Report from the Commission to the European Parliament and the Council. 6th financial report from the Commission to the European Parliament and the Council on the European Agricultural Guarantee Fund – 2012 financial year

Agreement was reached on the 2012 EAGF budget in the conciliation procedure in November 2011. This budget was adopted by the European Parliament on 1 December 2011. The budget included commitment and payment appropriations as follows:
– Commitment appropriations of €43,603.4 million and payment appropriations of €43,601.3 million for agricultural market measures and direct aids.
– Commitment appropriations of €335.8 million and payment appropriations of €245.5 million for veterinary and phyto-sanitary measures.
– Commitment appropriations of €30.5 million and payment appropriations of €29.1 million for fisheries markets.

The budget’s total commitment appropriations for EAGF amounted to €43,969.6 million and its payment appropriations amounted to €43,876 million. The difference between commitment and payment appropriations is due to the fact, that for certain measures, which are directly implemented by the Commission, differentiated appropriations are used. These measures relate mainly to the promotion of agricultural products, to policy strategy and coordination measures for agriculture as well as to fisheries and to veterinary and phyto-sanitary measures.

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