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3. The following point is added to Article 3 (1): 
'(d) with respect to the work referred to in Article 1 
(4)(c): 
— to the re-establishment of citrus plantations 
damaged by frost, by maintaining the varietal 
composition of the plantations or by an 
appropriate choice of other varieties adapted 
to consumer requirements, 
— to the rationalization of the means of 
production, as provided for in the second 
indent of paragraph 1 (a), where the level of 
such rationalization is not yet satisfactory.' 
4. Article 4 is amended as follows: 
(i) in paragraph 1 the following subparagraph is 
inserted after the second subparagraph: 
'However, for the implementation of the 
provisions of Article 1 (4) (a) and (b) the figure 
given in the second indent of the first 
subparagraph is reduced to 20 %.' 
(ii) the following paragraph is inserted: 
'2a. As regards the additional aid referred to 
in Article 1 (3) for the implementation of the 
provisions contained in Article 1 (4) (c), the 
conditions referred to in the first subparagraph of 
paragraph 1 shall apply, with the exception of the 
rate of 40 % referred to in the second indent of 
that subparagraph/ (iii) in paragraph 4 the following is added to the first 
subparagraph: 
'. . . or of schemes as provided for in Article 1 (4) 
(c).' 
5. Article 5 is amended as follows: 
(i) the following is added to the first indent of 
paragraph 1: 
'. . . and of the measures referred to in Article 1 
(4) <c).' 
(ii) paragraph 2 is replaced by the following: 
'2. The Guidance Section of the EAGGF shall 
reimburse Member States 50 % of the expen­
diture arising from the measures referred to in 
Article 1 (1), from payment of the additional aid 
provided for in Article 1 (3) and from the 
measures referred to in Article 1 (4) (c).' 
Article 2 
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. 
Proposal for a Council Regulation (EEC) introducing an emergency common measure to aid 
the agricultural areas of the Regions of Valencia and Murcia 
COM(88) 284 final 
(Submitted by the Commission to the Council on 7 June 1988) 
(88/C 182/08) 
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 
Parliament, Whereas the flooding that occurred between 2 and 5 
November 1987 in the Regions of Murcia and Valencia 
destroyed or seriously damaged rural infrastructures and 
certain factors of agricultural production, including 
human habitations, in those regions; 
Whereas the flooding damaged agricultural land, and in 
some cases removed the topsoil; 
Whereas steps should be taken in the most seriously 
affected areas to promote and speed up the re-estab­
lishment of damaged or destroyed investments; 
Whereas, in order to attain the objectives of the common 
agricultural policy laid down in Article 39 (1) (a) and (b) 
of the Treaty, it is necessary to assist the structural 
improvement of farming in regions facing particularly 
serious problems; Whereas the information supplied to the Commission by 
the Spanish Government indicates that the extent and 
seriousness of the damage exceed the financial resources 
of the Regions concerned and of the Member State; 
whereas Community solidarity should consequently take 
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the form of the implementation within a reasonable 
period of an exceptional emergency measure for the re-
establishment and improvement of investments damaged 
or destroyed; 
Whereas such aid should be granted within the 
framework of measures for the re-establishment and 
improvement of investments that have been damaged or 
destroyed; 
Whereas, in order to ensure that the measures are as 
effective as possible and are implemented within a very 
short period, provision should be made that they be 
incorporated in an annual action programme to be 
drawn up by the regional authorities and forwarded by 
the Spanish Government; 
Whereas provision should be made for the duration of 
the common measure to be extended by one year should 
unforeseen difficulties prevent it from being implemented 
at the rate originally planned; 
Whereas it should be laid down that this package of 
measures constitutes 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 3183/87(2); 
Whereas a contribution from the Fund in the form of a 
capital subsidy equivalent to 35 % of the public aid made 
available to repair the damage represents an appropriate 
Community contribution to be made in a spirit of soli­
darity in.view of the limited financial resources of Spain, 
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: 
Article 1 
In order to accelerate and facilitate the re-establishment 
and improvement of investments damaged or destroyed 
by the flooding that occurred in November 1987 in the 
Autonomous Communities of Valencia and Murcia, an 
exceptional emergency measure is hereby introduced to 
aid agriculture in those Regions. It shall constitute a 
common measure within the meaning of Article 6 of 
Regulation (EEC) No 729/70. 
Article 2 
In accordance with Article 4 the Community may grant 
aid as part of the common measure by financing out of 
the Guidance Section of the European Agricultural 
Guidance and Guarantee Fund, hereinafter called 'the 
Fund', measures for: 
(a) the re-establishment and improvement of agricultural 
infrastructures, such as: 
— the electrification of and supply of mains water 
to agricultural holdings and villages whose 
inhabitants depend principally on farming, 
— the reconstruction and improvement of wells in 
areas where there is no mains water supply 
network, — the reconstruction and improvement of farm 
roads used mainly for agriculture and sylvi­
culture; 
(b) the re-establishment and improvement of irrigation 
infrastructures, including individual water supplies, 
provided this will ensure that production is more in 
line with the requirements of the common agri­
cultural policy; 
(c) the prevention of soil erosion, including the 
construction of new small reservoirs, embankments 
and wind-breaks, the reinforcement of river beds and 
the planting of vegetation suitable for improving the 
retention capacity of the soil or for resisting wind; 
(d) the restoration and improvement of farmland, 
including the removal of stones, levelling and 
cleaning and the replacement of the topsoil, first 
sowing of pasture land and the replanting of fruit 
trees; 
(e) the rebuilding and improvement of farm buildings, 
including accommodation 
Article 3 
1. The authorities designated by Spain shall draw up 
each year a specific action programme listing the most 
appropriate ways of carrying out the measures referred 
to in Article 2. The programme shall be presented 
annually to the Commission during the first month of 
the year at the latest. 
