Expenditure certified to the EU for programmes co-financed by Structural Funds
Total expenditure certified to the EU comes to €46.2 billion, an increase of about €1.3 billion over the previous measurement at 31 December. This figure reached 101.0% of the actual available funding of the Programmes as at that date and, with the update of the monitoring data at 31 December 2016, total reportable payments (see variable OC_TOT_PAGAMENTI_RENDICONTAB_UE in the Payments datasets) exceed the programmed available funding, having reached a level of 103.8%.
According to the rules for the closure of 2007-2013 programmes, payments made 31 December 2015 by the government bodies responsible for Operational Programmes by can be transformed into certifications and requests for reimbursement until 31 March 2017.
PROGRESS OF ELIGIBLE PAYMENTS AND EXPENDITURE CERTIFIED TO THE EU FOR PROGRAMMES CO-FINANCED BY 2007-2013 STRUCTURAL FUNDS – TOTAL FOR ITALY
(% of eligible payments and expenditure certified to the EU compared with available funding – update as at 31 December 2016 and 31 March 2017)
Month | Payments over funding | Certified percentage of funding | EU objective for certified spending |
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January 2009 | 3.08 | 0.00 | |
February 2009 | 3.30 | ||
March 2009 | 3.77 | ||
April 2009 | 4.14 | 0.00 | |
May 2009 | 4.57 | 0.01 | |
June 2009 | 5.14 | 0.11 | |
July 2009 | 5.58 | 0.54 | |
August 2009 | 5.93 | 0.58 | |
September 2009 | 6.29 | 0.60 | |
October 2009 | 6.87 | 1.01 | |
November 2009 | 7.54 | 1.55 | |
December 2009 | 10.33 | 6.75 | |
January 2010 | 10.72 | ||
February 2010 | 11.22 | 6.78 | |
March 2010 | 11.82 | 6.95 | |
April 2010 | 12.37 | 7.01 | |
May 2010 | 12.84 | 7.03 | |
June 2010 | 13.35 | 7.22 | |
July 2010 | 13.95 | 7.37 | |
August 2010 | 14.35 | 7.37 | |
September 2010 | 14.86 | 7.45 | |
October 2010 | 15.48 | 7.58 | |
November 2010 | 16.22 | 8.05 | |
December 2010 | 17.64 | 10.43 | 7.40 |
January 2011 | 18.01 | ||
February 2011 | 18.58 | 10.52 | |
March 2011 | 19.17 | 10.62 | |
April 2011 | 19.93 | 10.72 | |
May 2011 | 20.50 | 11.00 | |
June 2011 | 21.12 | 11.60 | |
July 2011 | 21.82 | 12.02 | |
August 2011 | 22.39 | 12.18 | |
September 2011 | 23.14 | 12.21 | |
October 2011 | 24.46 | 15.18 | |
November 2011 | 25.63 | 15.62 | |
December 2011 | 29.20 | 21.24 | 18.80 |
January 2012 | 29.71 | ||
February 2012 | 30.45 | 21.27 | |
March 2012 | 31.28 | 21.30 | |
April 2012 | 31.90 | 21.55 | |
May 2012 | 35.69 | 24.89 | |
June 2012 | 36.69 | 25.14 | |
July 2012 | 37.55 | 25.76 | |
August 2012 | 38.25 | 25.80 | |
September 2012 | 39.00 | 26.15 | |
October 2012 | 40.25 | 29.28 | |
November 2012 | 41.76 | 29.49 | |
December 2012 | 47.80 | 36.71 | 31.50 |
January 2013 | 48.33 | 36.77 | |
February 2013 | 48.96 | 36.77 | |
March 2013 | 49.76 | 36.91 | |
April 2013 | 50.65 | 37.10 | |
May 2013 | 51.82 | 39.68 | |
June 2013 | 52.67 | 39.82 | |
July 2013 | 53.79 | 40.22 | |
August 2013 | 54.68 | 40.32 | |
September 2013 | 56.33 | 40.96 | |
October 2013 | 60.14 | 47.13 | |
November 2013 | 61.58 | 47.22 | |
December 2013 | 64.22 | 52.06 | 48.50 |
January 2014 | 64.78 | ||
February 2014 | 65.30 | 52.23 | |
March 2014 | 66.16 | 52.27 | |
April 2014 | 67.11 | 52.37 | |
May 2014 | 67.97 | 55.28 | |
June 2014 | 68.71 | 55.57 | |
July 2014 | 69.91 | 56.71 | |
August 2014 | 70.62 | 56.86 | |
September 2014 | 71.50 | 57.04 | |
October 2014 | 74.75 | 61.34 | |
November 2014 | 75.98 | 62.30 | |
December 2014 | 79.67 | 69.32 | 66.70 |
January 2015 | 80.09 | ||
February 2015 | 80.89 | 69.38 | |
March 2015 | 82.16 | 69.83 | |
April 2015 | 83.10 | 69.96 | |
May 2015 | 84.53 | 71.38 | |
June 2015 | 85.50 | 72.62 | |
July 2015 | 86.61 | 73.07 | |
August 2015 | 87.48 | 73.23 | |
September 2015 | 88.68 | 73.32 | |
October 2015 | 91.40 | 75.55 | |
November 2015 | 93.54 | 77.44 | |
December 2015 | 103.80 | 80.51 | |
January 2016 | 80.53 | ||
February 2016 | 80.94 | ||
March 2016 | 81.37 | ||
April 2016 | 82.21 | ||
May 2016 | 83.49 | ||
June 2016 | 85.19 | ||
July 2016 | 88.55 | ||
August 2016 | 89.06 | ||
September 2016 | 89.21 | ||
October 2016 | 90.83 | ||
November 2016 | 93.00 | ||
December 2016 | 98.12 | ||
January 2017 | |||
February 2017 | |||
March 2017 | 101.01 | 100.00 |
NOTE: The chart shows the progress of reportable payments (in conjunction with the bimonthly updates of the Monitoring System) and certified expenditure (which continues periodically until 31 March 2017) compared with total available funding of the programmes co-financed by 2007-2013 Structural Funds.
