CELEX: 31978D0238
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 French Republic on refunds on exports to non-member countries and intervention on the internal market in respect of the 1970 accounting period

13 . 3 . 78                                 Official Journal of the European Communities                              No L 70/25
                                                      COMMISSION DECISION
                                                         of 20 December 1977
               on aid from the Guidance Section of the EAGGF towards the expenditure of the French
               Republic on refunds on exports to non-member countries and intervention on the internal
                                          market in respect of the 1970 accounting period
                                                    (Only the French text is authentic)
                                                             (78 /238 /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     FF 87 990 378-57
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                   ( 15 842 162-15 units of account) does not satisfy the
 Economic Community,                                                    above requirements as to eligibility and therefore cannot
                                                                        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
 tee Fund ( 1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No                  Whereas the Commission, in its Decisions of 28
 3171 /75 (2), and in particular Article 10 (5 ) (b) thereof,           December 1970 ( 5) and 30 June 1971 (6), fixed at
                                                                        537 145 850 units of account the total of the advances
                                                                        to be set against aid from the Fund towards the ex­
                                                                        penditure of the French Republic reimbursable by the
 Having regard to the application for reimbursement
                                                                        Guarantee Section in respect of the 1970 accounting
 from the French Republic,
                                                                        period; whereas this should be taken into account when
                                                                        establishing the amount to be reimbursed by way of
                                                                        such aid,
After consultation with the Committee of the EAGGF,
Whereas Article 10 (5 ) (b) of Regulation No 17/64/EEC                  HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
provides that the Commission is to decide before 31
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                                               Article 1
vention on the internal market submitted by the
Member States in respect of the 1970 accounting
period; whereas, however, as a result of the consider­
able delays in submitting and verifying these applica­                  1 . Aid from the European Agricultural Guidance and
tions it has not been possible to take a decision on this               Guarantee Fund, Guarantee Section, towards the eli­
aid before December 1977 ;                                              gible expenditure of the French Republic on refunds on
                                                                        exports to non-member countries and intervention on
                                                                        the internal market in respect of the 1970 accounting
                                                                        period is fixed at a total of FF 4 305 704 801-63
Whereas Article 7 ( 1 ) of Council Regulation No                        (775 217 412-73 units of account).
130/66/EEC of 26 July 1966 on the financing of the
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 537 145 850 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 .                               (s) OJ No L 14 , 18 . 1 . 1971 .
 (3) OJ No 165 , 21 . 9 . 1966 , p. 2965 /66 .                          (6) OJ No L 190, 24 . 8 . 1971 .
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of account, approved on 28 December 1970 and 30                Done at Brussels, 20 December 1977.
June 1971 is fixed at 238 071 562-73 units of account.
                                                                                           For the Commission
                       Article 2
                                                                                             Finn GUNDELACH
This Decision is addressed to the French Republic.                                             Vice-President