NoL9/18 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 12.1.77
COMMISSION DECISION
of22December 1976
onthereimbursement bytheGuidanceSectionoftheEAGGFtotheKingdom
oftheNetherlandsofexpenditureincurredduring1974onannuitiesrelatingto
measurestoencouragethecessationoffarmingandthereallocationofutilized
agriculturalareaforthepurposeofstructuralimprovement
(OnlytheDutchtextisauthentic)
(77/50/EEC)
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilDirective72/160/EECof17
April1972concerningmeasurestoencouragethe
cessationoffarmingandthereallocationofutilized
agriculturalareaforthepurposesofstructuralimprove­
ment(!),aslastamendedbyDirective73/358/EEC(2),
andinparticularArticle12(2)thereof,
WhereasthemeasurestakenbytheKingdomofthe
Netherlands toimplementDirective72/160/EEC
werethesubjectofafavourableCommissionDecision
pursuanttoArticle9ofthesaidDirective;
WhereastheKingdomoftheNetherlandshasmade
anapplicationforreimbursement ofexpenditure
incurredonannuitiesgrantedduring1974to
encouragethecessationoffarmingandtherealloca­
tionofutilizedagriculturalareaforthepurposesof
structuralimprovement ;whereastheapplicationis
completeandhasbeensubmittedindueformandin
accordancewiththeprovisionsofCommissionDeci­
sion74/581/EECof16October1974concerning
applicationsforreimbursement inrespectofaid
grantedbytheMemberStatespursuanttoDirectives
72/159/EEC,72/160/EECand72/161/EEC(3),and
alsowiththepaymentsonaccountwhichcanbe
agreed;
Whereasanexaminationoftheinformationprovided
andespeciallyoftheindividualinformationsheets
showsthatonlyoneofthefivebeneficiarieshasreallo­
catedtheutilizedagriculturalareareleasedinaccor­
dancewithArticle5(1)ofDirective72/160/EEC,
whiletheagriculturalareareleasedbytheotherbenefi­
ciarieshasbeendisposedofinaccordancewith
Article5(3)thereof;
WhereasunderArticle10(1)(a)thereoftheMember
Statescanonlyobtainreimbursement ofthiseligible
expenditurefromtheEAGGFiftheutilizedagricul­
turalareareleasedhasbeendisposedofinaccordancewithArticle5(1)thereof;whereas,asthisproofhas
notsofarbeensuppliedinrespectoffourofthebene­
ficiaries,thereimbursement canonlybebasedonelig­
ibleexpenditureamountingtoF11204incurredin
1974foronebeneficiary ;whereastheGuidance
SectionoftheEuropeanAgriculturalGuidanceand
GuaranteeFundshouldthereforereimburse25%
thereof,i.e.F1301(8315u.a.);
WhereasbyvirtueofCommission Decision
75/742/EECof21November1975(4),apaymenton
accountofF11749-90hasbeengrantedunderArticle
12(3)ofDirective72/160/EECandArticle4(1)of
Decision74/581/EEC;
WhereastheFundCommitteehasbeenconsultedon
thefinancialaspectsandinparticularastothefunds
available,
HASADOPTED THISDECISION :
Article1
ThefinalcontributionbytheGuidanceSectionofthe
EuropeanAgriculturalGuidanceandGuaranteeFund
towardstheexpenditureincurredbytheKingdomof
theNetherlandsduring1974inrespectofannuitiesto
encouragethecessationoffarmingandtherealloca­
tionofutilizedagriculturalareaforthepurposesof
structuralimprovement shallbeF1301(83-15u.a.).
Article2
ThisDecisionisaddressedtotheKingdomofthe
Netherlands .
DoneatBrussels,22December1976.
FortheCommission
P.J.LARDINOIS
MemberoftheCommission
(•)OJNoL96,23.4.1972,p.9.
(2)OJNoL326,27.11.1973,p.17.
(3)OJNoL320,29.11.1974,p.1. 0)OJNoL314,4.12.1975,p.22.