13.3.78 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL70/29
COMMISSION DECISION
of20December1977
onaidfromtheGuidanceSectionoftheEAGGFtowardstheexpenditureoftheItalian
Republiconrefundsonexportstonon-membercountriesandinterventionontheinternal
marketinrespectofthe1968/69accountingperiod
(OnlytheItaliantextisauthentic)
(78/240/EEC)
unitsofaccountistobebornebytheMemberStatein
accordancewithArticle16ofCouncilRegulation(EEC)
No2306/70of10November1970onthefinancingof
interventionexpenditureinrespectofthedomestic
marketinmilkandmilkproducts(s);whereasthein­
spectionscarriedoutshowthattheexpenditurede­
claredmustbeincreasedbyLit3796465056
(6074344*09unitsofaccount);whereastheMember
Statehasbeenfullyinformedofthesecorrectionsand
hasbeenabletogiveitsviewsthereon;THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulationNo17/64/EECof
5February1964ontheconditionsforgrantingaid
fromtheEuropeanAgriculturalGuidanceandGuaran­
teeFund(*),aslastamendedbyRegulation (EEC)No
3171/75(2),andinparticularArticle10(5)(b)thereof,
WhereastheCommission,initsDecisionsof27June
1969(6),22December1969(7)and23October
1970(8),fixedat239867335unitsofaccountthetotal
oftheadvancestobesetagainstaidfromtheFund
towardstheexpenditureoftheItalianRepublicreim­
bursablebytheGuaranteeSectioninrespectofthe
1968/69accountingperiod;whereasthisshouldbe
takenintoaccountwhenestablishingtheamounttobe
reimbursedbywayofsuchaid,
HASADOPTEDTHISDECISION :Havingregardtotheapplicationforreimbursement
fromtheItalianRepublic,
AfterconsultationwiththeCommitteeoftheEAGGF,
WhereasArticle10(5)(b)ofRegulationNo17/64/EEC
providesthattheCommission istodecidebefore31
December1974onaidfromtheFundonthebasisof
theapplicationsforreimbursement ofexpenditureon
refundsonexportstonon-membercountriesandinter­
ventionontheinternalmarketsubmittedbythe
MemberStatesinrespectofthe1968/69accounting
period;whereas,however,asaresultoftheconsider­
abledelaysinsubmittingandverifyingtheseapplica­
tionsithasnotbeenpossibletotakeadecisiononthis
aidbeforeDecember1977;
WhereasArticle7(1)ofCouncilRegulationNo
130/66/EECof26July1966onthefinancingofthe
commonagriculturalpolicy(3)providesthatthecon­
tributionfromtheFundistocoveralltheexpenditure
eligibleunderArticle3(1)(a),(b)and(c)ofCouncil
RegulationNo25of4April1962onthefinancingof
thecommonagriculturalpolicy(4),exceptinthemilk
andmilkproductssectorwherethesumof318750Article2
1.AidfromtheEuropeanAgriculturalGuidanceand
GuaranteeFund,GuaranteeSection,towardstheeli­
gibleexpenditureoftheItalianRepubliconrefundson
exportstonon-membercountriesandinterventionon
theinternalmarketinrespectofthe1968/69account­
ingperiodisfixedatatotalofLit159630977996
(255409564-80unitsofaccount).
2.ThesumtobereimbursedbytheFundasaid,after
deductionoftheadvances,totalling239867335units
(!)OJNo34,27.2.1964,p.586/64.
(2)OJNoL315,5.12.1975,p.1.(s)OJNoL249,17.11.1970,p.4.
(6)OJNoL173,15.7.1969.
(7)OJNoL13,19.1.1970.
(8)OJNoL244,7.11.1970.(3)OJNo165,21.9.1966,p.2965/66.
(4)OJNo30,20.4.1962,p.991/62.

NoL70/30 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities13.3.78
ofaccount,approvedon27June1969,22December
1969and23October1970isfixedat15542229-80
unitsofaccount.
Article2DoneatBrussels,20December1977.
FortheCommission
FinnGUNDELACH
Vice-President ThisDecisionisaddressedtotheItalianRepublic.