Commission Regulation (EC) No 2025/2001 of 16 October 2001 amending Regulation (EC) No 1663/95 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EEC) No 729/70 regarding the procedure for the clearance of the accounts of the EAGGF Guarantee Section

Commission Regulation (EC) No 2025/2001
of 16 October 2001
amending Regulation (EC) No 1663/95 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EEC) No 729/70 regarding the procedure for the clearance of the accounts of the EAGGF Guarantee Section
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1258/1999 of 17 May 1999 on the financing of the common agricultural policy(1), and in particular Article 4(8), Article 6(2) and Article 7(5) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Article 9(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1258/1999 and Article 2(2) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 2390/1999 of 25 October 1999 laying down detailed rules of the application of Regulation (EC) No 1663/95 as regards the form and content of the accounting information that the Member States must hold at the disposal of the Commission for the purposes of the clearance of the EAGGF Guarantee Section accounts(2), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1863/2001(3), require the Member States to make accounting information available to the Commission on request of the latter. Article 4(1) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1663/95 of 7 July 1995 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EEC) No 729/70 regarding the procedure for the clearance of the accounts of the EAGGF Guarantee Section(4), as last amended by Regulation (EC) 2245/1999(5), should be adapted to these rules.
(2) The requirements for reporting on amounts to be recovered in the annual declaration pursuant to Article 5 of Regulation (EC) 1663/95, on the one hand, and in the monthly accounts pursuant to Article 3(6a) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 296/96 of 16 February 1996 on data to be transmitted by the Member States and the monthly booking of expenditure financed under the Guarantee Section of the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund (EAGGF)(6), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1934/2001(7), on the other hand, are different. These requirements should be harmonised by amending Article 5(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1663/95 accordingly.
(3) Pursuant to Article 5(2) of Council Regulation (EC) No 1259/1999 of 17 May 1999 establishing common rules for direct support schemes under the common agricultural policy(8), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1244/2001(9), Member States may use the amounts released by the reductions or cancellations of payments under Articles 3 and 4 of that Regulation for certain measures within the framework of aid for rural development. The amounts thus retained from the aid payments must be credited to a specific account opened for each paying agency or on a specific unique account opened at the level of the Member State and intended exclusively for the financing of the additional Community support. This account should also be part of the annual accounts within the meaning of Article 4(1)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 1663/95.
(4) The guidelines for criteria for accreditation as a paying agency in respect of the processing of claims by means of a computer system should be updated in the light of developments in computer processing.
(5) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Fund Committee,