2008/53/EC: Commission Decision of 20 December 2007 on the clearance of the accounts of certain paying agencies in Germany, Italy, Luxembourg and Portugal concerning expenditure financed by the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund (EAGGF), Guarantee Section, for the 2005 financial year (notified under document number C(2007) 6531)

17.1.2008 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 14/5
COMMISSION DECISION
of 20 December 2007
on the clearance of the accounts of certain paying agencies in Germany, Italy, Luxembourg and Portugal concerning expenditure financed by the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund (EAGGF), Guarantee Section, for the 2005 financial year
(notified under document number C(2007) 6531)
(Only the German, Italian, French and Portuguese texts are authentic)
(2008/53/EC)
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 7(3) thereof,
After consulting the Fund Committee,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Decisions 2006/322/EC (2) and 2007/326/EC (3) cleared, for the 2005 financial year, the accounts of all the paying agencies except for the German paying agency ‘Bayern-Umwelt’, the Italian paying agency ‘AGEA’, the Luxembourg paying agency ‘Ministère de l’Agriculture’ and the Portuguese paying agency ‘IFADAP’.
(2) Following the transmission of new information and after additional checks, the Commission can now take a decision on the integrality, accuracy and veracity of the accounts submitted by the German paying agency ‘Bayern-Umwelt’, the Italian paying agency ‘AGEA’, the Luxembourg paying agency ‘Ministère de l’Agriculture’ and the Portuguese paying agency ‘IFADAP’.
(3) In clearing the accounts of the paying agencies concerned, the Commission must take account of the amounts already withheld from the Member States concerned on the basis of Decision 2006/322/EC.
(4) In accordance with the second subparagraph of Article 7(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1258/1999, this Decision does not prejudice decisions adopted subsequently by the Commission excluding from Community financing expenditure not effected in accordance with Community rules,