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Den danske regering har med sit andet anbringende gjort gældende, at EUGFL ikke har lidt et tab. Kommissionen har med den foretagne lineære reduktion på 2% af de udgifter, som Kongeriget Danmark har anmeldt til finansiering
By its second plea in law, the Irish Government alleges that the Commission failed to demonstrate that very large amounts had been wrongly charged to the EAGGF in 1990 and 1991 as a result of the alleged failure of the Irish authorities to fulfil their obligations under Article 8 of Regulation No 729/70.
»1) Kommissionen for De Europæiske Fællesskaber frifindes.
It acknowledges that weaknesses existed in 1990 and, to a much lesser extent, in 1991 in the system of permanent presence.
Kongeriget Danmark betaler sagens omkostninger. *
Nevertheless, it disputes certain of the other reasons advanced by the Commission in support of that conclusion.
Generaladvokat S. Alber fremsatte forslag til afgørelse i retsmødet ("Femte Afdeling') den 24. marts 1998.
Although it is therefore for the Commission to prove an infringement of the Community rules, the Member State concerned must demonstrate that the Commission committed an error as to the financial consequences to be attributed to it.
Han foreslog Domstolen følgende afgørelse:
Failure to state reasons
Kongeriget Danmark betaler sagens omkostninger.«
By its first plea, Ireland alleges that the Commission failed to supply any reasons to support its conclusion that very large amounts were wrongly charged to the EAGGF.
Sag C-238/96 Irland / Kommissionen for De Europæiske Fællesskaber Landbrug
In view of all this, the EAGGF concludes that these offers were totally connected and originated from the same source, and that this connection must have been evident to the adjudication committees in the Member States concerned.
— regnskabsårene 1992 og 1993 — oksekød*
That system, based on trust between national and Community authorities, does not involve any systematic supervision by the Commission, which moreover would in practice be quite unable to carry it out.
»EUGFL — regnskabsafslutning (Femte Afdeling)
Incorrect assessment of the alleged losses incurred by the EAGGF
Irland har med sit første anbringende gjort gældende, at Kommissionen ikke har fremført nogen begrundelse til støtte for sin konklusion om, at meget betydelige beløb ved en fejltagelse var blevet finansieret af EUGFL.
In response to the Commission's argument that the competent national authorities should have intervened in order to stop such practices, the Irish authorities objected that Commission Regulation (EEC) No 859/89 of 29 March 1989 laying down detailed rules for the application of intervention measures in the beef and veal sector did not authorise them to intervene where tenders were made by separate legal entities.
Om korrektionerne på området for offentlig oplagring af oksekød
By its first plea in law, the Irish Government submits that the practice of accepting tenders from any legal entity during the relevant period was lawful.
Det bestemmes i den gældende ordning for interventionsopkøb, at kød for at kunne antages til intervention skal være af en bestemt kvalitet, udbenet og emballeret på bestemte måder.
In those circumstances, the amount of the reduction imposed by the Commission does not appear unjustified.
Desuden skal de kompetente nationale myndigheder gennem kontrol sikre overholdelsen af bestemmelser, der kræver et bestemt resultat.
The financial corrections in respect of intervention measures in the beef and veal sector
Som det fremgår af brevvekslingen med de nationale myndigheder, har Kommissionen underrettet dem om svaghederne ved kontrolsystemet, der i øvrigt allerede var blevet fremhævet i den sammenfattende rapport for regnskabsåret 1991.
By its second plea in law, the Irish Government claims, in the alternative, that the tender procedures in Ireland did not lead to the purchase of greater quantities of beef at higher prices. Indeed, during negotiations, the Commission withdrew that allegation, which appeared in the 1991 Summary Report.
Manglende vurdering af den risiko, som er indtrådt for EUGFL
(See Case C209/96)
Med denne del af annullationssøgsmålet bestrider Irland ikke Kommissionens konklusion om, at Irland har tilsidesat artikel 8 i Rådets forordning (EØF) nr. 729/70 af 21. april 1970 om finansiering af den fælles landbrugspolitik, i 1990 og i 1991.
According to the (Immission, a number of undertakings submitted several tenders in the context of a single tender procedure.
Irland erkender, at systemet med permanent tilstedeværelse udviste svagheder i 1990 og i noget mindre grad i 1991. Irland kan imidlertid ikke acceptere den øvrige begrundelse, som Kommissionen har fremført til støtte for den anfægtede beslutning.
