RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN MANAGING AUTHORITY RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN MANAGING AUTHORITY AND PAYING AGENCY IN RURAL DEVELOPMENT AND PAYING AGENCY IN RURAL DEVELOPMENT

PROGRAMS PROGRAMS 27TH Conference of Directors of EU Paying Agencies27TH Conference of Directors of EU Paying Agencies

Consejería de Medio Rural y Pesca

29th of april 2010 – Oviedo, Asturias

PREVIOUS BACKGROUND: SITUATION UP TO 1999

STRUCTURAL FUNDS

(inc. EAGGF-Guidance) EAGGF – Guarantee

Cofinanced EC – Member States 100% EC financed (exc. accompanying measures)

Clearance of accounts

Pluriannual Programs –

Evaluation

Annual expenditure

Subsidiarity in the norms –

Partnership

Exhaustive EC norms

Managing Authority Paying Agency

PREVIOUS BACKGROUND: YEARS 2000-2006

OBJECTIVE 1 REGIONS REGIONS OUTSIDE OBJETIVE 1

EAGGF-Guidance finances all rural development measures but:

accompanying measures and some actions in the NEM

Incorporates financial corrections

EAGGF-Guarantee finances all rural development measures but:

Leader

Incorporates pluriannual programs and evaluation

Period 2007 -2013

• EAFRD: a single rural development fund for all territories and all the measures

• Convergence of two management cultures, incorporating aspects from:– Structural funds: programming, pluriannual

management (n+2), selection criteria, etc.– EAGGF-Guidance: Paying Agencies, clearance

of accounts, etc.• National structures of management

coming from the above two models are respected: Management Authority and Paying Agency, which should cooperate in the implementation of the programs

MAIN FIGURES

• EAGF (2008): 43.000 M€

• EAFRD: – 2008 payments: 10.529 M€– Annual average (2007-13 before HC): 12.975 M€

including national expenditure: 22.838 M€

• 92 RDP with very different budgets: in Spain varies from 44 M€ in Baleares to 1.881 M€ in Andalucia

• Rate of the RDP in agricultural expenditure - graphics: ratio RDP (yearly average of total public expenses programmed before HC) / total agricultural expenses (EAGF 2008+average RDP)

RATE OF RDP IN AGRICULTURAL EXPENDITURE

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ORGANIZATION SCHEME IN SPAIN

• In the most frequent model, MA and PA are separate units integrated in the same administrative structure (Regional Ministry), with similar ranges (General Direction)

• Other models also used:– Separate department: the MA is part of the Regional

Finance Ministry and the PA is part of the Regional Agricultural Ministry

– the MA depends hierarchically from the PA Direction– One unit accomplish the two tasks

• It´s usual that the MA and/or the direction of the PA keep direct responsability over the management of some of the measures of the RDP

Model 1: separate units in the same department

Regional Minister (competent authority)

DG 1: Director of Paying Agency DG 2: Managing Authority

Model 2: separate units in separate departments

Finance Regional Minister

DG 2: Managing Authority

Agriculture Regional Minister

DG 1: Paying Agency

Model 3: one unit accomplish the two tasks

Agriculture Regional Minister

Paying Agency DG 1: +

Managing Authority

Model 4: hierarchical dependence between PA and MA

Agriculture Regional Minister : Director of Paying Agency

DG 1: Managing Authority

FUNCTIONS

Managing Authority

(art. 75 Reg. (EC) nb 1698/2005)

Paying Agency

(art. 6 Reg. (EC) nb 1290/2005)

• Guarantee than the operation selected for funding adjust to the applicable criteria• Guarantee statistical data for monitoring•Inform beneficiaries and other bodies about their obligations•Evaluation of the Program•Leading the Monitoring Committee•Publicity of the Program•Drawing up the annual progress report•Ensure that information is provided to the Paying Agency about procedures for allocating aid and checks carried out, before payments are authorised

•Check, before payment is authorised, that in the frame of the rural development, procedure for allocating aids, complies with Community rules•Accounts are kept of the payments done•Checks are made•The requisite documents are presented within the time limits and in the form stipulated•Guarantee that documents are accessible and well kept