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Commission Decision of 21 April 2005 on the clearance of the accounts of certain paying agencies in Germany, Spain, Greece, France, Italy, Portugal and the United Kingdom in respect of expenditure financed by the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund (EAGGF), Guarantee Section, for the 2002 financial year (notified under document number C(2005) 1210) (Only the English, French, German, Greek, Italian, Portuguese and Spanish texts are authentic) (2005/320/EC)

EU Decision 2005/320 · Adopted 21 April 2005 · Extends to United Kingdom

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Commission Decision

of 21 April 2005

on the clearance of the accounts of certain paying agencies in Germany, Spain, Greece, France, Italy, Portugal and the United Kingdom in respect of expenditure financed by the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund (EAGGF), Guarantee Section, for the 2002 financial year

(notified under document number C(2005) 1210)

(Only the English, French, German, Greek, Italian, Portuguese and Spanish texts are authentic)

(2005/320/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 policyf1, and in particular Article 7(3) thereof,

After consulting the Fund Committee,

Whereas:

(1)

Commission Decision 2003/313/EC of 7 May 2003 on the clearance of the accounts of Member States’ expenditure financed by the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund (EAGGF), Guarantee Section, for the 2002 financial yearf2 cleared the accounts of all the paying agencies except for the German paying agencies Baden-Württemberg and Bayern-Umwelt, the Spanish paying agencies Balearic Islands and Rioja, the Greek paying agency Opekepe, the French paying agencies SDE, Ofival, ONIC, Oniflhor, Onilait, Odeadom, FIRS and Onivins, the Italian paying agencies ARTEA and Lombardy, the Portuguese paying agency Ifadap and the United Kingdom paying agency NAWAD.

(2)

Following the transmission of new information by Germany, Spain, Greece, France, Italy, Portugal and the United Kingdom, and after additional checks, the Commission can now take a decision on the veracity, completeness, and accuracy of the accounts submitted by the paying agencies concerned.

(3)

In clearing the accounts of the German, Spanish, Greek, French, Italian, Portuguese and British paying agencies concerned, the Commission must take account of the amounts already paid to Italy and the United Kingdom and withheld from Germany, Spain, Greece, France, Italy and Portugal on the basis of Decision 2003/313/EC.

(4)

In accordance with Article 7(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1258/1999 and Article 7(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 Sectionf3, this Decision, adopted on the basis of accounting information, does not prejudice decisions taken subsequently by the Commission excluding from Community financing expenditure not effected in accordance with Community rules,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 103.

f2

OJ L 114, 8.5.2003, p. 55.

f3

OJ L 158, 8.7.1995, p. 6. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 465/2005 (OJ L 77, 23.3.2005, p. 6).

Contents

  1. 1Article 1
  2. 2Article 2
  3. Signature
  4. Annex Annex

1

The accounts of the German paying agencies Baden-Württemberg and Bayern-Umwelt, the Spanish paying agencies Balearic Islands and Rioja, the Greek paying agency Opekepe, the French paying agencies SDE, Ofival, ONIC, Oniflhor, Onilait, Odeadom, FIRS and Onivins, the Italian paying agencies ARTEA and Lombardy, the Portuguese paying agency Ifadap, and the UK paying agency NAWAD concerning expenditure financed by the EAGGF Guarantee Section for the 2002 financial year are hereby cleared.

The amounts which are recoverable from, or payable to, each Member State in accordance with this Decision are set out in the Annex.

2

This Decision is addressed to the Federal Republic of Germany, the Hellenic Republic, the Kingdom of Spain, the French Republic, the Italian Republic, the Portuguese Republic and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

Signature

Done at Brussels, 21 April 2005.

For the Commission

Mariann Fischer Boel

Member of the Commission

Clearance of accounts of paying agencies 2002 financial year

Amount to be borne by or reimbursed to the Member State

All amounts in EUR except for UK.

MS2002 — Expenditure of paying agencies whose accounts have been clearedReductions and suspensions for the entire financial yearTotal including suspensions and reductionsAdvances paid to the Member State for the financial yearAmount to be recovered from (–) or reimbursed to (+) the Member StateAmount recovered from (–) or paid to (+) the Member State under Decision 2003/313/ECAmount to be recovered from (–) or paid to (+) the Member State under this Decision
= expenditure declared in the annual declaration
abc = a + bde = c – dfg = e – f
DE6 786 194 300,38– 2 246 762,196 783 947 538,196 784 385 251,91– 437 713,72– 437 713,720,0
EL2 646 229 855,76– 16 299 893,42 629 929 962,362 633 805 475,53– 3 875 513,17– 3 875 513,170,0
ES5 938 081 670,18– 10 602 446,745 927 479 223,445 933 065 331,75– 5 586 108,31– 5 586 108,310,0
FR9 783 093 268,9– 31 644 507,479 751 448 761,439 752 167 012,04– 718 250,61– 970 574,65252 324,04
IT5 688 917 096,09– 16 560 025,845 672 357 070,255 671 877 810,7479 259,55479 259,550,0
PT758 723 999,31– 4 627 760,5754 096 238,81753 613 049,56483 189,25483 840,1– 650,85
UK2 265 807 095,09– 1 166 323,582 264 640 771,512 264 305 291,01335 480,5386 523,48– 51 042,98