In its 1991 Summary Report it stated:
Desuden påhviler det ikke Kommissionen at godtgøre, at der er indtrådt en skade, men den kan begrænse sig til at fremlægge tungtvejende indicier herfor.
Advocate General S.Alber delivered his Opinion at the sitting of the Fifth Chamber on 24 March 1998.
Forvaltningen af finansieringen gennem EUGFL påhviler i første række de nationale myndigheder, som skal påse, at de fællesskabsretlige regler nøje overholdes.
Case C-242/96 Italian Republic ν Commission of the European Communities Agriculture
Fejlagtig vurdering af det tab, som EUGFL hævdes at have lidt
(EAGGF - Clearance of accounts - 1992 and 1993 (Fifth Chamber)
Herefter findes størrelsen af den nedsættelse, som Kommissionen har foretaget, ikke at være ubegrundet.
19, 'the contested decision'), in so far as it related to Italy.
Om de finansielle korrektioner i henhold til interventionsforanstaltninger inden for oksekødssektoren
The correction with regard to the unlawful nature of the tender procedure
Den irske regering har med sit første anbringende gjort gældende, at det var berettiget, at Irland fulgte den praksis, at enhver juridisk person kunne byde ved gennemførelse af licitationsprocedurer i den pågældende periode.
The EAGGF encountered an adjudication procedure not observed in any other Member State.
I 1991 og 1992 havde de irske myndigheder ikke hjemmel til at afvise bud fra selvstændige juridiske personer under henvisning til, at de ikke var uafhængige af en anden bydende.
Trade operators in the Italian beef market are grouped into 3 associations (consorzio) through which offers to sell into intervention are lodged, that is to say the association receives
Anbringendet om, at EUGFL ikke har lidt et tab blev gennemført i Irland, ikke førte til opkøb af store mængder kød til højere priser.
It is only since the entry into force of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2456/93 of 1 September 1993 laying down detailed rules for the application of Regulation No 805/68 as regards the general and special intervention measures for beef that the Community rules have contained provisions on interconnections between tenderers.
Desuden har Kommissionen under forhandlingerne frafaldet det klagepunkt, der var indeholdt i den sammenfattende rapport for regnskabsåret 1991.
The Italian authorities, when criticised by the EAGGF on this point, volunteered the information that an association may even submit in its own name an overlapping global offer on behalf of those of its members which had not submitted individual offers.
Det hedder i domskonklusionen:
The EAGGF also established in several instances links between tenderers by comparing the standard information.
*1) Kommissionen for De Europæiske Fællesskaber frifindes.
According to the Commission, those practices were expressly prohibited by the applicable Community rules and totally incompatible with the purpose of the intervention scheme.
Generaladvokat S.Alber fremsatte forslag til afgørelse i retsmødet (Femte Afdeling) den 24. marts 1998.
Although that rule does not prevent several companies belonging to one group from taking part at the same time in one tender procedure, it does preclude those same companies from agreeing on the terms and conditions of the tenders which they each submit, if the tender procedure is not to be distorted.
Han foreslog Domstolen at træffe følgende afgørelse:
The corrections with regard to the public storage of beef
Sag C-242/96 Den Italienske Republik / Kommissionen for De Europæiske Fællesskaber Landbrug
It is also clear from that report that the Azienda di Stato per gli interventi nel mercato agricolo (the State intervention agency in the agricultural sector, hereinafter referred to as the AIMA') had in practice delegated responsibility for checks to the Associazione italian allentori (Italian cattle breeders' association, hereinafter referred to as 'the AIA'), a professional body, without ascertaining whether the delegated responsibilities were properly carried out.
»EUGFL — regnskabsafslutning — regnskabsårene 1992 og 1993 oksekød* (Femte Afdeling)
The last sentence of Article 9(2) of Regulation No 859/89 merely provides that interested parties may submit one tender only per category in response to each invitation to tender.
Udviklings- og Garantifond for Landbruget (EUGFL), Garantisektionen, samt visse udgifter for regnskabsåret 1993 (herefter »den anfægtede beslutning«), for så vidt angår den del af beslutningen, der vedrører Den Italienske Republik.
That wording cannot therefore provide any support for the interpretation claimed by the Commission that, on account of the difference in meaning between the words 'interested party" and 'tenderers', the latter may submit one tender only in response to an invitation to tender where they are part of a single group.
