Commission Decision of 3 October 2007 excluding from Community financing certain expenditure incurred by the Member States under the Guarantee Section of the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund (EAGGF) (notified under document number C(2007) 4477) (only the Spanish, Danish, German, Greek, English, French, Italian, Dutch, Portuguese and Swedish texts are authentic) (2007/647/EC) in Scotland
EU Decision 2007/647 · Adopted 3 October 2007 · Extends to United Kingdom
Commission Decision
of 3 October 2007
excluding from Community financing certain expenditure incurred by the Member States under the Guarantee Section of the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund (EAGGF)
(notified under document number C(2007) 4477)
(only the Spanish, Danish, German, Greek, English, French, Italian, Dutch, Portuguese and Swedish texts are authentic)
(2007/647/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 729/70 of 21 April 1970 on the financing of the common agricultural policyf1, and in particular Article 5(2)(c) thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1258/1999 of 17 May 1999 on the financing of the common agricultural policyf2, and in particular Article 7(4) thereof,
Having consulted the Committee on the Agricultural Funds,
Whereas:
(1)
Under Article 5 of Regulation (EEC) No 729/70, Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 1258/1999, and Article 8(1) and (2) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1663/95 of 7 July 1995 laying down detailed rules for the application of Regulation (EEC) No 729/70 regarding the procedure for the clearance of the accounts of the EAGGF Guarantee Sectionf3, the Commission is to carry out the necessary verifications, communicate to the Member States the results of these verifications, take note of the comments of the Member States, initiate a bilateral discussion so that an agreement may be reached with the Member States in question, and formally communicate its conclusions to them.
(2)
The Member States have had an opportunity to request the launch of a conciliation procedure. That opportunity has been used in some cases and the report issued on the outcome has been examined by the Commission.
(3)
Under Articles 2 and 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 729/70 and Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 1258/1999, only refunds on exports to third countries and intervention to stabilise agricultural markets, granted and undertaken respectively according to Community rules within the framework of the common organisation of the agricultural markets, may be financed.
(4)
In the light of the verifications carried out, the outcome of the bilateral discussions and the conciliation procedures, part of the expenditure declared by the Member States does not fulfil these requirements and cannot, therefore, be financed under the EAGGF Guarantee Section.
(5)
The amounts that are not recognised as being chargeable to the EAGGF Guarantee Section should be indicated. Those amounts do not relate to expenditure incurred more than 24 months before the Commission's written notification of the results of the verifications to the Member States.
(6)
As regards the cases covered by this Decision, the assessment of the amounts to be excluded on grounds of non-compliance with Community rules was notified by the Commission to the Member States in a summary report on the subject.
(7)
This Decision is without prejudice to any financial conclusions that the Commission may draw from the judgments of the Court of Justice in cases pending on 30 April 2007 and relating to its content,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Annotations to the whole text
Footnotes
- f1
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OJ L 94, 28.4.1970, p. 13. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1287/95 (OJ L 125, 8.6.1995, p. 1).
- f2
- f3
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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
The expenditure itemised in the Annex hereto that has been incurred by the Member States' accredited paying agencies and declared under the EAGGF Guarantee Section shall be excluded from Community financing because it does not comply with Community rules.
2
This Decision is addressed to the Kingdom of Belgium, the Kingdom of Denmark, the Federal Republic of Germany, the Hellenic Republic, the Kingdom of Spain, the French Republic, Ireland, the Italian Republic, the Kingdom of the Netherlands, the Portuguese Republic, the Kingdom of Sweden and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
Signature
Done at Brussels, 3 October 2007.
