Commission Regulation (EC) No 1934/2001 of 1 October 2001 amending Regulation (EC) No 296/96 on data to be forwarded by the Member States and the monthly booking of expenditure financed under the Guarantee Section of the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund (EAGGF)
Date: 2001-10-01
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Community loan, EAGGF Guarantee Section, EU financing, budget policy, exchange of information, interest

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1934/2001

of 1 October 2001

amending Regulation (EC) No 296/96 on data to be forwarded by the Member States and the
monthly booking of expenditure financed under the Guarantee Section of the European Agricul-
tural Guidance and Guarantee Fund (EAGGF)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1258/1999 of 17
May 1999 on the financing of
the common agricultural
policy (1), and in particular Article 5(3) and Article 7(5) thereof,

preceding month. It is appropriate that this documenta-
tion should include the accounts evidencing expenditure
relating to public storage referred to in Article 4(1) of
Council Regulation (EEC) No 1883/78 (6), as
last
amended by Regulation (EC) No 1259/96 (7).

(3)

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

Whereas:

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

(1)

Article 37(1) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1750/
1999 of 23 July 1999 laying down detailed rules for the
application of Council Regulation (EC) No 1257/1999
on support for rural development from the European
Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund (EAGGF) (2),
as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1763/2001 (3),
provides that the Member States shall forward to the
Commission, no later than 30 September each year, for
each rural development programming document a state-
ment of expenditure incurred in the current financial
year and of expenditure remaining to be disbursed by
the end of that year as well as amended expenditure
forecasts for subsequent financial years until the end of
the programming period in question. The required docu-
ments provide the Commission with essential informa-
tion on the evolution of expenditure for rural develop-
ment both for the financial year in question and for
future years, which can then be taken into account for
the determination of the advances to be paid and for
budget preparations. Article 37(2) of Regulation (EC) No
1750/1999 therefore provides that, where the docu-
ments referred to in Article 37(1) are incomplete or the
time limit has not been met,
the Commission shall
reduce advances on entry in the accounts of agricultural
expenditure on a temporary and flat-rate basis. For the
implementation of this provision,
it is appropriate to
limit the financial effects to the financial year concerned
by the declaration of expenditure and to provide for the
suspension of the advance for the month of September
only. Article 4(6) of Commission Regulation (EC) No
296/96 (4), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No
1577/2001 (5), should therefore be amended accord-
ingly.

(2)

Article 3(6) of Regulation (EC) No 296/96 defines the
documents to be transmitted, for the 20th day of each
month, to the Commission to permit the booking to the
Community budget of expenditure effected during the

(1) OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 103.
(2) OJ L 214, 13.8.1999, p. 31.
(3) OJ L 239, 7.9.2001, p. 10.
(4) OJ L 39, 17.2.1996, p. 5.
(5) OJ L 209, 2.8.2001, p. 12.

Article 1

Regulation (EC) No 296/96 is hereby amended as follows:

1. In Article 3(6) the following point (d) is added:

‘(d) the accounts evidencing expenditure relating to public
storage referred to in Article 4(1) of Regulation (EEC)
No 1883/78.’

2. Article 4(6) is replaced by the following:

‘6. Where the documents referred to in Article 37(1) of
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1750/1999 (*) are not
received by 30 September each year, the Commission may,
after notifying the Member State concerned,
suspend
payment of the advance relating to expenditure incurred in
accordance with that Regulation.

Where those documents are received from 1 to 15 October,
payment of the advance relating to expenditure incurred in
accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1750/1999 for the
month of September may be deferred by the same number
of days as the documents are received late.

Where those documents are received after 15 October,
payment of the advances relating to expenditure incurred in
accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1750/1999 for the
month of September shall be suspended until the advance
relating to the expenditure of the month of October.

(*) OJ L 214, 13.8.1999, p. 31.’

Article 2

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

It shall be applicable with effect from 1 October 2001.

(6) OJ L 216, 5.8.1978, p. 1.
(7) OJ L 163, 2.7.1996, p. 10.

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

Done at Brussels, 1 October 2001.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission