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"BREGULATION (EEC) No 1686/72 OF THE COMMISSION
of 2 August 1972
on certain detailed rules for aid for seed
(OJ L 177, 4.8.1972, p. 26)
Amended by:
Official Journal
No page date
"M1 Regulation (EEC) No 1382/74 of the Commission of 4 June 1974 L 148 9 5.6.1974
"M2 Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2511/88 of 8 August 1988 L 220 10 11.8.19881972R1686 — EN — 11.08.1988 — 002.001 — 1
REGULATION (EEC) No 1686/72 OF THE COMMISSION
of 2 August 1972
on certain detailed rules for aid for seed
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic
Community;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2358/71 (1)o f2 6
October 1972 on the common organization of the market in seeds, and in
particular Articles 3 (5) and 9 thereof;
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 1674/72 (2) of 2 August 1972
laid down general rules for granting and financing aid for seed; whereas
it is for the Commission to lay down the relevant detailed rules;
Whereas, to ensure the proper functioning of the aid system, growing
contracts and growing declarations should be registered sufficiently early
for the required supervision to be carried out;
Whereas the seed establishment or breeder may require a period in which
to treat, pack and have certified the seeds supplied by the grower;
whereas aid can therefore only be granted to the latter several months
after the harvest but whereas a time limit should nonetheless be fixed;
Whereas applications for aid lodged by seed growers must give at least
the information necessary for supervisory purposes;
Whereas the necessary measures should be laid down for cases where a
seed establishment or a breeder from one Member State grows seed in
another Member State;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance
with the Opinion of the Management Committee for Seeds;
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 2358/71 shall be implemented in
accordance with the following detailed rules.
Article 2
Member States may fix annually the time limits for the registration of
growing contracts and declarations provided for in Article 5 of
Regulation (EEC) No 1674/72.
Article 3
1. Aid shall be granted to the seed grower in response to an application
to be submitted after the harvest and before a date fixed by the Member
State in question for each species or group of varieties.!B
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!M2
In the case of rice seed the aid shall be granted only if the recipient shows
to the satisfaction of the Member State concerned that the seed has in
fact been marketed for sowing. This condition shall be deemed to have
been met if the recipient proves that at least 95 % of the seed for which
aid was applied for has been marketed for sowing.
The Member States shall notify the Commission of the measures adopted
to verify the use to which seed qualifying for the aid has been put. The
Member States shall, where appropriate, carry out checks on seed
breeders or at seed breeding farms and on users.
2. The Member State shall pay the amount of aid to the grower within
the two months following the lodging of the application and at the latest
on 31 July of the year following the year of the harvest.
Article 4
The application for aid shall include at least:
— the name and address of the applicant;— the quantities of certified seed produced, expressed in quintals to one
decimal point;
— the registration number of the growing contract or growing
declaration.
The application shall be accompanied by a supporting document to show
that the quantities of seed referred to have been officially certified.
Article 5
A seed establishment or a breeder growing seed or having seed grown in
a Member State other than that in which approval or registration took
place must supply that other Member State, on request, with all the
information required for checking entitlement to aid.
Article 6
Each Member State shall notify the Commission of the provisions and
measures adopted for the application of the aid system introduced by
Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 2358/71.
Article 7
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication
in the Official Journal of the European Communities .
It shall apply from 1 July 1972.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in
all Member States.!M1
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