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accordance with Article 148 (2) of the Treaty. The 
chairman shall not vote. 
The commission shall adopt the measures, which shall 
apply immediately. However, of they are not in 
accordance with the opinion of the Committee, the 
Commission shall forthwith communicate them to the 
Council; in that event the Commission may defer 
their application for not more than one month from 
the date of such communication. 
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN 
COMMUNITIES, 
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the 
European Economic Community, and in particular 
Articles 42 and 43 thereof, 
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, 
Having regard to the opinion of the European Par­
liament, 
Whereas two-thirds of Greek territory is made up of 
particularly less-favoured mountainous regions where 
stockfarming is the principal economic activity; 
whereas because of the adverse soil and climatic 
conditions these regions can support livestock during 
only a certain period of the year, so that outside that 
period the livestock must be transported to other 
areas; 
Whereas, pending implementation in these mountain 
regions of the structural measures already adopted or 
still to be adopted by the Council, aid should be 
granted on a temporary and degressive basis for the 
transhumance of livestock in Greece; 
Whereas such aid constitutes intervention on the 
internal market within the meaning of Article 3 of 
Council Regulation (EEC) No 729/70 of 21 April 
1970 on the financing of the common agricultural 
policy (*), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 
3509/80 O, The Council, acting by a qualified majority, may 
adopt different measures within one month. 
Article 12 
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 July 1984. 
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and 
directly applicable in all Member States. 
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: 
Article 1 
1. For a period of five years from 1 July 1984 
Greece is hereby authorized to grant aid to sheep, 
goat and cattle farmers who transport their animals 
by lorry, rail or sea from winter pastures to summer 
pastures and vice versa, provided the transport 
involves a minimum number of animals and exceeds a 
distance to be determined. 
2. For the first year the amount of the aid shall be 
equal to 60 % of the actual expenditure on transport 
costs. For the four subsequent years the aid shall be 
equal to 50, 40, 30 and 20 % respectively of such 
expenditure. 
3. The amount of the aid referred to in paragraph 
1 shall be charged to the Guarantee Section of the 
European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee 
Fund. 
Article 2 
1. Detailed rules for the application of this Regu­
lation shall be adopted in accordance with the 
procedure laid down: 
— as regards sheep and goats, in Article 26 of 
Council Regulation (EEC) No 1837/80 (3), 
— as regards cattle, in Article 27 of Council Regu­
lation (EEC) No 805/68 (4). Proposal for a Council Regulation introducing aid for the transhumance of sheep, goats 
and cattle in Greece 
COM(84) 192 final 
(Submitted by the Commission to the Council on 10 May 1984) 
(84/C 135/10) 
(*) OJ No L 94, 28. 4. 1970, p. 13. O OJ No L 183, 16. 7. 1980, p. 1. 
O OJ No L 367, 31. 12. 1980, p. 87 (4) OJ No L 148, 28. 6. 1968, p. 24. 
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2. The rules shall specify in particular: 
— the minimum number of animals to be transported 
in order to qualify for aid, 
— the minimum distance for which they must be 
transported, 
— the measures for monitoring the aid scheme. Article 3 
The 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.