EAGF expenditure

1.   The EAGF shall be implemented either under shared management between the Member States and the Union in accordance with paragraph 2, or under direct management in accordance with paragraph 3.
2.   The EAGF shall finance the following expenditure under shared management:
(a)
measures regulating or supporting agricultural markets laid down in Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council
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(b)
the Union’s financial contribution to interventions in certain sectors as referred to in Title III, Chapter III, of Regulation (EU) 2021/2115;
(c)
interventions in the form of direct payments to farmers under the CAP Strategic Plan referred to under Article 16 of Regulation (EU) 2021/2115;
(d)
the Union’s financial contribution to information and promotion measures for agricultural products on the internal market of the Union and in third countries which are undertaken by Member States and which are selected by the Commission;
(e)
the Union’s financial contribution to the specific measures for agriculture in the outermost regions of the Union laid down in Regulation (EU) No 228/2013 and to the specific measures for agriculture in favour of the smaller Aegean islands laid down in Regulation (EU) No 229/2013.
3.   The EAGF shall finance the following expenditure under direct management:
(a)
the promotion of agricultural products either directly by the Commission or through international organisations;
(b)
measures taken in accordance with Union law to ensure the conservation, characterisation, collection and utilisation of genetic resources in agriculture;
(c)
the establishment and maintenance of agricultural accounting information systems;
(d)
agricultural survey systems, including surveys on the structure of agricultural holdings.