THE COMMISSION REFUSED TO CHARGE TO THE EAGGF , FOR THE 1978 FINANCIAL YEAR , THE SUM OF UKL 1 662 IN RESPECT OF SKIMMED-MILK POWDER AND , FOR THE 1979 FINANCIAL YEAR , THE SUM OF UKL 71 946.92 IN RESPECT OF SKIMMED-MILK POWDER AND UKL 586 571.56 IN RESPECT OF BUTTER ; THE SKIMMED-MILK POWDER AND THE BUTTER CAME FROM INTERVENTION STOCKS .
I - THE APPLICANT ' S CONCLUSIONS RELATING TO AID FOR THE PRODUCTION OF PEAS AND FIELD BEANS
4 IN ITS CONCLUSIONS THE UNITED KINGDOM REQUESTS THE COURT TO DECLARE VOID THE COMMISSION ' S DECISIONS CONCERNING EXPENDITURE INCURRED BY THE UNITED KINGDOM ON PAYMENTS TO PRODUCERS IN RESPECT OF SEED PRODUCTION AID FOR PEAS AND FIELD BEANS WHICH WAS DISALLOWED BY THE COMMISSION IN ITS CONTESTED DECISIONS ON THE GROUND THAT THE PRODUCTS WERE EXPORTED TO OTHER MEMBER STATES WHERE THEY WERE USED IN THE MANUFACTURE OF ANIMAL FEEDINGSTUFFS , IN RESPECT OF WHICH SEPARATE AID WAS PAID TO THE MANUFACTURERS CONCERNED . IT IS APPROPRIATE TO DESCRIBE THE TWO AID SCHEMES IN QUESTION .
1 . THE SEED PRODUCTION AID SCHEME
5 ARTICLE 1 OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2358/71 OF THE COUNCIL OF 26 OCTOBER 1971 ON THE COMMON ORGANIZATION OF THE MARKET IN SEEDS ( OFFICIAL JOURNAL , ENGLISH SPECIAL EDITION , 1971 ( III ), P . 894 ) ESTABLISHES A COMMON ORGANIZATION OF THE MARKET COVERING THE FOLLOWING PRODUCTS , DESIGNATED BY REFERENCE TO THEIR RESPECTIVE COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF HEADINGS : DRIED LEGUMINOUS VEGETABLES FOR SOWING ( EX HEADING 07.05 ), HYBRID MAIZE FOR SOWING ( HEADING 10.05 A ), OIL SEEDS AND OLEAGINOUS FRUIT FOR SOWING ( EX HEADING 12.01 ) AND SEEDS , FRUIT AND SPORES , OF A KIND USED FOR SOWING ( HEADING 12.03 ). ARTICLE 3 ( 1 ) OF THE REGULATION PROVIDES THAT AID MAY BE GRANTED ' FOR THE PRODUCTION OF BASIC SEED OR CERTIFIED SEED ' WHERE THE SITUATION ON THE COMMUNITY MARKET FOR ONE OR MORE OF THE PRODUCTS COVERED BY THE REGULATION AND THE FORESEEABLE DEVELOPMENT OF THE MARKET ' DO NOT ENSURE PRODUCERS A FAIR INCOME ' . ACCORDING TO THE SECOND RECITAL IN THE PREAMBLE TO THE REGULATION , WHICH REFERS TO THE NEED TO ' KEEP PRICES COMPETITIVE WITH WORLD PRICES FOR THESE PRODUCTS ' , THE PURPOSE OF THE AID IS TO ' STABILIZE THE MARKET AND . . . ENSURE A FAIR INCOME TO THE PRODUCERS CONCERNED ' .
6 THE RULES FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE AFORESAID AID ARE SET OUT IN REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1674/72 OF THE COUNCIL OF 2 AUGUST 1982 LAYING DOWN GENERAL RULES FOR GRANTING AND FINANCING AID FOR SEED ( OFFICIAL JOURNAL , ENGLISH SPECIAL EDITION , 1972 ( III ), P . 827 ) AND IN REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1686/72 OF THE COMMISSION OF 2 AUGUST 1972 ON CERTAIN DETAILED RULES FOR AID FOR SEED ( OFFICIAL JOURNAL , ENGLISH SPECIAL EDITION