COMMISSION DECISION
of 16 September 1985
concerning applications for reimbursement and the payment of advances in respect of certain measures to adjust capacity in the fisheries sector
(85/474/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,Having regard to Council Directive 83/515/EEC of 4 Oc-
tober 1983 concerning certain measures to adjust capacity in the fisheries sector (1), and in particular Article 10 (4) thereof,Whereas applications for reimbursement and the payment of advances to be submitted by the Member States to the Commission must contain certain particulars which show that the expenditure complies with Directive 83/515/EEC and relates to measures approved by the Commission in accordance with Article 7 of that Directive;Whereas, in order to enable an effective check to be made, Member States must keep the supporting documents on the basis of which the aids were calculated at the disposal of the Commission for a period of three years following payment of the final reimbursement;Whereas, in order to give effect to the possibility afforded the Commission of making advance payments, detailed rules and procedures must be laid down;Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee for the Fishing Industry,HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
Applications for reimbursement as referred to in Article
10 (1) of Directive 83/515/EEC shall comply with the tables contained in Annexes 1, 2 and 3.
Article 2
Member States shall keep at the disposal of the Commission for a period of three years following payment of the final reimbursement all supporting documents or certified copies thereof on the basis of which the aids provided for in Directive 83/515/EEC were calculated, and the complete files of the beneficiaries.
Article 3
Applications for the advance payments referred to in Article 10 (3) of Directive 83/515/EEC shall be submitted by the relevant Member State. Such applications shall be drawn up in the form set out in Annex 4.
Article 4
1. Advance payments shall not exceed 25 % of the amount of eligible expenditure expected to be incurred in the year to which such payment relates.2. Advance payments which are not used in the year in respect of which they were paid shall be deducted from the advance payment to be made for the following year. The Commission may require the Member State concerned to reimburse all or part of the advance payment made where such deduction is not possible.
Article 5
1. At the end of each year for which advance payments have been made to them, Member States shall establish a report on the operations carried out during that year. This
report shall reach the Commission by 1 June of the following year.
2. Advance payments for the following year shall not be made until the report referred to in paragraph 1 has been submitted to the Commission.
Article 6
The list of vessels for which the final cessation premium has been granted shall be drawn up using a form the model of
which is shown in Annex 5. It shall be forwarded to the Commission prior to the application for reimbursement.
Article 7
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
Done at Brussels, 16 September 1985.