Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2025/1886 of 17 September 2025 on the clearance of the accounts of paying agencies in Italy and Slovakia concerning expenditure financed by the European Agricultural Guarantee Fund (EAGF) for financial year 2020 (notified under document C(2025) 6267)

January 13, 2026
Official Journalof the European Union ENL series
2025/1886 19.9.2025
(1) Article 104(1), second subparagraph, point (a), of Regulation (EU) 2021/2116 provides that Article 4(1), point (b), Article 5, Article 7(3), Articles 9, 17, 21 and 34, Article 35(4), Articles 36, 37, 38, 40 to 43, 51, 52, 54, 56, 59, 63, 64, 67, 68, 70 to 75, 77, 91 to 97, 99 and 100, Article 102(2) and Articles 110 and 111 of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 continue to apply, as regards the European Agricultural Guarantee Fund (EAGF), in relation to expenditure incurred and payments made for the financial year 2020.
(2) Article 64, second paragraph, point (a), of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/128(3)provides that Article 2, Article 3(1), first subparagraph, Article 3(2), Article 4(1), point (b), Articles 5, 6 and 7, Articles 21 to 25, Articles 27, 28 and 29, Article 30(1), points (a), (b) and (c), Article 30(2), (3) and (4), and Articles 31 to 40 of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 908/2014(4)continue to apply, as regards the EAGF, in relation to expenditure incurred and payments made for the financial year 2020.
(3) Article 64, second paragraph, point (c), of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/128 provides that Annexes II and III to Implementing Regulation (EU) No 908/2014 continue to apply for the purposes of Article 32, points (f) and (g), of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/128 for the financial year 2020.
(4) Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2021/870(5)cleared the accounts of the Member States’ paying agencies concerning expenditure financed by the European Agricultural Guarantee Fund (EAGF) for financial year 2020, except for the Italian paying agency ‘Agenzia della Regione Calabria per le Erogazioni in Agricoltura’ and the Slovak paying agency ‘Pôdohospodárska platobná agentúra’.
(5) Following the transmission of new information, and after additional checks, the Commission can take a decision on the completeness, accuracy and veracity of the accounts submitted by the Italian paying agency ‘Agenzia della Regione Calabria per le Erogazioni in Agricoltura’ and the Slovak paying agency ‘Pôdohospodárska platobná agentúra’ as regards the expenditure financed by the EAGF for financial year 2020.
(6) Article 33(2), first subparagraph, of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 908/2014 provides that the amounts that are recoverable from, or payable to, each Member State, in accordance with the accounts clearance decision referred to in Article 33(1) of that Implementing Regulation, are to be established by deducting the monthly payments for the financial year concerned, from the expenditure recognised for that year, in accordance with that Article 33(1). The Commission is to deduct that amount from or add it to the monthly payment relating to the expenditure effected in the second month following the clearance of accounts decision.
(7) Pursuant to Article 41 of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013, the Commission has already reduced a number of monthly payments to the Member States concerned for the financial year 2020 due to expenditure not effected in accordance with Union rules. Any such amounts are considered in this Decision.
(8) The Commission has already reduced the relevant monthly payments for the financial year 2020 for the amounts due to the EAGF as a result of financial and conformity clearance decisions for the Member States concerned, pursuant to Articles 51 and 52 of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 executed by the Commission in the financial year 2020. Any such amounts are considered in this Decision.
(9) Pursuant to Article 54(2) of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013, 50 % of the financial consequences of the non-recovery of irregularities is to be borne by the Member State concerned, if the recovery has not taken place within four years from the date of the recovery request, or within eight years where the recovery is taken in the national courts. Article 54(4) of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 requires Member States to attach to the annual accounts that they are to submit to the Commission, pursuant to Article 29 of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 908/2014, a certified table reflecting the amounts to be borne by them under Article 54(2) of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013. Rules on the application of the Member States’ obligation to report the amounts to be recovered are laid down in Implementing Regulation (EU) No 908/2014. Annex II to Implementing Regulation (EU) No 908/2014 sets out the model of the table that Member States are to use to provide information about amounts to be recovered. On the basis of the tables completed by the Member States, the Commission is to decide on the financial consequences of the non-recovery of irregularities older than four or eight years respectively.
(10) Pursuant to Article 54(3) of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013, on duly justified grounds, Member States may decide not to pursue recovery. Such a decision may be taken only if the costs already incurred, and likely to be incurred, total more than the amount to be recovered, or if the recovery proves impossible owing to the insolvency, recorded and recognised under national law, of the debtor or the persons legally responsible for the irregularity. If the decision has been taken within four years from the date of the recovery request, or within eight years where the recovery is taken in the national courts, 100 % of the financial consequences of the non-recovery should be borne by the Union budget. The amounts for which a particular Member State decided not to pursue recovery and the grounds for its decision are to be included in the summary report referred to in Article 54(4) of that Regulation. Therefore, such amounts should not be charged to the Member States concerned and are consequently to be borne by the Union budget.
(11) In clearing the accounts of the paying agency concerned, the Commission is to take account of the amounts already withheld from the Member State concerned on the basis of Implementing Decision (EU) 2021/870.
(12) In accordance with Article 51 of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013, this Decision should be without prejudice to the decisions the Commission may take subsequently to exclude from Union financing expenditure not effected in accordance with Union rules,
MS 2020 – Expenditure / Assigned Revenue for the Paying Agencies for which the accounts are Total a + b Reductions and suspensions for the whole financial year (1) Amount to be charged according to Article 54(2) of Regulation (EU) 1306/2013 Total including reductions and suspensions Payments made to the Member State for the financial year Amount to be recovered from (-) or paid to (+) the Member State Amount recovered from (-) or paid to (+) the Member State under Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2021/870 Amount to be recovered from (-) or paid to (+) the Member State (2)
cleared disjoined
= expenditure / assigned revenue declared in the annual declaration = total of the expenditure / assigned revenue in the monthly declarations
a b c=a+b d e f=c+d+e g h=f-g i j=h-i
IT EUR 4 268 557 784,44 0,00 4 268 557 784,44 – 167 562 267,97 -5 965 756,43 4 095 029 760,04 4 097 021 659,49 -1 991 899,45 – 520 206,90 -1 471 692,55
SK EUR 458 885 163,57 0,00 458 885 163,57 -1 276 785,09 -7 070,96 457 601 307,52 457 608 435,91 -7 128,39 0,00 -7 128,39
MS Expenditure (3) Assigned revenue (3) Article 54(2) Total (=j)
08 02 06 01 6200 6200
k l m n = k+l+m
IT EUR 0,00 – 722 534,92 – 749 157,63 -1 471 692,55
SK EUR 0,00 -57,43 -7 070,96 -7 128,39
(1) The reductions and suspensions are those taken into account in the payment system, to which are added in particular the corrections for the non respect of payment deadlines and other reductions referred to in Article 41 of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013.
(2) For the calculation of the amount to be recovered from or paid to the Member State the amount taken into account is, the total of the annual declaration for the expenditure cleared and the total of the monthly payments made for the cleared expenditure.
(3) BL 08 02 06 01 shall be split between the negative corrections which become assigned revenue in BL 62 00 and the positive ones in favour of MS which shall now be included on the expenditure side 08 02 06 01 as referred to in Article 43 of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013
NB: Nomenclature 2025 : 08 02 06 01 , 6200
Member State Currency In National currency In Euro
SK EUR 0,00 29 446,56
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to 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 (1), and in particular Article 104 (1)(a) thereof,
Having regard to Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 on the financing, management and monitoring of the common agricultural policy and repealing Council Regulations (EEC) No 352/78, (EC) No 165/94, (EC) No 2799/98, (EC) No 814/2000, (EC) No 1290/2005 and (EC) No 485/2008 (2) , and in particular Article 51 thereof,
After consulting the Committee on the Agricultural Funds
Whereas:
(1) Article 104(1), second subparagraph, point (a), of Regulation (EU) 2021/2116 provides that Article 4(1), point (b), Article 5, Article 7(3), Articles 9, 17, 21 and 34, Article 35(4), Articles 36, 37, 38, 40 to 43, 51, 52, 54, 56, 59, 63, 64, 67, 68, 70 to 75, 77, 91 to 97, 99 and 100, Article 102(2) and Articles 110 and 111 of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 continue to apply, as regards the European Agricultural Guarantee Fund (EAGF), in relation to expenditure incurred and payments made for the financial year 2020.
(2) Article 64, second paragraph, point (a), of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/128 (3) provides that Article 2, Article 3(1), first subparagraph, Article 3(2), Article 4(1), point (b), Articles 5, 6 and 7, Articles 21 to 25, Articles 27, 28 and 29, Article 30(1), points (a), (b) and (c), Article 30(2), (3) and (4), and Articles 31 to 40 of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 908/2014 (4) continue to apply, as regards the EAGF, in relation to expenditure incurred and payments made for the financial year 2020.
(3) Article 64, second paragraph, point (c), of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/128 provides that Annexes II and III to Implementing Regulation (EU) No 908/2014 continue to apply for the purposes of Article 32, points (f) and (g), of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/128 for the financial year 2020.
(4) Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2021/870 (5) cleared the accounts of the Member States’ paying agencies concerning expenditure financed by the European Agricultural Guarantee Fund (EAGF) for financial year 2020, except for the Italian paying agency ‘Agenzia della Regione Calabria per le Erogazioni in Agricoltura’ and the Slovak paying agency ‘Pôdohospodárska platobná agentúra’.
(5) Following the transmission of new information, and after additional checks, the Commission can take a decision on the completeness, accuracy and veracity of the accounts submitted by the Italian paying agency ‘Agenzia della Regione Calabria per le Erogazioni in Agricoltura’ and the Slovak paying agency ‘Pôdohospodárska platobná agentúra’ as regards the expenditure financed by the EAGF for financial year 2020.
(6) Article 33(2), first subparagraph, of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 908/2014 provides that the amounts that are recoverable from, or payable to, each Member State, in accordance with the accounts clearance decision referred to in Article 33(1) of that Implementing Regulation, are to be established by deducting the monthly payments for the financial year concerned, from the expenditure recognised for that year, in accordance with that Article 33(1). The Commission is to deduct that amount from or add it to the monthly payment relating to the expenditure effected in the second month following the clearance of accounts decision.
(7) Pursuant to Article 41 of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013, the Commission has already reduced a number of monthly payments to the Member States concerned for the financial year 2020 due to expenditure not effected in accordance with Union rules. Any such amounts are considered in this Decision.
(8) The Commission has already reduced the relevant monthly payments for the financial year 2020 for the amounts due to the EAGF as a result of financial and conformity clearance decisions for the Member States concerned, pursuant to Articles 51 and 52 of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 executed by the Commission in the financial year 2020. Any such amounts are considered in this Decision.
(9) Pursuant to Article 54(2) of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013, 50 % of the financial consequences of the non-recovery of irregularities is to be borne by the Member State concerned, if the recovery has not taken place within four years from the date of the recovery request, or within eight years where the recovery is taken in the national courts. Article 54(4) of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 requires Member States to attach to the annual accounts that they are to submit to the Commission, pursuant to Article 29 of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 908/2014, a certified table reflecting the amounts to be borne by them under Article 54(2) of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013. Rules on the application of the Member States’ obligation to report the amounts to be recovered are laid down in Implementing Regulation (EU) No 908/2014. Annex II to Implementing Regulation (EU) No 908/2014 sets out the model of the table that Member States are to use to provide information about amounts to be recovered. On the basis of the tables completed by the Member States, the Commission is to decide on the financial consequences of the non-recovery of irregularities older than four or eight years respectively.
(10) Pursuant to Article 54(3) of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013, on duly justified grounds, Member States may decide not to pursue recovery. Such a decision may be taken only if the costs already incurred, and likely to be incurred, total more than the amount to be recovered, or if the recovery proves impossible owing to the insolvency, recorded and recognised under national law, of the debtor or the persons legally responsible for the irregularity. If the decision has been taken within four years from the date of the recovery request, or within eight years where the recovery is taken in the national courts, 100 % of the financial consequences of the non-recovery should be borne by the Union budget. The amounts for which a particular Member State decided not to pursue recovery and the grounds for its decision are to be included in the summary report referred to in Article 54(4) of that Regulation. Therefore, such amounts should not be charged to the Member States concerned and are consequently to be borne by the Union budget.
(11) In clearing the accounts of the paying agency concerned, the Commission is to take account of the amounts already withheld from the Member State concerned on the basis of Implementing Decision (EU) 2021/870.
(12) In accordance with Article 51 of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013, this Decision should be without prejudice to the decisions the Commission may take subsequently to exclude from Union financing expenditure not effected in accordance with Union rules,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
The accounts of the Italian paying agency ‘Agenzia della Regione Calabria per le Erogazioni in Agricoltura’ and the Slovak paying agency ‘Pôdohospodárska platobná agentúra’ are hereby cleared as regards expenditure financed by the European Agricultural Guarantee Fund (EAGF), in respect of financial year 2020.
The amounts recoverable from or payable to Italy and Slovakia pursuant to this Decision, including the amounts resulting from the application of Article 54(2) of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013, are set out in Annexes I and II to this Decision.
This Decision is without prejudice to future conformity clearance decisions that the Commission may take pursuant to Article 52 of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 to exclude from Union financing expenditure not effected in conformity with Union rules.
This Decision is addressed to the Italian Republic and to the Slovak Republic.

MS

2020 – Expenditure / Assigned Revenue for the Paying Agencies for which the accounts are
Total a + b
Reductions and suspensions for the whole financial year (1) Amount to be charged according to Article 54(2) of Regulation (EU) 1306/2013
Total including reductions and suspensions
Payments made to the Member State for the financial year
Amount to be recovered from (-) or paid to (+) the Member State
Amount recovered from (-) or paid to (+) the Member State under Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2021/870
Amount to be recovered from (-) or paid to (+) the Member State (2)
cleared
disjoined

= expenditure / assigned revenue declared in the annual declaration
= total of the expenditure / assigned revenue in the monthly declarations

a
b
c=a+b
d
e
f=c+d+e
g
h=f-g
i
j=h-i

IT
EUR
4 268 557 784,44
0,00
4 268 557 784,44
– 167 562 267,97
-5 965 756,43
4 095 029 760,04
4 097 021 659,49
-1 991 899,45
– 520 206,90
-1 471 692,55
SK
EUR
458 885 163,57
0,00
458 885 163,57
-1 276 785,09
-7 070,96
457 601 307,52
457 608 435,91
-7 128,39
0,00
-7 128,39

MS

Expenditure (3) Assigned revenue (3) Article 54(2) Total (=j)

08 02 06 01
6200
6200

k
l
m
n = k+l+m

IT
EUR
0,00
– 722 534,92
– 749 157,63
-1 471 692,55
SK
EUR
0,00
-57,43
-7 070,96
-7 128,39

(1) The reductions and suspensions are those taken into account in the payment system, to which are added in particular the corrections for the non respect of payment deadlines and other reductions referred to in Article 41 of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013.

(2) For the calculation of the amount to be recovered from or paid to the Member State the amount taken into account is, the total of the annual declaration for the expenditure cleared and the total of the monthly payments made for the cleared expenditure.

