CELEX: 31977R1497
Language: en
Date: 1977-07-04 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1497/77 of 4 July 1977 on detailed rules for supplementary aid to certain silkworm rearers

5. 7. 77                                Official Journal of the European Communities                            No L 167/9
                                      COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC) No 1497/77
                                                           of 4 July 1977
                       on detailed rules for supplementary aid to certain silkworm rearers
  THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                      whereas Article 6 of Regulation (EEC) No 1134/68
  COMMUNITIES,                                                        provides that the time when a transaction is carried
                                                                     out is to be considered to be the date on which occurs
                                                                     the event, as defined by Community rules or, in the
  Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
                                                                     absence of and pending adoption of such rules, by the
  Economic Community,                                                rules of the Member State concerned, in which the
                                                                     amount involved in the transaction becomes due and
  Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                       payable ;
 867/77 of 26 April 1977 on the granting of supple­
 mentary aid in the silkworm sector for the 1977/78                  Whereas the event in which the supplementary aid for
 marketing year ( 1), and in particular Article 5 thereof,           certain silkworm rearers becomes due and payable is
                                                                     when     the silkworm cocoons are delivered to the
 Whereas, under Article 3 (2) thereof, supplementary                 producer group ; whereas the date of delivery is very
 aid shall be granted solely for boxes that satisfy certain          close to the date on which the application for aid
 conditions ; whereas the same conditions should be                  referred to in Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No
 fixed as those fixed for granting the aid referred to in            845/72 is lodged ; whereas this latter date is to be
                                                                     considered to be the date on which aid becomes due
 Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 845/72 of 24 April
  1972 laying down special measures to encourage silk­               and payable ; whereas, in order to ensure the uniform
 worm rearing (2) ;                                                  operation of the two systems of aids for silkworms, the
                                                                     conversion rate to be used to calculate the amount of
                                                                     the supplementary aid in national currency should be
 Whereas Article 4 of Regulation (EEC) No 867/77                     the rate applicable on the date on which the applica­
 states that Member States shall introduce administra­               tion for aid is lodged ;
 tion checks to ensure that the product in respect of
 which aid has been applied for satisfies the necessary
                                                                     Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
 conditions for the granting thereof ; whereas applica­
 tions  for aid   submitted       must therefore     include  a      are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­
                                                                     ment Committee for Flax and Hemp,
 minimum of information necessary for this check ;
 Whereas, for the same purpose, producer groups must
 keep accounts containing the necessary information
                                                                     HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 for checking the accuracy of the application for aid ;
 Whereas uniform conditions for the payment of the
 amount of the aid should be laid down ;                                                        Article 1
 Whereas Article 4 (2) of Council Regulation (EEC) No                The supplementary aid referred to in Article 1 of
 1134/68 of 30 July 1968 laying down rules for the                   Regulation (EEC) No 867/77 shall be granted under
 implementation of Regulation (EEC) No 653 /68 on                    the conditions laid down in the following Articles .
 conditions for alterations to the value of the unit of
 account used for the common agricultural policy (3),
 provides that for transactions carried out pursuant to                                         Article 2
 provisions on the common agricultural policy the
 sums owed by a Member State or a duly authorized
body, expressed in national currency and representing               The supplementary aid shall be granted only :
amounts fixed in units of account, are to be paid on
the basis of the relationship between the unit of                   — if the boxes satisfy the conditions referred to in
account and the national currency which obtained at                       Article, 2 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No
the time when the transaction or part transaction was                     1054/73 of 18 April 1973 on detailed rules for aid
carried out ;                                                             in respect of silkworms (4 ), as amended by Regula­
                                                                          tion ( EEC) No 683/74 (»), and
(!) OJ No L 106 , 29 . 4 . 1977 , p . 3 .
(2) OJ No L 100, 27 . 4 . 1972 , p . 1 .                            («) OJ No L 105 , 20 . 4 . 1973 , p. 4.
(J ) OJ No L 188 , 1 . 8 . 1968 , p . 1 .                           (5 ) OJ No L 83 , 28 . 3 . 1974, p. 13 .
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— the cocoons produced from these boxes have been               2. The application for supplementary aid shall be
     delivered to the producer group during the period          accompanied by copies of the application for aid
     in which it is recognized.                                 referred to in Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                845/72 and of the other documents submitted by each
                           Article 3                            of the members referred to in paragraph 1 in order to
                                                                obtain such aid.
 1 . Applications for supplementary aid shall be
submitted not later than 30 November 1977 by                                             Article 5
groups :
— which are recognized,                                          1.    Producer groups shall keep accounts that specify
                                                                at least :
— or whose application for recognition is pending in
     the Member States concerned .                              — the quantity of cocoons received, with the name of
                                                                    the rearer supplying them and the date of receipt,
2.     A producer group may submit only one applica­
tion on behalf of all its members.                              — the quantity of cocoons sold, with the name of the
                                                                    purchaser and the date of dispatch,
3. The Member State shall pay the amount of the                 — where applicable, the quantity of cocoons in stock,
aid to the producer group within the four months                — where applicable, the quantity of cocoons
following the month in which the application was                     processed, indicating the quantity of products
lodged provided that the group has obtained recogni­                processed, delivered or stocked.
tion .
                                                                2. Member States shall cause producer groups to
                           Article 4                            undergo an administrative check to ensure that entries
                                                                in the relevant account agree with those in the applica­
 1.    The application for supplementary aid shall              tion for supplementary aid.
include at -least :
— the name and address of the producer group,                                            Article 6
— the signature of the authorized person or persons,
— the      names,     forenames    and   addresses  of  the
                                                                The event, within the meaning of Article 6 of Regula­
                                                                tion (EEC) No 1134/68 , in which the supplementary
     members of the group on behalf of whom the aid             aid for certain silkworm rearers becomes due and
     is applied for,                                            payable shall be considered to have occurred on the
— the quantity of cocoons produced during the                   date on which the application for aid is lodged.
     1977/78 marketing year and delivered to the
     producer group together with the date or dates of                                   Article 7
     delivery,
— where applicable, the authorization granted under             This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
     the first indent of Article 1 (b) of Regulation (EEC)      following its publication in the Official Journal of
     No 707/76 (>).                                              the European Communities.
                This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                States .
                Done at Brussels, 4 July 1977.
                                                                           For the Commission
                                                                            Finn GUNDELACH
                                                                               Vice-President
(') OJ No L 84, 31 . 3 . 1976, p. 1 .