INSPECTIONS CARRIED OUT SHOW THAT PART OF THE EXPENDITURE DECLARED , TOTALLING FF 100 106 370,72 , 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 THE OPPORTUNITY TO STATE ITS VIEWS THEREON ;
WHEREAS THE DISALLOWED EXPENDITURE INCLUDES AN AMOUNT OF FF 8 875 447,03 FOR AID TO THE PRIVATE STORAGE OF TABLE WINES AND AN AMOUNT OF FF 367 922,26 FOR AID TO THE PRIVATE STORAGE OF CONCENTRATED GRAPE MUSTS , AN AMOUNT OF FF 609,12 FOR AID TO SUPPLEMENTARY STORAGE OF TABLE WINES AND AN AMOUNT OF FF 51 764 638,33 FOR AIDS TO THE OBLIGATORY DISTILLATION OF THE BY-PRODUCTS OF WINE-MAKING ; WHEREAS INFORMATION KNOWN TO THE COMMISSION AT PRESENT DOES NOT , HOWEVER , EXCLUDE THE POSSIBILITY THAT THIS EXPENDITURE OR 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 WHEN THE 1980 ACCOUNTS ARE CLEARED 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 GUIDANCE SECTION EXPENDITURE ITEMS MUST THEREFORE BE INCLUDED WHEN THE ACCOUNTS FOR GUARANTEE EXPENDITURE FINANCED BY THE EAGGF ARE CLEARED ;
WHEREAS EXPENDITURE MADE UNDER REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1078/77 DURING 1979 IS RECOGNIZED SUBJECT TO RESERVATION , SINCE A FINAL ASSESSMENT AS TO ITS COMPATIBILITY WITH COMMUNITY LAW HAS NOT YET BEEN POSSIBLE ; WHEREAS A FINAL DECISION CONCERNING THIS EXPENDITURE WILL BE TAKEN WHEN THE 1980 ACCOUNTS ARE CLEARED ;
WHEREAS THIS DECISION CANNOT AFFECT THE RESULTS OF ENQUIRIES BEING CARRIED OUT INTO THE FRUIT AND VEGETABLES SECTOR ,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
ARTICLE 1
1 . THE EXPENDITURE BY THE FRENCH REPUBLIC RECOGNIZED AS CHARGEABLE TO THE EUROPEAN AGRICULTURAL GUIDANCE AND GUARANTEE FUND , GUARANTEE SECTION , IN RESPECT OF THE 1979 FINANCIAL YEAR TOTALS , IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANNEX I , FF 14 456 132 294,59 .
2 . THE EXPENDITURE RECOGNIZED AS CHARGEABLE TO THE EAGGF PURSUANT TO REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1078/77 TOTALS , IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANNEX II , FF 149 014 911,33 .
ARTICLE 2
THE FINANCIAL RESOURCES AVAILABLE AT THE END OF 1979 TOTALS , IN