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of30April1974
onthecommonorganizationofthemarketindehydratedfodder
theCommunityshouldbeenabledtotakeallneces­
sarymeasureswithoutdelaysoasnottoleavethe
marketwithoutdefenceagainstdisturbanceswhich
mayariseduetoimportsorexports;
WhereastheprovisionsoftheTreatywhichallowthe
assessmentofaidsgrantedbyMemberStatesandthe
prohibitionofthosewhichareincompatiblewiththe
commonmarketshouldbemadetoapplytodehy­
dratedfodder;
Whereas,inordertofacilitateimplementation ofthe
proposedmeasures,aprocedureshouldbeprovided
forestablishingclosecooperationbetweenMember
StatesandtheCommissionwithinaManagement
Committee ;
Whereas,takingaccountoftheestablishment ofa
commonorganization ofthemarketindehydrated
fodder,theAnnextoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
827/68(!)of28June1968onthecommonorganiza­
tionofthemarketincertainproductslistedinAnnex
IItotheTreaty,aslastamendedbyRegulation (EEC)
No1014/73(2),shouldbeadopted,THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,andinparticularArticles42
and43thereof;
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ;
HavingregardtotheOpinionoftheEuropeanParlia­
ment;
HavingregardtotheOpinionoftheEconomicand
SocialCommittee ;
Whereastheoperationanddevelopment ofthe
commonmarketinagriculturalproductsmustbe
accompaniedbytheestablishment ofacommonagri­
culturalpolicytoincludeinparticularacommon
organizationofagriculturalmarkets,whichmaytake
variousforms,dependingontheproductconcerned ;
Whereastheproductionofdehydratedfodderisof
particularimportanceasregardsanimalfeeding;
whereasthesituationofthemarketintheseproducts
ischaracterized byproductionwhichisclearlylowin
viewofthepotentialoutletsintheCommunity ;
whereasappropriatemeasuresshouldthereforebe
takentoensureabettersupplyoftheCommunity
marketinproteins;whereasthisobjectivecanbe
attainedbygrantinganaidtogreenfodderdrying
plants;
Whereasthevalidityofthissystemofaidshould
howeverbelimitedtoaperiodsufficienttopermitits
effectiveness tobeassessed;
Whereas,toensurethatdryingplantsareregularly
suppliedandtoenablegrowerstobenefitfromthe
systemofaidthegrantingoftheaidshouldincertain
casesbemadesubjecttotheconclusionofcontracts
betweenthesegrowersandtheaforementioned drying
plants;
Whereasthecommonorganizationofthemarketin
dehydratedfodderinvolvestheintroduction ofa
singletradingsystemattheexternalfrontiersofthe
Community ;whereastheCommonCustomsTariff
automatically appliesfrom1January1970pursuantto
theTreaty,andthissystemmakesitpossibleto
dispensewithallotherprotectivemeasures ;whereasHASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article1
Acommonorganizationofthemarketindehydrated
foddershallbeestablished andshallcoverthe
followingproducts :
CCT
heading
NoDescriptionofgoods
12.10exBLucerne,sainfoin,clover,lupins,vetches
andsimilarforageproducts,dehydrated,by
artificialheat-drying ,excepthayandkale
forage
Article2
Themarketingyearfordehydratedfoddershallbegin
on1Aprilofeachyearandendon31Marchofthe
followingyear.However,the1974/75marketingyear
shallbeginon1.5May1974.
(')OJNoL151,30.6.1968,p.16.
(2)OJNoL106,20.4.1973,p.1.

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TITLEI
Production aid5.DetailedrulesfortheapplicationofthisArticle
shallbeadoptedinaccordancewiththeprocedure
laiddowninArticle12.
Article3Article5
Thesystemofaidprovidedforunderthistitleshall
applyuntiltheendofthe1977/78marketingyear.
Beforetheendofthatyear,theCouncil,actingbya
qualifiedmajorityonaproposalfromtheCommis­
sion,shalldecidewhethertomaintainand,ifneces­
sary,alterthissystem.
TITLEII
Tradewiththirdcountries
Article61.UndertheconditionslaiddowninthisTitle,aid
shallbegrantedfortheproductionofthedehydrated
fodderreferredtoinArticle1,obtainedfromproduce
harvestedwithintheCommunity .
2.Theproductionaidshallbegrantedonlyto
dryingplantswhich:
—producedehydratedfoddermeetingaminimum
qualityrequirement ,
—satisfytherequirements forestablishingentitle­
menttoaid,and
—haveconcludedcontractswithproducersoffodder
fordehydrationordehydratetheirowncropsor,
inthecaseofcooperativegroups,thoseoftheir
members .
3.TheproductionshallbepaidbytheMember
Stateinwhichthedehydratedfodderisproduced.
4.TheCouncil,actingbyaqualifiedmajorityona
proposalbytheCommission ,shalldetermine :
—thecriteriafordeterminingtheminimumquality
requirement ,
—theconditionsreferredtointhesecondindentof
paragraph2,
—thecriteriaaccordingtowhichthecontracts
referredtoinparagraph2aretobeconcluded .