(3) BL 08 02 06 01 shall be split between the negative corrections which become assigned revenue in BL 62 00 and the positive ones in favour of MS which shall now be included on the expenditure side 08 02 06 01 as referred to in Article 43 of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013

NB:
Nomenclature 2025 : 08 02 06 01 , 6200

Corrections in accordance with Article 54(2) of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013
(*1)

Member State
Currency
In National currency
In Euro

SK
EUR
0,00
29 446,56

(*1) Amounts to be charged to the Member States as a result of the application of Article 54(2) of Regulation (EU) No. 1306/2013 in relation to the Temporary Rural Development Instrument (TRDI) funded by the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund (EAGGF) (Commission Regulation (EC) No. 27/2004 of 5 January 2004 laying down transitional detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No. 1257/1999 as regards the financing by the EAGGF Guarantee Section of rural development measures in the Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia (OJL 5, 9.1.2004, p. 36))

Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2025/1881 of 11 September 2025 amending the period of application and the Annex to Implementing Decision (EU) 2023/2447 concerning emergency measures in relation to outbreaks of highly pathogenic avian influenza in certain Member States (notified under document C(2025) 6288)

January 13, 2026
Official Journalof the European Union ENL series
2025/1881 16.9.2025
(1) Highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) is an infectious viral disease in birds and can have a severe impact on the profitability of poultry farming causing disturbance to trade within the Union and exports to third countries. HPAI viruses can infect migratory birds, which can then spread these viruses over long distances during their autumn and spring migrations. Therefore, the presence of HPAI viruses in wild birds poses a continuous threat for the direct and indirect introduction of these viruses into holdings where poultry or captive birds are kept. In the event of an outbreak of HPAI, there is a risk that the disease agent may spread to other holdings where poultry or captive birds are kept.
(2) Regulation (EU) 2016/429 establishes the legislative framework for the prevention and control of diseases that are transmissible to animals or humans. HPAI falls within the definition of a listed disease in that Regulation, and it is subject to the disease prevention and control rules laid down therein. In addition, Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/687(2)supplements Regulation (EU) 2016/429 as regards the rules for the prevention and control of certain listed diseases, including disease control measures for HPAI.
(3) Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2023/2447(3)was adopted on the basis of Regulation (EU) 2016/429, and it lays down emergency measures at Union level in relation to outbreaks of HPAI.
(4) In particular, Implementing Decision (EU) 2023/2447 provides that the protection, surveillance, and further restricted zones, to be established, following outbreaks of HPAI, by the Member States listed in the Annex thereto, in accordance with Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/687, must comprise at least the areas listed as protection, surveillance, and further restricted zones in that Annex. Implementing Decision (EU) 2023/2447 also provides that the measures to be applied in those zones, in accordance with that Delegated Regulation, must be maintained until at least the dates set out in the Annex to that Implementing Decision.
(5) The Annex to Implementing Decision (EU) 2023/2447 was recently amended by Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2025/1777(4)following outbreaks of HPAI in Bulgaria in establishments where poultry were kept, which needed to be reflected in that Annex.
(6) Since the date of adoption of Implementing Decision (EU) 2025/1777, Germany, Spain and Portugal have notified the Commission of outbreaks of HPAI in establishments where poultry were kept, located in the state of Schleswig-Holstein in Germany, in the province of Huelva in Spain and in the district of Santarém in Portugal.
(7) Following those outbreaks, Germany, Spain and Portugal have taken the disease control measures required in accordance with Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/687, including the establishment of protection and surveillance zones around the outbreaks.
(8) The Commission has examined the disease control measures taken by Germany, Spain and Portugal and it is satisfied that the boundaries of the protection and surveillances zones established by those Member States are at a sufficient distance from the establishments where the outbreaks of HPAI have been confirmed.
(9) In the Annex to Implementing Decision (EU) 2023/2447, there are currently no areas listed as protection and surveillance zones for Germany and there are no areas listed as protection zones for Spain and Portugal.
(10) In order to prevent any unnecessary disturbance to trade within the Union and to avoid unjustified barriers to trade being imposed by third countries, it is necessary to rapidly lay down at Union level, in collaboration with Germany, Spain and Portugal, the protection and surveillance zones established by those Member States, in accordance with Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/687.
(11) Therefore, the areas listed as surveillance zones for Spain and Portugal in the Annex to Implementing Decision (EU) 2023/2447 should be amended, to take account of the boundaries of the surveillance zones established by those Member States following the recent outbreaks in those Member States, as well as the required duration of the measures to be applicated in the surveillance zones, in accordance with Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/687.
(12) In addition, the protection and surveillance zones established by Germany, and the protection zones established by Spain and Portugal, as well as the duration of the measures required to be applied in those zones, in accordance with Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/687, should be set out in the Annex to Implementing Decision (EU) 2023/2447.
(13) Accordingly, the Annex to Implementing Decision (EU) 2023/2447 should be amended to update regionalisation at Union level in order to take account of the protection and surveillance zones established by Germany, Spain and Portugal, in accordance with Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/687, as well as to set out the duration of the measures applicable therein.
(14) In addition, Implementing Decision (EU) 2023/2447 applies until 30 September 2025. However, the duration of the restrictions applicable in the protection zone established by Portugal and the surveillance zones established by Germany, Spain and Portugal in accordance with Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/687 extends beyond 30 September 2025.
(15) Moreover, due to the ongoing findings of HPAI viruses in wild birds in the Union, and particularly the risks of the spread of that disease by migratory wild birds during the upcoming migration seasons, there is an increasing risk of further outbreaks in poultry and captive birds.
(16) It is therefore appropriate to prolong the period of application of Implementing Decision (EU) 2023/2447 until 30 September 2026, to cover the upcoming annual migration seasons of migratory wild birds. This prolongation also takes into account current developments in the epidemiological situation in the Union as regards HPAI and the corresponding risks to animal health resulting from possible further outbreaks of that disease.
(17) Implementing Decision (EU) 2023/2447 should therefore be amended accordingly.
(18) Given the urgency of the epidemiological situation in the Union as regards the spread of HPAI, it is important that the amendments to be made to Implementing Decision (EU) 2023/2447 by this Decision take effect as soon as possible.
(19) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Plants, Animals, Food and Feed,
1. in Article 5, the date ‘30 September 2025’ is replaced by the date ‘30 September 2026’;
2. the Annex is replaced by the text set out in the Annex to this Decision.
ADIS reference number of the outbreak Area comprising: Date until applicable in accordance with Article 39 of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/687
Plovdiv region
BG-HPAI(P)-2025-00008BG-HPAI(P)-2025-00009BG-HPAI(P)-2025-000010 The following villages in Rakovski municipality:—Rakovski—Momino seloThe following villages in Kaloyanovo municipality:—Glavatar — Rakovski — Momino selo — Glavatar 21.9.2025
— Rakovski
— Momino selo
— Glavatar
— Rakovski
— Momino selo
— Glavatar
ADIS reference number of the outbreak Area comprising: Date until applicable in accordance with Article 39 of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/687
Schleswig-Holstein
DE-HPAI(P)-2025-00010 Kreis Steinburg3 km Radius um den Ausbruchsbetrieb GPS-Koordinaten 9,450142 / 54,038066Die gesamten Gemeinden Hadenfeld, Bokelrehm, sowie Teile der Gemeinden Aasbüttel, Agethorst, Bokhorst, Kaisborstel, Mehlbek, Nienbüttel, Pöschendorf, Schenefeld, Warringholz. 24.9.2025
ADIS reference number of the outbreak Area comprising: Date until applicable in accordance with Article 39 of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/687
ES-HPAI(P)-2025-00003 Those parts in the province of Huelva of the comarca of Valverde del Camino contained within a circle of a radius of 3 kilometres, centered on UTM 30, ETRS89 coordinates long -6,8929226 , lat 37,7619535 25.9.2025
ADIS reference number of the outbreak Area comprising: Date until applicable in accordance with Article 39 of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/687
PT-HPAI(P)-2025-00003 The parts from the county of Benavente from the district of Santarém that are contained within circle of 3 kilometers radius, centered on GPS coordinates 38.829589N, -8.710556W 4.10.2025
ADIS reference number of the outbreak Area comprising: Date until applicable in accordance with Article 55 of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/687
Plovdiv region
BG-HPAI(P)-2025-00008BG-HPAI(P)-2025-00009BG-HPAI(P)-2025-000010 The following villages in Rakovski municipality:—Shishmantsi—Boltarino—StrayamaThe following villages in Maritsa municipality:—Manolsko Konare—Yasno pole—Dink—Kalekovets—KrislovoThe following villages in Brezovo municipality:—Padarsko—Borets—Otets Kirilovo—Drangovo—StreltsiThe following villages in Kaloyanovo municipality:—Razhevo—Razhevo Konare—Dalgo pole — Shishmantsi — Boltarino — Strayama — Manolsko Konare — Yasno pole — Dink — Kalekovets — Krislovo — Padarsko — Borets — Otets Kirilovo — Drangovo — Streltsi — Razhevo — Razhevo Konare — Dalgo pole 30.9.2025
— Shishmantsi
— Boltarino
— Strayama
— Manolsko Konare
— Yasno pole
— Dink
— Kalekovets
— Krislovo
— Padarsko
— Borets
— Otets Kirilovo
— Drangovo
— Streltsi
— Razhevo
— Razhevo Konare
— Dalgo pole
The following villages in Rakovski municipality:—Rakovski—Momino seloThe following villages in Kaloyanovo municipality:—Glavatar — Rakovski — Momino selo — Glavatar 22.9.2025 – 30.9.2025
— Rakovski
— Momino selo
— Glavatar
— Shishmantsi
— Boltarino
— Strayama
— Manolsko Konare
— Yasno pole
— Dink
— Kalekovets
— Krislovo
— Padarsko
— Borets
— Otets Kirilovo
— Drangovo
— Streltsi
— Razhevo
— Razhevo Konare
— Dalgo pole
— Rakovski
— Momino selo
— Glavatar
ADIS reference number of the outbreak Area comprising: Date until applicable in accordance with Article 55 of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/687
Schleswig-Holstein
DE-HPAI(P)-2025-00010 Kreis Dithmarschen10 km Radius um den Ausbruchsbetrieb GPS-Koordinaten 9,450142 / 54,038066Teile der Gemeinden Schafstedt, Hochdonn.Kreis Rendsburg-Eckernförde10 km Radius um den Ausbruchsbetrieb GPS-Koordinaten 9,450142 / 54,038066Die gesamte Gemeinde Bendorf und Thaden sowie Teile der Gemeinden Beldorf, Beringstedt, Bornholt, Gokels, Hanerau- Hademarschen, Lütjenwestedt, Osterstedt, Seefeld, Steenfeld, Wapelfeld.Kreis Steinburg10 km Radius um den Ausbruchsbetrieb GPS-Koordinaten 9,450142 / 54,038066Die gesamten Gemeinden Besdorf, Bokelrehm, Christinenthal, Drage, Hohenaspe, Huje, Kaaks, Kleve, Looft, Nutteln, Oldenborstel, Puls, Wacken, sowie Teile der Gemeinden Aasbüttel, Agethorst, Bokhorst, Gribbohm, Hohenlockstedt, Holstenniendorf, Itzehoe, Kaisborstel, Krummendiek, Mehlbek, Moorhusen, Neuendorf-Sachsenbande, Nienbütttel, Oldendorf, Ottenbüttel, Peissen, Pöschendorf, Reher, Schenefeld, Vaale, Vaalermoor, Warringholz. 3.10.2025
Kreis Steinburg3 km Radius um den Ausbruchsbetrieb GPS-Koordinaten 9,450142 / 54,038066Die gesamten Gemeinden Hadenfeld, Bokelrehm, sowie Teile der Gemeinden Aasbüttel, Agethorst, Bokhorst, Kaisborstel, Mehlbek, Nienbüttel, Pöschendorf, Schenefeld, Warringholz. 25.9.2025 – 3.10.2025
ADIS reference number of the outbreak Area comprising: Date until applicable in accordance with Article 55 of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/687
ES-HPAI(P)-2025-00003 Those parts in the province of Huelva of the comarca of Valverde del Camino beyond the area described in the protection zone and contained within a circle of a radius of 10 kilometres, centered on UTM 30, ETRS89 coordinates long -6,8929226 , lat 37,7619535 4.10.2025
Those parts in the province of Huelva of the comarca of Valverde del Camino contained within a circle of a radius of 3 kilometres, centered on UTM 30, ETRS89 coordinates long -6,8929226 , lat 37,7619535 26.9.2025- 4.10.2025
ADIS reference number of the outbreak Area comprising: Date until applicable in accordance with Article 55 of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/687
PT-HPAI(P)-2025-00003 The parts from the county of Benavente from the district of Santarém, that are beyond the areas described in the protection zone, and are contained within circle of 10 kilometers centered on GPS coordinates 38.829589N, -8.710556W, and the parts from the county of Montijo from the district of Setúbal, that are contained within circle of 10 kilometers radius, centered on GPS coordinates 38.829589N, -8.710556W 13.10.2025
The parts from the county of Benavente from the district of Santarém that are contained within circle of 3 kilometers radius, centered on GPS coordinates 38.829589N, -8.710556W 5.10.2025-13.10.2025
Area comprising: Date until measures are to remain applicable in accordance with Article 4
* In accordance with the Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community, and in particular Article 5(4) of the Windsor Framework (see Joint Declaration No 1/2023 of the Union and the United Kingdom in the Joint Committee established by the Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community of 24 March 2023,OJ L 102, 17.4.2023, p.87) in conjunction with Annex 2 to that Framework, for the purposes of this Annex, references to Member State include the United Kingdom in respect of Northern Ireland.
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Regulation (EU) 2016/429 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 March 2016 on transmissible animal diseases and amending and repealing certain acts in the area of animal health (‘Animal Health Law’) (1), and in particular Article 259(1), point (c), thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) is an infectious viral disease in birds and can have a severe impact on the profitability of poultry farming causing disturbance to trade within the Union and exports to third countries. HPAI viruses can infect migratory birds, which can then spread these viruses over long distances during their autumn and spring migrations. Therefore, the presence of HPAI viruses in wild birds poses a continuous threat for the direct and indirect introduction of these viruses into holdings where poultry or captive birds are kept. In the event of an outbreak of HPAI, there is a risk that the disease agent may spread to other holdings where poultry or captive birds are kept.
(2) Regulation (EU) 2016/429 establishes the legislative framework for the prevention and control of diseases that are transmissible to animals or humans. HPAI falls within the definition of a listed disease in that Regulation, and it is subject to the disease prevention and control rules laid down therein. In addition, Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/687 (2) supplements Regulation (EU) 2016/429 as regards the rules for the prevention and control of certain listed diseases, including disease control measures for HPAI.
(3) Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2023/2447 (3) was adopted on the basis of Regulation (EU) 2016/429, and it lays down emergency measures at Union level in relation to outbreaks of HPAI.
(4) In particular, Implementing Decision (EU) 2023/2447 provides that the protection, surveillance, and further restricted zones, to be established, following outbreaks of HPAI, by the Member States listed in the Annex thereto, in accordance with Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/687, must comprise at least the areas listed as protection, surveillance, and further restricted zones in that Annex. Implementing Decision (EU) 2023/2447 also provides that the measures to be applied in those zones, in accordance with that Delegated Regulation, must be maintained until at least the dates set out in the Annex to that Implementing Decision.
(5) The Annex to Implementing Decision (EU) 2023/2447 was recently amended by Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2025/1777 (4) following outbreaks of HPAI in Bulgaria in establishments where poultry were kept, which needed to be reflected in that Annex.
(6) Since the date of adoption of Implementing Decision (EU) 2025/1777, Germany, Spain and Portugal have notified the Commission of outbreaks of HPAI in establishments where poultry were kept, located in the state of Schleswig-Holstein in Germany, in the province of Huelva in Spain and in the district of Santarém in Portugal.
(7) Following those outbreaks, Germany, Spain and Portugal have taken the disease control measures required in accordance with Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/687, including the establishment of protection and surveillance zones around the outbreaks.
(8) The Commission has examined the disease control measures taken by Germany, Spain and Portugal and it is satisfied that the boundaries of the protection and surveillances zones established by those Member States are at a sufficient distance from the establishments where the outbreaks of HPAI have been confirmed.
(9) In the Annex to Implementing Decision (EU) 2023/2447, there are currently no areas listed as protection and surveillance zones for Germany and there are no areas listed as protection zones for Spain and Portugal.
(10) In order to prevent any unnecessary disturbance to trade within the Union and to avoid unjustified barriers to trade being imposed by third countries, it is necessary to rapidly lay down at Union level, in collaboration with Germany, Spain and Portugal, the protection and surveillance zones established by those Member States, in accordance with Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/687.
(11) Therefore, the areas listed as surveillance zones for Spain and Portugal in the Annex to Implementing Decision (EU) 2023/2447 should be amended, to take account of the boundaries of the surveillance zones established by those Member States following the recent outbreaks in those Member States, as well as the required duration of the measures to be applicated in the surveillance zones, in accordance with Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/687.
(12) In addition, the protection and surveillance zones established by Germany, and the protection zones established by Spain and Portugal, as well as the duration of the measures required to be applied in those zones, in accordance with Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/687, should be set out in the Annex to Implementing Decision (EU) 2023/2447.
(13) Accordingly, the Annex to Implementing Decision (EU) 2023/2447 should be amended to update regionalisation at Union level in order to take account of the protection and surveillance zones established by Germany, Spain and Portugal, in accordance with Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/687, as well as to set out the duration of the measures applicable therein.
(14) In addition, Implementing Decision (EU) 2023/2447 applies until 30 September 2025. However, the duration of the restrictions applicable in the protection zone established by Portugal and the surveillance zones established by Germany, Spain and Portugal in accordance with Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/687 extends beyond 30 September 2025.
(15) Moreover, due to the ongoing findings of HPAI viruses in wild birds in the Union, and particularly the risks of the spread of that disease by migratory wild birds during the upcoming migration seasons, there is an increasing risk of further outbreaks in poultry and captive birds.
(16) It is therefore appropriate to prolong the period of application of Implementing Decision (EU) 2023/2447 until 30 September 2026, to cover the upcoming annual migration seasons of migratory wild birds. This prolongation also takes into account current developments in the epidemiological situation in the Union as regards HPAI and the corresponding risks to animal health resulting from possible further outbreaks of that disease.
(17) Implementing Decision (EU) 2023/2447 should therefore be amended accordingly.
(18) Given the urgency of the epidemiological situation in the Union as regards the spread of HPAI, it is important that the amendments to be made to Implementing Decision (EU) 2023/2447 by this Decision take effect as soon as possible.
(19) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Plants, Animals, Food and Feed,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Implementing Decision (EU) 2023/2447 is amended as follows:
1. in Article 5, the date ‘30 September 2025’ is replaced by the date ‘30 September 2026’;

2. the Annex is replaced by the text set out in the Annex to this Decision.

