CELEX: 32011D0379
Language: en
Date: 2011-06-27 00:00:00
Title: 2011/379/EU: Commission Implementing Decision of 27 June 2011 concerning the monthly payments by the EAGF of the expenditure effected by the paying agencies of the Member States for May 2011 (notified under document C(2011) 4497)

28.6.2011   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               L 168/17
            
         COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION
   of 27 June 2011
   concerning the monthly payments by the EAGF of the expenditure effected by the paying agencies of the Member States for May 2011
   (notified under document C(2011) 4497)
   (2011/379/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 Article 15(2) and Article 16 thereof,
   Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 883/2006 of 21 June 2006 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 1290/2005 as regards the keeping of accounts by the paying agencies, declarations of expenditure and revenue and the conditions for reimbursing expenditure under the EAGF and the EAFRD (2), and in particular Article 9 thereof,
   After consulting the Committee on the Agricultural Funds,
   Whereas:
   
               (1)
            
            
               In accordance with Articles 14(1) and 15(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1290/2005, the Commission decides on the monthly payments to reimburse to the Member States the expenditure effected by accredited paying agencies during a reference period under the European Agricultural Guarantee Fund (EAGF), and makes the necessary financial resources available to them. That decision is taken on the basis of information supplied to the Commission by the Member States pursuant to Article 8(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1290/2005 and Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 883/2006.
            
         
               (2)
            
            
               Pursuant to Article 17(1) and (2) of Regulation (EC) No 1290/2005 the Commission may, without prejudice to the decisions referred to in Articles 30 and 31 of that Regulation in connection with the clearance of accounts, reduce or temporarily suspend monthly payments to the Member States where, on the basis of the declarations of expenditure or the information supplied by them, it is unable to establish that the commitment of funds is in conformity with the applicable Community rules. Before doing so, the Commission must have given the Member States concerned an opportunity to submit their comments.
            
         
               (3)
            
            
               The Commission must ensure compliance by the Member States with the conditions and time limits laid down in Community legislation for the payment of aid or premiums to beneficiaries as an element in the correctness of such expenditure. It is required, pursuant to Article 16 of Regulation (EC) No 1290/2005, to consider ineligible any payments made outside the deadlines laid down by Community legislation. In doing so, the Commission must reduce the amount of the monthly payments granted to the Member States and adjust the financial impact of the reduction in proportion to the delay in payment by applying the different rates provided for in Article 9(1) and (2) of Regulation (EC) No 883/2006. It nevertheless applies, pursuant to Article 9(3) of that Regulation, lower reductions or none at all if exceptional management conditions are encountered for certain measures or if justified reasons are advanced by the concerned Member States.
            
         
               (4)
            
            
               The Commission has noted that some of the expenditure effected up to 31 March 2011 by Belgium, Germany, Ireland, Greece, Spain, France, Italy, the Netherlands, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, and the United Kingdom occurred after the statutory time limits.
            
         
               (5)
            
            
               The Commission considers that particular management problems have occurred in the case of certain measures or that valid explanations have been provided by Belgium, Germany, France, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom and that it is therefore appropriate to apply in those cases lower or zero reductions as specified below.
            
         
               (6)
            
            
               The following payments made outside of the statutory time limits should be deducted from the monthly payments to be made to the Member States concerned: EUR 13 215,75 for Ireland, EUR 1 599 146,78 for Greece, EUR 1 678 840,21 for Spain, EUR 6 820 961,97 for France, EUR 1 238 597,55 for Italy, EUR 1 840 302,79 for Portugal, EUR 82 816,73 for Romania, EUR 346 334,22 for Slovakia and EUR 156 316,53 for the United Kingdom.
            
         
               (7)
            
            
               The Member States concerned have been informed of the proposed reductions. They have been asked to provide information and present their own viewpoint. The reductions were calculated in the light of the information received by the Commission,
            
         HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
   Article 1
   The monthly payments to cover the expenditure effected by the paying agencies of the Member States, under the EAGF, for May 2011 are hereby fixed in accordance with the table shown in the Annex hereto.
   This Decision is without prejudice to further decisions which the Commission may take in the framework of the clearance of accounts and conformity clearance procedures, and of the procedures foreseen by Articles 17 and 17a of Regulation (EC) No 1290/2005.
   Article 2
   This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
   
      Done at Brussels, 27 June 2011.
      
         
            For the Commission
         
         Dacian CIOLOŞ
         
            Member of the Commission
         
      
   
   
      (1)  OJ L 209, 11.8.2005, p. 1.
   
      (2)  OJ L 171, 23.6.2006, p. 1.
   
      ANNEX
      
                  (EUR)
               
            
                  BELGIUM
               
               
                  6 410 000
               
            
                  BULGARIA
               
               
                  16 630 000
               
            
                  CZECH REPUBLIC
               
               
                  1 540 000
               
            
                  DENMARK
               
               
                  1 040 000
               
            
                  GERMANY
               
               
                  15 290 000
               
            
                  ESTONIA
               
               
                  560 000
               
            
                  IRELAND
               
               
                  9 640 000
               
            
                  GREECE
               
               
                  9 870 000
               
            
                  SPAIN
               
               
                  111 790 000
               
            
                  FRANCE
               
               
                  79 950 000
               
            
                  ITALY
               
               
                  168 260 000
               
            
                  CYPRUS
               
               
                  1 439 000
               
            
                  LATVIA
               
               
                  2 280 000
               
            
                  LITHUANIA
               
               
                  6 570 000
               
            
                  LUXEMBOURG
               
               
                  59 000
               
            
                  HUNGARY
               
               
                  17 480 000
               
            
                  MALTA
               
               
                  92 000
               
            
                  NETHERLANDS
               
               
                  40 450 000
               
            
                  AUSTRIA
               
               
                  970 000
               
            
                  POLAND
               
               
                  61 270 000
               
            
                  PORTUGAL
               
               
                  27 190 000
               
            
                  ROMANIA
               
               
                  58 430 000
               
            
                  SLOVENIA
               
               
                  1 190 000
               
            
                  SLOVAKIA
               
               
                  4 230 000
               
            
                  FINLAND
               
               
                  300 000
               
            
                  SWEDEN
               
               
                  –1 470 000
               
            
                  UNITED KINGDOM
               
               
                  101 780 000