Commission Regulation (EC) No 1744/2006 of 24 November 2006 on detailed rules for aid in respect of silkworms (Codified version)
Date: 2006-11-24
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU aid, eligibility criteria, production aid, sericulture

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1744/2006

of 24 November 2006

on detailed rules for aid in respect of silkworms

(Codified version)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1544/2006 of 5
October 2006 laying down special measures to encourage
silkworm rearing (1), and in particular Article 2 thereof,

(6)

(7)

In this particular case, in order to ensure the effectiveness
of the control system referred to above, applications for
aid should be accompanied by attestations issued by
those bodies and should be checked by Member States.

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in
accordance with the opinion of
the Management
Committee for Natural Fibres,

Whereas:

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

Regulation (EEC) No 1054/73 of the Commission of 18
April 1973 on detailed rules for aid in respect of
silkworms (2) has been substantially amended several
times (3). In the interests of clarity and rationality the
said Regulation should be codified.

Article 1

The aid referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No
1544/2006 shall be granted under the conditions laid down
in Articles 2 to 6 of this Regulation in respect of silkworms
reared in the Community.

Pursuant to Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 1544/2006
and Article 2(3) of Regulation (EEC) No 922/72 of the
Council of 2 May 1972 laying down general rules for
granting aid in respect of silkworms (4), aid is granted
solely for boxes which contain a minimum quantity of
eggs and which have given a minimum production of
cocoons. The Member States should be permitted to
determine the minimum quantities but in the light of
the normal conditions of production in the Community.

Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 922/72 states that
Member States are to introduce a control ensuring that
the product
the
requirements
the granting thereof. Consequently,
applications for aid submitted by rearers must include
the minimum of information necessary for this control.

for which aid is
for

requested meets

Uniform conditions for the payment of the amount of
the aid should be laid down.

Member States are authorised to grant aid solely to
rearers who have obtained their boxes of eggs from an
approved body and who have delivered to an approved
body the cocoons produced. For the purposes of the
proper application of the system of aid, the conditions
for the approval of such bodies should be defined.

Article 2

The aid shall be granted only in respect of boxes:

(a) which contain at least 20 000 silkworm eggs suitable for

hatching;

(b) which have given a minimum number of selected cocoons,
having a suitable external appearance and being mature, of
uniform colour and dimensions, free from marks and rust,
and suitable for reeling.

The minimum production referred to under (b) is determined by
the relevant Member State and may not be less than 20 kg.

Article 3

1.
Aid shall be granted to silkworm rearers who submit
applications by 30 November each year at the latest, except
in cases of force majeure.

(1) OJ L 286, 17.10.2006, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 105, 20.4.1973, p. 4. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EEC) No 3565/92 (OJ L 362, 11.12.1992, p. 10).

(3) See page 21 of this Official Journal.
(4) OJ L 106, 5.5.1972, p. 1. Regulation as amended by Regulation

(EEC) No 668/74 (OJ L 85, 29.3.1974, p. 61).

However, where aid applications are submitted:

— no later than 31 December of the same year, two thirds of

the aid shall be granted,

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— no later than 31 January of the following year, one third of

the aid shall be granted.

— the number of boxes delivered, the name of the rearer to
whom they were consigned and the date of dispatch,

Rearers may submit only one application each.

— the quantity of cocoons received, the name of the rearer

supplying them and the date of receipt.

2.
The Member State pays the amount of the aid to the
rearer in the four months following that in which the appli-
cation has been submitted.

Article 4

1.

The application shall include at least:

— the name, address and signature of the party making the

application,

— the number of boxes of eggs used and the date or dates on

which these were received,

— the quantity of cocoons produced from these eggs and the
date or dates on which these cocoons were delivered,

— the place of storage of the cocoons produced or,

if they
have been sold and delivered, the name and address of
the first purchaser.

2. Member States shall submit approved bodies to a control
entailing a check, in particular, as to agreement between entries
in the relevant accounts and those in the attestations referred to
in Article 6.

Article 6

The approved bodies shall issue to rearers:

— not later than 40 days after the dispatch of boxes of eggs,
an attestation specifying at least the name and the address of
the rearer concerned, the number of boxes delivered, the
date of dispatch and the date of issue of the attestation;

— not later than 40 days after the receipt of the cocoons, an
attestation specifying at least the name and address of the
rearer concerned, the quantity of cocoons received, the date
of receipt and the date of issue of the attestation.

Article 7

Regulation (EEC) No 1054/73 is repealed.

2. Where the provisions of Article 2(2) of Regulation (EEC)
No 922/72 are to be applied, an application shall be admissible
only if
it is accompanied by the attestations referred to in
Article 6 of this Regulation.

References to the repealed Regulation shall be construed as
references to this Regulation and shall be read in accordance
with the correlation table in Annex II.

Article 5

Article 8

1.
Pursuant to Article 2(2) of Regulation (EEC) No 922/72
public or private bodies may be approved only where their
accounts specify at least:

This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th day following
the European
that of
Union.

its publication in the Official

Journal of

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 24 November 2006.

For the Commission
The President

José Manuel BARROSO

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ANNEX I

Repealed Regulation with its successive amendments

Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1054/73

(OJ L 105, 20.4.1973, p. 4)

Commission Regulation (EEC) No 683/74

(OJ L 83, 28.3.1974, p. 13)

Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3565/92

(OJ L 362, 11.12.1992, p. 10)

ANNEX II

Correlation Table

Regulation (EEC) No 1054/73

This Regulation

Article 1

Article 2

Article 3

Article 4

Article 5

Article 6

—

Article 7

—

Article 1

Article 2

Article 3

Article 4

Article 5

Article 6

Article 7

Article 8

Annexes I and II