5.DetailedrulesfortheapplicationofthisArticle
andinparticularasregardsthestandardprovisions
withwhichthecontractsreferredtoinparagraph2
mustcomply,shallbeadoptedinaccordancewiththe
procedurelaiddowninArticle12.SaveasotherwiseprovidedinthisRegulationor
wherederogationtherefromisdecidedbytheCouncil
actingbyaqualifiedmajorityonaproposalfromthe
Commission ,thefollowingshallbeprohibitedin
tradewiththirdcountries :
—thelevyingofanychargehavingequivalenteffect
toacustomsduty;
—theapplicationofanyquantitativerestrictionor
measurehavingequivalenteffect.
Article7
Article41.IfasaresultofimportsorexportstheCommu­
nitymarketintheproductslistedinArticle1experi­
ences,oristhreatenedwith,seriousdisturbances
whichmayendangertheobjectivessetoutinArticle
39oftheTreaty,appropriatemeasuresmaybeapplied
intradewiththirdcountriesuntilsuchdisturbance or
threatofdisturbance hasceased.
TheCouncil,actingbyaqualifiedmajorityonaprop­
osalfromtheCommission ,shalladoptdetailedrules
fortheapplicationofthisparagraphanddefinethe
caseswhereandthelimitswithinwhichMember
Statesmaytakeprotectivemeasures.
2.Ifthesituationreferredtoinparagraph 1arises,
theCommissionshall,attherequestofaMember
Stateoronitsowninitiative,decideupontheneces­
sarymeasures .Themeasuresshallbecommunicated
totheMemberStatesandshallbeimmediatelyappli­
cable.IftheCommissionreceivesarequestfroma
MemberState,itshalltakeadecisionthereonwithin
twenty-fourhoursfollowingreceiptoftherequest.
3.ThemeasuresdecideduponbytheCommission
maybereferredtotheCouncilbyanyMemberState
withinthreeworkingdaysfollowingthedateoftheir
communication .TheCouncilshallmeetwithout
delayandmay,byaqualifiedmajority,amendor
repealthesaidmeasures .1.Theamountofaidshallbefixedtakinginto
accounttheneedtoimprovetheCommunitysupply
ofdehydratedfodder.
2.Thisaid,ofuniformamountthroughoutthe
Community ,shallbefixedbefore1Augusteachyear,
forthenextmarketingyear.
However,theamountofaidforthe1974/75
marketingyearshallbefixedbefore15May1974.
3.Theamountoftheaidshallbefixedinaccor­
dancewiththeprocedurelaiddowninArticle43(2)
oftheTreaty.
4.Generalrulesconcerningverificationofentitle­
menttotheaid,shallbeadoptedbytheCouncil,
actingbyaqualifiedmajorityonaproposalfromthe
Commission .

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TITLEIII
Generalprovisions
Article8
SaveasotherwiseprovidedinthisRegulation ,Articles
92,93and94oftheTreatyshallapplytoproduction
ofandtradeintheproductsreferredtoinArticle1.2.Therepresentative oftheCommission shall
submitadraftofthemeasurestobetaken.The
CommitteeshalldeliveritsOpiniononsuchmeasures
withinatimelimittobesetbytheChairman
accordingtotheurgencyofthequestionsunder
consideration .Anopinionshallbeadoptedbya
majorityofforty-onevotes.
3.TheCommission shalladoptmeasureswhich
shallapplyimmediately .However,ifthesemeasures
arenotinaccordancewiththeOpinionofthe
Committee ,theyshallforthwithbecommunicated by
theCommission totheCouncil.Inthateventthe
Commissionmaydeferapplicationofthemeasures
whichithasadoptedfornotmorethanonemonth
fromthedateofsuchcommunication .
TheCouncil,actingbyaqualifiedmajority,maytake
adifferentdecisionwithinonemonth.Article9
MemberStatesandtheCommission shallcommuni­
catetoeachothertheinformationnecessaryforimple­
mentingthisRegulation .Rulesforthecommunica­
tionanddistribution ofsuchinformation shallbe
adoptedinaccordancewiththeprocedurelaiddown
inArticle12.
Article10 Article13
Theprovisionsgoverningthefinancingofthe
commonagriculturalpolicyshallapplytothemarket
intheproductslistedinArticle1fromthedateon
whichthisRegulationentersintoforce.TheCommitteemayconsideranyotherquestion
referredtoitbyitsChairmaneitheronhisowninitia­
tiveorattherequestoftherepresentative ofa
MemberState.
Artice11 Article14
ThisRegulationshallbesoappliedthatappropriate
accountistaken,atthesametime,oftheobjectives
setoutinArticles39and110oftheTreaty.1.AManagement CommitteeforDriedFodder
(hereinaftercalledthe'Committee')shallbeesta­
blished,consistingofrepresentatives ofMemberStates
witharepresentative oftheCommission asChairman .
2.WithintheCommittee thevotesofMember
StatesshallbeweightedinaccordancewithArticle
148(2)oftheTreaty.TheChairmanshallnotvote.Article15
IntheAnnextoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
827/68,subheading12.10exBshallreadasfollows:
'exB.others,exceptlucerne,sainfoin,clover,
lupins,vetchesandsimilarforageproducts,
dehydratedbyartificialheatdrying.'Article12
1.WheretheprocedurelaiddowninthisArticleis
tobefollowed,theChairmanshallreferthematterto
theCommitteeeitheronhisowninitiativeoratthe
requestoftherepresentative ofaMemberState.Article16
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1May1974.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatLuxembourg ,30April1974.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
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