Ved stævning indleveret til Domstolens Justitskontor den 11. juli 1996 har Den Italienske Republik nedlagt påstand om delvis annullation af Kommissionens beslutning 96/3Il/EF af 10. april 1996 om afslutning af medlemsstaternes regnskaber over de udgifter for regnskabsåret 1992, der finansieres af Den Europæiske
The Italian Government points out that the purchasing operations are monitored by employees of the relevant provincial offices of
bemyndigede dem til at gribe ind, når buddene hidrørte fra selvstændige juridiske personer.
have been if the infringement had not occurred, the burden of proving that those calculations are not correct rests on the Member State.
(Jf. de faktiske omstændigheder i sag C-209/96, med følgende enkeltheder angående sagsøgeren)
the AIA and by classifiers (?) approved by the Comitato bovini ('cattle' committee) of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forests, who work directly to the ALA Moreover, both are required to follow clear rules and are directly answerable to the ALA and the Comitato bovini.
Kommissionen har fundet det godtgjort, at nogle virksomheder havde indgivet flere bud i den samme licitation.
Ln this case, however, there is no such uncertainty.
Kommissionen anførte således følgende i sin sammenfattende rapport for regnskabsåret 1992:
Because of the seriousness and scale of the irregularities found, as well as the extent to which supervision was ineffective, the EAGGF remained, in all events, exposed to a serious financial risk.
Den italienske regering har gjort gældende, at det var berettiget, at den italienske regering fulgte den praksis, at enhver juridisk person kunne byde ved gennemførelse af licitationsprocedurer i den pågældende periode.
The Member State cannot rebut the Commission's findings by mere assertions which are not substantiated by evidence of a reliable and operational supervisory system.
I 1991 og 1992 havde de italienske myndigheder ikke hjemmel til at afvise bud fra selvstændige juridiske personer under henvisning til, at de ikke var uafhængige af en anden bydende.
If it is not able to show that they are inaccurate, the Commission's findings are capable of giving rise to serious doubts as to the existence of an adequate and effective series of supervisory measures and inspection procedures.
EUGFL stødte på en licitationsprocedure, der ikke var blevet konstateret i nogen anden medlemsstat.
Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 of the Council of 29 October 1975 on the common organization of the market in cereals lays down the basic rules for the intervention scheme.
Denne bestemmelses ordlyd kan derfor ikke anvendes som grundlag for den af Kommissionen anlagte fortolkning, hvorefter de bydende på grund af en forskellig betydning af ordene pågældende og bydende kun kan indgive ét bud i forbindelse med en licitation, når de tilhører samme koncern.
Since the Italian Government is satisfied to answer numerous allegations with an affirmation that inspections were carried out or even did not counter certain allegations or relies on the fact that no complaint was made, it is appropriate to reject the first plea in law.
Det er først fra ikrafttrædelsen af Kommissionens forordning (EØF) nr. 2456/93 af 1. september 1993 om gennemførelsesbestemmelser til forordning nr. 805/68 for så vidt angår de generelle og de særlige interventionsforanstaltninger for oksekød, at fællesskabsretten indeholder bestemmelser om forholdene mellem de bydende.
Article 5 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3013/89 of 25 September 1989 on the common organization of the market in sheepmeat and goatmeat (OJ 1989 L 289, p. 1) provides for the granting of a premium to sheepmeat and goatmeat producers to the extent necessary to offset an income loss in the Community during a marketing year.
En sådan praksis strider mod artikel 9, stk. 6, i forordning (EØF) nr. 859/89, der kræver, at medlemsstaterne garanterer buddenes fortrolighed og modvirker de forventede fordele ved en ægte licitation, fordi det tydeligt forener de formodede konkurrenters interesser.
According to the summary report, the EAGGF commenced an audit of public storage arrangements for cereals in Italy as part of the 1991 accounts clearance, supplemented by an enquiry on intervention stocks in 1993.
EUGFL kunne også i flere tilfælde fastslå forbindelser mellem bydende ved at sammenligne standardoplysninger.
The Italian Government acknowledges that the undertakings had not always fulfilled correctly the tasks entrusted to them.
Ifølge Kommissionen var disse former for praksis udtrykkelig forbudt ved den for området gældende fællesskabsordning og totalt uforenelig med interventionsordningens formål.
The summary report analyses in detail the deficiencies found, in the course of inspections to verify the applications for premia in respect of 1992 by the EAGGF inspectors, in the inspection procedures introduced by the Italian authorities with a view to ensuring the proper application of the system.
