Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 of the European Parliament and of the CouncilShow full title

Article 4 EAGF expenditure

1. The EAGF shall be implemented in shared management between the Member States and the Union. It shall finance the following expenditure, which shall be effected in accordance with Union law:

(a) measures regulating or supporting agricultural markets;

(b) direct payments to farmers under the CAP;

(c) the Union's financial contribution to information and promotion measures for agricultural products on the internal market of the Union and in third countries, undertaken by Member States on the basis of programmes other than those referred to in Article 5 and which are selected by the Commission;

(d) the Union's financial contribution to the Union School Fruit and Vegetables Scheme as referred to in Article 23 of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 and to the measures related to animal diseases and loss of consumer confidence as referred to in Article 155 of that Regulation.

2. The EAGF shall finance the following expenditure in a direct manner and in accordance with Union law:

(a) promotion of agricultural products, undertaken either directly by the Commission or through international organisations;

(b) measures, taken in accordance with Union law, to ensure the conservation, characterisation, collection and utilisation of genetic resources in agriculture;

(c) the establishment and maintenance of agricultural accounting information systems;

(d) agricultural survey systems, including surveys on the structure of agricultural holdings.