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►B COUNCILREGULATION(EEC)No1940/81
of30June1981
onanintegrated developmentprogrammefortheDepartmentofLozère
(OJ L 197, 20.7.1981, p. 9)
Amended by:
Official Journal
No page date
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COUNCILREGULATION(EEC)No1940/81
of30June1981
on an integrated development programme for the Department of
Lozère
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic
Community, and in particular Article 43 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (
1),
Whereas the general socio-economic situation in the department of
Lozère is particularly unfavourable; whereas improvement of this situa-tion requires that the available funds and measures should be brought
together and implemented in an integrated manner;
Whereas the Community has at its disposal sources of action arising
from its financing possibilities, notably from the European SocialFund and from the European Regional Development Fund; whereas itis suitable, taking account of the situation in that region, to supplement
these measures by the intervention of the European Agricultural
Guidance and Guarantee Fund under a common measure within themeaning of Council Regulation (EEC) No 729/70 of 21 April 1970 onthe financing of the common agricultural policy (
2), as last amended by
Council Regulation (EEC) No 3509/80 (3);
Whereas the implementation of this common measure requires the
combining, by way of adequate procedures, of the various means avail-
able within the context of an integrated development programme;
Whereas, this programme is to be prepared by the French Republic;Whereas the preparation and implementation of such a programme in
the region in question necessitates Community financial aid;
Whereas there should be a Community financial contribution to certain
measures vital for the implementation of the programme with the aimof improving agricultural structures, which are particularly deficient inthe region concerned,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
1. In order to improve working and living conditions in the Depart-
ment of Lozère, a common measure within the meaning of Article 6 (1)
of Regulation (EEC) No 729/70 is hereby established to facilitate theimplementation of an integrated development programme in thatregion.
2. The common measure shall involve the financial participation,
subject to the rules and conditions laid down in Title III, of the
European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund, GuidanceSection, hereinafter called ‘the Fund’, in the agricultural measuresreferred to in Title II required for the implementation of the integrateddevelopment programme described in Title I which has received afavourable opinion in accordance withArticle 4 (3).1981R1940 — EN — 01.04.1985 — 001.001 — 2
(1) OJ No C 85, 8. 4. 1980, p. 53.
(2) OJ No L 94, 28. 4. 1970, p. 13.
(3) OJ No L 367, 31. 12. 1980, p. 87.
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TITLE I
Integrateddevelopmentprogramme
Article 2
The integrated development programme, hereinafter referred to as ‘the
programme’, shall cover not only measures to improve agriculture andoperations to improve the marketing and processing of agriculuralproducts, but also measures to improve infrastructures, to developtourism, crafts and industry and other complementary activities essen-
tial to the improvement of the general socio-economic situation of the
region.
Article 3
1. The programme shall include:
— a description of the present situation,
— a description of the objectives to be attained and a list of priorities,— a description of operations and measures already under way in each
of the sectors concerned and the funds available for them,
— a description of any further measures needed to implement the
programme,
— an estimate of costs and of the funds required, together with a time-
table of expected expenditure,
— the measures taken to ensure the utilization of other Community
financial instruments withstructural objectives,
— the period envisaged for implementation of the programme, which
should not in principle exceed five years.
2. All the action referred to in Article 2 shall fall within the frame-
work of the regional development programme where the French
Republic is obliged to forward it to the Commission in accordance
withArticle 6 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 724/75 of 18 March1975 establishing a European Regional Development Fund(
1), as
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 214/79 (2).
Article 4
1. The programme shall be forwarded to the Commission by the
FrenchRepublic.
2. At the request of the Commission, the French Republic shall
provide additional information on the points listed in Article 3.
3. The Commission shall issue an opinion on the programme and on
any amendments thereto.
TITLE II
Agricultural measures
Article 5
1. The Fund shall finance agricultural measures forming part of the
programme concerning:
— land and pasture improvement,
— reparcelling and the related work involved,— changes in and promotion of the structure of cattle and sheep
farming, excluding premiums granted on a unit of production basis,
— renovation of chestnut plantations intended for the production of
sweet chestnuts,1981R1940 — EN — 01.04.1985 — 001.001 — 3
(1) OJ No L 73, 21. 3. 1975, p. 1.
