CELEX: 51984PC0499
Language: en
Date: 1984-09-06
Title: AMENDED PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) INSTITUTING INTEGRATED MEDITERRANEAN PROGRAMMES

19. 10. 84                            Official Journal of the European Communities                          No C 280/1
                                                               II
                                                       (Preparatory Acts)
                                                 COMMISSION
               Amended proposal for a Council Regulation instituting integrated Mediterranean
                                                          programmes
                                                      COM(84) 499 final
                           (Submitted by the Commission to the Council on 6 September 1984)
                                                        (84/C 280/01)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN                                       integrated development programmes for rural areas
 COMMUNITIES,                                                     designed to ensure both the development of the
                                                                  farm sector and that of other economic sectors
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro-               where jobs can be created to accommodate surplus
pean Economic Community, and in particular Arti-                  labour from the farm sector, by interdependent
 cles 43, 127 and 235 thereof,                                    operations complementing each other;
 Having regard to the proposal from the Commis-
 sion ('),
                                                                  Whereas the operations in the integrated Mediterra-
 Having regard to the opinion of the European Par-                nean programmes, combined with other national
 liament (2),                                                     and Community operations still being implemented
                                                                  in the same regions, will strengthen and amplify
                                                                  these; whereas this combination must be maintained
 Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and                 if the efficiency sought is to be achieved;
 Social Committee,
Whereas the Mediterranean regions of the Com-
munity are among the least developed and in most                  Whereas the implementation of the integrated Medi-
cases poorest regions of the Community; whereas                   terranean programmes entails introduction by the
the agricultural sector still holds a dominant or                 Member States of an operational plan of campaign
major position in terms of employment in these                    constituted by all the measures to be adopted by the
regions;                                                           Member States; whereas this operational plan of
                                                                  campaign must, in particular, establish complemen-
Whereas industry in these regions is weak, there is               tary and mutually consistent relationships among
high unemployment and activity rates are very low;                the various operations in respect of their nature, spe-
whereas, despite the action already taken, the                    cific objectives, scale, modulation and adaptation to
development gap between these regions and the                     the characteristics of the various regions and areas
others has not been bridged, and in certain cases has             where they are implemented;
actually widened;
Whereas experience has shown that there are defi-                 Whereas the Commission must ensure that mutual
nite limits to what can be achieved by an approach                consistency of the various operations is achieved at
based on sectoral schemes which are not                           all levels where their combined result can be ampli-
coordinated and dovetailed into an integrated                     fied; whereas it must, nevertheless, approve the
development operation,                                            operational plan of campaign also as a coherent set
                                                                  of measures;
Whereas no lasting improvement of the situation in
the Mediterranean regions can be attained without
(') OJ No C 251, 19.9. 1983, p. 1.                                Whereas, in addition, the implementation of the
(2)   OJ No C 117, 30. 4. 1984, p. 111.                           integrated Mediterranean programmes necessitates
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 the introduction of machinery for concertation and           aquaculture, is needed to reduce the difficulties
  coordination between each of the Member States              mentioned;
 concerned and the Commission, in particular when
 the operational plan of campaign is being worked
 out; whereas the creation, at political level, for each
 of the three programmes, of a steering committee,            Whereas implementation of the measures needed in
 assisted at technical level by a working group, is an        agriculture and in the .fishing industry as well as a
 appropriate method of enabling problems, lacunae             substantial improvement in agricultural income are
 and bottlenecks to be detected in time and, by find-         heavily dependent on the expansion of other econo-
 ing a solution to these difficulties, of maintaining         mic and social activities making for job and income
 the momentum of the programmes and their adapta-             creation outside agriculture;
 tion;
 Whereas the agricultural operations to be laid down          Whereas small and medium-sized enterprises and
 in the programmes must ocpupy a central position             craft firms constitute the nub of industry in the
 there because of the importance of agriculture for           regions and areas concerned; whereas such enter-
 the economies of the Mediterranean regions and               prises and firms are a source of employment; where-
 because of the major handicaps farmers have to               as, therefore, the development of other economic
 contend with in those regions; whereas it must be           activities should be centred on the growth of such
 taken into account in this connection that those            undertakings and firms;
 handicaps stem not only from harsh natural condi-
 tions but also from the lack of modern production,
 marketing and processing structures, from the
 nature of the products and from the market disposal         Whereas this requires, in addition to investment
 conditions, which are difficult to control;                 aids, a diversified package of measures capable of
                                                             creating the instruments that will be needed and
                                                             satisfying the necessary conditions, such as
Whereas, to secure for agriculture in those regions a        improved market knowledge, better access to inno-
                                                             vations and improvements in their management and
better competitive position in the Community, these
                                                             organization, the creation of joint services and the
agricultural operations must comprise — depending
                                                             groundwork for improved access to risk capital;
on the needs of the areas concerned — action of
various kinds to improve physical production condi-
tions, including agricultural infrastructure, to
develop production structures, including a qualita-
tive improvement and reorientation of certain lines          Whereas the improvement in agricultural incomes
of production, to improve the socio-structural situa-        can also be achieved by way of complementary
tion, and to enhance the value of products, plus             activities, notably in the sector of rural tourism;
back-up operations such as the development of
forestry and the introduction of agricultural ad-
visory services;
                                                             Whereas, if this sector is to expand and thereby pave
                                                             the way for the said complementary activities,
                                                             accommodation in rural areas needs to be improved
Whereas the aim of the measures concerning crop              and arrangements to promote, advertise and admin-
products is to bring farm production more closely            ister rural tourism and to provide services in this
into line with market requirements and needs, so as          sector introduced or significantly improved;
to avoid any increase in the output of products that
are in structural surplus;
                                                             Whereas, moreover, the exploitation of renewable
                                                             sources of energy utilizes those regions' natural
Whereas, in those regions, the situation of the fish-        resources and may also contribute to job and
ing industry is comparable with that of agriculture;         income creation there;
whereas the difficulties arise mainly because a large
part of the fleet is obsolete, processing and market-
ing channels are inefficient and there is no balanced
management of resources;                                     Whereas all these measures, both in agriculture and
                                                             in the other sectors of economic and social activity,
                                                             also necessitate the creation or strengthening of cer-
Whereas action to step up the overall productivity of        tain infrastructures, notably those designed to en-
the sector, in particular with regard to infrastructure      hance the viability of rural areas and the effective-
and port installations, restructuring of the fleet and       ness of job-creating activities;
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Whereas the Treaty does not provide all the neces-                                    Article 2
sary powers,
                                                             1. Within two months of the entry into force of this
                                                             Regulation, a Steering Committee shall be set up for
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:                                 each IMP in order to provide continuing momen-
                                                             tum for its execution. Each Steering Committee
                                                             shall be assisted by a technical working group.
                       TITLE I                               2. Each of the Member States concerned and the
                                                             Commission shall appoint the members of the Steer-
                                                             ing Committees and shall decide on the membership
                      GENERAL                                of the working groups. Representatives of the
                                                             regions concerned by the IMPs may take part in the
                       Article 1                             deliberations of the Steering Committees.
1. Integrated Mediterranean programmes, herein-
after referred to as IMPs, shall be drawn up with a
view to promoting the development of rural areas in
certain Mediterranean regions of France, Greece
and Italy.                                                                            Article 3
                                                              1. The operations contained in the IMPs shall be
                                                             implemented by each Member State within the
                                                             framework of an operational plan of campaign
2. The IMPs shall relate to operations concerning            defined below.
agriculture, the fishing industry, forestry, renewable
sources of energy, craft industry, small and
medium-sized enterprises and service firms, rural
tourism, other economic activities including the pro-        2. The operational plan of campaign shall com-
cessing and marketing of agricultural and fishery            prise for each IMP all the measures already taken or
products, and back-up infrastructures. Such opera-            still to be taken by the authorities responsible at dif-
tions shall complement one another with regard to             ferent levels for implementing the IMP in question.
nature, specific objectives and scope. They shall be          The aim shall be to enable all the operations to be
differentiated in line with, and adapted to, the char-        executed in accordance with the conditions laid
acteristics of the various regions and areas where            down by this Regulation.
they are executed.
                                                              However, in order to ensure that the operations can
The said operations shall, moreover, complement               be executed gradually without it being necessary to
 Community operations implemented under the                   await the adoption of all of them, the operational
 Community's structural funds in the regions and              plan shall consist of two parts, these being described
 areas covered by the IMPs. This Regulation shall in          in paragraphs 3 and 4.
 no way affect existing Regulations concerning those
 Community operations.
                                                              3. The first part of the operational plan shall con-
                                                              tain information on the IMP as a whole, the opera-
                                                              tions to be undertaken in each region or area, their
 The Commission shall ensure that the consistency             complementarity and their consistency with one
 that exists between the different policies is also           another and with each regional development pro-
 guaranteed in relation to the objectives of the IMPs,        gramme, specifying where appropriate the adjust-
 particularly as regards the agricultural prices and          ments to be made to each programme, as well as the
 markets policy, with a view to the full attainment of        overall technical information relating to the nature
 those objectives.                                            of those operations, an estimate of the financial
                                                              resources needed, the ordering of priorities, the
                                                              designation of the authorities or bodies responsible
                                                              for each operation, the coordination machinery set
 3. The annexed IMPs, which form an integral part             up at national, regional and local level, estimates of
 of this Regulation, define the scope of, and consti-         the investments to be made by the public authorities
 tute the general framework for, the measures pro-            and the location of such investments, financing
 vided for therein.                                            plans and expenditure schedules.
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  4. The second part of the plan shall relate to the              dures referred to in paragraph 1 have been com-
  technical data specific to the various operations, as           pleted.
  required by this Regulation, and to the measures
  provided for to ensure that the proposed operations             With regard to the other items in the second part of
  are compatible with environmental protection.                   the operational plan of campaign, notably those in
                                                                  respect of which the Commission has given the
                                                                  authorization referred to in Article 3 (5), approval
  It shall also include the laws, regulations or admin-          shall be given as and when the procedures referred
  istrative measures and the detailed plans or special           to in paragraph 1 are completed.
  programmes required for implementation of the
  operations.
                                                                  3. Where appropriate, Commission approval shall
                                                                  include conditions to ensure that the IMP measures
  5. The Member States concerned shall prepare and                in the course of being carried out are mutually con-
  draw up the operational plans of campaign within                sistent.
  one year from the date of entry into force of this
  Regulation. The Commission may provide the
  Member States which so desire with the necessary
  technical assistance at the levels deemed appro-                                         Article 4a
  priate.