For the Commission
Mariann Fischer Boel
Member of the Commission
Total corrections — Budget item 6701
| MS | Measure | FY | Reason | Type | % | Currency | Amount | Deductions already made | Financial impact |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BE | Financial audit — Late payments | 2005 | Failure to meet payment deadlines | one-off | EUR | -45 406,3 | -45 406,3 | 0,0 | |
| Total BE | EUR | -45 406,3 | -45 406,3 | 0,0 | |||||
| DE | Exceptional market measures | 2001 | Weaknesses in documentation and physical on-the-spot supervisions | flat-rate | 5 % | EUR | -1 182 038,83 | 0,0 | -1 182 038,83 |
| DE | Exceptional market measures | 2002 | Weaknesses in documentation and physical on-the-spot supervisions | flat-rate | 5 % | EUR | -284 869,3 | 0,0 | -284 869,3 |
| DE | Direct Payments | 2005 | Poor follow-up of evident overclaims identified following GIS establishment | one-off | EUR | -32 236,96 | 0,0 | -32 236,96 | |
| Total DE | EUR | -1 499 145,09 | 0,0 | -1 499 145,09 | |||||
| DK | Clearance of accounts | 2005 | Financial clearance | one-off | DKK | -96 741,7 | -23 951,9 | -72 789,8 | |
| DK | Financial audit — Overshooting | 2005 | Overshooting of financial ceilings | one-off | EUR | -125 996,55 | -125 996,55 | 0,0 | |
| Total DK | DKK | -96 741,7 | -23 951,9 | -72 789,8 | |||||
| Total DK | EUR | -125 996,55 | -125 996,55 | 0,0 | |||||
| ES | Milk quota | 1997 | Milk deliveries underdeclared | one-off | EUR | -1 350 020,32 | 0,0 | -1 350 020,32 | |
| ES | Arable Crops | 2004 | The sanctions and exclusion due to intentional non-compliance foreseen for in Article 33 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 2419/2001 are not applied | flat-rate | 2 % | EUR | -276 716,91 | 0,0 | -276 716,91 |
| ES | Arable Crops | 2005 | The sanctions and exclusion due to intentional non-compliance foreseen for in Article 33 of Regulation (EC) No 2419/2001 are not applied | flat-rate | 2 % | EUR | -274 130,08 | 0,0 | -274 130,08 |
| ES | Fruit and Veg's — Citrus Processing | 1998 | Reimbursement following partial annulment of Decision 2004/136/EC by the judgement of the Court of Justice in case T-220/04 | one-off | EUR | 532 684,56 | 0,0 | 532 684,56 | |
| ES | Fruit and Veg's — Citrus Processing | 1999 | Reimbursement following partial annulment of Decision 2004/136/EC by the judgement of the Court of Justice in case T-220/04 | one-off | EUR | 435 837,7 | 0,0 | 435 837,7 | |
| ES | Fruit and Veg's — Citrus Processing | 2000 | Reimbursement following partial annulment of Commission Decision 2004/136/EC by the judgement of the Court of Justice in case T-220/04 | one-off | EUR | 11 032,22 | 0,0 | 11 032,22 | |
| ES | Meat Premiums — Bovines | 2002 | Systematic late controls on the spot | flat-rate | 5 % | EUR | -30 407,71 | 0,0 | -30 407,71 |
| ES | Meat Premiums — Bovines | 2003 | Systematic late controls on the spot | flat-rate | 5 % | EUR | -159 064,73 | 0,0 | -159 064,73 |
| ES | Meat Premiums — Bovines | 2004 | Systematic late controls on the spot | flat-rate | 5 % | EUR | -232 483,16 | 0,0 | -232 483,16 |
| ES | Public Storage of butter | 2002 | Undue financing costs | one-off | EUR | -141 002,61 | 0,0 | -141 002,61 | |
| ES | Public Storage of butter | 2003 | Undue financing costs | one-off | EUR | -67 250,22 | 0,0 | -67 250,22 | |
| Total ES | EUR | -1 551 521,26 | 0,0 | -1 551 521,26 | |||||
| FR | Financial audit — Late payments | 2005 | Failure to meet payment deadlines | one-off | EUR | -696 062,71 | -934 532,21 | 238 469,5 | |
| FR | Financial audit — Overshooting | 2005 | Overshooting of financial ceilings | one-off | EUR | -501,92 | -501,92 | 0,0 | |
| FR | Fruit and Veg's — Producer organisations | 2003 | Non-respect of recognition criteria | one-off | EUR | -24 478 123,67 | 0,0 | -24 478 123,67 | |
| FR | Fruit and Veg's — Producer organisations | 2004 | Non-respect of recognition criteria | one-off | EUR | -25 243 299,77 | 0,0 | -25 243 299,77 | |
| FR | Meat Premiums — Bovines | 2003 | Weaknesses regarding controls of animals only identified by tattoos | flat-rate | 2 % | EUR | -168 812,0 | 0,0 | -168 812,0 |
| FR | Meat Premiums — Bovines | 2004 | Weaknesses regarding controls of animals only identified by tattoos | flat-rate | 2 % | EUR | -115 584,0 | 0,0 | -115 584,0 |
| FR | Meat Premiums — Bovines | 2005 | Weaknesses regarding controls of animals only identified by tattoos | flat-rate | 2 % | EUR | -65 764,0 | 0,0 | -65 764,0 |
| Total FR | EUR | -50 768 148,07 | -935 034,13 | -49 833 113,94 | |||||
| GB | Financial audit — Overshooting | 2005 | Overshooting of financial ceilings | one-off | EUR | -795 921,45 | 0,0 | -795 921,45 | |
