CELEX: 31978D0881
Language: en
Date: 1978-10-13 00:00:00
Title: 78/881/EEC: Commission Decision of 13 October 1978 on the granting by the Guidance Section of the EAGGF to Ireland of a payment on account in respect of expenditure incurred during 1977 on aids and premiums relating to the modernization of farms including those in the less-favoured farming areas

No L 299 /36                            Official Journal of the European Communities                                    26. 10 . 78
                                                   COMMISSION DECISION
                                                       of 13 October 1978
                on the granting by the Guidance Section of the EAGGF to Ireland of a payment
                on account in respect of expenditure incurred during 1977 on aids and
                premiums relating to the modernization of farms including those in the less-
                                                     favoured farming areas
                                                (Only the English text is authentic)
                                                           (78/881 /EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                       Whereas Commission Decision 74/581 / EEC lays
 COMMUNITIES,                                                        down in Article 4 ( 1 ) that the Commission, acting on
                                                                     the basis of particulars contained in the application
                                                                     for reimbursement, shall make a payment on account
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European               of 75 % of the amount requested ;
 Economic Community,
 Having regard to Council Directive 72/ 159/EEC of 17                Whereas the application for reimbursement lodged by
April 1972 on the modernization of farms ('), as last                Ireland in respect of aids granted during 1977 for the
 amended by Directive 77/390/EEC (2), and in parti­                  modernization of farms, including those in the less-
 cular Article 21 (3) thereof,                                       favoured farming areas, is complete and has been
                                                                     submitted in due form ; whereas the total amount of
                                                                     expenditure     for the     year      1977    comes        to      £
 Having regard to Council Directive 75/268/EEC of 28                 9 077 570.40 broken down as follows :
April 1975 on mountain and hill farming and farming
in certain less-favoured areas (3), as last amended by                                                               Less-favoured
                                                                                                  Ordinary
 Directive 76/400/EEC (4), and in particular Article 13                                        farming areas    farming areas (Title III)
thereof,
                                                                     under Article  8        £ 6 113 584 00       £ 2 285 763.00
                                                                     under Article 10        £   343 584-40
Whereas the measures taken by Ireland to implement                   under Article 11        £   334 639 00
 Directives 72/ 159/ EEC and 75/268 / EEC were the                   under Article 12
 subject of favourable Commission Decisions pursuant                 under Article 13
 to Article 18 of Directive 72/ 159/ EEC and to Article
 13 of Directive 75/268 / EEC ;
Whereas Commission Decision 76/ 627/ EEC of 25
June 1976 concerning applications for reimbursement
in respect of aids granted by the Member States
 pursuant to Directive 75/268 / EEC (5) lays down in                 Whereas the total amount of reimbursement comes to
Article 2 that applications for reimbursement                        £ 2 128 701.56 ;
concerning Title III of Directive 75/268/EEC shall be
submitted along with applications for reimbursement
of expenditure on Directive 72/ 159/EEC, under the
provisions laid down in Commission Decision                          Whereas the making of a payment on account for the
74/581 / EEC of 16 October 1974 concerning applica­                  period in question shall not prejudice the final deci­
tions for reimbursement in respect of aid granted by                 sion on the contribution from the EAGGF for the
the Member States pursuant to Directives                             said period ; whereas the Guidance Section of the
72/ 159 / EEC, 72/ 160/ EEC and 72/ 161 / EEC and also               European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund
with the payments on account which can be                            should therefore make a payment on account of 75 %
agreed (6) ;                                                         of the sum of £ 2 128 701.56, i.e. £ 1 596 526.17 ;
(») OJ  No   L 96, 23. 4. 1972, p. 1 .
(2) OJ  No   L 145, 13 . 6. 1977, p. 43.
(3) OJ  No   L 128 , 19. 5. 1975, p. 1 .                             Whereas the EAGGF Committee has been consulted
(4) OJ  No   L 108, 26. 4. 1976, p. 21 .
(5) OJ  No   L 222, 14. 8 . 1976, p. 37.                             on the financial aspects and in particular as to the
(o) OJ  No   L 320, 29 . 11 . 1974, p. 1 .                           funds available,
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HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :                                                      Article 2
                                                           This Decision is addressed to Ireland .
                      Article 1
The payment on account by the Guidance Section of          Done at Brussels, 13 October 1978 .
the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee
                                                                                   For the Commission
Fund towards the expenditure incurred by Ireland
during 1977 in respect of aid and premiums relating                                 Finn GUNDELACH
to the modernization of farms, including those in the
less-favoured farming areas, shall be £ 1 596 526 17 .                                 Vice-President