2002/144/EC: Commission Decision of 19 February 2002 on the clearance of the accounts of certain paying agencies in Spain in respect of expenditure financed by the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund (EAGGF), Guarantee Section, for the financial year 2000 (notified under document number C(2002) 519)
Date: 2002-02-19
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EAGGF Guarantee Section, Spain, closing of accounts

L 48/32

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Official Journal of the European Communities

20.2.2002

COMMISSION DECISION

of 19 February 2002

on the clearance of the accounts of certain paying agencies in Spain in respect of expenditure
financed by the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund (EAGGF), Guarantee Section,
for the financial year 2000

(notified under document number C(2002) 519)

(Only the Spanish text is authentic)

(2002/144/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 729/70 of 21
April 1970 on the financing of
the common agricultural
policy (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1287/95 (2),
and in particular Article 5(2)(b) thereof,

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

After consulting the Fund Committee,

Whereas:

(1)

Under Article 5(2)(b) of Regulation (EEC) No 729/70
and Article 7(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1258/1999, the
the annual accounts
Commission, on the basis of
submitted by the Member States, accompanied by the
information required for clearance and a certificate
regarding the veracity, completeness, and accuracy of the
accounts transmitted clears the accounts of the paying
agencies referred to in Article 4(1) of those Regulations.

(4)

(2) With regard to Article 7(1) of Commission Regulation
(EC) No 296/96 of 16 February 1996 on data to be
transmitted by the Member States and the monthly
booking of expenditure financed under the Guarantee
Section of
the European Agricultural Guidance and
Guarantee Fund (EAGGF) (4), as last amended by Regula-
tion (EC) No 1934/2001 (5), account is taken for the
financial year 2000 of expenditure incurred by the
Member States between 16 October 1999 and 15
October 2000.

(3)

By Commission Decision 2001/474/EC of 8 May 2001
on the clearance of the accounts of Member States'
expenditure financed by the European Agricultural
Guidance and Guarantee Fund (EAGGF), Guarantee
Section, for the financial year 2000 (6), the Commission

(5)

a

sum amounting

cleared the accounts of all the paying agencies that were
not listed in Annex II to that Decision. Furthermore, the
Commission decided that
to
ESP 500 928 314 was to be recovered from Spain. The
accounts of the paying agencies of Andalusia, Aragon,
Asturias, Canary Islands, Cantabria, Castile-La Mancha,
Castile-Leon, Catalonia, Extremadura, Galicia, La Rioja,
Madrid, Murcia, Navarre, Basque Country and Valencia
in Spain concerning expenditure financed by the EAGGF
Guarantee Section for the same financial year were
disjoined from that Decision. For these paying agencies,
the annual accounts and the accompanying documents
now permit the Commission to take a decision on the
veracity, completeness, and accuracy of the accounts
submitted.

the accounts of

Pursuant to the second subparagraph of Article 7(1) of
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1663/95 of 7 July
1995 laying down detailed rules for the application of
Council Regulation (EEC) No 729/70 regarding the
procedure for the clearance of
the
EAGGF Guarantee Section (7), as last amended by Regu-
lation (EC) No 2025/2001 (8), the amounts which are
recoverable from, or payable to, each Member State are
to be deducted from, or added to, advances against
expenditure from the second month following that in
which the clearance-of-accounts decision is taken. By
clearing the accounts of the Spanish paying agencies that
the
could not be cleared by Decision 2001/474/EC,
Commission can also decide on the supplementary
amount that has to be recovered from Spain.

In accordance with the final subparagraph of Article
5(2)(b) of Regulation (EEC) No 729/70, Article 7(3) of
Regulation (EC) No 1258/1999 and Article 7(1) of
Regulation (EC) No 1663/95, this Decision, adopted on
the basis of accounting information, does not prejudice
the Commission
decisions
excluding from Community financing expenditure not
effected in accordance with Community rules,

taken subsequently by

(1) OJ L 94, 28.4.1970, p. 13.
(2) OJ L 125, 8.6.1995, p. 1.
(3) OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 103.
(4) OJ L 39, 17.2.1996, p. 5.
(5) OJ L 262, 2.10.2001, p. 8.
(6) OJ L 167, 22.6.2001, p. 27.

(7) OJ L 158, 8.7.1995, p. 6.
(8) OJ L 274, 17.10.2001, p. 3.

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Official Journal of the European Communities

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HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 2

Article 1

This Decision is addressed to the Kingdom of Spain.

The accounts of the paying agencies of Andalusia, Aragon,
Asturias, Cantabria, Catalonia, Castile-La Mancha, Castile-Leon,
Canary Islands, Extremadura, Galicia, La Rioja, Madrid, Murcia,
Navarre, Basque Country and Valencia in Spain concerning
expenditure financed by the EAGGF Guarantee Section in
respect of the financial year 2000 are hereby cleared.

The amount recoverable from Spain is determined in the
Annex to this Decision.

Done at Brussels, 19 February 2002.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

ANNEX

Clearance of the accounts of those Spanish paying agencies not cleared in Decision 2001/474/EC

Financial year 2000

2000 — Expenditure for
the paying agencies for
which the accounts are cleared

= expenditure declared
in the annual declaration

Member
State

Reductions and suspensions
for the whole financial year

Total including reductions
and suspensions

Advances paid to the Member
State for the financial year

Total amount to be recovered
from the Member State

Amount recovered from
the Member State following
Decision 2001/474/EC

Amount to be recovered
from (–) or paid to (+)
the Member State following
current Decision

a

b

c = a + b

d

e = c – d

f

g = e – f

ES

ES

(ESP)

(EUR)

911 828 431 471,00

– 1 349 447 322,00

910 478 984 149,00

911 114 796 786,00

– 635 812 637,00

– 500 928 314,00

– 134 884 323,00

5 480 067 500,88

– 8 110 146,78

5 471 957 354,10

5 475 778 573,15

– 3 821 219,05

– 3 010 567,43

– 810 651,62

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