15.4.76 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL102/21
COMMISSION DECISION
of3March1976
ontheimplementation ofthereformofagriculturalstructuresintheFederalRepublic
ofGermanypursuanttoTitleIIofDirective75/268/EEC
(OnlytheGermantextisauthentic)
(76/374/EEC)
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,Hesse
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingthe
EuropeanEconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilDirective75/268/EECof
28April1975onmountainandhillfarmingand
farming,incertainless-favoured areas(*),andin
particularArticle13thereof,
HavingregardtoCouncilDirective72/159/EECof
17April1972onthemodernization offarms(2),
andinparticularArticle18(3)thereof,
Whereason26June1975theGovernmentofthe
FederalRepublicofGermanyforwarded,pursuant
toArticle13ofDirective75/268/EEC,principles
forincentivestofarmsinmountainandhillareas
andincertainless-favoured areaspromulgatedon
11April1975;
Whereas,on11Novemberand18December1975,
theGovernmentoftheFederalRepublicofGermany
alsoforwarded,pursuanttoArticle13ofDirective
75/268/EEC,thetextofthefollowinglaws,
regulationsandadministrative provisionsofthe
GermanLander:
Bavaria
DirectivesontheBavariangrasslandandhill
programmeof14June1975,Section2:'Premiums
forextensivecattlefarming'.
Baden-Wiirtenberg
Ordertoencouragetoagriculturalmeasuresfor
conservation ofcultivatedareas(subsidiestosheep
farms)of8July1971,intheversionof
2August1973.Directivestoencouragemeasuresforpreservation
ofthecountrysidebyfarmsintheversionof
11March1975,Section3(3):'Incentivesforkeeping
breedingcows',Section3(4):'Incentivesfor
keepingstorecattle'andSection3(5):'Incentives
forsheepfarming'.
North-Rbine-Westphalia
Orderof27April1973,intheversionof1975,
Section3(1)(1):'Premiumsforkeepingbreeding
cows'.
Whereas,underArticle18(3)ofDirective72/159/
EECandArticle13ofDirective75/268/EEC,the
Commissionmustdecidewhether,havingregardto
theobjectivesofDirective75/268/EECandtothe
needforaproperconnectionbetweenthevarious
measures,thelaws,regulationsandadministrative
provisionscommunicated complywiththisDirective
andthussatisfytheconditionsforfinancial
contributionbytheCommunity ;
WhereastheessentialobjectiveofDirective
75/268/EECistoensurethecontinuationoffarming,
inthemountainandhillareasandless-favoured
areaslaiddownbytheCouncil,therebymaintaining
aminimumpopulationlevelorconservingthe
countryside ;
WhereasDirective75/268/EECthereofauthorized
MemberStatestointroduceasystemofaidsto
encouragefarmingandtoraisefarmincomesin
theseareas;
Whereasthissystemmaytaketheformofan
allowancetocompensatefarmersforpermanent
naturalhandicaps,iftheyundertaketopursuea
farmingactivityinaccordancewiththeaimsofthe
Directiveforatleastfiveyears;whereasinthecase
ofcattle,sheepandgoatsthisallowanceiscalculated
inrelationtolivestocknumbersandmaynotexceed
50unitsofaccountperlivestockunitand50units
ofaccountperhectareunderforage,butmaynot
belessthan15unitsofaccountperlivestockunit;HOJNoL128,19.5.1975,p.1.
(2)OJNoL96,23.4.1972,p.1.

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WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisDecision
areinaccordancewiththeopinionoftheStanding
CommitteeonAgriculturalStructures,whereasinadditiontotheconditionsinArticles6
and7oftheDirective,MemberStatesmaylaydown
supplementary conditionsorlimitationsonthe
grantingofcompensatory allowances;
Whereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthe
abovementioned principlesforincentivestofarms
inmountainandhillareasandcertainless-favoured
areas,promulgatedon11April1975,andinSection
2oftheabovementioned directiveoftheLand
Bavaria,complywiththeaimandconditionsof
Directive75/268/EEC;
Whereastheabovementioned measuresoftheLän­
derBaden-Wiirtenberg ,HesseandNorth-Rhine­
Westphalia ,whichwereintroducedbeforetheentry
intoforceofDirective75/268/EEC,donotonthe
otherhandcomplywiththeconditionsofthe
Directiveandmustberepealedoramendedwithin
oneyearfromtheentryintoforceoftheDirective,
pursuanttoArticle5,secondparagraph,and
Article17oftheDirective;
Whereashowever,thesemeasures,whicharein
additiontothecompensatory allowancesprovided
forintheprinciplesforincentivestofarmsin
mountainandhillareasandcertainless-favoured
areaspromulgatedon11April1975andbasically
onlyapplyinless-favoured areasinwhichthe
compensatory allowanceisnotgranted,are,when
takentogether,onlyofslightimportance ;whereas
therefore,despitethemeasureswhichareincompat­
iblewiththeDirective,afinancialcontributionby
theCommunitytothecostoftheprinciplesfor
incentivestofarmsinmountainandhillareasandin
certainless-favoured areaspromulgated on
11April1975,andtotheabovementioned directives
ofLandBavaria,canbeheldtobejustifiedeven
duringthetransitionalperiodallowedbyArticle17;
WhereastheEAGGFCommitteehasbeenconsulted
onthefinancialaspects;HASADOPTEDTHISDECISION :
Article1
Theprinciplesforincentivestofarmsinmountain
andhillareasandincertainless-favoured areas
promulgatedon11April1975,asforwardedbythe
GovernmentoftheFederalRepublicofGermany,
andthemeasuresprovidedforinSection2ofthe
directivesofLandBavariaontheBavariangrassland
andhillprogrammeof14June1975alsoforwarded,
complywiththeconditionsforfinancialcontribution
bytheCommunitytothemeasuresreferredtoin
Article13ofDirective75/268/EECandArticle15
ofDirective72/159/EEC.
Article2
ThisDecisionshallceasetohaveeffecton
28April1976,unlessbywhenthemeasuresof
LänderBaden-Würtenberg ,HesseandNorth-Rhine­
Westphalia ,whicharereferredtointhepreamble,
havebeenamended,tocomplywiththeconditions
ofDirective75/268/EEC,orrepealed.
Article3
ThisDecisionisaddressedtotheFederalRepublic
ofGermany.
DoneatBrussels,3March1976.
FortheCommission
P.J.LARDINOIS
MemberoftheCommission