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CAP Financing, Management and Monitoring Regulation In force since 1 January 2023

REGULATION (EU) 2021/2116 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 2 December 2021 on the financing, management and monitoring of the common agricultural policy and repealing Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013
32021R2116 · official text on EUR-Lex

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Articles

• Article 1 — Scope
• Article 2 — Definitions
• Article 3 — Exemptions in cases of force majeure and exceptional circumstances

Chapter I Agricultural funds

• Article 4 — Funds financing agricultural expenditure
• Article 5 — EAGF expenditure
• Article 6 — EAFRD expenditure
• Article 7 — Other expenditure, including technical assistance

Chapter II Governance bodies

• Article 8 — Competent authority
• Article 9 — Paying agencies
• Article 10 — Coordinating bodies
• Article 11 — Commission powers relating to paying agencies and coordinating bodies
• Article 12 — Certification bodies
• Article 13 — Exchange of best practices

Chapter I EAGF

Section 1 Budgetary discipline

• Article 14 — Budget ceiling
• Article 15 — Compliance with the ceiling
• Article 16 — Agricultural reserve
• Article 17 — Financial discipline
• Article 18 — Budgetary discipline procedure
• Article 19 — Early-warning and monitoring system

Section 2 Financing of expenditure

• Article 20 — Monthly payments
• Article 21 — Procedure for monthly payments
• Article 22 — Administrative and personnel costs
• Article 23 — Public intervention expenditure
• Article 24 — Acquisition of satellite data
• Article 25 — Monitoring of agricultural resources
• Article 26 — Implementing powers relating to Articles 24 and 25

Chapter II EAFRD

Section 1 General provisions concerning the EAFRD

• Article 27 — Provisions applying to all payments

Section 2 EAFRD financing under the CAP Strategic Plan

• Article 28 — Financial contribution from the EAFRD
• Article 29 — Budgetary commitments

Section 3 Financial contribution to interventions for rural development

• Article 30 — Provisions applying to payments for interventions for rural development
• Article 31 — Prefinancing arrangements
• Article 32 — Interim payments
• Article 33 — Payment of the balance and closure of the interventions for rural development in the CAP Strategic Plan
• Article 34 — Automatic decommitment for CAP Strategic Plans

Chapter III Common provisions

• Article 35 — Agricultural financial year
• Article 36 — No double funding
• Article 37 — Eligibility of expenditure effected by the paying agencies
• Article 38 — Compliance with payment deadlines
• Article 39 — Reduction of monthly and interim payments
• Article 40 — Suspension of payments in relation to the annual clearance
• Article 41 — Suspension of payments in relation to the multi-annual performance monitoring
• Article 42 — Suspension of payments in relation to deficiencies in the governance systems
• Article 43 — Keeping separate accounts
• Article 44 — Payment to beneficiaries
• Article 45 — Assignment of revenue
• Article 46 — Information measures
• Article 47 — Other Commission powers relating to this Chapter

Chapter IV Clearance of accounts

Section 1 General provisions

• Article 48 — Single audit approach
• Article 49 — Checks by the Commission
• Article 50 — Access to information
• Article 51 — Access to documents
• Article 52 — Commission powers relating to checks and documents and information and cooperation obligation

Section 2 Clearance

• Article 53 — Annual financial clearance
• Article 54 — Annual performance clearance
• Article 55 — Conformity procedure

Section 3 Recoveries for non-compliance

• Article 56 — Provisions specific to the EAGF
• Article 57 — Provisions specific to the EAFRD
• Article 58 — Implementing powers relating to the possible offsetting of the amounts and notification forms

Chapter I General rules

• Article 59 — Protection of the financial interests of the Union
• Article 60 — Rules regarding checks to be carried out
• Article 61 — Non-compliance with public procurement rules
• Article 62 — Circumvention clause
• Article 63 — Compatibility of interventions for the purposes of checks in the wine sector
• Article 64 — Securities

Chapter II Integrated administration and control system

• Article 65 — Scope and definitions relating to this Chapter
• Article 66 — Elements of the integrated system
• Article 67 — Data keeping and sharing
• Article 68 — Identification system for agricultural parcels
• Article 69 — Geo-spatial and animal-based application system
• Article 70 — Area monitoring system
• Article 71 — System for the identification of beneficiaries
• Article 72 — Control and penalty system
• Article 73 — System for the identification and registration of payment entitlements
• Article 74 — Delegated powers of the Commission relating to the integrated system
• Article 75 — Implementing powers relating to Articles 68, 69 and 70

Chapter III Scrutiny of transactions

• Article 76 — Scope and definitions relating to this Chapter
• Article 77 — Scrutiny by Member States
• Article 78 — Cross-checks
• Article 79 — Mutual assistance
• Article 80 — Planning and reporting
• Article 81 — Access to information and scrutiny by the Commission
• Article 82 — Implementing powers relating to the scrutiny of transactions

Chapter IV Control system and administrative penalties in relation to conditionality

• Article 83 — Control system for conditionality
• Article 84 — System of administrative penalties for conditionality
• Article 85 — Application and calculation of the administrative penalties
• Article 86 — Amounts resulting from the administrative penalties on conditionality

Chapter V Control system and administrative penalties in relation to social conditionality

• Article 87 — Control system for social conditionality
• Article 88 — System of administrative penalties for social conditionality
• Article 89 — Application and calculation of the administrative penalty

Chapter I Transmission of information

• Article 90 — Communication of information
• Article 91 — Confidentiality
• Article 92 — Implementing powers relating to transmission of information

Chapter II Use of the euro

• Article 93 — General principles
• Article 94 — Exchange rate and operative event
• Article 95 — Safeguard measures and derogations
• Article 96 — Use of the euro by Member States that have not adopted the euro

Chapter III Reporting

• Article 97 — Annual financial report

Chapter IV Transparency

• Article 98 — Publication of information relating to beneficiaries
• Article 99 — Informing beneficiaries of the publication of data concerning them
• Article 100 — Implementing powers relating to transparency

Chapter V Protection of personal data

• Article 101 — Processing and protection of personal data
• Article 102 — Exercise of the delegation
• Article 103 — Committee procedure
• Article 104 — Repeal
• Article 105 — Transitional measures
• Article 106 — Entry into force and application