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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(73)1532final
Brussels,17September1973
Regulation(EEC)oftheCouncil
extendingfortheyears1972,1973and1974certaintime
limitsforgrantingaidfromtheGuidanceSection
oftheEuropeanAgricultural GuidanceandGuaranteeFund
(submittedtotheCouncil "bytheCommission)
COM(73)1532final

VI/4282/73-E
Explanatory Memorandum
1.InJune,JulyandDecember1972theCommissiondecidedonthemeritsof
applications foraidfromtheGuidanceSectionoftheEAGGFsubmittedfor
1971•Owingtotheshortageofstaffandthelargenumberofapplications
(1017)thosedecisionsweretakenayearbehindtheschedulelaiddownby
RegulationNoI7/64/EEC.
Applications foraidfor1972couldthereforebeexaminedonlyafter
December1972.InJune1973theCommissiongrantedaidtotalling72757269
u.a.to193projects.
2.TheCommissionhadhopedthatthisdelayinexaminingapplications would
bereducedbythreemonthsduring1973asaresultoftherecruitment of
staffwhichhadbeendecidedon,buttherecruitmentcouldnotbecarried
outwithinthetimelimitlaiddown.Consequently ,theCommissionwillnot
beabletotakedecisionsontheremainingprojectsbefore30September1973»
thetimelimitfixedbyRegulation(EEC)NO2140/72.Itwillthereforebe
necessarytoextendthetimelimitto31October1973»thusreducingthe
delaybyonlytwomonths.
3.Asfrom1November1973»about1400applicationsforaidsubmittedfor
1973willhavetobeexamined.Thisrepresentsanincreaseofabout40$
onthe1972figure.Inadditiontothisincreasetherearetheproblems
causedbyenlargement :newofficialshavetakenuptheirduties,andtrans­
lationsintothenewCommunitylanguageshavetobeprovided.Itisalso
tobeexpectedthattheexaminationoftheapplications submittedbythe
newMemberStateswilltakelongerowingtotheirlackofexperience.
Inviewofthesedifficulties ,itdoesnotappearlikelythatthedelay
couldbereducedduring1974*Itwillthereforebenecessarytoextend
thetimelimitwithinwhichtheCommissionmusttakeadecisiononapplica-1
tionssubmittedfor1973to31October1974.

VI/4282/73-E
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4»Astheapplications tobesubmitted ,for1974cannot "beexamined ,until
afterthatdate,itseemsappropriatetoextend,thetimelimitforsub­
mittingthoseapplications to30,June1974*

VI/4282/73-E
Proposal fora
Regulation (EEC)oftheCouncil
extending for "theyears 1972 f1973 and1974 certain time limits forgranting
aidfrom theGuidance Section oftheEuropean Agricultural Guidance and
Guarantee Fund . .•
THECOUNCIL OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard totheTreaty establishing theEuropean Economic Community ,
andinparticular Article 43thereof ;
Having regard totheproposal from theCommission ;
Having regard tothe Opinion oftheEuropean Parliament ;
Whereas ,under thefirst sub-paragraph ofArticle 20(l )ofCouncil Regulation
No17/64tof5February 1964 ,ontheconditions forgranting aidfrom the
European Agricultural Guidance andGuarantee Fund ,aslast amended by
A
Regulation (EEC)No847/72 ,applications foraidfrom theGuidance Section
oftheFund must besubmitted totheCommission each year before 1October ,
theCommission being required todecide onthemerits ofsuch applications
before 31December ofthefollowing year ;
Whereas Article 1ofCouncil-.Regulation (EEC)No2140/72"*,of3October
1972 ,extending fortheyears 1971 »1972 and1973 certain time limits for
granting aidfrom theGuidance Section oftheEuropean Agricultural Guidance
andGuarantee Fund provided that thetime limit within which theCommission
must take adecision onapplications foraidfrom theGuidance Section of
theFund submitted 'toitwithin the time limit fixed inArticle 1ofCouncil
Regulation No'847/72,of24April 1972 onaidfrom theGuidance Section of
OJfto34»27February 1964 »P*586/64.
20JNoL100,27April 1972 ,p.4.
30JNoL229,7October 1972 ,p.4.

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theEuropeanAgricultural GuidanceandGuaranteeFundshould "beextended
to30September1973forprojectssubmittedfortheyear1972;
Whereasitwouldnot"bepossibletotakethosedecisionswithinthetime
limitlaiddown;whereasthetimelimitforthosedecisionsmusttherefore
"beextended; '-
WhereasArticle2ofRegulation(EEC)NO2140/72providedthatthetime
limitforthesubmissionofapplications foraidfor1973shouldbe30June
1973}whereastheexaminationofthoserequestswouldtakeayearandcould
notbebegunbefore1November1973;whereasthetimelimitwithinwhich
theCommissionmustdecideonthemeritsoftheserequestsshouldtherefore
alsobeextended;
Whereastherequestsfor1974cannotbeexamineduntilafterthatdate;
whereas,consequently ,itappearsnecessaryalsotoextendthetimelimit
forthesubmissionofapplications ,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
ThetimelimitwithinwhichtheCommissionmust,underthesecondsentence
ofthefirstsub-paragraph ofArticle20(l)ofRegulationNo17/64/EEC,
takeadecisiononapplications foraidfromtheGuidanceSectionoftho
FundsubmittedtoitwithinthetimelimitfixedinArticle1ofRegulation
(EEC)NO847/72for1972andwithinthetimelimitfixedinArticle2of
Regulation(EEC)No2140/72for1973shallbeextendedto31October1973
forprojectssubmittedfor1972andto31October1974F°Rprojectssub­
mittedfor1973*

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Article2
Thetimelimitfixedinthefirstsentenceofthefirstsub-paragraph of
Article20(l)ofRegulationIToI7/64/EECforthesubmissionofapplications
foraid.fromtheGuidanceSectionoftheFundisextendedasfollowsin
respectofapplications foraidfor1974JeachMemberStatemustsubmit
itsprojectsfor1974notlaterthan30June1974*
Artiole3
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthethirddayfollowingits
publicationintheOfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyeoiddirectlyapplicablein
allMemberStates.
PoneatBrussels,17Septanbe^W3 FortheCOTmcil
ThePresident
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