
Article 1 
The accounts of the Estonian paying agency ‘PRIA’ concerning expenditure in the field of rural development measures financed by the European Agricultural Guarantee Fund (EAGF), in respect of the 2007 financial year, are hereby cleared.
The amounts which are recoverable from, or payable to, the Member State pursuant to this Decision in the field of rural development measures applicable in Estonia are set out in Annex I and Annex II.
Article 2 
This Decision is addressed to the Republic of Estonia.
Done at Brussels, 27 January 2009.
For the Commission
Mariann FISCHER BOEL
Member of the Commission
ANNEX I
MS  2007 — Expenditure for the paying agencies for which the accounts are Total a + b Reductions Total Interim payments reimbursed to the Member State for the financial year Amount to be recovered from (–) or paid to (+) the Member State
cleared disjoined
= expenditure declared in the annual declaration = total of interim payments reimbursed to the Member State for the financial year
  a b c = a + b d e = c + d f g = e – f
EE EUR 40 720 193,48 0,0 40 720 193,48 0,0 40 720 193,48 36 236 291,0 4 483 902,48

ANNEX II
MS No Measures Expenditure 2007Annex I column ‘a’ ReductionsAnnex I column ‘d’ Amount cleared for 2007Annex I column ‘e’
EE No Measures i ii iii = i + ii
 1 Support of investments for management of animal waste 6 551 632,4 0,0 6 551 632,4
 2 Encouragement of the improvement and the development 20 321 752,46 0,0 20 321 752,46
 3 Encouragement for setting up producer groups 101 134,83 0,0 101 134,83
 4 Promotion of vocational training of farmers 2 566 539,21 0,0 2 566 539,21
 5 Technical and advisory service to farmers 6 225 307,6 0,0 6 225 307,6
 6 Early retirement 4 021 137,22 0,0 4 021 137,22
 7 Support for setting up young farmers 932 689,76 0,0 932 689,76
 8 Meeting EU standards 0,0 0,0 0,0
 9 Adoption of agri-environmental measures 0,0 0,0 0,0
 10 Agri-environmental actions for the protection of natural value 0,0 0,0 0,0
 11 Afforestation 0,0 0,0 0,0
 12 Improving of infrastructure for livestock development 0,0 0,0 0,0
 13 Less favourite areas 0,0 0,0 0,0
 14 Support for quality schemes 0,0 0,0 0,0
 15 Support of small scale, traditional processing 0,0 0,0 0,0
 16 Protection of agricultural and traditional landscapes 0,0 0,0 0,0
 17 Protection from forest fires and other natural disasters 0,0 0,0 0,0
 18 Afforestation of non-agricultural land 0,0 0,0 0,0
 19 Improvement of harvesting process 0,0 0,0 0,0
 20 Technical support of the implementation, monitoring 0,0 0,0 0,0
 21 Technical support of collective initiatives at local level 0,0 0,0 0,0
Total 40 720 193,48 0,0 40 720 193,48