CELEX: 31977D0050
Language: en
Date: 1976-12-22 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 22 December 1976 on the reimbursement by the Guidance Section of the EAGGF to the Kingdom of the Netherlands of expenditure incurred during 1974 on annuities relating to measures to encourage the cessation of farming and the reallocation of utilized agricultural area for the purposes of structural improvement

No L 9/ 18                             Official Journal of the European Communities                               12 . 1 . 77
                                                  COMMISSION DECISION
                                                     of 22 December 1976
                on the reimbursement by the Guidance Section of the EAGGF to the Kingdom
                of the Netherlands of expenditure incurred during 1974 on annuities relating to
                measures to encourage the cessation of farming and the reallocation of utilized
                             agricultural area for the purpose of structural improvement
                                                (Only the Dutch text is authentic)
                                                          (77/50/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                     with Article 5 ( 1 ) thereof ; whereas, as this proof has
 COMMUNITIES,                                                      not so far been supplied in respect of four of the bene­
                                                                   ficiaries, the reimbursement can only be based on elig­
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
 Economic Community,
                                                                   ible expenditure amounting to F1 1 204 incurred in
                                                                   1974 for one beneficiary ; whereas the Guidance
 Having regard to Council Directive 72/ 160/EEC of 17              Section of the European Agricultural Guidance and
April 1972 concerning measures to encourage the                    Guarantee Fund should therefore reimburse 25 %
cessation of farming and the reallocation of utilized              thereof, i.e. F1 301 (83 15 u.a.) ;
agricultural area for the purposes of structural improve­
 ment ( !), as last amended by Directive 73/358/EEC (2),           Whereas by virtue of Commission Decision
and in particular Article 12 (2) thereof,                          75/742/EEC of 21 November 1975 (4), a payment on
                                                                   account of F1 1 749-90 has been granted under Article
Whereas the measures taken by the Kingdom of the                   12 (3) of Directive 72/ 160/EEC and Article 4 ( 1 ) of
 Netherlands to implement Directive 72/ 160/EEC                    Decision 74/581 / EEC ;
were the subject of a favourable Commission Decision
                                                                   Whereas the Fund Committee has been consulted on
pursuant to Article 9 of the said Directive ;
                                                                   the financial aspects and in particular as to the funds
Whereas the Kingdom of the Netherlands has made                    available,
an application for reimbursement of expenditure
incurred on annuities granted during 1974 to
encourage the cessation of farming and the realloca­               HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
tion of utilized agricultural area for the purposes of
structural improvement ; whereas the application is                                         Article 1
complete and has been submitted in due form and in
accordance with the provisions of Commission Deci­                 The final contribution by the Guidance Section of the
sion 74/581 / EEC of 16 October 1974 concerning                    European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund
applications for reimbursement in respect of aid                   towards the expenditure incurred by the Kingdom of
granted by the Member States pursuant to Directives                the Netherlands during 1974 in respect of annuities to
72/ 159/EEC, 72/ 160/ EEC and 72/ 1 61 /EEC (3), and               encourage the cessation of farming and the realloca­
also with the payments on account which can be                     tion of utilized agricultural area for the purposes of
agreed ;                                                           structural improvement shall be F1 301 (83-15 u.a.).
Whereas an examination of the information provided                                          Article 2
and especially of the individual information sheets
shows that only one of the five beneficiaries has reallo­          This Decision is addressed to the Kingdom of the
cated the utilized agricultural area released in accor­            Netherlands .
dance with Article 5 ( 1 ) of Directive 72/ 160/ EEC,
while the agricultural area released by the other benefi­
ciaries has been disposed of in accordance with                    Done at Brussels, 22 December 1976 .
Article 5 (3) thereof ;
                                                                                              For the Commission
Whereas under Article 10 ( 1 ) (a) thereof the Member
States can only obtain reimbursement of this eligible                                            P.J. LARDINOIS
expenditure from the EAGGF if the utilized agricul­
tural area released has been disposed of in accordance                                    Member of the Commission
(•) OJ No L 96, 23 . 4. 1972, p. 9 .
(2) OJ No L 326, 27. 11 . 1973, p. 17.
(3 ) OJ No L 320 , 29 . 11 . 1974, p. 1 .                          0) OJ No L 314, 4. 12. 1975, p. 22.