CELEX: 31978D0098
Language: en
Date: 1977-12-23 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 23 December 1977 on the granting by the Guidance Section of the EAGGF to the French Republic of a payment on account in respect of expenditure incurred during 1976 on aids and premiums relating to the modernization of farms

No L 38/ 14                          Official Journal of the European Communities                               8 . 2. 78
                                               COMMISSION DECISION
                                                  of 23 December 1977
              on the granting by the Guidance Section of the EAGGF to the French Republic
              of a payment on account in respect of expenditure incurred during 1976 on aids
                             and premiums relating to the modernization of farms
                                             (Only the French text is authentic)
                                                        (78/98/ EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                   Whereas     the   total  amount     of   reimbursement
COMMUNITIES,                                                     requested comes to FF 2 327 592.60 (419 069-68 u.a.) ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European            Whereas the making of a payment on account for the
Economic Community,                                              period in question does not prejudice the final deci­
                                                                 sion on the contribution from the Fund for the said
Having regard to Council Directive 72/ 159/EEC of 17             period ; whereas the Guidance Section of the Euro­
April 1972 on the modernization of farms ( !), as last           pean Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund
amended by Directive 77/390/EEC (2), and in parti­               should therefore make a payment on account of 75 %
cular Article 21 (3) thereof,                                    of the sum of FF 2 327 592.60 (419 069.68 u.a.) i.e. FF
Whereas the measures taken by the French Republic                 1 745 694.45 (314 302.26 u.a.) ;
to implement Directive 72/ 159/ EEC were the subject             Whereas the EAGGF Committee has been consulted
of a favourable Commission Decision pursuant to                  on the financial aspects and in particular as to the
Article 1 8 of the said Directive ;                              funds available,
Whereas Commission Decision 74/581 / EEC of 16
October 1974 concerning applications for reimburse­               HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
ment in respect of aid granted by the Member States
pursuant to Directives 72/ 159/EEC, 72/ 160/ EEC and                                     Article 1
72/ 161 /EEC (3), lays down in Article 4 ( 1 ) that the
Commission, acting on the basis of particulars                   The payment on account by the Guidance Section of
contained in the applications for reimbursement, shall           the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee
make a payment on account of 75 % of the amount                   Fund towards the expenditure incurred by the French
requested ;                                                       Republic during 1976 in respect of aid and premiums
                                                                 relating to the modernization of farms shall be FF
Whereas the application for reimbursement lodged by               1 745 694-45 (314 302-26 u.a.).
the French Republic in respect of aids granted during
 1976 for the modernization of farms is complete and                                     Article 2
has been submitted in due form ; whereas the total
amount of expenditure for the year 1976 comes to FF              This Decision is addressed to the French Republic.
9 310 370.40 (I 676 278.70 u.a.) broken down as
follows :                                                         Done at Brussels, 23 December 1977.
under   Article  8
under   Article 10                       FF 1 050 866.20                                   For the Commission
                       Directive
under   Article 11                       FF    177 500.00
                       72/ 159/ EEC                                                         Finn GUNDELACH
under   Article 12                       FF 8 082 004.20
under   Article 13                                                                             Vice-President
(') OJ No L 96, 23 . 4. 1972, p. 1 .
(2) OJ No L 145, 13 . 6. 1977, p. 43 .
(3) OJ No L 320, 29. 11 . 1974, p. 1 .