CELEX: 51983PC0495
Language: en
Date: 1983-08-16
Title: PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) INSTITUTING INTEGRATED MEDITERRANEAN PROGRAMMES

19. 9. 83                            Official Journal of the European Communities                              No C 251/1
                                                              II
                                                      (Preparatory Acts)
                                                COMMISSION
                    Proposal for a Council Regulation instituting integrated Mediterranean programmes
                            (Submitted by the Commission to the Council on 23 August 1983)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                          operations still being implemented in the same regions,
                                                                  will strengthen and amplify these; whereas this
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European             combination must be maintained if the efficiency sought
Economic Community, and in particular Articles 43,127             is to be achieved;
and 235 thereof,
                                                                  Whereas the implementation of the integrated
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,                Mediterranean programmes entails introduction by the
                                                                  Member States of an operational plan of campaign
Having regard to the opinion of the              European         constituted by all the measures to be adopted by the
Parliament,                                                       Member States; whereas this operational plan of
                                                                  campaign must, in particular, establish complementary
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social           and mutually consistent relationships among the various
Committee,                                                        operations in respect of their nature, specific objectives,
                                                                  scale, modulation and adaptation to the characteristics of
Whereas the Mediterranean regions of the Community                the various regions and areas where they are
are among the least developed and in most cases poorest           implemented;
regions of the Community; whereas the agricultural
sector still holds a dominant or major position in terms of       Whereas the Commission must ensure that mutual
employment in these regions;                                      consistency of the various operations is achieved; whereas
                                                                  it must therefore approve the operational plan of
Whereas industry in these regions is weak, there is high          campaign as a coherent set of measures;
unemployment and activity rates are very low; whereas,
despite the action already taken, the development gap             Whereas, in addition, the implementation of the
between these regions and the others has not been                 integrated Mediterranean programmes necessitates the
bridged, and in certain cases has actually widened;               introduction of machinery for concertation and
                                                                  coordination between each of the Member States
Whereas experience has shown that there are definite              concerned and the Commission, in particular when the
limits to what can be achieved by an approach based on            operational plan of campaign is being worked out;
sectoral schemes which are not coordinated and                    whereas the creation, at political level, for each
dovetailed into an integrated development operation;              programme, of a guidance committee, assisted at
                                                                  technical level by a working group, is an appropriate
Whereas no lasting improvement of the situation in the            method of enabling problems, lacunae and bottlenecks to
Mediterranean regions can be attained without integrated          be detected in time and, by finding a solution to these
programmes in rural areas designed to ensure both the             difficulties, of maintaining the momentum of the
development of the farm sector and that of other                  programmes and their adaptation;
economic sectors where jobs can be created to
accommodate surplus labour from the farm sector, by               Whereas the agricultural operations to be devised must
interdependent operations complementing each other;               hold a central position in the programmes because of the
                                                                  importance of agriculture for the economies of the
Whereas the operations in the integrated programmes,              Mediterranean regions and because of the major
combined with other national and Community                        handicaps farmers have to contend with those regions,
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owing not only to harsh natural conditions but also to the         promoting the development of rural areas in certain
lack of modern production, marketing and processing                Mediterranean regions situated in France, Greece and
structures, to the nature of the products and to the market        Italy.
disposal conditions, which are difficult to control;
                                                                   2.      The IMPs shall relate to operations involving
                                                                   agricultural activities, including fishing, and other
Whereas, to give this sector a better competitive position         economic activities. Such operations shall complement
in the Community framework, these agricultural                     one another with regard to nature, specific objectives,
operations must comprise - depending on the needs of               scope, modulation and adaptation to the characteristics
the areas concerned - action of various kinds to improve           of the various regions and areas where they are
physical production conditions, including agricultural             executed.
infrastructure, to develop production structures,
including a qualitative improvement and reorientation of           The operations shall, moreover, complement present or
production, to improve the socio-structural situation,             future Community operations also implemented in the
and to enhance the value of products, plus back-up                 areas covered by the IMPs. This Regulation shall in no
operations such as the development of forestry and the             way affect these operations.
introduction of agricultural advisory services;
                                                                   3.      A description of the IMPs, including the definition
                                                                   of their geographical scope, is given in the Annex.
Whereas the situation of the fishing industry is
comparable with that of agriculture; whereas its
difficulties arise mainly because a large part of the fleet is                                 Article 2
obsolete, processing and marketing channels are
inefficient and there is no balanced management of
                                                                   1.      Within two months following the entry into force of
resources;
                                                                   this Regulation, a Guidance Committee shall be set up for
                                                                   each IMP in order to provide continuing momentum for
Whereas action to step up the overall productivity of the          its execution.
 sector, in particular with regard to infrastructure and port
 installations, restructuring of the fleet and sea                 The Guidance Committee shall be assisted by a technical
 aquaculture, is needed to reduce the difficulties                 working group for each IMP.
 mentioned;                                                        2.      Each of the Member States concerned and the
                                                                   Commission shall appoint the members of the Guidance
 Whereas a substantial improvement in agricultural                 Committees and shall decide on the membership of the
 income is heavily dependent on job creation outside               working groups.
 agriculture;
                                                                                               Article 3
 Whereas, in view of the weakness of industry in the areas
 concerned, which is largely made up of small and
 medium-sized undertakings and craft undertakings,                  1.     The operations contained in the IMPs shall be
 operations concerning non-agricultural activities must             implemented by each Member State within the
 assign priority to the development of these undertakings;          framework of an operational plan of campaign referred to
 whereas such operations must be supplemented by other              in paragraph 2.
 specific measures such as rural tourism, renewable energy
                                                                    2.     The operational plan of campaign shall comprise
 and the promotion of infrastructure designed to facilitate
                                                                    all the measures which must be taken by the authorities
 the starting-up or developing job-creating activities and
                                                                    responsible for implementing the IMPs to enable all the
 to improve the viability of the rural areas,
                                                                    operations provided for in the IMPs to be executed in
                                                                    accordance with the conditions laid down by this
                                                                    Regulation.
  HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
                                                                    3.     The operational plan shall consist of two parts.
                                                                    4.      The first part of the operational plan shall relate to
                            TITLE I                                 information on the IMP as a whole, demonstrating inter
                                                                    alia that the operations involved are consistent with one
                                                                     another and with the regional development programmes,
                           GENERAL                                   including overall technical information on the various
                                                                     operations provided for in the IMP.
                            Article 1                                It shall include:
                                                                     — an estimate of the financial resources needed and a
  1.     Integrated Mediterranean programmes, hereinafter                description of the way in which they are to be made
  referred to as IMPs, shall be drawn up with a view to                  available as the programmes are implemented,
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— the ordering of geographical and chronological                  special reference to the need for the operations to be
    priorities for scheduling implementation of the               mutually consistent and to complement one another, at
     operations,                                                  regional level as well.
— the designation of the authorities              or  bodies      2.     Examination of the second part of the operational
     responsible for each operation,                              plan of campaign referred to in Article 3 (5) shall be
                                                                  carried out in accordance with the procedures provided
— a demonstration of the way in which the operations              for by this Regulation in respect of the various
     complement one another, with regard to the measures          operations.
     referred to above and, in particular, to the ordering of
    priorities,                                                   3.     The Commission shall approve the operational
                                                                  plan of campaign as a coherent set of measures.
— any adjustments to be made to the regional
    development programmes in order to take account of            Such approval shall be restricted to the first part of the
    implementation of the IMPs,                                   operational plan of campaign and the items in the second
                                                                  part in respect of which the procedures referred to in
— the coordination machinery set up at national,                  paragraph 2 have been completed.
    regional and local level to ensure coordinated
     implementation of the operations,                            With regard to the other items in the second part of the
                                                                  operational plan of campaign, notably those in respect of
— estimates of the investments to be made by the public           which the Commission has given the authorization
     authorities and information on the location of such          referred to in Article 3 (6), the approval shall be given
     investments,                                                 once the procedures referred to in paragraph 2 have been
— financing plans and expenditure schedules.                      completed.
