CELEX: 31978D0234
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 Kingdom of Belgium 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/ 17
                                                       COMMISSION DECISION
                                                           of 20 December 1977
                on aid from the Guidance Section of the EAGGF towards the expenditure of the Kingdom of
                Belgium on refunds on exports to non-member countries and intervention on the internal
                                           market in respect of the 1970 accounting period
                                               (Only the French and Dutch texts are authentic)
                                                               (78 /234/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
                                                                         declared amounting to Bfrs 6 916 045 ( 138 320-90
 Having regard to Treaty establishing the European                       units of account) does not satisfy the above require­
 Economic Community,                                                     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
                                                                         able to give its views thereon;
 Having regard to Council Regulation No 17/64/EEC of
 5 February 1964 on the conditions for granting aid
 from the European Agricultural Guidance and Guaran­                     Whereas the Commission, in the Decisions of 28
 tee Fund ( J), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No                   December 1970 (5) and 30 June 1971 (6), fixed at
 3171 /75 (2), and in particular Article 10 (5 ) (b) thereof,             131 793 351 units of account the total of the advances
                                                                         to be set against aid from the Fund towards the expen­
                                                                         diture of the Kingdom of Belgium reimbursable by the
Having regard to the application for reimbursement                       Guarantee Section in respect of the 1970 accounting
from the Kingdom of Belgium,                                             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 1
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
able delays in submitting and verifying these applica­                   1 . Aid from the European Agricultural Guidance and
tions it has not been possible to take a decision on this                Guarantee Fund, Guarantee Section, towards the eli­
aid before December 1977 ;                                               gible expenditure of the Kingdom of Belgium on refunds
                                                                         on exports to non-member countries and intervention
                                                                         on the internal market in respect of the 1970 accounting
                                                                         period is fixed at a total of Bfrs 9 457 892 659
Whereas Article 7 ( 1 ) of Council Regulation No
                                                                         ( 189 157 853-18 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 131 793 351 units
H OJ No 34, 27. 2 . 1964, p. 586/64.                                     (4) OJ 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 .
(3 ) OJ No 165 , 21 . 9. 1966 , p . 2965 /66 .                           (6) OJ No L 169, 28 . 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 57 364 502-18 units of account.
                                                                                          For the Commission
                       Article 2
                                                                                            Finn GUNDELACH
This Decision is addressed to the Kingdom of Belgium.                                         Vice-President