Commission Regulation (EC) No 2311/2000 of 18 October 2000 establishing the list of measures to which Council Regulation (EEC) No 4045/89 does not apply and repealing Decision 96/284/EC
Date: 2000-10-18
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EAGGF Guarantee Section, EU financing, aid system, aid to agriculture, financial control, management audit

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2311/2000

of 18 October 2000

establishing the list of measures to which Council Regulation (EEC) No 4045/89 does not apply and
repealing Decision 96/284/EC

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(3)

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 4045/89 of 21
December 1989 on scrutiny by Member States of transactions
forming part of the system of financing by the Guarantee
Section of the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee
Fund and repealing Directive 77/435/EEC (1), as last amended
by Regulation (EC) No 3235/94 (2), and in particular Article
1(4) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

Article 1(4) of Regulation (EEC) No 4045/89 expressly
provides that the Commission shall draw up a list of
measures to which the Regulation is not applicable. It is
appropriate to include in such a list measures which are
by their nature unsuited to a posterior control by way of
scrutiny of commercial documents.

Account should be taken of the measures under Council
Regulation (EC) No 1257/2000 of 17 May 1999 on
support for rural development from the European Agri-
cultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund (EAGGF) and
amending and repealing certain Regulations (3).

Commission Decision 96/284/EC of 12 April 1996
establishing the list of measures to which Regulation
(EEC) No 4045/89 of the Council does not apply (4)
should be repealed in order to reflect certain changes in
Community legislation.

(4)

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in
accordance with the opinion of the Fund Committee,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The system of scrutinies established by Regulation (EEC) No
4045/89 does not apply to the measures listed in the Annex to
this Regulation.

Article 2

Decision No 96/284/EC is hereby repealed.

Article 3

This Regulation shall apply with effect from 1 November 2000.

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

Done at Brussels, 18 October 2000.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 388, 30.12.1989, p. 18.
(2) OJ L 338, 28.12.1994, p. 16.
(3) OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 80.

(4) OJ L 107, 30.4.1996, p. 17.

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ANNEX

MEASURES TO WHICH THE SYSTEM OF SCRUTINY PURSUANT TO REGULATION (EEC) No 4045/89 DOES
NOT APPLY

Council Regulation (EEC) No 1308/70 of 29 June 1970 on the common organisation of the market in flax and hemp (OJ
L 146, 4.7.1970, p. 1):

the measures referred to in Article 2,

in so far as the aid is paid to the producer.

Council Regulation (EEC) No 1442/88 of 24 May 1988 on the granting, for the 1988/89 to 1998/99 wine years, of
permanent abandonment premiums in respect of wine-growing areas (OJ L 132, 28.5.1988, p. 3).

Council Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 of 17 May 1999 on the common organisation of the market in wine (OJ L 179,
14.7.1999, p. 1) for the following aids:

— Title II, Chapter II — Abandonment premiums,

— Title II, Chapter III — Restructuring and conversion.

Council Regulation (EEC) No 2078/92 of 30 June 1992 on agricultural production methods compatible with the
requirements of the protection of the environment and the maintenance of the countryside (OJ L 215, 30.7.1992, p. 85).

Council Regulation (EEC) No 2079/92 of 30 June 1992 instituting a Community aid scheme for early retirement from
farming (OJ L 215, 30.7.1992, p. 91).

Council Regulation (EEC) No 2080/92 of 30 June 1992 instituting a Community aid scheme for forestry measures in
agriculture (OJ L 215, 30.7.1992, p. 96).

Council Regulation (EC) No 1257/1999 of 17 May 1999, on support for rural development from the European
Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund (EAGGF) and amending and repealing certain regulations (OJ L 160,
26.6.1999, p. 80:

the following chapters:

Chapter IV
Chapter V
Chapter VI
Chapter VIII

— Early retirement
— Less-favoured areas and areas with environmental restrictions
— Agri-environmental
— Forestry.