CELEX: 51987PC0212
Language: en
Date: 1987-04-30
Title: PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) AMENDING REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 729/70 ON THE FINANCING OF THE COMMON AGRICULTURAL POLICY AS REGARDS THE SYSTEM OF ADVANCE PAYMENTS IN THE GUARANTEE SECTION OF THE EUROPEAN AGRICULTURAL GUIDANCE AND GUARANTEE FUND

22. 5. 87                                 Official Journal of the European Communities                               No C 137/9
                        ORIGINAL PROPOSAL                                                  AMENDED PROPOSAL
                                      Sixth, seventh and eighth recitals u n c h a n g e d
whereas it would therefore be expedient to extend the                whereas it would therefore be expedient to extend the
plan to 31 December 1988 with the new title of                       plan in the meantime to 31 December 1988 with the new
'Strategic Programme for Innovation and Technology                   title of 'Strategic programme for Innovation and
Transfer — definition phase' (SPRINT Programme),                     Technology Transfer — definition phase' (SPRINT
and it would be appropriate to fix an updated list of                Programme), and it would be appropriate to fix an
priority actions for the same period,                                updated list of priority actions for the same period,
                                                                     whereas it is necessary to include the subject matter of
                                                                     this decision in the coordinated Community programme
                                                   Tenth recital unchanged
                                               Articles and Annex u n c h a n g e d
                Proposal for a Council Regulation (EEC) amending Regulation (EEC) No 729/70 on the
                financing of the common agricultural policy as regards the system of advance payments in the
                         Guarantee Section of the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund
                                                        COM(87) 212 final
                                   (presented by the Commission to the Council on 6 May 1987)
                                                           (87/C 137/10)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                             Whereas there may be large disparities between these
                                                                     two accounting operations, which makes it more difficult
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European               to manage the Community's budgetary appropriations
 Economic Community, and in particular Article 43                     and the Community funds held by the Member States;
 thereof,
 Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,                  Whereas there should be a stage-by-stage changeover to
                                                                      a system whereby the authorities and bodies designated
 Having regard to the opinion of the European Par-                    for the purpose validate the payment of the said
 liament,                                                             expenditure but the latter is paid by the Commission
                                                                      after it has been charged to the Community budget;
 Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 729/70 on the
 financing of the common agricultural policy (x), as last             Whereas, at a first stage, the said expenditure should be
 amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3769/85 (2),                          charged to the Community budget, on the basis of the
 introduced a system whereby budgetary funds earmarked                monthly statements of expenditure actually incurred,
 to cover the expenditure of the Guarantee Section of the             instead of on the basis of forecasts;
 European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund
  are made available to the authorities and bodies
                                                                      Whereas,      consequently, Member States must make
 designated to pay out such expenditure;
                                                                      available   to the designated authorities and bodies the
 Whereas, under this system, the said expenditure is                  necessary    funds for paying such expenditure until the
  charged to the budget of the European Communities, in               latter has  been charged to the budget in this way;
  the first instance, on the basis of the forecasts made by
 the Member States and whereas the accounting entries                 Whereas, as a second stage, the said statements should
  relating to the expenditure actually incurred by the                be forwarded to the Commission by electronic
  designated authorities and bodies are made at a later               transmission on a more frequent basis, thus enabling
  stage, the sums initially charged to the budget being               expenditure to be charged to the budget more rapidly
  adjusted as necessary;                                              and at shorter intervals;
                                                                      Whereas the settlement of the said expenditure by the
  O OJ No L 94, 28. 4. 1970, p. 13.                                   Commission does not remove the need for clearing the
  O OJ No L 362, 31. 12. 1985, p. 17.                                 annual accounts of the Member States;
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HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:                                            (a) until a date to be set by the Commission in
                                                                            accordance with the procedure laid down in
                          Article 1                                         Article 13, at monthly intervals on the basis of
                                                                            the documents referred to in Article 5 (1) (a);
Regulation (EEC) No 729/70 is hereby amended as
                                                                       (b) after the date referred to in (a) above, at shorter
follows:
                                                                            intervals on the basis of the data transmitted
                                                                            electronically.
(1) Article 4 is amended as follows:
                                                                       2.     After a date to be set by the Council acting by
     Paragraph 2 is replaced by the following:                         a qualified majority on a proposal from the
     'Member States shall make available to the                        Commission, the Commission shall make the
     designated authorities and bodies the financial                   expenditure referred to in Article 1 (2) on the basis
     resources with which to make the payments referred                of the data forwarded by the designated authorities
     to in paragraph 1'.                                               and bodies.
                                                                       3.     The dispositions of paragraphs 1 and 2 apply
(2) Article 5 is amended as follows:                                   without prejudice to the clearance of accounts
                                                                       mentioned in paragraph 2 of Article 5.
     Paragraph 1 (a) is replaced by the following:
                                                                       4.     The detailed rules for applying this Article shall
     'Statements of expenditure incurred and estimates of              be adopted in accordance with the procedure laid
     expenditure to be incurred'.                                      down in Article 13.'
     Paragraph 2 is replaced by the following:                     (4) The following Article is inserted:
     '2.     The Commission, after consulting the Fund                  Article 5b
     Committee referred to in Article 11, shall clear the
                                                                       To accommodate any difficulties which certain
     accounts of the designated authorities and bodies on
                                                                       Member States might encounter in setting up the
     the basis of the documents referred to in paragraph 1
                                                                       system provided for in Article 5a (1), appropriate
     (b) by no later than 30 November of the second year
                                                                       measures enabling some or all of the interest to be
     following the financial year in question'.
                                                                       charged to the Community may be adopted accord-
(3) The following Article is inserted:                                 ing to the procedure laid down in Article 13.'
                                                                                              Article 2
      'Article 5 a
                                                                   This Regulation shall enter into force on
     1.     The Commission shall reimburse to the
     Member States the expenditure incurred by their               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirely and
     authorities and bodies:                                       directly applicable in all Member States.