                                                                  4.     Where appropriate, the Commission approval shall
5.      The second part of the plan shall relate to the           include conditions to ensure that the IMP measures in the
technical data specific to the various operations, as             course of being carried out are mutually consistent.
required by this Regulation, and to the measures provided
for to ensure that the proposed operations are compatible
with environmental protection.                                                                 TITLE II
Where such provision is made by this Regulation in                                 AGRICULTURAL MEASURES
respect of the various operations, the second part shall
include:                                                                                       Section 1
— the laws, regulations or administrative measures                                       General provisions
     required for implementation of the operations,
— the detailed plans or special programmes required for                                        Article 5
     implementation of the operations.
                                                                  1.     For each measure included in this title, Articles 6 to
6.      The Member States concerned shall prepare and set         18 specify whether Community assistance is to consist
up the operational plans of campaign within one year              of:
from the date of entry into force of this Regulation.
                                                                  (a) reimbursement of the expenditure incurred by the
At the request of a Member State concerned, the                         Member States in implementing an operation
Commission may extend, in respect of items thereof, the                 provided for by this title; or
deadline for the preparation and setting up of the second         (b) a direct financial contribution to the cost of
part of the operational plan of campaign referred to in                 implementing the projects.
paragraph 5, if the Member State has supplied summary
                                                                  2.     Where reference is made in this title to the
information on the items referred to in the preceding
                                                                  procedure contained in this paragraph, the decision shall
paragraph such as to enable an assessment of overall
                                                                  be taken in accordance with the procedure referred to in
consistency.
                                                                  Article      22       of     Council    Regulation    (EEC)
 7.     Member States shall forward the operational plans         No 355/77 (»).
 of campaign to the Commission and shall supply all the            3.     For the purposes of contributions to the
 information needed by the Commission to satisfy itself            implementation of projects, 'project' shall mean any
 that they fulfil the requirements of this Regulation.            public, semi-public or private physical investment
                                                                  project, which relates at least in part to one or more of the
                                                                   operations referred to in Articles 7, 8, 13 and 18, which
                          Article 4                                concerns part or all of an area indicated in the IMPs, and
                                                                   which falls within the framework of an operational plan
                                                                   of campaign referred to in Article 3.
 1.     The Commission shall examine the operational
 plans of campaign forwarded by the Member States with             (») O J N o L 5 1 , 23. 2. 1977, p. 1.
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The provisions contained in Articles 13, 14, 17 (1), 18,         3.     Community assistance shall amount to:
19(1), (2), (3) and (5), and 20 to 22 of Regulation (EEC)
No 355/77 shall apply.                                           — 75 % in the case of Greece,
                                                                 — 65 % in the case of Italy,
4.     In cases where the expenditure incurred by the
Member States is to be reimbursed, Community                     — 50 % in the case of France,
assistance shall be granted in accordance with Arti-
cle 7 (1) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 729/70 (*).             of the cost of carrying out the works referred to in
                                                                 paragraph 1, with a maximum eligible amount of 1 500
5.     Articles 8 and 9 of Regulation (EEC) No 729/70            ECU per hectare reparcelled and up to the following total
shall apply to the operations referred to in this title.         areas:
6.     Advance payments may be made in respect of the            — 150 000 hectares in Greece,
measures provided for in Articles 7 to 9 and 12 to 18 of
                                                                 — 300 000 hectares in Italy,
this Regulation.
                                                                 — 200 000 hectares in France, of which not more than
7.     Detailed rules for the application of this Article             140 000 hectares may be located in the regions
shall be adopted in accordance with the procedure                    referred to in point II D of the IMP for France.
provided for in Article 13 of Regulation (EEC)
No 729/70.
                                                                                           Article 8
                          Article 6
                                                                 1.     The Community's financial contribution referred
The eligible amounts referred to in this title may be            to in the second indent of point II A 1 of the IMPs for
adjusted from the year following entry into force of this        Greece and France shall be restricted to collective
Regulation to reflect the trend in general economic              irrigation works involving one or more of the production
conditions, by a decision of the Council acting by a             options provided for in the IMP.
qualified majority on a proposal from                    the
Commission.                                                      2.     The financial contribution referred to in para-
                                                                 graph 1 shall relate to the financing of projects which may
                                                                 involve:
                          Section 2
                                                                 (a) in France, the installation and renewal of irrigation
                                                                       networks from reservoirs and main channels,
                  Physical improvements                                including associated drainage,
                                                                 (b) in Greece, the execution of boreholes and reservoirs
                           Article 7
                                                                       and the installation of collective irrigation networks,
                                                                       including associated drainage.
 1.    The Community's financial contribution to the
reparcelling operations, including voluntary reparcelling,       3.      Projects must:
referred to in the first indent of point II A 1 of the IMPs
for Greece, Italy and France, shall cover the financing of       — contribute to a structural improvement in the
projects involving related works, such as levelling,                  agricultural holdings,
 improvement of embankments and ditches, farm roads              — indicate the number of hectares in the areas
 and other land improvement works necessitated by the                 concerned, their location and the number of
 reparcelling.                                                        beneficiary holdings,
 2.     Projects must:                                           — indicate the types of farming concerned and the action
                                                                      taken to orientate production towards the production
 — contribute to a lasting structural improvement in the              options provided for in the IMPs,
     agricultural holdings,
                                                                  — include a description, timetable and financing plan for
 — be aimed at reducing the number of parcels in the
                                                                      the necessary works.
     holdings concerned on completion of reparcelling;
     such reduction must produce a reparcelling ratio of at       4.     Community assistance shall amount to:
     least 3:1,
 — provide full information on the minimum surface area           — 75 % in the case of Greece,
     and/or the minimum number of holdings                        — 50 % in the case of France,
     concerned,
                                                                  of the cost of carrying out the works referred to in
 — include a description of the necessary works and the           paragraph 2 with the following maximum eligible
     cost thereof.                                                amounts per hectare and up to the following total
 (') OJ No L 94, 28. 4. 1970, p. 13.                              areas:
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 — in Greece                                                    — unproductive and marginal areas earmarked for
                                                                    improvement, nature and scope of the work
    7 000 ECU per hectare irrigated, of which not more
                                                                    planned,
    than 4 000 ECU per hectare for the collective
    irrigation network, up to a total area of 80 000            — aid measures envisaged,
    hectares;
                                                                — measures taken to grant priority              to  grouped
— in France
                                                                    improvement projects,
    4 000 ECU per hectare irrigated or per hectare of
    irrigation network renewed up to a total area of            — estimated cost and time-schedule of expenditure.
     100 000 hectares, of which not more than 60 000
    hectares may be located in the regions referred to in       4.     The actual expenditure incurred by the Member
    point II D of the IMP for France.                           States in respect of the works referred to in paragraph 1
                                                                shall be reimbursed at a rate of 50 %, with the following
                                                                maximum eligible amounts and up to the following total
                                                                areas:
                         Article 9
                                                                — 5 000 ECU per hectare irrigated,
1.     The land improvement works provided for in the
third indent of point II A 1 of the IMPs for Greece and         — 1 500 ECU per hectare improved where improvement
France and the second indent of point II A 1 of the IMP             includes measures for land protection,
for Italy may include works such as:
                                                                — 700 ECU per hectare of land otherwise improved;
— the preparation of unproductive and marginal land
                                                                up to a total area of:
    including:
    — stone removal and clearing,                               — 150 000 hectares in Italy, of which not more than
                                                                    50 000 hectares may be located in the regions referred
    — rotary slashing of undergrowth,                               to in point II D of the IMP for Italy,
    — ploughing,
                                                                — 50 000 hectares in France,
— fencing,
                                                                — 60 000 hectares in Greece.
— measures to protect land against erosion, including
    bench terraces and collecting ditches, and against          5.     In the case of Greece, part of the Community
    wind,                                                       contribution shall be provided by the EAGGF Guidance
— building of shelters,                                         Section subject to the conditions and limits laid down by
                                                                Regulation (EEC) No 1975/82.
— construction of small irrigation systems, including
    small reservoirs and associated drainage, for one or
                                                                The balance of the Community contribution required to
    several holdings covering not more than 400 hectares        make up the rate, ceilings and volumes fixed in para-
    and not supplied from collective irrigation                 graph 4, and to cover the measures supplementary to
    networks.                                                   Regulation (EEC) No 1975/82 and referred to in
The measures referred to in the third and fifth indents         paragraph 1 shall be provided under this Regulation.
above may also be applied to the areas referred to in
Article 12 (1) (c).
