CELEX: 31978D0778
Language: en
Date: 1978-09-11 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 11 September 1978 on the reimbursement by the Guidance Section of the EAGGF to the United Kingdom of expenditure incurred during 1976 on annuities relating to measures to encourage the cessation of farming and the reallocation of utilized agricultural area for the purpose of structural improvement

22. 9 . 78                          Official Journal of the European Communities                           No L 259/25
                                               COMMISSION DECISION
                                                 of 11 September 1978
               on the reimbursement by the Guidance Section of the EAGGF to the United
               Kingdom of expenditure incurred during 1976 on annuities relating to measures
               to encourage the cessation of farming and the reallocation of utilized agricul­
                             tural area for the purpose of structural improvement
                                            (Only the English text is authentic)
                                                       (78/778 /EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                   should    therefore reimburse 25 %       thereof, i.e. £
COMMUNITIES,                                                     1 385.43 ;
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European           Whereas a payment on account of £ 1 039.07 has
 Economic Community,                                             been granted in application of Article 12 (3) of Direc­
                                                                 tive 72/ 160/EEC and of Article 4 ( 1 ) of Decision
 Having regard to Council Directive 72/ 160/EEC of 17            74/581 /EEC ; whereas a balance of £ 346.36 should
April 1972 concerning measures to encourage the                  therefore be granted to the Member State in question ;
cessation of farming and the reallocation of utilized
agricultural area for the purposes of structural improve­        Whereas the EAGGF Committee has been consulted
ment ( 1), as last amended by Directive 73/358/EEC (2),          on the financial aspects and in particular as to the
and in particular Article 12 (2) thereof,                        funds available,
Whereas the measures taken by the United Kingdom
to implement Directive 72/ 160/EEC were the subject              HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
of a favourable Commission Decision pursuant to
Article 9 of the said Directive ;                                                       Article 1
Whereas the United Kingdom has made an applica­                  The final contribution by the Guidance Section of the
tion for reimbursement of expenditure incurred on                European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund
annuities granted during 1976 to encourage the cessa­            towards the expenditure incurred by the United
tion of farming and the reallocation of utilized agricul­        Kingdom during 1976 in respect of annuities to
tural area for the purposes of structural improvement ;          encourage the cessation of farming and the realloca­
Whereas the application is complete and has been                 tion of utilized agricultural area for the purposes of
submitted in due form and in accordance with the                 structural improvement shall be £ 1 385.43.
provisions of Commission Decision 74/581 /EEC of
                                                                                        Article 2
 16 October 1974 concerning applications for reimbur­
sement in respect of aid granted by the Member States            This Decision is addressed to the United Kingdom .
pursuant to Directives 72/ 159/EEC, 72/ 160/EEC and
72/ 1 61 /EEC (3), and also with the payments on
account which can be agreed ;                                    Done at Brussels, 11 September 1978 .
Whereas an examination of the information provided
                                                                                           For the Commission
shows that eligible expenditure of £ 5 541.72 has been
incurred under the conditions laid down in Directive
                                                                                            Finn GUNDELACH
72/ 160/EEC ; whereas the Guidance Section of the
European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund                                              Vice-President
(>) 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 .