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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(78)169 final.
^ Brussles,24April1978.
ProposalforaCouncilRegulation ona
commonmeasureforforestryincertain
dryMediterranean zonesoftheCommunity
(submittedtotheCouncilbytheCommission )
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EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
-Following itscommunication entitled "Guidelines concerning the
development oftheMediterranean regions oftheCommunity ,together
withcertain measures relating toagriculture (COM (77)526final ),
theCommission isforwarding totheCouncil theattached draft
Regulation .
-This draft concerns forestry problems which areparticularly serious
inthedryMediterranean areas .They areclosely linked totheagri­
culture oftheMediterranean region ,where intensive land clearance
andheavy grazing have resulted locally inadrop inthequality of
thesoil ,erosion oreven ,inextreme oases ,theformation ofdeBert
landscape .
-Toprotect thesoil against this process andtocreate theconditions
required tobring about asatisfactory water balance ,aprogramme of
forestry measures isproposed ,adapted tolocal conditions andrequire­
ments ,inparticular inhill andmountain areas .Atthesame time such
measures would lead totimber production -andtomore employment both
directly intheforest itself andindirectly inthewood processing
industries ,thereby improving theliving standard oftheagricultural
population .
-Community intervention isneeded because theMember States concerned
cannot meet allthese requirements .Asthepresent possibilities for
financial intervention bytheCommunity areinadequate ,theCommission
hasdecided tosubmit totheCouncil thedraft Regulation inquestion
concerning joint action bytheEAGQF .Although this Regulation does not
deal with theother possibilities forCommunity intervention such asthe
Regional Development P\ind ,theSocial Jlmd andtheresearch andstudy
budgets ,allCommunity instruments must intervene inacoordinated way .
-Theadditional tasks arising from theimplementation oftheattached
draft Regulation will make itneoessary toincrease existing Commission
staff bytwo,onegrade A5/4official andonegrade C3/2offioial .

THE COUNCIL OFTHE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard totheTreaty establishing theEuropean Economic Community ,
andinparticular Article 43thereof ,
Having regard totheproposal from theCommission ,
1Having regard totheOpinion oftheEuropean Parliament
2Having regard totheOpinion oftheEconomic andSocial Committee ,
Whereas inaccordance with Article 39(2 )(a)oftheTreaty account
should betaken ,inworking out thecommon agricultural policy ,of
thesocial structure ofagriculture and thestructural andnatural
disparities between thevarious agricultural regions ;
Whereas inorder toachieve theobjectives ofthecommon agricultural policy
referred toinArticle 39(1 )(a)and (b)special measures appropriate
toproduction conditions inthe less-favoured agricultural areas
should betaken atCommunity level ;
Whereas theaid forforestry measures with which this Regulation is
concerned isdesigned tosupplement common agricultural measures
relating particularly totheMediterranean regions oftheCommunity ;
Whereas thedryMediterranean zones oftheCommunity have particular
problems concerning erosion ,thewater-holding capacity ofthesoil and
fire risks ;
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2OJNoC

Whereas forestry measures aregenerally connected with andcancontribute to
-theconservation and/orimprovement ofthesoiI,thefauna ,theflora
and thesurface andground water balance ;
-theproductivity ofagricultural land byforming windbreaks and
shelter belts andbyitseffect onlocal water andweather conditions ;
Whereas theforest canhelp provide forabetter useofmanpower in
agriculture ;
Whereas ,inorder tomake afforestation economically more attractive ,
itisnecessary toencourage better forest management ;
Whereas itisnecessary torequire asacondition ofCommunity financial
participation that asatisfactory guarantee beproduced astotheefficacity
ofsuch measures ;
Whereas measures ofthis kind which concern relatively large geographical
units should normally take theform ofmultiannual programmes ;
Whereas ,inorder toensure coordination between Community andnational
measures ,theMember State concerned should have approved theprogrammes
tobefinanced bytheEuropean Agricultural Guidance andGuarantee Fund ,
hereinafter called "theFund "andshould contribute totheir financing ;