2.     The measures referred to in paragraph 1 shall be                                   Section 3
implemented under one or more detailed plans.
These plans or, where appropriate, amendments -                                 Socio-structural Directives
necessitated by this Regulation - to plans already
approved by the Commission under Article 3 (2) of
Council Regulation (EEC) No 1975/82 ( J ), shall be                                       Article 10
presented by the Member States concerned within the
framework of the operational plan of campaign referred
to in Article 3 and approved by the Commission in               1.     The measure to encourage the cessation of farming
accordance with the procedure referred to in Arti-              referred to in the first indent of point II A 2 of the IMPs
cle 5 (2).                                                      for Greece, Italy and France shall involve the granting of
3.     The plans referred to in paragraph 2 shall include       the annuity referred to in Article 2 of Council Directive
the following information:                                      72/160/EEC (2) to farmers aged between 55 and 65
                                                                practising farming as their main occupation and ceasing
— areas to be irrigated, estimates of the number of             work in agriculture, subject to the following
    projects and holdings which will benefit,                   conditions:
(J) OJ No L 214, 22. 7. 1982, p. 1.                             (2) OJ No L 96, 23. 4. 1972, p. 9.
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(a) either the area of agricultural land released must be          may be increased by a maximum of 30 ECU per LU or per
      assigned to one or more agricultural holdings                hectare for the first 15 LU or hectares per holding.
      managed by farmers practising farming as their main '
      occupation on condition that each holding                    4.     In cases where Member States grant the maximum
      consequently reaches a minimum work requirement              compensatory allowance provided for in Article 7 of
      of 0,5 MWU;                                                  Directive 75/268/EEC, plus, where appropriate, the
                                                                   supplementary amount referred to in paragraph 3, the
(b) or the person installed on the abandoned holding as            Community's financial contribution provided for in
      farming manager practising farming as a main                 Article 15 of Directive 75/268/EEC in respect of not
      occupation must be a relative in the descending line         more than the first 15 LU or hectares per holding shall be
      up to and including the third generation on condition        supplemented under this Regulation to bring the total
      that:                                                        contribution to:
      — the abandoned holding has a work requirement               — 75 % in the case of Greece,
          of at least 0,5 MWU,
                                                                   — 50 % in the case of France,
      — the successor is under 40 years of age.
                                                                   — 65 % in the case of Italy,
2.     The amount of the annuity is hereby increased to a
maximum of 3 000 ECU per year.                                     subject to such maximum amounts being granted for at
                                                                   least the first five LU or hectares per holding and to the
3.     Articles 2 (3), 3 (a) and (b), 4, 8 and 9 of Directive      allowance amounts provided for on the date of entry into
72/160/EEC shall apply to the measure referred to in               force of this Regulation not being reduced for the LU or
paragraph 1.                                                       hectares exceeding this first quota of five.
4.     The actual expenditure incurred by the Member               5.     Member States shall define, within the framework
States concerned in respect of the measure referred to in          of the vineyard restructuring project referred to in Article
paragraph 1 shall be reimbursed at a rate of:                      13 and within the framework of the plans - provided for
                                                                   in Article 14 - for the implementation of special
— 75 % in the case of Greece,                                      measures in favour of certain crops, the perimeters within
— 65 % in the case of Italy,                                       which the compensatory allowance may be granted for
                                                                   areas under crops referred to in these plans.
— 5 0 % in the case of France.
                                                                   6.     The procedures provided for in Article 13 of
5.     Part of the Community contribution shall be                 Directive 75/268/EEC shall also apply to the
provided by the EAGGF Guidance Section subject to the              supplements to this Directive referred to in paragraphs 1
conditions and limits laid down by Directive                       to 4.
72/160/EEC.
                                                                   7.     The additional Community financial contribution
The balance of the Community contribution required to              needed to finance the supplements to Directive
make up the amount and the rates fixed in paragraphs 2             75/268/EEC referred to in paragraphs 1 to 4 shall be
and 4 and to cover any measures supplementary to                   provided under this Regulation.
 Directive 72/160/EEC and referred to in paragraph 1
 shall be provided under this Regulation.
                                                                                              Section 4
                          Article 11                                Specific measures for agricultural production in inland
                                                                                        areas and the islands
 1.     The compensatory allowance provided for in
                                                                                              Article 12
 Article 7 of Council Directive 75/268/EEC H and
 referred to in the second indent of point II A 2 of the IMPs
 for Greece, Italy and France may be granted in respect of          1.     The measures for the development of livestock
 equine animals, a horse of more than six months counting           farming referred to in point II B 1 of the respective IMPs
 as one LU.                                                         for Greece, Italy and France may include:
 2.     In areas within the meaning of Article 3 (4) and (5)        — as regards cattle, sheep and goat farming and, in the
 of Directive 75/268/EEC the compensatory allowance                     case of Italy, farming of equine animals
 may be granted in respect of areas under crops covered by              (a) aids for the modernization, rationalization and
 the specific measures provided for by this Regulation.                      construction of livestock housing, including the
 3.     The amount of the compensatory allowance                             requisite equipment.
 granted under Article 7 of Directive 75/268/EEC to                          Such aids shall be granted, in the case of Italy, in
 farmers under 35 practising farming as a main occupation                    accordance with the conditions laid down in
 (>) OJNoL 128, 19. 5. 1975, p. 1.                                           Article 3 (1) (a) and (2) of Council Regulation
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        (EEC) No 1944/81 (») and, in the case of Greece            — as regards pig farming
        and France, in accordance with the conditions
        laid down in Article 10 (2) and (3) of Regulation              (h) the disease control and prevention measures
         (EEC) No 1975/82; however, the maximum                              referred to in point (d) above;
        investment referred to in Article 3 (2) of
                                                                       (i) in Corsica, aids for the construction and
        Regulation (EEC) No 1944/81 and in Article 10
                                                                            modernization of shelters for extensive farming;
        (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 1975/82 to betaken
                                                                            such aids shall be granted in accordance with the
        into consideration for the granting of aid shall be
                                                                            conditions laid down in Article 10 (3) of
        raised to an eligible amount of 30 000 ECU per
                                                                            Regulation (EEC) No 1975/82.
        individual holding.
        In the case of holdings engaged principally in             2.     The measures referred to in paragraph 1 shall be
        sheep and goat farming and not practising cattle           implemented in the form of one or more detailed
        farming, the aids provided for above may also be           plans.
        granted if the holding's sales of sheepmeat and
        goatmeat account for less than 40 % of its total           Such plans or, where appropriate, adjustments - made
        sales;                                                     necessary as a result of this Regulation - to programmes
                                                                   already approved by the Commission pursuant to Article
    (b) aids for the purchase of machinery for fodder              2 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 1944/81 or Article 3 (2) of
        production; such aids shall be granted in                  Regulation (EEC) No 1975/82 shall be presented by
         accordance with the conditions laid down in               Member States as part of the operational plan of
         Article 3 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1944/81 or           campaign referred to in Article 3 and approved by the
         Article 10 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No                     Commission in accordance with the procedure referred to
         1975/82;                                                  in Article 5 (2).
    (c) aids for the improvement of meadows, grassland,            3.     The plans referred to in paragraph 2 shall
        pasture and land for the production of fodder              indicate:
        crops, together with the requisite equipment,
        including fences;                                          — the provisions concerning the establishment of plans
                                                                       for the improvements referred to in paragraph 1
    (d) measures for the control and prevention of
                                                                       (a),
         disease, including inspections, tests and
         vaccinations;                                             — the aid measures taken, and in particular the
                                                                       conditions for the granting of aids,
    (e) measures aimed         at   genetic    improvement,
        including:                                                 — the measures for the control and prevention of
                                                                       disease, and in particular the conditions for the
           (i) aids for the modernization or creation of               granting of the relevant aids,
               breeding and selection centres, including
               aids for progeny testing,                           — the number of breeding and selection centres to be
                                                                       modernized or created,
          (ii) aids for the intensification of performance
               testing,                                            — the funds allocated for the various measures, together
                                                                       with a time-schedule.