                                                                 1. Community financial assistance for the opera-
  At the request of a Member State, the Commission               tions contained in the IMPs may be granted in the
  may extend that deadline in respect of items of the            form of either:
 second part of the operational plan of campaign if              (a) reimbursement of expenditure incurred by the
 the summary information on those items supplied                       public authorities, or
 with the other information referred to in paragraph 4
 is such as to permit an assessment of overall consist-          (b) a direct financial contribution.
 ency.
                                                                 2. Assistance granted under the IMPs from appro-
 6. Member States shall forward the operational                  priations set aside under the relevant article of the
 plans of campaign to the Commission and shall                   budget shall be in addition to assistance granted to
 supply all the information needed by the Commis-                the same operations under the existing funds, except
 sion to satisfy itself that they fulfil the requirements        where the Community contribution is charged in
 of this Regulation.                                             full to the said budget heading.
                                                                 Assistance under the IMPs may cover public
                                                                 expenditure incurred in respect of interest subsidies.
                          Article 4
 1. Examination of the operational plans of cam-
paign shall focus special attention on the need for
the operations to be mutually consistent and to
                                                                                           TITLE II
complement one another, at regional level as well.
 Examination of the second part of the operational                            AGRICULTURAL MEASURES
plan of campaign shall be carried out in the light of
the Commission assessment of the first part as a
coherent set of measures in accordance with the pro-                                      Section 1
cedures provided for by this Regulation in respect of
the various operations.                                                              General provisions
Within the framework of those procedures, the
Commission shall ensure that the integrated nature                                         Article 5
of the IMPs is maintained.
                                                                 1. Where reference is made in this Title to the pro-
                                                                cedure contained in this paragraph, the decision
2. The Commission shall approve the two parts of                shall be taken in accordance with the procedure
the operational plan of campaign.                               referred to in Article 22 of Council Regulation
                                                                (EEC) No 355/77 (')•
Initially, such approval shall relate to the first part
of the operational plan of campaign and the items
in the second part in respect of which the proce-              (')    OJ No L 51, 23. 2. 1977, p. 1.
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2. For the purposes of contributions to the imple-              celling, referred to in the first indent of II. A. 1 of the
mentation of projects, 'project' shall mean any                 IMPs for Greece, Italy and France, shall cover the
public, semi-public or private physical investment              financing of projects involving related works, such
project, which relates at least in part to one or more          as levelling, improvement of embankments and
of the operations referred to in Articles 7, 8, 13 and          ditches, farm roads and other land improvement
18, which concerns part or all of an area indicated in          works necessitated by the reparcelling.
the IMPs, and which falls within the framework of
an operational plan of campaign referred to in
Article 3.                                                      2. Projects must:
                                                                — contribute to a lasting structural improvement
The provisions contained in Articles 13, 14, 17 (1),                 in the agricultural holdings,
 18, 19 (1), (2), (3) and (5), and 20 to 22 of Regulation
(EEC) No 355/77 shall apply.                                    — be aimed at reducing the number of parcels in
                                                                     the holdings concerned on completion of repar-
                                                                     celling; as a general rule, such reduction must
3. In cases where the expenditure incurred by the
                                                                     produce a reparcelling ration of at least 3 : 1 ,
Member States is to be reimbursed, Community
assistance shall be granted in accordance with                  — provide full information on the minimum sur-
Article 7(1) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 729/                      face area and/or the minimum number of hold-
70(').                                                                ings concerned,
4. Articles 8 and 9 of Regulation (EEC) No 729/70               — include a description of the necessary works
shall apply to the operations referred to in this Title.              and the cost thereof,
                                                                — oblige those concerned not to parcel out anew
5. Advance payments may be made in respect of                         the land in their holdings.
the measures provided for in Articles 7 to 9 and 12
to 18 of this Regulation.
                                                                 3. Community assistance shall amount to:
6. Detailed rules for the application of this Article
 shall be adopted in accordance with the procedure              — in the case of Greece, 75 %,
 provided for in Article 13 of Regulation (EEC)
                                                                — in the case of Italy, 65 %,
 No 729/70.
                                                                — in the case of France, 50 %
                           Article 6                            of the cost of carrying out the works referred to in
                                                                paragraph 1, with a maximum eligible amount of
 The eligible amounts and the limits on surface area             1 500 ECU per hectare reparcelled and up to the
 referred to in this Title may, if such proves neces-            following total areas:
 sary, be adjusted at the request of one of the Mem-
 ber States concerned. If such adjustments are                  — 150 000 hectares in Greece,
 designed to increase the eligible amounts by not
 more than 10% per year and/or the limits on sur-                — 300 000 hectares in Italy,
 face area by 20 % over the period, they shall be car-           — 200 000 hectares in France, of which not more
 ried out in accordance with the procedure provided                    than 140 000 hectares may be located in the
 for in Article 5 (1).                                                 regions referred to in II.D of the IMP for
                                                                       France.
 More substantial adjustments may be made by a
 decision of the Council, acting by a qualified major-
 ity on a proposal from the Commission.
                                                                                          Article 8
                           Section 2
                                                                  1. The Community's            financial    contribution
                    Physical improvements                        referred to in the second indent of II.A. 1 of the
                                                                  IMPs for Greece and France shall be restricted to
                                                                  collective irrigation works involving one or more of
                           Article 7                             the production options provided for in the IMP.
  1. The Community's financial contribution to the
  reparcelling operations, including voluntary repar-
                                                                  2. The financial contribution referred to in para-
                                                                  graph 1 shall relate to the financing of projects
 (')  OJNOL94, 28.4. 1970, p. 13.                                 which may involve:
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(a) in France, the installation and renewal of col-                 — rotary slashing of undergrowth,
     lective irrigation networks from reservoirs and                — ploughing,
     main channels, including associated drainage;
                                                              — fencing,
(b) in Greece, the execution of boreholes and reser-          — measures to protect land against erosion,
     voirs and the installation and renewal of collec-              including bench terraces and collecting ditches,
     tive irrigation networks, including associated                 and against wind,
     drainage.
                                                              — building of shelters,
                                                              — construction of small irrigation systems, includ-
                                                                    ing small reservoirs and associated drainage, for
3. Projects must:                                                   one or several holdings covering not more than
— contribute to a structural improvement in the                     400 hectares and not supplied from collective
     agricultural holdings,                                         irrigation networks.
— indicate the number of hectares in the areas
     concerned, their location and the number of
     beneficiary holdings,                                    The measures referred to in the third and fifth
                                                              indents above may also be applied to the areas
— indicate the types of farming concerned and the             referred to in Article 12 (1) (c).
     action taken to orientate production towards the
     production options provided for in the IMPs,
— include a description, timetable and financing              2. The measures referred to in paragraph 1 shall be
     plan for the necessary works.                            implemented under one or more detailed plans.
                                                              These plans or, where appropriate, amendments —
4. Community assistance shall amount to:                      necessitated by this Regulation — to plans already
— in the case of Greece, 75 %,                                approved by the Commission under Article 3 (2) of
— in the case of France, 50 %                                 Council Regulation (EEC) No 1975/82 ('), shall be
                                                              presented by the Member States concerned within
                                                              the framework of the operational plan of campaign
of the cost of carrying out the works referred to in          referred to in Article 3 and approved by the Com-
 paragraph 2 with the following maximum eligible               mission in accordance with the procedure referred
 amounts per hectare and up to the following total             to in Article 5 (1).
 areas:
— in Greece:                                                   3. The plans referred to in paragraph 2 shall
      7 000 ECU per hectare irrigated or per hectare           include the following information:
      of irrigation network renewed, of which not
      more than 4 000 ECU per hectare for the collec-          — areas to be irrigated, estimates of the number of
      tive irrigation network, up to a total area of                 projects and holdings which will benefit,
      80 000 hectares;                                         — unproductive and marginal areas earmarked for
                                                                     improvement, nature and scope of the work
 — in France:                                                        planned,
      4 000 ECU per hectare irrigated or per hectare
      of irrigation network renewed up to a total area         — aid measures envisaged,
      of 100 000 hectares, of which not more than
      60 000 hectares may be located in the regions            — measures taken to grant priority to grouped
      referred to in II.D of the IMP for France.                     improvement projects,
                                                               — estimated cost and time-schedule of expendi-
                                                                     ture.
                         Article 9                             4. The actual expenditure incurred by the Member
                                                                States in respect of the works referred to in para-
  1. The land improvement works provided for in                 graph 1 shall be reimbursed at a rate of 50 %, with
 the third indent of II.A.l of the IMPs for Greece              the following maximum eligible amounts and up to
 and France and the second indent of II.A.l of the              the following total areas:
 IMP for Italy may include works such as:
                                                                — 5 000 ECU per hectare irrigated,
 — the preparation of unproductive and marginal
       land including:
      — stone removal and clearing,                             (')  OJ No L 214, 22. 7. 1982, p. 1.
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— 1 500 ECU per hectare improved where                              holdings subject to the conditions laid down
     improvement includes measures for land protec-                 at (a).
     tion,
— 700 ECU per hectare of land otherwise                        2. The Member States concerned shall adopt the
     improved;                                                 laws, regulations or administrative provisions
                                                               required for implementation of the measure referred
up to a total area of:                                         to in paragraph 1. Such laws, regulations or admin-
— 150 000 hectares in Italy, of which not more                 istrative provisions shall be submitted by the Mem-
     than 50 000 hectares may be located in the                ber States concerned within the framework of the
     regions referred to in II.D of the IMP for Italy,         operational plan of campaign referred to in Article 3
                                                               and shall be approved by the Commission in
— 50 000 hectares in France,                                   accordance with the procedure referred to in
— 60 000 hectares in Greece.                                   Article 5(1).
                                                               3. The laws, regulations and provisions referred to
5. In the case of Greece, part of the Community                in paragraph 2 shall relate in particular to:
contribution shall be provided by the EAGGF Guid-
                                                               — the provisions necessary to ensure that the
ance Section subject to the conditions and limits
                                                                    social security benefits which recipients of the
laid down by Regulation (EEC) No 1975/82.
