2008/398/EC: Commission Decision of 30 April 2008 on the clearance of the accounts of the paying agencies of Lithuania and Slovakia concerning expenditure in the field of rural development measures financed by the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund (EAGGF), Guarantee Section, for the 2006 financial year (notified under document number C(2008) 1713)
Date: 2008-04-30
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EAGGF Guarantee Section, Lithuania, Slovakia, agricultural expenditure, closing of accounts, rural development

L 139/54

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Official Journal of the European Union

29.5.2008

COMMISSION DECISION

of 30 April 2008

on the clearance of the accounts of the paying agencies of Lithuania and Slovakia concerning
expenditure in the field of rural development measures financed by the European Agricultural
Guidance and Guarantee Fund (EAGGF), Guarantee Section, for the 2006 financial year

(notified under document number C(2008) 1713)

(Only the Lithuanian and Slovak texts are authentic)

(2008/398/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,

After consulting the Fund Committee,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

Commission Decision 2007/325/EC (2) cleared, for the
2006 financial year,
the paying
agencies except for the Lithuanian paying agency ‘NMA’
and the Slovak paying agency ‘APA’.

the accounts of all

Following the transmission of new information and after
additional checks,
the Commission can now take a
decision concerning expenditure in the field of rural
development measures on the integrality, accuracy and
veracity of
the accounts submitted by the Lithuanian
paying agency ‘NMA’ and the Slovak paying agency
‘APA’.

In accordance with the
subparagraph of
Article 7(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1258/1999 and
(EC)
Commission
Article

Regulation

second

7(1)

of

No 1663/95 (3),
this Decision does not prejudice
the Commission
decisions
excluding from Community financing expenditure not
effected in accordance with Community rules,

taken subsequently

by

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The accounts of the Lithuanian paying agency ‘NMA’ and the
Slovak paying agency ‘APA’ concerning expenditure in the field
of rural development financed by the European Agricultural
Guidance and Guarantee Fund (EAGGF), Guarantee Section, in
respect of the 2006 financial year, are hereby cleared.

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 Lithuania and Slovakia
are set out in Annex I and Annex II.

Article 2

This Decision is addressed to the Republic of Lithuania and the
Slovak Republic.

Done at Brussels, 30 April 2008.

For the Commission

Mariann FISCHER BOEL
Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 103.
(2) OJ L 122, 11.5.2007, p. 41.

(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).

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ANNEX II

Financial year 2006 — Rural development expenditure in new Member States

Differences between annual accounts and declarations of expenditure

LITHUANIA

No

Measures

Expenditure 2006
Annex I column ‘a’

Reductions
Annex I column ‘d’

Amount cleared 2006
Annex I column ‘e’

i

ii

iii = i + ii

1 Agri-environment

2

Less-favoured areas and areas with environmental restrictions

3 Meeting standards

4 Afforestation of agricultural land

5

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Early retirement

Support for semi-subsistence farms undergoing restructuring

7 Other measures

Technical assistance

Complementary national direct payments

15 494 475,76

47 293 534,79

21 597 031,76

1 231 609,30

17 773 634,01

1 462 384,11

1 394 540,58

1 184 624,44

32 580 346,86

15 494 475,76

47 293 534,79

21 597 031,76

1 231 609,30

17 773 634,01

1 462 384,11

1 394 540,58

1 184 624,44

32 580 346,86

Total

140 012 181,61

0,00

140 012 181,61

SLOVAKIA

Measures

Expenditure 2006
Annex I column ‘a’

Reductions
Annex I column ‘d’

Amount cleared 2006
Annex I column ‘e’

i

ii

iii = i + ii

Investments in agricultural holdings

Training

Less-favoured areas and areas with environmental restrictions

4 Meeting standards

5 Agri-environmental support

6

7

Improving processing and marketing of agricultural products

Forest management

8 Afforestation of agricultural land

9

Land consolidation

10 Diversification of agricultural activities

11

12

13

14

Support for semi-subsistence farms

Producer groups

Technical assistance including evaluation

Complements to direct payments

901
Investments in agricultural holdings, Regulation (EC) No 1268/1999
905 Agri-environmental support — projects approved under Regulation

907

912

(EC) No 1268/1999
Forest management — projects approved under Regulation
(EC) No 1268/1999
Producer groups — projects approved under Regulation
(EC) No 1268/1999

1 198 188,21

0,00

62 787 379,02

42 757,75

24 130 433,63

234 596,08

0,00

17 586,78

0,00

0,00

46 466,54

184 532,46

355 784,81

26 459 743,74

486 351,14

1 577 512,24

44 147,16

67 846,21

1 198 188,21

0,00

62 787 379,02

42 757,75

24 130 433,63

234 596,08

0,00

17 586,78

0,00

0,00

46 466,54

184 532,46

355 784,81

26 459 743,74

486 351,14

1 577 512,24

44 147,16

67 846,21

Total

117 633 325,77

0,00

117 633 325,77

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