COMMISSION DECISION of 20 July 1994 approving an amendment to the Spanish programme of agricultural income aid for farmers in Andalusia (94/483/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 768/89 of 21 March 1989 establishing a system of transitional aids to agricultural income (1), and in particular Article 7 (3) thereof,

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3813/89 of 19 December 1989 laying down detailed rules for the application of the system of transitional aids to agricultural income (2), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1110/91 (3), and in particular

Article 10

(3) thereof,

Whereas on 9 March 1993 the Spanish authorities notified the Commission of their intention to establish a programme of agricultural income aid for farmers in Andalusia; whereas the Commission approved the programme in its Decision 93/223/EEC (4);

Whereas Article 15 of Regulation (EEC) No 768/89 provides that that Regulation is to apply until 31 March 1993 and that no programme of agricultural income aid is to be approved after that date; whereas, therefore, in accordance with Article 7 (1) of the same Regulation, after that date the Commission can only approve technical amendments to programmes of aid to agricultural income;

Whereas on 21 March 1994 the Spanish authorities notified the Commission that they had made some technical errors when drawing up the programme, in particular with regard to the calculation of the flat-rate basis for monitoring agricultural work units;

Whereas these errors must be corrected; whereas as a result of these errors and the need to correct them the Spanish authorities made no income aid payments between the date of entry into force of the Decision approving the programme and the deadline for benefiting from the funds entered in the Community budget for 1993 for the programme;

Whereas the Spanish authorities have requested that the amount entered in the Community budget for 1993 should be entered in the Community budget for 1994; whereas it seems appropriate to grant this request, given that it is not of a nature to alter the substance of the Decision of 26 March 1993 approving the programme;

Whereas the Management Committee for Agricultural Income Aid was consulted on 19 July 1994 on the measure provided for in this Decision;

Whereas the EAGGF Committee was consulted on 19 July 1994 on the maximum amounts that can be charged to the Community budget each year under the programme approved,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The programme of agricultural income aid for farmers in Andalusia notified to the Commission by the Spanish authorities on 9 March 1993, as amended by the communication of 21 March 1994, is hereby approved.

Article 2

The maximum amounts that may be charged to the Community budget each year under this Decision are as follows:

"(ECU)"" ID="1">1993> ID="2">none"> ID="1">1994> ID="2">11 142 000"> ID="1">1995> ID="2">4 216 000"> ID="1">1996> ID="2">3 312 000"> ID="1">1997> ID="2">2 409 000">

Article 3

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 20 July 1994.

For the Commission

René STEICHEN

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ No L 84, 29. 3. 1989, p. 8.

(2) OJ No L 371, 20. 12. 1989, p. 17.

(3) OJ No L 110, 1. 5. 1991, p. 72.

(4) OJ No L 95, 21. 4. 1993, p. 37.