OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 107
NoL100/4 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 27.4.72
REGULATION (EEC)No847/72OFTHECOUNCIL
of24April1972
ongrantingaidfromtheEuropeanAgriculturalGuidanceandGuaranteeFund,Guidance
Section,fortheyear1972
Communityandconstitutingcommonmeasureswithin
themeaningofArticle6ofCouncilRegulation(EEC)
No729/703of21April1970onthefinancingofthe
commonagriculturalpolicy.
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
ThetimelimitfixedinthefirstsentenceofArticle20(1)
ofRegulationNo17/64/EECforthesubmissionof
applicationsforaidfromtheEuropeanAgricultural
GuidanceandGuaranteeFund,GuidanceSection,shall,
inrespectofapplicationsforaidfortheyear1972,be
extendedto30June1972.
Article2THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity,andinparticularArticle43
thereof:
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission;
HavingregardtotheOpinionoftheEuropeanParlia­
ment;
Whereas,inaccordancewiththefirstsentenceofArticle
20(1)ofCouncilRegulationNo17/64/EEC1of5Fe­
bruary1964ontheconditionsforgrantingaidfromthe
EuropeanAgriculturalGuidanceandGuaranteeFund,
aslastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)No2591/702,
applicationsforaidfromtheGuidanceSectionofthe
FundmustbesubmittedtotheCommissioneachyear
before1October,sincetheCommissionmustdecideon
themeritsbefore31Decemberofthefollowingyear:
whereasitseemsnecessarytoextendthetimelimitfixed
forthesubmissionofapplicationsfortheyear1972to
30June1972inordertofacilitatethepreparatorywork
ofMemberStatesinconnectionwiththesubmissionof
suchapplicationsandtoshorten,intheinterestofthe
applicants,thetimebetweenthesubmissionoftheappli­
cationandthedecisionoftheCommission ;
Whereasitisexpedienttoincreaseto45%themaximum
amountofaidfromtheFundforprojectsconcerning
productionstructuresfortheyear1972;whereas,how­
ever,duetothecurrentdifficultiesinthemarketsofcer­
tainagriculturalproducts,aidexceeding25%ofthe
amountofinvestmentsisjustifiableonlyinrespectof
certainprojects;
Whereas,fortheyear1972asfortheyear1971,itis
necessarytoprovideforadifferingfinancialcontribu­
tionbythebeneficiaryinrespectofproductionandmar­
ketingstructures;
Whereasitisappropriatetoreservepartoftheavailable
creditsoftheGuidanceSectionfortheyear1972,soas
topermitthefinancingofmeasuresfinancedbytheTheavailablecreditsoftheEuropeanAgriculturalGuid­
anceandGuaranteeFund,GuidanceSection,amounting
to285millionunitsofaccount,shallbedistributedas
follows:
1.Apartshallbeallocatedtofinancingthemeasures
providedforunderthefollowingprovisions:
(a)Article12(3)ofCouncilRegulationNo159/66/
EEC4of25October1966layingdownadditional
provisionsonthecommonorganizationofthemar­
ketinfruitandvegetables;
(b)Article12(1)ofCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1975/
69sof6October1969introducingasystemof
premiumsforslaughteringcowsandforwithholding
milkandmilkproductsfromthemarket;
(c)Article5(2)ofCouncilRegulation(EEC)No2511/
696of9December1969layingdownspecialmeas­
uresforimprovingtheproductionandmarketingof
Communitycitrusfruit;
(d)Article7(1)ofCouncilRegulation(EEC)No2517/
697of9December1969layingdowncertainmeas­
uresforreorganizingCommunityfruitproduction;
3OJNoL94,28.4.1970,p.13.
4OJNo192,27.10.1966,p.3286/66.
5OJNoL252,8.10.1969,p.1.
6OJNoL318,18.12.1969,p.1. 1OJNo34,27.2.1964,p.586/64.
2OJNoL280,26.12.1970,p.63. 7OJNoL318,18.12.1969,p.15.

108 OfficialJournalo(the.EuropeanCommunities '
withoutprejudicetotheprovisionsofthethirdindentof
thefirstsubparagraphofArticle18(1)ofthatArticle,as
amendedbyArticle4ofthisRegulation .(e)Article22(2)ofCouncilRegulation(EEC)No2142/
701of20October1970onthecommonorganiza­
tionofthemarketinfisheryproducts:
(f)Article17(3)ofCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1696/--
712of26July1971onthecommonorganizationof-.Article .4—
themarketinhops.
2.Apartamountingto150millionunitsofaccount
shallbeallocatedtofinancingprojectswithinthemean­
ingofArticle13ofRegulationNo17/64/EEC.
3.Theremaining'partshallbeallocatedtofinancing
measuresfinancedbytheCommunityandconstituting
commonmeasureswithinthemeaningofArticle6of
Regulation(EEC)No729/70ThethirdindentofthefirstsubparagraphofArticle18
(1)ofRegulationNo17/64/EECshallbereplacedby
thefollowingtext:•r-
-however,inrespectofprojectssubmittedforthe
years1971and1972thefinancialcontributionof
thepartybenefitingfromtheimprovement shall
notbelessthan:
-20%forprojectsrelatingtoproductionstruc­
tures,and
-38%forprojectsrelatingtomarketingstruc­
tures.'Article3
Bywayofderogationfromthefirstindentofthefirst
subparagraphofArticle18(1)ofRegulationNo17/64/
EEC.aidfromtheEuropeanAgriculturalGuidanceand
GuaranteeFund.GuidanceSectionmayamountto45%
oftheinvestmentinrespectofcertainprojectssubmitted
fortheyear1972.inconformitywiththeconditionsof
Article11(I)(a)and(b)ofRegulationNo17/64/EEC.Article5
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthethirdday
afteritspublicationintheOfficialJournaloftheEuro­
peanCommunities .
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMemberStates.
DoneatLuxembourg .24April1972.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
G.THORN