Commission Decision
of 14 December 2006
on the clearance of the accounts of certain paying agencies in Germany and the United Kingdom concerning expenditure financed by the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund (EAGGF), Guarantee Section, for the 2003 financial year
(notified under document number C(2006) 6506)
(Only the German and English texts are authentic)
(2006/936/EC)
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 policy1, and in particular Article 7(3) thereof,
After consulting the Fund Committee,
Whereas:
Commission Decisions 2004/451/EC2 and 2005/738/EC3 cleared, for the 2003 financial year, the accounts of all the paying agencies except for the German paying agency ‘Bayern-Umwelt’ and the British paying agencies ‘DARD’ and ‘NAW’.
Following the transmission of new information by Germany and the United Kingdom, and after additional checks, the Commission can now take a decision on the integrality, accuracy and veracity of the accounts submitted by the German paying agency ‘Bayern-Umwelt’ and the British paying agencies ‘DARD’ and ‘NAW’.
In clearing the accounts of the German and British paying agencies concerned, the Commission must take account of the amounts already withheld from Germany and the United Kingdom on the basis of Decision 2004/451/EC and Decision 2005/738/EC.
In accordance with the second subparagraph of Article 7(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1258/1999, this Decision does not prejudice to decisions adopted subsequently by the Commission excluding from Community financing expenditure not effected in accordance with Community rules,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION: