CELEX: 31978D0230
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 Federal Republic of Germany 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 70/9
                                                         COMMISSION DECISION
                                                           of 20 December 1977
                 on aid from the Guidance Section of the EAGGF towards the expenditure of the Federal
                 Republic of Germany on refunds on exports to non-member countries and intervention on
                                      the internal market in respect of the 1970 accounting period
                                                      (Only the German text is authentic)
                                                                (78 /230/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                               declared amounting to DM 6 753 499-80 (1 845 218-52
                                                                          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
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                     been fully informed of these deductions and has been
Economic Community,                                                       able to give its views thereon ; whereas, however, appeal
                                                                          proceedings in respect of the refusal, for identical
                                                                          reasons, of a part of the expenditure declared for the
Having regard to Council Regulation No 17/64/EEC of                       1971 financial year are still pending before the Court of
5 February 1964 on the conditions for granting aid                        Justice; whereas, in consequence, the abovementioned
from the European Agricultural Guidance and Guaran­                       amount will be corrected, if necessary, after the judg­
tee Fund ( 1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No                     ment of the Court;
3171 /75 (2), and in particular Article 10 (5 ) (b) thereof,
                                                                          Whereas the Commission, in its Decisions of 28 De­
Having regard to the application for reimbursement                        cember 1970 (5) and 30 June 1971 (6), fixed at
from the Federal Republic of Germany,                                     494 265 266 units of account the total of the advances
                                                                          to be set against aid from the Fund towards the expen­
                                                                          diture of the Federal Republic of Germany reimbursable
After consultation with the Committee of the EAGGF,
                                                                          by the Guarantee Section in respect of the 1970 ac­
                                                                          counting period; whereas this should be taken into
Whereas Article 10 (5 ) (b) of Regulation No 17/64/EEC                    account when establishing the amount to be reimbursed
provides that the Commission is to decide before 31                       by way of such aid,
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
vention on the internal market submitted by the
                                                                          HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
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
tions it has not been possible to take a decision on this                                             Article 1
aid before December 1977 ;
                                                                          1 . Aid from the European Agricultural Guidance and
Whereas Article 7 ( 1 ) of Council Regulation No                          Guarantee Fund, Guarantee Section, towards the eligi­
130/66/EEC of 26 July 1966 on the financing of the                        ble expenditure of the Federal Republic of Germany on
common agricultural policy (3) provides that the con­                     refunds on exports to non-member countries and inter­
tribution from the Fund is to cover all the expenditure                   vention on the internal market in respect of the 1970
eligible under Article 3 ( 1 ) (a), (b ) and (c) of Council               accounting period is fixed at a total of DM
Regulation No 25 of 4 April 1962 on the financing of                      2 334 635 047-60 (637 878 428-30 units of account).
the common agricultural policy (4); whereas the inspec­
tions carried out show that a part of the expenditure                     2 . The sum to be reimbursed by the Fund as aid, after
                                                                          deduction of the advances, totalling 494 265 266 units
 (*) OJ   No 34 , 27 . 2 . 1964 , p. 586/64 .
 (2) OJ   No L 315, 5 . 12 . 1975 , p. 1 .
 (3) OJ   No 165 , 21 . 9 . 1966 , p. 2965 /66 .                          (5) OJ No L 14 , 18 . 1 . 1971 .
 (4) OJ   No 30, 20 . 4 . 1962 , p . 991 /62 .                            ( 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 143 613 162-30 units of account.
                       Article 2                                                         For the Commission
                                                                                           Finn GUNDELACH
This Decision is addressed to the Federal Republic of
Germany.                                                                                     Vice-President