CELEX: 32008D0398
Language: en
Date: 2008-04-30 00:00:00
Title: 2008/398/EC: Commission Decision of 30 April 2008 on the clearance of the accounts of the paying agencies of Lithuania and Slovakia concerning expenditure in the field of rural development measures financed by the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund (EAGGF), Guarantee Section, for the 2006 financial year (notified under document number C(2008) 1713)

29.5.2008   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               L 139/54
            
         
      COMMISSION DECISION
   
   of 30 April 2008
   on the clearance of the accounts of the paying agencies of Lithuania and Slovakia concerning expenditure in the field of rural development measures financed by the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund (EAGGF), Guarantee Section, for the 2006 financial year
   (notified under document number C(2008) 1713)
   (Only the Lithuanian and Slovak texts are authentic)
   (2008/398/EC)
   THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
   Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
   Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1258/1999 of 17 May 1999 on the financing of the common agricultural policy (1), and in particular Article 7(3) thereof,
   After consulting the Fund Committee,
   Whereas:
   
               (1)
            
            
               Commission Decision 2007/325/EC (2) cleared, for the 2006 financial year, the accounts of all the paying agencies except for the Lithuanian paying agency ‘NMA’ and the Slovak paying agency ‘APA’.
            
         
               (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 Lithuanian paying agency ‘NMA’ and the Slovak paying agency ‘APA’.
            
         
               (3)
            
            
               In accordance with the second subparagraph of Article 7(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1258/1999 and Article 7(1) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1663/95 (3), 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 Lithuanian paying agency ‘NMA’ and the Slovak paying agency ‘APA’ concerning expenditure in the field of rural development financed by the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund (EAGGF), Guarantee Section, in respect of the 2006 financial year, are hereby cleared.
   The amounts which are recoverable from, or payable to, each Member State pursuant to this Decision in the field of rural development measures applicable in Lithuania and Slovakia are set out in Annex I and Annex II.
   Article 2
   This Decision is addressed to the Republic of Lithuania and the Slovak Republic.
   
      Done at Brussels, 30 April 2008.
      
         
            For the Commission
         
         Mariann FISCHER BOEL
         
         
            Member of the Commission
         
      
   
   
      (1)  OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 103.
   
      (2)  OJ L 122, 11.5.2007, p. 41.
   
      (3)  OJ L 158, 8.7.1995, p. 6. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 465/2005 (OJ L 77, 23.3.2005, p. 6).
   
      ANNEX I
      CLEARANCE OF THE PAYING AGENCIES’ ACCOUNTS
      Financial year 2006 — Rural development expenditure in new Member States
      Amount to be recovered from or paid to the Member State
      
                  MS
               
               
                   
               
               
                  2006 — 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 (1)
                  
               
            
                  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
               
            
                  LT
               
               
                  EUR
               
               
                  140 012 181,61
               
               
                  0,00
               
               
                  140 012 181,61
               
               
                  0,00
               
               
                  140 012 181,61
               
               
                  140 016 503,00
               
               
                  –4 321,39
               
            
                  SK
               
               
                  EUR
               
               
                  117 633 325,77
               
               
                  0,00
               
               
                  117 633 325,77
               
               
                  0,00
               
               
                  117 633 325,77
               
               
                  116 647 230,54
               
               
                  986 095,23
               
            
         (1)  As payments have reached 95 % of the financial plan, the balance will be settled during the closure of the programme.
   
   
      ANNEX II
      Financial year 2006 — Rural development expenditure in new Member States
      Differences between annual accounts and declarations of expenditure
      LITHUANIA
      
                  No
               
               
                  Measures
               
               
                  Expenditure 2006
                  Annex I column ‘a’
               
               
                  Reductions
                  Annex I column ‘d’
               
               
                  Amount cleared 2006
                  Annex I column ‘e’
               
            
                   
               
               
                   
               
               
                  i
               
               
                  ii
               
               
                  iii = i + ii
               
            
                  1
               
               
                  Agri-environment
               
               
                  15 494 475,76
               
               
                   
               
               
                  15 494 475,76
               
            
                  2
               
               
                  Less-favoured areas and areas with environmental restrictions
               
               
                  47 293 534,79
               
               
                   
               
               
                  47 293 534,79
               
            
                  3
               
               
                  Meeting standards
               
               
                  21 597 031,76
               
               
                   
