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)
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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, 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, C-54/95, Germany v Commission and C-277/98 France v Commission, 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. 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 before 1 January 1999 and involving amounts of more than EUR 500000 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.
(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
ANNEX
ANNEX I Amounts to be charged to the Member States (budget item 6701)
Germany Case Amount in EUR DE/1998/247 686190,80 Spain Case Amount in EUR ES/1996/092 1489982,69 ES/1996/123 963758,23 Total 2453740,92 France Case Amount in EUR FR/1998/020 789514 FR/1998/117 551743 Total 1341257 United Kingdom Case Amount in GBP UK/1998/202/M 360758 UK/1998/202/P 749039 UK/1998/202/T 274045 Total 1383842 Italy Case Amount in EUR IT/1982/009 1408128,65 IT/1982/012 1366417,81 IT/1982/013 629935,56 IT/1982/017 910013,88 IT/1984/004 41316,55 IT/1985/001 1910890,53 IT/1985/013 601357,97 IT/1985/028 700525,75 IT/1985/034 519830,66 IT/1985/037 1719677,84 IT/1986/017 1249635,88 IT/1986/035 436082,41 IT/1986/046 1051645,09 IT/1986/048 2346406,28 IT/1987/009 942061,74 IT/1987/106 2964559,78 IT/1987/118 952185,05 IT/1987/119 886233,53 IT/1987/129 3134051,95 IT/1987/130 3019712,80 IT/1988/029 3092803,26 IT/1988/059 2707017,35 IT/1988/067 13944336,28 IT/1988/069 16860045,01 IT/1988/123 1139567,43 IT/1989/003(A) 3166518,37 IT/1989/010 4451687,38 IT/1989/011 880239,40 IT/1989/012 954560,47 IT/1989/013 1756811,95 IT/1989/017 1151573,35 IT/1989/049 607978,47 IT/1989/052 801021,02 IT/1989/055 729996,93 IT/1989/062 533048,34 IT/1989/076 7190795,74 IT/1989/078 3702297,02 IT/1989/087 2763062,49 IT/1989/094 873448,66 IT/1989/097 883185,79 IT/1989/109 882625,37 IT/1989/120 505074,81 IT/1989/130 952185,05 IT/1989/141 2353482,58 IT/1989/184 585745,67 IT/1989/185 3153808,48 IT/1989/187 1182320,05 IT/1989/188 5015307,87 IT/1989/208 1528863,48 IT/1990/001 1893038,98 IT/1990/002 648746,26 IT/1990/004 889279,64 IT/1990/021 560702,00 IT/1990/053 531953,50 IT/1990/059 8384948,04 IT/1990/064 2139322,74 IT/1990/066 667339,28 IT/1990/077 13964478,09 IT/1990/079 652412,16 IT/1990/080 997851,72 IT/1990/081 2950584,42 IT/1990/083 1226694,20 IT/1990/084 695687,06 IT/1990/086 1037481,54 IT/1990/092 0,00 IT/1990/094 3064059,49 IT/1991/002(A) 2421612,13 IT/1991/004 3004248,14 IT/1991/006 1799675,37 IT/1991/008 3052599,57 IT/1991/009 1208081,21 IT/1991/014 1593129,84 IT/1991/017 790899,43 IT/1991/024 329539,37 IT/1991/056 1078101,49 IT/1991/071 688707,00 IT/1991/075 1021325,69 IT/1992/006 87000,11 IT/1992/011 619240,02 IT/1992/012 371440,00 IT/1992/060 2187059,94 IT/1992/061 417761,97 IT/1992/071 535447,07 IT/1992/098 1428011,50 IT/1992/117 895504,86 IT/1992/118 1363978,00 IT/1992/230 1456448,72 IT/1992/232 2422558,12 IT/1992/237 3814620,91 IT/1992/239 4420095,25 IT/1992/245 1715396,91 IT/1992/249 1022645,34 IT/1992/253 1878926,73 IT/1992/254 844269,29 