Commission Decision

of 7 July 2009

fixing the annual breakdown per Member State of the amount referred to in Article 69(2a) of Council Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005 concerning support to rural development and amending Commission Decision 2006/636/EC

(notified under document number C(2009) 5307)

(2009/545/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) Following the introduction of the new modulation rules, established in Council Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 of 19 January 2009 establishing common rules for direct support schemes for farmers under the common agricultural policy and establishing certain support schemes for farmers [2], Commission Decision 2006/410/EC [3] has been replaced by Commission Decision 2009/379/EC of 11 May 2009 setting the amounts which, pursuant to Council Regulations (EC) No 1782/2003, (EC) No 378/2007, (EC) No 479/2008 and (EC) No 73/2009 are made available to the EAFRD and the amounts available for EAGF expenditure [4].

(2) Following the increasing of the total amounts of commitment appropriations by EUR 600 million and by EUR 420 million for the years 2009 and 2010 respectively, decided in the framework of the agreement on the European Economic Recovery Plan (EERP), Council Decision 2006/493/EC [5] was amended by Council Decision 2009/434/EC [6]. In order to ensure consistency, such amounts should be set out by Member State following the current repartition criteria.

(3) Following the adoption of Decision 2009/379/EC and Decision 2009/434/EC the amounts made available to EAFRD should be adapted and added to the annual breakdowns of Community support for rural development.

(4) Commission Decision 2006/636/EC of 12 September 2006 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 [7] should be amended accordingly,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The amount referred to in Article 69(2a) of Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005 is set out per years and by Member State in Annex I to this Decision.

Article 2

The Annex to Decision 2006/636/EC is replaced by the text set out in Annex II to this Decision.

Article 3

This Decision shall apply from the 2009 financial year.

Article 4

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 7 July 2009.

For the Commission

Mariann Fischer Boel

Member of the Commission

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

[2] OJ L 30, 31.1.2009, p. 16.

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

[4] OJ L 117, 12.5.2009, p. 10.

[5] OJ L 195, 15.7.2006, p. 22.

[6] OJ L 144, 9.6.2009, p. 25.

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

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ANNEX I

Breakdown by Member State of the amounts referred to in Article 69(2a) of Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005:

(Current prices in EUR) |

| 2009 | 2010 |

Belgium | 2220000 | 1554000 |

Bulgaria | 19500000 | 13650000 |

Czech Republic | 21000000 | 14700000 |

Denmark | 1740000 | 1218000 |

Germany | 50340000 | 35238000 |

Estonia | 5340000 | 3738000 |

Ireland | 15780000 | 11046000 |

Greece | 24720000 | 17304000 |

Spain | 44880000 | 31416000 |

France | 35520000 | 24864000 |

Italy | 56520000 | 39564000 |

Cyprus | 1200000 | 840000 |

Latvia | 7800000 | 5460000 |

Lithuania | 13020000 | 9114000 |

Luxembourg | 600000 | 420000 |

Hungary | 28440000 | 19908000 |

Malta | 600000 | 420000 |

Netherlands | 2280000 | 1596000 |

Austria | 27180000 | 19026000 |

Poland | 98700000 | 69090000 |

Portugal | 26940000 | 18858000 |

Romania | 59820000 | 41874000 |

Slovenia | 6780000 | 4746000 |

Slovakia | 14700000 | 10290000 |

Finland | 14580000 | 10206000 |

Sweden | 12420000 | 8694000 |

United Kingdom | 7380000 | 5166000 |

Total | 600000000 | 420000000 |

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ANNEX II

"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 | 62458083 | 70637509 | 73167519 | 75495480 | 77776632 | 487484306 | 40744223 |

Bulgaria [1] | 244055793 | 337144772 | 456843751 | 412748664 | 398058913 | 397696922 | 395699781 | 2642248596 | 692192783 |

Czech Republic | 396623321 | 392638892 | 409036387 | 415632774 | 406640636 | 412672094 | 424262250 | 2857506354 | 1635417906 |

