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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2010-59/introduction",
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  "legislation": "eudn/2010/59",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Decision of 1 February 2010 on the clearance of the accounts of certain paying agencies in Belgium, Germany, Spain, Portugal and Slovakia concerning expenditure financed by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) for the 2008 financial year (notified under document C(2010) 426) (Only the Dutch, French, German, Portuguese, Slovakian and Spanish texts are authentic) (2010/59/EU)",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Commission Decision\nof 1 February 2010\non the clearance of the accounts of certain paying agencies in Belgium, Germany, Spain, Portugal and Slovakia concerning expenditure financed by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) for the 2008 financial year\n(notified under document C(2010) 426)\n(Only the Dutch, French, German, Portuguese, Slovakian and Spanish texts are authentic)\n(2010/59/EU)\nTHE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,\nHaving regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,\nHaving regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1290/2005 of 21 June 2005 on the financing of the common agricultural policy, and in particular Articles 30 and 33 thereof,\nAfter consulting the Fund Committee,\nWhereas:\n(1)\nCommission Decision 2009/373/EC cleared, for the 2008 financial year, the accounts of all the paying agencies except for the Belgian paying agency ‘ALV’, the German paying agencies ‘Bayern’, ‘Brandenburg’, ‘Niedersachsen’ and ‘Schleswig-Holstein’, the Greek paying agency ‘OPEKEPE’, the Spanish paying agency ‘Galicia’, the French paying agency ‘ODARC’, the Italian paying agency ‘ARBEA’ the Portuguese paying agency ‘IFAP’ and the Slovakian paying agency ‘APA’.\n(2)\nFollowing the transmission of new information and after additional checks, the Commission can now take a decision concerning expenditure financed by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) on the integrality, accuracy and veracity of the accounts submitted by the Belgian paying agency ‘ALV’, the German paying agencies ‘Brandenburg’, ‘Niedersachsen’ and ‘Schleswig-Holstein’, the Spanish paying agency ‘Galicia’, the Portuguese paying agency ‘IFAP’ and the Slovakian paying agency ‘APA’.\n(3)\nIn accordance with Article 30(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1290/2005, this Decision does not prejudice decisions taken subsequently by the Commission excluding from Community financing expenditure not effected in accordance with Community rules,\nHAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "OJ L 209, 11.8.2005, p. 1."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "OJ L 116, 9.5.2009, p. 21."
    }
  ],
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