2.10.75 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL256/27
COMMISSION DECISION
of17September1975
onarequestforpaymentfromtheGuidanceSectionoftheEAGGFforthestruc­
turessurveyfor1975aspartoftheprogrammeofsurveysonthestructureof
agriculturalholdings
(75/588/EEC)
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ;
HavingregardtotheCouncilDirectiveof20January
1975(')ontheorganizationofastructuressurveyfor
1975aspartoftheprogrammeofsurveysonthestruc­
turesofagriculturalholdings,andinparticularArticle
9(8)thereof;
Whereas,inaccordancewiththeprovisionsofArticle
5thereof,theMemberStatesshallsubmittotheStatis­
ticalOfficeoftheEuropeanCommunities theinfor­
mationonthecharacteristics oftheholdingsinthe
mannerandwithinthetimelimitlaiddownin
Article7(1)(f)thereof;
Whereastheinformationwhichshouldbegivenin
therequestsforpaymentsubmittedtotheCommis­
sionshouldbespecified;
Whereastheverificationthatthesurveyisinaccor­
dancewiththerequirements ofthesaidDirective
cannotbecarriedoutuntilafterthesubmissionofthe
informationtotheStatisticalOfficeoftheEuropean
Communities ;whereasthepaymentsonaccount
providedforinArticle9(7)thereofshouldbe
limited;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisDecision
areinaccordancewiththeOpinionoftheFund
Committee ,
HASADOPTED THISDECISION :
Article1
1.RequestsbyMemberStatesforpaymentof
expensesincurredinthecourseofthestructures
surveyfor1975aspartoftheprogrammeofsurveys
onthestructureofagriculturalholdingsprescribedby
theCouncilDirectiveof20January1975shall
containthefollowinginformation :
(a)inthecaseofthefirstrequestforapaymenton
account :
—theperiodoftimeduringwhichthewhole
surveyisbeingcarriedout;
—thetotalnumberofagriculturalholdingswhich
itisexpectedtocover;—confirmation that:
questionnaires havebeendrawnupwhich
includetheitemssetoutinthelistof
characteristics providedforinArticle5ofthe
Directive ;
—wherenecessary,thesamplingplanhasbeen
submittedtotheCommission ;
—theamountofexpensesincurredindrawingup
theabovedocumentstogetherwithsupporting
vouchersandproofofpayment;
—theamountofpaymentwhichisbeing
requested ;
(b)inthecaseofsubsequentpaymentsonaccount
andthefinalrequestforpaymentandalsowhen
thefirstrequestforapaymentonaccountisbased
onthenumberofagriculturalholdingswhichhave
alreadybeensurveyed :
—thenumberofagriculturalholdingsforwhich
informationhasalreadybeencollected;
—thenumberofagriculturalholdingsforwhich
theresultshavealreadybeensubmittedtothe
StatisticalOfficeoftheEuropeanCommuni­
ties;
—confirmationthatthesurveyscompletedhave
obtainedtheinformationrequiredbyArticle5
andthattheconditionsofArticle7havebeen
orwillbefulfilled;
—theamountofthepaymentrequested(intotal
orpaymentonaccount).
Wherethefirstrequestforapaymentonaccountis
basedonthenumberofagriculturalholdingswhich
havealreadybeensurveyed,suchrequestshall,inaddi­
tion,containinformationastotheperiodoftime
duringwhichthewholesurveyisbeingcarriedout
andthetotalnumberofagriculturalholdingswhichit
isexpectedtocover.
2.Requestsforpaymentshallbesubmittedintripli­
cate.
Article2
1.ThepaymentonaccountreferredtoinArticle1
(1)(a)shallbebasedonexpensesactuallyincurred,
andmaynotexceed50%oftheeligibleexpensesin
respectoftheminimumnumberofsurveys
mentionedinArticle6(1)oftheDirective. (')OJNoL42,15.2.1975,p.21.

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DoneatBrussels,17September1975. 2.ThepaymentsonaccountreferredtoinArticle1
(1)(b)maynotexceed12unitsofaccountinrespect
of80%ofthenumberofagriculturalholdings
alreadysurveyed,includingthepaymentsmadeunder
paragraph 1above.
Article3FortheCommission
P.J.LARDINOIS
ThisDecisionisaddressedtotheMemberStates. MemberoftheCommission