CELEX: 31978D0250
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 the Netherlands 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 /45
                                                        COMMISSION DECISION
                                                           of 20 December 1977
                on aid from the Guidance Section of the EAGGF towards the expenditure of the Kingdom of
                the Netherlands on refunds on exports to non-member countries and intervention on the
                                       internal market in respect of the 1970 accounting period
                                                       (Only the Dutch text is authentic)
                                                            '   ( 78 /250 /EEC ) .
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                                 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 (*), 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
Having regard to the application for reimbursement                          December 1970 ( 5) and 30 June 1971 ( 6), fixed at
from the Kingdom of the Netherlands,                                        300 597 196 units of account the total of the advances
                                                                            to be set against aid from the Fund towards the expen­
                                                                            diture of the Kingdom of the Netherlands reimbursable
After consultation writh the Committee of the EAGGF,                        by, the Guarantee Section in respect of the 1970 ac­
                                                                            counting period; whereas this should be taken into
                                                                            account when establishing the amount to be reimbursed
Whereas Article 10 (5 ) (b) of Regulation No 17/64/ EEC                     bv way of such aid,
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
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
                                                                                                         Article I
tions it has not been possible to take a decision on this
aid before December 1977 ;
                                                                            1 . Aid from the European Agricultural Guidance and
                                                                            Guarantee Fund, Guarantee Section, towards the eli­
Whereas Article 7 ( 1 ) of Council Regulation No                            gible expenditure of the Kingdom of the Netherlands on
130/66/EEC of 26 July 1966 on the financing of the                          refunds on exports to non-member countries and inter­
common agricultural policy (3) provides that the con­                       vention on the internal market in respect of the 1970
tribution from the Fund is to cover all the expenditure                     accounting period is fixed at a total of Fl
eligible under Article 3 ( 1 ) ( a), ( b ) and ( c) of Council              1 458 093 740-19 (402 788 326-02 units of account).
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                       2 . The sum to be reimbursed by the Fund as aid, after
declared amounting to Fl 1 522 364-72 (420 542-74                           deduction of the advances, totalling 300 597 196 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 .                             (s) 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 102 191 130 02 units of account.
                                                                                              For the Commission
                       Article 2
                                                                                               Finn GUNDELACH
This Decision is addressed to the Kingdom of the
Netherlands .                                                                                    Vice-President