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COMMISSION DECISION
of 23 February 1989
on the payment of advances and the fixing of the Community contribution towards permanent abandonment premiums granted in respect of vine-growing areas
(89/166/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1442/88 of 24 May 1988 on the granting, for the 1988/89 to 1995/96 wine years, of permanent abandonment premiums in respect of vine-growing areas (1), and in particular Article 16 (3) thereof,
Whereas applications for the payment of advances and the statements of permanent abandonment premiums paid intended for the fixing each year of the Community's contribution, to be presented by the Member States to the Guidance and Guarantee Sections of the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund (EAGGF), should contain certain information so that an examination can be made of the conformity of the expenditure with the provisions of Regulation (EEC) No 1442/88 and of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2729/88 (2), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3445/88 (3);
Whereas, in order to permit effective checks, Member States should keep the supporting documents at the disposal of the Commission for a period of three years from the date on which the Community contribution is fixed;
Whereas it is necessary, in order to effect payment of the advances provided for in Articles 14 (3) and 15 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 1442/88, to lay down the relevant detailed rules and procedures;
Whereas the measures provided for in the Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund Committee,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
Applications for advances drawn up in respect of expenditure eligible for reimbursement from the Guarantee and Guidance Sections of the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund, referred to in Articles 14 (3) and 15 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 1442/88, shall be in conformity with the tables set out in Annexes I, I.1 and I.2.
Article 2
1. Advances from the Guarantee and Guidance Sections of the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund shall not be more than the amount of the Community contribution towards the financing of the expenditure planned during the reference year.
2. Advances which are not expended during the year in respect of which they are paid shall be deducted from advances to be paid in respect of the following year.
3. Advances for the following year shall be paid only after the statement of the permanent abandonment premiums paid referred to in Article 3 (1) has been sent to the Commission.
Article 3
1. The statement of the permanent abandonment premiums paid during a year referred to in Article 16 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 1442/88 shall be in conformity with the tables set out in Annexes II, II.1, II.2 and III.
2. Member States shall forward to the Commission, with the first statement of the permanent abandonment premiums paid, the texts of the national implementing provisions and of the administrative instructions, and the forms or any other documents concerning the administrative application of the scheme.
Article 4
Member States shall keep available to the Commission, for a period of three years from the date on which the Community contribution was last fixed, all the supporting documents or certified copies thereof which are in their possession, on the basis of which premiums provided for in Regulation (EEC) No 1442/88 were granted and the applications for advances and statements of premiums were drawn up.
Article 5.
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
Done at Brussels, 23 February 1989.