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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(76)629 final
Brussels,26November1976
Proposalfora
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
onaidfordurumwheat
(submittedtotheCouncilbytheCommission)
.
COM(76)629final

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
DraftiCouncilRegulationonAidfordurumwheat.
Withtheintroductionofanewproductionaidregimefordurumwheat(■by-
hectareratherthan"byton)forthe1976/77marketingyear,certaintechnical
problemsariseregardingtheapplicationofthenewregime.
Whilstontheonehandthedoubledeclarationatseedingandharvestcould
proveonerousfornationaladministration ,ontheother,checkingsuch
declaration wouldbeimpracticable .
»
Since,afterharvesting,itisdifficulttodistinguish commonwheat,checking
cannotbeeffectivelycarriedout.Ontheotherhandsuchcontrolcanbemuch
moreeffectivelyexercisedduringthegrowingperiodbetweenMarchandharvest.
Itthusseemstimelytorevisethedeclarationsoastomakeitsimplerand
provideforthecontroltobebasedonareasonwhichthenormalstagesof
cultivation havebeencarriedout.

012aia orciurumwneat |
TH3COHNCXL OPTE3ECPOPEAW COMMUNITIES ,
Saving regard totheTreaty establishing theEuropean Economic Community ,
Having regard toCouncil Regulation (EEC)No2727/75of29October 1975on
thecommon organization ofthemarket incereals 1,aslastamended by
Regulation (EEC)No1143/762\andinparticular Article 10(4)thereof ,
Having regard totheproposal from theCommission ,
Whereas Article 10ofRegulation (EEC)No2727/75provides that aidshall be
granted fortheproduction ofdurum whaat intheCommunity iwhereas ,to
promote ageneral improvement inquality aridtoguarantee thatthedurum
wheat harvested issuitable ,inparticular ,forthemanufacture ofpasta
products ,itshould bestipulated thatthequalitative andtechnical
characteristics which durum wheat must have inorder tobeeligible for
aidmust bedetermined inaccordance with these objectives ;
Whereas ,pursuant toArticle 10(2 )ofRegulation (EEC)No2727/75,aidis
granted bytheMember States perhectare sownandharvested ;whereas itis
reasonable toassume forthispurpose that allareas sown todurum wheat
'andforwhich thenormal stages ofcultivation havebeen carried outwill be
harvested .
Whereas theproper working oftheaidsystem requires supervision onthepart
oftheMember States inorder toensure that aidisgranted only fortheareas
concerned andforeligible products ?whereas suchcontrol canonly beeffectively
exercised during thegrowing season }whereas ,tothisend,provision should
bemade fortheintroduction ,byeachMember State concerned ,ofasystem of
declarations relating tosuch areas ; !
HASADOPTED THIS REGULATION i
Article 1
1.Member States -shall grant theaidreferred toinArticle ,10ofRegulation
(EEC)No2727/75fortheproduction ofdurum wheat ontheir territory
under theconditions setoutinthefollowing Articles .
2.Anareaofdurum wheat shall beregarded assown andharvested forpurposes
ofArticle 10ofRegulation (EEC)Mo2777 /75when ithasundergone the
normal stages ofcultivation necessary fortheproduction ofcommon
wheat and isinthe course ofgrowth .
1)OJNoL281 ,1.11.1975 »p*'1»
2)OJNoL130 ,19.5.1976 ,s.1.

Article 2
Forthepurposes ofthis Regulation ,1durum wheat "means wheat ofthe
Triticum dumm speoies andthehybrids derived from theinterspecific
crossing ofTriticum durum which have thesame number ofchromosomes as
that species .
Article 3
Thequalitative andteohnical characteristics which durum wheat must have
•inorder tobeeligible foraidmust guarantee that theproduct issuitable
forusebythedurum meal industry andforthemanufacture ofpasta products
andthat theproducts therefrom satisfy certain requirements asregards sui­
tability forihuman consumption .
•Article 4
1« Member States shall introduce asystem ofadministrative supervision
toendure that aproduct forwhich aidisrequired meets therequirements
forgranting such aid .
2a Forthepurposes ofsuch supervision ^Member States shall introduce
asystem ofdeclarations relating totheareas cultivated andtheseed
varieties used .Such adeclaration shall beequivalent toanapplication
for aid .
Article 5
Member States shall oarry outrandom on-the-spot checks toascertain the *
accuracy ofdeclarations asreferred toinArticle 4(2).
Article 6
Theamount ofaid *to "bepaid shall "becalculated onthe "basis ofthearea
cultivated . . * i
Article 7
«
Producer Member States shall inform theCommission ofthemeasures taken
pursuant tothis Regulation andprovide itwith information relating ,in
particular ,totheareas forwhich aidhasbeen granted .
Article 8
Council Regulation (EEC)No1147/76of17May1976onaidfordurum wheat 3)
3)OJNoL130 ,19.5-1976 ,p.11.

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isherebyrepealed.However,itshallremainapplicabletodurumwheat
qualifyingforaidinrespectofthemarketingyear1976/77.
Article9
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceontethirddayfollowingits
publication intheOfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities .
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinall
MemberStates.
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DoneatBrussels. FortheCommission
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