Commission Regulation (EC) No 1442/98 of 6 July 1998 on the maximum amount of the Community financial contribution to be paid to the Member States concerned in accordance with Council Regulation (EC) No 723/97
7. 7. 98 EN Official Journal of the European Communities L 191/41 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1442/98 of 6 July 1998 on the maximum amount of the Community financial contribution to be paid to the Member States concerned in accordance with Council Regulation (EC) No 723/97 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 723/97 of 22 April 1997 on the implementation of Member States’ action programmes on control of EAGGF Guarantee Section expenditure (1), and in particular Articles 1 and 4 thereof, Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1780/ 97 (2) laying down the rules of application for Regulation (EC) No 723/97, and in particular Article 3 thereof, Whereas Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 723/97 provides that the Community shall contribute towards the costs incurred by Member States in implementing new action programmes, arising out of new Community obligations; whereas Article 4(2) of the same Regulation provides that consulting the Fund the Commission shall, after the Committee, set Community financial contribution having regard to the appropriations and on the basis of the information supplied by the Member States concerned; whereas the amount in question shall be granted in accordance with the maximum annual amount of Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 1780/97; whereas the Member States concerned have supplied the relevant information to the Commission for the year 1998; Whereas the Fund Committee has been consulted on the amounts set out in the Annex to this Regulation, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Article 1 The maximum amount of the Community financial contribution in national currencies towards the costs incurred by the Member States concerned in imple- menting action programmes on control of EAGGF Guar- antee Section expenditure for 1998, provided for by Regu- lation (EC) No 723/97 is set out in the Annex to this Regulation. Article 2 This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 6 July 1998. For the Commission Franz FISCHLER Member of the Commission (1) OJ L 108, 25. 4. 1997, p. 6. (2) OJ L 252, 16. 9. 1997, p. 20. L 191/42 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 7. 7. 98 ANNEX Maximum amount of Community financial contribution for 1998 within the framework of Regulation (EC) No 723/97 Member State Belgium Germany Greece Spain France Ireland Italy Luxembourg Netherlands United Kingdom Austria Finland Sweden Community contribution in national currency BEF DEM 20 329 594 3 061 159 GRD 426 979 666 ESP FRF IEP ITL LUF NLG GBP ATS FIM SEK 442 328 190 14 308 361 616 127 5 595 886 420 3 375 000 1 311 156 1 021 615 8 802 000 977 500 825 000