2000/426/EC: Commission Decision of 26 June 2000 amending Decision 1999/659/EC fixing an indicative allocation by Member State of the allocations under the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund Guarantee Section for rural development measures for the period 2000 to 2006 (notified under document number C(2000) 1648)
Date: 2000-06-26
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EAGGF Guarantee Section, EU Member State, aid to agriculture, rural development

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COMMISSION DECISION

of 26 June 2000

amending Decision 1999/659/EC fixing an indicative allocation by Member State of the allocations
under the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund Guarantee Section for rural devel-
opment measures for the period 2000 to 2006

(notified under document number C(2000) 1648)

(2000/426/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1257/1999 of 17
May 1999 on support for rural development from the Euro-
pean Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund (EAGGF) (1),
and in particular Article 46(2) thereof,

2000 to 2006. Furthermore, payments made by the
paying agencies from 16 October to 31 December 2006
are to be charged against the 2007 budget year.

(5)

It also transpires that the table in the Annex to the
Decision laying down the initial allocations to the
Member States does not allow the annual budget ceilings
to be calculated accurately. That table should accord-
ingly be replaced by a more detailed table setting out the
amounts not to be exceeded by each Member State per
year,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

the Commission deter-
By Decision 1999/659/EC (2),
mined the initial allocations to the Member States for
rural development measures part-financed by the
EAGGF Guarantee Section for the period 2000 to 2006.

For the sake of clarity and transparency, the expenditure
covered by the funds allocated to the Member States by
that Decision should be specified.

Payments
from the EAGGF Guarantee Section for
accompanying measures under Council Regulations
(EEC) No 2078/92, (EEC) No 2079/92 and (EEC) No
2080/92 (3), repealed on 1 January 2000, continue to be
made in respect of the 2000 and following budget years.
The funds allocated to the Member States for the period
2000 to 2006 also cover that expenditure.

Article 7 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 Section of the Agricultural
Guidance and Guarantee Fund (EAGGF) (4), as
last
amended by Regulation (EC) No 2761/1999 (5) states
that for year n, account is to be taken of expenditure
effected by the Member States from 16 October of year
n–1 to 15 October of year n. As a consequence, expend-
iture incurred by the EAGGF Guarantee Section on
measures under Regulations (EEC) No 2078/92, (EEC)
No 2079/92 and (EEC) No 2080/92 since 16 October
1999 fall within the 2000 budget year and must be
taken into account under the allocation for the period

(1) OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 80.
(2) OJ L 259, 6.10.1999, p. 27.
(3) OJ L 215, 30.7.1992, pp. 85, 91 and 96.
(4) OJ L 39, 17.2.1996, p. 5.
(5) OJ L 331, 23.12.1999, p. 57.

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

Decision 1999/659/EC is hereby amended as follows:

1. The following paragraphs are added to Article 1:

‘The allocations referred to in the first paragraph shall also
cover:

(a) expenditure incurred by the EAGGF Guarantee Section
on accompanying measures under Council Regulations
(EEC) No 2078/92, (EEC) No 2079/92 and (EEC) No
2080/92 as from the 2000 budget year and, in accord-
ance with the rules laid down in Article 7 of Commis-
sion Regulation (EC) No 296/96, payments by the
paying agencies as from 16 October 1999;

(b) the other rural-development measures approved before
1 January 2000 and included in the new programming
pursuant to Article 4(2) and (3) of Commission Regula-
tion (EC) No 2603/1999 (*).

For the period 16 October to 31 December 2006, the
maximum amount eligible under the EAGGF for expendi-
ture paid by the paying agencies of the Member States must
not exceed the total expenditure incurred by those Member
States in the period 16 October to 31 December 1999.

(*) OJ L 316, 10.12.1999, p. 26.’

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2. The table in the Annex is replaced by that set out in the Annex hereto.

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Article 2

Done at Brussels, 26 June 2000.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

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ANNEX

Support for rural development (2000 to 2006)

Annual allocations to Member States

Ceiling

Annual average
1999 prices
(1)

Financial allocation (EUR million)

(in million EUR)

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

R 1(b) (1999 prices)

Deflator (2)

R 1(b) (current prices)

4 300

4 320

4 330

4 340

4 350

4 360

4 370

1,02000

1,04040

1,06121

1,08243

1,10408

1,12616

1,14869

4 386,0

4 494,5

4 595,0

4 697,8

4 802,8

4 910,1

5 019,8

Belgium

Denmark

Germany

Greece

Spain

France

Ireland

Italy

Luxembourg

Netherlands

Austria

Portugal

Finland

Sweden

United Kingdom

50

46

700

131

459

760

315

595

12

55

423

200

290

149

154

50,5

46,5

707,6

132,4

464,0

768,2

318,4

601,4

12,1

55,6

427,6

202,2

293,1

150,6

155,7

51,8

47,6

725,1

135,7

475,4

787,2

326,3

616,3

12,4

57,0

438,2

207,2

300,4

154,3

159,5

52,9

48,7

741,3

138,7

486,1

804,8

333,6

630,1

12,7

58,2

448,0

211,8

307,1

157,8

163,1

54,1

49,8

757,9

141,8

497,0

822,8

341,0

644,2

13,0

59,5

458,0

216,5

314,0

161,3

166,7

55,3

50,9

774,8

145,0

508,1

841,2

348,7

658,6

13,3

60,9

468,2

221,4

321,0

164,9

170,5

56,6

52,1

792,1

148,2

519,4

860,0

356,5

673,3

13,6

62,2

478,7

226,3

328,2

168,6

174,3

57,8

53,2

809,8

151,6

531,0

879,2

364,4

688,4

13,9

63,6

489,4

231,4

335,5

172,4

178,2

Total

4 339

4 386,0

4 494,5

4 595,0

4 697,8

4 802,8

4 910,1

5 019,8

(1) Average annual allocation by Member State: the percentages resulting from this breakdown apply to the amounts in the annual financial perspectives in point 23 of the

Presidency's Conclusions of 24 and 25 March 1999.

(2) Deflator: the table is based on a constant deflator of 2 % a year in accordance with point 15 of the Interinstitutional Agreement on budgetary discipline and improvement

of the budgetary procedure of 6 May 1999 (OJ C 172, 18.6.1999, p. 1).

The amounts are rounded off to one decimal point.