CELEX: 51977PC0093
Language: en
Date: 1977-03-25
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL DIRECTIVE amending Directive 72/159/EEC on the modernization of farms (submitted to the Council by the Commission)

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 ---pagebreak--- COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
                                             COM(77)93 final.
                                             Brussels , 25 March 1977 *
                          Proposal for a
                        COUNCIL  DIRECTIVE
   amending Directive 72/ 159/EEC on the modernization of farms
            ( submitted to the Council "by the Commission )
 COM(77 ) 93 final .
 ---pagebreak---                  EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
Article 14 ( 2 ) ( a ) of Directive 72/159/EEC on the modernization
of farms authorizes Member States , in derogation from the principle
of selectivity, and for a period of five years from the time
when the Directive takes effect , to grant temporary investment
aids , which , however , may not be granted on more favourable terms
than those laid down in Article 8 of Directive 72/159/EEC , to
farms which are not capable of attaining the level of earned
income laid down under Article k of this Directive and which are
not yet eligible for the annuities provided for in Article 2 ( 1 )
of Council Directive 72/l60/EEC .
Some Member States have made use of this opportunity and at
present apply measures which must be discontinued or adjusted on
the expiry of the stated period on 17 April 1977 *
Under Article 16 ( 2 ) of the Directive in question the common
measures within the meaning of Article 15 of the Directive and
consequently also the rules of Article Ik ( 2 ) must be re-examined
by the Council upon a proposal from the Commission five years after
the Directive takes effect .
This re-examination is being carried out during 1977 .     It therefore
seems appropriate to give those Member States which at present grant
temporary aids the opportunity of continuing them on a temporary
basis until 31 December 1977 * pending the outcome of this
examination . -
 ---pagebreak---                      Proposal for a
                  COUNCIL DIRECTIVE
amending Directive 72/159/EEC on the modernization of farms
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES -
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic
Community , and in particular Article ^3 thereof ;
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ;
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament
Whereas under Article 14 ( 2 ) ( a ) of Council Directive 72/159/EEC
of 17 April 1972 on the modernization of farms^, Member States
may , during a period of five years from the time when the Directive
takes effect , grant temporary aids to farmers who are not capable
of attaining the level of earned income laid down under Article 4
of that Directive and who are not yet eligible for the annuities
provided for in Article 2 ( 1 ) of Council Directive 72/l60/EEC
of 17 April 1972 concerning measures to encourage the cessation
of farming and the reallocation of utilized agricultural areas for
                                          3
the purposes of structural improvement ;
Whereas this period of five years expires on 17 April 1977 }
                                                                ./.
 1   OJ No C      of           , p
 2 OJ No II 96 , 23.^.1972 , p. 1
 3 OJ No L 96 , 23.^.1972 , p. 9
 ---pagebreak---                      - 2 -
Whereas in view of the impending re-examination under Article 16
of Directive 72/159/EEC of the common measures within the meaning
of Article 15 of that Directive it would seem appropriate to
authorize Member States to continue to apply the measures in
force on 15 March 1977 under Article I ** ( 2 ) ( a ) of that Directive
until 31 December 1977 ;
HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE :
Article 1
The period laid down in Article 1h ( 2 ) ( a ) of Directive 72/159/EEC
concerning measures within the meaning of that Article applying
in the Member States on 15 March 1977 « shall be extended until
31 December 1977 •
Article 2
This Directive is addressed to the Member States .
Done at               ,            1977 *
                                              For the Council
                                                The President