TO AGRICULTURAL HOLDINGS , HAVE ADEQUATE ECONOMIC JUSTIFICATION AND BE COORDINATED WITH OTHER MEASURES FOR ENCOURAGING AGRICULTURE AND FOR IMPROVING AMENITIES ; WHEREAS THEY MUST ALSO FORM PART OF OUTLINE PROGRAMMES COORDINATING THE VARIOUS PROGRAMMES AND MEASURES FOR THE BALANCED DEVELOPMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND PUBLIC AMENITIES IN THE AREAS CONCERNED ;
WHEREAS , TO ENSURE COORDINATION OF ACTION BY THE COMMUNITY AND BY THE MEMBER STATE , THE PROJECTS TO BE FINANCED BY THE EUROPEAN AGRICULTURAL GUIDANCE AND GUARANTEE FUND , HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AS ' THE FUND ' , SHOULD BE APPROVED AND PART-FINANCED BY THE MEMBER STATE CONCERNED ;
WHEREAS , TO SECURE OBSERVANCE BY THE RECIPIENTS OF THE CONDITIONS ON WHICH AID IS GRANTED FROM THE FUND , AN EFFECTIVE CONTROL SYSTEM SHOULD BE SET UP AND PROVISION MADE FOR SUSPENSION , REDUCTION OR TERMINATION OF AID FROM THE FUND ;
WHEREAS , IN VIEW OF THE SPECIAL DIFFICULTIES AFFECTING THESE REGIONS , THE COMMUNITY SHOULD PROVIDE AID FROM THE FUND IN THE FORM OF A CAPITAL SUBSIDY NOT EXCEEDING 40 % OF THE TOTAL INVESTMENT ;
WHEREAS THE MEASURES REFERRED TO ABOVE ACCORDINGLY 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 ( 1 ), AS LAST AMENDED BY REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2788/72 ( 2 );
WHEREAS AID FROM THE FUND PROVISIONALLY ESTIMATED AT 125 MILLION UNITS OF ACCOUNT OVER FIVE YEARS WILL CONTRIBUTE TO IMPROVING PUBLIC AMENITIES IN THESE REGIONS ;
WHEREAS A PROCEDURE FOR APPROVAL OF THE PROJECTS SHOULD BE ESTABLISHED WHICH ENSURES CLOSE COOPERATION BETWEEN THE MEMBER STATES AND THE COMMISSION WITHIN THE STANDING COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURAL STRUCTURE , SET UP UNDER ARTICLE 1 OF THE COUNCIL DECISION OF 4 DECEMBER 1962 ON THE COORDINATION OF POLICIES ON THE STRUCTURE OF AGRICULTURE ( 3 ); WHEREAS CONSULTATION OF THE FUND COMMITTEE REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 11 OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 729/70 SHOULD ALSO BE PROVIDED FOR ,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
ARTICLE 1
1 . IN ORDER TO IMPROVE AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AND WORKING CONDITIONS IN CERTAIN RURAL AREAS , A COMMON MEASURE WITHIN THE MEANING OF ARTICLE 6 ( 1 ) OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 729/70 IS HEREBY SET UP FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF PUBLIC AMENITIES .
2 . THE COMMON MEASURE SHALL APPLY TO :
- THE LESS-FAVOURED AREAS WITHIN THE MEANING OF COUNCIL DIRECTIVE 75/268/EEC OF ITALY AND IN THE REGIONS OF MIDI-PYRENEES , LANGUEDOC-ROUSSILLON , PROVENCE-COTE D ' AZUR AND CORSICA AND THE DEPARTMENTS OF PYRENEES-ATLANTIQUES , ARDECHE AND DROME IN SOUTHERN FRANCE ,
- THE OTHER AREAS OF THE MEZZOGIORNO WHICH ARE NOT LESS-FAVOURED AREAS WITHIN THE MEANING OF DIRECTIVE 75/268/EEC .
3 . THE COMMISSION MAY GRANT AID FOR THE COMMON MEASURE , IN ACCORDANCE WITH TITLES III AND IV , BY FINANCING , FROM THE GUIDANCE SECTION OF THE FUND , PROJECTS WHICH ARE INCLUDED IN THE OUTLINE PROGRAMMES