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"Whereas the adoption of rules for the application of 
those provisions may be considered appropriate for the 
more efficient functioning thereof; 
Whereas it is appropriate for such rules to be adopted 
under the procedure of the Standing Committee on 
Seeds and Propagating Material for Agriculture, Horti­
culture and Forestry, 
HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE: 
Article 1 
The following paragraph is hereby added to Article 17 of 
Directive 66/400/EEC: 
'(3) Rules for the application of paragraph 1 may 
be adopted in accordance with the procedure laid 
down in Article 21.' 
Article 2 
The following paragraph is hereby added to Article 17 of 
Directive 66/401/EEC: 
c(3) Rules for the application of paragraph 1 may 
be adopted in accordance with the procedure laid 
down in Article 21.' 
Article 3 
The following paragraph is hereby added to Article 17 of 
Directive 66/402/EEC: 
'(3) Rules for the application of paragraph 1 may 
be adopted in accordance with the procedure laid 
down in Article 21.' 
Article 4 
The following paragraph is hereby added to Article 16 of 
Directive 66/403/EEC: 
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, 
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European 
Economic Community, and in particular Article 43 
thereof, 
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, 
Having regard to the opinion of the European Par­
liament, '(3) Rules for the application of paragraph 1 may 
be adopted in accordance with the procedure laid 
down in Article 19.' 
Article 5 
The following paragraph is hereby added to Article 15 of 
Directive 66/404/EEC: 
'(3) Rules for the application of paragraph 1 may 
be adopted in accordance with the procedure laid 
down in Article 17.' 
Article 6 
The following paragraph is hereby added to Article 14 of 
Directive 68/193/EEC: 
'(3) Rules for the application of paragraph 1 may 
be adopted in accordance with the procedure laid 
down in Article 17.' 
Article 7 
The following paragraph is hereby added to Article 16 of 
Directive 69/208/EEC: 
'(3) Rules for the application of paragraph 1 may 
be adopted in accordance with the procedure laid 
down in Article 20.' 
Article 8 
The following paragraph is hereby added to Article 33 of 
Directive 70/458/EEC: 
'(3) Rules for the application of paragraph 1 may 
be adopted in accordance with the procedure laid 
down in Article 40.' 
Article 9 
This Directive is addressed to the Member States. 
Whereas the poor weather conditions suffered in the 
years 1985 and 1986 by farmers in the less-favoured 
areas of Ireland as defined in Council Directive 
85/350/EEC concerning the Community list of less-
favoured farming areas within the meaning of Directive 
75/268/EEC (Ireland) (') have aggravated the per­
manent natural handicap in these areas and have led to 
O OJNoL 187, 19.7. 1985, p. 1. Proposal for a Council Regulation (EEC) establishing a special emergency measure for the less-
favoured areas in Ireland 
COM(86) 560 final 
(Submitted by the Commission to the Council on 3 November 1986) 
(86/C 287/05) 
No C 287/6 Official Journal of the European Communities 14.11.86 
cumulated difficulties of liquidity following two seasons 
of high costs and low production; 
Whereas a special emergency action is necessary in order 
to improve immediately the incomes of farmers in these 
regions; whereas in view of the budgetary difficulties in 
Ireland, Community intervention is necessary in order to 
carry out this action; whereas a supplement to the 
compensatory allowances under Title III of Regulation 
(EEC) No 797/85 (l) would be a suitable vehicle for 
distributing this intervention without administrative cost 
and delay, 
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: 
Article 1 
1. In order to help farmers in Ireland in the less-
favoured areas in the sense of Article 3 of Council 
Directive 75/268/EEC on mountain and hill farming 
and farming in certain less-favoured areas (2) to 
overcome the exceptional difficulties due to the poor 
weather conditions in 1986, a special common measure 
within the meaning of Article 6 (1) of Regulation (EEC) 
No 729/70 (J) is hereby established. 
O OJNoL93, 20. 3. 1985, p. 1. 
O OJNoL128, 19.5. 1975, p. 1. 
O OJ No L 94, 28. 4. 1970, p. 13. 2. The common measure shall consist of a Community 
financial contribution to supplementary payments made 
by Ireland to the compensatory allowances paid for 1986 
under Title III of Regulation (CEE) No 797/85. The 
measure shall be limited to additional payments under 
the relevant 1986 schemes and shall respect the limits 
and conditions laid down in Article 14 and 15 of the said 
Regulation. 
Article 2 
1. The period for carrying out the common measure 
shall be one year. 
2. The Community contribution referred to in Article 
1 shall be limited to 20 million ECU. 
Article 3 
The provisions of Articles 24, 25, 27 and 28 of Regu­
lation (EEC) No 797/85 shall apply to this common 
measure. 
Article 4 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day 
following its publication in the Official Journal of the 
European Communities. 
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and 
directly applicable in all Member States.