CELEX: 31977L0390
Language: en
Date: 1977-05-17 00:00:00
Title: Council Directive 77/390/EEC of 17 May 1977 amending Directive 72/159/EEC on the modernization of farms

13 . 6 . 77                                Official Journal of the European Communities                            No L 145/43
                                                        COUNCIL DIRECTIVE
                                                            of 17 May 1977
                                  amending Directive 72/ 159/EEC on the modernization of farms
                                                             (77/390/EEC)
 THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                              would seem appropriate to authorize the Member States
                                                                       to continue to apply until 3 1 December 1977 the measures
                                                                       in force on 15 March 1977 under Article 14 (2) (a),
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
 Economic Community, and in particular Article 43
 thereof,                                                              HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE :
 Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
 Having regard to the opinion of the European Parlia­                                           Article 1
 ment (*),
Whereas under Article 14 (2 ) (a) of Council Directive                 The period laid down in Article 14 (2) (a) of Directive
                                                                       72/ 159/EEC shall be extended until 3 1 December 1977 as
72/ 159/EEC of 17 April 1972 on the modernization of
farms (2 ), as amended by Council Directive                            regards the measures under that Article in force in the
                                                                       Member States on 15 March 1977.
76/837/EEC (3 ), Member States may, during a period of
five years from the time when the Directive takes effect,
grant temporary aids to farmers who are not capable of
attaining the level of earned income laid down under Arti­
cle 4 of that Directive and who are not yet eligible for the                                    Article 2
annuities provided for in Article 2 ( 1 ) of Council Directive
72/ 160/EEC of 17 April 1972 concerning measures to en­                This Directive is addressed to the Member States.
courage the cessation of farming and the reallocation of
utilized agricultural area for the purposes of structural
improvement (4 );                                                      Done at Brussels, 17 May 1977.
Whereas this period of five years expired on 17 April
1977 ;                                                                                                   For the Council
                                                                                                          The President
Whereas, pending the re-examination of Directive
72/ 159/EEC provided for in Article 16 of that Directive, it                                                J. SILKIN
 0) OJ No C 133 , 6. 6 . 1977, p. 43 .
 (2 ) OJ No L 96 , 23 . 4. 1972, p. 1 .
 (3 ) OJ No L 302, 4 . 11 . 1976 , p . 19 .
(4 ) OJ No L 96 , 23 . 4 . 1972 , p . 9 .