IT/1992/256 1031347,46 IT/1992/257 950810,66 IT/1992/258 609296,43 IT/1992/264 558279,79 IT/1992/272 107354,19 IT/1992/275 431051,94 IT/1992/284 5284145,77 IT/1992/285 82039,00 IT/1992/338 342141,68 IT/1994/047 744987,49 IT/1994/063 11726016,74 IT/1994/092 1202986,10 IT/1994/095 1776176,16 IT/1994/151 654664,50 IT/1994/224 866412,91 IT/1994/235 824501,93 IT/1994/245 1540155,94 IT/1994/246 519777,15 IT/1994/250 187310,38 IT/1994/419 8760422,48 IT/1994/439 757184,91 IT/1994/445 2540892,25 IT/1995/031 1043415,42 IT/1995/053 5230746,31 IT/1995/054 3235621,62 IT/1995/060 1725150,04 IT/1995/099 1197629,77 IT/1995/103 2595717,93 IT/1995/117 808330,66 IT/1995/120 647980,61 IT/1995/160 941259,59 IT/1995/259 1252608,76 IT/1995/277 951752,36 IT/1995/342 570807,35 IT/1995/350 849611,86 IT/1995/363 623105,53 IT/1995/390 1040032,33 IT/1995/391 538652,15 IT/1996/004 871048,24 IT/1996/006 3450089,59 IT/1996/009 5708680,07 IT/1996/019 70153,80 IT/1996/022 3645678,08 IT/1996/025 513677,10 IT/1996/067 2852184,42 IT/1996/189 691863,13 IT/1996/205 5615994,15 IT/1996/207 650060,45 IT/1996/210 1078676,85 IT/1996/254 71572,77 IT/1996/271 6856477,88 IT/1996/282 666899,01 IT/1996/301 3524942,01 IT/1996/302 2247646,99 IT/1996/388 1425735,47 IT/1997/074 583123,58 IT/1997/123 729996,93 IT/1997/193 5513248,86 IT/1998/037 2286015,73 IT/1998/059 1175865,75 IT/1998/070 881768,99 IT/1998/103 503889,09 IT/1998/114 570848,01 Total 310849495,98
ANNEX II Amounts to be charged to the EAGGF Guarantee Fund
Germany Case number Amount in EUR DE/1995/174 3644689,38 DE/1996/210 102911,19 Total 3747600,57 Spain Case number Amount in EUR ES/1995/069 145393,60 ES/1996/073 71481,48 ES/1996/085 1617401,34 ES/1997/255 2275730,27 ES/1998/056 509809,96 Total 4619816,55 Netherlands Case number Amount in EUR NL/1997/066 532080 NL/1998/038 1922727 Total 2454807 Portugal Case number Amount in EUR PT/1996/014 1654408,37 PT/1998/015 608155,28 PT/1998/038 1417853,86 Total 3680417,51 Italy Case number Amount in EUR IT/1981/014 598645,14 IT/1982/011 858791,39 IT/1988/008 6951704,49 IT/1988/013 1628505,84 IT/1988/023 4121803,13 IT/1988/068 1792260,77 IT/1988/078 124280,67 IT/1989/001 4926732,53 IT/1989/016 538117,76 IT/1990/028 202927,48 IT/1990/037 2174169,20 IT/1991/002(S) 2451649,46 IT/1993/004 500852,00 IT/1994/004 617469,18 IT/1994/005 29851834,89 IT/1994/008 41760653,21 IT/1994/253 10089425,06 IT/1994/449 1500425,25 IT/1995/057 2144502,97 IT/1995/384 1283089,70 IT/1995/387 1698575,15 IT/1996/007 10949621,58 IT/1996/015 1040113,00 IT/1996/020 491865,00 IT/1996/211 6322642,50 IT/1996/303 25206583,61 IT/1997/022 950412,40 IT/1997/159 516228,65 IT/1998/014 531544,83 Total 161825426,84
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
ES/1995/066
ES/1995/071
ES/1996/089
ES/1997/002
ES/1997/040
ES/1997/041
ES/1997/062
FR/1996/031
FR/1996/056
FR/1998/010
FR/1998/024
NL/1995/127
NL/1997/059
NL/1998/078
ANNEX III Irregularity cases to be removed from the list under Regulation (EEC) No 595/91
Portugal Case number
PT/1995/036
United Kingdom Case number
UK/1998/271
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