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Part A

Protection zones in the concerned Member States* as referred to in Article 1, point (a), and Article 2:

Member State: Bulgaria

ADIS reference number of the outbreak
Area comprising:
Date until applicable in accordance with Article 39 of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/687
Plovdiv region
BG-HPAI(P)-2025-00008
BG-HPAI(P)-2025-00009
BG-HPAI(P)-2025-000010
The following villages in Rakovski municipality:
—
Rakovski
—
Momino selo
The following villages in Kaloyanovo municipality:
—
Glavatar
21.9.2025

Member State: Germany

ADIS reference number of the outbreak
Area comprising:
Date until applicable in accordance with Article 39 of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/687
Schleswig-Holstein
DE-HPAI(P)-2025-00010
Kreis Steinburg
3 km Radius um den Ausbruchsbetrieb GPS-Koordinaten 9,450142 / 54,038066
Die gesamten Gemeinden Hadenfeld, Bokelrehm, sowie Teile der Gemeinden Aasbüttel, Agethorst, Bokhorst, Kaisborstel, Mehlbek, Nienbüttel, Pöschendorf, Schenefeld, Warringholz.
24.9.2025

Member State: Spain

ADIS reference number of the outbreak
Area comprising:
Date until applicable in accordance with Article 39 of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/687
ES-HPAI(P)-2025-00003
Those parts in the province of Huelva of the comarca of Valverde del Camino contained within a circle of a radius of 3 kilometres, centered on UTM 30, ETRS89 coordinates long -6,8929226 , lat 37,7619535
25.9.2025

Member State: Portugal

ADIS reference number of the outbreak
Area comprising:
Date until applicable in accordance with Article 39 of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/687
PT-HPAI(P)-2025-00003
The parts from the county of Benavente from the district of Santarém that are contained within circle of 3 kilometers radius, centered on GPS coordinates 38.829589N, -8.710556W
4.10.2025

Part B

Surveillance zones in the concerned Member States* as referred to in Article 1, point (a), and Article 3:

Member State: Bulgaria

ADIS reference number of the outbreak
Area comprising:
Date until applicable in accordance with Article 55 of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/687
Plovdiv region
BG-HPAI(P)-2025-00008
BG-HPAI(P)-2025-00009
BG-HPAI(P)-2025-000010
The following villages in Rakovski municipality:
—
Shishmantsi
—
Boltarino
—
Strayama
The following villages in Maritsa municipality:
—
Manolsko Konare
—
Yasno pole
—
Dink
—
Kalekovets
—
Krislovo
The following villages in Brezovo municipality:
—
Padarsko
—
Borets
—
Otets Kirilovo
—
Drangovo
—
Streltsi
The following villages in Kaloyanovo municipality:
—
Razhevo
—
Razhevo Konare
—
Dalgo pole
30.9.2025
The following villages in Rakovski municipality:
—
Rakovski
—
Momino selo
The following villages in Kaloyanovo municipality:
—
Glavatar
22.9.2025 – 30.9.2025

Member State: Germany

ADIS reference number of the outbreak
Area comprising:
Date until applicable in accordance with Article 55 of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/687
Schleswig-Holstein
DE-HPAI(P)-2025-00010
Kreis Dithmarschen
10 km Radius um den Ausbruchsbetrieb GPS-Koordinaten 9,450142 / 54,038066
Teile der Gemeinden Schafstedt, Hochdonn.
Kreis Rendsburg-Eckernförde
10 km Radius um den Ausbruchsbetrieb GPS-Koordinaten 9,450142 / 54,038066
Die gesamte Gemeinde Bendorf und Thaden sowie Teile der Gemeinden Beldorf, Beringstedt, Bornholt, Gokels, Hanerau- Hademarschen, Lütjenwestedt, Osterstedt, Seefeld, Steenfeld, Wapelfeld.
Kreis Steinburg
10 km Radius um den Ausbruchsbetrieb GPS-Koordinaten 9,450142 / 54,038066
Die gesamten Gemeinden Besdorf, Bokelrehm, Christinenthal, Drage, Hohenaspe, Huje, Kaaks, Kleve, Looft, Nutteln, Oldenborstel, Puls, Wacken, sowie Teile der Gemeinden Aasbüttel, Agethorst, Bokhorst, Gribbohm, Hohenlockstedt, Holstenniendorf, Itzehoe, Kaisborstel, Krummendiek, Mehlbek, Moorhusen, Neuendorf-Sachsenbande, Nienbütttel, Oldendorf, Ottenbüttel, Peissen, Pöschendorf, Reher, Schenefeld, Vaale, Vaalermoor, Warringholz.
3.10.2025
Kreis Steinburg
3 km Radius um den Ausbruchsbetrieb GPS-Koordinaten 9,450142 / 54,038066
Die gesamten Gemeinden Hadenfeld, Bokelrehm, sowie Teile der Gemeinden Aasbüttel, Agethorst, Bokhorst, Kaisborstel, Mehlbek, Nienbüttel, Pöschendorf, Schenefeld, Warringholz.
25.9.2025 – 3.10.2025

Member State: Spain

ADIS reference number of the outbreak
Area comprising:
Date until applicable in accordance with Article 55 of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/687
ES-HPAI(P)-2025-00003
Those parts in the province of Huelva of the comarca of Valverde del Camino beyond the area described in the protection zone and contained within a circle of a radius of 10 kilometres, centered on UTM 30, ETRS89 coordinates long -6,8929226 , lat 37,7619535
4.10.2025
Those parts in the province of Huelva of the comarca of Valverde del Camino contained within a circle of a radius of 3 kilometres, centered on UTM 30, ETRS89 coordinates long -6,8929226 , lat 37,7619535
26.9.2025- 4.10.2025

Member State: Portugal

ADIS reference number of the outbreak
Area comprising:
Date until applicable in accordance with Article 55 of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/687
PT-HPAI(P)-2025-00003
The parts from the county of Benavente from the district of Santarém, that are beyond the areas described in the protection zone, and are contained within circle of 10 kilometers centered on GPS coordinates 38.829589N, -8.710556W, and the parts from the county of Montijo from the district of Setúbal, that are contained within circle of 10 kilometers radius, centered on GPS coordinates 38.829589N, -8.710556W
13.10.2025
The parts from the county of Benavente from the district of Santarém that are contained within circle of 3 kilometers radius, centered on GPS coordinates 38.829589N, -8.710556W
5.10.2025-13.10.2025

Part C

Further restricted zones in the concerned Member States* as referred to in Article 1, point (b), and Article 4:

Member State: None

Area comprising:
Date until measures are to remain applicable in accordance with Article 4

*
In accordance with the Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community, and in particular Article 5(4) of the Windsor Framework (see Joint Declaration No 1/2023 of the Union and the United Kingdom in the Joint Committee established by the Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community of 24 March 2023, OJ L 102, 17.4.2023, p.87) in conjunction with Annex 2 to that Framework, for the purposes of this Annex, references to Member State include the United Kingdom in respect of Northern Ireland.

Political and Security Committee Decision (CFSP) 2025/1880 of 4 September 2025 on the appointment of the EU Mission Force Commander for the European Union Military Assistance Mission in Mozambique (EUMAM Mozambique), and repealing Decision (CFSP) 2024/2181 (EUMAM Mozambique/1/2025)

January 13, 2026
Official Journalof the European Union ENL series
2025/1880 15.9.2025
(1) Pursuant to Article 5(1) of Decision (CFSP) 2021/1143, the Council authorised the Political and Security Committee (PSC) to take decisions concerning the political control and strategic direction of the EU Military Assistance Mission in Mozambique (EUMAM Mozambique), including the relevant decisions on the appointment of the EU Mission Force Commanders.
(2) On 27 August 2024, by Decision (CFSP) 2024/2181(2), the PSC appointed Brigadier General Luís Fernando MACHADO BARROSO as EU Mission Force Commander for EUMAM Mozambique.
(3) On 14 August 2025, the Portuguese authorities proposed Commodore César Manuel PIRES CORREIA to succeed Brigadier General Luís Fernando MACHADO BARROSO as EU Mission Force Commander for EUMAM Mozambique (the ‘proposed appointment’).
(4) On 18 August 2025, the EU Mission Commander recommended that Commodore César Manuel PIRES CORREIA be appointed as EU Mission Force Commander for EUMAM Mozambique as from 10 September 2025.
(5) On 21 August 2025, the EU Military Committee supported the proposed appointment and agreed that Commodore César Manuel PIRES CORREIA be appointed as EU Mission Force Commander for EUMAM Mozambique.
(6) A decision on the appointment of Commodore César Manuel PIRES CORREIA as EU Mission Force Commander for EUMAM Mozambique as from 10 September 2025 should be taken.
(7) Decision (CFSP) 2024/2181 should be repealed,
THE POLITICAL AND SECURITY COMMITTEE,
Having regard to the Treaty on European Union, and in particular Article 38 thereof,
Having regard to Council Decision (CFSP) 2021/1143 of 12 July 2021 on a European Union Military Assistance Mission in Mozambique (EUMAM Mozambique) (1), and in particular Article 5(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Pursuant to Article 5(1) of Decision (CFSP) 2021/1143, the Council authorised the Political and Security Committee (PSC) to take decisions concerning the political control and strategic direction of the EU Military Assistance Mission in Mozambique (EUMAM Mozambique), including the relevant decisions on the appointment of the EU Mission Force Commanders.
(2) On 27 August 2024, by Decision (CFSP) 2024/2181 (2), the PSC appointed Brigadier General Luís Fernando MACHADO BARROSO as EU Mission Force Commander for EUMAM Mozambique.
(3) On 14 August 2025, the Portuguese authorities proposed Commodore César Manuel PIRES CORREIA to succeed Brigadier General Luís Fernando MACHADO BARROSO as EU Mission Force Commander for EUMAM Mozambique (the ‘proposed appointment’).
(4) On 18 August 2025, the EU Mission Commander recommended that Commodore César Manuel PIRES CORREIA be appointed as EU Mission Force Commander for EUMAM Mozambique as from 10 September 2025.
(5) On 21 August 2025, the EU Military Committee supported the proposed appointment and agreed that Commodore César Manuel PIRES CORREIA be appointed as EU Mission Force Commander for EUMAM Mozambique.
(6) A decision on the appointment of Commodore César Manuel PIRES CORREIA as EU Mission Force Commander for EUMAM Mozambique as from 10 September 2025 should be taken.
(7) Decision (CFSP) 2024/2181 should be repealed,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Commodore César Manuel PIRES CORREIA is appointed as EU Mission Force Commander for the European Union Military Assistance Mission in Mozambique (EUMAM Mozambique) from 10 September 2025.
Decision (CFSP) 2024/2181 is hereby repealed.
This Decision shall enter into force on 10 September 2025.

Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2025/1877 of 16 September 2025 on the clearance of the accounts of paying agencies in Italy and Slovakia concerning expenditure financed by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) for financial year 2020 (notified under document C(2025) 6218)

