7th financial report on the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) – 2013 financial year

Summary:

The 2013 Draft Budget (DB) was adopted by the Commission and proposed to the Budgetary Authority on 15 April 2012. The Draft Budget for the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) under heading 2 of the Financial Framework 2007-2013 totalled €14,803 million in commitment appropriations and €12,744 million in payment appropriations.

The Council adopted its position on the 2013 Draft Budget on 25 July 2012. Payment appropriations for EAFRD programmes were reduced by €100 million as compared to the Commission's DB while commitments remained unchanged. The European Parliament adopted its position on 23 October 2012 whereby it restored the Commission's proposal by increasing payment appropriations by €100 million. The Conciliation procedure did not result in an agreement between the two institutions. Therefore the Commission was requested to submit a new Draft Budget that was adopted on 23 November 2012.

The new Draft Budget was approved by the Parliament in a vote on 12 December 2012. The voted budget for the EAFRD amounted to €14,803 million in commitment appropriations and €12,497 million in payment appropriations.

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EUR-Lex: SWD(2014)340: Commission Staff Working Document accompanying the report http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=SWD:2014:340:FIN

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