Proposal for a Council Regulation amending Regulation (EC) No 723/97 on the implementation of Member States' action programmes on control of EAGGF Guarantee Section expenditure
Date: 1999-04-15
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Community budget, EAGGF Guarantee Section, action programme, agricultural expenditure, aid to agriculture

C 137/8

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

18.5.1999

II

(Preparatory Acts)

COMMISSION

Proposal for a Council Regulation amending Regulation (EC) No 723/97 on the implementation of
Member States’ action programmes on control of EAGGF Guarantee Section expenditure

(1999/C 137/08)

COM(1999) 169 final (cid:151) 1999/0091(CNS)

(Submitted by the Commission on 16 April 1999)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community, and in particular Article 43 thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament,

(1) Whereas Article 8 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 729/70
of 21 April 1970 on the financing of the common agri-
cultural policy (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No
1287/95 (2), lays down that the Member States are to take
the measures necessary to satisfy themselves that trans-
actions financed by the European Agricultural Guidance
and Guarantee Fund (EAGGF), are actually carried out
and are executed correctly, to prevent and deal with irregu-
larities and to recover sums lost as a result of irregularities
or negligence;

(2) Whereas Article 1 of Council Regulation (EC) No 723/97 (3)
lays down that the Community is to contribute towards the
costs incurred by Member States in implementing new
action programmes, arising out of new Community obli-
gations, approved by the Commission and aimed at
improving the
effectiveness of EAGGF
Guarantee Section expenditure controls;

structures or

(3) Whereas,

in order

controls of EAGGF
to improve
Guarantee Section expenditure, provision should be made
for Community financing in particular cases where the
Commission asks Member States to carry out a number
of controls
in certain sectors considerably above the
minimum rate laid down in other Regulations,

Article 1

Regulation (EC) No 723/97 is amended as follows.

The following Article 5a is added:

(cid:145)Article 5a

Within the limits of the financial resources available the
Commission may, under
this Regulation, provide part-
financing of 50 % of the additional expenditure incurred
by carrying out additional controls in particular cases
where the Commission asks the Member States to carry
out a number of controls in certain sectors considerably
above the minimum rate laid down in other Regulations.

The expenditure in question may not cover staff costs or
costs normally incurred under Article 1(4) of Regulation
(EEC) No 729/70.(cid:146)

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter
into force on the third day
following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the
European Communities.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly
applicable in all Member States.

(1) OJ L 94, 28.4.1970, p. 13.
(2) OJ L 125, 8.6.1995, p. 1.
(3) OJ L 108, 25.4.1997, p. 6.