Commission Decision 2009/366/EC

law://eu/dec/2009/366@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 1290/2005 of 21 June 2005 on the financing of the common agricultural policy^note, and in particular Articles 30 and 39 thereof,After consulting the Committee on the Agricultural Funds,Whereas:

(1)On the basis of the annual accounts submitted by the Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia concerning expenditure in the field of rural development measures, accompanied by the information required, the accounts of the paying agencies referred to in Article 6(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1290/2005 are to be cleared. The clearance covers the completeness, accuracy and veracity of the accounts transmitted in the light of the reports established by the certification bodies.

(2)The time limits granted to the Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia referred to in Article 7(2) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 885/2006 of 21 June 2006 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 1290/2005 as regards the accreditation of paying agencies and other bodies and the clearance of the accounts of the EAGF and of the EAFRD^note for the submission to the Commission of the documents referred to in Article 8(1)(c) of Regulation (EC) No 1290/2005 and in Article 7(1) of Regulation (EC) No 885/2006, have expired.

(3)The Commission has checked the information submitted and communicated to the Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia before 31 March 2009 the results of its verifications, along with the necessary amendments.

(4)For the rural development expenditure covered by Article 7(2) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 27/2004 of 5 January 2004 laying down transitional detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 1257/1999 as regards the financing by the EAGF of rural development measures in the Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia^note the outcome of the clearance decision is to be deducted from or added to subsequent payments made by the Commission.

(5)In the light of the verifications made, the annual accounts and the accompanying documents permit the Commission to take, for certain paying agencies, a decision on the completeness, accuracy and veracity of the accounts submitted. The details of these amounts were described in the Summary Report that was presented to the Fund Committee at the same time as this Decision.

(6)In the light of the verifications made, the information submitted by certain paying agencies requires additional inquiries and their accounts cannot be therefore cleared in this Decision.

(7)For the rural development expenditure covered by Regulation (EC) No 27/2004, the amounts recoverable or payable under the clearance of accounts decision are to be deducted from or added to subsequent payments.

(8)In accordance with Article 30(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1290/2005, 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:

Article 1 #

Without prejudice to Article 2, the accounts of the paying agencies of the Member States concerning expenditure in the field of rural development financed by the European Agricultural Guarantee Fund (EAGF) in respect of the 2008 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 the Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia are set out in Annex I and Annex II.

Article 2 #

For the 2008 financial year, the accounts of the Member States' paying agencies in the field of rural development measures applicable in the Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia, set out in Annex III, are disjoined from this Decision and shall be the subject of a future clearance Decision.

Article 3 #

This Decision is addressed to the Czech Republic, the Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of Hungary, the Republic of Malta, the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Slovenia and the Slovak Republic.

Annex I

CLEARANCE OF THE PAYING AGENCIES' ACCOUNTSFINANCIAL YEAR 2008 — EAGF RURAL DEVELOPMENT EXPENDITURE IN NEW MEMBER STATES
MS		2008 — 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
CZ	EUR	32399539,50		32399539,50	0,00	32399539,50	0,00	32399539,50
EE	EUR	24148768,74		24148768,74	0,00	24148768,74	0,00	24148768,74
CY	EUR	17570826,20		17570826,20	0,00	17570826,20	11388159,00	6182667,20
LV	EUR	46986857,87		46986857,87	0,00	46986857,87	0,00	46986857,87
LT	EUR	79148259,37		79148259,37	0,00	79148259,37	0,00	79148259,37
HU	EUR	90290537,46		90290537,46	0,00	90290537,46	0,00	90290537,46
MT	EUR	0,00	2699140,00	2699140,00	0,00	2699140,00	2699140,00	0,00
PL	EUR	121595191,28		121595191,28	0,00	121595191,28	0,00	121595191,28
SI	EUR	607424,53		607424,53	0,00	607424,53	0,00	607424,53
SK	EUR	39259760,34		39259760,34	0,00	39259760,34	0,00	39259760,34

Annex II

CZECH REPUBLIC
No	Measures	Expenditure 2008Annex I column ‘a’	ReductionsAnnex I column ‘d’	Amount cleared for 2008Annex I column ‘e’
		i	ii	iii = i + ii
1	Early retirement	486177,10		486177,10
2	Less-favoured areas	–62324,19		–62324,19
3	Agri-environment	24415487,28		24415487,28
4	Forestry	768151,81		768151,81
5	Producer groups	6792047,50		6792047,50
6	Technical assistance	0,00		0,00
7	Sapard	0,00		0,00
700	Investments in agricultural holdings, Regulation (EC) No 1268/1999	0,00		0,00
701	Processing and marketing, Regulation (EC) No 1268/1999	0,00		0,00
702	Flood damage 1	0,00		0,00
703	Improving structures for quality	0,00		0,00
704	Land improvement and reparcelling	0,00		0,00
705	Renovation and development of villages	0,00		0,00
706	Flood damage 2	0,00		0,00
707	Development of rural infrastructure	0,00		0,00
708	Development and diversification of activities	0,00		0,00
709	Agricultural production methods to protect	0,00		0,00
710	Improvement of vocational training	0,00		0,00
711	Technical assistance Sapard	0,00		0,00
	Total	32399539,50	0,00	32399539,50

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CLEARANCE OF THE PAYING AGENCIES' ACCOUNTSFINANCIAL YEAR 2008 — EAGF RURAL DEVELOPMENT EXPENDITURE IN NEW MEMBER STATES
Member State	Paying agency
Malta	MRRA

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