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Document 32006D0678

    2006/678/EC: Commission Decision of 3 October 2006 on the financial treatment to be applied, in the context of clearance of expenditure financed by the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Section, in certain cases of irregularity by operators (notified under document number C(2006) 4324)

    SL L 278, 10.10.2006, p. 24–31 (ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, IT, LV, LT, HU, NL, PL, PT, SK, SL, FI, SV)

    Legal status of the document In force

    ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2006/678/oj

    10.10.2006   

    EN

    Official Journal of the European Union

    L 278/24


    COMMISSION DECISION

    of 3 October 2006

    on the financial treatment to be applied, in the context of clearance of expenditure financed by the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Section, in certain cases of irregularity by operators

    (notified under document number C(2006) 4324)

    (Only the Spanish, German, English, French, Italian, Dutch and Portuguese texts are authentic)

    (2006/678/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 agricultural policy (1), and in particular Article 8(2) thereof,

    After consulting the Fund Committee,

    Whereas:

    (1)

    Article 8(1)(c) of Regulation (EEC) No 729/70 provides for the Member States to take the measures necessary to recover sums lost as a result of irregularities or negligence. Pursuant to Article 8(2) of Regulation (EEC) No 729/70, in the absence of total recovery, the financial consequences of irregularities or negligence are to be borne by the Community, with the exception of the consequences of irregularities or negligence attributable to administrative authorities or other bodies of the Member States.

    (2)

    In its judgments in Cases C-34/89, Italy v Commission (2), C-54/95, Germany v Commission (3) and C-277/98 France v Commission (4), the Court of Justice has held that the Member States must take steps to rectify irregularities promptly. It follows in particular from the judgment in Case C-34/89 that a Member State cannot be inactive for a period of four years from the moment of the first indication of an irregularity (5). Within that period the investigation should generally be conducted and a decision be taken on the initiation of recovery procedure. In Case C-54/95 the Court indicated that, in principle, the Member States have to start the recovery procedure within one year after the all relevant facts are known with regard to the irregularity.

    (3)

    To date, the Commission has evaluated the recovery proceedings carried out by the Member States as regards irregularities communicated under Council Regulation (EEC) No 595/91 of 4 March 1991 concerning irregularities and the recovery of sums wrongly paid in connection with the financing of the common agricultural policy and the organisation of an information system in this field and repealing Regulation (EEC) No 283/72 (6) before 1 January 1999 and involving amounts of more than EUR 500 000 in order to decide on the financial consequences of those irregularities in accordance with Article 8(2) of Regulation (EEC) No 729/70. In so doing, the Commission has followed the procedure set out in Article 5 of that Regulation and in Article 8 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1663/95 of 7 July 1995 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EEC) No 729/70 regarding the procedure for the clearance of the accounts of the EAGGF Guarantee Section (7).

    (4)

    The verifications and the bilateral discussions with the Member States have shown that in certain cases the Member States did not act with the necessary promptness and diligence. Therefore, the financial consequences of non-recovery should in such cases not be borne by the Community budget.

    (5)

    In all other cases the financial consequences of the irregularities examined should be borne by the Community budget.

    (6)

    Cases notified under Regulation (EEC) No 595/91 in which undue payments have been recovered in full or for which it has been found that no undue payment was made should be removed from the list of notifications provided for in Articles 3 and 5 of that Regulation.

    (7)

    The Commission has informed the Member States in a summary report of the amounts to be excluded from the Community financing and of the grounds on which such exclusion should be decided,

    HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

    Article 1

    The cases listed in Annex I are hereby cleared and the corresponding amounts charged to the Member State concerned.

    Article 2

    The cases listed in Annex II are hereby cleared and the corresponding amounts charged to the Community budget.

    Article 3

    The cases listed in Annex III are removed from the list of notifications provided for in Articles 3 and 5 of Regulation (EEC) No 595/91.

    Article 4

    This Decision is addressed to the Federal Republic of Germany, the Kingdom of Spain, the French Republic, the Italian Republic, the Kingdom of the Netherlands, the Portuguese Republic and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

    Done at Brussels, 3 October 2006.

    For the Commission

    Mariann FISCHER BOEL

    Member of the Commission


    (1)   OJ L 94, 28.4.1970, p. 13. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1287/95 (OJ L 125, 8.6.1995, p. 1).

    (2)  Judgment of 11.10.1990, ECR 1990, p. I-3603.

    (3)  Judgment of 21.1.1999, ECR 1999, p. I-35.

    (4)  Judgment of 13.11.2001, ECR 2001, p. I-8453.

    (5)  Points 12 and 13.

    (6)   OJ L 67, 14.3.1991, p. 11.

