No L 229/6 Official Journal of the European Communities 13.8.81 COMMISSION COMMISSION DECISION of 8 July 1981 on applications for reimbursement of premiums for the temporary or permanent abandonment of certain areas under vines and for the renunciation of re-planting (81/625/EEC) THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 456/80 of 18 February 1980 on the granting of temporary and permanent abandonment premiums in respect of certain areas under vines and of premiums for the renunciation of re-planting (), and in particular Article 14 (2) thereof, Whereas applications for reimbursement of the premiums paid under the scheme introduced by Regulation (EEC) No 456/80 must provide certain data so that the compliance of the expenditure with the provisions of the said Regulation may be verified; Whereas, if controls are to be effective, Member States must keep supporting documents at the Commission’s disposal for a period of three years after payment of the last reimbursement in respect of a project; Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the EAGGF Committee, HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION: () OJ No L 57, 29.2. 1980, p. 16. Article 1 1. The applications for reimbursement referred to in Article 14 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 456/80 must conform to the specimens shown in the Annexes to this Regulation. 2. Member States shall communicate to the Commission, with their first application for reimbursement, the texts of the national implementing provisions and administrative instructions, together with the forms and any other documents relating to the administration of the measure. Article 2 Member States shall keep at the Commission’s disposal, for a period of three years after the payment of the last reimbursement in respect of a project, all the supporting documents or certified copies which are in its possession and on the basis of which the premiums provided for in Regulation (EEC) No 456/80 have been granted. Article 3 This Decision is addressed to the Member States. Done at Brussels, 8 July 1981. For the Commission The President Gaston THORN