2002/680/EC: Commission Decision of 23 August 2002 on a Community financial contribution to expenditure by Spain on establishing the Community vineyard register (notified under document number C(2002) 3133)
Date: 2002-08-23
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU financing, Spain, directory, expenditure, shareholding, vineyard, viticulture

27.8.2002

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Official Journal of the European Communities

L 229/41

COMMISSION DECISION

of 23 August 2002

on a Community financial contribution to expenditure by Spain on establishing the Community
vineyard register

(notified under document number C(2002) 3133)

(Only the Spanish text is authentic)

(2002/680/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2392/86 of 24
July 1986 establishing a Community vineyard register (1), as last
amended by Regulation (EC) No 1631/98 (2), and in particular
Article 9(3) thereof,

After consulting the EAGGF Committee,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

Article 9(1) of Regulation (EEC) No 2392/86 states that
the Community is to contribute 50 % of the actual cost
of establishing the Community vineyard register in the
Member States and of the investment in data-processing
facilities needed to manage the register.

On the basis of Article 9(3) of that Regulation, advances
have been paid to Spain. They are to be deducted from
the total amount of the Community contribution.

Under Article 9(4) of that Regulation, Articles 8 and 9 of
Council Regulation (EC) No 1258/1999 (3) apply to the
Community contribution to establishing the vineyard
register.

Spain has sent the Commission the documents needed to
decide on the amount to be defrayed as expenditure
incurred in establishing the register.

The Commission has carried out the checks provided for
in Article 9(2) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 729/70 (4)
and in Article 9(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1258/1999.

In the light of the checks carried out, some of the expen-
diture declared by Spain does not meet the statutory

(7)

(8)

requirements and therefore may not be funded by the
Community.

Spain has finalised the vineyard register in its complete
version for the provinces not covered on 1 July 1995.
However, in accordance with Article 4(4) of Regulation
(EEC) No 2392/86, Community funding should be
limited to the funding corresponding to that of
the
simplified register for the areas in question.

A breakdown of the amounts to be defrayed and the
amounts to be excluded for failure to comply with
Community rules was sent to Spain on 29 April 2002,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The Community contribution to the expenditure incurred by
Spain in establishing the Community vineyard register shall be
as set out in the table annexed to this Decision.

Article 2

This Decision is addressed to the Kingdom of Spain.

Done at Brussels, 23 August 2002.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 208, 31.7.1986, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 210, 28.7.1998, p. 14.
(3) OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 103.
(4) OJ L 94, 28.4.1970, p. 13.

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Official Journal of the European Communities

27.8.2002

ANNEX

Year

Eligible expenditure (ESP)

Conversion rate
(OJ for first working day)

Eligible expenditure (EUR)

Part-financing at 50 % (EUR)

1987

1988

1989

1990

1991

1992

1993

1994

1995

1996

1997

1998

1999

121 608 415

68 684 220

374 283 894

868 411 080

1 367 673 757

384 500 035

1 053 059 722

311 788 575

275 213 207

488 204 979

127 700 311

220 762 919

173 987 772

141,175

140,835

132,862

131,044

130,389

129,557

138,865

159,260

161,862

159,337

164,030

167,312

166,386

861 401,91

487 692,83

430 700,96

243 846,42

2 817 087,61

1 408 543,80

6 626 866,40

3 313 433,20

10 489 180,51

5 244 590,25

2 967 805,95

1 483 902,97

7 583 334,33

3 791 667,17

1 957 733,11

1 700 295,36

978 866,55

850 147,68

3 063 977,48

1 531 988,74

778 518,02

1 319 468,53

1 045 687,57

389 259,01

659 734,27

522 843,78

Total

5 835 878 886

41 699 049

20 849 525

Advances

– 19 900 645

Balance to be paid

948 880