4.3.74 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL62/23
COMMISSION DECISION
of21December 1973
onthereimbursement bytheGuidanceSectionoftheEAGGFforpremiums
paidduring1970and1971forgrubbingappletrees,peartreesandpeachtreesto
theKingdomoftheNetherlands
(OnlytheDutchtextisauthentic)
(74/118/EEC)
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
2517/69(')of9December1969layingdowncertain
measuresforreorganizingCommunityfruitproduc­
tion,aslastamendedbyRegulation (EEC)No
2456/72(2);
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
2093/70(3)of20October1970adoptinggeneralrules
fortheapplicationofArticles6and7(1)ofRegula­
tion(EEC)No2517/69andinparticularArticle2(2)
thereof;
Whereasforpremiumspaidin1970theCommission
hasstatuatedprovisionally byDecisionof22
December 1972thatthisgrantwassubordinated to
thepaymentofthebalanceofthesepremiumswhich
shouldbebroughtupto800unitsofaccountper
grubbedhectare;
Whereasfortheexpenditures of1970thebalance
necessarytobringupto800unitsofaccountthe
premiumspergrubbedhectarehasbeenpaidin1971
(1084710unitsofaccount)and1972(139340units
ofaccount);thepaymentsmadeduring1971and
1972arebeingreimbursedbytheEAGGFforthese
civilyears;
Whereasthenumberofgrubbedhectaresin1970to
beconsideredforthepaymentofthepremiumis,
however,lesshighthaninitiallyindicated,sothatthe
amountofthepremiumspaidin1970underthe
conditionslaiddowninRegulation(EEC)No2517/69
anditsrulesofapplicationis2233184unitsof
accountinsteadof2313627unitsofaccount;
whereastheGuidanceSectionoftheEuropeanAgri­
culturalGuidanceandGuaranteeFundshouldthere­
forereimburseonexpenditureof1970,50%of
2233184unitsofaccounti.e.1116592unitsof
account;
Whereasforthepremiumspaidin1971theKingdom
oftheNetherlandshasmadeanapplicationforthereimbursement ,inaccordancewiththeprovisionsof
CommissionRegulation (EEC)No1096/71of27May
1971,onapplicationsforthereimbursement of
premiumsgrantedbytheMemberStatesforgrubbing
appletrees,peartreesandpeachtrees(4);
Whereasthesubmittedinformation showsthat
premiumshavebeenpaidforatotalamountof
4151592unitsofaccount;thisamountincludes:
—2741445unitsofaccountconcerningnewgrub­
bingoperationsdonein1971forwhichthe
premiumwas800unitsofaccountpergrubbed
hectare;
—1084710unitsofaccountconcerningtheamount
ofcomplementary paymentswhichwerenecessary
tobringthepremiumspaidin1970pergrubbed
hectarepartiallyupto800unitsofaccount;
—325437unitsofaccountconcerningtheamount
ofnewpartpaymentsrelatingtogrubbingopera­
tionsdonein1970;
Whereasthepartpaymentofthesepremiumsshown
inthethirdindentaboveisjustifiedtoavoiddiscrimi­
nationofthebeneficiarieswhoevenforgrubbingin
1970haveobtainedthefirstpaymentduringtwo
differentyears,whichistosay1970or1971;however,
thebalancehasbeenpaidin1971andin1972,inthe
samewayasfortheexpendituresof1970;
Whereas,withreservetowhatismentionedabove,the
paymentof4151592unitsofaccountin1971has
beenmadeundertheconditionslaiddowninRegula­
tion(EEC)No2517/69anditsrulesofapplication ;
whereastheGuidanceSectionoftheEuropeanAgri­
culturalGuidanceandGuaranteeFundshouldthere­
forereimburse50%ofthataccount,i.e.2075796
unitsofaccount;
Whereashoweverthebalanceallowedforintheexer­
ciseforthefinancialyear1972forreimbursingthe
paymentsunderconsideration andcarriedoverwith
theCouncil'sauthoritytothe1973exercise,asthe
totalgrantcannotbemadeatthepresenttime;
consequently aprovisionalsumshouldbedecided
uponsothatthenecessaryamountofassistancewill(>)OJNoL318,18.12.1969,p.15.
(2)OJNoL266,25.11.1972,p.9.
(3)OJNoL232,21.10.1970,p.5. (4)OJNoL116,28.5.1971,p.35.

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towardstheexpenditureincurredbytheKingdomof
theNetherlandsduring1971inrespectofpremiums
forgrubbingappletrees,peartreesandpeachtreesis
fixedprovisionallyat1339278unitsofaccount.beavailableandtoestablishadefinitesumassoonas
thenecessaryfundscanbemadeavailable;
WhereastheFundCommitteehasbeenconsultedon
thefinancialaspectsandinparticularonthefunds
available,
Article3 HASADOPTEDTHISDECISION :
Article1ThisDecisionisaddressedtotheKingdomofthe
Netherlands .ThecontributionbytheGuidanceSection,oftheEuro­
peanAgriculturalGuidanceandGuaranteeFund
towardstheexpenditureincurredbytheKingdomof
theNetherlandsduring1970inrespectofpremiums
forgrubbingappletrees,peartreesandpeachtreesis
fixeddefinitelyat1116592unitsofaccount.DoneatBrussels,21December1973.
FortheCommission
Article2
ThePresident
Francois-Xavier ORTOLIThecontributionbytheGuidanceSectionoftheEuro­
peanAgriculturalGuidanceandGuaranteeFund