25.8.83 Official Journal of the European Communities NoL235/1 (Acts whose publication is not obligatory) COMMISSION COMMISSION DECISION of 15 July 1983 concerning applications for reimbursement and advance payments for the measures covered by the integrated development programme for the Western Isles of Scotland (Outer Hebrides) (Only the English text is authentic) (83/412/EEC) THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro- pean Economic Community, A Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1939/81 of 30 June 1981 on an integrated develop- ment programme for the Western Isles of Scotland (Outer Hebrides) ('), and in particular Article 9 (4) thereof, Whereas applications for reimbursement and for ad- vance payments to be submitted by the United King- dom to the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund, Guidance Section, must include cer- tain information making it possible to verify that the expenditure complies with Regulation (EEC) No 1939/81 and with the agricultural measures forming part of the integrated development programme for the Western Isles of Scotland (Outer Hebrides) and approved in accordance with Article 5 (3) of that Regulation; Whereas to permit proper control, the United: King- dom must keep the supporting documents on file at the Commission’s disposal for a period of three years after payment of the final reimbursement; Whereas, to enable the Commission to make advance payments, the necessary detailed rules and procedures should be laid down; (') OJ No L 197, 20. 7. 1981, p. 6. ' Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee of the European Agricultural Guidance and Guaran- tee Fund, HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION: Article 1 1. The applications for reimbursement referred to in Article 9 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 1939/81 must conform with the tables set out in Annexes 1 to 1.10. ' 2. The United Kingdom shall notify to the Com- mission, with the first application for reimbursement, the texts of the national implementing and control provisions and the administrative instructions as well . as the forms or any other documents relating to the administrative implementation of the measure. Article 2 The United Kingdom shall hold at the Commission’s .disposal, for a period of three years after payment of the final reimbursement, all the supporting documents - or the certified copies thereof in its possession on the basis of which the aid provided for in Regulation (EEC) No 1939/81 has been approved, and the com- plete files on the beneficiaries as well as any docu- ments and tables on the basis of which the reimburse- ment and advance applications have been established.