Commission Decision
of 26 November 2010
on the clearance of the accounts of certain paying agencies in France concerning expenditure financed by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) for the 2008 financial year
(notified under document C(2010) 8220)
(Only the French text is authentic)
(2010/721/EU)

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, and in particular Articles 30 and 33 thereof,
OJ L 209, 11.8.2005, p. 1.
After consulting the Fund Committee,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Decisions 2009/373/EC and 2010/59/EU 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’, the French paying agency ‘ODARC’ and the Italian paying agency ‘ARBEA’.
OJ L 116, 9.5.2009, p. 21.
OJ L 34, 5.2.2010, p. 26.
(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 French paying agency ‘ODARC’.
(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 Community financing expenditure not effected in accordance with Community rules,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1 The accounts of the French paying agency ‘ODARC’ 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 Annex.
Article 2 This Decision is addressed to the French Republic.
Done at Brussels, 26 November 2010.
For the Commission
Dacian Cioloş
Member of the Commission
ANNEX

CLEARANCE OF DISJOINED EXPENDITURE BY RURAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME AND MEASURE FOR FINANCIAL YEAR 2008
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 (–) or paid to (+) the Member State in the next declaration
FR: 2007FR06RPO002	i	ii	iii = i + ii	iv	v = iii – iv	vi	vii = v – vi
112	44 000,0	0,0	44 000,0	0,0	44 000,0	44 000,0	0,0
121	10 111,85	0,0	10 111,85	0,0	10 111,85	10 111,85	0,0
211	6 318 422,42	0,0	6 318 422,42	0,0	6 318 422,42	6 318 422,42	0,0
214	981 609,91	0,0	981 609,91	0,0	981 609,91	978 103,25	3 506,66
Total	7 354 144,18	0,0	7 354 144,18	0,0	7 354 144,18	7 350 637,52	3 506,66