CELEX: 31977D0677
Language: en
Date: 1977-10-21 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 21 October 1977 on the granting by the Guidance Section of the EAGGF to the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg of a payment on account in respect of expenditure incurred during 1976 on aids for the less-favoured farming areas

28 . 10. 77                          Official Journal of the European Communities                         No L 276/37
                                                COMMISSION DECISION
                                                    of 21 October 1977
              on the granting by the Guidance Section of the EAGGF to the Grand Duchy of
               Luxembourg of a payment on account in respect of expenditure incurred during
                                  1976 on aids for the less-favoured farming areas
                                             (Only the French text is authentic)
                                                        (77/677/EEC)
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                   whereas making of a payment on account for the
 COMMUNITIES,                                                    period in question shall not prejudice the final deci­
                                                                 sion on the contribution from the Fund for the said
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European           period ; whereas the Guidance Section of the Euro­
 Economic Community,
                                                                 pean Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund
 Having regard to Council Directive 75/268/EEC of 28             should therefore make a payment on account of 75 %
 April 1975 on mountain and hill farming and farming             of the Sum of Lfrs 24 848 499 (496 969-98 u.a.) i.e. Lfrs
 in certain less-favoured areas (]), as last amended by           18 636 374 (372 727-48 u.a.) ;
 Directive 76/400/EEC (2), and in particular Article 13
 thereof,                                                        Whereas Decision 76/627/EEC lays down in Article 2
                                                                 that application 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 (3) thereof,
                                                                 Whereas the EAGGF Committee has been consulted
 Whereas the measures taken by the Grand Duchy of
 Luxembourg to implement Directive 75/268/EEC                    on the financial aspects and in particular as to the
 were the subject of a favourable Commission Decision            funds available,
 pursuant to Article 13 of the said Directive and to
 Article 18 of Directive 72/ 159/EEC ;
                                                                 HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
 Whereas Commission Decision 76/627/EEC of 25
 June 1976 concerning application for reimbursement                                     Article 1
 in respect of aid granted by Member States pursuant
 to Directive 75/268/EEC (5) lays down in Article 5 ( 1 )        The payment on account by the Guidance Section of
 that the Commission, acting on the basis of particu­            the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee
 lars contained in the application for reimbursement,            Fund towards the expenditure incurred by the Grand
 shall make a payment on account of 75 % of the                  Duchy of Luxembourg during 1976 on aids for the
 amount requested ;                                              less-favoured farming areas shall be Lfrs 1 8 636 374
 Whereas the application for reimbursement lodged by             (372 727-48 u.a.)
 the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg in respect of aids
 granted during 1976 for the less-favoured farming                                      Article 2
 areas is complete and has been submitted in due
 form ; whereas the total amount of expenditure for the          This Decision is addressed to the Grand Duchy of
 year 1976 cdmes to Lfrs 99 393 994 (1 987 879-88 u.a.)          Luxembourg.
 broken down as follows :
under Title II J of Directive           Lfrs 99 393 994          Done at Brussels, 21 October 1977.
                 ( 75/268/EEC
under Title IV )                                _                                         For the Commission
                                                                                           Finn GUNDELACH
whereas the total amount of reimbursement requested
comes to Lfrs 24 848 499 (496 969-98 u.a.) ;                                                  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.