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COMMISSION DECISION
of 26 May 1986
on the payment of advances and the fixing of the Community contribution in respect of premiums granted for the permanent abandonment of certain areas under vines
(86/273/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 777/85 of 26 March 1985 on the granting, for the 1985/86 to 1989/90 wine years, of permanent abandonment premiums in respect of certain areas under vines (1), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3775/85 (2), and in particular Article 13 (3) thereof,
Whereas applications for the payment of advances and records of the permanent abandonment premiums paid used for fixing the Community contribution each year, which are to be submitted by Member States to the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund (EAGGF), Guidance Section, must contain certain information so that the expenditure can be checked for compliance with Regulation (EEC) No 777/85 and with, the implementing Regulation, Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2475/85 (3);
Whereas to permit effective control, Member States must keep the supporting documents at the disposal of the Commission for a period of three years after the last fixing of the Community contribution;
Whereas, so that the advances can be paid as provided for in Article 11 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 777/85, it is necessary to lay down the rules and procedures for this purpose;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the EAGGF Committee,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
Applications for advances submitted in respect of expenditure eligible under the EAGGF Guidance Section, as referred to in Articles 11 (3) and 12 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 777/85, must be in the form of the table in Annex I.
Article 2
1. Advances from the EAGGF Guidance Section shall not exceed the Community participation towards the financing of probable expenditure during the reference year.
2. Advances which are not spent during the year for which they were paid shall be deducted from advances to be paid in respect of the following year.
3. Advances in respect of the following year shall not be paid until the record of the permanent abandonment premiums paid, referred to in Article 3 (1), has been sent to the Commission.
Article 3
1. The record of the permanent abandonment premiums paid in the course of a year, referred to in Article 13 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 777/85, must be in the form of the tables in Annexes II and III to this Decision.
2. Member States shall communicate to the Commission, with the first record of the permanent abandonment premiums paid, the texts of the national implementing provisions and the administrative instructions, and the forms or any other documents relating to the administrative implementation of the measure.
Article 4
Member States shall keep at the disposal of the Commission, for a period of three years from the last fixing of the Community contribution, all the supporting documents or certified copies thereof in their possession on the basis of which the premiums provided for in Regulation (EEC) No 777/85 were decided on, and the applications for advances and the records of premiums were drawn up.
Article 5
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
Done at Brussels, 26 May 1986.