January 13, 2026
Official Journalof the European Union ENL series
2025/1877 18.9.2025
(1) Article 104(1), second subparagraph, point (a), of Regulation (EU) 2021/2116 provides that Article 4(1), point (b), Article 5, Article 7(3), Articles 9, 17, 21 and 34, Article 35(4), Articles 36, 37, 38, 40 to 43, 51, 52, 54, 56, 59, 63, 64, 67, 68, 70 to 75, 77, 91 to 97, 99 and 100, Article 102(2) and Articles 110 and 111 of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 continue to apply, as regards the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD), in relation to expenditure incurred by the beneficiaries and payments made by the paying agency in the framework of the implementation of rural development programmes pursuant to Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council(3)for the financial year 2020.
(2) Article 64, second paragraph, point (a), of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/128(4)provides that Article 2, Article 3(1), first subparagraph, Article 3(2), Article 4(1), point (b), Articles 5, 6 and 7, Articles 21 to 25, Articles 27, 28 and 29, Article 30(1), points (a), (b) and (c), Article 30(2), (3) and (4), and Articles 31 to 40 of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 908/2014(5)continue to apply, as regards the EAFRD, in relation to expenditure incurred by the beneficiaries and payments made by the paying agency in the framework of the implementation of rural development programmes pursuant to Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013 for the financial year 2020.
(3) Article 64, second paragraph, point (c), of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/128 provides that Annexes II and III to Implementing Regulation (EU) No 908/2014 continue to apply for the purposes of Article 32, points (f) and (g), of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/128 for the financial year 2020.
(4) Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2021/873(6)cleared the accounts of the Member States’ paying agencies concerning expenditure financed by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) for financial year 2020, except for the paying agencies ‘Agenzia della Regione Calabria per le Erogazioni in Agricoltura’ and ‘Pôdohospodárska platobná agentúra’.
(5) Following the transmission of new information, and after additional checks, the Commission can take a decision on the completeness, accuracy and veracity of the accounts submitted by the Italian paying agency ‘Agenzia della Regione Calabria per le Erogazioni in Agricoltura’ and the Slovak paying agency ‘Pôdohospodárska platobná agentúra’ as regards the expenditure financed by the EAFRD for financial year 2020.
(6) Article 33(2), second subparagraph, of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 908/2014 provides that the amounts that are recoverable from, or payable to, each Member State, in accordance with the accounts clearance decision referred to in Article 33(1) of that Implementing Regulation, are to be established by deducting the intermediate payments for the financial year concerned from the expenditure recognised for that year in accordance with that Article 33(1). Article 33(2), third subparagraph of that Implementing Regulation provides that the Commission is to deduct that amount from or add it to the next intermediate payment.
(7) Pursuant to Article 54(2) of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013, 50 % of the financial consequences of non-recovery of irregularities is to be borne by the Member State concerned, if the recovery has not taken place within four years from the date of the recovery request, or within eight years where the recovery is taken in the national courts. Article 54(4) of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 requires Member States to attach to the annual accounts that they are to submit to the Commission, pursuant to Article 29 of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 908/2014, a certified table reflecting the amounts to be borne by them under Article 54(2) of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013. Rules on the application of the Member States’ obligation to report the amounts to be recovered are laid down in Implementing Regulation (EU) No 908/2014. Annex II to Implementing Regulation (EU) No 908/2014 sets out the model of the table that Member States are to use to provide information about amounts to be recovered. On the basis of the tables completed by the Member States, the Commission is to decide on the financial consequences of non-recovery of irregularities older than four or eight years respectively.
(8) Pursuant to Article 54(3) of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013, on duly justified grounds, Member States may decide not to pursue recovery. Such a decision may be taken only if the costs already, and likely to be incurred, total more than the amount to be recovered, or if the recovery proves impossible owing to the insolvency, recorded and recognised under national law, of the debtor or the persons legally responsible for the irregularity. If the decision has been taken within four years from the date of the recovery request, or within eight years where the recovery is taken in the national courts, 100 % of the financial consequences of the non-recovery should be borne by the Union budget. The amounts for which a particular Member State decided not to pursue recovery and the grounds for its decision are to be included in the summary report referred to in Article 54(4) of that Regulation. Therefore, such amounts should not be charged to the Member States concerned and are consequently to be borne by the Union budget.
(9) In accordance with Article 75(1), fourth subparagraph, of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013, the rules on payment deadlines for measures under rural development in the context of the integrated administration and control system apply from claim year 2019. The reductions for non-compliance with the latest payment deadlines, calculated in accordance with Article 5a of Delegated Regulation (EU) No 907/2014, follow the procedure laid down in Articles 40 and 41 of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 and are to be taken into account in this Decision for the financial year 2020. Those reductions may be examined, where appropriate, under conformity clearance proceedings pursuant to Article 52 of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013.
(10) In accordance with Article 83 of Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council(7), the deadline for interim payments referred to in Article 36(5) of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 may be interrupted for a maximum period of six months in order to carry out additional verifications following information that these payments are linked to an irregularity having serious financial consequences. In adopting this Decision, the Commission should consider the amounts affected by such interruption in order to avoid making any inappropriate or untimely payments.
(11) Pursuant to Article 41 of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013, the Commission has already reduced or suspended a number of interim payments for financial year 2020 due to expenditure not effected in accordance with Union rules. In this Decision, the Commission should consider such amounts reduced or suspended on the basis of Article 41 of that Regulation, in order to avoid making any undue or untimely payments or reimbursements that could later be subject to a financial correction.
(12) This Decision should also take into account the amounts that are still to be charged to the Member States as a result of the application of Article 54(2) of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 in relation to the 2007–2013 programming period for the EAFRD.
(13) In accordance with Article 51 of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013, this Decision should be without prejudice to the decisions the Commission may take subsequently to exclude from Union financing expenditure not effected in accordance with Union rules,
(In Euro)
Member State CCI Expenditure 2020 Corrections Total Non-reusable amounts Accepted amount cleared for FY 2020 Interim payments reimbursed to the Member State for the financial year Amount to be recovered from (-) or paid to (+) the Member State
i ii iii = i + ii iv v = iii – iv vi
IT 2014IT06RDRP018 83 918 828,37 0,00 83 918 828,37 0,00 83 918 828,37 83 918 825,84 2,53
SK 2014SK06RDNP001 200 173 842,36 -6 471 887,46 193 701 954,90 0,00 193 701 954,90 193 702 020,68 -65,78
Corrections Related to the 2014–2020 Programming Period Corrections Related to the 2007–2013 Programming Period
Member State Currency In National currency In EUR In National currency In EUR
IT EUR 0,00 0,00 0,00 713 297,46
SK EUR 0,00 0,00 0,00 540 117,61
(In Euro)
Member State CCI Reductions for non-compliance with latest payment deadlines for FY 2020
IT 2014IT06RDRP018 0,00
SK 2014SK06RDNP001 0,00
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to 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 (1), and in particular Article 104 thereof,
Having regard to Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 on the financing, management and monitoring of the common agricultural policy and repealing Council Regulations (EEC) No 352/78, (EC) No 165/94, (EC) No 2799/98, (EC) No 814/2000, (EC) No 1290/2005 and (EC) No 485/2008 (2), and in particular Article 51 thereof,
After consulting the Committee on the Agricultural Funds
Whereas:
(1) Article 104(1), second subparagraph, point (a), of Regulation (EU) 2021/2116 provides that Article 4(1), point (b), Article 5, Article 7(3), Articles 9, 17, 21 and 34, Article 35(4), Articles 36, 37, 38, 40 to 43, 51, 52, 54, 56, 59, 63, 64, 67, 68, 70 to 75, 77, 91 to 97, 99 and 100, Article 102(2) and Articles 110 and 111 of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 continue to apply, as regards the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD), in relation to expenditure incurred by the beneficiaries and payments made by the paying agency in the framework of the implementation of rural development programmes pursuant to Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council (3) for the financial year 2020.
(2) Article 64, second paragraph, point (a), of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/128 (4) provides that Article 2, Article 3(1), first subparagraph, Article 3(2), Article 4(1), point (b), Articles 5, 6 and 7, Articles 21 to 25, Articles 27, 28 and 29, Article 30(1), points (a), (b) and (c), Article 30(2), (3) and (4), and Articles 31 to 40 of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 908/2014 (5) continue to apply, as regards the EAFRD, in relation to expenditure incurred by the beneficiaries and payments made by the paying agency in the framework of the implementation of rural development programmes pursuant to Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013 for the financial year 2020.
(3) Article 64, second paragraph, point (c), of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/128 provides that Annexes II and III to Implementing Regulation (EU) No 908/2014 continue to apply for the purposes of Article 32, points (f) and (g), of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/128 for the financial year 2020.
(4) Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2021/873 (6) cleared the accounts of the Member States’ paying agencies concerning expenditure financed by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) for financial year 2020, except for the paying agencies ‘Agenzia della Regione Calabria per le Erogazioni in Agricoltura’ and ‘Pôdohospodárska platobná agentúra’.
(5) Following the transmission of new information, and after additional checks, the Commission can take a decision on the completeness, accuracy and veracity of the accounts submitted by the Italian paying agency ‘Agenzia della Regione Calabria per le Erogazioni in Agricoltura’ and the Slovak paying agency ‘Pôdohospodárska platobná agentúra’ as regards the expenditure financed by the EAFRD for financial year 2020.
(6) Article 33(2), second subparagraph, of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 908/2014 provides that the amounts that are recoverable from, or payable to, each Member State, in accordance with the accounts clearance decision referred to in Article 33(1) of that Implementing Regulation, are to be established by deducting the intermediate payments for the financial year concerned from the expenditure recognised for that year in accordance with that Article 33(1). Article 33(2), third subparagraph of that Implementing Regulation provides that the Commission is to deduct that amount from or add it to the next intermediate payment.
(7) Pursuant to Article 54(2) of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013, 50 % of the financial consequences of non-recovery of irregularities is to be borne by the Member State concerned, if the recovery has not taken place within four years from the date of the recovery request, or within eight years where the recovery is taken in the national courts. Article 54(4) of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 requires Member States to attach to the annual accounts that they are to submit to the Commission, pursuant to Article 29 of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 908/2014, a certified table reflecting the amounts to be borne by them under Article 54(2) of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013. Rules on the application of the Member States’ obligation to report the amounts to be recovered are laid down in Implementing Regulation (EU) No 908/2014. Annex II to Implementing Regulation (EU) No 908/2014 sets out the model of the table that Member States are to use to provide information about amounts to be recovered. On the basis of the tables completed by the Member States, the Commission is to decide on the financial consequences of non-recovery of irregularities older than four or eight years respectively.
(8) Pursuant to Article 54(3) of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013, on duly justified grounds, Member States may decide not to pursue recovery. Such a decision may be taken only if the costs already, and likely to be incurred, total more than the amount to be recovered, or if the recovery proves impossible owing to the insolvency, recorded and recognised under national law, of the debtor or the persons legally responsible for the irregularity. If the decision has been taken within four years from the date of the recovery request, or within eight years where the recovery is taken in the national courts, 100 % of the financial consequences of the non-recovery should be borne by the Union budget. The amounts for which a particular Member State decided not to pursue recovery and the grounds for its decision are to be included in the summary report referred to in Article 54(4) of that Regulation. Therefore, such amounts should not be charged to the Member States concerned and are consequently to be borne by the Union budget.
(9) In accordance with Article 75(1), fourth subparagraph, of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013, the rules on payment deadlines for measures under rural development in the context of the integrated administration and control system apply from claim year 2019. The reductions for non-compliance with the latest payment deadlines, calculated in accordance with Article 5a of Delegated Regulation (EU) No 907/2014, follow the procedure laid down in Articles 40 and 41 of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 and are to be taken into account in this Decision for the financial year 2020. Those reductions may be examined, where appropriate, under conformity clearance proceedings pursuant to Article 52 of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013.
(10) In accordance with Article 83 of Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council (7), the deadline for interim payments referred to in Article 36(5) of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 may be interrupted for a maximum period of six months in order to carry out additional verifications following information that these payments are linked to an irregularity having serious financial consequences. In adopting this Decision, the Commission should consider the amounts affected by such interruption in order to avoid making any inappropriate or untimely payments.
(11) Pursuant to Article 41 of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013, the Commission has already reduced or suspended a number of interim payments for financial year 2020 due to expenditure not effected in accordance with Union rules. In this Decision, the Commission should consider such amounts reduced or suspended on the basis of Article 41 of that Regulation, in order to avoid making any undue or untimely payments or reimbursements that could later be subject to a financial correction.
(12) This Decision should also take into account the amounts that are still to be charged to the Member States as a result of the application of Article 54(2) of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 in relation to the 2007–2013 programming period for the EAFRD.
(13) In accordance with Article 51 of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013, this Decision should be without prejudice to the decisions the Commission may take subsequently to exclude from Union financing expenditure not effected in accordance with Union rules,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
The accounts of the Italian paying agency ‘Agenzia della Regione Calabria per le Erogazioni in Agricoltura’ and the Slovak paying agency ‘Pôdohospodárska platobná agentúra’ are hereby cleared as regards expenditure financed by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD), in respect of financial year 2020 and relating to the 2014–2022 programming period.
The amounts recoverable from or payable to Italy and Slovakia under each rural development programme pursuant to this Decision are set out in Annex I.
The amounts to be charged to Italy and Slovakia, as a result of the application of Article 54(2) of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 relating to the 2014–2022 programming period and to the 2007–2013 programming period for the EAFRD, are set out in Annex II to this Decision.
The reductions for non-compliance with the latest payment deadlines in accordance with Article 75(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 under each rural development programme are set out in Annex III to this Decision.
This Decision is without prejudice to future conformity clearance decisions that the Commission may take pursuant to Article 52 of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 to exclude from Union financing expenditure not effected in accordance with Union rules.
This Decision is addressed to the Italian Republic and to the Slovak Republic.

Cleared EAFRD expenditure by Rural Development programme for financial year 2020

Amount to be recovered from or paid to the Member State per programme

Approved programmes with declared expenditure for EAFRD 2014–2020

(In Euro)
Member State
CCI
Expenditure 2020
Corrections
Total
Non-reusable amounts
Accepted amount cleared for FY 2020
Interim payments reimbursed to the Member State for the financial year
Amount to be recovered from (-) or paid to (+) the Member State

i
ii
iii = i + ii
iv
v = iii – iv
vi

IT
2014IT06RDRP018
83 918 828,37
0,00
83 918 828,37
0,00
83 918 828,37
83 918 825,84
2,53
SK
2014SK06RDNP001
200 173 842,36
-6 471 887,46
193 701 954,90
0,00
193 701 954,90
193 702 020,68
-65,78

Clearance of the Paying Agencies' accounts

Financial year 2020 – EAFRD

Corrections according to Article 54(2) of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013

Corrections Related to the 2014–2020 Programming Period
Corrections Related to the 2007–2013 Programming Period
Member State
Currency
In National currency
In EUR
In National currency
In EUR
IT
EUR
0,00
0,00
0,00
713 297,46
SK
EUR
0,00
0,00
0,00
540 117,61

Clearance of the Paying Agencies' accounts

Financial year 2020 – EAFRD

Reductions due to payment deadlines per Rural Development programme for financial year 2020 in accordance with Article 75(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013

(In Euro)
Member State
CCI
Reductions for non-compliance with latest payment deadlines for FY 2020
IT
2014IT06RDRP018
0,00
SK
2014SK06RDNP001
0,00

Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2025/1875 of 16 September 2025 on the clearance of the accounts of the paying agency in the Netherlands concerning expenditure financed by the European Agricultural Guarantee Fund (EAGF) for financial year 2021 (notified under document C(2025) 6214)

