2008/584/EC: Council Decision of 15 July 2008 amending Decision 2006/493/EC laying down the amount of Community support for rural development for the period from 1 January 2007 to 31 December 2013 , its annual breakdown and the minimum amount to be concentrated in regions eligible under the Convergence Objective
Date: 2008-07-15
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: EU aid, aid recipient, commitment of expenditure, distribution of aid, economic convergence, fund (EU), rural development

L 188/26

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Official Journal of the European Union

16.7.2008

COUNCIL DECISION

of 15 July 2008

amending Decision 2006/493/EC laying down the amount of Community support
for rural
development for the period from 1 January 2007 to 31 December 2013, its annual breakdown
and the minimum amount to be concentrated in regions eligible under the Convergence Objective

(2008/584/EC)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005 of
20 September 2005 on support for rural development by the
European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) (1),
and in particular Article 69(1) thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

Council Decision 2006/493/EC (2) lays down the amount
of Community support for rural development for the
period from 1 January 2007 to 31 December 2013, its
annual breakdown and the minimum amount
to be
concentrated in regions eligible under the Convergence
Objective.

appropriations

Since the Budgetary Authority has decided to transfer
certain commitment
for Community
for rural development under Regulation (EC)
support
No 1698/2005 which were not used in 2007,
in
accordance with paragraph 48 of the Interinstitutional
Agreement between the European Parliament,
the
Council and the Commission on budgetary discipline

sound

financial management (3),

and
Decision
2006/493/EC should be amended in order to reallocate
those appropriations to the period from 1 January 2008
to 31 December 2013.

(3)

Decision 2006/493/EC should therefore be amended
accordingly,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

The Annex to Decision 2006/493/EC is replaced by the text in
the Annex to this Decision.

Article 2

This Decision shall apply as from 1 January 2008.

Done at Brussels, 15 July 2008.

For the Council
The President

M. BARNIER

(1) OJ L 277, 21.10.2005, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regu­

lation (EC) No 146/2008 (OJ L 46, 21.2.2008, p. 1).

(2) OJ L 195, 15.7.2006, p. 22.

(3) OJ C 139, 14.6.2006, p. 1. Agreement last amended by Decision
2008/371/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ
L 128, 16.5.2008, p. 8).

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