2007/326/EC: Commission Decision of 27 April 2007 on the clearance of the accounts of the paying agencies in Hungary and Malta concerning expenditure financed by the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund (EAGGF), Guarantee Section, for the 2005 financial year (notified under document number C(2007) 1894)
Date: 2007-04-27
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EAGGF Guarantee Section, Hungary, Malta, agricultural expenditure, closing of accounts, rural development

11.5.2007

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 122/47

COMMISSION DECISION

of 27 April 2007

on the clearance of the accounts of the paying agencies in Hungary and Malta concerning
expenditure financed by the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund (EAGGF),
Guarantee Section, for the 2005 financial year

(notified under document number C(2007) 1894)

(Only the English and Hungarian texts are authentic)

(2007/326/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Article 1

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,

After consulting the Fund Committee,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

the accounts of all

Commission Decisions 2006/322/EC (2) cleared, for the
the paying
2005 financial year,
agencies except for the German paying agency ‘Bayern-
Umwelt’,
the
Luxembourg paying agency ‘Ministère de l'Agriculture’,
the Hungarian paying Agency ‘ARDA’, the Portuguese
paying agency ‘IFADAP’ and the Maltese paying agency
‘MRAE’.

Italian paying

‘AGEA’,

agency

the

Following the transmission of new information by
the
Hungary and Malta, and after additional checks,
Commission can now take a decision on the integrality,
accuracy and veracity of the accounts submitted by the
Hungarian paying agency ‘ARDA’ and the Maltese paying
agency ‘MRAE’.

In accordance with the second subparagraph of Article
7(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1258/1999, this Decision
does not prejudice decisions adopted subsequently by
the Commission excluding from Community financing
expenditure
with
not
Community rules,

accordance

effected

in

The accounts of the Hungarian paying agency ‘ARDA’ and the
Maltese paying agency ‘MRAE’ concerning expenditure financed
by the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund
(EAGGF), Guarantee Section,
in respect of the 2005 financial
year are hereby cleared.

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

The amounts which are recoverable from, or payable to, each
Member State pursuant to this Decision in the field of rural
development measures applicable in Hungary and Malta are
set out in Annex II and Annex III.

Article 2

This Decision is addressed to the Republic of Hungary and the
Republic of Malta.

Done at Brussels, 27 April 2007.

For the Commission

Mariann FISCHER BOEL
Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 103.
(2) OJ L 118, 3.5.2006, p. 20.

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ANNEX III

CLEARED EXPENDITURE BY RD MEASURE FOR EXERCISE 2005

Differences between annual accounts and declarations of expenditure

HUNGARY

No

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Expenditure 2005
Annex II column ‘a’

Reductions
Annex II column ‘d’

Amount cleared 2005
Annex II column ‘e’

1 Agri-environment
2 Meeting standards
3 Afforestation
4 Support for semi-substance farms
5 Producer groups
6 Early retirement
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8 Technical assistance
9 Project approved under Regulation (EC) No 1268/1999

10 Complementary national direct payments

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564 667,97
354 984,16
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31 162 060,99
37 272 434,19

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564 667,97
354 984,16
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31 162 060,99
37 272 434,19

Total

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Annex II column ‘a’

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Amount cleared 2005
Annex II column ‘e’

1 Less Favourite Areas
2 Agri-environment
3 Meeting standards
4 Producer groups
5 Technical assistance
6 State Aid complement
7 Ad hoc measure

1 778 458,24
523 444,29
153 708,96
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2 383 820,30
6 464 227,06

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523 444,29
153 708,96
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