        (Hi) aids to encourage more widespread use of
               artificial insemination,                            4.     The actual expenditure incurred by Member States
                                                                   in implementing the measures referred to in paragraph 1
        (iv) aids for the purchase of male breeding                shall be reimbursed at the rate of 50 %, subject to the
               animals of approved quality, provided that          following maximum eligible amounts and limits:
               their economic use is possible;
                                                                   — as regards the measures provided for in paragraph 1
    (f) in Italy and Greece, an additional premium for                 (c), 700 ECU per hectare up to an overall limit of
        beef-breed calves and calves resulting from a                   400 000 hectares in Greece, 40 000 hectares in
        cross with a beef breed, in accordance with the                 France and in the case of Italy up to the overall limit
        conditions laid down in Article 3 (1) (d) of                    specified in the outline programme drawn up
        Regulation (EEC) No 1944/81 and Article 10(1)                   pursuant to Article 2 of Regulation (EEC)
        (d) of Regulation (EEC) No 1975/82;                             No 1944/81 for the areas covered by the integrated
                                                                        Mediterranean programme,
    (g) in Italy, an additional premium for keeping cows            — as regards the measures referred to in paragraph 1 (e),
         for meat production, in accordance with the                   up to an overall limit of 2 0 % of the overall
         conditions laid down in Article 3 (1) (e) and (2) of          expenditure provided for in respect of the
         Regulation (EEC) No 1944/81;                                  implementation of the measures referred to in
(») OJ No L 197, 30. 6. 1981, p. 27.                                   paragraph 1 (a), (b) and (c),
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— as regards the measure referred to in paragraph 1 (f),                However, in order to take account of special
     30 ECU per calf,                                                    situations, Member States may exceed the maximum
                                                                        limit specified in the first subparagraph.
— as regards the measure referred to in paragraph 1 (g),
                                                                    — a special degressive allowance paid to farmers
     48 ECU per cow subject to a limit of 480 ECU per                   practising farming as their main occupation to
     individual holding.                                                 compensate for loss of income resulting from
                                                                         restructuring.
5.      As regards Greece and Italy the Community
contribution shall be provided in part by the EAGGF                      This allowance shall be granted for a maximum of
Guidance Section, subject to the conditions and limits laid              three years and may not exceed a total of 3 000 ECU
                                                                         per hectare.
down by Regulations (EEC) No 1975/82 and (EEC) No
1944/81. The balance of the Community contribution                  4.      Projects must:
required to make up the rate, amounts and volumes fixed
in paragraph 4 and to enable the overall limits on eligible         — satisfy the conditions laid down in the first
expenditure in respect of the measures referred to in                    subparagraph of Article 2(1), paragraphs 2 to 5 of
Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 1944/81 and Articles 8                  Articles 2, 3 and 4 of Council Regulation (EEC) No
(a) and 10 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 1975/82 to be                      458/80 (3),
exceeded shall be provided under this Regulation.                   — indicate the areas within which the compensatory
                                                                         allowance referred to in Article 11 may be granted in
                                                                         areas within the meaning of Article 3 (4) of Directive
                                                                         75/268/EEC.
                            Article 13
                                                                    5.      The actual expenditure incurred by Member States
                                                                    in implementing the measures referred to in paragraph 3
1.      Under the measures to encourage the restructuring           shall be reimbursed at the rate of 5 0 % , subject to the
of vineyards producing table wines, as referred to in               overall limits of:
points II B 2 and II C 2 and 3 of the integrated
Mediterranean programme for Greece, points IIB 2 and II             17 000 hectares in Greece,
C 3 of the integrated Mediterranean programme for Italy             20 000 hectares in France,
and points II B 2 and II C 2 of the integrated
                                                                    30 000 hectares in Italy, as laid down in Article 8 (1) of
Mediterranean programme for France, the Community
                                                                    Regulation (EEC) No 458/80.
shall reimburse expenditure incurred by Member States
on collective restructuring projects.                               6.      Part of the Community contribution shall be
                                                                    provided by the EAGGF Guidance Section, subject to the
2.      Projects shall involve the granting of aids:                conditions and limits laid down by Regulation (EEC)
                                                                    No 458/80.
— for the grubbing of vines intended for the production             The balance of the Community contribution required to
     of table wines and the preparation of the soil for the         make up the amounts and the rate fixed in paragraphs 3
     replanting of vines,                                           and 5 and to cover the additional measure over and above
                                                                    Regulation (EEC) No 458/80, as referred to in the
— the replanting of vines for the production of quality             second indent of paragraph 3, shall be provided under
     wines produced in specified areas or table wines of            this Regulation.
      improved quality.
      For the purposes of this Regulation, 'replanting' shall
      mean any planting of vines undertaken in accordance                                     Article 14
      with the definitions referred to in Annex IVa (a) to (d)
      to Council Regulation (EEC) No 337/79 (*) with                 1.      The measures for the development of crop
      varieties recommended or authorized by Commission             production, other than those relating to the restructuring
      Regulation (EEC) No 3800/81 ( 2 ).                             of vineyards, referred to in point II B 2 of the integrated
                                                                     Mediterranean programmes for Greece, Italy and France
 3.     The aids for the restructuring of vineyards referred         may include:
 to in paragraph 2 shall be granted in the form of:
                                                                     — as regards wine-growing
 — a premium per hectare of vineyard replanted, towards                   (a) measures to encourage the conversion of
      the cost of the restructuring work.                                      vineyards producing table wines to crops of
                                                                               which there are no surpluses, in particular:
      The amount of the premium may be fixed between
                                                                               — either fodder and protein crops and medicinal
      2 418 and 3 022 ECU per hectare of vineyard
                                                                                   and aromatic plants,
      replanted, depending on the structural situation and
      the cost of the vineyard restructuring operations.                       — or permanent crops of nuts, soft fruit or
                                                                                   exotic fruit.
 (') O J N o L 5 4 , 5. 3. 1979, p. 1.
 (2) OJ No L 381, 31. 12. 1981, p. 1.                                (3) OJ No L 57, 29. 2. 1980, p. 27.
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        In addition to the aids provided for in Article 8,                      vines for the production of dried grapes,
        the measures shall cover the granting:                                  provided that such planting does not increase
                                                                                the total area under apples or under vines for
        — of a premium per hectare of conversion,                               the production of dried grapes;
            towards the costs of grubbing vines,
            preparing the soil and purchasing selected            — as regards annual plants, aromatic and medicinal
            seed,                                                     plants and seeds and propagating material
        — in the case of conversion to other permanent                (d) measures        to    encourage    standardization,
            crops, a special degressive allowance payable                   rationalization and improvement of quality,
            to farmers practising farming as their main                     including varietal conversion.
            occupation, to compensate for loss of income
            resulting from the conversion.                                  The measures shall relate to the granting of a
                                                                            premium per hectare towards the costs of
            This allowance shall be granted for a                           establishing the lines of production concerned,
            maximum period of five years and may not                        not exceeding the actual cost of the reproductive
            exceed an overall total of 6 000 ECU per                        material.
            hectare.                                              2.     The measures referred to in paragraph 1 shall be
        — in Greece and Italy, aids for collective                implemented under one or more detailed plans.
            mechanization, in accordance with the                 These plans shall be presented by the Member States
            provisions referred to in Article 12 (1) (b);         concerned as part of the operational plan of campaign
                                                                  referred to in Article 3 and approved by the Commission
— as regards olive-growing                                        in accordance with the procedure referred to in
                                                                  Article 5 (2).
