1999/151/EC: Commission Decision of 10 February 1999 on the clearance of the accounts of Greece and Spain in respect of expenditure financed by the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund (EAGGF), Guarantee Section, for the 1997 financial year and amending Decision 98/324/EC (notified under document number C(1999) 215) (Only the Spanish and Greek versions are authentic)
Date: 1999-02-10
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EAGGF Guarantee Section, Greece, Spain, agricultural expenditure, closing of accounts, financial year

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COMMISSION DECISION

of 10 February 1999

on the clearance of the accounts of Greece and Spain in respect of expenditure
financed by the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund (EAGGF),
Guarantee Section, for the 1997 financial year and amending Decision 98/324/EC

(notified under document number C(1999) 215)

(Only the Spanish and Greek versions are authentic)

(1999/151/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 729/70 of
21 April 1970 on the financing of the common agricul-
tural policy (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No
1287/95 (2), and in particular Article 5(2)(b) thereof,

After consulting the Fund Committee,

(1) Whereas, with regard to the third subparagraph of
Article 7(1) of Commission Regulation (EC) No
296/96 of 16 February 1996 on data to be
forwarded by the Member States and the monthly
booking of expenditure financed under the Guar-
antee
the European Agricultural
Guidance and Guarantee Fund (EAGGF) and
repealing Regulation (EEC) No 2776/88 (3), as last
amended by Regulation (EC) No 2236/98 (4),
account is taken for the 1997 financial year of
expenditure
States
between 16 October 1996 and 15 October 1997;

the Member

incurred by

Section of

(2) Whereas the accounts of three paying agencies in
Spain concerning expenditure financed by the
EAGGF Guarantee Section for the 1997 financial
year which could not be cleared by Decision 98/
324/EC (5) were disjoined from that Decision; for
those paying agencies, the annual accounts and the
accompanying
the
Commission to take a decision on the veracity,
completences,
accounts
and accuracy of
submitted;

now permit

documents

the

(3) Whereas a reduction for Greece for milk levies not
yet repaid to the Fund, made as part of the reduc-
tions and suspensions of advances for the 1997

(1) OJ L 94, 28. 4. 1970, p. 13.
(2) OJ L 125, 8. 6. 1995, p. 1.
(3) OJ L 39, 17. 2. 1996, p. 5.
(4) OJ L 281, 17. 10. 1998, p. 9.
(5) OJ L 141, 13. 5. 1998, p. 38.

financial year, was not
in
Decision 98/324/EC; whereas that omission now
needs to be rectified in order to prevent any preju-
dice to the Fund;

taken into account

(4) Whereas a reduction was made in Decision 98/
324/EC for Spain for transport costs in the food aid
programme; whereas following receipt of further
justification, that amount can now be accepted for
funding;

(5) Whereas the second subparagraph of Article 7(1) of
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1663/95 (6), as
amended by Regulation (EC) No 896/97 (7), lays
down that the amounts which are recoverable from,
or payable to, each Member State are to be
deducted from, or added to, advances against
expenditure from the second month following that
in which the accounts clearance decision is taken;

(6) Whereas,

in accordance with the third subpara-
graph of Article 5(2)(b) of Regulation (EEC) No
729/70 and Article 7(1) of Regulation (EC) No
1663/95, this Decision, adopted on the basis of
accounting information, does not prejudice deci-
taken subsequently by the Commission
sions
excluding from Community financing expenditure
not effected in accordance with Community rules,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

accounts of

three paying agencies

The
in Spain
concerning expenditure financed by the EAGGF Guar-
antee Section in respect of the 1997 financial year are
cleared as shown in Annex I.

(6) OJ L 158, 8. 7. 1995, p. 6.
(7) OJ L 128, 21. 5. 1997, p. 8.

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Article 2

The parts of Annex III of Decision 98/324/EC relating to Greece and Spain are replaced
by Annex II to this Decision.

The amounts recoverable from or payable to those Member States pursuant to this clear-
ance of accounts are shown in Annex II.

This Decision is addressed to the Hellenic Republic and the Kingdom of Spain.

Article 3

Done at Brussels, 10 February 1999.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

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ANNEX I

CLEARANCE OF THE PAYING AGENCIES’ ACCOUNTS — FINANCIAL YEAR 1997

List of paying agencies for which the accounts are cleared as follows:

Member State

Paying agency

ES

Asturias

Cantabria

Galicia

Amounts cleared in
national currency

6 086 962 819

2 301 259 183

9 546 951 740

ANNEX II

CLEARANCE OF THE PAYING AGENCIES’ ACCOUNTS — FINANCIAL YEAR 1997

Amount to be recovered from or paid to the Member State

Member
State

1997 — Expenditure for the paying agencies
for which the accounts are

cleared

disjoined

expenditure declared
in the annual
declaration

total of the
expenditure in the
monthly declarations

Total a+b

Reductions and
suspensions for the
whole financial year

Total including
reductions and
suspensions

Advances paid to the
Member State for the
financial year

Amount to be
recovered from (–) or
paid to (+) the
Member State

Amount recovered
from (–) or paid to
(+) the Member State
following Decision
98/324/EC

Amount to be
recovered from (–) or
paid to (+) the
Member State
following current
Decision

a

b

c=a+b

d

e=c+d

f

g=e–f

h

i=g–h

EL

ES

838 160 189 878,00

0,00 838 160 189 878,00 –321 314 275,00 837 838 875 603,00 837 583 977 475,00

0,00

254 898 128,00 –254 898 128,00

765 690 088 164,00

0,00 765 690 088 164,00 –11 605 439 889,00 754 084 648 275,00 754 685 638 584,00 –581 375 294,00 –600 990 309,00

19 615 015,00

(1) For the calculation of the amount to be recovered from or paid to the Member State, the amount taken into account is the total of the annual declaration for the expenditure cleared (column a) or the total of the monthly

declarations for the expenditure disjointed (column b).

(2) The reductions and suspensions are those taken into account in the advance system, to which are added in particular the corrections for the non-respect of payment deadlines established in September and October 1997.

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