EUGFL har med disse klagepunkter gjort gældende, at de italienske bydende har tilsidesat princippet om selvstændige bud, der er et væsentligt krav for en forskriftsmæssig og effektiv gennemførelse af enhver licitationsprocedure.
In particular, the EAGGF found that the application files were inadequately checked, certain inspection files were unreliable and that there was no cross checking of data contained in the applications with the findings arising from on-the-spot inspections.
Selv om dette princip ikke er til hinder for, at flere selskaber i samme koncern samtidig deltager i en licitation, er det derimod til hinder for, at disse selskaber afstemmer ordlyden af og vilkårene i de bud, som de hver især indgiver, da dette vil kunne fordreje procedurens forløb.
It must be observed that, where the Commission, instead of rejecting all the expenditure affected by the infringement, has endeavoured to establish the financial impart of the unlawful action by means of calculations based on an assessment of what the situation on the relevant market would
De italienske myndigheder har heroverfor anført, at Kommissionens forordning (EØF) nr. 859/89 af 29. marts 1989 om gennemførelsesbestemmelser for interventionsforanstaltninger for oksekød ikke
The aid scheme designed to encourage the set-aside of arable land was introduced by Article la of Council Regulation (EEC) No 797/85 of 12 March 1985 on improving the efficiency of agricultural structures as inserted by Council Regulation (EEC) No 1094/88 of 25 April 1988. Under that provision, the scheme covers all arable land, irrespective of the crops grown, provided that the land has in fact been
Om korrektionen med hensyn til offentlig oplagring af oksekød
cultivated for a reference period to be determined.
Det bestemmes i artikel 5 i Rådets forordning (EØF) nr. 3013/89 af 25. september 1989 om den fælles markedsordning for fåre- og gedekød, at der ydes en præmie til fårekøds- og gedekødsproducenter i det omfang, det er nødvendigt til udligning af et eventuelt indkomsttab i løbet af et produktionsår.
That measure therefore consists in withdrawing from cultivation agricultural land used as arable land.
Det fremgår af den sammenfattende rapport vedrørende resultaterne af kontrollen i forbindelse med regnskabsafslutningen for EUGFL, Garantisektionen, for regnskabsåret 1992 og for visse udgifter i regnskabsåret 1993, at den i 1990 og 1991 gennemførte undersøgelse vedrørende offentlig oplagring af oksekød i Italien havde godtgjort eksistensen af alvorlige mangler ved ordningen.
It is apparent from the summary report that the EAGGF checks found that, in Sicily, a large number of areas withdrawn from production in pursuance of the multiannual set-aside scheme was land subject to traditional fallow practices.
Den sammenfattende rapport gennemgår detaljeret de mangler, som blev konstateret af EUGFL's tjenestegrene i forbindelse med inspektioner, der blev gennemført for at efterprøve præmieansøgninger vedrørende regnskabsåret 1992, i forbindelse med de kontrolprocedurer, der var indført af de italienske myndigheder for at sikre en korrekt anvendelse af ordningen. EUGFL's tjenestegrene har navnlig henvist til utilstrækkelig kontrol med ansøgningsrapporter, den manglende gyldighed af visse inspektionsrapporter og den manglende kontrolsammenligning af oplysninger indeholdt i ansøgningerne med de konstateringer, der blev foretaget under inspektioner på stedet.
The Court has consistently held that it is apparent from Article 8(1) of Council Regulation No 729/70 on the financing of the common agricultural policy that Member States are under a general obligation to take the measures necessary to satisfy themselves that the transactions financed by the EAGGF are actually carried out and are executed correctly, even if the specific Community act does not expressly provide for the adoption of particular supervisory measures (see Case C-8/88 Germany ν Commission, cited above, paragraphs 16 and 17 and Case C-2/93 Exportslachterijen van Oordegem ν Belgische Dienst voor Bedrijfsleven en Landbouw [1994] ECR 1-2283, paragraphs 16 to 18).
Det bemærkes, at når Kommissionen ikke afslår at afholde samtlige de udgifter, der skyldes den ulovlige praksis, men i stedet forsøger at beregne den økonomiske virkning af overtrædelsen ved at bedømme markedssituationen, som den ville have været, såfremt medlemsstaten ikke havde handlet retsstridigt, påhviler det medlemsstaten at godtgøre, at beregningen er forkert.
It should first of all be observed that the Italian Republic does not deny having failed to check whether the land allegedly set aside had in fart previously been cultivated or, at least, whether it had been cultivated in the context of modified fallowing.
