NoL19/28 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 22.1.77
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No120/77
of21January1977
layingdowndetailedruleswithrespecttoaidfordurumwheatforthe1977/78
marketingyear
sactioniscarriedoutisconsideredasbeingthedate
oftheeventinwhichtheaidbecomesdueand
payable;whereasinthecaseofdurumwheatsuch
eventoccursonharvest;whereas,inviewofthediffi­
cultyofdeterminingtheexactdateofharvestineach
case,thedatetobetakenastherepresentative dateof
harvestshouldbethefirstdayofthemarketingyear
inrespectofwhichtheentitlementtoaidarises;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulation
areinaccordancewiththeopinionoftheManage­
mentCommitteeforCereals,
HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article1
Forthe1977/78marketingyeartheaidreferredtoin
Article10ofRegulation (EEC)No2727/75shallbe
grantedfordurumwheatproducedintheCommunity
inaccordance withtheconditionssetoutinthe
followingArticles.THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
2727/75of29October1975onthecommonorganiza­
tionofthemarketincereals(>),aslastamendedby
Regulation (EEC)No3138/76(2),andinparticular
Article10(5)thereof,
WhereasCouncilRegulation (EEC)No3103/76of16
December1976onaidfordurumwheat(3),laiddown
generalruleswithrespecttoaidfordurumwheat;
whereastheCommissionmustlaydownthedetailed
rulesfortheirapplication ;
Whereasthecriteriaforthedetermination ofqualita­
tiveandtechnicalcharacteristics havebeenlaiddown
byCouncilRegulation(EEC)No3103/76;whereas
suchcharacteristics mustguaranteethatthedurum
wheatiscapableofbeingmadeintosemolinaorpasta
meetingcertainrequirements forhumanconsump­
tion;whereasthebestindicatoroftheseisthesticki­
nessofthepastawhencooked;
WhereaspursuanttoArticle4ofRegulation (EEC)
No3103/76MemberStatesaretoinstituteasystemof
administrative supervisiontoensurethattheproduct
forwhichaidisrequestedmeetstheconditionslaid
down.forthegrantingthereof;whereasanapplication
foraidmustcontainaminimumnumberofparticu­
larstoenableMemberStatestomakethenecessary
checks;whereasArticle5ofRegulation (EEC)No
3103/76providesforaspotcheckoftheaccuracyof
statements ;whereas,ifsuchchecksaretobeeffective,
theymustbecarriedoutuponasufficientlyrepresen­
tativenumberofaidapplications ;
Whereas,pursuanttoArticle4(2)ofCouncilRegula­
tion(EEC)No1134/68of30July1968layingdown
rulesfortheimplementation ofRegulation (EEC)No
653/68onconditionsforalterationstothevalueof
theunitofaccountusedforthecommonagricultural
policy(4),theamountoftheaidistobeconverted
intonationalcurrencyattherateprevailingonthe
datethetransactionorparttransactioniscarriedout;
whereasunderArticle6thereofthetimewhenatran­Article2
Inordertobeeligiblefortheaidthedurumwheat
shalleither:
—havequalitativeandtechnicalcharacteristics esta­
blishingthatpastamadetherefromisnotsticky
whencooked,or
—havebeenproducedfromseedofcertainvarieties
whosepossessionofsuchcharacteristics canbe
verifiedbytheMemberStates.
Article3
Theaidmaybegrantedonlyforareas:
(a)within:
—theregionsspecifiedintheAnnextoRegula­
tion(EEC)No1144/76,
—less-favoured agriculturalareaswithinthe
meaningofCouncilDirective75/268/EECon
mountainandhillfarmingandfarmingin
certainless-favoured areas,consideredassuch
on1August 1977;(')OJNoL281,1.11.1975,p.1.
(2)OJNoL354,24.12.1976,p.1.
(3)OJNoL351,21.12.1976,p.I.
(4)OJNoL188,1.8.1968,p.1.

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percentageoftheapplicationssubmitted,takinginto
accountthegeographicaldistributionoftheareas
concerned .
Suchpercentageshallnotinanycasebelessthan
5%.(b)whichhavebeenfullysownandhadallnormal
cultivationworkcarriedoutuponthem;
(c)forwhichanapplicationhasbeensubmittedin
accordancewithArticle4,suchapplicationtobe
treatedasequivalenttoadeclarationoftheareas
cultivated .
Article4
1.Everyproducerofdurumwheatwishingto
obtainaidshallsubmitanapplicationtherefortothe
competentagencyintheMemberStateconcerned
beforeadatetobefixedbythatMemberStateandin
anyeventnotlaterthan30April1977.
2.Theapplicationforaidshallincludeatleastthe
followingparticulars :
—thename,forenamesandaddressoftheapplicant,
—theareascultivatedinhectaresandinares,the
cadastralreferenceofsuchareasoranindication
recognizedasequivalentbytheagencyresponsible
forcheckingtheareas,
—thevarietyofseedused.
Article5
ThechecksprovidedforinArticle5ofRegulation
(EEC)No3103/76shallcoveratleastarepresentativeArticle6
1.TheMemberStateshallpaytheaidfordurum
wheatby30April1978atthelatest.
2.TheeventwithinthemeaningofArticle6of
Regulation (EEC)No1134/68inwhichtheaid
becomesdueandpayableshallberegardedas
occuringon1August1977.
Article7
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthethirdday
followingitspublicationintheOfficialJournalof
theEuropeanCommunities .
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,21January1977.
FortheCommission
FinnGUNDELACH
Vice-President