COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1025/94 of 2 May 1994 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2328/91 as regards the submission of expenditure forecasts and aid applications

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2328/91 of 15 July 1991 on improving the efficiency of agricultural structures (1), as last amended by Council Regulation (EEC) No 3669/93 (2), and in particular Article 31 (5) thereof,

Whereas the first subparagraph of Article 31 (4) of Regulation (EEC) No 2328/91 lays down that the Member States shall transmit their annual expenditure forecasts; whereas those forecasts cover the expenses referred to in Article 31 (1) of the said Regulation and are accompanied by aid applications prepared in accordance with Article 31 (2) of that Regulation; whereas uptdates of those forecasts and applications are prepared, where appropriate, in accordance with the second subparagraph of Article 31 (4) of that Regulation; whereas in the case of the Objective 1 regions referred to in Article 1 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2052/88 (3) as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2081/93 (4), the expenditure forecasts and aid applications are transmitted to the Commission in accordance with Article 31 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 2328/91;

Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee on Agricultural structures and Rural Development,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

1. In the case of regions not eligible under Objective 1 as defined in Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 2052/88, eligible expenditure under the legislation instruments referred to in Article 31 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 2328/91 shall be submitted using the tables set out in:

- Annex I, in respect of expenditure effected before 1994,

- Annex II, in respect of expenditure planned for the period 1994 to 1999.

2. In the case of Objective 1 regions, the Commission shall be notified of the amounts referred to in the same paragraph 1, broken down at least by year and by measures as provided for in the said paragraph.

Article 2

1. In the case of regions not eligible under Objective 1, the aid applications referred to in Article 31 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 2328/91 must include as part of the information requested pursuant to the said paragraph a list of the national provisions for which Community aid is requested in respect of legislative instruments referred to in Article 31 (1) of the said Regulation and numerical data submitted using the tables set out in Annexes III and IV.

2. In the case of Objective 1 regions, the information referred to in paragraph 1 shall be sent to the Commission.

Article 3

The updates provided for in the second subparagraph of Article 31 (4) of Regulation (EEC) No 2328/91 shall be submitted using the tables set out in Annexes II to IV.

Article 4

This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 2 May 1994.

For the Commission

René STEICHEN

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ No L 218, 6. 8. 1991, p. 1.

(2) OJ No L 338, 31. 12. 1993, p. 26.

(3) OJ No L 185, 15. 7. 1988, p. 9.

(4) OJ No L 193, 31. 7. 1993, p. 5.

ANNEX I

ANNEX II

ANNEX III

ANNEX IV