    (b) measures to encourage:
                                                                  3.     The plans referred to in paragraph 2 shall
        — the restructuring of plantations for the                contain:
            production of oil,
                                                                  — an estimate of the number of hectares of vineyards or
        — conversion to the growing of table olives or                plantations of olives, nuts, soft fruit or exotic fruit
            permanent crops of nuts, soft fruit or exotic             likely to have been restructured or converted on
            fruit,                                                     completion of the plans,
                                                                  — an indication of the location of the areas concerned
         — conversion to fodder and protein crops.                     and the criteria concerning the suitability of those
                                                                       areas,
         The measures shall relate to the granting:
                                                                  — an indication of the permanent and annual crops to
         — of a premium per hectare towards the costs of               which the conversion is to be made,
            restructuring and conversion, including the
                                                                  — an indication of the areas within which the
            purchase of selected seed,
                                                                       compensatory allowance referred to in Article 11 may
         — except in the case of conversion to fodder and              be granted in areas within the meaning of Article 3 (4)
            protein crops, a special degressive allowance              of Directive 75/268/EEC in respect of the crops
            in accordance with the fourth indent of (a),               referred to in this Article,
                                                                  — provisions ensuring that the vineyard restructuring
         — in Greece and Italy, aids for collective                    operations will not involve an increase in the area
             mechanization, in accordance with the                     under vines,
             provisions referred to in Article 12 (1) (b);
                                                                  — the type and amount of the aids envisaged,
    (c) the measures referred to under (b) may also be             — an estimate of the costs and the funds allocated.
        applied:
                                                                   4.     The actual expenditure incurred by the Member
         — to the restructuring of permanent crops of              States concerned on the measures referred to in
             nuts, soft fruit and exotic fruit,                    paragraph 2 shall be reimbursed at the rate of 5 0 % ,
                                                                   subject to the following limits:
         — in Greece, to the renewal of vineyards
             intended for the production of dried grapes;          3 000 ECU per hectare of vineyard for the conversion
             in this case the allowance referred to in the         premium or for the measures referred to in paragraph 1
             fifth indent of point (b) may not exceed a total      (b) and (c), with not more than:
             of 3 000 ECU.
                                                                   20 000 hectares in Greece,
             In Greece the aid referred to in the third            50 000 hectares in Italy,
             indent of point (b) may also be granted for the
             planting of apple orchards and the planting of        15 000 hectares in France;
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50 ECU per hectare of vegetable, medicinal and aromatic            Regulation (EEC) No 1975/82 shall be presented by the
plant crops referred to in paragraph 1 (d);                        Member States concerned as part of the operational plan
                                                                   of campaign referred to in Article 3 and approved by the
100 ECU per hectare for the production of seeds and                Commission in accordance with the procedure referred to
propagating material referred to in paragraph 1 (d).               in Article 5 (2).
                                                                   3.     The plans referred to in paragraph 2 shall
                                                                   indicate:
                          Section 5
                                                                   — the aid measures adopted, and in particular the terms
                                                                       on which the aids are granted,
Specific measures for agricultural production in the
                lowlands and coastal areas                         — the conditions, in particular as regards the minimum
                                                                       size and the duration of the commitment, to be met by
                                                                       the collective organizations which are beneficiaries of
                          Article 15                                   the measure referred to in paragraph 1 (c),
                                                                   — 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 and             In the case of cattle and pig farming in Greece, the
coastal areas, referred to in point II C 1 of the IMPs for         plans shall also contain the details referred to in
Greece and Italy and the first indent of point IIC 1 of the        Article 12 (3).
IMP for France may include:
                                                                   4.     The actual expenditure incurred by Member States
(a) aids towards the cost of water supplies for irrigating
                                                                   in implementing the measures referred to in paragraph 1
     intensive fodder and protein crops and irrigating
                                                                   shall be reimbursed at the rate of 50 % , subject to the
     land intended for the production of selected seed for
                                                                   following maximum eligible amounts and limits:
     these crops;
(b) aids for the purchase of selected seed for the crops           — as regards the measure provided for in paragraph 1(a)
     referred to in point (a);                                         and (b), 170 ECU per year per hectare irrigated, for a
                                                                       maximum of five years, with the following overall
(c) aids for the purchase of machinery and irrigation                  limits:
     equipment for collective use for the crops referred to
     in point (a); the aids shall be granted in accordance              150 000 hectares in Greece,
     with the conditions laid down in Article 3 (2) of
                                                                         50 000 hectares in Italy,
     Regulation (EEC) No 1944/81;
                                                                         30 000 hectares in France,
(d) in Italy, aids for the construction of livestock
      housing for the fattening of livestock coming                 — as regards the measures provided for in paragraph 1
      principally from areas within the meaning of                      (c), 1 000 ECU per year per hectare irrigated,
      Article 3 of Directive 75/268/EEC, provided that
      such construction work is part of the process of             — as regards the measures provided for in paragraph 1
      conversion to fodder production; the aids shall be                (e), up to an overall limit of 3 0 % of the overall
      granted in accordance with the conditions laid down               expenditure provided for in respect of the measures
      in Article 3 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1944/81.                  referred to in paragraph 1 (a), (b) and (c).
      However, the maximum investment to be taken into
      consideration for the granting of aid shall be                5.     As regards Italy, the Community contribution shall
      increased to an eligible amount of 30 000 ECU per             be provided in part by the EAGGF Guidance Section,
      individual holding and 150 000 ECU per holding                subject to the conditions and limits laid down by
      operated by a group of producers;                             Regulation (EEC) No 1944/81.
 (e) in Greece, as regards cattle farming, the measures             The balance of the Community contribution required to
      referred to in points (a), (d), (e) and (f) of Article 12     make up the rate, amounts and volumes fixed in
      (1), subject to the conditions and limits laid down           paragraph 4 shall be provided under this Regulation.
      therein and, as regards pig farming, the measure
      referred to in point (h) of the said Article.
 2.     The measures referred to in paragraph 1 shall be                                      Article 16
 implemented under one or more detailed plans.
 These plans or, where appropriate, adjustments - made              1.     The specific measures designed to develop crops
 necessary as a result of this Regulation - to plans already        other than grape vines, referred to in IIC 2 of the IMPs for
 approved by the Commission pursuant to Article 2 (3) of            Greece and Italy and the second and third paragraphs of II
 Regulation (EEC) No 1944/81 or Article 3 (2) of                    C 1 of the IMP for France, shall cover:
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(a) measures to encourage:                                         — an estimate of the costs involved and the finance
                                                                       required.
     — the restructuring of fruit-tree plantations, except
         citrus fruit, in order to adapt the varieties grown       4.     Reimbursement of the actual expenditure by the
         to market requirements, provided that the result          Member States concerned on the measures referred to in
         is not to increase the area under fruit trees; in         paragraph 1 shall be at a rate of 50 %, up to the maximum
         Greece, such measures may also cover the                  amounts eligible and subject to the limitations below:
         conversion of apple orchards to the crops                 3 000 ECU per hectare in the case of the measures
         referred to in Article 14 (a),                            referred to in the third indent of paragraph 1 (a), with*a
                                                                   ceiling of:
     — the restructuring and development of plantations
         of nuts, soft fruit and exotic fruits.                    24 000 hectares in Greece,
                                                                   30 000 hectares in Italy,
     Aid shall consist of:
                                                                   15 000 hectares in France.
     — a premium per hectare to cover part of the cost of
         necessary work such as grubbing, cultivation of           These limits shall also apply to the areas eligible under
         the soil and replanting, or, in the case of nuts,         measures of the type referred to in the second indent of
         soft fruit and exotic fruits, first planting,             Article 17 (1).
     — a special compensation payment to producers
         with farming as their main occupation to offset
                                                                                             Article 17
         income lost as a result of restructuring, to be paid
         in decreasing instalments.
                                                                   1.     The specific measures designed to develop the crops
         In the case of restructuring of fruit-tree                referred to in IIC 3 of the IMPs for Greece and Italy and II
         plantations, compensation shall be paid for a             C 2 of the IMP for France, other than restructuring of
         maximum of five years and may not exceed a                vineyards, shall cover:
         total of 6 000 ECU per hectare;
                                                                   — in Greece and France, measures to encourage the
(b) measures of the type provided for in Article 14 (d) to             conversion of vineyards producing table wines in
     encourage the standardization, rationalization and                 accordance with Article 14 (1) (a),
      quality improvement of vegetable production.                 — measures to encourage the restructuring and
                                                                       conversion of olive groves in accordance with
      In France,     such    measures    may    include   rice         Article 14 (1) (b),
     production.
                                                                   — measures to encourage the establishment of nut and
                                                                       exotic fruit plantations in accordance with Article 14
2.     The measures referred to in paragraph 1 shall be                 (D(c),
implemented under one or more detailed plans.
                                                                   — in Greece, measures to encourage conversion of
Such plans shall be presented by the Member States                     vineyards for the production of dried grapes in
concerned as part of the operational plan of campaign                   accordance with Article 14 (1) (a).
referred to in Article 3, and approved by the Commission
                                                                   2.     The measures referred to in paragraph 1 shall be
under the procedure set out in Article 5 (2).