                                                                    annuity provided for in paragraph 1 would have
                                                                    received had they not ceased to farm are not
The balance of the Community contribution                           reduced, and that the contributions made by
required to make up the rate, ceilings and volumes                  them to social security funds are not unduly
fixed in paragraph 4, and to cover the measures sup-                increased,
plementary to Regulation (EEC) No 1975/82 and
referred to in paragraph 1 shall be provided under             — the definition of:
this Regulation.                                                    (a) what is meant by 'farmer'. For the purposes
                                                                         of this Article, there may in respect of any
                                                                         one utilized area of agricultural land be one
                                                                         farmer only;
                         Section 3                                  (b) what is meant for the purposes of this
                                                                         Article by 'practising farming as the main
           Efficiency of agricultural structures                         occupation'. The definition shall at least
                                                                         include the following conditions in respect
                                                                         of the person concerned:
                         Article 10                                      — he must have worked in agriculture for
                                                                              a period of at least five years before
1. The measure to encourage the cessation of farm-                            submitting an application for an annu-
ing referred to in the first indent of II.A.2 of the                          ity,
IMPs for Greece, Italy and France shall involve the                      — he must during that period have
granting of an annuity to farmers aged between 55                             devoted at least 50 % of his working
and 65 practising farming as their main occupation                            hours to work in agriculture,
and ceasing work in agriculture, subject to the
following conditions:                                                    — he must during that period have derived
                                                                              at least 50 % of his earned income from
(a) either the area of agricultural land released must                        work in agriculture,
     be assigned to one or more agricultural holdings
     managed by farmers practising farming as their             — the conditions under which farming shall be
     main occupation on condition that each holding                  deemed to have ceased,
     consequently reaches a minimum work require-               — the provisions debarring from the grant of the
     ment of 0,5 MWU;                                                annuity provided for in paragraph 1 any farmer
(b) or the person installed on the abandoned hold-                   whose farm has decreased significantly in area
     ing as farming manager practising farming as                    over the last few years preceding his applica-
     his main occupation must be a relative in the                   tion, save where this has been due to expropria-
     descending line up to and including the third                   tion or to acquisition in the public interest.
     generation on condition that:
                                                                4. The actual expenditure incurred by the Member
     — the abandoned holding has a work require-
                                                                States concerned in respect of the measure referred
           ment of at least 0,5 MWU,
                                                                to in paragraph 1 shall be reimbursed at a rate of:
     — the successor is under 40 years of age;
                                                                — 75 % in the case of Greece,
 (c) or the agricultural land released must be
                                                                — 65 % in the case of Italy,
      assigned to a land agency with a view to facili-
      tating the transfer of the land to one or more            — 50 % in the case of France,
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up to a maximum eligible amount per annuity of                   5. The procedures provided for in Articles 24 and
3 000 ECU a year.                                               25 of Regulation (EEC) No . . . shall also apply to
                                                                the supplementary measures referred to in para-
                                                                graphs 1 to 4.
                         Article 11                             6. The additional Community financial contribu-
                                                                tion needed to finance the measures supplementary
1. The compensatory allowance provided for in                   to Regulation (EEC) N o . . . referred to in para-
Article 15 of Council Regulation (EEC) No . . . on              graphs 1 to 4 shall be provided under this Regula-
improving efficiency of agricultural structures                 tion.
and referred to in the second indent of II.A.2 of the
IMPs for Greece, Italy and France may be granted
in areas within the meaning of Article 3 (4) and (5)                                          Section 4
of Council Directive 75/268/EEC (2) in respect of
areas under crops covered by the specific measures
                                                                    Specific measures for agricultural production in
provided for by this Regulation.
                                                                                 inland areas and the islands
2. The amount of the compensatory allowance                                                   Article 12
granted under Article 15 of Regulation (EEC)
No . . . to farmers under 40 practising farming as               1. The measures for the development of livestock
their main occupation may be increased by a maxi-               farming referred to in II.B.l of the respective IMPs
mum of 30 ECU per LU or per hectare for the first               for Greece, Italy and France may include:
15 LU or hectares per holding.
                                                                     as regards cattle, sheep and goat farming and, in
                                                                      the case of Italy, farming of equine animals:
3. In cases where Member States grant the maxi-
mum compensatory allowance provided for in                           (a) aids for the modernization, rationalization
Article 15 of Regulation (EEC) N o . . . plus, where                       and construction of livestock housing,
appropriate, the supplementary amount referred to                          including the requisite equipment. Such
in paragraph 3, the Community's financial contribu-                        aids shall be granted, in the case of Italy, in
tion provided for in Article 26 of Regulation (EEC)                        accordance with the conditions laid down
No . . . in respect of not more than the first 15 LU or                    in Article 3 (1) (a) and (2) of Council Regu-
hectares per holding shall be supplemented under                           lation (EEC) No 1944/81(2) and, in the
this Regulation to bring the total contribution to:                        case of Greece and France, in accordance
                                                                           with the conditions laid down in
— 75 % in the case of Greece,                                              Article 10(2) and (3) of Regulation (EEC)
— 65 % in the case of Italy,                                               No 1975/82. In the case of holdings
— 50 % in the case of France,                                              engaged principally in sheep and goat farm-
                                                                           ing and not practising cattle farming, the
subject to such maximum amounts being granted                              aids provided for above may also be
for at least the first 5 LU or hectares per holding and                    granted if the holding's sales of sheepmeat
to the allowance amounts provided for on the date                          and goatmeat account for less than 40 % of
of entry into force of this Regulation not being                           its total sales;
reduced for the LU or hectares exceeding this first
                                                                      (b) aids for the purchase of machinery for fod-
quota of five.
                                                                           der production; such aids shall be granted
                                                                           in accordance with the conditions laid
                                                                           down in Article 3 (2) of Regulation (EEC)
 4. Member States shall define, within the frame-                          No 1944/81 or Article 10(3) of Regulation
 work of the vineyard restructuring project referred to                    (EEC) No 1975/82; they may, however, be
 in Article 13 and within the framework of the plans                       increased by 10% in the case of machinery
— provided for in Article 14 — for the implementa-                         purchased by agricultural cooperatives;
tion of special measures in favour of certain crops,
the perimeters within which the compensatory                          (c) aids for the improvement of meadows,
allowance may be granted for areas under crops                             grassland, pasture and land for the produc-
referred to in these plans.                                                tion of fodder crops, together with the
                                                                           requisite equipment, including fences;
(i)  OJ No L 128, 19. 5. 1975, p. 1.                             O    O J N o L 1 9 7 , 20. 7. 1981, p. 27.
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      (d) measures for the control and prevention of           3. The plans referred to in paragraph 2 shall indi-
           disease, including inspections, tests and           cate:
           vaccinations;                                       — the provisions concerning the establishment of
                                                                   plans for the improvements referred to in para-
     (e) measures aimed at genetic improvement,                    graph 1 (a),
          including:                                           — the aid measures taken, and in particular the
          — aids for the modernization or creation                 conditions for the granting of aids,
               of breeding and selection centres,              — the measures for the control and prevention of
               including aids for progeny testing,                 disease, and in particular the conditions for the
          — aids for the intensification of perform-               granting of the relevant aids,
               ance testing,                                   — the number of breeding and selection centres to
                                                                   be modernized or created,
          — aids to encourage more widespread use
               of artificial insemination,                     — the funds allocated for the various measures,
                                                                   together with a time-schedule.
          — aids for the purchase of male breeding
               animals of approved quality, provided           4. The actual expenditure incurred by Member
               that their economic use is possible;            States in implementing the measures referred to in
                                                               paragraph 1 shall be reimbursed at the rate of 50 %,
     (f) in Italy and Greece, an additional premium            subject to the following maximum eligible amounts
          for beef-breed calves and calves resulting           and limits:
          from a cross with a beef breed, in accord-           — as regards the measures provided for in para-
          ance with the conditions laid down in                    graph 1 (c), 700 ECU per hectare up to an over-
          Article 3 (1) (d) of Regulation (EEC)                    all limit of:
          No 1944/81 and Article 10 (1) (d) of Regu-
          lation (EEC) No 1975/82;                                 — 80 000 hectares in Greece,
                                                                   — 40 000 hectares in France,
     (g) in Italy, an additional premium for keeping
                                                                   — and in the case of Italy up to the overall
          cows for meat production, in accordance
                                                                         limit specified in the outline programme
          with the conditions laid down in
                                                                         drawn up pursuant to Article 2 of Regula-
          Article 3 (1) (e) and (3) of Regulation (EEC)
                                                                         tion (EEC) No 1944/81 for the areas cov-
          No 1944/81;
                                                                         ered by the integrated Mediterranean pro-
                                                                         gramme,
                                                               — as regards the measures referred to in para-
     as regards pig farming:                                       graph 1 (e), up to an overall limit of 20 % of the
     (h) the disease control and prevention measures                overall expenditure provided for in respect of
          referred to in point (d) above;                          the implementation of the measures referred to
                                                                    in paragraph 1 (a), (b) and (c),
     (i) in Corsica, aids for the construction and             — as regards the measure referred to in para-
          modernization of shelters for extensive                  graph 1 (f), 36 ECU per calf,
          farming; such aids shall be granted in               — as regards the measure referred to in para-
          accordance with the conditions laid down                 graph 1 (g), 48 ECU per cow subject to a limit of
           in Article 10 (3) of Regulation (EEC)                   480 ECU per individual holding.
           No 1975/82.
                                                               5. The Community contribution shall be provided
                                                               in part by the EAGGF Guidance Section subject to
                                                               the conditions and limits laid down:
2. The measures referred to in paragraph 1 shall be            — as regards Greece, by Regulation (EEC)
implemented in the form of one or more detailed                    No 1975/82 and, in the case of the areas not
plans.                                                             covered by that Regulation, by Regulation
                                                                   (EEC) No . . . on improving the efficiency of
Such plans or, where appropriate, adjustments —                    agricultural structures,
made necessary as a result of this Regulation — to
programmes already approved by the Commission                  — as regards Italy, by Regulation (EEC)
pursuant to Article 2 (3) of Regulation (EEC)                       No 1944/81,
No 1944/81 or Article 3 (2) of Regulation (EEC)                — as regards France, by Regulation (EEC) No . . .
No 1975/82 shall be presented by Member States as                   on improving the efficiency of agricultural
part of the operational plan of campaign referred to                structures.
in Article 3 and approved by the Commission in
accordance with the procedure referred to in                   The balance of the Community contribution
Article 5 (1).                                                 required to make up the rate, amounts and volumes
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fixed in paragraph 4 and to enable the overall limits           — a special degressive allowance paid to farmers
on eligible expenditure in respect of the measures                   practising farming as their main occupation to
referred to in Article 3 of Regulation (EEC)                        compensate for loss of income resulting from
No 1944/81 and Articles 8 (a) and 10 (1) of Regula-                 restructuring. This allowance shall be granted
tion (EEC) No 1975/82 to be exceeded shall be                       for a maximum of three years and may not
provided under this Regulation.                                     exceed a total of 3 000 ECU/ha.