January 13, 2026
Official Journalof the European Union ENL series
2025/1875 18.9.2025
(1) Article 104(1), second subparagraph, point (a), of Regulation (EU) 2021/2116 provides that Article 4(1), point (b), Article 5, Article 7(3), Articles 9, 17, 21 and 34, Article 35(4), Articles 36, 37, 38, 40 to 43, 51, 52, 54, 56, 59, 63, 64, 67, 68, 70 to 75, 77, 91 to 97, 99 and 100, Article 102(2) and Articles 110 and 111 of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 continue to apply, as regards the European Agricultural Guarantee Fund (EAGF), in relation to expenditure incurred and payments made for the financial year 2021.
(2) Article 64, second paragraph, point (a), of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/128(3)provides that Article 2, Article 3(1), first subparagraph, Article 3(2), Article 4(1), point (b), Articles 5, 6 and 7, Articles 21 to 25, Articles 27, 28 and 29, Article 30(1), points (a), (b) and (c), Article 30(2), (3) and (4), and Articles 31 to 40 of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 908/2014(4)continue to apply, as regards the EAGF, in relation to expenditure incurred and payments made for the financial year 2021.
(3) Article 64, second paragraph, point (c), of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/128 provides that Annexes II and III to Implementing Regulation (EU) No 908/2014 continue to apply for the purposes of Article 32, points (f) and (g), of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/128 for the financial year 2021.
(4) Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2022/820(5)cleared the accounts of the Member States’ paying agencies concerning expenditure financed by the European Agricultural Guarantee Fund (EAGF) for financial year 2021, except for the Dutch paying agency ‘Rijksdienst voor Ondernemend Nederland’.
(5) Following the transmission of new information, and after additional checks, the Commission can take a decision on the completeness, accuracy and veracity of the accounts submitted by the Dutch paying agency ‘Rijksdienst voor Ondernemend Nederland’ as regards the expenditure financed by the EAGF for financial year 2021.
(6) Article 33(2), first subparagraph, of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 908/2014 provides that the amounts that are recoverable from, or payable to, each Member State, in accordance with the accounts clearance decision referred to in Article 33(1) of that Implementing Regulation, are to be established by deducting the monthly payments for the financial year concerned, from the expenditure recognised for that year, in accordance with that Article 33(1). The Commission is to deduct that amount from or add it to the monthly payment relating to the expenditure effected in the second month following the clearance of accounts decision.
(7) Pursuant to Article 40, first subparagraph, of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 in conjunction with Article 5(1) of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 907/2014(6), where payments have been made after the latest possible date of payment, the Commission is to reduce the amount of the monthly payments granted to the Member States and adjust the financial impact of the reduction in proportion to the delay in payment by applying the different rates provided for in Article 5(2) and (3) of Delegated Regulation (EU) No 907/2014. In accordance with Article 5(5), second subparagraph, of Delegated Regulation (EU) No 907/2014, any overrun of payment deadlines is to be taken into account, at the latest, in the accounts clearance decision. Some of the expenditure declared by the Member State concerned during the financial year 2021 was effected after the applicable deadlines. This Decision should therefore fix the relevant reductions.
(8) The Commission has already reduced the relevant monthly payments for the financial year 2021 for the amounts due to the EAGF as a result of financial and conformity clearance decisions for the Member State concerned, pursuant to Articles 51 and 52 of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 executed by the Commission in the financial year 2020. Any such amounts are considered in this Decision.
(9) Pursuant to Article 54(2) of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013, 50 % of the financial consequences of the non-recovery of irregularities is to be borne by the Member State concerned, if the recovery has not taken place within four years from the date of the recovery request, or within eight years where the recovery is taken in the national courts. Article 54(4) of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 requires Member States to attach to the annual accounts that they are to submit to the Commission, pursuant to Article 29 of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 908/2014, a certified table reflecting the amounts to be borne by them under Article 54(2) of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013. Rules on the application of the Member States’ obligation to report the amounts to be recovered are laid down in Implementing Regulation (EU) No 908/2014. Annex II to Implementing Regulation (EU) No 908/2014 sets out the model of the table that Member States are to use to provide information about amounts to be recovered. On the basis of the tables completed by the Member States, the Commission is to decide on the financial consequences of the non-recovery of irregularities older than four or eight years respectively.
(10) Pursuant to Article 54(3) of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013, on duly justified grounds, Member States may decide not to pursue recovery. Such a decision may be taken only if the costs already incurred, and likely to be incurred, total more than the amount to be recovered, or if the recovery proves impossible owing to the insolvency, recorded and recognised under national law, of the debtor or the persons legally responsible for the irregularity. If the decision has been taken within four years from the date of the recovery request, or within eight years where the recovery is taken in the national courts, 100 % of the financial consequences of the non-recovery should be borne by the Union budget. The amounts for which a particular Member State decided not to pursue recovery and the grounds for its decision are to be included in the summary report referred to in Article 54(4) of that Regulation. Therefore, such amounts should not be charged to the Member States concerned and are consequently to be borne by the Union budget.
(11) In clearing the accounts of the paying agency concerned, the Commission is to take account of the amounts already withheld from the Member State concerned on the basis of Implementing Decision (EU) 2022/820 notified under document C(2022) 3307.
(12) In accordance with Article 51 of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013, this Decision should be without prejudice to the decisions the Commission may take subsequently to exclude from Union financing expenditure not effected in accordance with Union rules,
Member State 2021 – Expenditure / Assigned Revenue for the Paying Agencies for which the accounts are Total a + b Reductions and suspensions for the whole financial year (1) Amount to be charged according to Article 54(2) of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 Total including reductions and suspensions Payments made to the Member State for the financial year Amount to be recovered from (-) or paid to (+) the Member State Amount recovered from (-) or paid to (+) the Member State under Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2022/820 Amount to be recovered from (-) or paid to (+) the Member State (2)
cleared disjoined
= expenditure / assigned revenue declared in the annual declaration = total of the expenditure / assigned revenue in the monthly declarations
a b c=a+b d e f=c+d+e g h=f-g i j=h-i
NL EUR 701 629 146,56 0,00 701 629 146,56 -1 637 213,40 -2 145,92 699 989 787,24 699 838 828,37 150 958,87 0,00 150 958,87
Member State Total (=j)
Expenditure (3) Assigned revenue (3) Article 54(2)
08 02 06 01 6200 6200
k l m n = k+l+m
NL EUR 179 241,64 -26 136,85 -2 145,92 150 958,87
(1) The reductions and suspensions are those taken into account in the payment system, to which are added in particular the corrections for the non respect of payment deadlines and other reductions referred to in Article 41 of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013.
(2) For the calculation of the amount to be recovered from or paid to the Member State the amount taken into account is, the total of the annual declaration for the expenditure cleared and the total of the monthly payments made for the cleared expenditure.
(3) BL 08 02 06 01 shall be split between the negative corrections which become assigned revenue in BL 62 00 and the positive ones in favour of MS which shall now be included on the expenditure side 08 02 06 01 as referred to in Article 43 of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013
NB: Nomenclature 2025 : 08 02 06 01 , 6200
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to 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 (1), and in particular Article 104(1)(a) thereof,
Having regard to Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 on the financing, management and monitoring of the common agricultural policy and repealing Council Regulations (EEC) No 352/78, (EC) No 165/94, (EC) No 2799/98, (EC) No 814/2000, (EC) No 1290/2005 and (EC) No 485/2008 (2), and in particular Article 51 thereof,
After consulting the Committee on the Agricultural Funds
Whereas:
(1) Article 104(1), second subparagraph, point (a), of Regulation (EU) 2021/2116 provides that Article 4(1), point (b), Article 5, Article 7(3), Articles 9, 17, 21 and 34, Article 35(4), Articles 36, 37, 38, 40 to 43, 51, 52, 54, 56, 59, 63, 64, 67, 68, 70 to 75, 77, 91 to 97, 99 and 100, Article 102(2) and Articles 110 and 111 of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 continue to apply, as regards the European Agricultural Guarantee Fund (EAGF), in relation to expenditure incurred and payments made for the financial year 2021.
(2) Article 64, second paragraph, point (a), of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/128 (3) provides that Article 2, Article 3(1), first subparagraph, Article 3(2), Article 4(1), point (b), Articles 5, 6 and 7, Articles 21 to 25, Articles 27, 28 and 29, Article 30(1), points (a), (b) and (c), Article 30(2), (3) and (4), and Articles 31 to 40 of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 908/2014 (4) continue to apply, as regards the EAGF, in relation to expenditure incurred and payments made for the financial year 2021.
(3) Article 64, second paragraph, point (c), of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/128 provides that Annexes II and III to Implementing Regulation (EU) No 908/2014 continue to apply for the purposes of Article 32, points (f) and (g), of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/128 for the financial year 2021.
(4) Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2022/820 (5) cleared the accounts of the Member States’ paying agencies concerning expenditure financed by the European Agricultural Guarantee Fund (EAGF) for financial year 2021, except for the Dutch paying agency ‘Rijksdienst voor Ondernemend Nederland’.
(5) Following the transmission of new information, and after additional checks, the Commission can take a decision on the completeness, accuracy and veracity of the accounts submitted by the Dutch paying agency ‘Rijksdienst voor Ondernemend Nederland’ as regards the expenditure financed by the EAGF for financial year 2021.
(6) Article 33(2), first subparagraph, of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 908/2014 provides that the amounts that are recoverable from, or payable to, each Member State, in accordance with the accounts clearance decision referred to in Article 33(1) of that Implementing Regulation, are to be established by deducting the monthly payments for the financial year concerned, from the expenditure recognised for that year, in accordance with that Article 33(1). The Commission is to deduct that amount from or add it to the monthly payment relating to the expenditure effected in the second month following the clearance of accounts decision.
(7) Pursuant to Article 40, first subparagraph, of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 in conjunction with Article 5(1) of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 907/2014 (6), where payments have been made after the latest possible date of payment, the Commission is to reduce the amount of the monthly payments granted to the Member States and adjust the financial impact of the reduction in proportion to the delay in payment by applying the different rates provided for in Article 5(2) and (3) of Delegated Regulation (EU) No 907/2014. In accordance with Article 5(5), second subparagraph, of Delegated Regulation (EU) No 907/2014, any overrun of payment deadlines is to be taken into account, at the latest, in the accounts clearance decision. Some of the expenditure declared by the Member State concerned during the financial year 2021 was effected after the applicable deadlines. This Decision should therefore fix the relevant reductions.
(8) The Commission has already reduced the relevant monthly payments for the financial year 2021 for the amounts due to the EAGF as a result of financial and conformity clearance decisions for the Member State concerned, pursuant to Articles 51 and 52 of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 executed by the Commission in the financial year 2020. Any such amounts are considered in this Decision.
(9) Pursuant to Article 54(2) of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013, 50 % of the financial consequences of the non-recovery of irregularities is to be borne by the Member State concerned, if the recovery has not taken place within four years from the date of the recovery request, or within eight years where the recovery is taken in the national courts. Article 54(4) of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 requires Member States to attach to the annual accounts that they are to submit to the Commission, pursuant to Article 29 of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 908/2014, a certified table reflecting the amounts to be borne by them under Article 54(2) of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013. Rules on the application of the Member States’ obligation to report the amounts to be recovered are laid down in Implementing Regulation (EU) No 908/2014. Annex II to Implementing Regulation (EU) No 908/2014 sets out the model of the table that Member States are to use to provide information about amounts to be recovered. On the basis of the tables completed by the Member States, the Commission is to decide on the financial consequences of the non-recovery of irregularities older than four or eight years respectively.
(10) Pursuant to Article 54(3) of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013, on duly justified grounds, Member States may decide not to pursue recovery. Such a decision may be taken only if the costs already incurred, and likely to be incurred, total more than the amount to be recovered, or if the recovery proves impossible owing to the insolvency, recorded and recognised under national law, of the debtor or the persons legally responsible for the irregularity. If the decision has been taken within four years from the date of the recovery request, or within eight years where the recovery is taken in the national courts, 100 % of the financial consequences of the non-recovery should be borne by the Union budget. The amounts for which a particular Member State decided not to pursue recovery and the grounds for its decision are to be included in the summary report referred to in Article 54(4) of that Regulation. Therefore, such amounts should not be charged to the Member States concerned and are consequently to be borne by the Union budget.
(11) In clearing the accounts of the paying agency concerned, the Commission is to take account of the amounts already withheld from the Member State concerned on the basis of Implementing Decision (EU) 2022/820 notified under document C(2022) 3307.
(12) In accordance with Article 51 of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013, this Decision should be without prejudice to the decisions the Commission may take subsequently to exclude from Union financing expenditure not effected in accordance with Union rules,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
The accounts of the Dutch paying agency ‘Rijksdienst voor Ondernemend Nederland’ are hereby cleared as regards expenditure financed by the European Agricultural Guarantee Fund (EAGF), in respect of financial year 2021.
The amounts recoverable from or payable to the Netherlands pursuant to this Decision, including the amounts resulting from the application of Article 54(2) of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013, are set out in the Annex to this Decision.
This Decision is without prejudice to future conformity clearance decisions that the Commission may take pursuant to Article 52 of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 to exclude from Union financing expenditure not effected in conformity with Union rules.
This Decision is addressed to the Kingdom of the Netherlands.

Clearance of the Paying Agencies' accounts

Financial year 2021

Amount to be recovered from or paid to the Member State

Member State

2021 – Expenditure / Assigned Revenue for the Paying Agencies for which the accounts are
Total a + b
Reductions and suspensions for the whole financial year (1) Amount to be charged according to Article 54(2) of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013
Total including reductions and suspensions
Payments made to the Member State for the financial year
Amount to be recovered from (-) or paid to (+) the Member State
Amount recovered from (-) or paid to (+) the Member State under Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2022/820
Amount to be recovered from (-) or paid to (+) the Member State (2)
cleared
disjoined

= expenditure / assigned revenue declared in the annual declaration
= total of the expenditure / assigned revenue in the monthly declarations

a
b
c=a+b
d
e
f=c+d+e
g
h=f-g
i
j=h-i
NL
EUR
701 629 146,56
0,00
701 629 146,56
-1 637 213,40
-2 145,92
699 989 787,24
699 838 828,37
150 958,87
0,00
150 958,87

Member State

Total (=j)

Expenditure (3) Assigned revenue (3) Article 54(2)
08 02 06 01
6200
6200

k
l
m
n = k+l+m
NL
EUR
179 241,64
-26 136,85
-2 145,92
150 958,87

(1) The reductions and suspensions are those taken into account in the payment system, to which are added in particular the corrections for the non respect of payment deadlines and other reductions referred to in Article 41 of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013.

(2) For the calculation of the amount to be recovered from or paid to the Member State the amount taken into account is, the total of the annual declaration for the expenditure cleared and the total of the monthly payments made for the cleared expenditure.

(3) BL 08 02 06 01 shall be split between the negative corrections which become assigned revenue in BL 62 00 and the positive ones in favour of MS which shall now be included on the expenditure side 08 02 06 01 as referred to in Article 43 of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013

NB:
Nomenclature 2025 : 08 02 06 01 , 6200

Commission Decision (EU) 2025/1874 of 12 September 2025 amending Decision (EU) 2024/2383 as regards the designation of European Coordinators for the Atlantic, Rhine – Danube and Baltic Sea – Black Sea – Aegean Sea European Transport Corridors and the laying down of the detailed arrangements for the performance of their mission and tasks

January 13, 2026
Official Journalof the European Union ENL series
2025/1874 15.9.2025
(1) European Transport Corridors as instruments to facilitate the coordinated implementation of the core and extended core network are provided for in Chapter V of Regulation (EU) 2024/1679 and listed in Article 11(1) of that Regulation.
(2) Pursuant to Article 52(1) of Regulation (EU) 2024/1679, European Coordinators are designated to facilitate the coordinated implementation of the European Transport Corridors, of the European Rail Traffic Management System (ERTMS) and of the European Maritime Space.
(3) The role of European Coordinators is of major importance for the development of, and cooperation along, the European Transport Corridors.
(4) Commission Decision (EU) 2024/2383(2)designated the European Coordinators for seven out of nine European Transport Corridors. The posts of the European Coordinators for the Rhine – Danube and Baltic Sea – Black Sea – Aegean Sea European Transport Corridors remained vacant and are to be filled.
(5) In agreement with the European Coordinator concerned, it is also proposed to replace the European Coordinator for the Atlantic European Transport Corridor.
(6) In accordance with Article 52(1) of Regulation (EU) 2024/1679, Member States, neighbouring countries which are part of the European Transport Corridors concerned, and the European Parliament and the Council were consulted. The Member States concerned have expressed their agreement to the designation of the European Coordinators, while the European Parliament issued a positive opinion in July 2025 and the Council in July 2025.
(7) As two posts of European Coordinators are currently vacant, it is urgent to appoint them. For this reason, this Decision should enter into force on the day following that of its publication,
(1) in Article 2(1), the following subparagraph is added:‘However, the mandate of the European Coordinators for the Atlantic, the Baltic Sea – Black Sea – Aegean Sea and the Rhine – Danube European Transport Corridors shall start on 16 September 2025 and shall end four years after that date.’;
(2) Annex I is replaced by the text set out in Annex I to this Decision;
(3) in Annex II, the mandate letters for the European Coordinators for the Rhine – Danube European Transport Corridor and the Baltic Sea – Black Sea – Aegean Sea European Transport Corridors set out in Annex II to this Decision are added.
North Sea – Baltic Catherine TRAUTMANN (FR)
Scandinavian – Mediterranean Pat COX (IE)
Atlantic François BAUSCH (LU)
North Sea – Rhine – Mediterranean Paweł WOJCIECHOWSKI (PL)
Mediterranean Mathieu GROSCH (BE)
Baltic Sea – Adriatic Sea Anne Elisabet JENSEN (DK)
Western Balkans – Eastern Mediterranean Marian-Jean MARINESCU (RO)
ERTMS Matthias RUETE (DE)
European Maritime Space Gesine MEISSNER (DE)
Rhine – Danube Corridor Margarida MARQUES (PT)
Baltic Sea – Black Sea – Aegean Sea Mario MAURO (IT)
— analysing the state of compliance and supporting the coordinated implementation of the Rhine – Danube European Transport Corridor, in accordance with trans-European transport network (TEN-T) standards;
— in accordance with Article 54(1), and 54(2) of Regulation (EU) 2024/1679, drawing up a work plan, at the latest by 19 July 2026 and every four years thereafter, together with the Member States concerned and, where relevant, in consultation with neighbouring countries which are part of the Rhine – Danube European Transport Corridor;
— submitting an annual status report to the European Parliament, the Council, the Commission and the Member States concerned on the progress achieved in implementing the Rhine – Danube European Transport Corridor; that annual status report shall focus on the progress made on key priorities and investments, describe the nature of problems encountered in their implementation and suggest solutions;
— offering support to the Member States, and, where appropriate, relevant neighbouring countries, in implementing the work plan;
— in accordance with Article 53(2) of Regulation (EU) 2024/1679, formally establishing and chairing the Corridor Forum, composed of infrastructure management stakeholders. The forum shall meet regularly during your mandate;
— consulting with the Corridor Forum regarding the work plan and regularly informing the Forum on its implementation;
— wherever necessary, setting up and chairing a number of working groups reporting to the Corridor Forum, in accordance with Article 53(4) of Regulation (EU) 2024/1679;
— carrying out all necessary missions to the relevant capitals, regions and urban nodes situated on the transport corridor;
— following up the implementation and coordination of the work plan and the Commission implementing act based on it as well as other specific implementing acts for cross-border sections where applicable;
— consulting, whenever appropriate, regional and local authorities, infrastructure managers and transport operators, in particular those which are members of the rail freight governance, the supply industry, transport users and relevant stakeholders in relation to the work plan and its implementation;
— reporting to the Member States, the Council, the neighbouring countries that are part of the Rhine – Danube European Transport Corridor, the European Parliament and the Commission, as well as any other entities involved in the development of the Rhine – Danube European Transport Corridor, on difficulties encountered and proposed solutions;
— cooperating closely with Member States and the rail freight governance to identify priorities and investment needs for rail freight on the rail freight lines of the Rhine – Danube European Transport Corridor, taking into account the benefits provided to the trans-European transport network and the overall completion dates as set out in Regulation (EU) 2024/1679, without prejudice to the competence of the rail freight governance under Regulation (EU) No 913/2010 of the European Parliament and of the Council(2)and the competence of the Member States with respect to management and financing of infrastructure;
— monitoring the performance of rail freight services, and identifying potential barriers, such as technical, administrative and operational ones, with a particular focus on the cross-border dimension, and making recommendations in this regard, where relevant;
— cooperating closely with the Member States concerned to help identify priorities and investment needs for the rail passenger lines of the Rhine – Danube European Transport Corridor;
— monitoring the performance of rail passenger services, and identifying potential barriers, such as technical, administrative and operational ones, with a particular focus on the cross-border dimensions, and making recommendations in this regard, where relevant;
— cooperating closely with the Member States concerned to facilitate, where relevant, contacts and coordination between maritime and inland waterways representatives with a view to increasing their synergies;
— verifying whether projects proposed by the Member States, or by neighbouring countries, where applicable, for co-funding under the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) are consistent with the priorities of the work plan;
— cooperating with and involving neighbouring countries in corridor activities, such as the Corridor Forum or working groups;
— cooperating with international organisations, for activities related to the corridor which extend to neighbouring countries that are members of those international organisations.
— analysing the state of compliance and supporting the coordinated implementation of the Baltic Sea – Black Sea – Aegean Sea European Transport Corridor, in accordance with trans-European transport network (TEN-T) standards;
— in accordance with Article 54(1), and 54(2) of Regulation (EU) 2024/1679, drawing up a work plan, at the latest by 19 July 2026 and every four years thereafter, together with the Member States concerned and, where relevant, in consultation with neighbouring countries which are part of the Baltic Sea – Black Sea – Aegean Sea;
— submitting an annual status report to the European Parliament, the Council, the Commission and the Member States concerned on the progress achieved in implementing the Baltic Sea – Black Sea – Aegean Sea European Transport Corridor; that annual status report shall focus on the progress made on key priorities and investments, describe the nature of problems encountered in their implementation and suggest solutions;
— offering support to the Member States, and, where appropriate, relevant neighbouring countries, in implementing the work plan;
— in accordance with Article 53(2) of Regulation (EU) 2024/1679 formally establishing and chairing the Corridor Forum, composed of infrastructure management stakeholders. The forum shall meet regularly during your mandate;
— consulting with the Corridor Forum regarding the work plan and regularly informing the Forum on its implementation;
— wherever necessary, setting up and chairing a number of working groups reporting to the Corridor Forum, in accordance with Article 53(4) of Regulation (EU) 2024/1679;
— carrying out all necessary missions to the relevant capitals, regions and urban nodes situated on the transport corridor;
— following up the implementation and coordination of the work plan and the Commission implementing act based on it as well as other specific implementing acts for cross-border sections where applicable;
— consulting, whenever appropriate, regional and local authorities, infrastructure managers, transport operators, in particular those which are members of the rail freight governance, the supply industry, transport users and relevant stakeholders in relation to the work plan and its implementation;
— reporting to the Member States, the Council, the neighbouring countries that are part of the Baltic Sea – Black Sea – Aegean Sea European Transport Corridor, the European Parliament and the Commission, as well as any other entities involved in the development of the Baltic Sea – Black Sea – Aegean Sea European Transport Corridor, on difficulties encountered and proposed solutions;
— cooperating closely with Member States and the rail freight governance to identify priorities and investment needs for rail freight on the rail freight lines of the Baltic Sea – Black Sea – Aegean Sea European Transport Corridor, taking into account the benefits provided to the trans-European transport network and the overall completion dates as set out in Regulation (EU) 2024/1679, without prejudice to the competence of the rail freight governance under Regulation (EU) No 913/2010 of the European Parliament and of the Council(5)and the competence of the Member States with respect to management and financing of infrastructure;
— monitoring the performance of rail freight services, and identifying potential barriers, such as technical, administrative and operational ones, with a particular focus on the cross-border dimension, and making recommendations in this regard where relevant;
— cooperating closely with the Member States concerned to help identify priorities and investment needs for the rail passenger lines of the Baltic Sea – Black Sea – Aegean Sea European Transport Corridor;
— monitoring the performance of rail passenger services, and identifying potential barriers, such as technical, administrative and operational ones, with a particular focus on the cross-border dimensions, and making recommendations in this regard where relevant;
— cooperating closely with the Member States concerned to facilitate, where relevant, contacts and coordination between maritime and inland waterways representatives with a view to increasing their synergies;
— verifying whether projects proposed by the Member States, or by neighbouring countries, where applicable, for co-funding under the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) are consistent with the priorities of the work plan;
— cooperating with and involving neighbouring countries in corridor activities, such as the Corridor Forum or working groups;
— cooperating with international organisations, for activities related to the corridor which extend to neighbouring countries that are members of those international organisations.
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Regulation (EU) 2024/1679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 June 2024 on Union guidelines for the development of the trans-European transport network, amending Regulations (EU) 2021/1153 and (EU) No 913/2010 and repealing Regulation (EU) No 1315/2013 (1), and in particular Article 52(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) European Transport Corridors as instruments to facilitate the coordinated implementation of the core and extended core network are provided for in Chapter V of Regulation (EU) 2024/1679 and listed in Article 11(1) of that Regulation.
(2) Pursuant to Article 52(1) of Regulation (EU) 2024/1679, European Coordinators are designated to facilitate the coordinated implementation of the European Transport Corridors, of the European Rail Traffic Management System (ERTMS) and of the European Maritime Space.
(3) The role of European Coordinators is of major importance for the development of, and cooperation along, the European Transport Corridors.
(4) Commission Decision (EU) 2024/2383 (2) designated the European Coordinators for seven out of nine European Transport Corridors. The posts of the European Coordinators for the Rhine – Danube and Baltic Sea – Black Sea – Aegean Sea European Transport Corridors remained vacant and are to be filled.
(5) In agreement with the European Coordinator concerned, it is also proposed to replace the European Coordinator for the Atlantic European Transport Corridor.
(6) In accordance with Article 52(1) of Regulation (EU) 2024/1679, Member States, neighbouring countries which are part of the European Transport Corridors concerned, and the European Parliament and the Council were consulted. The Member States concerned have expressed their agreement to the designation of the European Coordinators, while the European Parliament issued a positive opinion in July 2025 and the Council in July 2025.
(7) As two posts of European Coordinators are currently vacant, it is urgent to appoint them. For this reason, this Decision should enter into force on the day following that of its publication,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Decision (EU) 2024/2383 is amended as follows:

