13.3.78 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL70/41
COMMISSION DECISION
of20December1977
onaidfromtheGuidanceSectionoftheEAGGFtowardstheexpenditureoftheKingdomof
theNetherlandsonrefundsonexportstonon-membercountriesandinterventiononthe
internalmarketinrespectofthe1968/69accountingperiod
(OnlytheDutchtextisauthentic)
(78/248/EEC)
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,accordancewithArticle16ofCouncilRegulation (EEC)
No2306/70of10November1970onthefinancingof
interventionexpenditureinrespectofthedomestic
marketinmilkandmilkproducts(5);whereasthein­
spectionscarriedoutshowthatapartoftheexpendi­
turedeclaredamountingtoF1707294-05(195385-10
unitsofaccount)doesnotsatisfytheaboverequire­
mentsastoeligibilityandthereforecannotbereim­
bursedforthisperiod;whereastheMemberStatehas
beenfullyinformedofthesedeductionsandhasbeen
abletogiveitsviewsthereon;
WhereastheCommission ,initsDecisionsof27June
1969(6),22December1969(7)and23October1970
(8),fixedat261268410unitsofaccountthetotalof
theadvancestobesetagainstaidfromtheFund
towardstheexpenditureoftheKingdomoftheNether­
landsreimbursablebytheGuaranteeSectioninrespect
ofthe1968/69accountingperiod;whereasthisshould
betakenintoaccountwhenestablishingtheamountto
bereimbursedbywayofsuchaid,HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulationNo17/64/EECof
5February1964ontheconditionsforgrantingaid
fromtheEuropeanAgriculturalGuidanceandGuaran­
teeFund(*),aslastamendedbyRegulation (EEC)No
3171/75(2),andinparticularArticle10(5)(b)thereof,
Havingregardtotheapplicationforreimbursement
fromtheKingdomoftheNetherlands ,
AfterconsultationwiththeCommitteeoftheEAGGF,
WhereasArticle10(5)(b)ofRegulationNo17/64/EEC
providesthattheCommissionistodecidebefore31
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
andmilkproductssectorwherethesumof16681250
unitsofaccountistobebornebytheMemberStateinHASADOPTEDTHISDECISION :
Article1
1.AidfromtheEuropeanAgriculturalGuidanceand
GuaranteeFund,GuaranteeSection,towardstheeli­
gibleexpenditureoftheKingdomoftheNetherlandson
refundsonexportstonon-membercountriesandinter­
ventionontheinternalmarketinrespectofthe1968/69
accountingperiodisfixedatatotalofF1
1071245770-34(295924245-95unitsofaccount).
2.ThesumtobereimbursedbytheFundasaid,after
deductionoftheadvances,totalling261268410units
(^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.

NoL70/42 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 13.3.78
DoneatBrussels,20December1977. ofaccount,approvedon27June1969,22December
1969and23October1970isfixedat34655835-95
unitsofaccount.
Article2
ThisDecisionisaddressedtotheKingdomofthe
Netherlands .FortheCommission
FinnGUNDELACH
Vice-President