2002/816/EC: Commission Decision of 14 October 2002 amending Decision 1999/187/EC on the clearance of accounts presented by the Member States in respect of the expenditure for 1995 of the Guarantee Section of the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund (EAGGF) (notified under document number C(2002) 3771)
Date: 2002-10-14
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EAGGF Guarantee Section, Greece, agricultural expenditure, budgetary control, closing of accounts, financial year

L 280/88

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

18.10.2002

COMMISSION

COMMISSION DECISION

of 14 October 2002

amending Decision 1999/187/EC on the clearance of accounts presented by the Member States in
respect of the expenditure for 1995 of the Guarantee Section of the European Agricultural
Guidance and Guarantee Fund (EAGGF)

(notified under document number C(2002) 3771)

(Only the Greek text is authentic)

(2002/816/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) thereof,

After consulting the Committee of the European Agricultural
Guidance and Guarantee Fund,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

By Decision 2002/524/EC (3), the Commission imposed
a financial correction on Greece because of shortcomings
in its system for controlling arable crops in the financial
years 1996 to 1999. As the same shortcomings existed
before then, a similar
financial correction must be
imposed for the 1995 financial year. To this end, it is
necessary to amend Commission Decision 1999/187/EC
of 3 February 1999 on the clearance of the accounts
presented by the Member States in respect of the expen-
diture for 1995 of
the
European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund
(EAGGF), as last amended by Decision 2000/448/EC.

the Guarantee Section of

This Decision is without prejudice to any financial conse-
quences which may be determined in any subsequent
clearance of accounts in respect of State aid or infringe-
ments for which the procedures initiated under Articles
88 and 226 of the Treaty are now in progress or were
terminated after 15 May 2002.

(3)

This Decision is without prejudice to any financial conse-
quences drawn by the Commission during a subsequent

accounts clearance procedure from current investigations
under way at the time of this Decision, from irregulari-
ties within the meaning of Article 8 of Regulation (EC)
No 729/70 or from judgments of the Court of Justice in
cases pending on 15 May 2002 and relating to matters
covered by this Decision,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The sections of the Annex to Decision 1999/187/EC relating to
Greece are replaced by the Annex to this Decision.

Article 2

The additional amount of GRD – 1 827 922 367 arising under
point 3 of the Annex and chargeable by virtue of this Decision
shall be taken into account as part of the expenditure referred
to in Article 4(1) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 296/96 (4)
for the month of August 2002.

This Decision is addressed to the Hellenic Republic.

Article 3

Done at Brussels, 14 October 2002.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 94, 28.4.1970, p. 13.
(2) OJ L 125, 8.6.1995, p. 1.
(3) OJ L 170, 29.6.2002, p. 77.

(4) OJ L 39, 17.2.1996, p. 5.

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ANNEX

GREECE

EAGGF Guarantee Section expenditure
Financial year: 1995

(GRD)

1. Expenditure recognised

(a) Expenditure declared by the Member State in respect of the present clearance

760 186 802 122

(b) Expenditure declared during the preceding year but excluded from that clear-

ance

(c) Expenditure declared, excluded from the present clearance

(d) Expenditure declared, which is already subject to at clearance decision

14 056 031 234

0

0

(e) Expenditure declared, coming under the present clearance ((a) + (b) + (c) + (d))

774 242 833 356

(f) Expenditure disallowed

(g) Total expenditure recognised ((e) + (f))

2. Expenditure charged

(a) Expenditure charged in respect of the present year

(b) Expenditure charged in respect of the preceding year, but excluded from that

clearance

(c) Expenditure charged in respect of the present year, but excluded from the

present clearance

(d) Expenditure charged in respect of the present year, which is already subject to a

clearence decision

(e) Expenditure charged to a later exercice

– 26 082 443 724

748 160 389 632

758 830 725 324

14 056 031 234

0

0

0

(f) Total

expenditure

charged,

coming

under

the

present

clearance

((a) + (b) + (c) + (d) + (e))

3. Expenditure chargeable to or payable to the Member State following clear-

ance of the accounts (2f – 1g)

772 886 756 558

24 726 366 926