    (7)   OJ L 158, 8.7.1995, p. 6. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 465/2005 (OJ L 77, 23.3.2005, p. 6).


    ANNEX I

    Amounts to be charged to the Member States

    (budget item 6701)

    Germany

    Case

    Amount in EUR

    DE/1998/247

    686 190,80


    Spain

    Case

    Amount in EUR

    ES/1996/092

    1 489 982,69

    ES/1996/123

    963 758,23

    Total

    2 453 740,92


    France

    Case

    Amount in EUR

    FR/1998/020

    789 514

    FR/1998/117

    551 743

    Total

    1 341 257


    United Kingdom

    Case

    Amount in GBP

    UK/1998/202/M

    360 758

    UK/1998/202/P

    749 039

    UK/1998/202/T

    274 045

    Total

    1 383 842


    Italy

    Case

    Amount in EUR

    IT/1982/009

    1 408 128,65

    IT/1982/012

    1 366 417,81

    IT/1982/013

    629 935,56

    IT/1982/017

    910 013,88

    IT/1984/004

    41 316,55

    IT/1985/001

    1 910 890,53

    IT/1985/013

    601 357,97

    IT/1985/028

    700 525,75

    IT/1985/034

    519 830,66

    IT/1985/037

    1 719 677,84

    IT/1986/017

    1 249 635,88

    IT/1986/035

    436 082,41

    IT/1986/046

    1 051 645,09

    IT/1986/048

    2 346 406,28

    IT/1987/009

    942 061,74

    IT/1987/106

    2 964 559,78

    IT/1987/118

    952 185,05

    IT/1987/119

    886 233,53

    IT/1987/129

    3 134 051,95

    IT/1987/130

    3 019 712,80

    IT/1988/029

    3 092 803,26

    IT/1988/059

    2 707 017,35

    IT/1988/067

    13 944 336,28

    IT/1988/069

    16 860 045,01

    IT/1988/123

    1 139 567,43

    IT/1989/003(A)

    3 166 518,37

    IT/1989/010

    4 451 687,38

    IT/1989/011

    880 239,40

    IT/1989/012

    954 560,47

    IT/1989/013

    1 756 811,95

    IT/1989/017

    1 151 573,35

    IT/1989/049

    607 978,47

    IT/1989/052

    801 021,02

    IT/1989/055

    729 996,93

    IT/1989/062

    533 048,34

    IT/1989/076

    7 190 795,74

    IT/1989/078

    3 702 297,02

    IT/1989/087

    2 763 062,49

    IT/1989/094

    873 448,66

    IT/1989/097

    883 185,79

    IT/1989/109

    882 625,37

    IT/1989/120

    505 074,81

    IT/1989/130

    952 185,05

    IT/1989/141

    2 353 482,58

    IT/1989/184

    585 745,67

    IT/1989/185

    3 153 808,48

    IT/1989/187

    1 182 320,05

    IT/1989/188

    5 015 307,87

    IT/1989/208

    1 528 863,48

    IT/1990/001

    1 893 038,98

    IT/1990/002

    648 746,26

    IT/1990/004

    889 279,64

    IT/1990/021

    560 702,00

    IT/1990/053

    531 953,50

    IT/1990/059

    8 384 948,04

    IT/1990/064

    2 139 322,74

    IT/1990/066

    667 339,28

    IT/1990/077

    13 964 478,09

    IT/1990/079

    652 412,16

    IT/1990/080

    997 851,72

    IT/1990/081

    2 950 584,42

    IT/1990/083

    1 226 694,20

    IT/1990/084

    695 687,06

    IT/1990/086

    1 037 481,54

    IT/1990/092

    0,00

    IT/1990/094

    3 064 059,49

    IT/1991/002(A)

