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REGULATION (EEC)No728/70OFTHECOUNCIL
of21April1970
onadditionalprovisionsforthefinancingofthecommonagriculturalpolicy
Whereas,inorderthatfrom1970theremaybe
transitiontoanaccountingperiodthatwillcoincide
withthebudgetyear,provisionshouldbemadefora
specialaccountingperiodforthesecondhalfof1969,.
thebudgetaryconsequencesofwhich,inparticular
thoseconcerningcreditsavailablefortheGuidance
Section,mustbespecified;
Whereastheprovisionsatpresentforcedonotlay
downallthedetailedrulesconcerningthefinancing
oftheexpenditureforthesecondhalfof1969;
Whereas,becauseofdelaysinthedecisionson
grantingaidfromtheEuropeanAgricultural
GuidanceandGuaranteeFund,provisionshouldbe
madeforasupplementary interimpaymentforthe
1967/68and1968/69accountingperiods;THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,.
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingthe
EuropeanEconomicCommunity,andinparticular
Articles43,200(3)and209thereof;
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ;
HavingregardtotheOpinionoftheEuropean
Parliament 1;
HavingregardtotheOpinionoftheEconomicand
SocialCommittee 2;
Whereasthedefinitivearrangementsprovidedforin
Article2(2)ofRegulationNo253onthefinancingof
thecommonagriculturalpolicywillbeapplicable
fromtheentryintoforceoftheDecisionof21April
19704onthereplacementoffinancialcontributions
fromMemberStatesbytheCommunities'own
resources;
Whereasapplicationofmostoftheprovisionswhich
havegovernedthefinancingofthecommon
agriculturalpolicywaslimitedtothetransitional
period,whichexpiredon31December1969;whereas
thecontinuityofthatfinancingshouldbeensuredby
extendingtheperiodofapplicationofthose
provisionsuntilthedefinitivearrangements are
appliedandbyadaptingthemsoastofacilitatethe
transitiontothesearrangements ;
Whereasthescaleforthefinancialcontributions
fromMemberStatestotheexpenditureofthe
EuropeanAgriculturalGuidanceandGuaranteeFund
mustbeadapted,accountbeingtakenofthe
provisionsappliedduringthetransitionalperiodand
ofthoseconcerningtheCommunities 'ownresources;HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
TITLEI
Arrangementsforthesecondhalfof1969
Article1
Article4(1)oftheFinancialRegulation 5onthe
EuropeanAgriculturalGuidanceandGuaranteeFund
shallbesupplemented bythefollowing
subparagraph :
'The"secondhalfof1969"accountingperiod
shallextendfrom1Julyto31December1969.'
Article2
1.Forthe'secondhalfof1969'accounting
period,thefollowingshallbetakeninto
consideration forcalculationofthefinancial
contributions fromMemberStatesandtheaid 1OJNoC2,8.1.1970,p.25.
2OJNoC12,30.1.1970,p.9.
3OJNo30,20.4.1962,p.991/62.
4OJNoL94,28.4.1970,p.19. OJNo34,27.2.1964,p.599/64.

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(a)before31July1970,onaninterimpayment
foraidfromtheFundequalto75%ofthe
expenditurewhichcanbetakeninto
considerationforthatperiod;
(b)before1October1971,onaidfromtheFund,
afterconsultingtheFundCommittee.'grantedfromtheGuaranteeSectionoftheEuropean
AgriculturalGuidanceandGuaranteeFund:
—expenditurebyMemberStatesandreceiptswithin
themeaningofArticle11(1)and(2)ofCouncil
RegulationNo130/66/EEC1of26July1966on
thefinancingofthecommonagriculturalpolicy;
.—expendituretobeeffectedandreceiptstobe
,collectedforoperationscarriedoutbefore1
January1970,irrespectiveofthedateofpayment
orcollection .
2.betailedrulesfortheapplicationofparagraph1
shallbeadopted,wherenecessary,accordingtothe
procedurelaiddowninArticle26ofCouncil
RegulationNo17/64/EEC2of5February1964on
theconditionsforgrantingaidfromtheEuropean
AgriculturalGuidanceandGuaranteeFund.Article5
Article5(2)ofRegulationNo25shallbesupplemen­
tedbythefollowingsubparagraph :
'Forthe"secondhalfof1969"accountingperiod,
thecontributionfromtheFundtoexpenditure
eligibleforaidunderArticle3(1)(d),determined
inaccordancewiththefirstsubparagraph ,may
notexceedanamountof142-5millionunitsof
account.'
Article3 TITLEII
Arrangements for1970
Article6
Article4(1)oftheFinancialRegulationonthe
EuropeanAgriculturalGuidanceandGuaranteeFund
shallbesupplemented bythefollowing
subparagraph :
'The1970accountingperiodshallcoincidewith
thecalendaryear.'1.Article9(2)ofRegulationNo17/64/EECshall
besupplemented bythefollowing:
'2a.Forthe"secondhalfof1969"accounting
periodMemberStatesshallsubmittothe
Commission :
(a)before1June1970,anapplicationforan
interimpaymentinrespectofexpenditure
incurredduringthataccountingperiodand
eligibleforaidfromtheGuaranteeSectionof
theFund;
(b)before1December1970,anapplicationfor
reimbursement oftheexpenditureincurred
duringthataccountingperiodandeligiblefor
aidfromtheGuaranteeSectionoftheFund.'
2.Inparagraphs3and3aofthatArticlethewords
'andinparagraph2a'shallbeaddedafterthewords
'inparagraph2'.Article7
TheexpenditureoftheGuaranteeandtheGuidance
SectionsoftheEuropeanAgriculturalGuidanceand
GuaranteeFundforthe1970accountingperiodshall
becoveredbyfinancialcontributions fromMember
States,calculatedaccordingtothefollowingscale:
Article4Belgium 8-25
Germany 31-70
France 28-00
Italy 21-50
Luxembourg 0-20
Netherlands 10-35Article10(5)ofRegulationNo17/64/EECshallbe
supplemented bythefollowing:
'5a.Forthe"secondhalfof1969"accounting
periodtheCommissionshalldecide,onthebasis
oftheapplicationsprovidedforinArticle9(2a):
Article8
1.Forthe1970accountingperiod,expenditureby
MemberStatesforoperationscarriedoutbetween1
Januaryand31December1970shallforpurposesof1OJNo165,21.9.1966,p.2965/66.
2OJNo34,27.2.1964,p.586/64.

