CELEX: 31978D0776
Language: en
Date: 1978-09-08 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 8 September 1978 on the reimbursement by the Guidance Section of the EAGGF to the Federal Republic of Germany of expenditure incurred during 1976 on aids for the less-favoured farming areas

22. 9 . 78                             Official Journal of the European Communities                        No L 259/ 23
                                                 COMMISSION DECISION
                                                    of 8 September 1978
             on the reimbursement by the Guidance Section of the EAGGF to the Federal
             Republic of Germany of expenditure incurred during 1976 on aids for the less­
                                                   favoured farming areas
                                              (Only the German text is authentic)
                                                         (78/776/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                    Fund should therefore reimburse 25 % thereof i.e.
COMMUNITIES,                                                      DM 28 105 985.69 ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European             Whereas a payment on account of DM 21 086 051-77
Economic Community,                                               has been granted in application of Article 1 3 of Direc­
                                                                  tive 75/268/EEC and of Article 5 ( 1 ) of Decision
Having regard to Council Directive 75/268/EEC of 28               76/627/EEC ; whereas a balance of DM 7 019 933.92
April 1975 on mountain and hill farming and farming               should therefore be paid to the Member State in ques­
in certain less-favoured areas (•), as last amended by            tion ;
Directive 76/400/EEC (2), and in particular Article 13
thereof,                                                          Whereas Article 2 of Decision 76/627/EEC lays down
                                                                  that applications for reimbursement concerning Title
Having regard to Council Directive 72/ 159/EEC of 17              III of Directive 75/268/EEC shall be submitted along
April 1972 on the modernization of farms (3), as last             with applications for reimbursement of expenditure
amended by Directive 76/837/EEC (4), and in parti­                on Directive 72/ 159/EEC ;
cular Article 21 (2) thereof,
                                                                  Whereas the EAGGF Committee has been consulted
Whereas the measures taken by the Federal Republic                on the financial aspects and in particular as to the
of Germany to implement Directive 75/268/EEC were                 funds available,
the subject of a favourable Commission Decision
pursuant to Article 13 of the said Directive and to
Article 18 of Directive 72/ 159/EEC ;                             HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
Whereas the Federal Republic of Germany has made                                         Article 1
an application for reimbursement of expenditure
incurred during 1976 on aids for the less-favoured                The final contribution by the Guidance Section of the
farming areas and whereas this application is                     European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund
complete and has been submitted in due form in                    towards the expenditure incurred by the Federal Repu­
accordance with the requirements of Commission                    blic of Germany during 1976 on aids for the less­
Decision 76/627/EEC of 25 June 1976 concerning                    favoured farming areas shall be DM 28 105 985-69.
applications for reimbursement in respect of aid
granted by Member States pursuant to Directive                                           Article 2
75/268/EEC (5) ;
                                                                  This Decision is addressed to the Federal Republic of
Whereas an examination of the information provided                Germany.
shows that eligible expenditure of DM 1 1 2 423 942.90
broken down as follows :
                                                                  Done at Brussels, 8 September 1978 .
      under Title II :            DM 112 039 316.90
      under Title IV :            DM         384 626                                       For the Commission
has been incurred under the conditions laid down in
                                                                                            Finn GUNDELACH
Directive 75/268/EEC ; whereas the Guidance Section
of the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee                                            Vice-President
(») OJ  No L 128, 19 . 5. 1975, p. 1 .
(2) OJ  No L 108, 26. 4. 1976, p. 21 .
(3) OJ  No L 96, 23 . 4. 1972, p. 1 .
(4) OJ  No L 302, 4. 11 . 1976, p. 19.
(5) OJ  No L 222, 14. 8 . 1976, p. 37.