2.3.2000 Official Journal of the European Communities L 57/31 II (Acts whose publication is not obligatory) COMMISSION COMMISSION DECISION of 14 February 2000 on the clearance of the accounts of Denmark, Germany, Spain and France in respect of expenditure financed by the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund (EAGGF) Guarantee Section, for the 1998 financial year and modifying Decision 1999/327/EC (notified under document number C(2000) 344) (Only the Spanish, Danish, German and French texts are authentic) (2000/179/EC) THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Section of the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund (EAGGF) and repealing Regulation (EEC) No 2776/88 (°), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2236/98 (%), account is taken for the 1998 financial year of expenditure incurred by the Member States between 16 October 1997 and 15 October 1998. Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 729/70 of 21 April 1970 on the financing of the common agricultural policy (), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1287/95 (3), and in particular Article 5(2)(b) thereof, (3)  The accounts of the paying agencies of EU-Direktoratet in Denmark, Niedersachsen in Germany, Cantabria in Spain and Ofival in France concerning expenditure financed by the EAGGF Guarantee Section for the 1998 financial year which could not be cleared by Commis- sion Decision 1999/327/EC (°) were disjoined from that After consulting the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund Committee, Whereas: Decision. For these paying agencies, the annual accounts and the accompanying documents now permit the Commission to take a decision on the veracity, (1) Under Article 5(2)(b) of Regulation (EEC) No 729/70, completeness, and accuracy of the accounts submitted. the Commission, on the basis of the annual accounts Annex [ lists the amounts cleared for each paying submitted by the Member States, accompanied by the agency. information required for clearance and a certificate regarding the veracity, completeness, and accuracy of the accounts transmitted clears the accounts of the paying agencies referred to in Article 4(1) of that Regulation. () With regard to Article 7(1) of Commission Regulation (4 The Commission has checked the information submitted (EC) No 296/96 of 16 February 1996 on data to be and communicated to the Member States the results of forwarded by the Member States and the monthly its verifications with the necessary amendments. booking of expenditure financed under the Guarantee — OJ L 39, 17.2.1996, p. 5. () O] L 94, 28.4.1970, p. 13. () O] L 281, 17.10.1998, p. 9. () O] L 125, 8.6.19 () O] L 124, 18.5.1999, p. 28.