5.5.2005 Official Journal of the European Union L 118/35 COMMISSION DECISION of 29 April 2005 amending Decision 1999/659/EC fixing an indicative allocation by Member State of the allocations under the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund Guarantee Section for rural development measures for the period 2000 to 2006 (notified under document number C(2005) 1320) (Only the Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish and Swedish texts are authentic) (2005/361/EC) THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1257/1999 of 17 May 1999 on support for rural development from the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund (EAGGF) and amending and repealing certain Regulations ('), and in particular Article 46(2) thereof, Whereas: (1) By Decision 1999/659/EC (), the Commission determined the initial allocations to the Member States for rural development measures part-financed by the EAGGF Guarantee Section for the period 2000 to 2006. (2)  In accordance with Article 46(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1257/1999, initial allocations shall be adjusted on the basis of actual expenditure and revised expenditure forecasts submitted by the Member States taking into account programmes objectives. (3)  In accordance with Article 57(2) of Commission Regu- lation (EC) No 817/2004 of 29 April 2004 laying down detailed rules for the application of the Council Regu- lation (EC) No 1257/1999 on support for rural devel- opment from the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund (EAGGF) (}), the Commission shall adapt the initial allocations per Member State fixed by Decision 1999/659/EC within two months of the adoption of the budget for the financial year concerned. () O L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 80. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2223/2004 (O] L 379, 24.12.2004, p. 1). (® OJ L 259, 6.10.1999, p. 27. Decision as last amended by Decision 2004/592/EC (O] L 263, 10.8.2004, p. 24). () O] L 153, 30.4.2004, p. 30. (4)  The adaptation of the initial allocations has to take into account the financial execution realised by Member States in the years 2000-2004 and the revised forecasts for 2005 and 2006, submitted before 1 October 2004. (5)  Decision 1999/659/EC should therefore be amended accordingly, HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION: Article 1 The Annex to Decision 1999/659/EC is replaced by the Annex to this Decision. Article 2 This Decision is addressed to the Kingdom of Belgium, the Kingdom of Denmark, the Federal Republic of Germany, the Hellenic Republic, the Kingdom of Spain, the French Republic, Ireland, the Italian Republic, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, the Kingdom of the Netherlands, the Republic of Austria, the Portuguese Republic, the Republic of Finland, the Kingdom of Sweden and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Done at Brussels, 29 April 2005. For the Commission Mariann FISCHER BOEL Member of the Commission