2005/738/EC: Commission Decision of 14 September 2005 on the clearance of the accounts of certain paying agencies in Belgium, Germany, Spain, France, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Portugal, Sweden and the United Kingdom concerning expenditure financed by the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund (EAGGF), Guarantee Section, for the 2003 financial year (notified under document number C(2005) 3442)
Date: 2005-09-14
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Benelux countries, EAGGF Guarantee Section, France, Germany, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom, closing of accounts

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COMMISSION DECISION

of 14 September 2005

on the clearance of the accounts of certain paying agencies in Belgium, Germany, Spain, France,
Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Portugal, Sweden and the United Kingdom concerning expenditure
financed by the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund (EAGGF), Guarantee Section,
for the 2003 financial year

(notified under document number C(2005) 3442)

(Only the Spanish, German, English, French, Dutch, Portuguese and Swedish texts are authentic)

(2005/738/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1258/1999 of 17
May 1999 on the financing of
the common agricultural
policy (1), and in particular Article 7(3) thereof,

the accounts submitted by the Belgian paying agencies
ALT, ALP and BIRB, the German paying agencies Baden
Württemberg, Bayern StMELF, Berlin, Hamburg and
Niedersachsen, Spanish paying agency Navarra,
the
French paying agencies CNASEA, FIRS, OFIVAL, ONIC,
ONIFLHOR, ONIOL, ONIVINS and SDE, the Luxembourg
paying agency ministère de l’agriculture,
the Dutch
paying agencies HPA and Laser, the Portuguese paying
agency INGA,
the Swedish paying agency Swedish
Board of Agriculture and the United Kingdom paying
agencies CCW, FC, RPA and SEERAD.

After consulting the Fund Committee,

Whereas:

(1)

for

for

the paying agencies except

Commission Decision 2004/451/EC of 29 April 2004
the accounts of Member States’
on the clearance of
financed by the European Agricultural
expenditure
and Guarantee Fund (EAGGF), Guarantee
Guidance
the 2003 financial year (2), cleared the
Section,
accounts of all
the
Belgian paying agencies ALT, ALP and BIRB, the German
paying agencies Baden Württemberg, Bayern StMELF,
Bayern-Umwelt, Berlin, Hamburg and Niedersachsen,
the Spanish paying agency Navarra, the French paying
FIRS, OFIVAL, ONIC, ONIFLHOR,
agencies CNASEA,
the Luxembourg paying
ONIOL, ONIVINS and SDE,
agency ministère de l’agriculture,
the Dutch paying
agencies HPA and Laser, the Portuguese paying agency
INGA, the Swedish paying agency Swedish Board of Agri-
culture and the United Kingdom paying agencies CCW,
DARD, FC, NAW, RPA and SEERAD.

(2)

Following the transmission of new information by
Belgium, Germany, Spain, France, Luxembourg, the Neth-
erlands, Portugal, Sweden and the United Kingdom, and
after additional checks, the Commission can now take a
decision on the veracity, completeness, and accuracy of

(1) OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 103.
(2) OJ L 155, 30.4.2004, p. 123.

(3)

(4)

In clearing the accounts of the Belgian, German, Spanish,
French, Luxembourg, Dutch, Portuguese, Swedish and
British paying agencies
the Commission
must
the amounts already withheld
from Belgium, Germany, Spain, France, Luxembourg,
the Netherlands, Portugal, Sweden and the United
Kingdom on the basis of Decision 2004/451/EC.

take account of

concerned,

In accordance with the second subparagraph of Article
7(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1258/1999 this Decision is
taken without prejudice to decisions taken subsequently
from Community
by
financing expenditure not effected in accordance with
Community rules,

the Commission,

excluding

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The accounts of the Belgian paying agencies ALT, ALP and BIRB,
the German paying agencies Baden Württemberg, Bayern
the Spanish
StMELF, Berlin, Hamburg and Niedersachsen,
paying agency Navarra, the French paying agencies CNASEA,
FIRS, OFIVAL, ONIC, ONIFLHOR, ONIOL, ONIVINS and SDE, the
Luxembourg paying agency ministère de l’agriculture, the Dutch
paying agencies HPA and Laser, the Portuguese paying agency
INGA, the Swedish paying agency Swedish Board of Agriculture
and the United Kingdom paying agencies CCW, FC, RPA and
SEERAD concerning
financed by
EAGGF
Guarantee Section for
the 2003 financial year are hereby
cleared.

expenditure

the

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The amounts which are recoverable from, or payable to, each of
the Member States concerned in accordance with this Decision
are set out in the Annex.

the Netherlands,

the
Kingdom of
Kingdom of Sweden and the United Kingdom of Great Britain
and Northern Ireland.

the Portuguese Republic,

Article 2

This Decision is addressed to the Kingdom of Belgium, the
the
Federal Republic of Germany,
the
French Republic,

the Kingdom of Spain,
the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg,

Done at Brussels, 14 September 2005.

For the Commission

Mariann FISCHER BOEL
Member of the Commission

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ANNEX II

CLEARANCE OF ACCOUNTS OF PAYING AGENCIES 2003 FINANCIAL YEAR

List of paying agencies whose accounts remain disjoined and will be covered by a later decision

Member State

Germany

United Kingdom

United Kingdom

Paying agency

Bayern Umwelt

DARD

NAW