2003/273/EC: Commission Decision of 10 April 2003 on the clearance of the accounts of the Paying Agency in Greece in respect of expenditure financed by the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund (EAGGF), Guarantee Section, for the 2000 financial year (notified under document number C(2003) 1192)
Date: 2003-04-10
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EAGGF Guarantee Section, Greece, closing of accounts, financial year

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Official Journal of the European Union

17.4.2003

COMMISSION

COMMISSION DECISION

of 10 April 2003

on the clearance of the accounts of the Paying Agency in Greece in respect of expenditure
financed by the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund (EAGGF), Guarantee Section,
for the 2000 financial year

(notified under document number C(2003) 1192)

(only the Greek text is authentic)

(2003/273/EC)

(3)

(4)

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 Regu-
lations.

(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) and repealing Regulation (EEC)
No 2776/88 (4), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No

1997/2002 (5), account is taken for the 2000 financial
year of expenditure incurred by the Member States
between 16 October 1999 and 15 October 2000.

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 2000 financial year (6), the Commission
cleared the accounts of all the paying agencies that were
not listed in Annex II to that Decision. Furthermore, the
Commission decided
to
GRD 133 512 was to be paid to Greece. The accounts
of the paying agency of Greece concerning expenditure
financed by the EAGGF Guarantee Section for the same
financial year were disjoined from that Decision.
Following the transmission of new information by
Greece, the Commission can now take a decision on the
veracity, completeness, and accuracy of the accounts of
Gedidagep.

sum amounting

that

a

Pursuant to the second subparagraph of Article 7(1) of
Regulation (EC) No 1663/95 of 7 July 1995 laying down
detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation
(EEC) 729/70 regarding the procedure for the clearance
of the accounts of the EAGGF Guarantee Section (7), as
last amended by Regulation (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 accounts clearance decision
is taken. By clearing the accounts of the Greek paying
agency that could not be cleared by Decision 2001/474/
EC, the Commission should take into account the sum
already paid to Greece following that Decision. As a
result, no financial consequences follow from the present
Decision.

(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 308, 9.11.2002, p. 9.
(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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(5)

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 Regu-
lation (EC) No 1663/95, this Decision, adopted on the
basis of accounting information, does not prejudice deci-
sions taken subsequently by the Commission excluding
from Community financing expenditure not effected in
accordance with Community rules,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The accounts of
the paying agency of Greece concerning
expenditure financed by the EAGGF Guarantee Section in
respect of the 2000 financial year are hereby cleared.

The amount recoverable from Greece is determined in the
Annex to this decision.

Article 2

This Decision is addressed to the Republic of Greece.

Done at Brussels, 10 April 2003.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

Clearance of the accounts of the Greek paying agency not cleared in Decision 2001/474/EC — 2000 financial year

ANNEX

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

= expenditure declared in the
annual declaration

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 paid to
the Member State

Amount paid to the
Member State following
Decision 2001/474/EC

a

b

c = a + b

d

e = c - d

h

GRD

889 719 853 835,00

– 28 084 903 742,00

861 634 950 093,00

861 634 816 581,00

133 512,00

133 512,00

EUR

2 611 063 400,84

– 82 420 847,37

2 528 642 553,46

2 528 642 161,65

391,82

391,82

MS

GR

GR

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

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0,00

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