Introductory text
United Kingdom
Commission Regulation (EC) No 884/2009
of 23 September 2009
laying down form and content of the accounting information to be submitted to the Commission for the purpose of the clearance of the accounts of the EAGF and EAFRD as well as for monitoring and forecasting purposes
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1290/2005 of 21 June 2005 on the financing of the common agricultural policyf1, and in particular Article 42 thereof,
Whereas:
(1)
Article 8(1) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 885/2006 of 21 June 2006 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 1290/2005 as regards the accreditation of paying agencies and other bodies and the clearance of the accounts of the EAGF and of the EAFRDf2 provides that the form and content of the accounting information referred to in Article 7(1)(c) of that Regulation and the way it is to be forwarded to the Commission are to be established.
(2)
The form and content of the accounting information to be submitted to the Commission for the purpose of the clearance of the accounts of the European Agricultural Guarantee Fund (EAGF) and of the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) as well as for monitoring and forecasting purposes are presently laid down in Commission Regulation (EC) No 941/2008f3.
(3)
The Annexes to Regulation (EC) No 941/2008 cannot be used for their intended purposes in the financial year 2010. Regulation (EC) No 941/2008 should therefore be repealed and replaced by a new regulation setting out the form and content of the accounting information for that financial year.
(4)
The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Agricultural Funds Committee,
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