necessary, the data must be accompanied by a presentation and analysis of the sector to which the measure relates.

3. PERFORMANCE OF THE PROGRAMME IN THE PREVIOUS YEAR

3.1. Progress of the measures and actions towards the specific objectives and priorities of the programme and the general objectives set out in Article 2 of Regulation (EU) No 229/2013:

(a)

evolution and analysis of the national indicators quantifying the specific objectives of the programme and assessment of the extent to which the specific objectives assigned to each of the measures contained in the programme have been achieved;

(b)

for the specific supply arrangements, information on the manner in which the advantage granted was passed on, as well as the measures taken and the checks performed to ensure that it was passed on in compliance with Article 4 of this Regulation.

(c)

for the specific supply arrangements, analysis of the proportionality of the aid in relation to the additional cost of transport to the smaller Aegean islands and, in the case of products intended for processing and agricultural inputs, the additional costs of insularity and distant location;

(d)

annual data on the common performance indicators referred to in Article 29 of this Regulation and their analysis in particular with regard to the attainment of the general objectives set out in Article 2 of Regulation (EU) No 229/2013.

3.2. Conclusions of the analyses on the suitability of the strategy of the measures and its possible improvement in order to achieve the objectives of the programme.

4. MANAGEMENT OF THE PROGRAMME

4.1. Brief account of any major problems encountered in managing and implementing the measures during the year in question.

4.2. Statistics on the checks carried out by the competent authorities and any penalties applied. Any additional information that could be useful for the understanding of the data submitted.

5. AMENDMENTS

Brief summary of any amendments to the programme presented during the year in question and their justifications.’