CELEX: 31978D0241
Language: en
Date: 1977-12-20 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 20 December 1977 on aid from the Guidance Section of the EAGGF towards the expenditure of the Italian Republic on refunds on exports to non-member countries and intervention on the internal market in respect of the 1969 second half-year accounting period

13 . 3 . 78                             Official Journal of the European Communities                                 No L 70/31
                                                   COMMISSION DECISION
                                                      of 20 December 1977
               on aid from the Guidance Section of the EAGGF towards the expenditure of the Italian
               Republic on refunds on exports to non-member countries and intervention on the internal
                              market in respect of the 1969 second half-year accounting period
                                                  (Only the Italian text is authentic)
                                                           (78 /241 /EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,                            the common agricultural policy (4); whereas the inspec­
                                                                        tions carried out show that a part of the expenditure
                                                                        declared       amounting        to    Lit 16 862 144 408
                                                                        (26 979 431-05 units of account) does not satisfy the
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                   above requirements as to eligibility and therefore cannot
Economic Community,                                                     be reimbursed for this period; whereas the Member
                                                                        State has been fully informed of these deductions and
                                                                        has been able to give its views thereon ;
Having regard to Council Regulation No 17/64/EEC of
5 February 1964 on the conditions for granting aid
from the European Agricultural Guidance and Guaran­                     Whereas the Commission, in its Decisions of 31 July
tee Fund P), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No                     1970 (s) and 29 December 1970 (6), fixed at
3171 /75 (2), and in particular Article 10 (5 ) (b) thereof,            315 897 630 units of account the total of the advances
                                                                        to be set against aid from the Fund towards the expen­
                                                                        diture of the Italian Republic reimbursable by the
Having regard to the application for reimbursement                      Guarantee Section in respect of the 1969 second half-
 from the Italian Republic,                                             year accounting period; whereas this should be taken
                                                                        into account when establishing the amount to be reim­
                                                                        bursed by way of such aid,
After consultation with the Committee of the EAGGF,
Whereas Article 10 (5 ) (b) of Regulation No 17/64/EEC
provides that the Commission is to decide before 31                    HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
December 1974 on aid from the Fund on the basis of
the applications for reimbursement of expenditure on
refunds on exports to non-member countries and inter­
vention on the internal market submitted by the                                                    Article 1
Member States in respect of the 1969 second half-year
accounting period; whereas, however, as a result of the
considerable delays in submitting and verifying these                   1 . Aid from the European Agricultural Guidance and
applications it has not been possible to take a decision               Guarantee Fund, Guarantee Section, towards the eli­
on this aid before December 1977 ;                                     gible expenditure of the Italian Republic on refunds on
                                                                       exports to non-member countries and intervention on
                                                                       the internal market in respect of the 1969 second half-
Whereas Article 7 ( 1 ) of Council Regulation No                       year accounting period is fixed at a total of Lit
130/66/EEC of 26 July 1966 on the financing of the                     280 488 662 976 (448 781 860-76 units of account).
common agricultural policy (3) provides that the con­
tribution from the Fund is to cover all the expenditure
eligible under Article 3 ( 1 ) (a), (b ) and ( c) of Council           2 . The sum to be reimbursed by the Fund as aid, after
Regulation No 25 of 4 April 1962 on the financing of                   deduction of the advances, totalling 315 897 630 units
(^ OJ No 34, 27. 2 . 1964, p. 586/64 .                                 (4) OJ No 30, 20 . 4 . 1962, p. 991 /62.
(2) OJ No L 315, 5. 12 . 1975, p. 1 .                                  (5) OJ No L 195 , 2 . 9 . 1970 .
(3) OJ No 165 , 21 . 9. 1966, p. 2965/66.                              (6) OJ No L 14 , 18 . 1 . 1971 .
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of account, approved on 31 July 1970 and 29 December           Done at Brussels, 20 December 1977.
1970 is fixed at 132 884 230-76 units of account.
                                                                                           For the Commission
                       Article 2
                                                                                             Finn GUNDELACH
This Decision is addressed to the Italian Republic.                                            Vice-President