The series of payments from available funding, through 31 December 2015, is updated in conjunction with the bimonthly updates of the Unitary Monitoring System even after that date. This figure represents cumulative payments out of total implementation of the Programmes co-financed by 2007-2013 Structural Funds included in monitoring and now undergoing progressive settlement. The payments in the series refer to the set of all projects monitored, which includes both those that can be viewed on the website and excluded projects.
For certain Programmes, the value of the reportable payments attributed to them can exceed the value of their actual available funding (due to the practice of overbooking, a Programme can temporarily include projects for a value greater than available funding).
The EU targets are as defined under the “n+2” rule as at December of each year until 2014 and were accompanied, between 2011 and 2014, by national interim targets in order to facilitate achievement of EU targets. There are no EU targets for certified expenditure for 2015 as the only remaining target is that of the final programme closure date of 31 March 2017.
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What is expenditure certified to the EU?
Expenditure certified to the EU represents requests for reimbursement of spending incurred presented to the European Commission by the government bodies responsible for the Programmes co-financed by Structural Funds. For each accounting year of the resources drawn from the EU budget for each fund (ESF, ERDF) and Operational Programme, these requests are submitted within a given time period specifically established for each programming period. Resources that are not certified to the Commission by the deadline are subject to automatic decommitment, i.e. the reduction in EU financing and in the corresponding national co-financing of the Programme.
What are the rules for the 2007-2013 programming cycle?
For the 2007-2013 period, the European Commission “n+2” rule (Article 93 of Regulation (EC) no. 1083/2006) remains in place. Therefore, certifications to the Commission are to be filed by 31 December of the second year following that of the commitment under the Programme. The effects of this rule include that of 31 December 2015 being the final deadline for eligibility of expenditure reportable to the Commission for the 2007-2013 cycle. In order to encourage the implementation of Operational Programmes co-financed by Structural Funds, during the 2007-2013 period Italy established, in conjunction with the NSF Committee of 30 March 2011 as amended, a number of national interim targets for spending actually incurred and certified. Accordingly, in addition to 31 December of each year, certified expenditure is also monitored at 31 May and 31 October.
What is the importance of 31 December 2015?
This is the final deadline for eligibility of spending reportable to the European Commission for the 2007-2013 cycle (with minimal exceptions, for example, for financial engineering instruments). Here is more detailed information on the closure rules for the 2007-2013 cycle. Resources from the European budget can only be decommitted after an examination by the European Commission of the documents filed by 31 March 2017, the date by which it is necessary to submit payment requests to the Commission. The target of 100% of certified expenditure set for March 2017 implies that, for 31 December 2015, reportable payments are to be at least equal to the available funding of the programmes and filed for the reimbursement of expenditure certified to the Commission from that date and until the formal closure of the programmes.
It should also be considered that, as was the case in previous programming cycles, during the final year of expenditure eligibility, the filing of certifications slows normally due both to the rules of execution of the Community budget (see, for example, Article 79 of Regulation (EC) no. 1083/2006) and to operations related to the closure process (admissibility deadline, final controls, shifting of resources, preparation of documents, etc.).
What are the rules for the 2014-2020 programming cycle?
For the 2014-2020 period, the “n+3” rule (Article 136 of Regulation (EC) no. 1303/2013) is in effect, so certifications to the Commission shall be filed by 31 December of the third year following that of the commitment under the Programme. There are no exceptions for Major Projects.
What is the difference between certified expenditure and monitored expenditure?
For the 2007-2013 period, the system of reporting spending to the EU for programmes financed by Structural Funds differs from that for monitoring projects, which is the source of the data published on OpenCoesione. Generally speaking, a reportable payment is entered into the project monitoring system when it is made and may be reported at a later time. Therefore, the amount of payments reportable to the EU for each programme may not match the latest figure of official certification of expenditure to the European Commission.