CELEX: 31977D0516
Language: en
Date: 1977-07-28 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 28 July 1977 on the provisional contribution by the Guidance Section of the EAGGF to the United Kingdom in respect of expenditure incurred during 1974 on premiums for the conversion of dairy herds to meat production

No L 207/ 58                                Official Journal of the European Communities                              13 . 8 . 77
                                                      COMMISSION DECISION
                                                            of 28 July 1977
               on the provisional contribution by the Guidance Section of the EAGGF to the
               United Kingdom in respect of expenditure incurred during 1974 on premiums
                                   for the conversion of dairy herds to meat production
                                                   (Only the English text is authentic)
                                                              (77/51 6/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                          Whereas in order not to delay the payment of the
COMMUNITIES,                                                            minimum balance due it appears justified to fix the
                                                                        contribution from the EAGGF provisionally at £
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                   4 724 962 (1 1 339 899-73 u.a.) ; whereas the Guidance
Economic Community,                                                     Section of the European Agricultural Guidance and
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                            Guarantee Fund should therefore make a supplemen­
 1353/73 of 15 May 1973 introducing a premium                           tary payment of £ 10 537 (25 288-78 u.a.) ; whereas the
system for the conversion of dairy cow herds to meat                    final contribution will be fixed as soon as the issue
production and a development premium for the                            has been resolved ;
specialized raising of cattle for meat production ( 5 ), as             Whereas the EAGGF Committee has been consulted
last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 266/75 (2), and
in particular Articles 16 (2) and 17 (2) thereof,                       on the financial aspects and in particular as to the
                                                                        funds available,
Whereas the United Kingdom has made an applica­
tion for reimbursement in respect of expenditure
incurred in respect of premiums granted during 1974 ;                   HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
Whereas this application is in accordance with the
provisions of Commission Regulation (EEC) No                                                   Article 1
2641 /74 of 15 October 1974 concerning applications
for the refund by the Guidance Section of the EAGGF                     The contribution by the Guidance Section of the Euro­
of premiums for the conversion of dairy herds to meat                   pean Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund
production and of development premiums for the                          towards the expenditure incurred by the United
specialized raising of cattle for meat production (3) ;                 Kingdom during 1974 in respect of premiums for the
                                                                        conversion of dairy herds to meat production and of
Whereas, according to the application for reimburse­                    development premiums for the specialized raising of
ment submitted by the United Kingdom, expenditure                       cattle for meat production shall be provisionally £
for the year 1974 amounted to £ 9 452 266 ; whereas                     4 724 962 (1 1 339 899-73 u.a.).
the contribution was provisionally fixed at £ 4 714 425
by Commission Decision 76/ 108 / EEC of 18
                                                                                               Article 2
December 1 975 (4) on the understanding that a new
calculation should be made taking into consideration
                                                                        This Decision is addressed to the United Kingdom .
the exact exchange rate appropriate to each individual
case ;
Whereas the final contribution cannot yet be esta­                      Done at Brussels, 28 July 1977 .
blished as this calculation still cannot be made ;
whereas the amount of expenditure eligible is at the
                                                                                                 For the Commission
most £ 2 342 lower than the amount stated by the
United Kingdom ; whereas the total reimbursement                                                  Finn GUNDELACH
will    therefore    amount       to     at  least   £  4 724 962
(1 1 339 899-73 u.a .);                                                                              Vice-President
(')  OJ  No  L 141 , 28 . 5 . 1973 , p. 18 .
(2 ) OJ  No  L 30 , 4. 2 . 1975 , p. 1 .
(3 ) OJ  No  L 283 , 19 . 10 . 1974, p. 5 .
(4 ) OJ  No  L 22, 29 . 1 . 1976, p. 22.