2. The programme shall contain the following infor­
mation: 
(a) the geographical areas which qualify for the 
measures during the year concerned; 
(b) a description of the damage in each sector and of the 
re-establishment and improvement measures to be 
taken and the period in which they are to be carried 
out; 
(c) the level of public aid, of the beneficiary's contri­
bution and of Community co-financing; 
(d) an estimate of the number of hectares of UAA and 
of the number of farmers qualifying for the 
programme; 
(e) a cost/benefit estimate, where appropriate; 
(f) how coordination is to be ensured with all other 
measures and provisions liable to have an impact on 
the development of farming in the regions 
concerned; 
(g) any other information considered necessary by the 
Commission. 
3. The programme referred to in paragraph 1 shall be 
accompanied by a detailed report on the measures 
carried out during the previous year. 
4. The programme shall be approved in accordance 
with the procedure laid down in Article 25 of Council 
Regulation (EEC) No 797/85 (3). 
C) OJ No L 94, 28. 4. 1970, p. 13. 
(2) OJ No L 304, 27. 10. 1987, p. 1. (3) OJ No L 93, 30. 3. 1985, p. 1. 
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5. A committee shall be set up by agreement between 
the Commission and the Spanish Government to monitor 
the common measure. 
The committee shall assist the Spanish Government and 
the regions benefitting from the common measure or, 
where appropriate, any other authority appointed by the 
Spanish Government to ensure that the common measure 
is effectively implemented. 
The committee shall meet at least once a year and 
meetings shall be attended where appropriate by repre­
sentatives of the agricultural interests concerned. 
Article 4 
Investments which qualify for Community aids and in 
particular under other common measures within the 
meaning of Article 6 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 
729/70, shall not be eligible for a contribution from the 
Fund under this Regulation. 
Article 5 
1. The duration of the common measure shall be 
limited to two years from 1 January 1988. 
2. The estimated cost to the Fund of the common 
measure is 11 200 000 ECU for the period referred to in 
paragraph 1. 
3. Aid from the Fund shall consist of capital grants 
made in one or moire instalments. 
4. Aid from the Fund shall amount to 35 % of the 
cost of carrying out the work and measures referred to 
in Article 2 subject to the following overall eligible costs: 
— 12 million ECU for rural infrastructure work; 
— 8 million ECU for irrigation schemes, with a 
maximum rate of 4 000 ECU per hectare and an 
overall limit of 2 000 hectares; 
— 5 million ECU for the prevention of soil erosion; 
— 4 500 000 ECU for farmland improvement schemes; 
— 2 500 000 ECU for work on buildings. 
5. The farmer's contribution shall be not less than 
10 %. However, when approving the programmes 
referred to in Article 3, the Commission may permit 
derogations from this minimum rate. 
6. When approving an annual programme in 
accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 3 
(4), the Commission may adjust the financial limits laid 
down in paragraph 4 but shall not exceed the estimated 
costs set out in paragraph 2 or go beyond the time limit stipulated in paragraph 1 by more than one additional 
year. 
Article 6 
1. Advances may be made, on the basis of the presen­
tation of the annual tranches, for carrying out the work 
referred to in Article 2, as the work progresses. 
2. Advances may not exceed 80 % of the Community 
contribution towards the costs of an annual tranche of 
the work referred to in paragraph 1. 
3. Detailed rules for the application of this Article 
shall be adopted in accordance with the procedure laid 
down in Article 13 of Regulation (EEC) No 729/70. 
Article 7 
1. The aid from the Fund shall be paid to the bodies 
designated for the purpose by Spain. 
2. During the period in which aid is being granted 
from the Fund, the authority or body designated for the 
purpose by the Member State concerned shall forward to 
the Commission, at its request, all supporting documents 
and all documents required for establishing that the 
financial and other requirements imposed for each 
special programme are met. The Commission may, if 
necessary, carry out an on-the-spot inspection. 
After the Fund Committee has been consulted on the 
financial aspects, a decision may be taken to suspend, 
reduce or discontinue the grant of aid from the Fund, in 
accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 3 
(4): 
— if the programme has not been implemented as 
provided for, or 
— if some of the conditions laid down have not been 
met. 
Where it is established that payments have been made 
which were not or are not justified, the amounts 
concerned shall be deducted from payments due for 
subsequent years. 
3. Detailed rules for the application of this Article 
shall be adopted in accordance with the procedure laid 
down in Article 13 of Regulation (EEC) No 729/70. 
Article 8 
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.