                                                                   implemented in the form of one or more detailed
                                                                   plans.
3.     The plans referred to in paragraph 2 shall
include:                                                           Such plans shall be presented by the Member States
                                                                   concerned as part of the operational plan of campaign
— an estimate in hectares of the area under fruit trees,           referred to in Article 3, and approved by the Commission
    nuts, soft fruit, exotic fruit and, in Greece, vineyards       under the procedure set out in Article 5 (2).
    which will have been restructured or developed by the
    time the plans are completed,                                  3.     The plans referred to in paragraph 2 shall include
                                                                   the details listed in Article 14 (3).
— an indication of the location of the areas concerned
    and the criteria on which they have been selected,             4.     Reimbursement of the actual expenditure by the
                                                                   Member States concerned on the measures referred to in
— an indication of the types of vegetable eligible under           paragraph 2 shall be at a rate of 50 %, up to the maximum
    the measures referred to in paragraph 1 (b),                   amounts eligible and subject to the limitations below:
— the arrangements for guaranteeing that restructuring             3 000 ECU per hectare of vineyards converted, with a
    will not lead to an increase in the area under fruit           ceiling of:
    trees,                                                         4 000 hectares in Greece,
— the form and amount of aid proposed,                             30 000 hectares in France;
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3 000 ECU per hectare in the case of restructuring or             (b) in the case of measures as described in the last indent
conversion of olive groves;                                             of paragraph 1:
3 000 ECU per hectare in the case of newly established                  — give an estimate of the number of groupings to be
plantations of nuts and exotic fruits.                                      created and the area of woodland involved,
                                                                        — indicate the minimum criteria which forestry
                                                                            groups must fulfil, which must include a
                          Section 6                                         requirement that groups consist of at least
                                                                            10 holdings and cover at least 550 hectares,
                                                                        — indicate the level of starting-up aid.
                           Forestry
                                                                  3.      The owners of the land concerned shall contribute
                                                                  at least 10 % towards the cost of the works referred to in
                          Article 18
                                                                  paragraph 1; however, where it is in the public interest to
                                                                  include such land in a project and the owner is unlikely to
1.     The Community's contribution to financing the              benefit financially in the foreseeable future from the
forestry measures referred to in IID of the IMP for Greece        inclusion of his land, his contribution may be paid by the
and II E of the IMPs for Italy and France shall cover the         public authorities concerned.
types of project below:
                                                                  4.      The Community aid shall cover 50 % of the cost of
— afforestation and improvement of deteriorated                   the works and other measures referred to in paragraph 2,
    woodlands in order to improve farming conditions in           up to the maximum eligible amounts and subject to the
    the area concerned by protecting soil and water               limitations below:
    resources,
                                                                  — 2 500 ECU per hectare for protective and commercial
— commercial forestry,         including the planting of              afforestation, with an overall ceiling of:
    fast-growing trees,
                                                                      25 000 hectares in Greece,
— related works, such as earth-moving, the construction
                                                                      60 000 hectares in Italy, including a maximum
    of forest roads and the control of fast-flowing
                                                                      20 000 hectares in the regions referred to in IID of the
    streams,
                                                                      integrated programme for Italy,
— measures to prevent and fight forest fires,
                                                                      30 000 hectares in France,
— the establishment of tree nurseries,
                                                                  — 2 300 ECU per hectare for the improvement of
— the creation of nature parks and conservancy areas,                 deteriorated woodlands, the renovation and
    including facilities for the rearing of game,                     restructuring of chestnut and cork plantations and the
                                                                      promotion of Aleppo pines, with an overall ceiling
— the renovation and restructuring of chestnut and cork
                                                                      of:
    plantations and, in Greece, promotion of the Aleppo
    pine,                                                             40 000 hectares in Greece,
— the development of forestry improvement schemes,                    60 000 hectares in Italy, including a maximum
                                                                      20 000 hectares in the regions referred to in IID of the
— studies and trials essential to preparing the projects
                                                                      IMP for Italy,
    above,
— starting-up aid to recognized groups set up to manage               40 000 hectares in France,
    woodlands in common, the aid being intended as a              — 1 200 ECU per hectare for related works such as
    contribution towards the cost of establishing and                 earth-moving and other minor ground stabilization
    running such groups, including advisory services,                 operations,
    during the first few years.
                                                                  — 18 000 ECU per kilometre for forest roads, with an
2.     Draft projects must,                                           overall ceiling of:
(a) in the case of the measures described in the first nine           6 000 kilometres in Greece,
     indents of paragraph 1:                                           1 500 kilometres in Italy, including a maximum 500
                                                                      kilometres in the regions referred to in II D of the IMP
     — indicate the economic impact on the agricultural
                                                                       for Italy,
         sector in the region concerned, including the
         effects on the producers themselves,                          1 000 kilometres in France,
     — indicate the type and scale of planned works, the          — 300 ECU per hectare for controlling fast-flowing
         timetable and the proposed sources of finance,                streams,
     — indicate the location of such works and the land           — 200 ECU per hectare for measures to prevent and
          area involved in such projects;                              fight forest fires,.with an overall ceiling of:
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     200 000 hectares protected in Greece,                           Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund on the
                                                                     conditions and within the limits set out in Regulation
     100 000 hectares protected in Italy, including a                (EEC) No 1975/82.
     maximum 30 000 hectares in the regions referred to in
     II D of the IMP for Italy,
                                                                     The balance of the Community contribution required to
                                                                     make up the rates and amounts laid down in paragraph 4
     70 000 hectares protected in France,                            to cover the additional measures referred to in paragraph
                                                                     1 and to allow the overall limits on eligible expenditure
— 10 % of the overall expenditure allotted to forestry in            referred to in indents 7 to 12 of Article 18 (2) "(b) of
     the operational plan of campaign for the creation of            Regulation (EEC) No 1975/82 to be exceeded shall be
     nature parks and conservancy areas,                             provided under this Regulation.
— 5 % of the total cost of projects covered by                       5.      Community assistance shall be approved, where
     paragraph 1 for preparatory work.                               necessary, notwithstanding Article 18 (2) (a) of
                                                                     Regulation (EEC) No 1975/82, in accordance with the
In the case of Greece, the Community contribution shall              procedure referred to in Article 5 (3) of this
be met in part from the Guidance Section of the European             Regulation.
                                                            TITLE III
                                              FISHERIES AND AQUACULTURE
                                                        Article 19 (III A)
                                                        Article 20 (III B)
                                                        Article 21 (III C)
               In view of the discussions under way on implementing the Council resolution of 25 January
               1983 on structures policy in the fisheries sector, the Commission's proposals on that part of the
               integrated Mediterranean programmes concerning fisheries and aquaculture will be sent to the
               Council at a later date.
                          TITLE IV                                        marketing of such products, provided that these are
                                                                          new products or by-products manufactured from
                                                                          agricultural commodities of commercial significance
   INCREASING THE MARKET VALUE OF PRODUCTS                                to the agricultural producers concerned.
                                                                      2.     The contribution of the beneficiary referred to in
                          Article 22                                  Article 17 (2) (a) of Regulation (EEC) No 355/77 is
                                                                      hereby reduced to:
 1.     The schemes referred to in Article 6 of Regulation            — at least 20 % in the case of projects in Greece and
 (EEC) No 355/77 and in IV 1 of the integrated                            Italy,
programmes for Greece and France and IV A of the
 integrated programme for Italy shall cover:                          — at least 25 % in the case of projects in France.
— machinery for harvesting agricultural commodities,                  3.     The level of the Community contribution provided
      provided that this machinery is owned and used by               for in Article 17 (2) (c) of Regulation (EEC) No 355/77 is
      producers' organizations or other beneficiaries within          supplemented to bring the overall level of contribution
      the meaning of Regulation (EEC) No 355/77 other                 to:
      than producers,
 — advertising and market research, provided that these               — 60 % for projects in Greece and in the areas of the
      are conducted by groups or organizations                            Mezzogiorno referred to in the IMP for Italy,
      representing producers in the sector in question,
                                                                      — 45 % for projects in France.