    2 421 612,13

    IT/1991/004

    3 004 248,14

    IT/1991/006

    1 799 675,37

    IT/1991/008

    3 052 599,57

    IT/1991/009

    1 208 081,21

    IT/1991/014

    1 593 129,84

    IT/1991/017

    790 899,43

    IT/1991/024

    329 539,37

    IT/1991/056

    1 078 101,49

    IT/1991/071

    688 707,00

    IT/1991/075

    1 021 325,69

    IT/1992/006

    87 000,11

    IT/1992/011

    619 240,02

    IT/1992/012

    371 440,00

    IT/1992/060

    2 187 059,94

    IT/1992/061

    417 761,97

    IT/1992/071

    535 447,07

    IT/1992/098

    1 428 011,50

    IT/1992/117

    895 504,86

    IT/1992/118

    1 363 978,00

    IT/1992/230

    1 456 448,72

    IT/1992/232

    2 422 558,12

    IT/1992/237

    3 814 620,91

    IT/1992/239

    4 420 095,25

    IT/1992/245

    1 715 396,91

    IT/1992/249

    1 022 645,34

    IT/1992/253

    1 878 926,73

    IT/1992/254

    844 269,29

    IT/1992/256

    1 031 347,46

    IT/1992/257

    950 810,66

    IT/1992/258

    609 296,43

    IT/1992/264

    558 279,79

    IT/1992/272

    107 354,19

    IT/1992/275

    431 051,94

    IT/1992/284

    5 284 145,77

    IT/1992/285

    82 039,00

    IT/1992/338

    342 141,68

    IT/1994/047

    744 987,49

    IT/1994/063

    11 726 016,74

    IT/1994/092

    1 202 986,10

    IT/1994/095

    1 776 176,16

    IT/1994/151

    654 664,50

    IT/1994/224

    866 412,91

    IT/1994/235

    824 501,93

    IT/1994/245

    1 540 155,94

    IT/1994/246

    519 777,15

    IT/1994/250

    187 310,38

    IT/1994/419

    8 760 422,48

    IT/1994/439

    757 184,91

    IT/1994/445

    2 540 892,25

    IT/1995/031

    1 043 415,42

    IT/1995/053

    5 230 746,31

    IT/1995/054

    3 235 621,62

    IT/1995/060

    1 725 150,04

    IT/1995/099

    1 197 629,77

    IT/1995/103

    2 595 717,93

    IT/1995/117

    808 330,66

    IT/1995/120

    647 980,61

    IT/1995/160

    941 259,59

    IT/1995/259

    1 252 608,76

    IT/1995/277

    951 752,36

    IT/1995/342

    570 807,35

    IT/1995/350

    849 611,86

    IT/1995/363

    623 105,53

    IT/1995/390

    1 040 032,33

    IT/1995/391

    538 652,15

    IT/1996/004

    871 048,24

    IT/1996/006

    3 450 089,59

    IT/1996/009

    5 708 680,07

    IT/1996/019

    70 153,80

    IT/1996/022

    3 645 678,08

    IT/1996/025

    513 677,10

    IT/1996/067

    2 852 184,42

    IT/1996/189

    691 863,13

    IT/1996/205

    5 615 994,15

    IT/1996/207

    650 060,45

    IT/1996/210

    1 078 676,85

    IT/1996/254

    71 572,77

    IT/1996/271

    6 856 477,88

    IT/1996/282

    666 899,01

    IT/1996/301

    3 524 942,01

    IT/1996/302

    2 247 646,99

    IT/1996/388

    1 425 735,47

    IT/1997/074

    583 123,58

    IT/1997/123

    729 996,93

    IT/1997/193

    5 513 248,86

    IT/1998/037

    2 286 015,73

    IT/1998/059

    1 175 865,75

    IT/1998/070

    881 768,99

    IT/1998/103

    503 889,09

    IT/1998/114

    570 848,01

    Total

    310 849 495,98


    ANNEX II

    Amounts to be charged to the EAGGF Guarantee Fund

    Germany

    Case number

    Amount in EUR

    DE/1995/174

    3 644 689,38

    DE/1996/210

    102 911,19

    Total

    3 747 600,57


    Spain

    Case number

    Amount in EUR

    ES/1995/069

    145 393,60

    ES/1996/073

    71 481,48

    ES/1996/085

    1 617 401,34

    ES/1997/255

    2 275 730,27

    ES/1998/056

    509 809,96

    Total

    4 619 816,55


    Netherlands

    Case number

    Amount in EUR

    NL/1997/066

    532 080

    NL/1998/038

    1 922 727

    Total

    2 454 807


    Portugal

    Case number

    Amount in EUR

    PT/1996/014

    1 654 408,37

    PT/1998/015

    608 155,28

    PT/1998/038

    1 417 853,86

    Total

    3 680 417,51


    Italy

    Case number

    Amount in EUR

    IT/1981/014

    598 645,14

    IT/1982/011

    858 791,39

    IT/1988/008

    6 951 704,49

    IT/1988/013

    1 628 505,84

    IT/1988/023

    4 121 803,13

    IT/1988/068

    1 792 260,77

    IT/1988/078

    124 280,67

    IT/1989/001

    4 926 732,53

    IT/1989/016

    538 117,76

    IT/1990/028

    202 927,48

    IT/1990/037

    2 174 169,20

    IT/1991/002(S)

