CELEX: 31978D0242
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 1970 accounting period

13 . 3 . 78                               Official Journal of the European Communities                                     No L 70/33
                                                     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 1970 accounting period
                                                   (Only the Italian text is authentic)
                                                           ( 78 /242 /EEC )
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,                            Regulation No 25 of 4 April 1962 on the financing of
                                                                        the common agricultural policy (4); whereas the inspec­
                                                                        tions carried out show that a part of the expenditure
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                   declared amounting to Lit 3 940 089 980 (6 304 143-97
Economic Community,                                                      units of account) does not satisfy the above require­
                                                                        ments as to eligibility and therefore cannot be reim­
                                                                         bursed for this period; whereas the Member State has
                                                                        been fully informed of these deductions and has been
Having regard to Council Regulation No 17/64/EEC of                     able to give its views thereon ;
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
3171 /75 (2), and in particular Article 10 (5 ) (b ) thereof,           28 December 1970 ( s) and 30 June 1971 ( 6), fixed at
                                                                         189 987 598 units of account the total of the advances
                                                                         to be set against aid from the Fund towards the ex­
                                                                         penditure of the Italian Republic reimbursable by the
Having regard to the application tor reimbursement                       Guarantee Section in respect of the 1970 accounting
from the Italian 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 I
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                  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 Italian Republic on refunds on
aid before December 1977 ;                                              exports to non-member countries and intervention on
                                                                        the internal market in respect of the 1970 accounting
                                                                        period is fixed at a total of Lit 326 116 923 509
Whereas Article 7 ( 1 ) of Council Regulation No                         (521 787 077-61 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                  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 189 987 598 units
(!) OJ No 34, 27. 2 . 1964, p. 586/64 .                                   (4) Of No 30 , 20 . 4 . 1962 , p. 991 /62 .
(2) OJ No L 315 , 5 . 12 . 1975 , p . 1 .                                 ( 5) OJ No L 14 , 18 . 1 . 1971 .
(*) OJ No 165 , 21 . 9. 1966 , p. 2965 /66 .                              ( 6) OJ No L 161 , 19 . 7 . 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 331 799 479-61 units of account.
                                                                                           For the Commission
                       Article 2                                                             Finn GUNDELACH
This Decision is addressed to the Italian Republic.                                            Vice-President