COMMISSION DECISION of 28 September 1982 concerning applications for reimbursement and advance payments for the agricultural measures covered by the integrated development programme for the department of Lozère (Only the French text is authentic) (82/715/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1940/81 of 30 June 1981 on an integrated development programme for the department of Lozère (1), and in particular Article 9 (4) thereof,
Whereas applications for reimbursement and for advance payments to be submitted by France to the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund, Guidance Section, must include certain information making it possible to verify that the expenditure complies with Regulation (EEC) No 1940/81 and that the agricultural measures from part of the integrated development programme for the department of Lozère approved in accordance with Article 5 (3) of that Regulation;
Whereas France must, in order to permit proper control, keep the supporting documents on file at the Commission's disposal for a period of three years after payment of the final reimbursement;
Whereas, to implement the provision allowing the Commission to make advance payments, the necessary detailed rules and procedures should be laid down;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of EAGGF Committee,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
1. The applications for reimbursement referred to in Article 9 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 1940/81 must conform with the tables set out in Annexes 1 to 1.8 hereto.
2. France shall notify to the Commission, with the first application for reimbursement, the texts of the national implementing and control provisions and the administrative instructions as well as the forms and any other documents relating to the administrative implementation of the measure.
For the implementation of the measures, account must be taken of the specific provisions concerning the submission of documents as given in Annex 4 hereto.
Article 2
France shall hold at the Commission's disposal, for a period of three years after the payment of the final reimbursement, all the supporting documents or the certified copies thereof in its possession on the basis of which the aids provided for in Regulation (EEC) No 1940/81 have been approved, and the complete files on the beneficiaries.
Article 3
Applications for advance payments in respect of expenditure eligible for aid from the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund, Guidance Section, as referred to in Article 7 of Regulation (EEC) No 1940/81, must conform with the tables set out in Annexes 2 to 2.6 hereto.
Article 4
1. Advance payments from the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund, Guidance Section, may not exceed 80 % of the Community contribution towards financing the proposed expenditure for the year concerned.
2. Advance payments not spent during the year in respect of which they were paid shall be deducted from the advance payments to be paid in respect of the following year. (1) OJ No L 197, 20.7.1981, p. 9.
Article 5
At the end of each year in respect of which advance payments have been made, France shall submit a report on the progress of operations during that year, in accordance with the tables set out in Annexes 3 to 3.6 hereto.
Advance payments for the following year may not be made before the abovementioned report has been sent to the Commission.
Article 6
This Decision is addressed to the French Republic.
Done at Brussels, 28 September 1982.