No C 135/6 Official Journal of the European Communities 23.5.84 
II 
(Preparatory Acts) 
COMMISSION 
Proposal for a Council Regulation on increasing the staff of the departments responsible 
for the quality control of agricultural products in Greece 
COM(84) 192 final 
(Submitted by the Commission to the Council on 10 May 1984) 
(84/C 135/08) 
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 Act of Accession of 1979, and 
in particular paragraph 9 of Protocol 4 on cotton, 
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, 
Having regard to the opinion of the European Par­
liament, 
Whereas the common organizations of agricultural 
markets and the rules on cotton make the national 
authorities responsible for carrying out a large 
number of controls on the quality of produce 
marketed or offered for intervention; 
Whereas experience has shown that in some fields the 
Greek authorities do not have enough staff to carry 
out such controls satisfactorily; whereas this situation 
does not make it easier to apply the Community rules 
correctly or to obtain a better return on Greek 
products; 
Whereas, in order to remedy this situation, the 
Community should encourage an increase in the staff 
of the Greek departments responsible for quality 
control by bearing, for a limited period and on 
a degressive basis, part of the costs incurred in 
recruiting and training additional staff, 
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: 
Article 1 
For a five-year period from the date of entry into 
force of this Regulation the Community shall bear 
80 % for the first year, 60 % for the second year, 
50 % for the third year, 40 % for the fourth year and 20 % for the fifth year of the expenditure incurred by 
Greece in remunerating and training staff recruited as 
from the entry into force of this Regulation in order 
to strengthen the work force of the departments 
responsible for checking: 
— compliance with the common quality or marketing 
standards for agricultural products marketed on 
Greek territory, withdrawn from the market or 
consigned outside territory, 
— compliance with the minimum quality standards 
laid down for agricultural produce offered for 
intervention, 
— compliance with the Community veterinary 
Directives, 
— compliance with the health and quality rules 
applying to production in Greece of milk and milk 
products, 
— the quality classification of cotton delivered for 
ginning. 
Article 2 
1. The Community financial contribution shall be 
confined to expenditure on remunerating and 
training: 
(a) 125 inspectors responsible for checking 
compliance with the common quality or 
marketing standards, particularly in the case of 
fruit and vegetables marketed on Greek territory 
or withdrawn from the market; 
(b) 80 inspectors responsible for checking compliance 
with the quality standards for products offered 
for intervention; 
(c) 100 inspectors responsible for checking the 
application of the Community veterinary 
Directives; 
(d) 20 inspectors responsible for checking compliance 
with the health and quality rules applying to 
production in Greece of milk and milk products; 
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(e) 30 inspectors responsible for checking the quality 
classification of cotton delivered for ginning. 
Article 3 
For the purposes of this Regulation, the inspectors' 
remuneration means their salaries and the travel 
expenses necessary for the discharge of their duties. 
Article 4 
1. The inspectors' training must enable the persons 
concerned to acquire sufficient knowledge for the 
performance of their duties. 
2. The basic courses must comprise at least three 
months of theoretical and practical training: 
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 the territory of Greece is split up into a 
great number of islands; whereas this situation is not 
as a whole comparable to that of the other Member 
States; 
Whereas the configuration of Greek territory imposes 
on agricultural producers in the islands additional 
costs which affect the productivity of their holdings 
and in particular prevent an improvement in agri­
cultural practices; Article 5 
The annual amount of expenditure borne by the 
Community shall be decided by the Commission on 
the basis of information supplied by Greece. 
Article 6 
Detailed rules for the application of this Regulation 
shall be adopted where necessary, in accordance with 
the procedure laid down in Article 26 of Council 
Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 (l) or, as appropriate, 
in the corresponding Articles of the other Regulations 
on the common organization of agricultural markets. 
Article 7 
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. 
0) OJNoL281, 1. 11. 1975, p. 1. 
Whereas, in order to remedy these holdings' natural 
handicaps, provision should be made, pending the 
development of transport infrastructure and the 
implementation of structural measures to be adopted 
by the Council, for the grant, on a temporary and 
degressive basis, of aid to cover part of the cost of 
transporting certain means of agricultural production 
to the islands; whereas, however, such aid should not 
be for transport to Crete or Euboea; whereas these 
islands, one of them because of its size and the other 
because of its proximity to the mainland, do not have 
the natural handicaps referred to above; 
Whereas the measures envisaged are of Community 
interest and are designed to achieve the objectives set 
out in Article 39 (1) (a) of the Treaty; whereas they 
therefore constitute a common measure within the 
meaning of Article 6 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 (2), 
0) OJ No L 94, 28. 4. 1970, p. 13. 
O OJ No L 367, 31.12. 1980, p. 87. Proposal for a Council Regulation authorizing Greece to grant aid for the transport of 
means of production to certain islands 
COM(84) 192 final 
(Submitted by the Commission to the Council on 10 May 1984) 
(84/C 135/09)