                                                                4. Projects must:
                                                                — satisfy the conditions laid down in the first sub-
                        Article 13                                  paragraph of Article 2(1), paragraphs 2 to 5 of
                                                                    Article 3 and Article 4 of Council Regulation
 1. Under the measures to encourage the restructur-                  (EEC) No 458/80 (3),
ing of vineyards producing table wines, as referred             — indicate the areas within which the compensa-
to in II.B.2, II.C.2 and II.C.3 of the integrated Med-              tory allowance referred to in Article 11 may be
iterranean programme for Greece, II.B.2 and II.C.3                  granted in areas within the meaning of
of the integrated Mediterranean programme for                       Article 3 (4) of Directive 75/268/EEC.
Italy and II.B.2 and II.C.2 of the integrated Medi-
terranean programme for France, the Community
shall reimburse expenditure incurred by Member
States on collective restructuring projects.                    5. The actual expenditure incurred by Member
                                                                States in implementing the measures referred to in
                                                                paragraph 3 shall be reimbursed at the rate of 50 %,
                                                                subject to the overall limits of:
2.   Projects shall involve the granting of aids:
                                                                — 17 000 hectares in Greece,
— for the grubbing of vines intended for the pro-               — 20 000 hectares in France,
     duction of table wines and the preparation of
     the soil for the replanting of vines referred to in        — 30 000 hectares in Italy.
     the second indent,                                         Those areas shall form part of the areas laid down in
                                                                Article 8 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 458/80.
— the replanting of vines for the production of
     quality wines produced in specified areas or
     tables wines of improved quality.
                                                                6. Part of the Community contribution shall be
                                                                provided by the EAGGF Guidance Section, subject
For the purposes of this Regulation, 'replanting'               to the conditions and limits laid down by Regula-
shall mean any planting of vines undertaken in                  tion (EEC) No 458/80.
accordance with the definitions referred to in Annex
IVa (a) to (d) to Council Regulation (EEC)                      The balance of the Community contribution
No 337/79 (') with varieties recommended or                     required to make up the amounts and the rate fixed
authorized by Commission Regulation (EEC)                       in paragraphs 3 and 5 and to cover the additional
No 3800/81 (2).                                                 measure over and above Regulation (EEC)
                                                                No 458/80, as referred to in the second indent of
                                                                paragraph 3, shall be provided under this Regula-
 3. The aids for the restructuring of vineyards                 tion.
 referred to in paragraph 2 shall be granted in the
 form of:                                                                              Article 14
 — a premium per hectare of vineyard replanted,
                                                                1. The measures for the development of crop pro-
      towards the cost of the restructuring work; the
                                                                duction, other than those relating to the restructur-
      amount of the premium may be fixed between
                                                                ing of vineyards, referred to in II.B.2 of the inte-
      2 418 and 3 022 ECU per hectare of vineyard
                                                                grated Mediterranean programmes for Greece, Italy
      replanted, depending on the structural situation
                                                                and France may include:
      and the cost of the vineyard restructuring opera-
      tions.
      However, in order to take account of special              — as regards wine-growing:
      situations, Member States may exceed the maxi-                (a) measures to encourage to conversion of
      mum limit specified;                                               vineyards producing table wines to crops of
                                                                         which there are no surpluses, in particular:
(i) OJNoL54, 5. 3. 1979, p. 1.
(2) OJ No L 381, 31. 12. 1981, p. 1.                            (3)  OJNoL57, 29. 2. 1980, p. 27.
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         — either fodder and protein crops, seed                          — in Greece and Italy, aids for collective
              crops, and medicinal and aromatic                                mechanization, in accordance with
              plants, or                                                      the     provisions     referred    to    in
                                                                               Article 12 (1) (b);
         — permanent crops of nuts, soft fruit or
              exotic fruit, or                                        (c) the measures referred to under (b) may also
                                                                          be applied:
         — energy crops;
                                                                          — to the restructuring and development of
                                                                               permanent crops of nuts, soft fruit and
          in addition to the aids provided for in
                                                                               exotic fruit and of energy crops,
          Article 8, the measures shall cover the grant-
          ing:                                                            — in Greece, to the renewal of vineyards
                                                                               intended for the production of dried
         — of a premium per hectare of conversion,                             grapes; in this case the allowance
               towards the costs of grubbing vines,                            referred to in the fifth indent of
               preparing the soil and purchasing                               point (b) may not exceed a total of
               selected seed,                                                  3 000 ECU;
                                                                          — in Greece, the aid referred to in the
         — in the case of conversion to other per-                             third indent of point (b) may also be
              manent crops, a special degressive                               granted for the planting of apple
              allowance payable to farmers practising                          orchards and the planting of vines for
              farming as their main occupation, to                             the production of dried grapes, pro-
              compensate for loss of income resulting                          vided that such planting does not
              from the conversion;                                             increase the total area under apples or
                                                                               under vines for the production of dried
              this allowance shall be granted for a                            grapes;
              maximum period of five years and may
              not exceed an overall total of 6 000
              ECU/ha;                                            — as regards annual plants, aromatic and medicinal
                                                                     plants and seeds and propagating material:
         — aids for collective mechanization, in                      (d) measures to encourage standardization,
              accordance with Article 12 (1) (b);                         rationalization and improvement of quality,
                                                                          including varietal conversion of annual
                                                                          plants, aromatic and medicinal plants and
                                                                          seeds and propagating material. Those
                                                                          measures shall also concern any extension
— as regards olive-growing:                                               of the areas under those crops, with the
                                                                          exception of areas under crops that are in
     (b) measures to encourage:                                           surplus;
          — the restructuring, including the renewal,                     the measures shall relate to the granting of a
               of plantations for the production of oil,                  premium per hectare towards the costs of
                                                                          establishing the lines of production con-
         — conversion to the growing of table                             cerned, not exceeding the actual cost of the
               olives or permanent crops of nuts, soft                    reproductive material.
               fruit or exotic fruit,
         — conversion to fodder and protein crops;               2. The measures referred to in paragraph 1 shall be
                                                                 implemented under one or more detailed plans.
          the measures shall relate to the granting:             These plans shall be presented by the Member
                                                                 States concerned as part of the operational plan of
         — of a premium per hectare towards the                  campaign referred to in Article 3 and approved by
               costs of restructuring and conversion,            the Commission in accordance with the procedure
               including the purchase of selected seed           referred to in Article 5 (1).
               and of shrubs and the cost of replant-
               ing,
         — except in the case of conversion to fod-              3. The plans referred to in paragraph 2 shall con-
               der and protein crops, a special degres-          tain:
               sive allowance in accordance with the             — an estimate of the number of hectares of vine-
               fourth indent of (a),                                  yards or plantations of olives, nuts, soft fruit or
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    exotic fruit likely to have been restructured or               irrigating land intended for the production of
    converted on completion of the plans,                          selected seed for these crops;
                                                              (b)  aids for the purchase of selected seed for the
— an indication of the location of the areas con-                  crops referred to in point (a);
     cerned and the criteria concerning the suitability
     of those areas,                                          (c)  aids for the purchase of machinery and irriga-
                                                                   tion equipment for collective use for the crops
— an indication of the permanent and annual                        referred to in (a); the aids shall be granted in
    crops to which the conversion is to be made,                   accordance with the conditions laid down in
                                                                   Article 12 (l)(b);
— an indication of the areas within which the com-            (d)  in Italy, aids for the construction of livestock
    pensatory allowance referred to in Article 11                  housing for the fattening of livestock coming
    may be granted in areas within the meaning of                  principally from areas within the meaning of
    Article 3 (4) of Directive 75/268/EEC in respect               Article 3 of Directive 75/268/EEC, provided
    of the crops referred to in this Article,                      that such construction work is part of the pro-
                                                                   cess of conversion to fodder production; the
— provisions ensuring that the vineyard restructur-                aids shall be granted in accordance with the
    ing operations will not involve an increase in                 conditions laid down in Article 3 (2) of Regula-
    the area under vines,                                          tion (EEC) No 1944/81;
— the type and amount of the aids envisaged,                  (e)  in Greece, as regards cattle farming, the mea-
                                                                   sures referred to in (a), (d), (e) and (f) of
— an estimate of the costs and the funds allocated.                Article 12 (1), subject to the conditions and lim-
                                                                   its laid down therein and, as regards pig farm-
                                                                   ing, the measure referred to in point (h) of the
4. The actual expenditure incurred by the Member                   said Article.
States concerned on the measures referred to in
paragraph 2 shall be reimbursed at the rate of
50 %, subject to the following limits:                        2. The measures referred to in paragraph 1 shall be
                                                              implemented under one or more detailed plans.
— 3 000 ECU per hectare of vineyard for the con-
    version premium or for the measures referred to
     in paragraph 1 (b) and (c), with not more than:          These plans or, where appropriate, adjustments —
                                                              made necessary as a result of this Regulation — to
    — 20 000 hectares in Greece,                              plans already approved by the Commission pur-
    — 50 000 hectares in Italy,                               suant to Article 2 (3) of Regulation (EEC)
                                                               No 1944/81 or Article 3 (2) of Regulation (EEC)
    — 15 000 hectares in France;
                                                               No 1975/82 shall be presented by the Member
— 50 ECU per hectare of vegetable, medicinal and               States concerned as part of the operational plan of
     aromatic plant crops referred to in para-                 campaign referred to in Article 3 and approved by
     graph 1 (d);                                             the Commission in accordance with the procedure
                                                              referred to in Article 5 (2).
— 100 ECU per hectare for the production of seeds
     and propagating material referred to in para-
     graph 1 (d).                                              3. The plans referred to in paragraph 2 shall indi-
                                                               cate:
                                                               — the aid measures adopted, and in particular the
                       Section 5                                    terms on which the aids are granted,
                                                               — the conditions, in particular as regards the mini-
  Specific measures for agricultural production in the              mum size and the duration of the commitment,
               lowlands and coastal areas                           to be met by the collective organizations which
                                                                    are beneficiaries of the measure referred to in
                                                                    paragraph 1 (c),
                       Article 15                              — the funds allocated for the various measures
                                                                    and a time schedule.
1. The specific measures for the development of
fodder crops and livestock farming in the lowlands
                                                               In the case of cattle and pig farming in Greece, the
and coastal areas, referred to in II.C.l of the IMPs
                                                               plans shall also contain the details referred to in
for Greece and Italy and the first indent of II.C.l of
the IMP of France may include:                                 Article 12 (3).