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aidfromtheGuaranteeSectionoftheEuropean
AgriculturalGuidanceandGuaranteeFundbetaken
intoconsideration irrespectiveofthedateof
payment .
2.Detailedrulesfortheapplicationofparagraph1
shallbeadopted,wherenecessary,accordingtothe
procedurelaiddowninArticle26ofRegulationNo
17/64/EEC.before31December1969inviewofthedecisionson
interimpaymentsprovidedforinArticle10(4)(a)
and(5)(a)ofRegulationNo17/64/EEC,the
Commissionshalldecide,before15Octoberll970
andafterconsultingtheCommitteefortheEuropean
AgriculturalGuidanceandGuaranteeFund,onan
additionalinterimpaymentcalculatedinsuchaway
thattheinterimpaymentsforexpenditurewhichcan
betakenintoconsideration bytheGuaranteeSection
oftheEuropeanAgricultural Guidanceand
GuaranteeFundforthe1967/68and1968/69
accountingperiodsreachatotalof90%. Article9
«
Article12Article9(2)ofRegulationNo17/64/EECshallbe
supplemented bythefollowing:
'2b.Forthe1970accountingperiodMember
StatesshallsubmittotheCommission :Thefirstsubparagraph ofArticle4(1)ofthe
FinancialRegulationontheEuropeanAgricultural
GuidanceandGuaranteeFundshallbesupplemented
bythefollowing:
'Forthe"secondhalfof1969"andthe1970
accountingperiods:
—thecreditsinrespectofexpenditureeligible
foraidundertheGuaranteeSectionshallbe
enteredinthebudgetforthe1970financial(a)before1October1970,anapplicationforan
interimpaymentinrespectofexpenditure
eligibleforaidfromtheGuaranteeSectionof
theFundforthefirsthalfoftheyear;
(b)before1April1971,anapplicationforan
interimpaymentinrespectofexpenditure
eligibleforaidfromtheGuaranteeSectionof
theFundforthesecondhalfoftheyear;
(c)before1August1971,anapplicationfor
reimbursement ofexpenditureeligibleforaid
fromtheGuaranteeSectionoftheFundfor
thewholeoftheaccountingperiod.'year;
—thecreditsforthe.GuidanceSectionshallbe
enteredinthebudgetforthe1971financial
vear.'
Article13
Article10
Article10(5)ofRegulation17/64/EECshallbe
supplemented bythefollowing:InArticle10(6)ofRegulationNo17/64/EECthe
words'ofparagraph4(a),5(a),5a(a)or5b(a)'
shallbesubstitutedforthewords'ofparagraph4(a)
or5(a).'
'5b.Forthe1970accountingperiodthe
Article14
oCommissionshalldecide,onthebasisofthe
.applicationsprovidedforinArticle9(2b):
(a)before15December1970and30June1971,
onaninterimpaymentofaidfromtheFund
equalto75%oftheexpenditurewhichcan
betakenintoconsideration forthefirsthalf
andthesecondhalfrespectivelyofthat
accountingperiod;
(b)before30June1972,onaidfromtheFund,
afterconsultingtheFundCommittee.'Articles3to8ofRegulationNo25,RegulationsNo
17/64/EECandNo.130/66/EEC,theFinancial
RegulationontheEuropeanAgriculturalGuidance
andGuaranteeFundandtheprovisionsadoptedfor
theirapplicationshallcontinuetoapplytothe
financingofthecommonagriculturalpolicyforthe
lastaccountingperiodcoveredbythisRegulation
andfortheprecedingaccountingperiods.
ArticleIS
TITLEIII
Generalprovisions
Article111.IftheDecisionof21April1970onthe
replacementoffinancialcontributionsfromMember
StatesbytheCommunities 'ownresourceshasnot
enteredintoforceby1January1971,thescalelaid
downinArticle7shallremaininforceandallthe•
provisionsreferredtoinArticle14shallcontinueto
applyuntiltheentryintoforceoftheDecision.OnthebasisofapplicationsfromMemberStatesfor
interimpayments,submittedtotheCommission

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Article16 2.InthateventtheCouncilactingbyaqualified
majorityonaproposalfromtheCommissionand
takingtheprovisionsofArticles6,8,9,10and12as
abasis,shalldecideontheprocedureforfinancing
thecommonagriculturalpolicywhichshallapply
untiltheentryintoforceoftheDecisionreferredto
inparagraph1.ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthethird
dayfollowingitspublicationintheOfficialJournal
oftheEuropeanCommunities .
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatLuxembourg ,21April1970.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
P.HARMEL