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Whereas ,inorder toensure that therecipients ofaidfrom theFund
comply with theconditions onwhich itisgranted ,there should be
provision foranefficient control procedure andforthesuspension ,
reduction orwithdrawal ofaid from the Fund ;
Whereas ,inview ofthespecial difficulties ofthese regions ,it
would beappropriate fortheCommunity toprovide aidfrom theFund
intheform ofacapital grant equal to50%oftheinvestment ;
Whereas ,inthepremises ,theaction described above constitutes a
common measure within themeaning ofArticle 6ofCouncil Regulation
(EEC)No729/70of21April 1970 onthefinancing ofthecommon agricultural
policy ;
Whereas theprogrammes submitted byMember States require theapproval
oftheCommission after consultation oftheStanding Committee on
Agricultural Structures setupbyArticle 1oftheCouncil Decision
of4December 1962 onthecoordination ofpolicies onthestructure
2ofagriculture ;whereas consultation ofthe Fund Committee referred
toinArticle 11ofRegulation (EEC)No729/70should also be
provided for;
Whereas thenecessary steps should betaken tofacilitate thefinancing
oftheinvestments provided for,soastomeet particular urgent needs
andtohelp start themeasures tobeundertaken ,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
0JNoL94,28.4.1970 ,p.13
20JNo136,17.12.1962 ,p.2892/62

Article 1
Inorder toraise theLiving standard oftheagricultural population
ofcertain dryMediterranean zones oftheCommunity ,acommon measure
shall beestablished toimprove theconditions that hamper agriculture ,
both thegeophysical conditions andthose connected with crop cultivation ,
andincluding theconservation ofthesoil .
TheCommon measure shall involve thefinancial participation ofthe
Guidance Section oftheEuropean Agricultural Guidance andGuarantee
Funds (EAGGF )oftheCommission inforestry measures which meet the
conditions laid down inTitles Iand IIandsubject totheconditions
and inaccordance with thedetailed rules laid down inTitles IIIand
IV.
TITLE I
Outline programme
Article 2
Theoutline programme shall concern afforestation ,theimprovement of
deteriorated forests ,theconstruction offorest roads andsupplementary
measures such asresearch ,inItaly intheMezzogiorno ,Lazio ,Tuscany ,
Liguria ,Umbria ,Marche and inFrance inthefollowing departements :
Alpes deHaute Provence ,Alpes Maritimes ,Ardèche ,Aude ,Bouches duRhones ,
Haute Corse ,Corse-Sud ,Gard ,Hérault ,Lozère ,Pyrénées Orientales ,Var and
Vaucluse .This outline programme shall bedrawn upbytheMember State
concerned .
Article 3
Theoutline programme shall specify :
a)thegeographical area covered ;
b)theorder ofmagnitude ofthevarious forestry measures tobeundertaken ;
c)thepreliminary measures proposed ,such asthecollection ofdata
andappropriate research work ;
d)thelinks with thegeneral regional development programme .
Article 4
1.Theoutline programme andanyamendments thereto shall beforwarded
totheCommission bytheMember State concerned .
2.Attherequest oftheCommission theMember State concerned shall provide
additional information onthepoints listed inArticle 3.

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Article 5
Theoutline programme andanyamendments thereto shall beapproved in
accordance with theprocedure provided forinArticle 15.
TITLE II
Special programmes
Article 6
Forthepurposes ofthis Regulation ,aspecial programme shall mean anypublic
multiannual programme relating toforestry measures foroneormore
specific geographical areas covered bytheoutline programme orforalarge
part ofsuch anarea .Thespecial programme shall consist ofoneormore
projects tobeimplemented onland which maybepublic ,semi-public orprivate .
Article 7 %
1.Thespecial programmes shall bepart oftheoutline programme and shall
meet the conditions laid down therein .
They shall include thefollowing additional information :
a)thepurpose oftheprogramme ,describing theexisting situation and
theobjectives tobeattained ;
b)thearea towhich theprogramme relates ,giving precise geographical
information ofthe site ofthe work and ofthe areas which will benefit
from themeasures ;
c)theresources tobeemployed ,including thedescription andquantification
ofequipment ,labour andfinance ;
d)thetimetable fortheprogramme ,broken down bystages ;
e)theareas tobeincluded bycategories ofland ownership .
2.Thespecial programmes shall satisfy oneormore ofthefollowing criteria :
a)they shall belocated inregions which have special difficulties with
erosion andwith thewater-holding capacity ofthesoil ;
b)they shall relate toareas which areofgeneral concern toanimportant
catchment area ;
c)they shall include measures tomitigate thedisadvantages arising from
thefragmentation ofproperty .
3.Thespecial programmes shall
-provide anadequate guarantee astotheir efficacity ;
-contribute totheimprovement oftheenvironment .

