CELEX: 31978D0236
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 French Republic on refunds on exports to non-member countries and intervention on the internal market in respect of the 1968/69 accounting period

13 . 3 . 78                                Official Journal of the European Communities                               No L 70/21
                                                     COMMISSION DECISION
                                                         of 20 December 19 77
                on aid from the Guidance Section of the EAGGF towards the expenditure of the French
                Republic on refunds on exports to non-member countries and intervention on the internal
                                         market in respect of the 1968/69 accounting period
                                                    (Only the French text is authentic)
                                                             (78 /236 /EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,                            units of account is to be borne by the Member State in
                                                                        accordance with Article 16 of Council Regulation (EEC)
                                                                        No 2306/70 of 10 November 1970 on the financing of
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                   intervention expenditure in respect of the domestic
Economic Community,                                                     market in milk and milk products (5); whereas the in­
                                                                        spections carried out show that a part of the expendi­
                                                                        ture declared amounting to FF 95 669 727-24
Having regard to Council Regulation No 17/64/EEC of                     ( 19 377 874-13 units of account) does not satisfy the
 5 February 1964 on the conditions for granting aid                     above requirements as to eligibility and therefore cannot
 from the European Agricultural Guidance and Guaran­                    be reimbursed for this period; whereas the Member
tee Fund ( ] ), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No                  State has been fully informed of these deductions and
3171 /75 (2), and in particular Article 10 (5 ) (b) thereof,            has been able to give its views thereon ;
Having regard to the application for reimbursement                      Whereas the Commission, in its Decisions of 27 June
from the French Republic,                                               19 69 (6), 22 December 1969 (7) and 23 October
                                                                        1970 (8), fixed at 614 595 101 units of account the total
                                                                        of the advances to be set against aid from the Fund
After consultation with the Committee of the EAGGF,                     towards the expenditure of the French Republic reim­
                                                                        bursable by the Guarantee Section in respect of the
                                                                        1968 /69 accounting period; whereas this should be
Whereas Article 10 (5 ) (b ) of Regulation No 17/64/EEC                 taken into account when establishing the amount to be
provides that the Commission is to decide before 31                     reimbursed by way of such aid,
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 1968 /69 accounting
period ; whereas, however, as a result of the consider­
able delays in submitting and verifying these applica­                                                  Article 1
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 French Republic on refunds on
 130/66/EEC of 26 July 1966 on the financing of the                     exports to non-member countries and intervention on
common agricultural policy (3) provides that the con­                   the internal market in respect of the 1968 /69 account­
tribution from the Fund is to cover all the expenditure                 ing period is fixed at a total of FF 3 629 394 941-94
eligible under Article 3 ( 1 ) (a), (b) and (c) of Council              ( 735 132 840-59 units of account).
Regulation No 25 of 4 April 1962 on the financing of
the common agricultural policy (4), except in the milk                  2 . The sum to be reimbursed by the Fund as aid, after
and milk products sector where the sum of 77 031 250                    deduction of the advances, totalling 614 595 101 units
H   OJ No 34, 27. 2. 1964, p. 586/64.                                    (5)  OJ No L  249 , 17 . 11 . 1970, p. 4 .
(2) OJ No L 315 , 5 . 12 . 1975 , p. 1 .                                 ( 6) OJ No L   173 , 15 . 7. 1969 .
(3) OJ No 165 , 21 . 9. 1966, p. 2965 /66                               ( 7)  OJ No L   13 , 19 . 1 . 1970 .
(4) OJ No 30, 20. 4. 1962, p. 991 /62 .                                 (8)   Of No L  244 , 7 . 11 . 1970 .
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of account, approved on 27 June 1969, 22 December              Done at Brussels, 20 December 1977.
1969 and 23 October 1970 is fixed at 120 537 739-59
units of account.
                                                                                           For the Commission
                       Article 2                                                             Finn GUNDELACH
                                                                                               Vice-President
This Decision is addressed to the French Republic.