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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(73)1533 final
Brussels,17September1973
AmendmenttotheProposalforaRegulationoftheCouncil
concerninginterestonsumspaidoutoftheEAGGF
andbywayoffoodaidwhicharerecoverable
(submittedtotheCouncil "bytheCommission,
pursuanttothesecondparagraphof
Article149oftheEECTreaty)
1533final

Vl/4281/73-E
Explanatory Mémorandum
1.'Byletter of16February 1973 »theCommission sent theCouncil a
proposal foraregulation concerning interest onsums paid outofthe
EAGGP and "bywayoffood aidwhich arerecoverable (r/440/73(AGRI 153)
(PIN106)).
t .■'
2#TheParliament adopted ,atitsMaysession ,aresolution embodying
itsOpinion ontheproposal mentioned inparagraph 1.TheParliament
requested that ,.interest bepayable under theproposal inallcases
ofbadfaith onthepart ofthebeneficiary ,even where thereason for
recovery wasattributable totheCommunity ortotheMember State
concerned . . .•
3*TheCommission ,believing that this request isinaccordance with the
aimp ,oftheproposal ,istherefore amending itsproposal inpursuance
ofthesecond paragraph ofarticle 149ortheTreaty *

428l/¥I/7i3-E
/ιΙΕΙ'Μ'ΙΠρΤΤΤΟ,.ΊΉΕΡΚ0Ρ05ΑΤ.,ΡΟΗΛ
concerninginterestonsumspaidoutoftheEAGGFandbywayofaid
whicharerecoverable .
Doc.COM(73)206finalof14.2.1973
R/44O/73(AGRI153)(FDI106)of19.2.1973
1.Inthetitletotheproposalforaregulation,andinthefirstrecital,
thephrase"outofEAGGPorbywayoffoodaid"issubstitutedfor"out
oftheEAGGPandbywayoffoodaid".
2.Thesecondrecitalisamendedtoreadasfollows s
"whereasitseemsfairnottoapplysuchpaymentofinterestatCommunity
levelwherethereason£>rrecoveryisattributable totheCommunityorto
theMemberstateconcernedandwherethebeneficiary hasactedingoodfaith"
3.ThefirstsubparagraphofArticlel(l)isamendedtoreadasfollows:
"Interestshallbepayableonsumstoberecoveredfrombeneficiaries
inrespectofexpenditure financedinwholeorinpartbytheEAGGPorby
wayoffoodaid,fromthedateofpaymentofthosesumstothebeneficiary".
4»Thefollowingsubparagraph isinsertedafterthefirstsubparagraph of
Articlel(l)s
"However,wherethereasonforrecoveryisattributable totheCommunity .
ortotheMemberStateconcerned :
–interestshallnotbepayablewherethebeneficiary canpleadgoodfaith;
–theCommissionshalllaydownthecriteriausedtodeterminethesums
tobetakenintoconsideration wherethebeneficiary cannotpleadgood
faith."
5.ThesecondsubparagraphofArticlel(l)becomesthethirdsubparagraph.