2005/579/EC: Commission Decision of 20 July 2005 excluding from Community financing certain expenditure incurred by the Member States under the Guarantee Section of the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund (EAGGF) (notified under document number C(2005) 2756)   (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2005-07-20
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EAGGF Guarantee Section, EU financing, agricultural expenditure, closing of accounts

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(Acts whose publication is not obligatory)

COMMISSION

COMMISSION DECISION

of 20 July 2005

excluding from Community financing certain expenditure incurred by the Member States under the
Guarantee Section of the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund (EAGGF)

(notified under document number C(2005) 2756)

(Only the Dutch, English, French, Greek, Italian, Portuguese and Spanish texts are authentic)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2005/579/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 729/70 of 21
April 1970 on the financing of
the common agricultural
policy (1), and in particular Article 5(2)(c) thereof,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1258/1999 of 17
May 1999 on the financing of
the common agricultural
policy (2), and in particular Article 7(4) thereof,

Having consulted the Fund Committee,

Whereas:

(1)

Article 5 of Regulation (EEC) No 729/70, Article 7 of
Regulation (EC) No 1258/1999, and Article 8(1) and (2)
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
EAGGF Guarantee Section (3) require the Commission
to make the necessary verifications, inform the Member
States of its findings, take account of the Member States'
comments, initiate bilateral discussions and then formally
to the Member States,
communicate its conclusions

the clearance of

the accounts of

(1) OJ L 94, 28.4.1970, p. 13. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 1287/95 (OJ L 125, 8.6.1995, p. 1).

(2) OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 103.
(3) OJ L 158, 8.7.1995, p. 6. Regulation as last amended by Regulation

(EC) No 465/2005 (OJ L 77, 23.3.2005, p. 6).

referring to Commission Decision 94/442/EC of 1 July
1994 setting up a conciliation procedure in the context
of the clearance of the accounts of the European Agri-
(EAGGF)
cultural Guidance
Guarantee Section (4).

and Guarantee

Fund

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

The Member States have had an opportunity to request
that a conciliation procedure be initiated. That oppor-
tunity has been used in some cases and the report
issued on the outcome has been examined by the
Commission.

Under Articles 2 and 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 729/70
and Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 1258/1999, only
refunds on exports to third countries and intervention to
stabilise agricultural markets, respectively granted and
undertaken according to Community rules within the
framework of
the agri-
cultural markets, may be financed.

the common organisation of

In the light of the checks carried out, the outcome of the
bilateral discussions and the conciliation procedures, part
of the expenditure declared by the Member States does
not fulfil these requirements and cannot, therefore, be
financed under the EAGGF Guarantee Section.

The amounts that are not recognised as being chargeable
to the EAGGF Guarantee Section should be indicated.
Those amounts do not relate to expenditure incurred
more than twenty-four months before the Commission's
written notification of the results of the checks to the
Member States.

(4) OJ L 182, 16.7.1994, p. 45. Decision as last amended by Decision

2001/535/EC (OJ L 193, 17.7.2001, p. 25).

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(6)

(7)

the
As regards the cases covered by this Decision,
assessment of the amounts to be excluded on grounds
of non-compliance with Community rules was notified
by the Commission to the Member States in a summary
report on the subject.

declared under the EAGGF Guarantee Section shall be excluded
from Community financing because it does not comply with
Community rules.

Article 2

This Decision is without prejudice to any financial
conclusions that the Commission may draw from the
judgments of the Court of Justice in cases pending on
15 April 2005 and relating to its content,

This Decision is addressed to the Kingdom of Belgium, the
Hellenic Republic, the Kingdom of Spain, the French Republic,
the Italian Republic, the Portuguese Republic and the United
Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Done at Brussels, 20 July 2005.

Article 1

The expenditure itemised in the Annex hereto that has been
incurred by the Member States' accredited paying agencies and

For the Commission

Mariann FISCHER BOEL
Member of the Commission

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