CELEX: 51979PC0688
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Date: 1979-11-29
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL DIRECTIVE amending Directive 72/159/EEC on the modernization of farms (submitted to the Council by the Commission)

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                                  Proposal for a/
                                   COUNCIL DIRECTIVE
               amending Directive 72 / 159 / EEC on the modernization of
                                         farms        ■ . r";\
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                  ( submitted to the Council by the Commission )
C0MC79 ) 688 final/
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Artiole 14(2)(ft ) of Directive 72/159/EEC on "the modernization of farms
allows the Member States to derogate from the principle of selectivity,
during a period of five years from the date on which the Directive took
effect , "by granting temporary aid , on conditions which may not however
be more favourable than those laid down in Article 8 of Directive
72/159/eEC , to farmers who are not , capable of attaining the level of compara­
ble earned income within the meaning of Article 4 of the Directive and
who are not yet eligible for the annuities provided under Directive
72/l60/EEC to farmers who cease farming.
Several Member States have made use of this option and are at present
applying provisions which could have been withdrawn or amended at the
end of the period in question , i.e,. 17 April 1977.
Article 16(2 ) of the Directive provides that , at the end of five years
from the date on which the Directive took effect , the Council , acting
on a proposal from the Commission , should re-examine the common measures
defined in Article '15 of the Directive , which embrace the measures
provided for in Article 14(2 ) of the Directive . ,          '
This re-examination began in 1977 » and it was on 25 December of that
year that the Commission presented to the Council new proposals on
agricultural structure .   These have , since then , undergone amendments
and additions ; the latest of which was presented on 20 March 1979 . ^
Pending the outcome of this re–examination and a decision on the new
proposals on agricultural structure policy, the Member States have been
authorised , by Directives 77/39 O/EEC and rj8/l01']/'EEC 1 to continue to
apply these existing measures until 31 December 1979 »
As the re-examination has still not yet been completed and no decision
on the abovementioned proposals of the Commission has been taken it
seems advisable to extend this authorization until not later than
31 December 1980.
 ---pagebreak---                          Proposal for a
                      C OUNCIL DIRECTIVE
     amending Directive 72 / 159 / EEC on the modernization
                          of farms
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,         -
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community
and in particular Article 43 thereof ,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
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Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament , .
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Whereas under Article 14(2)(a ) of Council Directive 72 / 159 / EEC ,
as last amended by Directive 78 / 1 017/ EEC3, Member States may, .
during a period of five years from the time when the said Directive
takes effect , grant temporary aid to farmers who are not capable of
attaining the level of earned income laid down under Article 4 of
that Directive and who are not yet eligible for the annuities provided-
                                                        4
for in Article 2X1 ) of Council Directive 72 / 160/ EEC ,
Whereas such period expired on 17 April 1977 ,
 OJ No
20J No L 96, 23 . 4.1972,' p. 1
30J No L 349, 13.12.1978, p. 32
40J No L 96, 23 . 4.1972 , p. 9 .
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Whereas , pending the re–examination of. Directive 72/159/EEC provided
 for in Article 16 . thereof , -            "the period of application of
such provision to the measures in force in the Member States at the
end of this five-year period was extended until 31 December 1979 ^y
Directives 77/390/ZEC5 and 78/IOI7/EEC ;
Whereas , since such re-examination is still in' progress and a decision
on the agricultural structure policy proposals submitted by the Commission to
the Council on 20 March 1979 providing inter alia for the amendment
ana prolongation of the provisions of Article 14(2)(a ) of Directive
72/159/EEC has not yet been taken , it would seem advisable to
authorize the Member States to continue , until such re-examination has
been completed or until 31 December 1980, whichever is the earlier        ,
date , to apply those measures in force at the end of the five-year
period that fall within the scope of Article 14(2)(a ) of the Directive ,
HAS ADOPTED THIS HIHECTIVE :
Article 1
In Article 14(2)(a ) of Directive 72/159/KEC ,
th ; words " until 31 December 1979 " shall be replaced
by " until the re–examination provided for in Article 16 of this
Directive has been completed or until 31 December 1980f whichever is
the earlier date ".
Article 2
This Directive is addressed to the Member States .
 Don-e at                                         For the Council
                                                  The President
  5 OJ No L 145, 13.6.1977. P. 43