52017SC0459

EUROPEAN COMMISSION

Brussels, 19.12.2017

SWD(2017) 459 final

COMMISSION STAFF WORKING DOCUMENT

Accompanying the document

REPORT FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND TO THE COUNCIL

on the implementation of Article 45 of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council on information measures relating to the common agricultural policy

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

ANNEX I - GRANTS APPLICATIONS 3

ANNEX 2 - GRANTS AWARDED ON 2015 BUDGET 4

ANNEX 3 - GRANTS AWARDED ON 2016 BUDGET 5

ANNEX 4 - DIRECT ACTIONS 6

ANNEX 1 - GRANTS APPLICATIONS

Number of applications received and awarded by Member State 2015-2016

Applications rejected and awarded in 2015				Applications rejected and awarded in 2016
Land	Rejected	Awarded	Total	Land	Rejected	Awarded	Total

BE *	2	3	5	BE *	2	1	3
BG	12	1	13	BG	5	3	8
CZ	0	0	0	CZ	0	0	0
DK	0	0	0	DK	0	0	0
DE	1	1	2	DE	1	2	3
EE	0	0	0	EE	0	0	0
IE	0	1	1	IE	0	1	1
EL	2	0	2	EL	0	1	1
ES	5	0	5	ES	2	1	3
FR *	3	2	5	FR *	2	1	3
IT	18	2	20	IT	16	5	21
CY	3	0	3	CY	1	0	1
LV	1	0	1	LV	0	0	0
LT	0	0	0	LT	1	0	1
LU	0	0	0	LU	0	0	0
HR	2	0	2	HR	0	1	1
HU	1	1	2	HU	1	0	1
MT	1	0	1	MT	1	0	1
NL *	2	2	4	NL	2	1	3
AT *	1	1	2	AT	0	0	0
PL	3	0	3	PL	0	0	0
PT	5	1	6	PT	5	1	6
RO	0	0	0	RO	1	1	2
SI	3	1	4	SI	2	0	2
SK	0	0	0	SK	0	0	0
FI	0	0	0	FI	1	0	1
SE	0	0	0	SE	0	0	0
UK	2	0	2	UK	0	0	0
	67	16	83		43	19	62

* Included Grants awarded to organisations with important EU and/or trans-national dimension

ANNEX 2 - GRANTS AWARDED ON 2015 BUDGET

List of grants awarded under the 2015 fiscal year on budget line 05.0806

Applicant	City	Land	Amount paid (€)	% of cofinancing
ARGE DORF Europäische ARGE Landentwicklung Dorferneuerung	St Pölten	Österreich	€108.202,99	50%
Szaktudás Kiadó Ház (Szaktudás Publishing House)	Budapest	Ungarn	€102.543,55	50%
Groupe de Bruges	Wageningen	The Netherlands	€81.759,01	50%
IFOAM EU Group	Brussels	Belgien	€202.659,35	50%
Confédération Paysanne	Bagnolet	Frankreich	€162.871,08	50%
Associazione Nazionale delle Bonifiche delle Irrigazioni e dei Miglioramenti Fondiari (ANBĪ)	Rome	Italien	€90.490,37	50%
Vogelbescherming NL	Zeist	The Netherlands	€243.920,05	47%
Birdlife Europe 1	Brussels	Belgien	€0	50%
EurActiv.com	Brussels	Belgien	€275.793,79	50%
The Agri Awareness Trust	Dublin	Republic of Ireland	€242.538,78	50%
Fondazione Campagna Amica	Rome	Italien	€114.610,70	50%
IKONOMEDIA	Sofia	Bulgarien	€173.471,61	50%
France Media Monde	Issy-les-Moulineaux	Frankreich	€202.484,68	50%
AGRO BIO	Lisbon	Portugal	€68.287,78	50%
EUROSOC#DIGITAL	Berlin	Deutschland	€88.224,73	50%
CAFS Chamber of Agriculture	Ljubljana	Slowenien	€165.943,35	50%
		TOTAL	€2.323.801,82

ANNEX 3 - GRANTS AWARDED ON 2016 BUDGET

List of grants awarded under the 2016 fiscal year on budget line 05.0806

Applicant	City	Land	Amount paid (€)	% of cofinancing
AGRO BIO	Lisbon	Portugal	€113,916.79	50%
Association Bulgarian Villages (ABV) 2	Veliko Tamovo	Bulgarien	€0.00	50%
Circolo Festambiente	Grosseto	Italien	€113,209.41	50%
Radio Italia Puglia	Corato (BA)	Italien	€59,221.75	50%
Association «DEVIN - Past, present une future"	Devin	Bulgarien	€59,924.10	50%
FGN (Fundación Global Nature)	Valencia	Spanien	€67,307.42	50%
EurActiv.com	Brussels	Belgique	€299,693.75	50%
Coldiretti	Rome	Italien	€66,243.98	50%
DABS (Dobrudja Agrarian and Business School)	Dobrich	Bulgarien	€79,244.82	50%
The Agri Awareness Trust	Dublin	Republic of Ireland	€299,356.19	50%
Iniziative Editoriali	Rimini (RN)	Italien	€59,880.15	50%
EUROSOC#DIGITAL	Berlin	Deutschland	€83,429.76	50%
Pentalpha gGmbH	Leipzig	Deutschland	€88,746.21	50%
HPA (Croatian Agricultural Agency)	Križevci	Kroatien	€122,353.92	50%
Harghita County Council	Miercurea Ciuc	Rumänien	€77,072.55	50%
Vogelbescherming NL	Zeist	Niederlande	€144,518.50	50%
GAIA EPICHEIREIN (Gaia Epicheirein Digital Services)	Athens	Griechenland	€289,457.40	50%
AIA (Associazione Italiana Allevatori)	Roma	Italien	€100,110.81	50%
France Media Monde	Issy-les-Moulineaux	Frankreich	€298,965.00	50%
		TOTAL	€2,419,099.28

