For payments, the implementation reached EUR 132.4 billion or 92 % of available appropriations. Following several years of constrained payment appropriations and accumulation of unpaid claims (mostly in cohesion), the abnormal backlog was fully phased out in 2016, in line with the 'payment plan' agreed with the EP and the Council in 2015.
Po več letih omejenih odobritev plačil in kopičenja neplačanih zahtevkov (predvsem na področju kohezije) je bil neobičajen zaostanek pri plačilih v letu 2016 v celoti odpravljen v skladu z „načrtom plačil“, dogovorjenim z Evropskim parlamentom in Svetom leta 2015.