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TITLE III
Procedure forexamining special programmes
Article 8
1.Applications foraidfrom theFund forspecial programmes shall be
submitted through theMember State concerned .
2.Tobeeligible foraidfrom theFund ,special programmes shall have been
approved bytheMember State concerned .
3.Applications foraidshall beaccompanied byevidence that thespecial
programme satisfies theconditions laid down inTitle II.
4.Theform andcontents oftheapplications shall belaid down inaccordance
with theprocedure provided forinArticle 15,after consultation of
theFund Committee onthefinancial aspects .
Article 9
1.Thegranting ofaidfrom theFund shall bedecided inaccordance with
theprocedure provided for inArticle 15,after consultation ofthe
Fund Committee onthe financial aspects .
2.The decision shall benotified tothe Member State concerned and tothe
agency responsible forimplementing thespecial programme .
TITLE IV
Financial andgénéral provisions
Article 10
1.Theperiod envisaged forcompletion ofthecommon measure shall befive
years from thedate when this Regulation takes effect .
2.Before theexpiry oftheperiod referred toinparagraph 1,this Regulation
shall bereviewed bytheCouncil onaproposal from theCommission .

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3.Theestimated cost totheFund ofthecommon measure fortheperiod
proposed inparagraph 1shall be230million units ofaccount .
4.Article 6(5)ofRegulation (EEC)No729/70shall apply tothis Regulation .
Article 11
1.Aidfrom theFund shall consist ofcapital contributions granted in
one ormore instalments .
2.Aid from theFund shall amount to50% ofthe cost ofexecuting the
work and themeasures referred toinArticle 2within thefollowing limits :
-afforestation uptoamaximum cost of2000units ofaccount per
hectare andassociated preparatory work ,such asterracing orfire
protection upto1000 units ofaccount perhectare .
-improvement ofdeteriorated forest byconversion and/orbyother
measures such asseparating forest andpasture uptoamaximum cost
of1700units ofaccount perhectare .
-construction offorest roads uptoamaximum cost of12000units of
account per hectare .
-preparatory works andresearch uptoamaximum cost of8million
units ofaccount forthefive years .
Article 12
1.Advances maybegranted onthebasis ofthepresentation ofannual work
plans forcarrying out,aspart ofaspecial programme ,theforestry
operations referred toinArticle 2inthelight ofthefinancing arrangements
adopted "bytheMember State ooncerned.andinaccordance with theprogress of
the work .
2*Advances maynotexceed 80$oftheCommunity contribution totheoost of
oneyear 'swork onforestzy operations referred toinparagraph 1.

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3.Detailed rules ofapplication ofthisArticle shall beadopted in
accordance with theprocedure provided forinArticle 13ofRegulation
(EEC)No729/70.
Article 13
1.Payments ofaidfromtheFundshall bemade toagencies designated
forthepurpose bytheMember State concerned .
2.Solong asaidcontinues tobeprovided bytheFund,theauthorities
oragencies designated forthepurpose bytheMember State concerned
shall forward totheCommission ,atitsrequest ,allsupporting documents
needed toshow that thefinancial andother conditions laid down foreach
special programme arefulfilled .TheCommission may,ifnecessary ,make
aninspection visit .
After consultation oftheFund Committee onthefinancial aspects ,the
Commission maydecide tosuspend ,reduce orwithdraw aidbytheFund in
accordance with theprocedure provided forinArticle 15 :
-ifthespecial programme hasnotbeen carried outasplanned or
-ifcertain oftheconditions have notbeen fulfilled or
-ifthework hasnotbeen begun within oneyear from notification
ofthedecision referred toinArticle 9.
Such decision shall benotified totheMember State and tothepublic
agency responsible forcarrying out thespecial programme .
TheCommission shall acttorecover sums whose payment wasnotorisno
longer justified .
3.Detailed rules ofapplication ofthis Article shall beadopted in
accordance with theprocedure provided for inArticle 13ofRegulation
(EEC)No729/70. "
Article 14
1.Foreach special programme which hasreceived aidfrom theFund thepublic
agency responsible therefor shall forward periodic reports totheCommission
ontheprogress andthefinancial situation ofthis programme .These reports
shall besubmitted within theperiods laid down inthedecision togrant
aid .

