Commission Regulation (EC) No 896/97 of 20 May 1997 amending and rectifying Regulation (EC) No 1663/95 laying down detailed rules for the application of Regulation (EEC) No 729/70 regarding the procedure for the clearance of the accounts of the EAGGF Guarantee Section

Published date21 May 1997
Subject MatterAgriculture and Fisheries,European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund (EAGGF),Financial provisions
Official Gazette PublicationOfficial Journal of the European Communities, L 128, 21 May 1997
EUR-Lex - 31997R0896 - EN

Commission Regulation (EC) No 896/97 of 20 May 1997 amending and rectifying Regulation (EC) No 1663/95 laying down detailed rules for the application of Regulation (EEC) No 729/70 regarding the procedure for the clearance of the accounts of the EAGGF Guarantee Section

Official Journal L 128 , 21/05/1997 P. 0008 - 0009


COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 896/97 of 20 May 1997 amending and rectifying Regulation (EC) No 1663/95 laying down detailed rules for the application of Regulation (EEC) No 729/70 regarding the procedure for the clearance of the accounts of the EAGGF Guarantee Section

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), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1287/95 (2), and in particular Article 5 (3) thereof,

Whereas, in accordance with Article 5 (2) (b) of Regulation (EEC) No 729/70, the Commission is to clear the accounts of the paying agencies referred to in Article 4 of that Regulation before 30 April of the year following the financial year concerned;

Whereas decisions on the clearance of accounts as referred to in Article 5 (2) (b) of Regulation (EEC) No 729/70 are to relate solely to the integrality, exactitude and veracity of the accounts transmitted; whereas the definitive charging and rejection of expenditure, advances against which have been reduced or suspended, in particular pursuant to Article 13 of Council Decision 94/729/EC (3) on budgetary discipline and/or Article 4 (2) 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 Guarantee Section of the Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund (EAGGF) and repealing Regulation (EEC) No 2776/88 (4) and/or reduced pursuant to Article 4 (3) of that Regulation, shall only be decided subsequently pursuant to Article 5 (2) (c) of Regulation (EEC) No 729/70; whereas, in order to prevent expenditure which has been reduced or suspended from being financed prematurely or provisionally as a consequence of applying Article 7 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1663/95 (5), those provisions should be adapted;

Whereas it is necessary to rectify a substantial error in the French language version of Regulation (EC)...

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