Commission Regulation (EC) No 2244/2001 of 19 November 2001 amending Regulation (EC) No 1780/97 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 723/97 on the implementation of Member States' action programmes on control of EAGGF Guarantee Section expenditure
Date: 2001-11-19
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EAGGF Guarantee Section, EU control, action programme, agricultural expenditure, aid to agriculture, use of aid

L 303/16

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

20.11.2001

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2244/2001

of 19 November 2001

amending Regulation (EC) No 1780/97 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council
Regulation (EC) No 723/97 on the implementation of Member States' action programmes on
control of EAGGF Guarantee Section expenditure

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 723/97 of 22
April 1997 on the implementation of Member States' action
programmes on control of EAGGF Guarantee Section expendi-
ture (1), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 2136/2001 (2), and
in particular Article 6 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

Regulation (EC) No 2136/2001 extends by two years the
period of five years provided for in Regulation (EC) No
723/97 for Community
financial participation in
Member States' action programmes.

As a result of the date of entry into force of Regulation
(EC) No 2136/2001 the Commission was unable to fix
the maximum amount of
the Community financial
participation for 2002 in accordance with Commission
Regulation (EC) No 1780/97 of 15 September 1997
laying down detailed rules for the application of Council
Regulation (EC) No 723/97 on the implementation of
Member States' action programmes on control of
EAGGF Guarantee Section expenditure (3),
last
amended by Regulation (EC) No 1890/98 (4). A new
time limit for the Commission's decision should there-

as

fore be set for this year and the expenditure eligible for
Community co-financing should be determined.

(3)

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

In Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 1780/97, the following
paragraph 2a is added:

‘2a.
By derogation from the first subparagraph of para-
graph 2, the Commission shall fix, on the basis of the
information provided by the Member States, the maximum
amount of the Community financial participation for 2002,
expressed in euro, within three months following the dead-
line for presentation of the programmes by the Member
States.

Only expenditure paid after 1 January 2002 shall be eligible
for Community co-financing.’

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter
into force on the third 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 November 2001.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 108, 25.4.1997, p. 6.
(2) OJ L 288, 1.11.2001, p. 1.
(3) OJ L 252, 16.9.1997, p. 20.
(4) OJ L 245, 4.9.1998, p. 28.