CELEX: 52004SC0308(03)
Language: en
Date: 2004-03-12
Title: Commission Decision - Commitment appropriations to be made available again in 2004

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52004SC0308(03)

Commission Decision - Commitment appropriations to be made available again in 2004  /* SEC/2004/0308 final */  

COMMISSION DECISION - COMMITMENT APPROPRIATIONS TO BE MADE AVAILABLE AGAIN IN 2004THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,Having regard to Article 157 of the Financial Regulation of 25 June 2002 applicable to the general budget of the European Communities, [1] Council Regulation No 1605/2002 [2] and [1]   OJ L 248, 16.09.2002, p. 1.[2]   Regulation of 25.06.2002; these provisions are set out on the following pages.HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:Sole Article 1. EUR 3 269 595.00 from Section III (Commission) of the 2003 budget shall be made available again in 2004 for the reasons set out in the Annex.2. The Council and Parliament shall be informed of this decision.Brussels,  10th February 2004For the CommissionMichaele SchreyerMember of the CommissionANNEXExtract from the Financial Regulation of 25 June 2002Article 157The Commission shall automatically decommit appropriations that have been committed as provided for in the regulations referred to in Article 155.The decommitted appropriations may be made available again in the event of a manifest error attributable solely to the Commission or in the case of majeure which has serious repercussions for the implementation of operations supported by the Structural Funds.To this end, the Commission shall examine decommitments made during the previous financial year and decide, by 15 February of the current year, on the basis of requirements, whether it is necessary to make the corresponding appropriations available again. COMMITMENT APPROPRIATIONS TO BE MADE AVAILABLE AGAIN&gt;TABLE POSITION&gt;COMMITMENT APPROPRIATIONS TO BE MADE AVAILABLE AGAINGrounds1. B2-100 European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund, Guidance SectionDecommitments in   2003:           7.158.229,77 EURAmount made available again:       3.269.595,00 EURForce majeure linked to foot and mouth disease. Irish programmes 2000IE161PO005 (EUR4 247 116 decommitment in 2003) and 2000IE161PO006 (EUR812 395 decommitment in 2003). Commission accepts force majeure applies to on-farm investment measures in the agriculture and rural development priority of the programmes during 5 out of the 25 months that ran after the date of adoption of programme until the n+2 cut-off date for payment claims against the 2000 instalment. Thus 5/25 of the 2000 instalment allocated to the priority affected (or the amount decommitted, whichever is lower) must be made available again.