2010/59/: Commission Decision of 1 February 2010 on the clearance of the accounts of certain paying agencies in Belgium, Germany, Spain, Portugal and Slovakia concerning expenditure financed by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) for the 2008 financial year (notified under document C(2010) 426)

5.2.2010 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 34/26
COMMISSION DECISION
of 1 February 2010
on the clearance of the accounts of certain paying agencies in Belgium, Germany, Spain, Portugal and Slovakia concerning expenditure financed by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) for the 2008 financial year
(notified under document C(2010) 426)
(Only the Dutch, French, German, Portuguese, Slovakian and Spanish texts are authentic)
(2010/59/EU)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1290/2005 of 21 June 2005 on the financing of the common agricultural policy (1), and in particular Articles 30 and 33 thereof,
After consulting the Fund Committee,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Decision 2009/373/EC (2) cleared, for the 2008 financial year, the accounts of all the paying agencies except for the Belgian paying agency ‘ALV’, the German paying agencies ‘Bayern’, ‘Brandenburg’, ‘Niedersachsen’ and ‘Schleswig-Holstein’, the Greek paying agency ‘OPEKEPE’, the Spanish paying agency ‘Galicia’, the French paying agency ‘ODARC’, the Italian paying agency ‘ARBEA’ the Portuguese paying agency ‘IFAP’ and the Slovakian paying agency ‘APA’.
(2) Following the transmission of new information and after additional checks, the Commission can now take a decision concerning expenditure financed by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) on the integrality, accuracy and veracity of the accounts submitted by the Belgian paying agency ‘ALV’, the German paying agencies ‘Brandenburg’, ‘Niedersachsen’ and ‘Schleswig-Holstein’, the Spanish paying agency ‘Galicia’, the Portuguese paying agency ‘IFAP’ and the Slovakian paying agency ‘APA’.
(3) In accordance with Article 30(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1290/2005, this Decision does not prejudice decisions taken subsequently by the Commission excluding from Community financing expenditure not effected in accordance with Community rules,