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COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 1357/83

of 25 May 1983

amending Regulation (EEC) No 1055/81 introducing temporary financial aid from the Community to Ireland for pre-movement tuberculin testing and brucellosis blood sampling of cattle

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 (1),

Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (2),

Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee (3),

Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 1055/81 (4) introduced temporary financial aid from the Community to Ireland for pre-movement tuberculin testing and brucellosis blood sampling of cattle;

Whereas it is necessary, in order to make the allocation of appropriations clearer, to include all expenditure on the Community's various measures in the veterinary field in the chapter covering expenditure in the agricultural sector;

Whereas, in order to apply proper financial and monetary rules and procedures to Community expenditure connected with the implementation of the above measure, the appropriate Articles of Council Regulation (EEC) No 729/70 of 21 April 1970 on the financing of the common agricultural policy (5), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3509/80 (6), and Council Regulation (EEC) No 129/78 of 24 January 1978 on the exchange rates to be applied for the purposes of the common agricultural structures policy (7) should be made applicable mutatis mutandis thereto,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Regulation (EEC) No 1055/81 is hereby amended as follows:

1. Article 1 (3) is replaced by the following:

'3. Community financial aid shall be given for the measure referred to in paragraph 1.'

2. Article 2 (2) is replaced by the following:

'2. The estimated amount of aid to be charged to the chapter of the Community budget covering expenditure in the agricultural sector for the duration of the measure laid down in paragraph 1 is six million ECU.'

3. In Article 3:

(a) in paragraph 1, 'shall be eligible for reimbursement from the Guidance Section of the Fund' is replaced by 'shall be subsidized by the Community';

(b) paragraph 2 is replaced by the following:

'2. The Community shall reimburse to Ireland 50 % of the expenditure referred to in paragraph 1.'

4. Article 4 (2) is replaced by the following:

'2. Article 7 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 729/70 shall apply to Commission decisions on Community financing of this measure.'

5. The following Article 4a shall be inserted:

'Article 4a

Regulation (EEC) No 129/78 and Articles 8 and 9 of Regulation (EEC) No 729/70 shall apply mutatis mutandis.'

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of 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, 25 May 1983.

For the Council

The President

I. KIECHLE

(1) OJ No C 299, 16. 11. 1982, p. 8.

(2) OJ No C 68, 14. 3. 1983, p. 86.

(3) OJ No C 77, 21. 3. 1983, p. 3.

(4) OJ No L 111, 23. 4. 1981, p. 4.

(5) OJ No L 94, 28. 4. 1970, p. 13.

(6) OJ No L 367, 31. 12. 1980, p. 87.

(7) OJ No L 20, 25. 1. 1978, p. 16.