EN Official Journal of the European Union L 139/54

COMMISSION DECISION

of 30 April 2008

on the clearance of the accounts of the paying agencies of Lithuania and Slovakia concerning expenditure in the field of rural development measures financed by the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund (EAGGF), Guarantee Section, for the 2006 financial year

(notified under document number C(2008) 1713)

(Only the Lithuanian and Slovak texts are authentic)

(2008/398/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1258/1999 of 17 May 1999 on the financing of the common agricultural policy (1), and in particular Article 7(3) thereof,

After consulting the Fund Committee,

Whereas:

(1) Commission Decision 2007/325/EC (2) cleared, for the 2006 financial year, the accounts of all the paying agencies except for the Lithuanian paying agency ‘NMA’ and the Slovak paying agency ‘APA’.

(2) Following the transmission of new information and after additional checks, the Commission can now take a decision concerning expenditure in the field of rural development measures on the integrality, accuracy and veracity of the accounts submitted by the Lithuanian paying agency ‘NMA’ and the Slovak paying agency ‘APA’.

(3) In accordance with the second subparagraph of Article 7(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1258/1999 and Article 7(1) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1663/95 (3), this Decision does not prejudice decisions taken subsequently by the Commission excluding from Community financing expenditure not effected in accordance with Community rules,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The accounts of the Lithuanian paying agency ‘NMA’ and the Slovak paying agency ‘APA’ concerning expenditure in the field of rural development financed by the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund (EAGGF), Guarantee Section, in respect of the 2006 financial year, are hereby cleared.

The amounts which are recoverable from, or payable to, each Member State pursuant to this Decision in the field of rural development measures applicable in Lithuania and Slovakia are set out in Annex I and Annex II.

Article 2

This Decision is addressed to the Republic of Lithuania and the Slovak Republic.

Done at Brussels, 30 April 2008. For the Commission Mariann FISCHER BOEL Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 103.

(2) OJ L 122, 11.5.2007, p. 41.

(3) OJ L 158, 8.7.1995, p. 6. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 465/2005 (OJ L 77, 23.3.2005, p. 6).

ANNEX I CLEARANCE OF THE PAYING AGENCIES’ ACCOUNTS Financial year 2006 — Rural development expenditure in new Member States Amount to be recovered from or paid to the Member State MS 2006 — Expenditure for the paying agencies for which the accounts are Total a + b Reductions Total Interim payments reimbursed to the Member State for the financial year Amount to be recovered from (–) or paid to (+) the Member State (1) cleared disjoined = expenditure declared in the annual declaration = total of interim payments reimbursed to the Member State for the financial year a b c = a + b d e = c + d f g = e – f LT EUR 140 012 181,61 0,00 140 012 181,61 0,00 140 012 181,61 140 016 503,00 –4 321,39 SK EUR 117 633 325,77 0,00 117 633 325,77 0,00 117 633 325,77 116 647 230,54 986 095,23 (1) As payments have reached 95 % of the financial plan, the balance will be settled during the closure of the programme.