COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION
of 20 February 2012
on the clearance of the accounts of certain paying agencies in Germany concerning expenditure financed by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) for the 2010 financial year
(notified under document C(2012) 899)
(Only the German text is authentic)
(2012/103/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 (1), and in particular Articles 30 and 33 thereof,
After consulting the Fund Committee,
Whereas:
(1)
Commission Implementing Decision 2011/271/EU (2) cleared for the 2010 financial year, the accounts of all the paying agencies except for the Belgian paying agency ‘Région Wallonne’, the German paying agencies ‘Baden-Württemberg’, ‘Bayern’, ‘Helaba’ and ‘Rheinland-Pfalz’, the Italian paying agency ‘ARBEA’, the Luxembourg paying agency ‘Ministère de l’agriculture, de la Viticulture et du Développement rural’ and the Slovakian paying agency ‘APA’.
(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 German paying agencies ‘Baden-Württemberg’, ‘Bayern’, ‘Helaba’ and ‘Rheinland-Pfalz’.
(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:
Article 1
The accounts of the German paying agencies ‘Baden-Württemberg’, ‘Bayern’, ‘Helaba’ and ‘Rheinland-Pfalz’ concerning expenditure financed by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD), in respect of the 2010 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.
Article 2
This Decision is addressed to the Federal Republic of Germany.
Done at Brussels, 20 February 2012.