Report from the Commission to the European Parliament and the Council on EAGF expenditure. Early Warning System No 1-4/2013

The 2013 budgetary procedure for the European Agricultural Guarantee Fund (EAGF) and the corresponding amounts of appropriations involved at each stage of the procedure are summarised in the table presented in Annex 1. The 2013 EAGF budget was adopted by the European Parliament on 12 December 2012.

The budget’s total commitment appropriations for EAGF amounted to €43,956.5 million and its payment appropriations amounted to €43,934.2 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 schemes 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 plant-health measures.

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