Commission Regulation (EC) No 1155/2005 of 18 July 2005 amending and correcting Regulation (EC) No 1419/2004 on the continuation of the application of the Multi-annual Financing Agreements and the Annual Financing Agreements concluded between the European Commission, representing the European Community, on the one hand and the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Slovakia and Slovenia on the other, and providing for certain derogations from the Multi-annual Financing Agreements and from Council Regulation (EC) No 1266/1999 and Regulation (EC) No 2222/2000
Date: 2005-07-18
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU financing, accession to the European Union, aid to agriculture, derogation from EU law, rural development

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Official Journal of the European Union

19.7.2005

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1155/2005

of 18 July 2005

amending and correcting Regulation (EC) No 1419/2004 on the continuation of the application of
the Multi-annual Financing Agreements and the Annual Financing Agreements concluded between
the European Commission, representing the European Community, on the one hand and the Czech
Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Slovakia and Slovenia on the other, and
providing for certain derogations from the Multi-annual Financing Agreements and from Council
Regulation (EC) No 1266/1999 and Regulation (EC) No 2222/2000

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

‘Article 3

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to the Treaty of Accession, and in particular
Article 41 thereof,

Whereas:

Amendment of the MAFAs

Article 7(8) of Section A of the Annex to the MAFAs is

1.
replaced by the following:

“The final balance of the programme shall be paid:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(MAFAs)

the final balance of

Financing Agreements

Article 7(8) of Section A of the Annex to the Multi-
annual
referred to
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1419/2004 (1) should,
with regard to the procedures to be applied for the
payment of
the programme, be
made consistent with the final de-commitment date
provided for
the Annual Financing
Agreements (AFAs). For that purpose, the deadline for
the certified
the submission to the Commission of
statement of expenditure referred to in that provision
has to be amended and the procedures concerning the
conformity clearance decision provided for in Article 12
of Section A of the Annex to the MAFAs should be
clarified.

in Article 3 of

An error needs to be rectified as regards the title of
Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 1419/2004.

It is therefore necessary to amend and correct Regulation
(EC) No 1419/2004 accordingly.

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in
accordance with the opinion of the Committee on Agri-
cultural Structures and Rural Development and of the
Committee of the European Agriculture Guarantee and
Guidance Fund,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

(a)

the National Authorising Officer

to the
if
Commission within the deadline
laid
down in the final Annual Financing Agreement, a
certified statement of
actually paid in
accordance with Article 9 of this Section;

submits
for payment

expenditure

(b) if the final report on implementation has been submitted

to and approved by the Commission;

(c) when the Decision referred to in Article 11 of

this

section has been adopted.

adoption of
The payment
subsequent decision pursuant Article 12 of this section.”

shall not prejudice

the

a

The following subparagraph is added to Article 10(3)

2.
of section A of the Annex to the MAFAs:

“However,
interest not accounted for by projects assisted
under
the Czech Republic, Estonia,
Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Slovakia and Slovenia,
respectively, shall be paid to the Commission in euro.” ’

the programme of

Amendment to Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 1419/2004

Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 1419/2004 is replaced by the
following:

(1) OJ L 258, 5.8.2004, p. 11.

Article 2

Amendment to the title of the Article 4 of Regulation (EC)
No 1419/2004

The title of Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 1419/2004 is
corrected as follows:

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‘Article 4

Replacement of the amounts provided for in Article 2 of AFA 2003’.

Article 3

Entry into force

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the
European Union.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 18 July 2005.

For the Commission

Mariann FISCHER BOEL
Member of the Commission