(a) aids towards the cost of water supplies for irri-          4. The actual expenditure incurred by Member
     gating intensive fodder and protein crops and             States in implementing the measures referred to in
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paragraph 1 shall be reimbursed at the rate of 50 %,               aid shall consist of:
subject to the following maximum eligible amounts
                                                                   — a premium per hectare to cover part of the
and limits:                                                            cost of necessary work such as grubbing,
                                                                       cultivation of the soil and replanting or, in
— as regards the measure provided for in para-                         the case of nuts, soft fruit and exotic fruits,
    graph 1 (a) and (b), 170 ECU per year per hec-                     first planting,
    tare irrigated, for a maximum of five years, with
    the following overall limits:
                                                                   — a special compensation payment to prod-
    — 150 000 hectares in Greece,                                       ucers with farming as their main occupation
    — 50 000 hectares in Italy,                                         to offset income lost as a result of restruc-
                                                                        turing, to be paid in decreasing instalments;
    — 30 000 hectares in France;
— as regards the measure provided for in para-                         compensation shall be paid:
    graph 1 (c), 1 000 ECU per hectare irrigated;                      — in the case of restructuring of fruit-tree
                                                                            plantations, for a maximum of five
— as regards the health and genetic improvement                             years and may not exceed a total of
    measures provided for in paragraph 1 (e), up to                         6 000 ECU per hectare,
    an overall limit of 30 % of the overall expendi-
                                                                       — in the case of restructuring of vineyards
    ture provided for in respect of the measures                            producing dessert grapes, for a maxi-
    referred to in paragraph 1 (a), (b) and (c).                            mum of three years and may not exceed
                                                                            a total of 3 000 ECU per hectare;
5. As regards Italy, the Community contribution
shall be provided in part by the EAGGF Guidance                (b) measures of the type provided for in
Section, subject to the conditions and limits laid                 Article 14(1) (d) to encourage the standardiza-
down by Regulation (EEC) No 1944/81.                               tion, rationalization and quality improvement of
                                                                   vegetable production. In France and in Greece
                                                                   such measures may include rice production.
The balance of the Community contribution
required to make up the rate, amounts and volumes
fixed in paragraph 4 shall be provided under this             2. The measures referred to in paragraph 1 shall be
Regulation.                                                   implemented under one or more detailed plans.
                                                              Such plans shall be presented by the Member States
                                                              concerned as part of the operational plan of cam-
                                                              paign referred to in Article 3, and approved by the
                        Article 16                            Commission under the procedure set out in
                                                              Article 5(1).
 1. The specific measures designed to develop
crops other than grape vines, referred to in II.C.2 of
the IMPs for Greece and Italy and the second and              3. The plans referred to in paragraph 2 shall
third paragraphs of II.C.l of the IMP for France,             include:
shall cover:
                                                               — an estimate in hectares of the area under fruit-
(a) measures to encourage:                                         trees, nuts, soft fruit, exotic fruits which will
                                                                   have been restructured or developed and, in
     — the restructuring of fruit-tree plantations,                Greece, vineyards which will have been restruc-
         except citrus fruit, in order to adapt the                tured, by the time the plans are completed,
         varieties grown to market requirements,
         provided that the result is not to increase
         the area under fruit-trees, fruit which is in         — an indication of the location of the areas con-
         surplus on the Community market; in                       cerned and the criteria on which they have been
         Greece, such measures may also cover the                  selected,
         conversion of apple orchards to the crops
         referred to in Article 14(a) and the restruc-         — an indication of the types of vegetable eligible
         turing of vineyards producing table wines,                under the measures referred to in para-
                                                                   graph 1 (b),
     — the restructuring and development of plan-
         tations of nuts, soft fruit and exotic fruits,        — the arrangements for guaranteeing that restruc-
                                                                   turing will not lead to an increase in the area
     — the development of energy crops;                            under fruit trees,
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 — the form and amount of aid proposed,                        paign referred to in Article 3, and approved by the
 — an estimate of the costs involved and the                   Commission under the procedure set out in
      finance required,                                        Article 5(1).
 — coordination with the measures already imple-
       mented by the Community.
                                                               3. The plans referred to in paragraph 2 shall
 4. Reimbursement of the actual expenditure by the             include the details listed in Article 14 (3).
 Member States concerned on the measures referred
 to in paragraph 1 shall be at a rate of 50 %, up to the
 maximum amounts eligible and subject to the limi-             4. Reimbursement of the actual expenditure by the
 tations below:                                                Member States concerned on the measures referred
                                                               to in paragraph 2 shall be at a rate of 50 %, up to the
 3 000 ECU per hectare in the case of the measures             maximum amounts eligible and subject to the limi-
 referred to in the fourth indent of paragraph 1 (a),          tations below:
 with a ceiling of:
                                                               — 3 000 ECU per hectare of vineyards converted,
 — 24 000 hectares in Greece,                                       with a ceiling of:
 — 30 000 hectares in Italy,                                        — 4 000 hectares in Greece,
 — 15 000 hectares in France.                                       — 30 000 hectares in France;
                                                               — 3 000 ECU per hectare of energy crops;
These limits shall also apply to the areas eligible
                                                               — 3 000 ECU per hectare in the case of restructur-
under measures of the type referred to in the second
                                                                    ing or conversion of olive groves;
indent of Article 17 (1).
                                                               — 3 000 ECU per hectare in the case of newly
                                                                    established plantations of nuts and exotic fruits.
                         Article 17
  1. The specific measures designed to develop the                                     Section 6
 crops referred to in II.C.3 of the IMPs for Greece
 and Italy and II.C.2 of the IMP for France, other
 than restructuring of vineyards, shall cover:                                         Forestry
 — in Greece and France, measures to encourage                                         Article 18
      the conversion of vineyards producing table
      wines in accordance with Article 14(1) (a),              1. The Community's contribution to financing the
 — measures to develop and to convert to energy               forestry measures referred to in II.D. of the IMP for
      crops in accordance with the first indent of             Greece and II.E of the IMPs for Italy and France
      Article 14(1) (a),                                       shall cover the types of project below:
 — measures to encourage the restructuring and
      conversion of olive groves in accordance with            — afforestation and improvement of deteriorated
      Article 14 (l)(b),                                            woodlands in order to improve farming condi-
                                                                    tions in the area concerned by protecting soil
 — measures to encourage the establishment of nut                   and water resources,
      and exotic fruit plantations in accordance with
      Article 14(1) (c),                                       — commercial forestry, including the planting of
                                                                    fast-growing trees and trees for the production
 — in Greece, measures to encourage conversion of                   of energy,
      vineyards for the production of dried grapes in
      accordance with Article 14(1) (a).                       — related works, such as earth-moving, the con-
                                                                    struction of forest roads and the control of fast-
                                                                    flowing streams,
 2. The measures referred to in paragraph 1 shall be           — measures to prevent and fight forest fires,
 implemented in the form of one or more detailed
                                                               — the establishment of tree nurseries,
 plans.
                                                               — the creation of nature parks and conservancy
 Such plans shall be presented by the Member States                 areas, including facilities for the rearing of
 concerned as part of the operational plan of cam-                  game,
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— the renovation and restructuring of chestnut and                — 25 000 hectares in Greece,
     cork plantations and, in Greece, promotion of                — 60 000 hectares in Italy, including a maxi-
     the Aleppo pine,                                                   mum 20 000 hectares in the regions referred
— the development of forestry improvement                               to in II.D of the integrated programme for
     schemes,                                                           Italy,
— studies and trials essential to preparing the pro-              — 30 000 hectares in France;
     jects above,
                                                              — 2 300 ECU per hectare for the improvement of
— starting-up aid to recognized cooperatives and                   deteriorated woodlands, the renovation and re-
     groups set up to manage woodlands in com-                     structuring of chestnut and cork plantations and
     mon, the aid being intended as a contribution                the promotion of Aleppo pines, with an overall
     towards the cost of establishing and running                  ceiling of:
     such groups, including advisory services, during
     the first few years.                                         — 40 000 hectares in Greece,
                                                                  — 60 000 hectares in Italy, including a maxi-
                                                                        mum 20 000 hectares in the regions referred
2.   Draft projects must:                                               to in II.D of the IMP for Italy,
                                                                   — 40 000 hectares in France;
(a) in the case of the measures described in the first
     nine indents of paragraph 1:                             — 1 200 ECU per hectare for related works such as
                                                                  earth-moving and other minor ground stabiliza-
     — indicate the economic impact on the agri-                  tion operations;
          cultural sector in the region concerned,
          including the effects on the producers them-        — 18 000 ECU per kilometre for forest roads, with
          selves,                                                  an overall ceiling of:
     — indicate the type and scale of planned                     — 6 000 kilometres in Greece,
          works, the timetable and the proposed                   — 1 500 kilometres in Italy, including a maxi-
          sources of finance,                                           mum 500 kilometres in the regions referred
     — indicate the location of such works and the                      to in II.D of the IMP for Italy,
          land area involved in such projects;                    — 1 000 kilometres in France;
                                                              — 300 ECU per hectare for controlling fast-flow-
(b) in the case of measures as described in the last              ing streams;
     indent of paragraph 1:
                                                              — 200 ECU per hectare for measures to prevent
     — give an estimate of the number of groupings                and fight forest fires, with an overall ceiling of:
          to be created and the area of woodland
          involved,                                               — 200 000 hectares protected in Greece,
     — indicate the minimum criteria which for-                   — 100 000 hectares protected in Italy, includ-
          estry groups must fulfil, which must include                  ing a maximum 30 000 hectares in the
          a requirement that groups consist of at least                 regions referred to in II.D of the IMP for
           10 holdings and cover at least 550 hectares,                 Italy,
     — indicate the level of starting-up aid.                     — 70 000 hectares protected in France;
                                                              — 10% of the overall expenditure allotted to for-
                                                                   estry in the operational plan of campaign for the
 3. The owners of the land concerned shall contri-                 creation of nature parks and conservancy areas;
 bute at least 10% towards the cost of the works              — 5 % of the total cost of projects covered by para-
 referred to in paragraph 1; however, where it is in               graph 1 for preparatory work.
 the public interest to include such land in a project
 and the owner is unlikely to benefit financially in
 the foreseeable future from the inclusion of his land,       In the case of Greece, the Community contribution
 his contribution may be paid by the public au-               shall be met in part from the Guidance Section of
 thorities concerned.                                         the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee
                                                              Fund on the conditions and within the limits set out
                                                              in Regulation (EEC) No 1975/82.
