THE REPUBLIC OF LATVIA ANNUAL FINANCING AGREEMENT 2003 BETWEEN THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ON BEHALF OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY AND THE REPUBLIC OF LATVIA The Commission of the European Communities, hereinafter referred to as "the Commission", acting for and on behalf of the European Community, hereinafter referred to as "the Community" of the one part, and "the Republic of Latvia" of the other part, and together jointly referred to as "the Contracting Parties",Whereas:
the Applicant Countries of central and eastern Europe
the pre-accession period1, as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 696/20032;
accordance with Article 4
that the financial commitment of the Community shall be set out
Annual Financing Agreements;
the Republic of Latvia, and to state the period of validity of that commitment. Moreover, to reflect the provisions of Commission Regulation (EC) No 2222/2000 of 7 June 2000 laying down financial rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 1268/1999 on Community support for pre-accession measures for agriculture and rural development
the applicant countries of central and eastern Europe
the pre-accession period3, as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 188/20034 it is necessary to the
crease the time limits of validity of financial commitments set out
the Annual Financing Agreements for 2000, 2001 and 2002. For the same reason it is also necessary to adjust the provisions
the Multi-annual Financing Agreement concerning the submission of applications for payment from the Commission;
to contracts with beneficiaries. Provision needs to be made so that the requirements of these contracts reflect the change
status of the Republic of Latvia;
a way as to guarantee transparency, non-discrimination and that there are no conflicts of
terest. The relevant rules of the MAFA should therefore be amended accordingly;
consistencies relevant to MAFA have come to light that need to be addressed;HAVE AGREED AS FOLLOWS:Article 1ObjectiveThis Agreement sets out the Community financial commitment for the Republic of Latvia for the year 2003. It also modifies the Multi-annual Financing Agreement signed on 25 January 2001, as amended, as well as the Annual Financing Agreements 2000, 2001 and 2002.Article 2CommitmentThe financial contribution of the Community for the year 2003 is limited to 23.528.615 e. This commitment is valid only for execution of the Programme, as amended,
conformity with the Multi-annual Financing Agreement between the Community and the Republic of Latvia.Article 3Period of commitmentThe Commission shall automatically decommit any part of the commitment referred to
which has not been settled by a payment on account, or for which it has not received an acceptable payment application, by 31 December 2006 at the latest.No contract
volving Community funds relating to this Agreement shall be entered
to by the SAPARD Agency with any beneficiary later than the date the Republic of Latvia enters
to contracts
volving a form of assistance for Rural Development for the Republic of Latvia as a member of the European Union.Article 4Amendment of the Annual Financing Agreement 2000Article 3 of the Annual Financing Agreement 2000, concluded between the Commission and the Republic of Latvia, is replaced by the following:"Article 3Period of commitmentThe Commission shall automatically decommit any part of the commitment referred to
which has not been settled by a payment on account, or for which it has not received an acceptable payment application, by 31 December 2004 at the latest.No contract
volving Community funds relating to this Agreement shall be entered
to by the SAPARD Agency with any beneficiary later than the date the Republic of Latvia enters
to contracts
volving a form of assistance for Rural Development for the Republic of Latvia as a member of the European Union."Article 5Amendment of the Annual Financing Agreement 2001Article 3 of the Annual Financing Agreement 2001, concluded between the Commission and the Republic of Latvia is replaced by the following:"Article 3Period of commitmentThe Commission shall automatically decommit any part of the commitment referred to
which has not been settled by a payment on account, or for which it has not received an acceptable payment application, by 31 December 2005 at the latest.No contract
volving Community funds relating to this Agreement shall be entered
to by the SAPARD Agency with any beneficiary later than the date the Republic of Latvia enters
to contracts
volving a form of assistance for Rural Development for the Republic of Latvia as a member of the European Union."Article 6Amendment of the Annual Financing Agreement 2002Article 3 of the Annual Financing Agreement 2002, concluded between the Commission and the Republic of Latvia, is replaced by the following:"Article 3Period of commitmentThe Commission shall automatically decommit any part of the commitment referred to
which has not been settled by a payment on account, or for which it has not received an acceptable payment application, by 31 December 2006 at the latest.No contract
volving Community funds relating to this Agreement shall be entered
to by the SAPARD Agency with any beneficiary later than the date the Republic of Latvia enters
to contracts
volving a form of assistance for Rural Development for the Republic of Latvia as a member of the European Union."Article 7Amendment of the Multi-annual Financing AgreementThe Multi-annual Financing Agreement is amended as follows:1.
The SAPARD Agency shall, on a quarterly basis, present payment applications
accordance with the Form D-1 as set out
, signed and certified, and transmitted by the National Authorising Officer, on behalf of the Republic of Latvia, to the Commission within one month of the end of each quarter. However, supplementary applications may be submitted only if justified on the basis of the risk of the net balance
the SAPARD euro account being exhausted before the next quarterly application has been processed or if there is a risk of decommitment being
voked pursuant to the provisions of the relevant Annual Financing Agreement."2.
of Section A, the reference
paragraph 7 to "by 30 September" is replaced by "before 30 September".3.
of Section A, point 1 (
The rules for the procurement by public bodies of services, works and supplies
the Republic of Latvia shall be transparent, non-discriminatory and give rise to no conflicts of
terest. They shall be consistent with the rules set out
the Commission manual entitled "Service, Supply, and Work Contracts concluded within the Framework of Community Co-operation for the Third Countries"5. However, the requirements for ex-ante approval by the Commission
cluded therein shall not apply. The services, works, and supplies procured shall originate
the Community or
the countries referred to
Item 8 of Section F. However public procurement procedures
itiated from accession to the European Union shall be run
accordance with Community legislation."5.
