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29.1.71 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL23/13
REGULATION (EEC)No171/71OFTHECOUNCIL
of26January1971
ongrantingandreimbursingaidsgrantedbyMemberStatestoproducers'organisations
inthefishingindustry
Article2
Thefollowingclassesofpersonshallbetakeninto
considerationforthepurposeofcalculatingtheaids
referredtoinArticle6(1)ofRegulation (EEC)No
2142/70:
—producerswhoweremembersoftheproducers'
organisation onthedateonwhichitwas
recognisedandwhoweremembersofthe
organisationthroughouttheyearforwhichaidis
claimed;
—producerswhojoinedtheproducers'organisation
afterthedateonwhichitwasrecognisedand
whoweremembersoftheorganisation
throughoutthelastninemonthsoftheyearfor
whichaidisclaimed.THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingthe
EuropeanEconomicCommunity ;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
2142/701of20October1970onthecommon
organisationofthemarketinfisheryproducts,andin
particularArticle6(5)andthesecondsubparagraph
ofArticle22(2)thereof;
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ;
Whereastheconditionsandgeneralrulestobe
appliedtoaidsgrantedbyMemberStatesto
producers'organisations andtheprocedurefor
reimbursingthoseaidsfromtheGuidanceSectionof
theEuropeanAgriculturalGuidanceandGuarantee
Fundmustbeadopted;
Whereastoensurethattheseaidsaregrantedand
reimbursedunderidenticalconditions,themethods
forcalculatingthevalueoftheproductionmarketed
undertheauspicesoftheproducers'organisations
andtheadministrative expensesofthese
organisations shouldbedefined;whereasthis
calculationmustbebasedonproperlyvouched
accounts;whereasthedifficultyofhavingsuch
accountsavailable,incertaincases,shouldbetaken
intoaccount;whereasaflat-ratemethodshouldbe
substitutedinsuchcases;Article3
Thevalueoftheproductionmarketedbya
producers'organisationshallbecalculatedforeach
productbymultiplying :
—theaveragemarketedproductionreferredtoin
thefirstindentofthethirdsubparagraph of
Article6(1)ofRegulation (EEC)No2142/70,
ascertainedinaccordancewiththeprocedurelaid
downinArticle4belowandexpressedin100kg
netforeachproduct
by
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1—theaveragepricereferredtointhesecondindent
ofthethirdsubparagraph ofArticle6(1)of
Regulation (EEC)No2142/70,ascertainedin
accordancewiththeprocedurelaiddownin
Article5belowandcalculatedper100kgnetfor
eachproduct.Whenitsubmitsitsfirstclaimforreimbursement ,the
MemberStateconcernedshallprovidethe
Commissionwithacertificateshowingthedateon
whichtheproducers'organisationwasformedand
thedateonwhichitwasrecognised.Article4
1OJ.NoL236,27.10.1970,p.5.Forthepurposeofcalculatingtheaverageproduction
referredtointhefirstindentofArticle3,the

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Article6 productionmarketedbyproducermembersshallbe
ascertainedforeachofthethreecalendaryears
immediatelyprecedingmembership :
—onthebasisofproperlyvouchedcommercialand
accountingrecordsasareavailable
or1.Theamountoftheadministrative expenses
referredtoinArticle6(1)ofRegulation (EEC)No
2142/70tobetakenintoconsideration whenthe
maximumamountofaidgrantedtoproducers'
organisations isbeingcalculated,mustbeestablished
onthebasisofproperlyvouchedcommercialand
accountingrecordsandbeapprovedbythe
competentauthoritiesoftheMemberState.
2.Theconceptofadministrative expensesshallbe
definedinaccordancewiththeprocedurelaiddown
inArticle29ofRegulation (EEC)No2142/70.ifsuchsupportingevidenceisnotavailable,on
the.basisofaflat-rateassessmentmadebythe
competentservicesoftheMemberState,
allowancebeingmadeinparticularforpro­
ductivecapacityintermsofequipmentand
manpower;theresultthusobtainedshallbe
reducedby10%tocoverthemember'sown
consumptionandnon-commercial transactions .Article7
Article5Aidtoanassociationofproducers'organisationsmay
notexceedatotalof50000unitsofaccount.
Article8Forthepurposeofcalculatingtheaverageprice
referredtointhesecondindentofArticle3,the
averagepriceobtainedbyproducermembersforeach
ofthethreecalendaryearsimmediatelypreceding
membershipshallbeascertained :
—onthebasisofproperlyvouchedcommercialand
accountingrecordswhichareavailable
or1.Applicationsforreimbursement mustrelateto
expenditureincurredbyMemberStatesduringa
calendaryearandmustbesubmittedtothe
Commissionannuallybefore1Julyofthefollowing
year.
2.The.Commission shalldecideonthese
applicationsenblocorseparatelyafterconsultingthe
FundCommittee .
3.Provisionsconcerningtheinformationtobe
includedinapplicationsforreimbursement ,theform
thatsuchapplicationsshouldtakeandthesupporting
evidencetobesubmittedtotheCommissionby
MemberStatesshallbeadoptedinaccordancewith
theprocedurelaiddowninArticle13ofCouncil
Regulation (EEC)No729/701of21April1970on
thefinancingofthecommonagriculturalpolicy.—ifsuchsupportingevidenceisnotavailable,by
calculatingtheaveragequotationforeach
productonthemostrepresentative wholesale
marketorinthemostrepresentativeportofthe
areainwhichtheproducers'organisation
concernedoperates,suchaveragequotationbeing
theaverageoftherepresentative quotations
recordedduringthereferenceyearbythe
competentauthoritiesoftheMemberStateon
thatmarketorinthatport.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,26January1971.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
B.PONS
OJNoL94,28.4.1970,p.13.