 4. The Community aid shall cover 50 % of the cost
 of the works and other measures referred to in para-
 graph 2, up to the maximum eligible amounts and               The balance of the Community contribution
  subject to the limitations below:                            required to make up the rates and amounts laid
 — 2 500 ECU per hectare for protective and com-               down in paragraph 4 to cover the additional meas-
      mercial afforestation, with an overall ceiling of:       ures referred to in paragraph 1 and to allow the
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overall limits on eligible expenditure referred to in            (a) individual or collective projects relating to
the seventh to twelfth indents of Article 18 (2) (b) of               Greek or Italian vessels specializing in coral
Regulation (EEC) No 1975/82 to be exceeded shall                      gathering and sponge fishing and equipped for
be provided under this Regulation.                                    underwater investigation of new fishing
                                                                      grounds;
                                                                 (b) vessels with a length measured between perpen-
5. Community assistance shall be approved, where
                                                                      diculars of between 6 and 9 metres using fishing
necessary, notwithstanding Article 18 (2) (a) of
                                                                      methods other than trawling or purse seining;
Regulation (EEC) No 1975/82, in accordance with
the procedure referred to in Article 5 (2) of this               (c) fitting-out of French and Italian tuna fleets
Regulation.                                                           operating in the Mediterranean with ancillary
                                                                      equipment for the detection and identification
                                                                      of tuna shoals;
                                                                 (d) procurement, construction and fitting-out of
                                                                      fishery and aquaculture research vessels.
                       TITLE III                                 4. With a view to implementation of the technical
                                                                 assistance operations for the fisheries sector,
           FISHERIES AND AQUACULTURE                             referred to in VILA of the programmes for Greece
                                                                 and Italy, the projects referred to in Article 2 of
                                                                 Regulation (EEC) No 2908/83 may cover the con-
                       Article 19                                struction, equipment or modernization of fishery- or
                                                                 aquaculture-oriented technical assistance centres,
1. With a view to implementation of the opera-                   with resources for the adequate dissemination of
tions for the planning, development and protection               scientific and technical knowledge and with facili-
of coastal marine areas, referred to in III.A of the             ties for the provision of vocational assistance to
programmes for France and Italy, the projects                    interested parties.
referred to in Article 2 (c) of Council Regulation
(EEC) No 2908/83 (') may cover the creation and                  5. In the areas covered by the IMPs, the Com-
planning of protected marine areas, particularly in               munity aid referred to in Article 15 (2) of Regulation
the interests of improved trawling control or mari-              (EEC) No 2908/83 shall be increased to:
culture development.
                                                                 — 50 % for the projects referred to in Article 2 (a)
                                                                      and (b) of the said Regulation,
2. With a view to implementation of the opera-                   — 65 % in the case of Italy and 50 % in the case of
tions for the structural planning of coastal lagoons                  France for the projects referred to in Article 2 (c)
and the development of aquaculture potential,                         of the said Regulation,
referred to in III.B of the programmes for                       — 60% for the projects referred to in
France, Greece and Italy, the projects referred                       Article 11 (l)(c) of the said Regulation and in
to in Article 2 (b) of Regulation (EEC) No 2908/83                    paragraph 2 (c) of this Article,
may cover:
                                                                 — 75 % in the case of Greece, 65 % in the case of
 (a) major restructuring, water and civil engineering                  Italy and 50 % in the case of France for the pro-
     works in coastal lagoons with a view to the set-                 jects referred to in paragraphs 2 (a) and (6) and
     ting-up of extensive or semi-intensive rearing                   3 (d) to this Article,
     facilities;                                                  — 75 % in the case of Greece and 65 % in the case
 (b) the construction or modernization of hatcheries                   of Italy for the projects referred to in para-
     for the commercial production of fry, fingerlings                 graph 4 of this Article.
     and juveniles;
                                                                  6. In the areas covered by the IMPs, the financial
 (c) the launching of pilot projects to experiment                contribution by the beneficiary referred to in
     with new rearing technologies.                               Article 15 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 2908/83 shall
                                                                  be reduced to:
 3. With a view to implementation of the opera-                  — at least 25 % for the projects referred to in
 tions for restructuring certain fishing fleets, referred              Article 2 (a) and (b) of the said Regulation,
 to in III.C of the programmes for France, Greece                 — at least 15 % for the projects referred to in
 and Italy, the projects referred to in Article 2 (a) of               Article 11(1) (c) of the said Regulation and in
  Regulation (EEC) No 2908/83 may cover:                               paragraph 2 (c) of this Article,
                                                                  — at least 10 % for the projects referred to in para-
 (i) OJ No L 290, 22. 10. 1983, p. 1.                                  graphs 2 (a) and (b), 3 (d) and 4 of this Article.
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7. The projects referred to in paragraph 1 of this            12. Part of the Community aid referred to in para-
Article must be covered by a descriptive outline              graph 5 shall be provided by the EAGGF Guidance
within the meaning of Article 7 of Regulation (EEC)           Section subject to the conditions laid down by
No 2908/83. This descriptive outline, together with           Regulation (EEC) No 2908/83. The balance of the
any amendments to existing descriptive outlines,              aid required to make up the rates fixed in para-
shall be presented to the Commission as part of the          graph 5 and to cover the projects not subsidized
operational plan of campaign referred to in Article 3         under Regulation (EEC) No 2908/83 shall be pro-
of this Regulation.                                           vided under this Regulation. The provisions con-
                                                             tained in Articles 12, 17, 18, 19, 20 (1) and 21 of
                                                              Regulation (EEC) No 2908/83, together with those
8. The projects referred to in paragraphs 2 and 3 of         contained in Articles 8 and 9 of Regulation (EEC)
this Article must be covered by a multiannual guid-           No 729/70, shall apply to the granting of such aid.
ance programme within the meaning of Article 2 of
Regulation (EEC) No 2908/83, presented to the
Commission as part of the operational plan of cam-            13. Detailed rules for the application of this
paign referred to in Article 3 of this Regulation and         Article shall be adopted in accordance with
approved by the Commission in accordance with                 Article 21 of Regulation (EEC) No 2908/83.
Article 5 of Regulation (EEC) No 2908/83.
9. In cases where a multiannual guidance pro-
gramme has already been approved by the Commis-
sion pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No 2908/83, the
amendments necessitated by the IMPs shall be pre-                                     Article 20
sented to the Commission as part of the operational
plan of campaign referred to in Article 3.                     1. The Community may grant financial aid to:
10. The projects referred to in paragraph 4 of this           — the operations for improving port facilities spe-
Article must be covered by a special programme                     cifically used for fishing purposes, referred to in
presented to the'Commission as part of the opera-                  III.A of the programmes for France, Greece and
tional plan of campaign referred to in Article 3. The              Italy,
provisions contained in Articles 5 and 6 of Regula-            — the operations for equipping coastal shelters for
tion (EEC) No 2908/83 shall apply mutatis mutan-                   fishing vessels, referred to in III.A of the pro-
 dis to that special programme.                                    grammes for Greece and Italy,
                                                               — the operations for providing landing facilities
 11. The special programme referred to in para-                    on lakes where professional fishing is an impor-
graph 10 shall contain at least the following infor-               tant activity, referred to in III.A of the pro-
 mation :                                                          gramme for Greece.
— demarcation of the geographical area(s) covered
      by the programme,
                                                               2. The financial aid referred to in paragraph 1 shall
 — present status of the fishing fleet in the areas            consist of capital subsidies for projects involving the
      concerned: number of vessels broken down by              construction or modernization of the following
      length, gross registered tonnage, power, age and         facilities:
      type of fishing,
                                                               — facilities for victualling fishing vessels, notably
 — previous developments and prospects with                         with water, ice and fuel supplies,
      regard to employment in the fisheries sector in
      the areas concerned: number of fishermen, bro-           — assistance facilities for fishing vessels,
      ken down by age, vocational training and type            — facilities for the landing, storage and marketing
      of fishing,                                                   of fishery products,
 — detailed information on existing facilities and             — other facilities linked specifically and directly
      programmes for the provision of technical                     with fishing.
      assistance and counselling,
 — requirements met by the programme, objectives               3. The projects referred to in paragraph 2 must be:
       and foreseeable impact on employment,
                                                               — covered by a special programme presented to
 — investment plans, expenditure involved and                       the Commission as part of the operational plan
       provisional schedule,                                        of campaign referred to in Article 3,
 — link-up with other measures provided for under              — carried out by a public authority, by the man-
       the IMPs,                                                    agement authority of the fishing port or shelter
 — duration of programme.                                           concerned or bv a collective body nominated
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       for this purpose by the competent authority in                                  Article 21
       the Member State concerned.
                                                               1. With a view to implementation of the opera-
 4. The special programme referred to in para-                 tions for adjusting capacity, referred to in III.C of
 graph 3 shall contain at least the following informa-         the programmes for France, Greece and Italy, the
 tion:                                                         financial aid referred to in Article 1 of Council
                                                               Directive 83/515/EEC (') may be granted for:
 — demarcation of the geographical area(s) covered
      by the programme,                                       (a) the temporary halting of fishing by vessels with
 — present status of the fishing fleet in the areas                a length measured between perpendiculars of
      concerned: number of vessels broken down by                   12 metres or more but less than 18 metres, put
      length, gross registered tonnage, power, age and             into service after 1 January 1958;
      type of fishing,                                        (b) the permanent halting of fishing by vessels spe-
 — previous developments and prospects with                        cializing in fishing with lights or vessels with a
      regard to landings, broken down according to                 length measured between perpendiculars of
      whether the source vessels are based in the                  9 metres or more.
      region concerned, other regions, other Member
      States or outside the Community,                        2. The provisions contained in Articles 6 and 7 of
 — outlets for the products landed and volume of              Directive 83/515/EEC shall apply to the operations
      withdrawals,                                            referred to in paragraph 1. The information within
 — detailed information on existing fishery infra-            the meaning of Article 6 of the said Directive relat-
      structure and facilities,                               ing to the operations referred to in paragraph 1 shall
                                                              be forwarded to the Commission as part of the oper-
 — requirements met by the programme, objectives              ational plan of campaign referred to in Article 3.
      and foreseeable impact on employment,
 — investment plans, expenditure involved and
      provisional schedule,                                   3. The supplements to Directive 83/515/EEC
                                                              referred to in paragraph 1 shall be financed under
 — link-up with other measures provided for under             this Regulation in accordance with the procedure
      the I MPs,                                              laid down in the said Directive.
 — duration of programme.