2.Ifthesaid public agency fails tofulfil theobligation laid down
inparagraph 1after giving such agency duenotice /thedecision to
grant aidmaybeamended inwhole orinpart inaccordance with the
procedure provided forinArticle 15andafter consultation oftheFund
Committee onthefinancial aspects .Theamending decision shall benotified
totheMember State concerned andtothepublic agency inquestion .The
Commission shall acttorecover ,inwhole orinpart ,thesums paid out .
3.Detailed rules ofapplication ofthis Article ,inparticular asregards
theinformation tobeincluded inthereports referred toinparagraph 1,
shall beadopted inaccordance with theprocedure provided forinArticle 15,
after consultation ofthe Fund Committee onthe financial aspects .
Article 15
1.Where theprocedure laid down inthis Article istobefollowed ,the
Chairman shall refer thematter totheStanding Committee onAgricultural
Structures ,either onhisowninitiative oratthe request ofthe
representative ofaMember State .
2.Therepresentative oftheCommission shall submit adraft ofthemeasure
tobetaken .TheCommittee shall deliver itsOpinion onsuch measures
within atime-limit tobesetbytheChairman according totheurgency
ofthequestions under consideration .AnOpinion shall beadopted by
amajority offorty-one votes ,thevotes oftheMember States being
weighted asprovided for inArticle 148(2 )oftheTreaty .TheChairman
shall not vote .
3.TheCommission shall adopt measures which shall apply immediately .
However ,ifthese measures arenot inaccordance with theOpinion ofthe
Committee ,theCommission shall forthwith notify them totheCouncil .In
that event theCommission maydefer their application fornotmore than
onemonth from thedate ofsuch communication .
TheCouncil ,acting byaqualified majority ,maytake adifferent
decision within onemonth .

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Article16
TheCouncil,actinginaccordancewiththeprocedureofArticle43ofthe
Treaty,mayamendoraddtotheconditions setoutinArticles2and
11(2).
Article17
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthethirddayfollowingits
publication intheOfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities .This
Regulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinall
MemberStates.

FINANCIAL STATEMENT
DATE I10.3.1978
.BUDCbT LINS COHCLWSD fANEW LINE TOBECREATED
ACTION .PROPOSED COUNCIL REGULATION CONCERNING ACOMMON MEASURE TOENCOURAGE
FORESTRY INCERTAIN DRfMEDITERRANEAN ZONES OFTHECOMMUNITY .
LEGAL BASIS IARTICLE 6OFREGULATION 729/70/EEC
OBJECTIVES :INTHESE DRYMEDITERRANEAN !FORESTS AREVITAL FORTHEPREVENTION OF
EROSION AND THECONSERVATION OFSOIL AND WATER ;ATTHE SAME TIME THEY PRODUCE
■>.; «ANDTHEY CANMAKE AUSEFUL CONTRIBUTION TOEMPLOYMENT ,BOTH DIRECTLY INTHE
*JREST ITSELF AND INDIRECTLY INTHEWOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES .
5,FINANCIAL CONSEQ'JLNCE
roOEXrEiJDITUHE
-CHARGED TOTHE ECBUDGET
(maun us/iHTSRVENTI o:;s)
-CILARGED TOT.'ATION'AL ABKINISTR .
-CHARGED TOOTHER NATIONAL GROUPS
S.LRECEIPTS
–O'/NRisouncis OPT!!E EC
(LEVIES /CUSTOKS DUTIES )
-NATIONALFOR THE KARKETI I/CYEAI1 CURRENT FINANCIAL YEAH
(7R) •FOLLOWING FINANCIAL TEAR I
(79 ) P
"20 |
?
-
I I – :
1979TEAR
5.0.1 PLURI A.VNUAL PATTEHN OPEXFENDITURE 20MUCE
5.1.1 PLURI ANNUAL PATTERN OFRECEIPTSYEAR1980
•••••••••••
40MUCEYEAR1981
60MUCE
5.2 KETiiOD OFCALCULATION
SEE ANNEX
0FINANCING POSSIBLE KITH CREDITS INSCRIBED INRELEVANT CHAPTER OFCURRENT BUDGET ?
| YE5/S» I
1FINANCING POSSIBLE BYTRANSFER B2TKSEM CHAPTERS OFCURRENT BUDGET ? YES/fcl#
<NECESSITY FOR ASUFPLEISiTARY BUDGET ? XX9/B0
6.3CREDITS TOBEWRITIQf INTO FUTURE BL'DOwTS ?
CCWENTS I

ANNEX : COST OFMEASURE
-TOTAL COST
Type ofImprovement Quantity inthe
5year periodAverage Value
ofunit costTotal Cost over
the 5year period
1.Afforestation 110.000 Ha 1700 ua/Ha 187 MUCE
I2.Terassing andi
850 ua/Ha[
85I Fire Protection
j 100.000 Ha
I3.Improving Degraded 120.000 Ha 1250 ua/Ha 150
I Forests
4.Construction of 3.000 Km 10000 ua/Kfo 30
Forest Roads
5.Preparation Work 8
and Studies
«
Total Cost over 5years : 460 MUCE
-TIMETABLE OFCOSTS (inMUCE )
Year 1979
|19801981 1982 1983 1984 Total
Member State <50% ) 20 40 60 60 . 50 230
Feoga (50%)
i20 40 60 60 40 10 230