97/245/EC, Euratom: Commission Decision of 20 March 1997 laying down the arrangements for the transmission of information to the Commission by the Member States under the Communities' own resources system

COMMISSION DECISION of 20 March 1997 laying down the arrangements for the transmission of information to the Commission by the Member States under the Communities' own resources system (97/245/EC, Euratom)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
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Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Decision 94/728/EC, Euratom of 31 October 1994 on the system of the European Communities' own resources (1), and in particular Article 8 (2) thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC, Euratom) No 1552/89 of 29 May 1989 implementing Decision 88/376/EEC, Euratom on the system of the Communities' own resources (2), as last amended by Regulation (Euratom, EC) No 1355/96 (3), and in particular Articles 6 and 17 thereof,
Having consulted the Advisory Committee on Own Resources,
Whereas, in Regulation (Euratom, EC) No 1355/96, the Council adopted provisions designed to improve certain parts of the arrangements for Member States to report to the Commission about action they have taken to recover own resources, in particular where fraud and irregularities are involved;
Whereas these improvements mainly concern the production of monthly and quarterly statements of accounts of own resources, the description of cases of fraud and irregularities already detected involving entitlements in excess of ECU 10 000 and the content of the annual report;
Whereas the details of these reporting procedures are to be laid down by the Commission after the Advisory Committee on Own Resources has been consulted;
Whereas the Member States must be allowed a suitable length of time to apply the reporting procedures,