(1) in Article 2(1), the following subparagraph is added:
‘However, the mandate of the European Coordinators for the Atlantic, the Baltic Sea – Black Sea – Aegean Sea and the Rhine – Danube European Transport Corridors shall start on 16 September 2025 and shall end four years after that date.’;
(2) Annex I is replaced by the text set out in Annex I to this Decision;
(3) in Annex II, the mandate letters for the European Coordinators for the Rhine – Danube European Transport Corridor and the Baltic Sea – Black Sea – Aegean Sea European Transport Corridors set out in Annex II to this Decision are added.

This Decision shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

North Sea – Baltic
Catherine TRAUTMANN (FR)
Scandinavian – Mediterranean
Pat COX (IE)
Atlantic
François BAUSCH (LU)
North Sea – Rhine – Mediterranean
Paweł WOJCIECHOWSKI (PL)
Mediterranean
Mathieu GROSCH (BE)
Baltic Sea – Adriatic Sea
Anne Elisabet JENSEN (DK)
Western Balkans – Eastern Mediterranean
Marian-Jean MARINESCU (RO)
ERTMS
Matthias RUETE (DE)
European Maritime Space
Gesine MEISSNER (DE)
Rhine – Danube Corridor
Margarida MARQUES (PT)
Baltic Sea – Black Sea – Aegean Sea
Mario MAURO (IT)

Mandate letter for the European Coordinator for

the Rhine – Danube European Transport Corridor

Regulation (EU) 2024/1679 of the European Parliament and of the Council (1) provides for the appointment of European Coordinators responsible for implementation of the European Transport Corridors and of the two horizontal priorities, namely the European Maritime Space and the European Railway Traffic Management System (ERTMS).
The corridor approach allows an efficient cooperation between key actors in the management of both cross-border and national projects with a European relevance located on the corridor. The European Transport Corridors encompass all transport modes, aiming to increase the wide-scale efficiency of the European transport system. Therefore, deploying the European Transport Corridors plays a major part in reaching the Union political goals of a sustainable transport transition and strengthening the European economy.
You have accepted responsibility as the European Coordinator for the Rhine – Danube Corridor. Starting in the northern German ports of Wilhelmshaven, Bremen, Hamburg and Rostock, several multimodal axes leading towards Berlin, Hannover, Leipzig and Dresden, and on to Prague, where the Northern corridor axis meets with the more Western axis that starts in the French city of Strasbourg and moves on to the German cities of Frankfurt and Stuttgart and continues east to Prague and Munich respectively. It then leads via Austria, Slovakia and Hungary to the Romanian ports of Constanta and Galati. The axis providing a corridor connection to Slovakia further extends as far as Lviv in Ukraine. It covers rail, road, airports, ports, rail-road terminals and the inland waterway system of the Elbe main river, the Elbe Lateral Canal, a part of the Elbe Mittellandkanal, Weser, the Geesthacht Schleusenkanal and Vltava river in the northern part of the corridor and the Main, the Main-Danube Canal, the entire Danube downstream of Kelheim and the Váh, Sava and Tisza rivers. The key projects are removing the navigation bottlenecks along the Danube and other inland waterways as well as the railway cross-border sections Dresden – Prague, Prague – Vienna / Bratislava – Budapest and Budapest – Bucharest, as well as major national sections, including Stuttgart – Ulm.
The Commission is convinced that your support, on which it is counting enormously, will be crucial for the continued success of the European Transport Corridors and horizontal priorities.

Mission

The work of the European Coordinator aims to advance the overall development of the corridor through targeted coordination activities, notably in relation to project investment (synchronisation of works, allocation of national and Union funding) and, as appropriate, other specific actions to promote a competitive and resource-efficient transport system. For this purpose, the European Coordinator shall facilitate cooperation between the Member States concerned and guide the involvement of relevant stakeholders within the Corridor, Forum as well as support the preparation and implementation of Commission implementing acts referred to in Article 55 of Regulation (EU) 2024/1679, on the basis of corridor work plans referred to in Article 54 of that Regulation.
Your duties, which stem from those laid down in Article 52(5), (6) and (7) of Regulation (EU) 2024/1679, will include:

—
analysing the state of compliance and supporting the coordinated implementation of the Rhine – Danube European Transport Corridor, in accordance with trans-European transport network (TEN-T) standards;

—
in accordance with Article 54(1), and 54(2) of Regulation (EU) 2024/1679, drawing up a work plan, at the latest by 19 July 2026 and every four years thereafter, together with the Member States concerned and, where relevant, in consultation with neighbouring countries which are part of the Rhine – Danube European Transport Corridor;

—
submitting an annual status report to the European Parliament, the Council, the Commission and the Member States concerned on the progress achieved in implementing the Rhine – Danube European Transport Corridor; that annual status report shall focus on the progress made on key priorities and investments, describe the nature of problems encountered in their implementation and suggest solutions;

—
offering support to the Member States, and, where appropriate, relevant neighbouring countries, in implementing the work plan;

—
in accordance with Article 53(2) of Regulation (EU) 2024/1679, formally establishing and chairing the Corridor Forum, composed of infrastructure management stakeholders. The forum shall meet regularly during your mandate;

—
consulting with the Corridor Forum regarding the work plan and regularly informing the Forum on its implementation;

—
wherever necessary, setting up and chairing a number of working groups reporting to the Corridor Forum, in accordance with Article 53(4) of Regulation (EU) 2024/1679;

—
carrying out all necessary missions to the relevant capitals, regions and urban nodes situated on the transport corridor;

—
following up the implementation and coordination of the work plan and the Commission implementing act based on it as well as other specific implementing acts for cross-border sections where applicable;

—
consulting, whenever appropriate, regional and local authorities, infrastructure managers and transport operators, in particular those which are members of the rail freight governance, the supply industry, transport users and relevant stakeholders in relation to the work plan and its implementation;

—
reporting to the Member States, the Council, the neighbouring countries that are part of the Rhine – Danube European Transport Corridor, the European Parliament and the Commission, as well as any other entities involved in the development of the Rhine – Danube European Transport Corridor, on difficulties encountered and proposed solutions;

—
cooperating closely with Member States and the rail freight governance to identify priorities and investment needs for rail freight on the rail freight lines of the Rhine – Danube European Transport Corridor, taking into account the benefits provided to the trans-European transport network and the overall completion dates as set out in Regulation (EU) 2024/1679, without prejudice to the competence of the rail freight governance under Regulation (EU) No 913/2010 of the European Parliament and of the Council (2) and the competence of the Member States with respect to management and financing of infrastructure;

—
monitoring the performance of rail freight services, and identifying potential barriers, such as technical, administrative and operational ones, with a particular focus on the cross-border dimension, and making recommendations in this regard, where relevant;

—
cooperating closely with the Member States concerned to help identify priorities and investment needs for the rail passenger lines of the Rhine – Danube European Transport Corridor;

—
monitoring the performance of rail passenger services, and identifying potential barriers, such as technical, administrative and operational ones, with a particular focus on the cross-border dimensions, and making recommendations in this regard, where relevant;

—
cooperating closely with the Member States concerned to facilitate, where relevant, contacts and coordination between maritime and inland waterways representatives with a view to increasing their synergies;

—
verifying whether projects proposed by the Member States, or by neighbouring countries, where applicable, for co-funding under the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) are consistent with the priorities of the work plan;

—
cooperating with and involving neighbouring countries in corridor activities, such as the Corridor Forum or working groups;

—
cooperating with international organisations, for activities related to the corridor which extend to neighbouring countries that are members of those international organisations.

In consequence, your task as European Coordinator will be very diverse in nature and of great importance to the Union and the overall project in the context of the programming of funding and political dialogue with the Member States to enable the latter to overcome any difficulties in making the various infrastructure projects happen.

Rules and procedures

Your task as a European Coordinator will be for a period of four years starting on the date of the entry into force of Commission Decision (EU) 2025/1874 (3) and may be renewed by mutual agreement.
The duration of your mandate may be changed at any time by the Commission at its own initiative or at your request. The Commission reserves the right to cancel your mandate at any time.
During the performance of your tasks you shall not make commitments on behalf of the Commission without its prior written agreement. Accordingly, you shall act impartially, in an independent and confidential manner and apply to the best of your abilities your professional knowledge and skills solely in the interests of the Union.
You shall avoid any situation giving rise to a conflict of interest regarding the areas in which you are requested to intervene. You shall inform the Commission of any conflict of interest arising during your term of office immediately.
Furthermore, you shall not use or divulge any document or information which comes to your knowledge in the course of your duties, unless such information is already in the public domain. All the results produced by you shall be the property of the Union, which may use or publish them as it sees fit.
During the performance of your task, you shall be granted a monthly flat-rate allowance of EUR 3 000 to cover the costs related to secretarial assistance where it is not directly provided by the Commission services (communication, miscellaneous office furniture, office space), and travel-mission representation-related expenses in accordance with the Commission rules.
The Director for Investment, Innovative and Sustainable Transport is your contact person in the Directorate-General for Mobility and Transport. The Commission can assure you, in advance, that you will have the full support of the Director and the members of staff designated to assist you on a day-to-day basis on technical and administrative matters when you carry out your tasks.
The Directorate-General for Mobility and Transport will organise regular meetings between the European Coordinators to allow information and experience to be shared.
The Belgian courts shall have exclusive jurisdiction in respect of any dispute concerning the validity, application or interpretation of this contract. This contract is governed by Belgian law.

Mandate letter for the European Coordinator for

the Baltic Sea – Black Sea – Aegean Sea European Transport Corridor

Regulation (EU) 2024/1679 of the European Parliament and of the Council (4) provides for the appointment of European Coordinators responsible for the implementation of the European Transport Corridors and of the two horizontal priorities namely the European Maritime Space and the European Railway Traffic Management System (ERTMS).
The corridor approach allows efficient cooperation between key actors in the management of both cross-border and national projects with a European relevance located on the corridor. The European Transport Corridors encompass all transport modes, aiming to increase wide-scale efficiency in the European transport system. Therefore, deploying the European Transport Corridors plays a major part in reaching the Union political goals of a sustainable transport transition and strengthening the European economy.
You have accepted responsibility as the European Coordinator for the Baltic Sea – Black Sea – Aegean Sea European Transport Corridor. The corridor stretches in the north from Helsinki in Finland, across Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania via Gdansk and Warsaw to Southern Poland. From there, the network leads to Lviv in Ukraine and Chișinău in Moldova to the Ukrainian Black Sea port city of Odesa. Another stretch leads from Slovakia and Hungary to Romania and further connects to Bulgaria and Greece. Cyprus is further connected by a European Maritime Space link. The corridor covers rail, road, airports, ports and rail-road terminals. The key projects are the Rail Baltica project and the connection to Ukraine and Moldova.
The Commission is convinced that your support, on which it is counting enormously, will be crucial for the continued success of the European Transport Corridors and horizontal priorities.