Den italienske regering har understreget, at overvågningen af opkøbet varetages af ansatte i AIA's kompetente lokalkontorer og af klassificører, som er godkendt af Comitato bovini under Ministeriet for Landbrug og Skovvæsen, og som samarbejder direkte med AJA.
Furthermore, it did not adduce any evidence that the traditional fallowing practice had been replaced by 'green fallow'.
Desuden er både førstnævnte og sidstnævnte forpligtet til at overholde præcise regler og er direkte ansvarlige over for AIA og Comitato bovini.
The correction with regard to the reimbursement of costs of public storage of sugar
Hvad angår den skærpede strenghed, som de nationale myndigheder har udvist allerede i 1992, bemærkes, at sådanne forbedringer kun bør tages i betragtning, når der foreligger tvivl om, hvilken af de tre lineære korrektioner der skal anvendes. En sådan usikkerhed foreligger imidlertid ikke i den foreliggende sag.
Those provisions must be viewed in the light of the obligation of faithful cooperation with the Commission, laid down in Article 5 of the EC Treaty, which, with particular regard to the utilization of Community resources, requires Member States to set up comprehensive administrative checks and on-the-spot inspections thus guaranteeing the conformity of financial operations with Community law.
På grund af grovheden og omfanget af de konstaterede uregelmæssigheder samt den høje grad af ineffektiv kontrol, var EUGFL under alle omstændigheder udsat for en alvorlig økonomisk risiko.
The objection raised by the Italian Government that it had not been shown that there had been any damage to the Community fails to take account of the rules concerning the onus of proof.
Den pågældende medlemsstat kan ikke afkræfte Kommissionens konstateringer ved simple påstande, som ikke underbygges af elementer, der godtgør eksistensen af et pålideligt og funktionsdygtigt kontrolsystem.
The common organization of the markets in the sugar sector is covered by Council Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 of 30 June 1981 (OJ 1981 L 177, p. 4).
Såfremt medlemsstaten ikke fører bevis for, at Kommissionens konstateringer er urigtige, udgør disse forhold, der kan give anledning til alvorlig tvivl med hensyn til indførelsen af et passende og effektivt system af foranstaltninger til overvågning og kontrol.
Article 8 of that regulation provides for a compensation system for storage costs in respect of certain types of sugar products manufactured from beet or cane of Community origin.
Rådets forordning (EØF) nr. 2727/75 af 29. oktober 1975 om den fælles markedsordning for
The monitoring missions, in particular the on-the-spot inspections, carried out by the EAGGF in 1994 to check the systems applied in Italy in the context of the measures for reimbursement of storage costs for sugar, revealed that, until 31 December 1992, the competent organizations in Italy (in particular the communes) had not carried out any checks on specialised traders or other approved independent stores. Moreover, the EAGGF also found that no checks on the beneficiaries were carried out by the ALMA
Da den italienske regering med hensyn til talrige klagepunkter har begrænset sig til at anføre, at der er blevet gennemført kontrol, og endog ikke har bestridt visse klagepunkter eller har påberåbt sig, at der ikke forelå klager, bør det første anbringende forkastes.
It should be observed that, by failing to carry out on-the-spot checks on the specialised traders during the period under consideration by the
Om korrektionen med hensyn til tilbagebetaling af omkostninger i forbindelse med oplagring af sukker
Orders the Italian Republic to pay the costs.'
Den fælles markedsordning for sukker er dækket af Rådets forordning (EØF) nr. 1785/81 af 30. juni 1981 om den fælles markedsordning for sukker.
Advocate General S. Alber delivered his Opinion at the sitting of the Fifth Chamber on 24 March 1998.
Om korrektionen med hensyn til udtagning af agerjord
He proposed that the Court
Ordningens formål, nemlig at formindske produktionen, var derfor kun delvis blevet nået.
(2) Order the Italian Republic to pay the costs.
fællesskabslovgivningen.
1 October 1998
til at træffe de nødvendige foranstaltninger for at sikre, at de af EUGFL finansierede foranstaltninger virkelig er blevet gennemført og på behørig måde, selv om den konkrete fællesskabsretsakt ikke udtrykkeligt foreskriver vedtagelse af denne eller hin kontrolforanstaltning.
(EAGGF — Clearance of accounts — 1990 financial year - Export refunds on barley) (Sixth Chamber) of Council Regulation No 729/70 on the financing of the common agricultural policy and Articles 3, 4 and 47 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3665/87 of 27 November 1987 laying down common detailed rules for the application of the system of export refunds on agricultural products.