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( 1 ) OJ NO C 93 , 9 . 4 . 1979 , P . 49 .

( 2 ) OJ NO C 171 , 9 . 7 . 1979 , P . 1 .

( 3 ) OJ NO L 332 , 24 . 12 . 1977 , P . 1 .

( 4 ) OJ NO L 94 , 28 . 4 . 1970 , P . 13 .

( 5 ) OJ NO L 117 , 12 . 5 . 1979 , P . 4 .

COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1610/79

OF 24 JULY 1979

INTRODUCING SUPPLEMENTARY AID FOR CASTOR SEED FOR THE 1979/80 , 1980/81 AND 1981/82 MARKETING YEARS

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 ),

HAVING REGARD TO THE OPINION OF THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE ( 2 ),

WHEREAS REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2874/77 ( 3 ) INTRODUCED SPECIAL MEASURES IN RESPECT OF CASTOR SEED TO PROMOTE THE DEVELOPMENT OF THIS CROP WHICH IS IN DIRECT COMPETITION WITH CASTOR SEED IMPORTED AT ZERO DUTY FROM THIRD COUNTRIES ;

WHEREAS THE DEVELOPMENT OF THIS NEW CROP IN THE COMMUNITY IS HAMPERED BY TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES ; WHEREAS TO OVERCOME THESE DIFFICULTIES PROCESSORS OF CASTOR SEED PRODUCED IN THE COMMUNITY SHOULD FOR A LIMITED PERIOD BE GRANTED A SUPPLEMENTARY AID , THE AMOUNT OF WHICH TAKES ACCOUNT OF THE ADDITIONAL COSTS INVOLVED IN ESTABLISHING THIS NEW CROP ;

WHEREAS IN ORDER TO ENABLE FARMERS TO BENEFIT FROM THIS SUPPLEMENTARY AID , THE GRANTING OF IT SHOULD BE SUBJECT TO THE CONCLUSION WITH FARMERS OF CONTRACTS WHICH PROVIDE FOR A MINIMUM PURCHASING PRICE ;

WHEREAS THE EXPENDITURE INCURRED BY MEMBER STATES AS A RESULT OF THE OBLIGATIONS ARISING FROM THE APPLICATION OF THIS REGULATION WILL BE BORNE BY THE COMMUNITY , IN ACCORDANCE WITH ARTICLE 2 AND 3 OF COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 729/70 OF 21 APRIL 1970 ON THE FINANCING OF THE COMMON AGRICULTURAL POLICY ( 4 ), AS LAST AMENDED BY REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 929/79 ( 5 ),

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :

ARTICLE 1

1 . SUPPLEMENTARY AID FOR CASTOR SEED HARVESTED AND PROCESSED IN THE COMMUNITY SHALL BE GRANTED FOR THE 1979/80 , 1980/81 AND 1981/82 MARKETING YEARS .

2 . THIS AID SHALL BE FIXED AT 12.09 ECU PER 100 KILOGRAMS .

ARTICLE 2

THE SUPPLEMENTARY AID SHALL BE GRANTED ONLY TO SEED-PROCESSING UNDERTAKINGS WHICH :

- SATISFY THE CONDITIONS NECESSARY TO ESTABLISH ELIGIBILITY FOR THE AID PROVIDED FOR IN ARTICLE 2 OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2874/77 , AND

- HAVE CONCLUDED WITH CASTOR-SEED GROWERS CONTRACTS STIPULATING A PRICE NOT LESS THAN THE MINIMUM PRICE SPECIFIED IN THE ABOVEMENTIONED ARTICLE 2 PLUS THE AMOUNT OF THE SUPPLEMENTARY AID .

ARTICLE 3

1 . THE COUNCIL , ACTING BY QUALIFIED MAJORITY ON A PROPOSAL FROM THE COMMISSION , SHALL ADOPT :

( A ) GENERAL RULES FOR GRANTING THE SUPPLEMENTARY AID ;

( B ) DETAILED RULES FOR CHECKING ENTITLEMENT TO THE SUPPLEMENTARY AID .

2 . DETAILED RULES FOR THE APPLICATION OF THIS REGULATION SHALL BE ADOPTED ACCORDING TO THE PROCEDURE PROVIDED FOR IN ARTICLE 38 OF REGULATION NO 136/66/EEC .

ARTICLE 4

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 .

DONE AT BRUSSELS , 24 JULY 1979 .

FOR THE COUNCIL

THE PRESIDENT

J . GIBBONS