Commission Decision

of 17 December 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) 8370)

(2009/14/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) Commission Decision 2006/410/EC of 24 May 2006 setting the amounts which, pursuant to Articles 10(2), 143d and 143e of Council Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 are made available to the EAFRD and the amounts available for EAGF expenditure [2], which sets the total transfers from the EAGF to the EAFRD for the financial years 2007 to 2013, in accordance with the said Articles of Council Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 [3] and Article 4(1) of Council Regulation (EC) No 378/2007 [4], which lay down rules for voluntary modulation of direct payments provided for in Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003, has been amended by Commission Decision 2008/955/EC [5].

(2) Following the adoption of Decision 2008/955/EC, the amounts made available to the EAFRD should be adapted and added to the annual breakdowns of Community support for rural development.

(3) Commission Decision 2006/636/EC [6] should be amended accordingly,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

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

Article 2

This Decision shall apply from the 2009 financial year.

Article 3

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 17 December 2008.

For the Commission

Mariann Fischer Boel

Member of the Commission

[1] OJ L 277, 21.10.2005, p. 1.

[2] OJ L 163, 15.6.2006, p. 10.

[3] OJ L 270, 21.10.2003, p. 1.

[4] OJ L 95, 5.4.2007, p. 1.

[5] OJ L 338, 17.12.2008, p. 67.

[6] OJ L 261, 22.9.2006, p. 32.

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ANNEX

Breakdown by Member State of Community support for rural development (2007 to 2013)

(current prices in EUR) |

| 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | Total 2007-2013 | of which minimum for regions under the convergence objective Total |

Belgium | 63991299 | 63957784 | 60238083 | 59783509 | 59367519 | 57095480 | 54576632 | 419010306 | 40744223 |

Bulgaria [1] | 244055793 | 337144772 | 437343751 | 399098664 | 398058913 | 397696922 | 395699781 | 2609098596 | 692192783 |

Czech Republic | 396623321 | 392638892 | 388036387 | 400932774 | 406640636 | 412672094 | 417962250 | 2815506354 | 1635417906 |

Denmark | 62592573 | 66344571 | 65671254 | 66234762 | 65331467 | 64497618 | 63488551 | 454160796 | 0 |

Germany | 1184995564 | 1186941705 | 1152525574 | 1161018553 | 1164459200 | 1151761509 | 1136214950 | 8137917055 | 3174037771 |

Estonia | 95608462 | 95569377 | 95696594 | 100929353 | 104639066 | 108913401 | 113302602 | 714658855 | 387221654 |

Ireland | 373683516 | 355014220 | 331071422 | 335372252 | 326098528 | 318171063 | 308803589 | 2348214590 | 0 |

Greece | 461376206 | 463470078 | 457393090 | 456018509 | 636568186 | 630830398 | 624447957 | 3730104424 | 1905697195 |

Spain | 286654092 | 1277647305 | 1275950901 | 1298574047 | 1120313000 | 1114078191 | 1105464263 | 7478681799 | 3178127204 |

France | 931041833 | 942359146 | 911821939 | 934088155 | 971090147 | 958717557 | 943394332 | 6592513109 | 568263981 |

Italy | 1142143461 | 1135428298 | 1127350921 | 1155713236 | 1325406589 | 1320949382 | 1313305996 | 8520297883 | 3341091825 |

Cyprus | 26704860 | 24772842 | 22749762 | 23071507 | 22402714 | 21783947 | 21037942 | 162523574 | 0 |

Latvia | 152867493 | 147768241 | 142542483 | 147766381 | 148781700 | 150188774 | 151198432 | 1041113504 | 327682815 |

Lithuania | 260974835 | 248836020 | 236928998 | 244741536 | 248002433 | 250278098 | 253598173 | 1743360093 | 679189192 |

Luxembourg | 14421997 | 13661411 | 12655487 | 12818190 | 12487289 | 12181368 | 11812084 | 90037826 | 0 |

Hungary | 570811818 | 537525661 | 498635432 | 509252494 | 547603625 | 563304619 | 578709743 | 3805843392 | 2496094593 |

Malta | 12434359 | 11527788 | 10656597 | 10544212 | 10347884 | 10459190 | 10663325 | 76633355 | 18077067 |

Netherlands | 70536869 | 72638338 | 71391337 | 72215293 | 70606648 | 69682449 | 68550233 | 495621167 | 0 |

Austria | 628154610 | 594709669 | 553552057 | 560657505 | 545170574 | 531468629 | 514856948 | 3928569992 | 31938190 |

Poland | 1989717841 | 1932933351 | 1872739817 | 1866782838 | 1860573543 | 1857244519 | 1850046247 | 13230038156 | 6997976121 |

Portugal | 560524173 | 562491944 | 557240154 | 606561895 | 611642601 | 611692105 | 610872156 | 4121025028 | 2180735857 |

Romania [2] | 0 | 1146687683 | 1442871530 | 1359770651 | 1357854634 | 1359146997 | 1356173250 | 8022504745 | 1995991720 |

Slovenia | 149549387 | 139868094 | 129728049 | 129354946 | 124076091 | 118858866 | 113031296 | 904466729 | 287815759 |

Slovakia | 303163265 | 286531906 | 268049256 | 256310239 | 263028387 | 275025447 | 317309578 | 1969418078 | 1106011592 |

Finland | 335121543 | 316143440 | 293685407 | 297667134 | 289390092 | 282108238 | 273317053 | 2087432907 | 0 |

Sweden | 292133703 | 277225207 | 258396031 | 261797463 | 254575513 | 248360755 | 240859282 | 1833347954 | 0 |

United Kingdom | 263996373 | 645001582 | 698742271 | 741160084 | 748994332 | 752455626 | 749224152 | 4599574420 | 188337515 |

Total | 10873879246 | 13274839325 | 13373664584 | 13468236182 | 13693511311 | 13649623242 | 13597920797 | 91931674687 | 31232644963 |

[*] For 2007, 2008 and 2009, the appropriations from the Guarantee Section of the EAGGF are EUR 193715561, EUR 263453163 and EUR 337004104 respectively.

[**] For 2007, 2008 and 2009, the appropriations from the Guarantee Section of the EAGGF are EUR 610786223, EUR 831389081 and EUR 1058369098 respectively.

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