CELEX: 31978D0235
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 1967/68 accounting period

13 . 3 . 78                                  Official Journal of the European Communities                             No L 70/ 19
                                                        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 1967/68 accounting period
                                                      (Only the French text is authentic)
                                                               (78/23 5/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                                the common agricultural policy (4); whereas the inspec­
                                                                           tions carried out show that the expenditure declared
                                                                           must be increased by FF 73 271 787-20 ( 14 841 178-19
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                     units of account); whereas the Member State has been
 Economic Community,                                                       fully informed of these corrections 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 25 July
tee Fund 0), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No                        1968 (5), 26 March 1969 (6) and 23 October 1970 ( 7),
                                                                          fixed at 362 183 549 units of account the total of the
3171 /75 (2), and in particular Article 10 (4) (b ) thereof,
                                                                          advances to be set against aid from the Fund towards
                                                                          the expenditure of the French Republic reimbursable by
                                                                          the Guarantee Section in respect of the 1967/68 ac­
Having regard to the application for reimbursement                        counting period; whereas this should be taken into
from the French Republic,                                                 account when establishing the amount to be reimbursed
                                                                          by way of such aid,
 After consultation with the Committee of the EAGGF,
                                                                          HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
Whereas Article 10 (4) (b) of Regulation No 17/64/EEC
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                                                  Article 1
refunds on exports to non-member countries and inter­
vention on the internal market submitted by the
Member States in respect of the 1967/68 accounting
period ; whereas, however, as a result of the consider­                   1 . Aid from the European Agricultural Guidance and
able delays in submitting and verifying these applica­                    Guarantee Fund, Guarantee Section, towards the eli­
tions it has not been possible to take a decision on this                 gible expenditure of the French Republic on refunds on
aid before December 1977;                                                 exports to non-member countries and intervention on
                                                                          the internal market in respect of the 1967/68 account­
                                                                          ing period is fixed at a total of FF 2 122 440 404-49
                                                                          (429 899 657-79 units of account).
Whereas Article 7 ( 1 ) of Council Regulation No
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                   2 . The sum to be reimbursed by the Fund as aid, after
eligible under Article 3 ( 1 ) (a), (b) and (c) of Council                deduction of the advances, totalling 362 183 549 units
Regulation No 25 of 4 April 1962 on the financing of
                                                                          (4) OJ No 30, 20 . 4 . 1962, p. 991 /62 .
(!) OJ No 34, 27. 2. 1964, p. 586/64.                                     (5) OJ No L 204, 14 . 8 . 1968 .
(2) OJ No L 315, 5 . 12 . 1975 , p. 1 .                                   (6) OJ No L 103 , 30. 4. 1969 .
(3 ) OJ No 165 , 21 . 9 . 1966 , p . 2965 /66 .                           (7) OJ No L 244 , 7 . 11 . 1970 .
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of account, approved on 25 July 1968 , 26 March 1969          Done at Brussels, 20 December 1977 .
and 23 October 1970 is fixed at 67 716 108-79 units of
account.
                                                                                           For the Commission
                       Article 2                                                            Finn GUNDELACH
This Decision is addressed to the French Republic.                                            Vice-President