Document ID: 31991D0229

COMMISSION DECISION of 20 March 1991 on applications for reimbursement of aid granted by Member States to organizations of nut and/or locust bean producers (91/229/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 of 18 May 1972 on the common organization of the market in fruit and vegetables (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3920/90 (2), and in particular Article 14 g thereof,
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 789/89 (3) supplemented the aid arrangements for fruit and vegetable producer organizations by introducing an additional flat-rate aid, as an incentive to formation, to producers' organizations with economic activity centred on the production and marketing of nuts and/or locust beans;
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 790/89 (4) set the amount of the additional flat-rate aid provided for in Article 14 (b) of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 for formation of producers' organizations;
Whereas applications for reimbursement of additional flat-rate aid granted by Member States to organizations of producers of nuts and/or locust beans in order to cover additional costs of their formation must include certain information permitting verification of conformity of the expenditure with the requirements of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72, in particular Article 14 (b) thereof;
Whereas to permit effective monitoring of applications for reimbursement Member States must keep available for the Commission, for three years following the final reimbursement, all supporting documents on the basis of which aid was granted;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Fruit and Vegetables,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION: Article 1
1. Applications for reimbursement of expenditure under Article 14 (b) of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 must be presented as indicated in the Annex to this Decision.
2. Member States shall transmit to the Commission with their first application for reimbursement the texts of national implementing and control provisions and administrative instructions, and also forms or any other document relating to administration of the measure. Article 2
Member States shall keep available for the Commission, for three years from the date of the final reimbursement, all documents, or certified copies thereof in their possession, on the basis of which aid as provided for in Article 14 (b) of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 was granted, and also the complete file for each recipient. Article 3
This Decision is addressed to the Member States. Done at Brussels, 20 March 1991.

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