579. OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities
13.12.68 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL299/1
REGULATION (EEC)No2010/68OFTHECOUNCIL
of9December1968
ongrantingaidfromtheEuropeanAgriculturalGuidanceandGuaranteeFund,Guidance
Section,fortheyear1969
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,ordertoshorten,intheinterestsofapplicants,the
periodbetweenthesubmissionoftheapplication
andthedecisionoftheCommission ;
Whereaspartoftheavailableresourcesofthe
GuidanceSectionfor1969mustberetainedinorder
tomakeitpossibletofinancethespecialmeasures
tobetakenfollowingthedecisionswhichwillbe
adoptedonagriculturalstructureafterexamination
oftheCommission Memorandum totheCouncil
onthereformofagricultureintheEuropeanEcon­
omicCommunity ;
Whereasthemaximumamountofaidwhichmaybe
grantedfromtheFundforprojectsconcernedwith
productionstructureshouldbeincreasedto45°/o>;
Whereasinviewofpresentdifficultiesinthemarkets
forcertainagriculturalproducts,aidinexcessof
25%ofthetotalamountofinvestmentsisjustified
onlyforcertainprojects;HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingthe
EuropeanEconomicCommunityandinparticular
Article43thereof;
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommis­
sion;
HavingregardtotheOpinionoftheEuropean
Parliament 1;
Whereas,underArticle14(1)(a)ofCouncilRegula­
tionNo17/64/EEC2of5February1964onthecon­
ditionsforgrantingaidfromtheEuropeanAgricul­
turalGuidanceandGuaranteeFund,inorderto
benefitfromaidfromtheFundeachprojectmust
comewithintheframeworkofaCommunityPro­
grammelaiddowninaccordancewithArticle16of
thatRegulation;
WhereasCommunityProgrammeshavenotyetbeen
adopted;whereasitisthereforenotpossibletopre­
pareonthebasisofsuchProgrammestheprojects
for1969tobefinancedbytheFund;whereasitis
thereforenecessarynottoapplyArticle14(1)(a)
ofRegulation17/64/EECwithregardtoapplications
foraidsubmittedfor1969;
Whereas,inaccordancewiththefirstsentenceof
thefirstsubparagraph ofArticle20(1)ofRegula­
tionNo17/64/EEC,applicationsforaidfromthe
GuidanceSectionoftheFundmustbesubmittedto
theCommissioneachyearbefore1October;whereas
itseemsnecessarytoextendthetimelimitfixed
forthesubmissionofapplicationsfor1969to28Feb­
ruary1969andatthelatestto20March1969in
ordertofacilitatetheworkofMemberStatesin,
preparingthesubmissionofthoseapplicationsandinHASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
TheprovisionsofArticle14(1)(a)ofRegulation
No17/64/EECshallnotapplytoprojectswhich
arethesubjectofapplicationsforaidfromthe
GuidanceSectionoftheEuropeanAgricultural
GuidanceandGuaranteeFundsubmittedfortheyear
1969.
Article2
Thetimelimitfixedinthefirstsentenceofthefirst
subparagraph ofArticle20(1)ofRegulationNo
17/64/EECforthesubmissionofapplicationsforaid
fromtheGuidanceSectionoftheEuropeanAgricul­
turalGuidanceandGuaranteeFundshallbeexten­
dedasfollowsinrespectofapplicationsforaid
fortheyear1969:eachMemberStatemustsubmit
onehalfofitsprojectsfortheyear1969by28Feb­
ruary1969,andtheremaindernotlaterthan20
March1969.1OJNoC116,8.11.1968,p.24.
2OJNo34,27.2.1964,p.586/64.

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Article3 withinthemeaning'ofArticle13ofRegulationNo
17/64/EEC.
3.Theremainingportionshallbeallottedtothe
financingofspecialmeasurestobetakenfollowing
thedecisionswhichwillbeadoptedonagricultural
structureafterexamination oftheCommission Mem­
orandumtotheCouncilonthereformofagricul­
tureintheEuropeanEconomicCommunity .
Article4TheavailableresourcesoftheGuidanceSectionof
theEuropeanAgriculturalGuidanceandGuarantee
Fundamountingto285millionunitsofaccount
shallbedistributedasfollows:
1.Oneportionshallbeallottedtothefinancingof
themeasuresprovidedforinthefollowing :
(a)Article12ofCouncilRegulationNo130/66/
EEC1of26July1966onthefinancingofthe
commonagriculturalpolicy;
(b)Article12(3)ofCouncilRegulationNo159/66/
EEC2of25October1966layingdownadditional
provisionsforthecommonorganisationofthe
marketinfruitandvegetables;
(c)Article12(4)ofRegulationNo159/66/EEC;
(d)Article1ofCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
350/683of27March1968onthefinancialcon­
tributionoftheComrrtunitytowardscostsin­
curredbyMemberStatesincarryingoutsurveys
ofpigpopulation.
2.Oneportionamountingto160millionunitsof
accountshallbeallottedtothefinancingofprojectsBywayofderogationfromthefirstindentofAr­
ticle18(1)ofRegulationNo17/64/EEC,aidfrom
theGuidanceSectionoftheEuropeanAgricultural
GuidanceandGuaranteeFundmayamounttoup
to45°/oofthetotalamountofinvestmentsforcer­
tainprojectssubmittedfortheyear1969whichfulfil
theconditionsofArticle11(1)(a)and(b)ofthat
Regulation,withoutprejudicetotheprovisionsof
thesecondindentofArticle18(1)ofthatRegula­
tion.
Article5
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthethird
dayfollowingitspublicationintheOfficialJournal
oftheEuropeanCommunities .
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,9December1968.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
G.SEDATI
1OJNo165,21.9.1966,p.2965/66.
2OJNo192,27.10.1966,p.3286/66.
3OJNoL76,28.3.1968,p.4.