S.I. No. 463 of 2003

European Communities (Recovery of Amounts) Regulations 2003

I, Joe Walsh, Minister for Agriculture and Food, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 3 of the European Communities Act 1972 ( No. 27 of 1972 ), and for the purposes of giving further effect to Commission Regulation (EEC) No. 2220/85 of 22 July 1985¹ as amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No. 3403/93 of 10 December 1993² , Commission Regulation (EEC) No. 3002/92 of 16 October 1992³ as amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No. 770/96 of 26 April 1996⁴ , Commission Regulation 800/1999 of 15 April 1999⁵ and Commission Regulation (EC) No. 2419/2001 of 11 December 2001⁶ hereby make the following Regulations:

1. These Regulations may be cited as the European Communities (Recovery of Amounts) Regulations 2003 and come into operation on the 1 October 2003.

2.  In these Regulations “Minister” means Minister for Agriculture and Food.

3. The Minister shall charge interest at a rate of 6 per cent. per year for the purposes of -

 (a)   Article 29(3) of Commission Regulation (EEC) No. 2220/85 of 22 July 1985 as amended by Article 4 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No. 3403/93 of 10 December 1993,

 (b)   Article 5a(3) of Commission Regulation (EEC) No. 3002/92 of 16 October 1992 as inserted by Article 1 of Commission Regulation (EC) No. 770/96 of 26 April 1996,

 (c)   Article 52(1) of Commission Regulation 800/1999 of 15 April 1999, and

 (d)   Article 49(3) of Commission Regulation (EC) No. 2419/2001 of 11 December 2001.

4. The Minister may avail of the following provisions --

 (a)   Article 29(2) of Commission Regulation (EEC) No. 2220/85 of 22 July 1985 as amended by Article 4 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No. 3403/93 of 10 December 1993,

 (b)   Article 5a(4) of Commission Regulation (EEC) No. 3002/92 of 16 October 1992 as inserted by Article 1 of Commission Regulation (EC) No. 770/96 of 26 April 1996,

 (c)   Article 52(3) of Commission Regulation 800/1999 of 15 April 1999,

 (d)   Article 49(8) of Commission Regulation (EC) No. 2419/2001 of 11 December 2001.

Explanatory Memorandum

This Statutory Instrument sets the rules and the interest rate applicable to the recovery of amounts pursuant to Commission Regulation (EEC) No. 2220/85 of 22 July 1985 as amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No. 3403/93 of 10 December 1993, Commission Regulation (EEC) No. 3002/92 of 16 October 1992 as amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No. 770/96 of 26 April 1996, Commission Regulation 800/1999 of 15 April 1999 and Commission Regulation (EC) No. 2419/2001 of 11 December 2001.

Published by the Stationary Office, Dublin

¹ OJ L 205, 3.8.1985, p.5

² OJ L310, 14.12.1993, p. 4

³ OJ L 301, 17.10.1992, p.17

⁴ OJ L 104, 27.4.1996, p.13

⁵ OJ L 102, 17.4.1999, p.11

⁶ OJ L 327, 12.12.2001, p.11