(2) OJ No L 35, 9. 2. 1979, p. 1.▼B
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— efforts to combat the isolation of farms in winter,
— forest clearings required to improve agricultural structures.
2. The French Republic shall send to the Commission a detailed
description of the agricultural measures envisaged, indicating in parti-
cular:
— the conditions and criteria of the aid measures provided for; where
aid measures for investments in farms are provided for, these maynot be granted on conditions more favourable than those granted inapplication of Article 8 of Directive 72/159/EEC, taking account of
Article 9 of Directive 75/268/EEC,
— the conditions and criteria of the aid measures provided for; where
aid measures for investments on holdings are provided for, theyshall be subject to Articles 3 to 6, Article 7 (2) and Article 8 (1)
of Council Regulation (EEC) No 797/85 of 12 March1985 on
improving the efficiency of agricultural structures (
1). The grant of
the aids referred to in Article 8 (1) of the latter Regulation shall notbe taken into consideration for reimbursement under Article 7.
3. The Commission shall decide whether to approve the agricultural
measures, and any amendments thereto, ►
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procedure laid down in Article 25 of Regulation (EEC) No 797/85 afterthe Standing ◄Committee in Agricultural Structures has acquainted
itself withth e programme.
TITLE III
Financialandgeneral provisions
Article 6
1. The duration of the common measure shall be limited to five
years as from the date of notification of the opinion referred to inArticle 4 (3).
2. During the fourth year, the Commission shall submit a progress
report on the common measure. Before the end of the five-year period,
the Council shall decide on a proposal from the Commission, whether
the measure shall be extended.
3. The estimated cost of the common measure to the Fund is 12
million ECU for the period specified in paragraph 1.
4. Article 6 (5) of Regulation (EEC) No 729/70 shall apply to this
Regulation.
Article 7
1. Expenditure by the French Republic on the measures referred to
in Article 5 (1) up to a maximum amount of 30 million ECU (A) forthe period referred to in Article 6 (1), of which a maximum of
604500 ECU (A) may be in respect of the actual cost of drawing up
the integrated development programme, excluding costs relating to staffof the public administration, shall be eligible for aid from the Fund.
2. The Fund shall reimburse to the French Republic 40 % of the
eligible expenditure.
3. The expenditure referred to in paragraph 1 which may receive
Community financial assistance under Regulations (EEC) No 1361/78 (
2), EEC No 1760/78(3) and EEC No 269/79 (4) or which receives1981R1940 — EN — 01.04.1985 — 001.001 — 4
(1) OJ No L 93, 30. 3. 1985, p. 1.
(2) OJ No L 166, 23. 6. 1978, p. 9.
(3) OJ No L 204, 28. 7. 1978, p. 1.
(4) OJ No L 38, 14. 2. 1979, p. 1.▼M1
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aid under the European Regional Development Fund shall not fall
within the scope of this Regulation.
Article 8
When the programme is under examination, the Commission shall, in
agreement with the French Republic, fix the manner in which it is to
be informed periodically of the progress of the programme, in parti-
cular the progress on non-agricultural action and measures specified inthe programme. The French Republic shall at the same time designatethe bodies responsible for the technical execution of the programme.
Article 9
1. Applications for reimbursement shall relate to expenditure
incurred by the French Republic in the course of one calendar yearand shall be submitted to the Commission before 1 July of thefollowing year together with the periodic information referred to in
Article 8, proving that implementation of the non-agricultural action
provided for in the integrated programme is under way.
2. The decision whether to grant aid from the Fund shall be taken in
accordance withArticle 7 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 729/70.
3. Advance payments may be granted by the Fund on the basis of
the financial arrangements adopted by the French Republic and in thelight of progress in implementing the projects.
4. Detailed rules for the application of this Article shall be adopted
in accordance withth e procedure laid down in Article 13 of Regulation
(EEC) No 729/70.
Article 10
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its
publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities .
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable
in all Member States.1981R1940 — EN — 01.04.1985 — 001.001 — 5