ANNEX 4 - DIRECT ACTIONS

Financial Implications 2015-2016

TABLE 1: List of direct actions financed under the 2015 fiscal year on budget line 05.0806
MEDIA NETWORKING
Year	Details	Place	Payments (€)
2015	press and study trips	S-GR-IE-BE(2)-IT	123,388.88
2015	AG-press annual event	Belgien	80,102.04
2015	Social media subscription	EU	4,942.62
2016	press and study trips	DE-CZ-BE/NL	67,705.42
2015-2016	Maintenance of e-platform	EU	14,830.00
		TOTAL	290,968.96
STAKEHOLDERS NETWORKING
Year	Details	Place	Payments (€)
2015	Agri markets conference	Belgien	91,120.96
2015	Kick-off meeting with grant beneficiaries	Belgien	8,414.59
2015-2016	Sheep meat conferences	Belgien	114,947.90
		TOTAL	214,483.45
GENERAL PUBLIC ACTIVITIES
Year	Details	Place	Payments (€)
2015-2016	Design, further development and production of an educational pack for pupils and teachers	EU	571,560.34
2015-2016	Purchase of communication material	EU	489,124.92
2015	Organisation of the EU Open days	Brussels	87,210.86
2016	Participation at the Grüne Woche - coorganised with DG SANTE et MARE	Berlin	258,081.45
2016	Participation at the Salon de l'Agriculture - coorganised with DG SANTE et MARE	Paris
		TOTAL	1,405,977.57
HORIZONTAL ACTIVITIES
Year	Details	Place	Payments (€)
2015	Organisation of DG AGRI's events at EXPO Milan 2015	Italien	1,238,439.47
2015	Distribution and stocking cost for publications	EU	47,691.44
2015	Eurobarometer survey on agriculture and the CAP	EU	400,851.04
2015-2016	Contracting of a Senior online editor	Belgien	99,000.00
2015-2016	Contracting of a Web-visual designer	Belgien	49,920.00
2015-2016	Contracting of a Webmaster	Belgien	68,250.00
2015-2016	Publications - codelegated to the OP	EU	83,952.80
2016	Contribution for the Digital Transformation of DG AGRI's EUROPA website	EU	239,606.25
		TOTAL	2,227,711.00

AMOUNT COMMITTED - FINAL PAYMENT NOT DONE YET			K.A.
AMOUNT OF FINAL PAYMENTS			4,139,140.98

TABLE 2: List of direct actions financed under the 2016 fiscal year on budget line 05.0806
MEDIA AND WEB
Year	Details	Place	Initial budget foreseen (€)	Commitments (€) payments (€)
2016	Press and study trips	Slovenia, Spain, Belgium	90,000.00	13,340.50
2016	Social media subscription	EU	2,500.00	2493.1
2016-2017	Contracting of a Senior online editor	Belgien	90,000.00	55,000.00
2016-2017	Contracting of a Web-visual designer	Belgien	60,000.00	20,800.00
2016-2017	Contracting of a Webmaster	Belgien	70,000.00	37,450.00
2016-2017	Contracting of a Webmaster	Belgien	70,000.00	30,975.00
2016-2017	Maintenance of e-platform	EU	15,000.00	13930
		TOTAL	397,500.00	173,988.60
CONFERENCES, FAIRS AND EVENTS
Year	Details	Place	Initial budget foreseen (€)	Payments (€)
2016	Cork conference	Irland	455,895.29	415,002.20
2016	Kick-off meeting with grant beneficiaries	Belgien	20,000.00	14,450.88
2016	Sheep meat conference IV	Belgien	70,000.00	35,415.38
2016	Organisation of the EU Open Days	Brussels	50,000.00	72,962.18
2016	Participation in the Grüne Woche and Salon International de l'Agriculture	Berlin, Paris	380,005.43	54,318.00
2016	Outlook conference	Belgien	140,000.00	80,444.11
		TOTAL	1,115,900.72	672,592.75
HORIZONTAL ACTIVITIES
Year	Details	Place	Initial budget foreseen (€)	Payments (€)
2016	Publications and communication material	EU	67,500.00	60,479.64
		TOTAL	67,500.00	60,479.64

AMOUNT INITIALLY FORESEEN			1,580,900.70	* Following amendment of the Work Programme
AMOUNT OF FINAL PAYMENTS			890,637.89

CORPORATE COMMUNICATION
Year	Details	Place	Payments (€)
2016	Co-delegated to DG COMM	EU	4,000,000.00

(1)

This grant was awarded but the grant agreement was not signed as the beneficiary was not able to carry on the action

(2)

This grant was awarded but the grant agreement was not signed as the beneficiary was not able to carry on the action

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