| Total GB | EUR | -795 921,45 | 0,0 | -795 921,45 | |||||
| IT | Dried Fodder | 2002 | Non-adequate control of the enterprises transforming the fodder | flat-rate | 5 % | EUR | -1 828 877,58 | 0,0 | -1 828 877,58 |
| IT | Dried Fodder | 2003 | Non-adequate control of the enterprises transforming the fodder | flat-rate | 2 % | EUR | -44 421,46 | 0,0 | -44 421,46 |
| IT | Dried Fodder | 2003 | Non-adequate control of the enterprises transforming the fodder | flat-rate | 5 % | EUR | -2 399 395,34 | 0,0 | -2 399 395,34 |
| IT | Dried Fodder | 2004 | Weaknesses regarding controls of operators of the network | flat-rate | 2 % | EUR | -512 153,03 | 0,0 | -512 153,03 |
| IT | Dried Fodder | 2004 | Weaknesses regarding controls of operators of the network | flat-rate | 5 % | EUR | -9 132,02 | 0,0 | -9 132,02 |
| IT | Dried Fodder | 2004 | Non-adequate control of the enterprises transforming the fodder | flat-rate | 5 % | EUR | -645 442,92 | 0,0 | -645 442,92 |
| IT | Dried Fodder | 2005 | Weaknesses regarding controls of operators of the network | flat-rate | 2 % | EUR | -774 140,65 | 0,0 | -774 140,65 |
| IT | Dried Fodder | 2005 | Weaknesses regarding controls of operators of the network | flat-rate | 5 % | EUR | -1 552,69 | 0,0 | -1 552,69 |
| IT | Meat Premiums — Bovines | 2003 | Systematic late controls on the spot | flat-rate | 5 % | EUR | -456 327,0 | 0,0 | -456 327,0 |
| IT | Meat Premiums — Bovines | 2004 | Systematic late controls on the spot | flat-rate | 5 % | EUR | -295 911,0 | 0,0 | -295 911,0 |
| IT | Olive Oil — Production aid | 2001 | Shortcomings in controls of the mills, weaknesses in respect of the olive trees and the yield | flat-rate | 5 % | EUR | -40 284 269,55 | 0,0 | -40 284 269,55 |
| IT | Olive Oil — Production aid | 2002 | Shortcomings in controls of the mills, weaknesses in respect of the olive trees and the yield | flat-rate | 5 % | EUR | -34 743 757,29 | 0,0 | -34 743 757,29 |
| IT | Olive Oil — Production aid | 2003 | Shortcomings in controls of the mills, weaknesses in respect of the olive trees and the yield | flat-rate | 5 % | EUR | -113 946,89 | 0,0 | -113 946,89 |
| IT | Olive Oil — Production aid | 2004 | Shortcomings in controls of the mills, weaknesses in respect of the olive trees and the yield | flat-rate | 5 % | EUR | -1 289 091,84 | 0,0 | -1 289 091,84 |
| Total IT | EUR | -83 398 419,26 | 0,0 | -83 398 419,26 | |||||
| NL | Financial audit — Late payments | 2005 | Failure to meet payment deadlines | one-off | EUR | -206 100,68 | -206 100,68 | 0,0 | |
| NL | Financial audit — Overshooting | 2005 | Overshooting of financial ceilings | one-off | EUR | -60 859,36 | -60 859,36 | 0,0 | |
| Total NL | EUR | -266 960,04 | -266 960,04 | 0,0 | |||||
| PT | Wine — Restructuring | 2001 | Weaknesses in key on-the-spot controls and in determination of the eligible areas | flat-rate | 2 % | EUR | -77 342,02 | 0,0 | -77 342,02 |
| PT | Wine — Restructuring | 2002 | Weaknesses in key on-the-spot controls and in determination of the eligible areas | flat-rate | 2 % | EUR | -649 828,57 | 0,0 | -649 828,57 |
| PT | Wine — Restructuring | 2003 | Weaknesses in key on-the-spot controls and in determination of the eligible areas | flat-rate | 2 % | EUR | -673 890,89 | 0,0 | -673 890,89 |
| PT | Wine — Restructuring | 2004 | Weaknesses in key on-the-spot controls and in determination of the eligible areas | flat-rate | 2 % | EUR | -565 733,93 | 0,0 | -565 733,93 |
| Total PT | EUR | -1 966 795,41 | 0,0 | -1 966 795,41 | |||||
| SE | Arable Crops | 2004 | The level of on-the-spot (Rapid Field Visits) checks carried out under the minimum rate required | flat-rate | 5 % | SEK | -12 198 084,1 | 0,0 | -12 198 084,1 |
| SE | Direct Payments | 2005 | The level of on-the-spot (Rapid Field Visits) checks carried out under the minimum rate required | flat-rate | 5 % | SEK | -12 640 336,05 | 0,0 | -12 640 336,05 |
| SE | Direct Payments | 2005 | Low quality of the remote sensing checks | flat-rate | 2 % | SEK | -9 280 142,64 | 0,0 | -9 280 142,64 |
| Total SE | SEK | -34 118 562,79 | 0,0 | -34 118 562,79 | |||||
Total corrections — Budget item 05 07 01 07
| MS | Measure | FY | Reason | Type | % | Currency | Amount | Deductions already made | Financial impact |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GR | Financial audit — Overshooting | 2005 | Overshooting of financial ceilings | one-off | EUR | 0,0 | -348 181,42 | 348 181,42 | |
| Total GR | EUR | 0,0 | -348 181,42 | 348 181,42 | |||||
| IE | Financial audit — Late payments | 2005 | Failure to meet payment deadlines | one-off | EUR | -1 064 668,75 | -3 495 598,23 | 2 430 929,48 | |
| Total IE | EUR | -1 064 668,75 | -3 495 598,23 | 2 430 929,48 | |||||