Commission Decision 2008/398/EC

law://eu/dec/2008/398@2026-11-14

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THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1258/1999 of 17 May 1999 on the financing of the common agricultural policy^note, and in particular Article 7(3) thereof,After consulting the Fund Committee,Whereas:

(1)Commission Decision 2007/325/EC^note cleared, for the 2006 financial year, the accounts of all the paying agencies except for the Lithuanian paying agency ‘NMA’ and the Slovak paying agency ‘APA’.

(2)Following the transmission of new information and after additional checks, the Commission can now take a decision concerning expenditure in the field of rural development measures on the integrality, accuracy and veracity of the accounts submitted by the Lithuanian paying agency ‘NMA’ and the Slovak paying agency ‘APA’.

(3)In accordance with the second subparagraph of Article 7(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1258/1999 and Article 7(1) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1663/95^note, this Decision does not prejudice decisions taken subsequently by the Commission excluding from Community financing expenditure not effected in accordance with Community rules,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

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The accounts of the Lithuanian paying agency ‘NMA’ and the Slovak paying agency ‘APA’ concerning expenditure in the field of rural development financed by the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund (EAGGF), Guarantee Section, in respect of the 2006 financial year, are hereby cleared.The amounts which are recoverable from, or payable to, each Member State pursuant to this Decision in the field of rural development measures applicable in Lithuania and Slovakia are set out in Annex I and Annex II.

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This Decision is addressed to the Republic of Lithuania and the Slovak Republic.

Annex I

CLEARANCE OF THE PAYING AGENCIES’ ACCOUNTS
MS		2006 — Expenditure for the paying agencies for which the accounts are	Total a + b	Reductions	Total	Interim payments reimbursed to the Member State for the financial year	Amount to be recovered from (–) or paid to (+) the Member State^note
cleared	disjoined
= expenditure declared in the annual declaration	= total of interim payments reimbursed to the Member State for the financial year
		a	b	c = a + b	d	e = c + d	f	g = e – f
LT	EUR	140012181,61	0,00	140012181,61	0,00	140012181,61	140016503,00	–4321,39
SK	EUR	117633325,77	0,00	117633325,77	0,00	117633325,77	116647230,54	986095,23

Annex II

LITHUANIA
No	Measures	Expenditure 2006Annex I column ‘a’	ReductionsAnnex I column ‘d’	Amount cleared 2006Annex I column ‘e’
		i	ii	iii = i + ii
1	Agri-environment	15494475,76		15494475,76
2	Less-favoured areas and areas with environmental restrictions	47293534,79		47293534,79
3	Meeting standards	21597031,76		21597031,76
4	Afforestation of agricultural land	1231609,30		1231609,30
5	Early retirement	17773634,01		17773634,01
6	Support for semi-subsistence farms undergoing restructuring	1462384,11		1462384,11
7	Other measures	1394540,58		1394540,58
8	Technical assistance	1184624,44		1184624,44
9	Complementary national direct payments	32580346,86		32580346,86
	Total	140012181,61	0,00	140012181,61

Commission Decision 2008/398/EC

Commission Decision 2008/398/EC

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