the appendix to Section E the last paragraph of each of the examples A to E
clusive is replaced by the following:"Our audit was conducted between DD/MM/YYYY and DD/MM/YYYY. A report on our findings is delivered at the same date as the date of this certificate. This certificate also covers the SAPARD euro account."7. The text of item 5 of Section F, is replaced by the following:"Irregularity shall mean any
fringement of this Agreement and ensuing contracts resulting from an act or omission by an economic operator6, which has, or would have, the effect of prejudicing the general budget of the European Communities by an unjustified item of expenditure.Fraud shall mean any
tentional act or omission relating to:(i) the use or presentation of false,
correct or
complete statements or documents, which has, or could have, as its effect the misappropriation or wrongful retention of funds from the general budget of the European Communities;(ii) non-disclosure of
formation
violation of a specific obligation, with the same effect as that referred to under (i);(iii) the misapplication of such funds for purposes other than those for which they are originally granted."8. The text of item 6 of Section F, is replaced by the following:"Administrative measures and penalties may be applied to economic operators where their activity may have led them via an irregular application of this Agreement or ensuing contracts to attempt to or to harm the Community contribution and also to the natural or legal persons who have been
volved
the commission of the irregularity or who are expected to answer for an irregularity to avoid it being committed."Article 8Entry
to ForceThis Agreement shall enter
to force on the date when both Contracting Parties have notified each other of the completion of all necessary formalities for its conclusion.Article 9SignatureThis Agreement shall be drawn up
duplicate
English and
Latvian, only the English text being authentic.Done at Brussels and at Riga, respectively, this twenty-seventh day of June
the year two thousand and three.______________________________1 OJ L 161, 26.06.1999, p. 87-93.2 OJ L 99, 27.04.2003, p. 24.3 OJ L 253, 7.10.2000, p. 5.4 OJ L 27, 1.02.2003, p. 14.5 SEC
dividuals, enterprises, public establishments or State regional and local authorities).For the Commission of the European CommunitiesFor the Republic of LatviaFranz FischlerInguna SudrabaMember of the CommissionDeputy State Secretary Ministry of Finance National Authorising Officer SPECIĀLĀ IESTĀŠANĀS PROGRAMMA LAUKSAIMNIECĪBAI UN LAUKU ATTĪSTĪBAI LATVIJAS REPUBLIKĀ IKGADĒJAIS FINANŠU LĪGUMS 2003.GADAM LATVIJAS REPUBLIKA UN EIROPAS KOMISIJA EIROPAS KOPIENAS VĀRDĀ Eiropas Kopienu Komisija, turpmāk tekstā "Komisija", kas darbojas Eiropas Kopienas vārdā, turpmāk tekstā "Kopiena", no vienas puses, un "Latvijas Republika", no otras puses, ko kopīgi apzīmē kā "Līgumslēdzējas puses",Ņemot vērā, ka:
terešu konfliktus. Tādēļ atbilstoši jālabo attiecīgie DFL nosacījumi;
terešu konfliktu veidošanos. Tie ir saskaņā ar Komisijas rokasgrāmatā "Pakalpojumu, Piegāžu un Darbu izpildes Līgumi, kas tiek slēgti Kopienas Sadarbības Ietvaros ar Trešajām Valstīm5" izklāstītajiem noteikumiem. Tomēr tur iekļautās prasības par ex-ante apstiprinājumu no Komisijas puses nav jāpiemēro. Pakalpojumu, darbu un piegāžu iepirkumiem ir jābūt Kopienas izcelsmei vai to valstu izcelsmei, kas minētas F Sadaļas 8.punktā. Valsts iepirkumu procedūras, kas uzsāktas pēc pievienošanās Eiropas Savienībai, tiek veiktas saskaņā ar Kopienas likumiem."5. Izteikt B Sadaļas 4.
ženieru, konsultantu un juridisko pakalpojumu maksājumi, projekta sagatavošanas un/vai ieviešanas tehniski ekonomiskā pamatojuma izmaksas, tieši ar projektu saistītu patentu un licenču iegūšanas izmaksas, kas pārsniedz 12% no kopējām attiecināmajām izmaksām, neieskaitot šīs vispārējās izmaksas;"
formācijas neizpaušanas pienākuma pārkāpumu ar tām pašām sekām, kas minētas (i) punktā;(iii) līdzekļu nepareizu izlietojumu citiem mērķiem nevis tiem, kādiem šie līdzekļi sākotnēji tika piešķirti."8. Izteikt F Sadaļā punkta Nr.6 tekstu šādā redakcijā:"Saimnieciskām personām gadījumos, kad to darbība šī Līguma vai turpmāko līgumu neatbilstošas piemērošanas rezultātā varēja novest pie mēģinājuma kaitēt vai pie kaitējuma Kopienas ieguldījumam, kā arī fiziskajām vai juridiskajām personām, kuras ir bijušas iesaistītas neatbilstības īstenošanā vai kuru uzdevums ir bijis nepieļaut neatbilstības rašanos, var piemērot administratīvos pasākumus un sodus."8.pantsLīguma stāšanās spēkāŠis Līgums stājas spēkā datumā, kad abas Līgumslēdzējas puses ir viena otrai paziņojušas par visu ar tā noslēgšanai nepieciešamo formalitāšu pabeigšanu.9.pantsParakstīšanaŠis Līgums ir sastādīts divos eksemplāros angļu valodā un latviešu valodā. Tikai Līguma teksts angļu valodā ir uzskatāms par autentisku.Parakstīts Briselē un Rīgā, 2003.gada 27.jūnijā._________________________1 OJ L 161, 26.06.1999, p. 87-93.2 OJ L 99, 27.04.2003, p. 24.3 OJ L 253, 7.10.2000, p. 5.4 OJ L 27, 1.02.2003, p. 14.5 SEC
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