Commission Regulation (EC) No 2055/2001 of 19 October 2001 amending Regulation (EC) No 2603/1999 laying down rules for the transition to the rural development support provided for by Council Regulation (EC) No 1257/1999
Date: 2001-10-19
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EAGGF Guarantee Section, EAGGF Guidance Section, State aid, aid to agriculture, regional aid, rural development

L 277/12

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

20.10.2001

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2055/2001

of 19 October 2001

amending Regulation (EC) No 2603/1999 laying down rules for the transition to the rural develop-
ment support provided for by Council Regulation (EC) No 1257/1999

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(3)

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) and
amending and repealing certain Regulations (1), and in partic-
ular Article 53(1) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

the Regulations

For
referred to in Article 4(1) of
Commission Regulation (EC) No 2603/1999 (2), as
amended by Regulation (EC) No 1929/2000 (3), Article
4(2) sets a date until which an application for payments
must be received by the Commission in order
to
continue to be financed by the Guidance Section of the
EAGGF. This provision shortens the time limit previ-
ously foreseen by the Commission Decisions granting
support from the Guidance Section of the EAGGF, in
conjunction with Article 21(4) of Council Regulation
(EEC) No 4253/88 (4), as last amended by Regulation
(EC) No 3193/94 (5).

This shorter deadline by which the Commission must
have received applications for payments could result in a
significant underspending of
the EAGGF Guidance
Section; for this reason it is advisable to extend the date
in question in order to permit the full consumption of
available credits under the Guidance Section of
the
EAGGF.

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in
accordance with the opinion of the Committee on Agri-
cultural Structures and Rural Development,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The first subparagraph of Article 4(2) of Regulation (EC)

1.
No 2603/1999 is replaced by the following:

Payments

arising from commitments,

including
‘2.
compensatory allowances relating, at the latest, to the year
1999, made by Member States before 1 January 2000 and
for which expenditure is incurred by Member States before
1 January 2002 shall continue to be financed by the
Guidance Section of the EAGGF in accordance with the
conditions laid down in the Regulations referred to in
paragraph 1 and subject to the availability of funds.’

Article 4(3) of Regulation (EC) No 2603/1999 is replaced

2.
by the following:

‘3.
Community support for multiannual expenditure for
actions referred to in the first subparagraph of paragraph 2
for which expenditure is incurred by Member States after 1
January 2002 shall be financed by the Guarantee Section of
the EAGGF in areas not covered by Objective 1 as defined
as from 1 January 2000.’

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh day
following 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.

Done at Brussels, 19 October 2001.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 80.
(2) OJ L 316, 10.12.1999, p. 26.
(3) OJ L 231, 13.9.2000, p. 5.
(4) OJ L 374, 31.12.1988, p. 1.
(5) OJ L 337, 24.12.1994, p. 11.