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REGULATION (EEC)No429/74OFTHECOUNCIL
of18February1974
extendingfortheyears1972,1973and1974certaintimelimitsforgrantingaid
fromtheGuidanceSectionoftheEuropeanAgricultural Guidanceand
GuaranteeFund
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,andinparticularArticle43
thereof;
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ;Whereasitwouldnotbepossibletotakethosedeci­
sionswithinthetimelimitlaiddown;whereasthe
timelimitforthosedecisionsmustthereforebe
extended;
WhereasArticle2ofRegulation(EEC)No2140/72
providesthatthetimelimitforthesubmissionof
applicationsforaidfor1973beextendedto30June
1973;whereas,inviewofthemeasurestobetakenby
theCommission ,itwillbepossibletoreducethe
periodrequiredfortheexaminationoftheapplica­
tion,whichbeganon1November1973,toapproxi­
matelyeightmonths;whereasitisconsequently
possibletolimittheextensionoftheperiodwithin
whichtheCommission mustdecideonthemeritsof
theapplicationstoninemonths;
Whereastheapplicationsforaidfor1974cannotbe
examineduntilafterthatdate;whereas,consequently ,
itisalsonecessarytoextendthetimelimitfixedfor
thesubmissionoftheseapplications ,HavingregardtotheOpinionoftheEuropeanParlia­
mentP);
Whereas,underthefirstsubparagraphofArticle20(1)
ofCouncilRegulationNo17/64/EEC(2)of5
February1964ontheconditionsforgrantingaidfrom
theEuropeanAgriculturalGuidanceandGuarantee
Fund,aslastamendedbyRegulation (EEC)No
847/72(3),applicationsforaidfromtheGuidance
SectionoftheFundmustbesubmittedtothe
Commissioneachyearbefore1October,theCommis­
sionbeingrequiredtodecideonthemeritsofsuch
applicationsbefore31Decemberofthefollowing
year;HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1 WhereasArticle1ofCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
2140/72(4)of3October1972,extendingfortheyears
1971,1972and1973certaintimelimitsforgranting
aidfromtheGuidanceSectionoftheEuropeanAgri­
culturalGuidanceandGuaranteeFundprovidedthat
thetimelimitwithinwhichtheCommission must
decideonthemeritsofapplicationsforaidfor1972
submittedtoitwithinthetimelimitfixedinArticle1
ofCouncilRegulation (EEC)No847/72shouldbe
extendedto30September1973;ThetimelimitwithinwhichtheCommissionmust,
underthesecondsentenceofthefirstsubparagraphof
Article20(1)ofRegulationNo17/64/EEC,takea
decisiononapplicationsforaidfromtheGuidance
SectionoftheEuropeanAgriculturalGuidanceand
GuaranteeFundsubmittedtoitwithinthetimelimit
fixedinArticle1ofRegulation(EEC)No847/72for
1972andwithinthetimelimitfixedinArticle2of
Regulation (EEC)No2140/72for1973shallbe
extendedto31October1973forprojectssubmitted
for1972andto31July1974forprojectssubmitted
for1973.1OJNoC108,10.12.1973,p.24.
(2)OJNo34,27.2.1964,p.586/64.
(3)OJNoL100,27.4.1972,p.4.
4)OJNoL229,7.10.1972,p.4.
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Article2 eachMemberStatemustsubmititsprojectsfor1974
notlaterthan30June1974.
Article3Thetimelimitfixedinthefirstsentenceofthefirst
subparagraph ofArticle20(1)ofRegulationNo
17/64/EECforthesubmissionofapplicationsforaid
fromtheGuidanceSectionoftheEuropeanAgricul­
turalGuidanceandGuaranteeFundshallbeextended
asfollowsinrespectofapplicationsforaidfor1974:ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthethirdday
followingitspublicationintheOfficialJournalof
theEuropeanCommunities .
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,18February1974.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
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