WITH THE RULES LAID DOWN IN THE VARIOUS SECTORS OF AGRICULTUAL PRODUCTION WHILE LEAVING THE MEMBER STATES TO BEAR THE BURDEN OF ANY OTHER SUM PAID , AND IN PARTICULAR ANY AMOUNTS WHICH THE NATIONAL AUTHORITIES WRONGLY BELIEVED THEMSELVES AUTHORIZED TO PAY IN THE CONTEXT OF THE COMMON ORGANIZATION OF THE MARKETS .
8THAT STRICT INTERPRETATION OF THE CONDITIONS UNDER WHICH EXPENDITURE IS TO BE BORNE BY THE EAGGF IS NECESSARY , MOREOVER , IN VIEW OF THE OBJECTIVE OF REGULATION NO 729/70 .
IN FACT THE MANAGEMENT OF THE COMMON AGRICULTURAL POLICY IN CONDITIONS OF EQUALITY BETWEEN TRADERS IN THE MEMBER STATES REQUIRES THAT THE NATIONAL AUTHORITIES OF A MEMBER STATE SHOULD NOT , BY THE EXPEDIENT OF A WIDE INTERPRETATION OF A GIVEN PROVISION , FAVOUR TRADERS IN THAT STATE TO THE DETRIMENT OF THOSE IN OTHER STATES WHERE A STRICTER INTERPRETATION IS APPLIED .
IF SUCH DISTORTION OF COMPETITION BETWEEN MEMBER STATES ARISES DESPITE THE MEANS AVAILABLE TO ENSURE THE UNIFORM APPLICATION OF COMMUNITY LAW THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY IT CANNOT BE FINANCED BY THE EAGGF BUT MUST , IN ANY EVENT , BE BORNE BY THE MEMBER STATE CONCERNED .
9IT MUST THEREFORE BE CONCLUSED THAT THE PROVISIONS OF ARTICLE 8 OF REGULATION NO 729/70 ARE NOT APPLICABLE TO THE OPERATIONS IN QUESTION .
10THE APPLICANT GOVERNMENT FURTHER ARGUES THAT THE EXPENDITURE CANNOT BE CHARGED EITHER TO THE COMMUNITY OR TO A MEMBER STATE ON THE OCCASION OF THE DISCHARGE OF THE ACCOUNTS OF THE NATIONAL AUTHORITIES AND BODIES UNDER ARTICLE 5 ( 2 ) ( B ) OF REGULATION NO 729/70 BUT MUST BE ATTRIBUTED BY MEANS OF A SEPARATE PROCEDURE .
IN THIS RESPECT THE GOVERNMENT REFERS TO A JOINT STATEMENT MADE BY THE COUNCIL AND COMMISSION AND RECORDED IN THE MINUTES OF THE COUNCIL MEETING HELD ON 8 DECEMBER 1971 .
IT APPEARS FROM THAT STATEMENT THAT IF THE COMMISSION TAKES THE VIEW , CONTRARY TO THAT OF THE MEMBER STATE CONCERNED , THAT THE FINANCIAL CONSEQUENCES OF IRREGULARITIES OR NEGLIGENCE SHOULD NOT BE BORNE BY THE COMMUNITY IT MUST CONTACT THAT MEMBER STATE AND THEN INITIATIVE AN EXCHANGE OF VIEWS WITHIN THE FUND COMMITTEE REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 11 OF REGULATION NO 729/70 .
IT FURTHER APPEARS FROM THE STATEMENT THAT THE COMMISSION IS TO MAKE A REPORT TO THE COUNCIL IN THE LIGHT OF KNOWLEDGE ACQUIRED IN THAT WAY AND , WHERE NECESSARY , IS TO PROPOSE SOLUTIONS TO BE ADOPTED BY THE COUNCIL IN ORDER TO RESOLVE DIFFERENCES OF THAT KIND .
11IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT THAT STATEMENT WAS ISSUED WITH REGARD TO A REGULATION ( REGULATION NO 283/72 OF 7 FEBRUARY 1972 , OFFICIAL JOURNAL , ENGLISH SPECIAL EDITION 1972 ( I ), P . 90 ) WHICH WAS ADOPTED UNDER ARTICLE 8 OF REGULATION NO 729/70 AND THAT ITS SCOPE IS CONSEQUENTLY LIMITED TO THE FINANCIAL CONSEQUENCES OF IRREGULARITIES AND NEGLIGENCE REFERRED TO BY THAT ARTICLE , WHICH IS NOT RELEVANT HERE .
12IT IS MOREOVER ESTABLISHED THAT