 — the processing of agricultural commodities listed in
      Annex II to the Treaty for the manufacture of                   4.     The balance of the Community contribution
      products not listed in the said Annex and the                   needed to finance the amounts additional to Regulation
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(EEC) No 355/77 as referred to in paragraphs 1 and 3             4.     Within six months of the entry into force of this
shall be paid under this Regulation and approved in              Regulation, the Commission shall adopt the provisions
accordance with Title II of Regulation (EEC)                     provided for in Article 6 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No
No 355/77.                                                       1360/78 in accordance with the procedure laid down in
                                                                 that Regulation.
                          Article 23                             5.     The balance of the Community contribution
                                                                 needed to finance the amounts additional to Regulation
1.     Council Regulation (EEC) No 1360/78 0 ) , as              (EEC) No 13£0/78 shall be paid under this Regulation
referred to in points IV 2/IV B of the integrated                and approved in accordance with Article 15 of Regulation
programmes for Greece, Italy and France, may be applied          (EEC) No 1360/78.
to producers of:
— dried figs
                                                                                              TITLE V
     08.03 B of the Common Customs Tariff,
— dried grapes                                                      NON-AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT MEASURES
     08.04 B of the Common Customs Tariff,
                                                                                             Article 24
— dried apricots
     08.12 A of the Common Customs Tariff,
                                                                 1.     As regards the Community contribution to
— prunes                                                         operations to promote small and medium-sized
                                                                 enterprises and craft firms under point V 1 of the
     08.12 C of the Common Customs Tariff,                       integrated Mediterranean programmes for Greece, Italy
— nuts                                                           and .France, the following provisions of Council
                                                                 Regulation (EEC) No 2615/80 (2) shall apply:
     08.05 of the Common Customs Tariff,
                                                                 (a) operations under point V 1 (a) of the IMPs: Article 5
— locust beans
                                                                      (1) (a) (i);
     12.08 B, C of the Common Customs Tariff
                                                                 (b) operations under point V 1 (b) of the IMPs: Article 5
and in France to producers of:                                         (1) (a) (ii);
— the crop and livestock products referred to in Article 3       (c) operations under point V 1 (c) of the IMPs: Article 5
     (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 1360/78,                              (l)(a)(iii)and(iv);
— the following processed agricultural products:                 (d) operations under point V 1 (d) of the IMPs: Article 5
                                                                       (1) (a) (v);
     — beef and veal, quarters and whole carcases
                                                                 (e) operations under point V 1 (e) of the IMPs: Article 5
         ex 02.01 A of the Common Customs Tariff,                     (D(a)(vii);
     — cheese and curd                                           (f) operations under point V 1 (f) of the IMPs: Article 5
         04.04 of the Common Customs Tariff,                          (D(b)(i);
                                                                  (g) operations under point V 1 (g) of the IMPs: Article 5
     — dried forage
                                                                       (1) (b) (ii);
         ex 12.10 B of the Common Customs Tariff,
                                                                  (h) operations under point V 1 (h) of the IMPs: Article 5
     — olive oil                                                       (1) (a) (viii);
         15.07 A of the Common Customs Tariff,                    (i) operations under point V 1 (i) of the IMPs: Article 5
                                                                      (1) (c) (ii);
     — cork
                                                                  (j) operations under point V 1 (k) of the IMPs: Article 5
         45.01 of the Common Customs Tariff.
                                                                      (1) (c).
 2.     The aid referred to in Article 10 of Regulation
                                                                  2.     In addition, in the case of operations under point
 (EEC) No 1360/78 may also be granted to producer
                                                                  V 1 (j) of the IMPs, the Community contribution shall be
 groups whose marketing operations are confined to
                                                                  50 % of the public expenditure linked to the travel and per
 centralizing sales.
                                                                  diem expenses in non-Community Mediterranean
 3.     The level of the Community contribution provided          countries of technicians from the regions covered by the
 for in Article 14 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1360/78 is          programme and to the cost of training courses for
 supplemented to bring the overall level of contribution to       technicians from such countries in SMEs in the regions
 50%.                                                             covered by the programme.
 (>) OJ No L 166, 23. 6. 1978, p. 1.                              (2) O J N o L 2 7 1 , 15. 10. 1980, p. 1.
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                         Article 25                                                      Article 28
The Community contribution to operations for                     1.    Aid granted under the IMPs and, where
relocating businesses under point V 2 of the integrated          appropriate, under Regulations (EEC) No 2615/80 and
Mediterranean programmes shall be as follows:                    (EEC) No 2618/80 may not be combined with aid from
                                                                 the quota section of the ERDF.
1. operations under point V 2 (a) of the IMPs: 50 % of
    the public expenditure resulting from the granting of
                                                                 2.    Where necessary, the provisions of Article 5 (3) of
    aid for dismantling, transferring and modifying
                                                                 Regulation (EEC) No 2615/80 and of Article 5 (2) of
    equipment, provided that such aid is supplementary
                                                                 Regulation (EEC) No 2618/80 shall apply.
    to the existing aid system;
2. operations under point V 2 (b) of the IMPs: 50 % of
    the public expenditure with a ceiling of 10 000 ECU                                  Article 29
    per housing unit.
                                                                 1.    The implementation of the operations referred to in
                                                                 Articles 1 to 4 shall be carried out under a special
                         Article 26                              programme presented to the Commission within the
                                                                 framework of the operational plan of campaign referred
                                                                 to in Article 3 of this Regulation.
1.    As regards the Community contribution to
operations for developing rural tourism under point V 3          2.    The provisions of Article 3 (2), (3), (4) and (6) of
of the IMPs, the following provisions of Regulation              Regulations (EEC) No 2615/80 and (EEC) No 2618/80
(EEC) No 2615/80 shall apply:                                    shall apply.
(a) operations under point V 3 (a) of the IMPs: Article 5        3.    Where a special programme has already been
    (1) (d) (i);                                                 approved by the Commission pursuant to Regulations
(b) operations under point V 3 (b) of the IMPs: Article 5        (EEC) No 2615/80 or (EEC) No 2618/80, the necessary
    (1) (d) (ii);                                                adjustments with reference to the IMP shall be presented
                                                                 within the framework of the operational plan of
(c) operations under point V 3 (c) of the IMPs: Article 5        campaign.
    (1) (d) (iv).
                                                                                         Article 30
2.    In addition, in the case of operations under point
V 3 (d) of the IMPs, the Community contribution shall be
50 % of the public expenditure resulting from the cost of        The provisions of Articles 5 (5) and 6 of Regulation
restoring buildings and monuments accessible to                  (EEC) No 2615/80 shall apply.
tourists.
                                                                                          TITLE VI
                         Article 27
                                                                                     INFRASTRUCTURE
1.    As regards the Community contribution to
operations for promoting renewable sources of energy
under point V 4 of the IMPs, the following provisions of                                 Article 31
Council Regulation (EEC) No 2618/80 (») shall apply:
(a) operations under point V 4 (a) of the IMPs: Article 5        1.    As regards the Community contribution to the
     (D(a);                                                      financing of infrastructure under point VI (a) and (b) of
                                                                 the integrated Mediterranean programmes for Greece
(b) operations under point V 4 (b) of the IMPs: Article 5        and Italy and point VI (a) of the integrated Mediterranean
     (1) (b);                                                    programme for France, the provisions of Council
(c) operations under point V 4 (c) of the IMPs: Article 5        Regulation (EEC) No 724/75 ( 2 ), shall apply.
     (1) (c).
                                                                 2.    In particular, only infrastructure covered by
2.     In addition, in the case of operations under point        programmes as defined in Article 8 of Regulation (EEC)
V 4 (d) of the IMPs, the Community contribution shall be         No 724/75 may be financed. Such programmes shall be
50 % of the public expenditure resulting from aid towards        presented to the Commission within the framework of the
the installation of heating systems, with a ceiling of 30 %      operational plan of campaign referred to in Article 3 of
of the cost of the investment.                                   this Regulation.
(') OJ No L 271, 15. 10. 1980, p. 23.                            (2) OJ No L 73, 21. 3. 1975, p. 1.
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3.     The rates of the Community contribution shall             Section, which shall provide assistance on the conditions
be:                                                              and within the limits provided for in Regulation (EEC)
                                                                 No 1975/82.
