WHEREAS THE INSPECTIONS CARRIED OUT SHOW THAT A PART OF THE EXPENDITURE DECLARED AMOUNTING TO POUND 2 552 969,89 DOES NOT SATISFY THE REQUIREMENTS OF THESE PROVISIONS AND MUST THEREFORE BE DISALLOWED ; WHEREAS THE MEMBER STATE HAS BEEN FULLY INFORMED OF THIS DEDUCTION AND HAS HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO STATE ITS VIEWS THEREON ;
WHEREAS THE DISALLOWED EXPENDITURE INCLUDES AN AMOUNT OF POUND 879 175,26 FOR AID FOR PEAS AND FIELD BEANS ; WHEREAS INFORMATION KNOWN TO THE COMMISSION AT PRESENT DOES NOT , HOWEVER , EXCLUDE THE POSSIBILITY THAT THIS EXPENDITURE OR A PART OF IT MAY IN FACT QUALIFY ; WHEREAS IN ORDER NOT TO DELAY THE PRESENT DECISION , IT IS APPROPRIATE TO PROVIDE THAT THIS EXPENDITURE MAY STILL BE RECOGNIZED IN THE CLEARANCE OF THE ACCOUNTS FOR THE FINANCIAL YEAR 1980 ON CONDITION THAT THE MEMBER STATE SUPPLIES THE NECESSARY EVIDENCE JUSTIFYING COMMUNITY FINANCING ;
WHEREAS UNDER COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1078/77 OF 17 MAY 1977 INTRODUCING A SYSTEM OF PREMIUMS FOR THE NON-MARKETING OF MILK AND MILK PRODUCTS AND FOR THE CONVERSION OF DAIRY HERDS ( 4 ) , AS LAST AMENDED BY REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1365/80 ( 5 ) , 60 % OF EXPENDITURE ON THOSE MEASURES IS BORNE BY THE GUARANTEE SECTION OF THE EAGGF AND 40 % BY THE GUIDANCE SECTION ; WHEREAS THE SAID MEASURES RANK AS INTERVENTION WITHIN THE MEANING OF ARTICLE 3 OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 729/70 AND CONSTITUTE A " COMMON MEASURE " WITHIN THE MEANING OF ARTICLE 6 ( 1 ) OF THAT REGULATION ; WHEREAS THE RELEVANT GUIDANCE SECTION EXPENDITURE ITEMS MUST THEREFORE BE INCLUDED WHEN THE ACCOUNTS FOR GUARANTEE EXPENDITURE FINANCED BY THE EAGGF ARE CLEARED ; WHEREAS VERIFICATION HAS SHOWN THAT THE EXPENDITURE DECLARED AS CHARGEABLE TO THE GUARANTEE SECTION IS TO BE CORRECTED UPWARDS BY AN AMOUNT OF POUND 41 168,21 WHICH IN FACT SATISFIES REQUIREMENTS AND THEREFORE CAN BE CHARGED ; WHEREAS THE MEMBER STATE HAS BEEN INFORMED OF THIS CORRECTION AND HAS HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO STATE ITS VIEWS THEREON ,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION
ARTICLE 1
1 . THE EXPENDITURE BY THE UNITED KINGDOM RECOGNIZED AS CHARGEABLE TO THE EUROPEAN AGRICULTURAL GUIDANCE AND GUARANTEE FUND , GUARANTEE SECTION , IN RESPECT OF THE 1979 FINANCIAL YEAR AMOUNTS , IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANNEX I , TO POUND 337 950 334,21 .
2 . THE EXPENDITURE RECOGNIZED AS CHARGEABLE TO THE EAGGF PURSUANT TO REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1078/77 AMOUNTS , IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANNEX II , TO POUND 12 425 260,80 .
ARTICLE 2
THE FINANCIAL RESOURCES AVAILABLE AT THE END OF 1979 AMOUNT , IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANNEX I TO A NEGATIVE BALANCE OF POUND 1 759 140,92 AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANNEX II , TO A NEGATIVE BALANCE OF POUND 514 961,79 .
ARTICLE 3
THE DECISION IS ADDRESSED TO THE UNITED KINGDOM .
DONE AT BRUSSELS , 8 FEBRUARY 1984 .
FOR THE COMMISSION
POUL DALSAGER
MEMBER OF THE COMMISSION