CELEX: 32010D0060
Language: en
Date: 2010-02-02 00:00:00
Title: 2010/60/: Commission Decision of 2 February 2010 on the clearance of the accounts of the paying agencies of Malta concerning expenditure in the field of rural development measures financed by the European Agricultural Guarantee Fund (EAGF) for the 2007 financial year (notified under document C(2010) 459)

5.2.2010   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               L 34/30
            
         COMMISSION DECISION
   of 2 February 2010
   on the clearance of the accounts of the paying agencies of Malta concerning expenditure in the field of rural development measures financed by the European Agricultural Guarantee Fund (EAGF) for the 2007 financial year
   (notified under document C(2010) 459)
   (Only the Maltese text is authentic)
   (2010/60/EU)
   THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
   Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
   Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1290/2005 of 21 June 2005 on the financing of the common agricultural policy (1), and in particular Articles 30 and 39 thereof,
   After consulting the Committee on the Agricultural Funds,
   Whereas:
   
               (1)
            
            
               Commission Decisions 2008/395/EC (2) and 2009/85/EC (3) cleared, for the 2007 financial year, the accounts of all the paying agencies except for the Maltese paying agency ‘MRAE’.
            
         
               (2)
            
            
               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 Maltese paying agency ‘MRAE’.
            
         
               (3)
            
            
               In accordance with Article 30(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1290/2005, this Decision does not prejudice decisions taken subsequently by the Commission excluding from Community financing expenditure not effected in accordance with Community rules,
            
         HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
   Article 1
   The accounts of the Maltese paying agency ‘MRAE’ concerning expenditure in the field of rural development measures financed by the European Agricultural Guarantee Fund (EAGF), in respect of the 2007 financial year, are hereby cleared.
   The amounts which are recoverable from, or payable to, the Member State pursuant to this Decision in the field of rural development measures applicable in Malta are set out in Annex I and Annex II.
   Article 2
   This Decision is addressed to the Republic of Malta.
   
      Done at Brussels, 2 February 2010.
      
         
            For the Commission
         
         Mariann FISCHER BOEL
         
            Member of the Commission
         
      
   
   
      (1)  OJ L 209, 11.8.2005, p. 1.
   
      (2)  OJ L 139, 29.5.2008, p. 25.
   
      (3)  OJ L 33, 3.2.2009, p. 31.
   
      ANNEX I
      
         CLEARANCE OF THE PAYING AGENCIES' ACCOUNTS
      
      
         FINANCIAL YEAR 2007 — EAGF RURAL DEVELOPMENT EXPENDITURE IN NEW MEMBER STATES
      
      AMOUNT TO BE RECOVERED FROM OR PAID TO THE MEMBER STATE
      
                  MS
               
               
                   
               
               
                  2007 — Expenditure for the Paying Agencies for which the accounts are
               
               
                  Total a + b
               
               
                  Reductions
               
               
                  Total
               
               
                  Interim Payments reimbursed to the Member State for the financial year
               
               
                  Amount to be recovered from (–) or paid to (+) the Member State
               
            
                  cleared
               
               
                  disjoined
               
            
                  = expenditure declared in the annual declaration
               
               
                  = total of Interim Payments reimbursed to the Member State for the financial year
               
            
                   
               
               
                   
               
               
                  a
               
               
                  b
               
               
                  c = a + b
               
               
                  d
               
               
                  e = c + d
               
               
                  f
               
               
                  g = e – f
               
            
                  MT
               
               
                  EUR
               
               
                  4 148 025,92
               
               
                  0,00
               
               
                  4 148 025,92
               
               
                  0,00
               
               
                  4 148 025,92
               
               
                  4 148 025,00
               
               
                  0,92
               
            
   
      ANNEX II
      
         CLEARED EXPENDITURE BY EAGF RURAL DEVELOPMENT MEASURE FOR EXERCISE 2007 IN NEW MEMBER STATES
      
      DIFFERENCES BETWEEN ANNUAL ACCOUNTS AND DECLARATIONS OF EXPENDITURE
      
                  MS
               
               
                  No
               
               
                  Measures
               
               
                  Expenditure 2007
                  Annex I column ‘a’
               
               
                  Reductions
                  Annex I column ‘d’
               
               
                  Amount cleared for 2007
                  Annex I column ‘e’
               
            
                  MT
               
               
                  No
               
               
                  Measures
               
               
                  i
               
               
                  ii
               
               
                  iii = i + ii
               
            
                   
               
               
                  1
               
               
                  Less favoured areas
               
               
                  1 720 811,99
               
               
                  0,00
               
               
                  1 720 811,99
               
            
                   
               
               
                  2
               
               
                  Agri-environment
               
               
                  602 487,79
               
               
                  0,00
               
               
                  602 487,79
               
            
                   
               
               
                  3
               
               
                  Meeting Standards
               
               
                  151 000,30
               
               
                  0,00
               
               
                  151 000,30
               
            
                   
               
               
                  4
               
               
                  Producers group
               
               
                  0,00
               
               
                  0,00
               
               
                  0,00
               
            
                   
               
               
                  5
               
               
                  Technical Assistance
               
               
                  101 978,48
               
               
                  0,00
               
               
                  101 978,48
               
            
                   
               
               
                  6
               
               
                  State Aid Complement
               
               
                  0,00
               
               
                  0,00
               
               
                  0,00
               
            
                   
               
               
                  7
               
               
                  Ad hoc measure
               
               
                  1 571 747,36
               
               
                  0,00
               
               
                  1 571 747,36
               
            
                   
               
               
                   
               
               
                  Total
               
               
                  4 148 025,92
               
               
                  0,00
               
               
                  4 148 025,92