THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1290/2005 of 21 June 2005 on the financing of the common agricultural policy(1), and in particular Articles 30 and 33 thereof,
After consulting the Fund Committee,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Decisions 2009/373/EC(2), 2010/59/EU(3) and 2010/721/EU(4) cleared, for the 2008 financial year, the accounts of all the paying agencies except for the German paying agency ‘Bayern’, the Greek paying agency ‘OPEKEPE’ and the Italian paying agency ‘ARBEA’.
(2) Following the transmission of new information and after additional checks, the Commission can now take a decision concerning expenditure financed by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) on the integrality, accuracy and veracity of the accounts submitted by the Italian paying agency ‘ARBEA’.
(3) 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 EU financing expenditure not effected in accordance with EU rules,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
The accounts of the Italian paying agency ‘ARBEA’ concerning expenditure financed by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD), in respect of the 2008 financial year, are hereby cleared.
The amounts which are recoverable from, or payable to, each Member State under each rural development programme pursuant to this Decision, including those resulting from the application of Article 33(8) of Regulation (EC) No 1290/2005, are set out in the Annex.
This Decision is addressed to the Italian Republic.
Done at Brussels, 15 February 2011.
For the Commission
Dacian Cioloş
Member of the Commission
Amount to be recovered from or paid to the Member State per programme
| (EUR) | |||||||
| CCI | Expenditure 2008 | Corrections | Total | Non-reusable amounts | Accepted amount cleared for FY 2008 | Interim payments reimbursed to the Member State for the financial year | Amount to be recovered from (–) of paid to (+) the Member State in the next declaration |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IT: 2007IT06RPO0017 | i | ii | iii = i + ii | iv | v = iii – iv | vi | vii = v – vi |
| 113 | 13 960,24 | 0,0 | 13 960,24 | 0,0 | 13 960,24 | 13 960,24 | 0,0 |
| 211 | 120 914,76 | 0,0 | 120 914,76 | 0,0 | 120 914,76 | 120 914,76 | 0,0 |
| 214 | 16 824 475,27 | 0,0 | 16 824 475,27 | 0,0 | 16 824 475,27 | 16 944 398,0 | -119 922,73 |
| 221 | 1 194 719,75 | 0,0 | 1 194 719,75 | 0,0 | 1 194 719,75 | 1 194 719,72 | 0,03 |
| Total | 18 154 070,02 | 0,0 | 18 154 070,02 | 0,0 | 18 154 070,02 | 18 273 992,72 | -119 922,7 |