 5. The provisions contained in Articles 5 and 6 of
 Regulation (EEC) No 2908/83 shall apply mutatis                                      TITLE IV
 mutandis to the special programme referred to in
paragraph 3.                                                         INCREASING THE MARKET VALUE OF
                                                                                    PRODUCTS
6. For each project and in relation to the invest-
ment involved:                                                                        Article 22
— the financial aid referred to in paragraph 1 shall
     be 75 % in the case of Greece, 65 % in the case          1. The schemes referred to in Article 6 of Regula-
     of Italy and 50 % in the case of France,                tion (EEC) No 355/77 and in IV. 1 of the IMPs for
                                                             Greece and France and IV.A of the IMPs for Italy
— the contribution by the beneficiary must be at             shall cover advertising and market research, pro-
     least 10%,                                              vided that these are conducted by groups or organi-
— the contribution by the Member State con-                  zations representing producers in the sector in ques-
     cerned must be at least 5 %.                            tion.
7. The provisions contained in Articles 12, 17, 18,          2. In order to benefit under paragraphs 3 and 4,
 19, 20(1) and 22 of Regulation (EEC) No 2908/83,           the specific programmes within the meaning of
together with those contained in Articles 8 and 9 of         Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 355/77 shall be
 Regulation (EEC) No 729/70, shall apply mutatis             submitted by the Member States concerned within
mutandis to the granting of the financial aid referred      the framework of the operational plan of campaign
to in paragraph 1.                                          referred to in Article 3 and shall be approved by the
                                                             Commission in accordance with the procedure pro-
                                                             vided for in Article 5(1).
8. Detailed rules for the application of this Article
shall be adopted in accordance with Article 21 of
Regulation (EEC) No 2908/83.                                 (')  OJ No L 290, 22. 10. 1983, p. 15.
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3. The contribution of the beneficiary referred to              and in France to producers of:
in Article 17 (2) (a) of Regulation (EEC) No 355/77
is hereby reduced to:                                           — the crop and livestock products referred to in
                                                                      Article 3 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 1360/78;
— at least 20 % in the case of projects in Greece
                                                                — the following processed agricultural products:
      and Italy,
— at least 25 % in the case of projects in France.                    — beef and veal, quarters and whole carcases
                                                                           ex 02.01 A of the Common Customs Tariff,
4. The level of the Community contribution pro-                       — cheese and curd
vided for in Article 17 (2) (c) of Regulation (EEC)                       04.04 of the Common Customs Tariff,
No 355/77 shall be supplemented to bring the over-                    — dried forage
all level of contribution to:                                             ex 12.10 B of the Common Customs Tariff,
                                                                      — olive oil
— 60 % for projects in Greece and in the areas of
      the Mezzogiorno referred to in the IMP for                           15.07 A of the Common Customs Tariff,
      Italy,
                                                                     — cork
— 45 % for projects in France.                                            45.01 of the Common Customs Tariff.
 5. The balance of the Community contribution                   2. The aid referred to in Article 10 of Regulation
 needed to finance the amounts additional to Regu-              (EEC) No 1360/78 may also be granted to producer
 lation (EEC) No 355/77 as referred to in para-                 groups whose marketing operations are confined to
 graphs 1 and 3 shall be paid under this Regulation             centralizing sales.
 and approved in accordance with Title II of Regula-
 tion (EEC) No 355/77.
                                                                3. The level of the Community contribution pro-
                                                                vided for in Article 14 (2) of Regulation (EEC)
                                                                No 1360/78 shall be supplemented to bring the
                                                                overall level of contribution to 50 %.
                         Article 23
                                                                4. Within six months of the entry into force of this
 1. Council Regulation (EEC) No 1360/78 (•), as                 Regulation, the Commission shall adopt the provi-
referred to in IV.(b) of the IMPs for Greece, Italy             sions provided for in Article 6 (3) of Regulation
 and France, may be applied to producers of:                    (EEC) No 1360/78 in accordance with the proce-
                                                                dure laid down in that Regulation.
 — dried figs
      08.03 B of the Common Customs Tariff,
                                                                 5. The balance of the Community contribution
 — dried grapes                                                  needed to finance the amounts additional to Regu-
       08.04 B of the Common Customs Tariff,                     lation (EEC) No 1360/78 shall be paid under this
                                                                 Regulation and approved in accordance with
 — dried apricots                                                Article 15 of Regulation (EEC) No 1360/78.
       08.12 A of the Common Customs Tariff,
 — prunes
       08.12 C of the Common Customs Tariff,
 — nuts                                                                                   TITLE V
       08.05 of the Common Customs Tariff,
 — locust beans                                                  NON-AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT MEASURES
       12.08 B, C of the Common Customs Tariff,
  — resins
       13.02 A of the Common Customs Tariff                                               Article 24
                                                                  1. As regards the Community contribution to oper-
  (i)  OJ No L 166,23.6. 1978, p. 1.                              ations to promote small and medium-sized enter-
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prises and craft firms under V.l of the IMPs for               eating businesses under V.2 of the integrated Medi-
Greece, Italy and France, the following provisions             terranean programmes shall be as follows:
of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2615/80 (»), as
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 214/84 (2), shall               1.   operations under V.2.(a) of the IMPs: 7 5 % of
apply:                                                              the public expenditure resulting from the grant-
                                                                    ing of aid for dismantling, transferring and
(a) operations under V.l.(a) of the IMPs: Article 5                 modifying equipment, provided that such aid is
     (1) (a) (i);                                                   supplementary to the existing aid system;
(b) operations under V.l.(b) of the IMPs: Article 5
     (1) (a) (ii); the supplementary aid shall be              2.   operations under V.2.(b) of the IMPs: 5 0 % of
     financed by the Community for a period of four                 the public expenditure with a ceiling of 10 000
     years;                                                         ECU per housing unit.
(c) operations under V.l.(c) of the IMPs: Article 5
     (l)(a)(iii);
(d) operations under V.l.(d) of the IMPs: Article 5
     (l)(a)(v);                                                                             Article 26
(e) operations under V.l.(e) of the IMPs: Article 5
                                                               1. As regards the Community contribution to oper-
     (l)(a)(vii);                                              ations for developing rural tourism under V.3 of the
                                                               IMPs, the following provisions of Regulation (EEC)
(f) operations under V.l.(f) of the IMPs: Article 5            No 2615/80 shall apply:
     (l)(b)(i);
                                                               (a) operations under V.3.(a) of the IMPs: Article 5
(g) operations under V.l.(g) of the IMPs: Article 5
                                                                    (l)(d)(i);
     (l)(b)(ii);
                                                               (b) operations under V.3.(b) of the IMPs: Article 5
(h) operations under V.l.(h) of the IMPs: Article 5                 (l)(d)(ii);
     (l)(a)(viii);                                             (c) operations under V.3.(c) of the IMPs: Article 5
                                                                    (l)(d)(iv).
(i) operations under V.l.(i) of the IMPs: Article 5
     (l)(c)(i)and(ii);
                                                               2. In addition, in the case of operations under
 (j) operations under V.l.(k) of the IMPs: Article 5           V.3.(d) of the IMPs, the Community contribution
      (l)(a)(iv).                                              shall be 50% of the public expenditure resulting
                                                               from the cost of restoring buildings and monuments
                                                               accessible to tourists.
2. In addition, in the case of operations under
V.l.(j) of the IMPs, the Community contribution
shall be 50 % of the public expenditure linked to the
travel and per diem expenses in non-Community
Mediterranean countries of technicians from the                                              Article 27
regions covered by the programme and to the cost of
training courses for technicians from such countries            1. As regards the Community contribution to oper-
 in SMEs in the regions covered by the programme.              ations for promoting renewable sources of energy
                                                               under V.4 of the IMPs, the following provisions of
                                                               Council Regulation (EEC) No 2618/80 ( 3 ), as
                                                               amended by Regulation (EEC) No 218/84 (4), shall
                                                               apply:
                                                               (a) operations under V.4.(a) of the IMPs: Article 5
                       Article 25                                   (D(a);
                                                               (b) operations under V.4.(b) of the IMPs: Article 5
The Community contribution to operations for relo-                  (l)(b)and(c);
(') OJ No L 271, 15. 10. 1980, p. 1.                            (3)  OJ No L 271, 15. 10. 1980, p. 23.
(2) OJNoL27, 31. 1. 1984, p. 1.                                 (4)  O J N o L 2 7 , 31. 1. 1984, p. 19.
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(c) operations under V.4.(c) of the IMPs: Article 5                                   TITLE VI
     (l)(d).
                                                                                 INFRASTRUCTURE
2. In addition, in the case of operations under
V.4.(d) of the IMPs, the Community contribution                                        Article 31
shall be 50% of the public expenditure resulting
from aid towards the installation of heating systems,
with a ceiling of 30 % of the cost of the investment.           1. As regards the Community contribution to the
                                                               financing of infrastructure under VI.(a) and (b) of
                                                               the IMPs for Greece and Italy and VI.(a) of the IMP
                                                               for France, the provisions of Council Regulation
                                                               (EEC) No 1787/84 on the European Regional
                        Article 28                             Development Fund shall apply, with the exception
                                                               of those that run counter to this Regulation, and in
 1. Aid granted under the IMPs in connection with              particular Article 1 (3) thereof, which defines the
Articles 24 to 27 and, where appropriate, under                scope of the Regulation, and Article 31 (2) thereof,
Council Regulations (EEC) No 1787/84(0, (EEC)                  which concerns the rates of the Community contri-
 No 2615/80, (EEC) No 2618/80 and (EEC) No                     bution.
 215/84 (2) may not be combined.
                                                               2. The rates of the Community contribution shall
                                                               be:
2. Where necessary, Article 5 (3) of Regulation
                                                               — in the case of Greece: 75 % of the public
(EEC) No 2615/80 and Article 5 (2) of Regulation
                                                                    expenditure,
(EEC) No 2618/80 shall apply.
                                                               — in the case of Italy: 65 % of the public expendi-
                                                                    ture,
                                                               — in the case of France: 50 % of the public
                                                                    expenditure.
                        Article 29
                                                               3. The Community contribution shall be provided
 1. The implementation of the operations referred              in part by the ERDF, which shall grant assistance
to in Articles 24 to 27 shall be carried out under a           under the terms laid down by Regulation (EEC)
special programme presented to the Commission                   No 1787/84. The balance of the Community contri-
within the framework of the operational plan of                bution needed to attain the rates laid down in para-
 campaign referred to in Article 3 of this Regulation.         graph 2 shall be provided under this Regulation.
 2. The provisions of Article 3 (2), (3), (4), (6) and          Infrastructure mentioned in paragraph 1 and not
 (6a) of Regulations (EEC) No 2615/80 and (EEC)                assisted under Regulation (EEC) No 1787/84 shall
 No 2618/80 shall apply, with the exception of the             be financed in full, at the rates laid down in para-
 definition of scope, which shall be that referred to in       graph 2, under this Regulation.
 Article 1 (3) of this Regulation.
 3. Where a special programme has already been
 approved by the Commission pursuant to Regula-
 tions (EEC) No 2615/80, (EEC) No 2618/80 or                                           Article 32
 (EEC) No 215/84, the necessary adjustments with
 reference to the IMP shall be presented within the             1. The financial contribution to the development
 framework of the operational plan of campaign.                 of infrastructure directly related to agriculture under
                                                                VI.(c) of the integrated Mediterranean programmes
                                                                for Greece and Italy and point VI.(b) of the inte-
                                                                grated Mediterranean programme for France shall
                                                                relate to the financing of projects which may
                        Article 30                              involve:
                                                                — the provision of electricity and potable water
  Article 5 (5) and Article 6 of Regulation (EEC)                    supplies for farms and villages or parts of vil-
  No 2615/80 shall apply.                                            lages whose inhabitants are dependent princi-
                                                                     pally on agriculture,
                                                                — the construction and improvement of farm
                                                                     roads and local roads used for agriculture and
 (') OJ No L 169, 26. 6. 1984, p. 1.                                 forestry.
 (2) OJ No L 27, 31. 1. 1984, p. 5.
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2. Projects must:                                             (a) establishment of a national advisory services
— contribute to a lasting improvement in the facil-                committee;
     ities necessary for agricultural holdings,               (b) establishment of training centres for agricultural
— be shown to be economically sound,                              advisers;
— as regards the measure provided for in the first            (c) specialized training of instructors;
     indent of paragraph 1, indicate the number of            (d) training of agricultural advisers;
     beneficiaries dependent principally on agricul-          (e) employment of the advisers.
     ture.
                                                              2. The measures referred to in paragraph 1 shall be
3. The contribution of the beneficiaries shall
amount to at least 5 % of the cost of the work                implemented in the form of a detailed plan to which
referred to in paragraph 1.                                   Articles 3 and 5 to 9 of Council Regulation (EEC)
                                                              No 270/79 (') shall apply mutatis mutandis.
4. Community assistance shall amount to:
                                                             The plan shall be submitted by Greece under the
— in Greece, 75 %,                                           operational plan of campaign referred to in Article 3
— in Italy, 65 %,                                            and shall be approved by the Commission under the
                                                             procedure laid down in Article 5(1).
— in France, 50 %
of the cost of the work referred to in paragraph 1.           3. Actual expenditure incurred by Greece in imple-
                                                              menting the measures referred to in paragraph 1
                                                              shall be reimbursed at a rate of 75 %, subject to max-
5. In the case of Greece, the Community contribu-             imum eligible amounts and within the following
tion shall be provided in part by the EAGGF Guid-             limits:
ance Section, which shall provide assistance on the
conditions and within the limits provided for in              — 100 000 ECU for the specialized training of
Regulation (EEC) No 1975/82.                                       teachers,
                                                              — 260 000 ECU per annum for the running expen-
The balance of the Community contribution needed                   ses of the national committee, including the
to make up the rate laid down in paragraph 4 and to                centres,
enable the volumes laid down in Regulation (EEC)
No 1975/82 to be exceeded shall be provided under             — 1 200 000 ECU per annum for expenditure
this Regulation.                                                   incurred by way of the course attendance allow-
                                                                   ance, for a period of four years and subject to a
                                                                   limit of 4 000 ECU per student,
6. Community assistance shall be approved, where              — 15 000 ECU per adviser employed under the
necessary, notwithstanding Article 18 (2) (a) of                   annual advisory plans, paid directly or indi-
 Regulation (EEC) No 1975/82) in accordance with                   rectly by public authorities and trained in
the procedure referred to in Article 5 (2) of this                 accordance with this Article. Community aid
Regulation.                                                        shall extend over a period of six years of work
                                                                   by the adviser and shall be granted on the basis
                                                                   of the sliding scale laid down in Article 11 (3) of
7. Article 5 (2), (4), (5) and (6) shall apply to the              Regulation (EEC) No 270/79.
measures covered by this Article.
                                                              4. Actual expenditure incurred by Greece in pay-
                                                              ing advisers employed pursuant to Council Regula-
                                                              tion (EEC) No 2966/83 of 19 October 1983 on the
                        TITLE VII                             development of agricultural advisory services in
                                                              Greece (2), as amended by Regulation (EEC)
                 BACK-UP MEASURES                             No 1301/84 (3), for years falling outside the period
                                                              covered by that Regulation shall be reimbursed
                                                              under this Regulation subject to the limits laid down
                        Article 33                            in paragraph 3.
 1. The measures to develop the agricultural advi-
 sory services referred to at point VII.(a) of the inte-     (')  OJ No L 38, 14. 2. 1979, p. 6.
 grated Mediterranean programme for Greece shall             O    O J N o L 2 9 3 , 25. 10. 1983, p. 1.
 include:                                                    (*)  OJ No L 125, 12. 5. 1984, p. 5.
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                       Article 34                             2. All running expenses other than those concern-
                                                              ing vocational training shall be eligible within the
1. The following amounts shall be added to the                meaning of Article 1 of Regulation (EEC)
maximum eligible amounts fixed in Article 11 of               No 2950/83 for the measures referred to in para-
Regulation (EEC) No 270/79, which is referred to at           graph 1.
VII.(a) of the IMP for Italy:
                                                              3.   The Community contribution shall be:
— 72 000 ECU for running expenses incurred by                 —    for Greece: 75 % of eligible expenditure,
     the inter-regional body in respect of each centre
     set up in the areas of the Mezzogiorno covered           —    for Italy: 65 % of eligible expenditure,
     by the programme,                                        —    for France: 50 % of eligible expenditure.
— 2 000 ECU per student for expenditure incurred              4. The Community contribution shall be provided
     by way of the attendance allowance,                      under this Regulation.
— 5 000 ECU per adviser employed.
                                                                                     Article 35a
2. The amount of the Community's financial con-                1. The technical assistance operations in the fisher-
tribution provided for in Article 11 of Regulation            ies sector, referred to in VII.a) of the IMPs for
(EEC) No 270/79 shall be increased to give an                 Greece, Italy and France, shall include installing
aggregate contribution of 65 %.                               technical assistants in the major fishing ports or
                                                              aquaculture centres.
3. The Community contribution shall be funded in              The Community may grant financial aid for such
part by the EAGGF Guidance Section, which shall               operations.
grant assistance subject to the conditions and within
the limits laid down by Regulation (EEC)
                                                              2. The operations referred to in paragraph 1 must
No 270/79 for a total of 2 000 advisers.
                                                              be covered by a special programme presented to the
                                                              Commission as part of the operational plan of cam-
                                                              paign referred to in Article 3.
The additional Community contribution needed to
attain the amounts and levels fixed in paragraphs 1           3. The special programme referred to in para-
and 2 and to enable the number of advisers referred           graph 2 shall contain at least the information speci-
to above and the overall limits on eligible expendi-           fied in Article 19 (11) and the qualifications
ture laid down in Article 11 (1) of Regulation (EEC)          required of the technical assistants.
No 270/79 to be exceeded, shall be provided under
this Regulation and the relevant decisions made in
accordance with Article 12 of Regulation (EEC) No             4. The provisions contained in Articles 5 and 6 of
270/79.                                                        Regulation (EEC) No 2908/83 shall apply mutatis
                                                               mutandis to the special programme referred to in
                                                              paragraph 2.
                                                               5. The actual expenditure incurred by the Member
                       Article 35                              States in carrying out the operations referred to in
                                                              paragraph 1 shall be reimbursed at a rate of 75 % in
1. The provisions of Council Regulation (EEC)                 the case of Greece, 65 % in the case of Italy and
No 2950/83 0) shall apply to the Community con-                50 % in the case of France.
tribution to the financing of the vocational training
measures and the activities designed to increase               6. Detailed rules for the application of this Article,
awareness, provide information and promote local               with particular reference to the nature of the
initiative provided for under VILA of the IMPs for             expenditure referred to in paragraph 5 which is eligi-
Greece, Italy and France as well as of the measures            ble for Community aid, shall be adopted in accord-
for developing the services which guarantee inte-              ance with Article 21 of Regulation (EEC) No 2908/
grated operation of training and the establishment             83.
of facilities to monitor the labour market, provided
for under the same point in the IMPs for Greece
and Italy.                                                                            Article 36
                                                               1. The agricultural research measures referred to at
(') OJ No L 289, 22. 10. 1983, p. 1.                           VII.(b) of the IMPs for Greece, Italy and France
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shall be the subject of an addition to the 'Mediterra-        the Council a report on the implementation of the
nean agriculture' programme referred to at II. 1 in           measures provided for in the IMPs, focusing parti-
the Annex to Council Decision 83/641/EEC of                  cular attention on the points referred to in Article 4
 12 December 1983 adopting joint research pro-               (1).
grammes and programmes for coordinating agricul-
tural research (').                                          3. At the request of the Commission, Member
                                                             States shall provide all the information necessary to
2. The purpose of the addition mentioned in para-            enable the report referred to in paragraph 2 to be
graph 1 shall be to broaden and reinforce the 'Medi-         drawn up.
terranean agriculture' programme by financing ad
hoc measures enabling any urgent problems arising
during implementation of the IMPs to be dealt with                                   Article 38
rapidly.
                                                              The Commission shall ensure that the various mea-
3. The financing of the measures referred to in               sures are mutually complementary and consistent
paragraphs 1 and 2 shall be governed by this Regu-           throughout the period covered by the IMPs.
lation and the relevant decisions made in accord-
ance with Article 2 of Decision 83/641/EEC.                   It may, if need be, carry out appropriate on-the-spot
                                                             checks, inter alia to monitor the economic effective-
                                                             ness of the measures or projects part-financed by the
                                                             Community.
                       TITLE VIII
                                                              Where appropriate, it may, in accordance with the
                  FINAL PROVISIONS                           procedures laid down in Article 4 (2), suspend the
                                                             Community's financial contribution if it finds that
                                                             the various measures are no longer mutually com-
                        Article 37                           plementary and consistent.
 1. The duration of the IMPs shall be limited to six
years, starting from the date of the first decision                                  Article 39
approving each operational plan of campaign
referred to in Article 3.                                    This Regulation shall enter into force on the third
                                                             day following its publication in the Official Journal
2. In the course of the second and the fifth years,           of the European Communities.
the Commission shall present to Parliament and to
                                                             This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and
(') OJNoL358, 22. 12. 1983, p. 36.                           directly applicable in all Member States.