1999/151/EC: Commission Decision of 10 February 1999 on the clearance of the accounts of Greece and Spain in respect of expenditure financed by the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund (EAGGF), Guarantee Section, for the 1997 financial year and amending Decision 98/324/EC (notified under document number C(1999) 215) (Only the Spanish and Greek versions are authentic)
L 49/42 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 25. 2. 1999 COMMISSION DECISION of 10 February 1999 on the clearance of the accounts of Greece and Spain in respect of expenditure financed by the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund (EAGGF), Guarantee Section, for the 1997 financial year and amending Decision 98/324/EC (notified under document number C(1999) 215) (Only the Spanish and Greek versions are authentic) (1999/151/EC) THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 729/70 of 21 April 1970 on the financing of the common agricul- tural policy (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1287/95 (2), and in particular Article 5(2)(b) thereof, After consulting the Fund Committee, (1) Whereas, with regard to the third subparagraph of Article 7(1) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 296/96 of 16 February 1996 on data to be forwarded by the Member States and the monthly booking of expenditure financed under the Guar- antee the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund (EAGGF) and repealing Regulation (EEC) No 2776/88 (3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2236/98 (4), account is taken for the 1997 financial year of expenditure States between 16 October 1996 and 15 October 1997; the Member incurred by Section of (2) Whereas the accounts of three paying agencies in Spain concerning expenditure financed by the EAGGF Guarantee Section for the 1997 financial year which could not be cleared by Decision 98/ 324/EC (5) were disjoined from that Decision; for those paying agencies, the annual accounts and the accompanying the Commission to take a decision on the veracity, completences, accounts and accuracy of submitted; now permit documents the (3) Whereas a reduction for Greece for milk levies not yet repaid to the Fund, made as part of the reduc- tions and suspensions of advances for the 1997 (1) OJ L 94, 28. 4. 1970, p. 13. (2) OJ L 125, 8. 6. 1995, p. 1. (3) OJ L 39, 17. 2. 1996, p. 5. (4) OJ L 281, 17. 10. 1998, p. 9. (5) OJ L 141, 13. 5. 1998, p. 38. financial year, was not in Decision 98/324/EC; whereas that omission now needs to be rectified in order to prevent any preju- dice to the Fund; taken into account (4) Whereas a reduction was made in Decision 98/ 324/EC for Spain for transport costs in the food aid programme; whereas following receipt of further justification, that amount can now be accepted for funding; (5) Whereas the second subparagraph of Article 7(1) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1663/95 (6), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 896/97 (7), lays down that the amounts which are recoverable from, or payable to, each Member State are to be deducted from, or added to, advances against expenditure from the second month following that in which the accounts clearance decision is taken; (6) Whereas, in accordance with the third subpara- graph of Article 5(2)(b) of Regulation (EEC) No 729/70 and Article 7(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1663/95, this Decision, adopted on the basis of accounting information, does not prejudice deci- taken subsequently by the Commission sions excluding from Community financing expenditure not effected in accordance with Community rules, HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION: Article 1 accounts of three paying agencies The in Spain concerning expenditure financed by the EAGGF Guar- antee Section in respect of the 1997 financial year are cleared as shown in Annex I. (6) OJ L 158, 8. 7. 1995, p. 6. (7) OJ L 128, 21. 5. 1997, p. 8. 25. 2. 1999 EN Official Journal of the European Communities L 49/43 Article 2 The parts of Annex III of Decision 98/324/EC relating to Greece and Spain are replaced by Annex II to this Decision. The amounts recoverable from or payable to those Member States pursuant to this clear- ance of accounts are shown in Annex II. This Decision is addressed to the Hellenic Republic and the Kingdom of Spain. Article 3 Done at Brussels, 10 February 1999. For the Commission Franz FISCHLER Member of the Commission L 49/44 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 25. 2. 1999 ANNEX I CLEARANCE OF THE PAYING AGENCIES’ ACCOUNTS — FINANCIAL YEAR 1997 List of paying agencies for which the accounts are cleared as follows: Member State Paying agency ES Asturias Cantabria Galicia Amounts cleared in national currency 6 086 962 819 2 301 259 183 9 546 951 740 ANNEX II CLEARANCE OF THE PAYING AGENCIES’ ACCOUNTS — FINANCIAL YEAR 1997 Amount to be recovered from or paid to the Member State Member State 1997 — Expenditure for the paying agencies for which the accounts are cleared disjoined expenditure declared in the annual declaration total of the expenditure in the monthly declarations Total a+b Reductions and suspensions for the whole financial year Total including reductions and suspensions Advances paid to the Member State for the financial year Amount to be recovered from (–) or paid to (+) the Member State Amount recovered from (–) or paid to (+) the Member State following Decision 98/324/EC Amount to be recovered from (–) or paid to (+) the Member State following current Decision a b c=a+b d e=c+d f g=e–f h i=g–h EL ES 838 160 189 878,00 0,00 838 160 189 878,00 –321 314 275,00 837 838 875 603,00 837 583 977 475,00 0,00 254 898 128,00 –254 898 128,00 765 690 088 164,00 0,00 765 690 088 164,00 –11 605 439 889,00 754 084 648 275,00 754 685 638 584,00 –581 375 294,00 –600 990 309,00 19 615 015,00 (1) For the calculation of the amount to be recovered from or paid to the Member State, the amount taken into account is the total of the annual declaration for the expenditure cleared (column a) or the total of the monthly declarations for the expenditure disjointed (column b). (2) The reductions and suspensions are those taken into account in the advance system, to which are added in particular the corrections for the non-respect of payment deadlines established in September and October 1997. 2 5. 2. 1 9 9 9 E N O f f i c i a l J o u r n a l o f t h e E u r o p e a n C o m m u n i t i e s L 4 9 / 4 5