Written question asked by Lord Taylor of Holbeach (Conservative), in the House of Lords. It was answered by Lord Hunt of Kings Heath (Labour) on Monday, 30 March 2009.
EU: Rural Development
- Question
- To ask Her Majesty's Government what are the annual allocations for support for rural development from European Union funds to member states in each year from 2007-13; what was the annual average at 1999 prices; and what percentage was used to calculate each state's allocation.
- Answer
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The most recent details on the annual allocations for rural development to member states are set out in Commission decision 14/2009 of 17 December 2008, copies of which have been laid in the Library of the House. Details on the annual average at 1999 prices are not available. Allocations under the Rural Development Programme 2007-13 are provided by the Commission in 2004 prices and in current prices only. Member states' rural development programme allocations are not calculated on a simple percentage basis, but are constructed from a number of separate elements: the original budget for the Rural Development Programme 2007-13 was agreed by the European Council in December 2005. The future financing text set out that, for the financial perspective 2007-13, the EU10 plus Bulgaria and Romania should receive a minimum €33 billion under the European agricultural fund for rural development (EAFRD)—ie, the fund for common agricultural policy (CAP) Pillar 2; a share of the remaining €18.91 billion for EAFRD was allocated to EU15 member states, largely on the basis of historic receipts, though some member states received additional allocations; and the third element of the EAFRD budget was transfers from the structural funds part of the EU budget, reflecting the mainstreaming of leader and convergence funding (which replaced the Objective 1 programme) into rural development support. Allocations for this were determined by each member state after consultation with the Commission, drawing on the historical percentages of expenditure in these areas during the period 2000-06. In addition, EU15 member states receive receipts arising from the compulsory modulation of direct payments under Pillar 1 of the CAP, which are distributed in accordance with the 2003 CAP reform agreement. EU15 member states may also choose to apply voluntary modulation. In the case of those member states which do so (UK and Portugal), the receipts are allocated on the basis of the rates of voluntary modulation set by the member states.
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- 2289; 709 c184-5WA
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- 2008-09
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- Rural development programme
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