Denmark | 62592573 | 66344571 | 67411254 | 85052762 | 91231467 | 98797618 | 106488551 | 577918796 | 0 |

Germany | 1184995564 | 1186941705 | 1202865574 | 1311256553 | 1322959200 | 1355761509 | 1387114950 | 8951895055 | 3174037771 |

Estonia | 95608462 | 95569377 | 101036594 | 104667353 | 104639066 | 108913401 | 113302602 | 723736855 | 387221654 |

Ireland | 373683516 | 355014220 | 346851422 | 363518252 | 351698528 | 352271063 | 351503589 | 2494540590 | 0 |

Greece | 461376206 | 463470078 | 482113090 | 492922509 | 665568186 | 669030398 | 671747957 | 3906228424 | 1905697195 |

Spain | 286654092 | 1277647305 | 1320830901 | 1400090047 | 1227613000 | 1255978191 | 1284264263 | 8053077799 | 3178127204 |

France | 931041833 | 942359146 | 947341939 | 1091752155 | 1169090147 | 1223917557 | 1278994332 | 7584497109 | 568263981 |

Italy | 1142143461 | 1135428298 | 1183870921 | 1256577236 | 1403606589 | 1422949382 | 1441205996 | 8985781883 | 3341091825 |

Cyprus | 26704860 | 24772842 | 23949762 | 23911507 | 22402714 | 21783947 | 21037942 | 164563574 | 0 |

Latvia | 152867493 | 147768241 | 150342483 | 153226381 | 148781700 | 150188774 | 151198432 | 1054373504 | 327682815 |

Lithuania | 260974835 | 248836020 | 249948998 | 253855536 | 248002433 | 250278098 | 253898173 | 1765794093 | 679189192 |

Luxembourg | 14421997 | 13661411 | 13255487 | 13838190 | 13287289 | 13281368 | 13212084 | 94957826 | 0 |

Hungary | 570811818 | 537525661 | 527075432 | 529160494 | 547603625 | 563304619 | 584609743 | 3860091392 | 2496094593 |

Malta | 12434359 | 11527788 | 11256597 | 10964212 | 10347884 | 10459190 | 10663325 | 77653355 | 18077067 |

Netherlands | 70536869 | 72638338 | 73671337 | 87111293 | 90406648 | 96082449 | 102750233 | 593197167 | 0 |

Austria | 628154610 | 594709669 | 580732057 | 586983505 | 556070574 | 545968629 | 532956948 | 4025575992 | 31938190 |

Poland | 1989717841 | 1932933351 | 1971439817 | 1935872838 | 1860573543 | 1857244519 | 1851146247 | 13398928156 | 6997976121 |

Portugal | 560524173 | 562491944 | 584180154 | 625419895 | 611642601 | 611692105 | 610872156 | 4166823028 | 2180735857 |

Romania [2] | 0 | 1146687683 | 1502691530 | 1401644651 | 1357854634 | 1359146997 | 1356173250 | 8124198745 | 1995991720 |

Slovenia | 149549387 | 139868094 | 136508049 | 134100946 | 124076091 | 118858866 | 113031296 | 915992729 | 287815759 |

Slovakia | 303163265 | 286531906 | 282749256 | 266600239 | 263028387 | 275025447 | 319809578 | 1996908078 | 1106011592 |

Finland | 335121543 | 316143440 | 308265407 | 313973134 | 298490092 | 294408238 | 288617053 | 2155018907 | 0 |

Sweden | 292133703 | 277225207 | 270816031 | 280491463 | 269775513 | 268860755 | 266759282 | 1926061954 | 0 |

United Kingdom | 263996373 | 645001582 | 706122271 | 746326084 | 748994332 | 752455626 | 749224152 | 4612120420 | 188337515 |

Total | 10873879246 | 13274839325 | 13973664584 | 14368336182 | 14385611311 | 14562523242 | 14758320797 | 96197174687 | 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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