    2 451 649,46

    IT/1993/004

    500 852,00

    IT/1994/004

    617 469,18

    IT/1994/005

    29 851 834,89

    IT/1994/008

    41 760 653,21

    IT/1994/253

    10 089 425,06

    IT/1994/449

    1 500 425,25

    IT/1995/057

    2 144 502,97

    IT/1995/384

    1 283 089,70

    IT/1995/387

    1 698 575,15

    IT/1996/007

    10 949 621,58

    IT/1996/015

    1 040 113,00

    IT/1996/020

    491 865,00

    IT/1996/211

    6 322 642,50

    IT/1996/303

    25 206 583,61

    IT/1997/022

    950 412,40

    IT/1997/159

    516 228,65

    IT/1998/014

    531 544,83

    Total

    161 825 426,84


    ANNEX III

    Irregularity cases to be removed from the list under Regulation (EEC) No 595/91

    Germany

    Case number

     

    DE/1996/016

     

    DE/1996/144

     

    DE/1996/260

     

    DE/1997/015

     

    DE/1997/095

     

    DE/1997/136

     

    DE/1998/040

     

    DE/1998/195

     

    DE/1998/214

    Spain

    Case number

     

    ES/1995/066

     

    ES/1995/071

     

    ES/1996/089

     

    ES/1997/002

     

    ES/1997/040

     

    ES/1997/041

     

    ES/1997/062

    France

    Case number

     

    FR/1996/031

     

    FR/1996/056

     

    FR/1998/010

     

    FR/1998/024

    Netherlands

    Case number

     

    NL/1995/127

     

    NL/1997/059

     

    NL/1998/078

    Portugal

    Case number

    PT/1995/036

    United Kingdom

    Case number

    UK/1998/271

    Italy

    Case number

     

    IT/1986/019(D)

     

    IT/1986/040

     

    IT/1986/043

     

    IT/1987/020

     

    IT/1987/091

     

    IT/1987/092

     

    IT/1988/024

     

    IT/1988/053(D)

     

    IT/1988/070

     

    IT/1989/075

     

    IT/1989/106

     

    IT/1989/136

     

    IT/1989/140

     

    IT/1989/183

     

    IT/1990/016

     

    IT/1990/018

     

    IT/1990/019

     

    IT/1990/024

     

    IT/1990/025

     

    IT/1990/040

     

    IT/1990/048

     

    IT/1990/052

     

    IT/1990/065

     

    IT/1990/071

     

    IT/1990/075

     

    IT/1991/003(A)

     

    IT/1991/011

     

    IT/1991/012

     

    IT/1991/053

     

    IT/1991/055

     

    IT/1991/060

     

    IT/1991/063

     

    IT/1992/005

     

    IT/1992/021

     

    IT/1992/022

     

    IT/1992/023

     

    IT/1992/024

     

    IT/1992/025

     

    IT/1992/026

     

    IT/1992/048

     

    IT/1992/065

     

    IT/1992/066

     

    IT/1992/067

     

    IT/1992/084

     

    IT/1992/097

     

    IT/1992/102

     

    IT/1992/103

     

    IT/1992/234

     

    IT/1992/263

     

    IT/1992/274

     

    IT/1992/276

     

    IT/1992/300

     

    IT/1992/322

     

    IT/1992/323

     

    IT/1992/325

     

    IT/1992/339

     

    IT/1992/343

     

    IT/1992/345

     

    IT/1992/346

     

    IT/1993/008

     

    IT/1994/006

     

    IT/1994/007

     

    IT/1994/068(D)

     

    IT/1994/142

     

    IT/1994/217

     

    IT/1994/219

     

    IT/1994/233

     

    IT/1994/392

     

    IT/1994/430

     

    IT/1994/431

     

    IT/1994/433

     

    IT/1994/450

     

    IT/1995/004

     

    IT/1995/020

     

    IT/1995/023

     

    IT/1995/034

     

    IT/1995/035

     

    IT/1995/036

     

    IT/1995/037

     

    IT/1995/038

     

    IT/1995/118

     

    IT/1995/158

     

    IT/1995/293

     

    IT/1995/296

     

    IT/1995/329

     

    IT/1995/336

     

    IT/1995/356

     

    IT/1995/365

     

    IT/1995/385

     

    IT/1995/386

     

    IT/1996/002

     

    IT/1996/008(A)

     

    IT/1996/008(S)

     

    IT/1996/014

     

    IT/1996/015(D)

     

    IT/1996/277

     

    IT/1996/289

     

    IT/1996/292

     

    IT/1996/304

     

    IT/1996/387

     

    IT/1997/004

     

    IT/1997/008

     

    IT/1997/158

     

    IT/1997/167

     

    IT/1997/192

     

    IT/1998/006

     

    IT/1998/020

     

    IT/1998/021

     

    IT/1998/025

     

    IT/1998/026

     

    IT/1998/027

     

    IT/1998/032

     

    IT/1998/036

     

    IT/1998/045

     

    IT/1998/056

     

    IT/1998/062

     

    IT/1998/068

     

    IT/1998/071

     

    IT/1998/426

     

    IT/2000/059


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