19.5.76 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL130/11
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)No1147/76
of17May1976
onaidfordurumwheat
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,Article3
Thequalitativeandtechnicalcharacteristics which
durumwheatmusthaveinordertobeeligibleforaid
mustguaranteethattheproductissuitableforuseby
thedurummealindustryandforthemanufactureof
pastaproductsandthattheproductsprocessedthere­
fromsatisfycertainrequirements asregardssuitability
forhumanconsumption .
Article4
1.MemberStatesshallintroduceasystemofadmi­
nistrativesupervisiontoensurethataproductfor
whichaidisrequestedmeetstherequirements for
grantingsuchaid.
2.Forthepurposesofsuchsupervision ,Member
Statesshallintroduceasystemofdeclarationsrelating
totheareassown,theseedvarietiesusedandtheareas
harvested .HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
2727/75of29October1975onthecommonorganiza­
tionofthemarketincereals('),aslastamendedby
Regulation (EEC)No1143/76(2),andinparticular
Article10(4)thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ,
WhereasArticle10ofRegulation (EEC)No2727/75
providesthataidshallbegrantedfortheproduction
ofdurumwheatintheCommunity ;whereas,to
promoteageneralimprovement inqualityandto
guaranteethatthedurumwheatharvestedissuitable,
inparticular,forthemanufactureofpastaproducts,it
shouldbestipulatedthatthequalitativeandtechnical
characteristics whichdurumwheatmusthaveinorder
tobeeligibleforaidmustbedeterminedinaccor­
dancewiththeseobjectives ;
Whereas,pursuanttoArticle10(2)ofRegulation
(EEC)No2727/75,aidisgrantedbytheMember
Statesperhectareoflandsownandharvested;
whereastheproperworkingoftheaidsystemrequires
supervisiononthepartoftheMemberStatesinorder
toensurethataidisgrantedonlyfortheareas
concernedandforeligibleproducts;whereas,tothis
end,provisionshouldbemadefortheintroduction ,
byeachMemberStateconcerned,ofasystemofdecla­
rationsrelatingtosuchareas;whereas,moreover,the
effectivenessofsupervisionmeasurescanbeenhanced
bycheckingwhethercertainseedvarietiestobedeter­
minedareusedforsowingandcropsharvestedare
derivedtherefrom,Article5
MemberStatesshallcarryoutrandomsamplingspot
checkstoascertaintheaccuracyofdeclarations
relatingtoareasoflandsownandharvestedandof
applicationsforaidsubmittedbyproducers.
Article6
Theamountofaidtobepaidshallbecalculatedon
thebasisoftheareasownandharvested .
Article7
ProducerMemberStatesshallinformtheCommission
ofthemeasurestakenpursuanttothisRegulationand
provideitwithinformationrelating,inparticular,to
theareassownandharvestedforwhichaidhasbeen
granted. HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article1 Article8
MemberStatesshallgranttheaidreferredtoin
Article10ofRegulation (EEC)No2727/75fordurum
wheatproducedontheirterritoryunderthecondi­
tionssetoutinthefollowingArticles.CouncilRegulation (EEC)No2741/75of29October
1975onaidfordurumwheat(3),isrepealedwith
effectfrom1August1976.
Article9
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthethirdday.
followingitspublicationintheOfficialJournalof<
theEuropeanCommunities . <ForthepurposesofthisRegulation ,durumwheat
meanswheatoftheTriticumdurumspeciesandthe
hybridsderivedfromtheinterspecificcrossingofTrit­
icumdurumwhichhavethesamenumberofchromo­
somesasthatspecies.However,itshallnotapplytodurumwheatforwhich
aidwasgrantedinthe1975/76marketingyearandin
previousyears.
(>)OJNoL281,1.11.1975,p.1.
(2)Seepage1ofthisOfficialJournal. (3)OJNoL281,1.11.1975,p.55.

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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,17May1976.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
J.HAMILIUS