— in the case of          Greece: 75 %     of   the   public
    expenditure,                                                 The balance of the Community contribution needed to
                                                                 make up the rate laid down in paragraph 4 and to enable
— in the case of Italy: 65 % of the public expenditure,          the volumes laid down in Regulation (EEC) No 1975/82
— in the case of          France:   50%    of   the   public     to be exceeded shall be provided under this
    expenditure.                                                 Regulation.
4.     The Community contribution shall be provided in           6.     Community assistance shall be approved, where
part by the ERDF, which shall grant assistance under the         necessary, notwithstanding Article 18 (2) (a) of
terms laid down by Regulation (EEC) No 724/75.                   Regulation (EEC) No 1975/82, in accordance with the
                                                                 procedure referred to in Article 5 (3) of this
The balance of the Community contribution needed to              Regulation.
attain the rates laid down in paragraph 3 above and to           7.     Article 5 (3), (5), (6) and (7) shall apply to the
cover any infrastructure referred to in paragraph 1 which        measures covered by this Article.
is not eligible under Regulation (EEC) No 724/75, shall
be provided under this Regulation.
                                                                                          TITLE VII
                                                                                    BACK-UP MEASURES
                         Article 32
                                                                                          Article 33
                (Agricultural infrastructure)
                                                                               (Agricultural advisory services)
1.     The financial contribution to the development of
infrastructure directly related to agriculture under point       1.     The measures to develop the agricultural advisory
VI (c) of the integrated Mediterranean programmes for            services referred to at point VII (a) of the integrated
Greece and Italy and point VI (b) of the integrated              Mediterranean programme for Greece shall include:
Mediterranean programme for France shall relate to the           (a) establishment     of a national      advisory     services
financing of projects which may involve:                               committee;
— the provision of electricity and potable water supplies        (b) establishment of training centres for agricultural
     for farms and villages or parts of villages whose                 advisers;
     inhabitants     are    dependent     principally    on      (c) specialized training of instructors;
     agriculture,                                                (d) training of agricultural advisers;
— the construction and improvement of farm roads and              (e) employment of the advisers.
     local roads used for agriculture and forestry.
                                                                 2.      The measures referred to in paragraph 1 shall be
2.      Projects must:                                            implemented in the form of a detailed plan to which
                                                                 Articles 3 and 5 to 9 of Council Regulation (EEC)
— contribute to a lasting improvement in the facilities
                                                                  No 270/79 0) shall apply mutatis mutandis.
     necessary for agricultural holdings,
— be shown to be economically sound,                              The plan shall be submitted by Greece under the
                                                                  operational plan of campaign referred to in Article 3 and
 — as regards the measure provided for in the first indent        shall be approved by the Commission under the
     of paragraph 1, indicate the number of beneficiaries         procedure laid down in Article 5 (2).
     dependent principally on agriculture.
                                                                  3.     Actual expenditure incurred by Greece in
 3.     The contribution of the beneficiaries shall amount        implementing the measures referred to in paragraph 1
 to at least 5 % of the cost of the work referred to in           shall be reimbursed at a rate of 75 %, subject to maximum
 paragraph 1.                                                     eligible amounts and within the following limits:
 4.     Community assistance shall amount to:                     — 100 000 ECU         for   the specialized     training of
                                                                      teachers,
 — 75 % in Greece,                                                — 260 000 ECU per annum for the running expenses of
 — 65 % in Italy,                                                     the national committee, including the centres,
 — 5 0 % in France,                                               — 1 200 000 ECU per annum for expenditure incurred
                                                                      by way of the course attendance allowance, for a
 of the cost of the work referred to in paragraph 1.                  period of four years and subject to a limit of 4 000
                                                                       ECU per student,
 5.     In the case of Greece, the Community contribution
 shall be provided in part by the EAGGF Guidance                   H OJ No L 38, 14. 2. 1979, p. 6.
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 — 15 000 ECU per adviser employed under the annual                  Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No . . . for the measures
     advisory plans, paid directly or indirectly by public           referred to in paragraph 1.
     authorities and trained in accordance with this
     Article. Community aid shall extend over a period of            3.     The Community contribution shall be:
     six years of work by the adviser and shall be granted
     on the basis of the sliding scale laid down in Article 11       — for Greece: 75 % of eligible expenditure,
     (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 270/79.
                                                                     — for Italy: 65 % of eligible expenditure,
                                                                     — for France: 50 % of eligible expenditure.
                           Article 34
                                                                     4.     The Community contribution shall be provided
                                                                     under this Regulation.
 1.     The following amounts shall be added to the
maximum eligible amounts fixed in Article 11 of
Regulation (EEC) No 270/79, which is referred to at
point VII (a) of the IMP for Italy:                                                           Article 36
— 72 000 ECU for running expenses incurred by the
     inter-regional body in respect of each centre set up in         1.     The agricultural research measures referred to at
     the areas of the Mezzogiorno covered by the                     point VII (b) of the IMPs for Greece, Italy and France
     programme,                                                      shall be the subject of an addition to the 'Mediterranean
                                                                     agriculture' programme referred to at point II 1 in the
— 2 000 ECU per student for expenditure incurred by                 Annex to Council Decision 8 3 / . . ./EEC (adopting joint
     way of the attendance allowance,                               research programmes and programmes for coordinating
— 5 000 ECU per adviser employed.                                    agricultural research).
2.      The amount of the Community's financial                      2.     The purpose of the addition mentioned in
contribution provided for in Article 11 of Regulation               paragraph 1 shall be to broaden and reinforce the
(EEC) No 270/79 shall be increased to give an aggregate             'Mediterranean agriculture' programme by financing ad
contribution of 65 %.                                               hoc measures enabling any urgent problems arising
                                                                    during implementation of the integrated Mediterranean
3.      The Community contribution shall be funded in               programmes to be dealt with rapidly.
part by the EAGGF Guidance Section, which shall grant
assistance subject to the conditions and within the limits          3.     The financing of the measures referred to in
laid down by Regulation (EEC) No 270/79.                            paragraphs 1 and 2 shall be governed by this Regulation
                                                                    and the relevant decisions made in accordance with
The additional Community contribution needed to attain              Article 2 of Decision 8 3 / . . ./EEC.
the amounts and levels fixed in paragraphs 1 and 2 and to
enable the overall limits on eligible expenditure laid down
in Article 11 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 270/79 to be
exceeded shall be provided under this Regulation and the                                     TITLE VIII
relevant decisions made in accordance with Article 12 of
Regulation (EEC) No 270/79.
                                                                                        FINAL PROVISIONS
                          Article 35                                                         Article 37
1.      The provisions of Council Regulation (EEC) No                1.    The duration of the integrated Mediterranean
. . . shall apply to the Community contribution to the              programmes shall be limited to six years, starting from
financing of the vocational training measures and the               the date of the first decision approving each operational
activities designed to increase awareness, provide                  plan of campaign referred to in Article 3.
information and promote local initiative provided for
under point VII (a) of the integrated Mediterranean                 2.      In the course of the third and the fifth years, the
programmes for Greece, Italy and France as well as of the            Commission shall present to Parliament and to the
measures for developing the services which guarantee                 Council a report on the implementation of the measures
integrated operation of training and the establishment of           provided for in the integrated Mediterranean
facilities to monitor the labour market, provided for               programmes.
under the same point in the IMPs for Greece and Italy.
                                                                    3.     At the request of the Commission, Member States
2.      All running expenses other than those concerning            shall provide all the information necessary to draw up the
vocational training shall be eligible within the meaning of         report referred to in paragraph 2.
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                        Article 38                               various measures are no longer mutually complementary
                                                                 and consistent.
The Commission shall ensure that the various measures
are mutually complementary and consistent throughout
the period covered by the integrated Mediterranean                                       Article 39
programmes.
It may, if need be, carry out appropriate on-the-spot
checks, inter alia to monitor the economic effectiveness of      This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
the measures or projects part-financed by the                    following its publication in the Official Journal of the
Community.                                                       European Communities.
Where appropriate, it may, in accordance with the
procedures laid down in Article 4 (2), suspend the               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and
Community's financial contribution if it finds that the          directly applicable in all Member States.