introducing the agricultural and rural development agency...
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Introducing the
Agricultural and Rural
Development
Agency (ARDA) of Hungary
Sándor Matuska, Head of Unit
ARDOP and EAFRD LEADER Unit
Directorate for Rural Development Support Measures
• History
• Managed subsidies
• Management of applications
• Axis IV.
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Subjetcs
Pre-accession period
• October 2000: – Commission approval of the SAPARD Plan
– October 2000: Establishment of the SAPARD Agency
• November 2002: Accreditation
• July 2003: Establishment of ARDA, budgetary organisation with independent financial management and nationwide competence
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History of the institution
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Subsidies managed by ARDA
European Agricultural Guarantee Fund (EAGF)
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Internal market measures
External market measures
Intervention
Direct Payments
Other measures (NVT)
Complementary national
payments (top-up)
European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD)
European Fisheries Fund
Pre-accession fund: SAPARD
European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund
(EAGGF) Guidance: ARDOP
National subsidies
External market measures
Intervention
Our mission
Processing and paying out the
most applications possible in
proper quality, with as low
expenses as possible, always
on schedule, with minimal risk.
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Organisation
Set out in ARDA’s Code of Organization and Operation
• 19 county offices (of which 7 with regional tasks) + central
office
• Staff of approximately 1 800 persons (of which approximately 600 temporary)
• President, General Vice President, Vice President
• Directorates, Departments, Independent Units
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Regional and County offices
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•Pécs
•Szekszárd
•Győr •Tatabánya
•Szombathely
•Székesfehérvár
•Kecskemét •Békéscsaba
•Salgótarján
•Eger
•Szolnok
•Debrecen
covering the whole country
EAFRD
Management of applications for support
and payment
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Legislation
ARDOP
• Council Regulation (EC) No 1260/1999 1260/1999/EK – laying down general provisions on the Structural Funds
• Council Regulation (EC) No 1257/1999 – on support for rural development from the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund (EAGGF)
• Council Regulation (EC) No 1268/1999 on Community support for pre-accession measures for agriculture and rural development in the applicant countries of central and eastern Europe in the pre-accession period
• 14/2004. (VIII. 13.) TNM-GKM-FMM-FVM-PM Joint Regulation - on the Structural Funds
SAPARD
• Council Regulation (EC) No 595/1999. (20 July 1999.)
• Government Decree 2349/1999. (21 December) – on institutional background
• Government Decree 117/2001. (30. June) – on multi-annual financial agreement
• Decree 53/2001. (17. August) of the Ministry of Agriculture and Regional Development on annunciation the Sapard Plan of Hungary 2000-2006.
• Decree 72/2002. (15. August) of the Ministry of Agriculture and Regional Development on support the agricultural and regional measures of Sapard Plan.
EAFRD
• Council Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005 – on support for rural development by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD)
• Commission Regulation (EC) No 1974/2006 – laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005
• Commission Regulation (EC) No 1975/2006 – laying down detailed rules for the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005
• 2007. XVII. Act laying down detailed rules on support for
agricultural, rural development and fisheries and other
measures
• 23/2007. (IV.17.) MARD Regulation laying down general
rules for the application of support for rural development by the
European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD)
• Support regulations (equal to call for tenders)
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Legal background
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Hungarian
Rural
Development
Programme
EU
law
Acts
Governmental
Decrees
Agricultural and Rural Development
Ministerial (MARD) Regulations
Managing Authority Notices, ARDA Notices
EU
law
Acts
Government Decrees
Ministerial Regulations
Managing Authority Notices, ARDA Notices
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THE DREAM OF THE CLIENT
what the application
contains
THE REAL DEMAND
what neccessary
for the applicant
THE MONEY WHAT
THE CLIENT HAS
FOR
what we don’t
really want to
support
Allocation of EAFRD resources
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Axis I. 48% 2,3 billion EUR Axis IV.
27
5 m
illion
EU
R
Axis II. 35% 1,6 billion EUR
Axis III. 17% 690 million EUR
LAG finance from Axis IV.
15% 43 million EUR
TA 4% 203 million EUR
Local Action Groups 96 LAGs became „LEADER LAGs” officially (26th September 2008);
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covering the whole country
Financing of Local Action Groups’
running costs
• Organisations certified by Managing Authority (in
decision) as Local Action Group
• 95 Local Action Groups at present
• Tasks:
– assigned by Managing Authority (general and unique
tasks)
– assigned by ARDA – application processing concerning
measures 411, 412, 413 (slide 15.)
Tasks of ARDA in connection with
execution of measure
• proceeding support claims and payment claims including administrative checks (formal and content), budgetary control and authorization of payments
• on-the-spot checks connected to claims
• remittance and paying tasks
• accounting tasks and provide accounting registration
• tasks in connection with irregularities (handling, reporting)
Eligible costs
Based on a ‘positive’ list in the decree of the measure
including:
• overheads of the office, stationery, IT appliances, office
furniture and appliances, cost of necessary services;
• eligible costs related to human resources:
Salary, taxes, costs of business trips.
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Number of claims
0
50,000
100,000
150,000
200,000
250,000
300,000
350,000
SAPARD ARDOP EAFRD total
8,827 11,169
327,171
2,761 7,227
250,783
2,761 6,581
302,044
number of submitted claims
number of supported claims
number of supported paymentclaims
423 Million € 256 Million €
6 346 Million €
Thank you for your attention!