CELEX: 31975D0744
Language: en
Date: 1975-11-21 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 21 November 1975 on the granting by the Guidance Section of the EAGGF to the United Kingdom of a payment on account in respect of expenditure incurred during 1974 on annuities relating to measures to encourage the cessation of farming and the reallocation of utilized agricultural area for the purposes of structural improvement

No L 314/24                           Official Journal of the European Communities                              4 . 12 . 75
                                                COMMISSION DECISION
                                                   of 21 November 1975
              on the granting by the Guidance Section of the EAGGF to the United Kingdom
              of a payment on account in respect of expenditure incurred during 1974 on
              annuities relating to measures to encourage the cessation of farming and the
              reallocation of utilized agricultural area for the purposes of structural improve­
                                                            ment
                                             (Only the English text is authentic)
                                                        (75/744/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                   Whereas      the   total  amount     of  reimbursement
COMMUNITIES,                                                      requested comes to £ 114-74 (275-37 u.a.) ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European            Whereas the making of a payment on account for the
Economic Community ;                                              period in question shall not prejudice the final deci­
                                                                 sion on the contribution from the Fund for the said
Having      regard     to     Council       Directive    No       period ; whereas the Guidance Section of the Euro­
72/ 160/EEC ( !) of 17 April 1972 concerning measures             pean Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund
to encourage the cessation of farming and the realloca­          should therefore make a payment on account of 75 %
tion of utilized agricultural area for the purposes of           of the sum of £ 114-74 (275-37 u.a.) i.e. £ 86-05
structural improvement, as last amended by Directive             (206-52 u.a.) ;
No 73/358/EEC (2), and in particular Article 12(3)
thereof ;                                                        Whereas the Fund Committee has been consulted on
                                                                  the financial aspects and in particular as to the funds
Whereas the provisions instituted by the United                  available,
Kingdom for the implementation of Directive No
72/ 160/EEC were the subject of a favourable Commis­
sion Decision pursuant to Article 9 of the said Direc­            HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
tive ;
                                                                                          Article 1
Whereas Commission Decision No 74/58 1 /EEC (3)
concerning applications for reimbursement in respect             The payment on account by the Guidance Section of
of aid granted by Member States pursuant to Direc­               the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee
tives No 72/ 159/EEC, No 72/ 160/EEC and No                       Fund towards the expenditure incurred by the United
72/ 161 /EEC lays down in Article 4(1 ) that the                  Kingdom during 1974 in respect of annuities to
Commission, acting on the basis of particulars                   encourage the cessation of farming and the realloca­
contained in the applications for reimbursement, shall            tion of utilized agricultural area for the purposes of
make a payment on account of 75 % of the amount                  structural improvement shall be £ 86-05 (206-52 u.a.).
requested ;
                                                                                          Article 2
Whereas the application for reimbursement lodged by
the United Kingdom in respect of annuities granted               This Decision is addressed to the United Kingdom .
during 1974 to encourage the cessation of farming
and the reallocation of utilized agricultural area for
                                                                                            For the Commission
the purposes of structural improvement is complete
and has been submitted in due form ; whereas the                                               P.J. LARDINOIS
total amount of expenditure for the year 1974 comes
to £ 458-94 (1 101-46 u.a.) ;                                                           Member of the Commission
(') OJ No L 96, 23. 4. 1972, p. 9 .
(2) OJ No L 326, 27. 11 . 1973, p. 17.
(3) OJ No L 320, 29 . 11 . 1974, p. 1 .