Mission

The work of the European Coordinator aims to advance the overall development of the corridor through targeted coordination activities, notably in relation to project investment (synchronisation of works, allocation of national and Union funding) and, as appropriate, other specific actions to promote a competitive and resource-efficient transport system. For this purpose, the European Coordinator shall facilitate cooperation between the Member States concerned, guide the involvement of relevant stakeholders within the Corridor Forum as well as support the preparation and implementation of Commission implementing acts referred to in Article 55 of Regulation (EU) 2024/1679, on the basis of corridor work plans referred to in Article 54 of that Regulation.
Your duties, which stem from those laid down in Article 52(5), (6) and (7) of Regulation (EU) 2024/1679, will include:

—
analysing the state of compliance and supporting the coordinated implementation of the Baltic Sea – Black Sea – Aegean Sea European Transport Corridor, in accordance with trans-European transport network (TEN-T) standards;

—
in accordance with Article 54(1), and 54(2) of Regulation (EU) 2024/1679, drawing up a work plan, at the latest by 19 July 2026 and every four years thereafter, together with the Member States concerned and, where relevant, in consultation with neighbouring countries which are part of the Baltic Sea – Black Sea – Aegean Sea;

—
submitting an annual status report to the European Parliament, the Council, the Commission and the Member States concerned on the progress achieved in implementing the Baltic Sea – Black Sea – Aegean Sea European Transport Corridor; that annual status report shall focus on the progress made on key priorities and investments, describe the nature of problems encountered in their implementation and suggest solutions;

—
offering support to the Member States, and, where appropriate, relevant neighbouring countries, in implementing the work plan;

—
in accordance with Article 53(2) of Regulation (EU) 2024/1679 formally establishing and chairing the Corridor Forum, composed of infrastructure management stakeholders. The forum shall meet regularly during your mandate;

—
consulting with the Corridor Forum regarding the work plan and regularly informing the Forum on its implementation;

—
wherever necessary, setting up and chairing a number of working groups reporting to the Corridor Forum, in accordance with Article 53(4) of Regulation (EU) 2024/1679;

—
carrying out all necessary missions to the relevant capitals, regions and urban nodes situated on the transport corridor;

—
following up the implementation and coordination of the work plan and the Commission implementing act based on it as well as other specific implementing acts for cross-border sections where applicable;

—
consulting, whenever appropriate, regional and local authorities, infrastructure managers, transport operators, in particular those which are members of the rail freight governance, the supply industry, transport users and relevant stakeholders in relation to the work plan and its implementation;

—
reporting to the Member States, the Council, the neighbouring countries that are part of the Baltic Sea – Black Sea – Aegean Sea European Transport Corridor, the European Parliament and the Commission, as well as any other entities involved in the development of the Baltic Sea – Black Sea – Aegean Sea European Transport Corridor, on difficulties encountered and proposed solutions;

—
cooperating closely with Member States and the rail freight governance to identify priorities and investment needs for rail freight on the rail freight lines of the Baltic Sea – Black Sea – Aegean Sea European Transport Corridor, taking into account the benefits provided to the trans-European transport network and the overall completion dates as set out in Regulation (EU) 2024/1679, without prejudice to the competence of the rail freight governance under Regulation (EU) No 913/2010 of the European Parliament and of the Council (5) and the competence of the Member States with respect to management and financing of infrastructure;

—
monitoring the performance of rail freight services, and identifying potential barriers, such as technical, administrative and operational ones, with a particular focus on the cross-border dimension, and making recommendations in this regard where relevant;

—
cooperating closely with the Member States concerned to help identify priorities and investment needs for the rail passenger lines of the Baltic Sea – Black Sea – Aegean Sea European Transport Corridor;

—
monitoring the performance of rail passenger services, and identifying potential barriers, such as technical, administrative and operational ones, with a particular focus on the cross-border dimensions, and making recommendations in this regard where relevant;

—
cooperating closely with the Member States concerned to facilitate, where relevant, contacts and coordination between maritime and inland waterways representatives with a view to increasing their synergies;

—
verifying whether projects proposed by the Member States, or by neighbouring countries, where applicable, for co-funding under the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) are consistent with the priorities of the work plan;

—
cooperating with and involving neighbouring countries in corridor activities, such as the Corridor Forum or working groups;

—
cooperating with international organisations, for activities related to the corridor which extend to neighbouring countries that are members of those international organisations.

In consequence, your task as European Coordinator will be very diverse in nature and of great importance to the Union and the overall project in the context of programming of funding and political dialogue with the Member States to enable the latter to overcome any difficulties in making the various infrastructure projects happen.

Rules and procedures

Your task as a European Coordinator will be for a period of four years starting on the date of the entry into force of Commission Decision (EU) 2025/1874 (6) and may be renewed by mutual agreement.
The duration of your mandate may be changed at any time by the Commission at its own initiative or at your request. The Commission reserves the right to cancel your mandate at any time.
During the performance of your tasks you shall not make commitments on behalf of the Commission without its prior written agreement. Accordingly, you shall act impartially, in an independent and confidential manner and apply to the best of your abilities your professional knowledge and skills solely in the interests of the Union.
You shall avoid any situation giving rise to a conflict of interest regarding the areas in which you are requested to intervene. You shall inform the Commission of any conflict of interest arising during your term of office immediately.
Furthermore, you shall not use or divulge any document or information which comes to your knowledge in the course of your duties, unless such information is already in the public domain. All the results produced by you shall be the property of the Union, which may use them or publish them as it sees fit.
During the performance of your task, you shall be granted a monthly flat-rate allowance of EUR 3 000 to cover the costs related to secretarial assistance where it is not directly provided by the Commission services (communication, miscellaneous office furniture, office space), and travel-mission representation-related expenses in accordance with the Commission rules.
The Director for Investment, Innovative and Sustainable Transport is your contact person in the Directorate-General for Mobility and Transport. The Commission can assure you in advance that you will have the full support of the Director and the members of staff designated to assist you on a day-to-day basis on technical and administrative matters when you carry out your tasks.
The Directorate-General for Mobility and Transport will organise regular meetings between the European Coordinators to allow information and experience to be shared.
The Belgian courts shall have exclusive jurisdiction in respect of any dispute concerning the validity, application or interpretation of this contract. This contract is governed by Belgian law.

(1) Regulation (EU) 2024/1679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 June 2024 on Union guidelines for the development of the trans-European transport network, amending Regulations (EU) 2021/1153 and (EU) No 913/2010 and repealing Regulation (EU) No 1315/2013 (OJ L, 2024/1679, 28.6.2024, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2024/1679/oj).

(2) Regulation (EU) No 913/2010 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 September 2010 concerning a European rail network for competitive freight (OJ L 276, 20.10.2010, p. 22, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2010/913/oj).

(3) Commission Decision (EU) 2025/1874 of 12 September 2025 amending Decision (EU) 2024/2383 as regards the designation of European Coordinators for the Atlantic, Rhine – Danube and Baltic Sea – Black Sea – Aegean Sea European Transport Corridors and the laying down of the detailed arrangements for the performance of their mission and tasks (OJ L 2025/1874, 15.9.2025, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2025/1874/oj).

(4) Regulation (EU) 2024/1679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 June 2024 on Union guidelines for the development of the trans-European transport network, amending Regulations (EU) 2021/1153 and (EU) No 913/2010 and repealing Regulation (EU) No 1315/2013 (OJ L, 2024/1679, 28.6.2024, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2024/1679/oj).

(5) Regulation (EU) No 913/2010 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 September 2010 concerning a European rail network for competitive freight (OJ L 276, 20.10.2010, p. 22, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2010/913/oj).

(6) Commission Decision (EU) 2025/1874 of 12 September 2025 amending Decision (EU) 2024/2383 as regards the designation of European Coordinators for the Atlantic, Rhine – Danube and Baltic Sea – Black Sea – Aegean Sea European Transport Corridors and the laying down of the detailed arrangements for the performance of their mission and tasks (OJ L 2025/1874, 15.9.2025, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2025/1874/oj).

Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2025/1847 of 15 September 2025 laying down rules for the application of Directive (EU) 2016/797 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards a request from Denmark not to apply the requirement regarding the railway track resistance to applied loads set out in Commission Regulation (EU) No 1299/2014 (notified under document C(2025) 6199)

January 13, 2026
Official Journalof the European Union ENL series
2025/1847 17.9.2025
(1) On 27 September 2022, Denmark submitted to the Commission a request for non-application of point 4.2.6 of the Annex to Commission Regulation (EU) No 1299/2014(2)to a specific section of tracks 2, 3 and 5 at Slagelse Station, within a speed upgrade project, until 10 October 2036 (the ‘request’). The request was submitted on the basis of Article 7(1), point (c), of Directive (EU) 2016/797.
(2) Point 4.2.6 of the Annex to Regulation (EU) No 1299/2014 sets out the requirement related to track resistance to applied loads. In particular, point 4.2.6.2.1 sets out that the track shall be designed to withstand longitudinal forces equivalent to the force arising from braking of 2,5 m/s2for the performance parameters chosen in accordance with point 4.2.1 of that Regulation.
(3) The request concerns a special track superstructure with low construction height that was installed in 2020 in a section of tracks 2, 3, and 5 above the platform tunnel at Slagelse Station located at TIB 1 km 92,95. The special track superstructure (‘Dtz’) is approved in Denmark. The compliance with the requirement of point 4.2.6.2.1 of the Annex to Regulation (EU) No 1299/2014 is not possible to be demonstrated due to the specificities of the special track superstructure.
(4) According to the documents submitted by Denmark, complying with point 4.2.6 of the Annex to Regulation (EU) No 1299/2014 would entail an additional cost of EUR 18 to 21 million, as the installation of a new track superstructure fulfilling the requirements in point 4.2.6 would also require either raising the height of the platforms or the construction of a new tunnel to accommodate the structural height of such a track superstructure.
(5) As an alternative measure, Denmark proposes to continue to use, during the period until 10 October 2036, Dtz, in accordance with national technical specifications on track parameters Banenorm BN1-6-6, Banenorm BN1-66-2, Banenorm BN1-38-6, Sporregler 1987 and technical specification no. 7795 Version 01.02.
(6) Based on the justification for the request provided by Denmark and the alternative provisions proposed, the conditions set out in Article 7(1), point (c), and Article 7(4) of Directive (EU) 2016/797 can be considered as fulfilled for the specific section of tracks 2, 3 and 5 at Slagelse Station, within a speed upgrade project. The request should therefore be accepted.
(7) Safety, as set out by Directive (EU) 2016/797, is an essential requirement which is to be met by the Union rail system, the subsystems and the interoperability constituents, including interfaces. The Commission should therefore be provided with any information indicating that the non-application of point 4.2.6 of the Annex to Regulation (EU) No 1299/2014 could compromise the safety of the railway system.
(8) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee referred to in Article 51(1) of Directive (EU) 2016/797,
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Directive (EU) 2016/797 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 May 2016 on the interoperability of the rail system within the European Union (1), and in particular Article 7(4) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) On 27 September 2022, Denmark submitted to the Commission a request for non-application of point 4.2.6 of the Annex to Commission Regulation (EU) No 1299/2014 (2) to a specific section of tracks 2, 3 and 5 at Slagelse Station, within a speed upgrade project, until 10 October 2036 (the ‘request’). The request was submitted on the basis of Article 7(1), point (c), of Directive (EU) 2016/797.
(2) Point 4.2.6 of the Annex to Regulation (EU) No 1299/2014 sets out the requirement related to track resistance to applied loads. In particular, point 4.2.6.2.1 sets out that the track shall be designed to withstand longitudinal forces equivalent to the force arising from braking of 2,5 m/s2 for the performance parameters chosen in accordance with point 4.2.1 of that Regulation.
(3) The request concerns a special track superstructure with low construction height that was installed in 2020 in a section of tracks 2, 3, and 5 above the platform tunnel at Slagelse Station located at TIB 1 km 92,95. The special track superstructure (‘Dtz’) is approved in Denmark. The compliance with the requirement of point 4.2.6.2.1 of the Annex to Regulation (EU) No 1299/2014 is not possible to be demonstrated due to the specificities of the special track superstructure.
(4) According to the documents submitted by Denmark, complying with point 4.2.6 of the Annex to Regulation (EU) No 1299/2014 would entail an additional cost of EUR 18 to 21 million, as the installation of a new track superstructure fulfilling the requirements in point 4.2.6 would also require either raising the height of the platforms or the construction of a new tunnel to accommodate the structural height of such a track superstructure.
(5) As an alternative measure, Denmark proposes to continue to use, during the period until 10 October 2036, Dtz, in accordance with national technical specifications on track parameters Banenorm BN1-6-6, Banenorm BN1-66-2, Banenorm BN1-38-6, Sporregler 1987 and technical specification no. 7795 Version 01.02.
(6) Based on the justification for the request provided by Denmark and the alternative provisions proposed, the conditions set out in Article 7(1), point (c), and Article 7(4) of Directive (EU) 2016/797 can be considered as fulfilled for the specific section of tracks 2, 3 and 5 at Slagelse Station, within a speed upgrade project. The request should therefore be accepted.
(7) Safety, as set out by Directive (EU) 2016/797, is an essential requirement which is to be met by the Union rail system, the subsystems and the interoperability constituents, including interfaces. The Commission should therefore be provided with any information indicating that the non-application of point 4.2.6 of the Annex to Regulation (EU) No 1299/2014 could compromise the safety of the railway system.
(8) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee referred to in Article 51(1) of Directive (EU) 2016/797,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
The request of Denmark for non-application of point 4.2.6 of the Annex to Regulation (EU) No 1299/2014 to the specific section of the renewal project of tracks 2, 3 and 5 at Slagelse Station, within a speed upgrade project, is accepted on the condition that the alternative measure proposed by Denmark is applied.
Denmark shall without undue delay inform the Commission in case it has information that the non-application may reasonably compromise the safety of the railway system.
This Decision is addressed to the Kingdom of Denmark.
It shall apply until 10 October 2036.

Commission Decision (EU) 2025/1815 of 12 September 2025 on the appointment of the members and Chair of the Performance Review Board of the Single European Sky

January 13, 2026
Official Journalof the European Union ENL series
2025/1815 15.9.2025
(1) Article 13 of Regulation (EU) 2024/2803 has established an independent and impartial advisory Performance Review Board (PRB). Its role is to assist the Commission with implementation of the performance and charging schemes as well as to issue guidance material to support national supervisory authorities, and, upon request, assist those authorities for the implementation of these schemes.
(2) Pursuant to Article 14 of Regulation (EU) 2024/2803, the PRB consists of seven members, including its Chair, appointed in their personal capacity for a non-renewable period of 5 years.
(3) The Commission published a call for expression of interest for the selection of members of the PRB on 24 April 2025(3).
(4) The selection procedure considered the requirements of balanced representation of competence and expertise for all key performance areas, as well as of gender and geographical origin.
(5) The Member States were consulted on 7 July 2025 on the list of candidates.
(6) It is therefore appropriate to appoint seven members of the PRB including its Chair as well as to establish a reserve list.
Mr Koen Milis, as Chair
Mr Maurizio Castelletti
Ms Ana Gómez-Pineda Luna
Ms Catherine Mary Mannion
Mr Juan José Montero-Pascual
Mr Patrick Souchu
Mr Joseph Sultana
Ms Estelle Malavolti
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Regulation (EU) 2024/2803 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2024 on the implementation of the Single European Sky (1) and in particular Article 14 thereof,
Having regard to Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2025/635 of 31 March 2025 laying down rules for the application of Regulation (EU) 2024/2803 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the Performance Review Board of the Single European Sky (2) and in particular Article 1(1) and (4) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Article 13 of Regulation (EU) 2024/2803 has established an independent and impartial advisory Performance Review Board (PRB). Its role is to assist the Commission with implementation of the performance and charging schemes as well as to issue guidance material to support national supervisory authorities, and, upon request, assist those authorities for the implementation of these schemes.
(2) Pursuant to Article 14 of Regulation (EU) 2024/2803, the PRB consists of seven members, including its Chair, appointed in their personal capacity for a non-renewable period of 5 years.
(3) The Commission published a call for expression of interest for the selection of members of the PRB on 24 April 2025 (3).
(4) The selection procedure considered the requirements of balanced representation of competence and expertise for all key performance areas, as well as of gender and geographical origin.
(5) The Member States were consulted on 7 July 2025 on the list of candidates.
(6) It is therefore appropriate to appoint seven members of the PRB including its Chair as well as to establish a reserve list.
HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:
The following persons are appointed as members of the Performance Review Board of the Single European Sky in accordance with Article 1(1) of Implementing Decision (EU) 2025/635 for a period of 5 years:

Mr Koen Milis, as Chair

Mr Maurizio Castelletti

Ms Ana Gómez-Pineda Luna

Ms Catherine Mary Mannion

Mr Juan José Montero-Pascual

Mr Patrick Souchu

Mr Joseph Sultana

The following reserve list is established, in accordance with Article 1(4) of Implementing Decision (EU) 2025/635:

Ms Estelle Malavolti

The term of office of the appointed members takes effect from 1 September 2025.

Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2025/1814 of 11 September 2025 postponing the expiry date of the approval of lauric acid for use in biocidal products of product-type 19 in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 528/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council

January 13, 2026
Official Journalof the European Union ENL series
2025/1814 12.9.2025
(1) Lauric acid was approved as an active substance for use in biocidal products of product-type 19 by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 405/2014(2)subject to the conditions set out in the Annex to that Regulation.
(2) The approval of lauric acid for use in biocidal products of product-type 19 (‘the approval’) is to expire on 31 October 2025. On 26 April 2024, an application was submitted in accordance with Article 13(1) of Regulation (EU) No 528/2012 for the renewal of the approval (‘the application’).
(3) On 16 December 2024, the evaluating competent authority of Germany informed the Commission that it had decided, pursuant to Article 14(1) of Regulation (EU) No 528/2012, that a full evaluation of the application was necessary. Pursuant to Article 8(1) of that Regulation, the evaluating competent authority is to perform a full evaluation of the application within 365 days of its validation.
(4) The evaluating competent authority may, as appropriate, require the applicant to provide sufficient data to carry out the evaluation, in accordance with Article 8(2) of Regulation (EU) No 528/2012. In that event, the 365-day period is suspended for a period that may not exceed 180 days in total unless a longer suspension is justified by the nature of the data requested or by exceptional circumstances.
(5) Within 270 days of receipt of a recommendation from the evaluating competent authority, the European Chemicals Agency is to prepare and submit to the Commission an opinion on renewal of the approval of the active substance in accordance with Article 14(3) of Regulation (EU) No 528/2012.
(6) Consequently, for reasons beyond the control of the applicant, the approval is likely to expire before a decision has been taken on its renewal. It is therefore appropriate to postpone the expiry date of the approval for a period of time sufficient to enable the examination of the application. Taking into account the time-limits for evaluation by the evaluating competent authority, for preparation and submission by the European Chemicals Agency of its opinion and the time needed for the Commission to decide whether to renew the approval, the expiry date should be postponed to 30 April 2028.
(7) After the postponement of the expiry date of the approval, lauric acid remains approved for use in biocidal products of product-type 19 subject to the conditions set out in the Annex to Implementing Regulation (EU) No 405/2014,
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Regulation (EU) No 528/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 May 2012 concerning the making available on the market and use of biocidal products (1), and in particular Article 14(5) thereof,
After consulting the Standing Committee on Biocidal Products,
Whereas:
(1) Lauric acid was approved as an active substance for use in biocidal products of product-type 19 by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 405/2014 (2) subject to the conditions set out in the Annex to that Regulation.
(2) The approval of lauric acid for use in biocidal products of product-type 19 (‘the approval’) is to expire on 31 October 2025. On 26 April 2024, an application was submitted in accordance with Article 13(1) of Regulation (EU) No 528/2012 for the renewal of the approval (‘the application’).
(3) On 16 December 2024, the evaluating competent authority of Germany informed the Commission that it had decided, pursuant to Article 14(1) of Regulation (EU) No 528/2012, that a full evaluation of the application was necessary. Pursuant to Article 8(1) of that Regulation, the evaluating competent authority is to perform a full evaluation of the application within 365 days of its validation.
(4) The evaluating competent authority may, as appropriate, require the applicant to provide sufficient data to carry out the evaluation, in accordance with Article 8(2) of Regulation (EU) No 528/2012. In that event, the 365-day period is suspended for a period that may not exceed 180 days in total unless a longer suspension is justified by the nature of the data requested or by exceptional circumstances.
(5) Within 270 days of receipt of a recommendation from the evaluating competent authority, the European Chemicals Agency is to prepare and submit to the Commission an opinion on renewal of the approval of the active substance in accordance with Article 14(3) of Regulation (EU) No 528/2012.
(6) Consequently, for reasons beyond the control of the applicant, the approval is likely to expire before a decision has been taken on its renewal. It is therefore appropriate to postpone the expiry date of the approval for a period of time sufficient to enable the examination of the application. Taking into account the time-limits for evaluation by the evaluating competent authority, for preparation and submission by the European Chemicals Agency of its opinion and the time needed for the Commission to decide whether to renew the approval, the expiry date should be postponed to 30 April 2028.
(7) After the postponement of the expiry date of the approval, lauric acid remains approved for use in biocidal products of product-type 19 subject to the conditions set out in the Annex to Implementing Regulation (EU) No 405/2014,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
The expiry date of the approval of lauric acid for use in biocidal products of product-type 19 set out in the Annex to Implementing Regulation (EU) No 405/2014, is postponed to 30 April 2028.
This Decision shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2025/1813 of 11 September 2025 not granting a Union authorisation for the biocidal product family VEOLIA WATER TECHNOLOGIES CMIT/MIT biocidal product family in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 528/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council (notified under document C(2025) 6102)

January 13, 2026
Official Journalof the European Union ENL series
2025/1813 17.9.2025
(1) On 30 June 2017, VEOLIA WATER SOLUTIONS & TECHNOLOGIES SUPPORT (the ‘applicant’) submitted an application to the European Chemicals Agency (‘the Agency’) in accordance with Article 43(1) of Regulation (EU) No 528/2012 and Article 4 of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 414/2013(2)for Union authorisation of the same biocidal product family, as referred to in Article 1 of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 414/2013. That biocidal product family was named ‘VEOLIA WATER TECHNOLOGIES CMIT/MIT biocidal product family’, of product-types 6, 11, 12 and 13, as described in Annex V to Regulation (EU) No 528/2012. The application was recorded under case number BC-MG032941-44 in the Register for Biocidal Products. The application also indicated the case number of the related reference product family ‘LANXESS CMIT/MIT biocidal product family’, later authorised by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/2750(3), with authorisation number EU-0031652-0000.
(2) The biocidal product family ‘VEOLIA WATER TECHNOLOGIES CMIT/MIT biocidal product family’ contains CMIT/MIT (3:1) as the active substance, included in the Union list of approved active substances referred to in Article 9(2) of Regulation (EU) No 528/2012 for product-types 6, 11, 12 and 13.
(3) Following its acceptance by the Agency, the validation of the application was initiated on 24 July 2017.
(4) On 22 August 2017, 27 October 2017 and 30 October 2017, the Agency requested the following additional information from the applicant(4):(a)a revision of the Summary of Product Characteristics (‘SPC’) to include all non-active substances and to align their ranges in accordance with those in the related reference product family;(b)a modification concerning the indication of the change in the ‘Name of the biocidal product’ in the supporting document of the application;(c)a modification concerning the indication of the change in the ‘Name of the authorisation holder’ in the supporting document of the application;(d)a modification concerning the indication of a new manufacturer of the biocidal product in the supporting document of the application;(e)a modification concerning the indication of the removal of a certain meta or use in the supporting document of the application.That information was provided by the applicant on 7 September 2017, 27 October 2017 and 21 October 2017. The application was validated on 12 December 2017. (a) a revision of the Summary of Product Characteristics (‘SPC’) to include all non-active substances and to align their ranges in accordance with those in the related reference product family; (b) a modification concerning the indication of the change in the ‘Name of the biocidal product’ in the supporting document of the application; (c) a modification concerning the indication of the change in the ‘Name of the authorisation holder’ in the supporting document of the application; (d) a modification concerning the indication of a new manufacturer of the biocidal product in the supporting document of the application; (e) a modification concerning the indication of the removal of a certain meta or use in the supporting document of the application.
(a) a revision of the Summary of Product Characteristics (‘SPC’) to include all non-active substances and to align their ranges in accordance with those in the related reference product family;
(b) a modification concerning the indication of the change in the ‘Name of the biocidal product’ in the supporting document of the application;
(c) a modification concerning the indication of the change in the ‘Name of the authorisation holder’ in the supporting document of the application;
(d) a modification concerning the indication of a new manufacturer of the biocidal product in the supporting document of the application;
(e) a modification concerning the indication of the removal of a certain meta or use in the supporting document of the application.
(a) a revision of the Summary of Product Characteristics (‘SPC’) to include all non-active substances and to align their ranges in accordance with those in the related reference product family;
(b) a modification concerning the indication of the change in the ‘Name of the biocidal product’ in the supporting document of the application;
(c) a modification concerning the indication of the change in the ‘Name of the authorisation holder’ in the supporting document of the application;
(d) a modification concerning the indication of a new manufacturer of the biocidal product in the supporting document of the application;
(e) a modification concerning the indication of the removal of a certain meta or use in the supporting document of the application.
(5) Following the adoption of the Biocidal Products Committee (‘BPC’) opinion on 13 September 2023(5)of the related reference product family, including the draft SPC, the applicant was requested to submit a revised version of the SPC of the same biocidal product family that was aligned with the SPC of the related reference product family (‘aligned SPC’) and a letter of access to the data supporting the authorisation of the related reference product family (‘reference product family data’).
(6) The applicant provided the aligned SPC. However, despite the Agency’s repeated requests(6), the applicant did not provide the letter of access to the reference product family data.
(7) In the absence of the letter of access to the reference product family data, the application does not contain the elements required under Article 2, point (c), of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 414/2013.
(8) On 19 July 2024, the Agency submitted to the Commission its opinion(7)on the application for the Union authorisation of the same biocidal product family ‘VEOLIA WATER TECHNOLOGIES CMIT/MIT biocidal product family’.
(9) The opinion concludes that the same biocidal product family ‘VEOLIA WATER TECHNOLOGIES CMIT/MIT biocidal product family’ should not be authorised since the application is incomplete as it does not contain the required elements set out in Article 2, point (c), of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 414/2013.
(10) The Agency therefore proposes not to authorise the same biocidal product family ‘VEOLIA WATER TECHNOLOGIES CMIT/MIT biocidal product family’.
(11) On 2 December 2024, the Commission requested the applicant to provide the letter of access to the reference product family data(8). Since the applicant had provided the letter of access to data required for inclusion of the active substance in Annex I to Directive 98/8/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council(9)or in the Union list for approved active substances referred to in Article 9(2) of Regulation (EU) No 528/2012, the Commission held a meeting with the applicant on 21 February 2025 to clarify which document needed to be provided and set a deadline of 31 March 2025 for submitting the correct document.
(12) On 3 April 2025, the applicant informed the Agencyof its intention to provide the letter of access to the reference product family data within a few days(10).
(13) Since on 14 April 2025 the letter of access to the reference product family data was still not submitted, the Commission gave the applicant another opportunity to provide the document by 23 April 2025(11). However, the applicant neither submitted the required document nor provided any reply.
(14) The Commission concurs with the opinion of the Agency that, in the absence of the letter of access to the reference product family data, the application does not fulfil the requirements set out in Article 2, point (c), of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 414/2013. Therefore, the Commission considers it appropriate not to grant a Union authorisation for ‘VEOLIA WATER TECHNOLOGIES CMIT/MIT biocidal product family’.
(15) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Biocidal Products,
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Regulation (EU) No 528/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 May 2012 concerning the making available on the market and use of biocidal products (1), and in particular Article 44(5), first subparagraph, thereof,
Whereas:
(1) On 30 June 2017, VEOLIA WATER SOLUTIONS & TECHNOLOGIES SUPPORT (the ‘applicant’) submitted an application to the European Chemicals Agency (‘the Agency’) in accordance with Article 43(1) of Regulation (EU) No 528/2012 and Article 4 of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 414/2013 (2) for Union authorisation of the same biocidal product family, as referred to in Article 1 of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 414/2013. That biocidal product family was named ‘VEOLIA WATER TECHNOLOGIES CMIT/MIT biocidal product family’, of product-types 6, 11, 12 and 13, as described in Annex V to Regulation (EU) No 528/2012. The application was recorded under case number BC-MG032941-44 in the Register for Biocidal Products. The application also indicated the case number of the related reference product family ‘LANXESS CMIT/MIT biocidal product family’, later authorised by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/2750 (3), with authorisation number EU-0031652-0000.
(2) The biocidal product family ‘VEOLIA WATER TECHNOLOGIES CMIT/MIT biocidal product family’ contains CMIT/MIT (3:1) as the active substance, included in the Union list of approved active substances referred to in Article 9(2) of Regulation (EU) No 528/2012 for product-types 6, 11, 12 and 13.
(3) Following its acceptance by the Agency, the validation of the application was initiated on 24 July 2017.
(4) On 22 August 2017, 27 October 2017 and 30 October 2017, the Agency requested the following additional information from the applicant (4):
(a)
a revision of the Summary of Product Characteristics (‘SPC’) to include all non-active substances and to align their ranges in accordance with those in the related reference product family;
(b)
a modification concerning the indication of the change in the ‘Name of the biocidal product’ in the supporting document of the application;
(c)
a modification concerning the indication of the change in the ‘Name of the authorisation holder’ in the supporting document of the application;
(d)
a modification concerning the indication of a new manufacturer of the biocidal product in the supporting document of the application;
(e)
a modification concerning the indication of the removal of a certain meta or use in the supporting document of the application.
That information was provided by the applicant on 7 September 2017, 27 October 2017 and 21 October 2017. The application was validated on 12 December 2017.
(5) Following the adoption of the Biocidal Products Committee (‘BPC’) opinion on 13 September 2023 (5) of the related reference product family, including the draft SPC, the applicant was requested to submit a revised version of the SPC of the same biocidal product family that was aligned with the SPC of the related reference product family (‘aligned SPC’) and a letter of access to the data supporting the authorisation of the related reference product family (‘reference product family data’).
(6) The applicant provided the aligned SPC. However, despite the Agency’s repeated requests (6), the applicant did not provide the letter of access to the reference product family data.
(7) In the absence of the letter of access to the reference product family data, the application does not contain the elements required under Article 2, point (c), of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 414/2013.
(8) On 19 July 2024, the Agency submitted to the Commission its opinion (7) on the application for the Union authorisation of the same biocidal product family ‘VEOLIA WATER TECHNOLOGIES CMIT/MIT biocidal product family’.
(9) The opinion concludes that the same biocidal product family ‘VEOLIA WATER TECHNOLOGIES CMIT/MIT biocidal product family’ should not be authorised since the application is incomplete as it does not contain the required elements set out in Article 2, point (c), of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 414/2013.
(10) The Agency therefore proposes not to authorise the same biocidal product family ‘VEOLIA WATER TECHNOLOGIES CMIT/MIT biocidal product family’.
(11) On 2 December 2024, the Commission requested the applicant to provide the letter of access to the reference product family data (8). Since the applicant had provided the letter of access to data required for inclusion of the active substance in Annex I to Directive 98/8/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (9) or in the Union list for approved active substances referred to in Article 9(2) of Regulation (EU) No 528/2012, the Commission held a meeting with the applicant on 21 February 2025 to clarify which document needed to be provided and set a deadline of 31 March 2025 for submitting the correct document.
(12) On 3 April 2025, the applicant informed the Agencyof its intention to provide the letter of access to the reference product family data within a few days (10).
(13) Since on 14 April 2025 the letter of access to the reference product family data was still not submitted, the Commission gave the applicant another opportunity to provide the document by 23 April 2025 (11). However, the applicant neither submitted the required document nor provided any reply.
(14) The Commission concurs with the opinion of the Agency that, in the absence of the letter of access to the reference product family data, the application does not fulfil the requirements set out in Article 2, point (c), of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 414/2013. Therefore, the Commission considers it appropriate not to grant a Union authorisation for ‘VEOLIA WATER TECHNOLOGIES CMIT/MIT biocidal product family’.
(15) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Biocidal Products,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
A Union authorisation is not granted to VEOLIA WATER SOLUTIONS & TECHNOLOGIES SUPPORT for the making available on the market and use of the same biocidal product family ‘VEOLIA WATER TECHNOLOGIES CMIT/MIT biocidal product family’.
This Decision is addressed to VEOLIA WATER SOLUTIONS & TECHNOLOGIES SUPPORT, 1 place Montgolfier, 94410 Saint-Maurice, FRANCE.