
COMMISSION DECISION of 21 March 2006 amending Decision 97/245/EC, Euratom laying down the arrangements for the transmission of information to the Commission by the Member States under the Communities' own resources system (notified under document number C(2006) 845) (2006/246/EC, Euratom) 

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community,
Having regard to Council Decision 2000/597/EC, Euratom of 29 September 2000 on the system of the European Communities' own resources,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1150/2000 of 22 May 2000 implementing Council Decision 2000/597/EC, Euratom on the system of the Communities' own resources, and in particular the second subparagraph of Article 6(4) thereof,
Having consulted the Advisory Committee on Own Resources,
Whereas:

(1) Commission Decision 97/245/EC, Euratom was adopted to take account of the changes which Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1355/96 had made to Council Regulation (EEC, Euratom) No 1552/89 of 29 May 1989 implementing Decision 88/376/EEC, Euratom on the system of the Communities' own resources. Decision 97/245/EC, Euratom thus laid down the procedure for the transmission of certain information by the Member States to the Commission under the Communities' own resources system.

(2) Since Regulation (EEC, Euratom) No 1552/89 was consolidated by Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1150/2000, the references to Regulation (EEC, Euratom) No 1552/89 given in some of the annexes to Decision 97/245/EC, Euratom must be amended for the sake of clarity.

(3) The Treaty establishing the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC) expired on 23 July 2002. Accordingly, there are no longer any customs duties which have to be entered in the accounts as own resources under this Treaty.

(4) Account must be taken of the changes resulting from Decision 2000/597/EC, Euratom, which replaced Council Decision 94/728/EC, Euratom, in particular as regards the adjustment of the rate of the deduction to cover the costs involved in collecting ‘traditional’ own resources. Decision 2000/597/EC, Euratom laid down a new 25% deduction rate, except for amounts which should have been made available before 28 February 2001 for which the Member States will continue to deduct 10%.

(5) Account should be taken of the new reporting obligations inserted in Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1150/2000 by Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 2028/2004. It is thus laid down that, together with the final quarterly statement for a given year, the Member States must submit an estimate of the total amount of entitlements entered in the separate account at the end of each year for which recovery is unlikely. The Member States are also obliged to mention amounts declared or deemed to be irrecoverable in an annex to the quarterly statement for the separate account.

(6) Steps should be taken to capitalise on the experience acquired by the Member States in the transmission of the accounting statements referred to in Article 6(3)(a) and (b) of Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1150/2000 and to improve the presentation of the forms used to that end.

(7) Decision 97/245/EC, Euratom should, therefore, be amended accordingly.

(8) A suitable length of time should be allowed to apply the reporting procedures for the amended statements,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1 
Decision 97/245/EC, Euratom is hereby amended as follows:

((a)) Annexes I, II and III shall be replaced by the text contained in Annex I to this Decision.
((b)) Annex IIIa, contained in Annex II to this Decision, shall be inserted after Annex III.
Article 2 
The first statements to be produced using the models contained in Annexes I and II shall be the monthly statement for June 2006 and the quarterly statement for the second quarter of 2006.
Article 3 
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
Done at Brussels, 21 March 2006.
For the Commission
Dalia GRYBAUSKAITĖ
Member of the Commission
ANNEX I


ANNEX I 

“A” Aaccount of own resources of the European CommunitiesStatement of established entitlements


 Member State:
 Month/year

(national currency)
Nature of resource Member State's reference(optional) Accounts established during month(1) Amounts recovered from separate account(2) Corrections to earlier establishments Gross amounts(5) = (1) + (2) + (3) – (4) Net amounts(6)
+(3) –(4)
1210Customs duties (excluding anti-dumping and agriculture)       
1230Countervailing and anti-dumping duties on products       
1240Countervailing and anti-dumping duties on services       
12Customs duties       
1000Customs duties relating to agricultural sector       
10Agricultural levies       
1110Sugar storage levies       
1100Sugar product levies — A and B quotas       
1120Isoglucose production levies       
1130Levies on C sugar, isoglucose and inulin not exported       
1140Levies on substitute C sugar and isoglucose       
1150Inulin production levies       
1160Additional levy       
11Sugar levies       
Total 12 + 10 + 11       
 – 25 % collection costs– 10 % collection costsTotal to be paid to EC  




ANNEX II 

Annex to the Statement of the “A” account of the own resources of the European CommunitiesMonitoring of recovery of amounts which relate to cases of irregularities or delays (Article 18(2)(b) of Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1150/2000)

Month/year

(national currency)
Gross amount of own resources recovered References to irregularities or delays in the establishment, entry in the accounts and making available of own resource noted as a result of inspections Comments Rate of deduction to be applied Amount included under the heading ‘Total to be paid to EC’
10 % 25 % Yes No
      
Total 



ANNEX III 

Own resources of the European Communities — separate accountStatement of established entitlements not included in “A” account


 Member State:
 Quarter/year:

(national currency)
Nature of resource Outstanding from previous quarter(1) Established entitlements for current quarter(2) Corrections of establishments(Article 8)(3) Amounts which cannot be made available(Article 17(2))(4) Total(1 + 2) – (3 + 4)(5) Amounts recovered during quarter(6) Outstanding at end current quarter(7) = (5) – (6)
1210Customs duties (excluding anti-dumping and agriculture)       
1230Countervailing and anti-dumping duties on products       
1240Countervailing and anti-dumping duties on services       
12Customs duties       
1000Customs duties relating to agricultural sector       
10Agricultural duties       
1110Sugar storage levies       
1100Sugar product levies — A and B quotas       
1120Isoglucose production levies       
1130Levies on C sugar, isoglucose and inulin not exported       
1140Levies on substitute C sugar and isoglucose       
1150Inulin production levies       
1160Additional levy       
11Sugar levies       
Total 12 + 10 + 11       
 Estimate of amounts established for which recovery is unlikely 






ANNEX II


‘ANNEX IIIa 

Annex to the statement of the separate account of the own resources of the European CommunitiesList of amounts in the “B” account declared or deemed irrecoverable

Quarter/Year

(national currency)
Gross amount of own resources Reference to national decision
 
TOTAL: 