               
               
                  21 597 031,76
               
            
                  4
               
               
                  Afforestation of agricultural land
               
               
                  1 231 609,30
               
               
                   
               
               
                  1 231 609,30
               
            
                  5
               
               
                  Early retirement
               
               
                  17 773 634,01
               
               
                   
               
               
                  17 773 634,01
               
            
                  6
               
               
                  Support for semi-subsistence farms undergoing restructuring
               
               
                  1 462 384,11
               
               
                   
               
               
                  1 462 384,11
               
            
                  7
               
               
                  Other measures
               
               
                  1 394 540,58
               
               
                   
               
               
                  1 394 540,58
               
            
                  8
               
               
                  Technical assistance
               
               
                  1 184 624,44
               
               
                   
               
               
                  1 184 624,44
               
            
                  9
               
               
                  Complementary national direct payments
               
               
                  32 580 346,86
               
               
                   
               
               
                  32 580 346,86
               
            
                   
               
               
                  Total
               
               
                  140 012 181,61
               
               
                  0,00
               
               
                  140 012 181,61
               
            
         
      SLOVAKIA
      
                  No
               
               
                  Measures
               
               
                  Expenditure 2006
                  Annex I column ‘a’
               
               
                  Reductions
                  Annex I column ‘d’
               
               
                  Amount cleared 2006
                  Annex I column ‘e’
               
            
                   
               
               
                   
               
               
                  i
               
               
                  ii
               
               
                  iii = i + ii
               
            
                  1
               
               
                  Investments in agricultural holdings
               
               
                  1 198 188,21
               
               
                   
               
               
                  1 198 188,21
               
            
                  2
               
               
                  Training
               
               
                  0,00
               
               
                   
               
               
                  0,00
               
            
                  3
               
               
                  Less-favoured areas and areas with environmental restrictions
               
               
                  62 787 379,02
               
               
                   
               
               
                  62 787 379,02
               
            
                  4
               
               
                  Meeting standards
               
               
                  42 757,75
               
               
                   
               
               
                  42 757,75
               
            
                  5
               
               
                  Agri-environmental support
               
               
                  24 130 433,63
               
               
                   
               
               
                  24 130 433,63
               
            
                  6
               
               
                  Improving processing and marketing of agricultural products
               
               
                  234 596,08
               
               
                   
               
               
                  234 596,08
               
            
                  7
               
               
                  Forest management
               
               
                  0,00
               
               
                   
               
               
                  0,00
               
            
                  8
               
               
                  Afforestation of agricultural land
               
               
                  17 586,78
               
               
                   
               
               
                  17 586,78
               
            
                  9
               
               
                  Land consolidation
               
               
                  0,00
               
               
                   
               
               
                  0,00
               
            
                  10
               
               
                  Diversification of agricultural activities
               
               
                  0,00
               
               
                   
               
               
                  0,00
               
            
                  11
               
               
                  Support for semi-subsistence farms
               
               
                  46 466,54
               
               
                   
               
               
                  46 466,54
               
            
                  12
               
               
                  Producer groups
               
               
                  184 532,46
               
               
                   
               
               
                  184 532,46
               
            
                  13
               
               
                  Technical assistance including evaluation
               
               
                  355 784,81
               
               
                   
               
               
                  355 784,81
               
            
                  14
               
               
                  Complements to direct payments
               
               
                  26 459 743,74
               
               
                   
               
               
                  26 459 743,74
               
            
                  901
               
               
                  Investments in agricultural holdings, Regulation (EC) No 1268/1999
               
               
                  486 351,14
               
               
                   
               
               
                  486 351,14
               
            
                  905
               
               
                  Agri-environmental support — projects approved under Regulation (EC) No 1268/1999
               
               
                  1 577 512,24
               
               
                   
               
               
                  1 577 512,24
               
            
                  907
               
               
                  Forest management — projects approved under Regulation (EC) No 1268/1999
               
               
                  44 147,16
               
               
                   
               
               
                  44 147,16
               
            
                  912
               
               
                  Producer groups — projects approved under Regulation (EC) No 1268/1999
               
               
                  67 846,21
               
               
                   
               
               
                  67 846,21
               
            
                   
               
               
                  Total
               
               
                  117 633 325,77
               
               
                  0,00
               
               
                  117 633 325,77