2000/179/EC: Commission Decision of 14 February 2000 on the clearance of the accounts of Denmark, Germany, Spain and France in respect of expenditure financed by the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund (EAGGF) Guarantee Section, for the 1998 financial year and modifying Decision 1999/327/EC (notified under document number C(2000) 344) (Only the Spanish, Danish, German and French texts are authentic)
Date: 2000-02-14
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Denmark, EAGGF Guarantee Section, France, Germany, Spain, closing of accounts

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COMMISSION

COMMISSION DECISION

of 14 February 2000

on the clearance of the accounts of Denmark, Germany, Spain and France in respect of expenditure
financed by the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund (EAGGF) Guarantee Section,
for the 1998 financial year and modifying Decision 1999/327/EC

(notified under document number C(2000) 344)

(Only the Spanish, Danish, German and French texts are authentic)

(2000/179/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
the common agricultural
April 1970 on the financing of
policy (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1287/95 (2),
and in particular Article 5(2)(b) thereof,

After consulting the European Agricultural Guidance and
Guarantee Fund Committee,

Whereas:

(1)

Under Article 5(2)(b) of Regulation (EEC) No 729/70,
the Commission, on the basis of the annual accounts
submitted by the Member States, accompanied by the
information required for clearance and a certificate
regarding the veracity, completeness, and accuracy of the
accounts transmitted clears the accounts of the paying
agencies referred to in Article 4(1) of that Regulation.

Section of
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 1998 financial year
of expenditure incurred by the Member States between
16 October 1997 and 15 October 1998.

(3)

The accounts of the paying agencies of EU-Direktoratet
in Denmark, Niedersachsen in Germany, Cantabria in
Spain and Ofival
in France concerning expenditure
financed by the EAGGF Guarantee Section for the 1998
financial year which could not be cleared by Commis-
sion Decision 1999/327/EC (5) were disjoined from that
Decision. For these paying agencies, the annual accounts
and the accompanying documents now permit
the
Commission to take
a decision on the veracity,
completeness, and accuracy of the accounts submitted.
lists the amounts cleared for each paying
Annex I
agency.

(2) With regard to 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 Guarantee

(4)

The Commission has checked the information submitted
and communicated to the Member States the results of
its verifications with the necessary amendments.

(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 124, 18.5.1999, p. 28.

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(5)

(6)

the accounts of

The second subparagraph of Article 7(1) of Commission
Regulation (EC) No 1663/95 of 7 July 1995 laying
down detailed rules for the application of Council Regu-
lation (EEC) No 729/70 regarding the procedure for the
clearance of
the EAGGF Guarantee
Section (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2245/
1999 (2), lays down the amounts which are recoverable
from, or payable to, each Member State in accordance
with Annex II to this Decision 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.

In accordance with the final subparagraph 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 preju-
dice decisions taken subsequently by the Commission
excluding from Community financing expenditure not
effected in accordance with Community rules,

EAGGF Guarantee Section in respect of the 1998 financial year
are cleared as shown in Annex I to the present Decision.

Article 2

recoverable from or payable to Denmark,
The amounts
Germany, Spain and France concerning expenditure financed
by the EAGGF Guarantee Section in respect of the 1998 finan-
cial year are determined in Annex II to the present Decision.

Article 3

The entries in Annex III to Decision 1999/327/EC relating to
Denmark, Germany, Spain and France are deleted.

Article 4

This Decision is addressed to the Kingdom of Denmark, the
Federal Republic of Germany, the Kingdom of Spain and the
Republic of France.

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Done at Brussels, 14 February 2000.

Article 1

The accounts of the paying agencies of EU-Direktoratet in
Denmark, Niedersachsen in Germany, Cantabria in Spain and
in France concerning expenditure financed by the
Ofival

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

ANNEX I

CLEARANCE OF THE PAYING AGENCIES' ACCOUNTS — FINANCIAL YEAR 1998

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

Member State

Paying agency

Amounts cleared in national currency

DK

DE

ES

F

EU-Direktoratet

Niedersachsen

Cantabria

Ofival

8 666 055 313,89

1 082 704 977,77

2 830 711 486,00

4 684 044 575,33

(1) OJ L 158, 8.7.1995, p. 6.
(2) OJ L 273, 23.10.1999, p. 5.

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