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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(78)414 final
Brussels,11September 1978
Proposalfora
COUNCILDIRECTIVE (
amendingDirective 72/159/EEConthemodernization
- offarms
(submittedbytheCommissiontotheCouncil)
! • "
C0M(78)414final

VI/3933/78-M
Orig.PR
PROPOSAI »
fora.
COUNCILDIRECTIVE
amendingDirective72/I59/EEConthemodernization offarms

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
Article 14(2)(a)ofDirective 72/159/EEConthemodernization ofV
farms authorizes Member States ,inderogation from thetime when
theDirective takes effect ,togrant temporary investment aids ,
which ,however ,maynot "begranted onmore favourable terms than
those ,laid down inArticle 8ofDirective 72/159/EE0,tofarms which
arenot capable ofattaining thelevel ofearned income laid down
under Article 4ofthis Directive andwhich arenotyeteligible
fortheannuities provided forinArticle 2(l)ofCouncil Directive
72/160/EEC.
Some Member States have made use ofthis opportunity and atpresent '
apply measures which must bediscontinued oradjusted ontheexpiry
ofthe stated period on17April 1977 •
Under Artiole 1'6(2)oftheDirective inquestion thecommon measures
within themeaning ofArticle 15oftheDirective andconsequently also
therules ofArtiole 14(2)must bere-examined bytheCouncil upon a
proposal from -theCommission five years after theDirective takes effect .
This reexamination wascommenced during 1977 *While awaiting theoutcome
ofthereexamination ,Member States were authorised byDirective .77/396/EEC
toapply these measures onatemporary basis until 31st December 1977 *
Since thereexamination isstill inprogress ,itseems appropriate to
prolong this extension until 31st December 1978 . ' .

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thecouncil optheEuropean communi TIES ,
Having regard totheTreaty establishing theEuropean Economic Community ,
andinparticular Article 43thereof ,
Having regard totheproposal from theCommission ,
Having regard totheopinion oftheEuropean Parliament (l),
Whereas under Article 14(2)ofCouncil Directive 72/159/®^'of17April 1972
onthemodernization offarms (2),aslast amended byCouncil Directive
77/390/EEC (3)/Member States may,during aperiod offive years from thetime
when theDirective takes effect ,grant temporary aids tofarmers whoarenot
capable ofattaining the level ofearned income laid down under Article 4ofthat .
Directive andwhoarenotyeteligible fortheannuities provided forin
Article 2(l)ofCouncil Directive 72/160/EECof17April 1972 concerning
measures toencourage thecessation offarming andthereallocation of
utilized agricultural area forthepurposes ofstructural improvement (4)5
"Whereas , pending completion ofthereexamination ofDirective
72/159/EECprovided forinArticle 16ofthat Directive ,theperiod of
application ofthis measure wasextended until 31 December .1977 by
Directive 77/390/EEC ;
VJhereas ,'since this reexamination isstill inprogress ,itwould ,seem
appropriate toauthorize theMember States tocontinue toapply until 31
December 1978 the measures inforce on15March 1977 under Article 14(2 )(a)of
thesaid Directive 72/159/EEC,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE :
(1)OJNo.
(2)OJNoL .96,23.4.1972 ,p-1
(^)OJNoL.145 ,.13..Í.1977 ,p-43
(4).0JNoL.96,-23.4.-1J72 ,p-?

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Article 1
Theperiod le,id down inArticle 14(2)(a)ofDirective 72/159/EEO
shall beextended until 31December 1978 asregards themeasures
under that Article inforce intheMember States on15March 1977 *
Article 2
This Directive isaddressed tothe Member States .
Done at
For the Council
The President