CELEX: 31971R0966
Language: en
Date: 1971-05-10 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 966/71 of the Council of 10 May 1971 extending the time limit laid down in Article 4 (3) of Regulation No 130/66/EEC on the financing of the common agricultural policy

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                                 REGULATION (EEC) No 966/71 OF THE COUNCIL
                                                    of 10 May 1971
              extending the time limit laid down in Article 4 (3) of Regulation No 130/66/EEC on the
                                     financing of the common agricultural policy
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                       amount by which intervention expenditure on the
                                                               internal market fell short of forty million units of
                                                               account in each of the accounting periods 1966/67,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the                   1967/68, 1968/69, and the second half of 1969 ;
European Economic Community, and in particular
Article 43 thereof:
                                                               Whereas the Italian Government has applied to the
                                                               Commission for an extension to 31 December 1973
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ;            of the time limit which expired on 31 December
                                                               1969 and which was not met on account of the time
                                                               needed to carry out administrative formalities and
                                                               complete the relevant works ;
Having regard to the Opinion of the European
Parliament1 ;
                                                               Whereas the time limit should be extended to 31
Whereas, under Article 4 (3) of Council Regulation             December 1973, as requested; whereas, however, the
No 130/66/EEC2 of 26 July 1966 on the financing of             Commission must be informed at regular intervals as
the common agricultural policy, the Italian Republic           to the use made of the amounts granted ;
was to submit to the Commission, by the end of the
transitional period, one or more reports with
supporting documents on expenditure which resulted
from measures to improve production and marketing              HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
structures in respect of olives and olive oil and of
fruit and vegetables and which was incurred after
1 November 1965 and 1 January 1966 respectively ;
                                                                                     Sole Article
Whereas the third subparagraph of Article 12 (4) of            1.    The time limit laid down in Article 4 (3 ) of
Council Regulation No 159/66/EEC3 of 25 October                Regulation No 130/66/EEC for submission to the
1966 laying down further provisions for the common             Commission by the Italian Republic of one or more
organisation of the market in fruit and vegetables, as         reports with supporting documents on expenditure
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 25 15/69,4 has                  with a view to the improvement of production and
entitled the Italian Republic to receive payment,              marketing structures in respect of olives, olive oil,
under conditions identical with those laid down in             fruit and vegetables is hereby extended to 31 Decem­
                                                               ber 1973 .
Article 4 of Regulation No 130/66/EEC, of the
                                                               2.    However, the Italian Republic shall submit :
1 OJ No C 11 , 5.2.1971 , p . 7.
2 OJ No 165, 21.9.1966, p. 2965/66.                            — biannually, by 30 June and 31 December of each
3 OJ No 192, 27.10.1966, p. 3286/66.                               year, six-monthly reports on the use made of
4 OJ No L 318, 18.12.1969, p. 10 .                                 amounts paid under Article 4 ( 1 ) of Regulation
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    No 130/66/EEC and Article 12 (4) of Regulation          — annually, by 31 March of each year, supporting
    No 159/66/EEC; these reports shall describe the            documents on expenditure in the previous year.
   state of progress of measures and works                     Documents on expenditure incurred up to
   undertaken and shall state how much has been                31 December 1971 may, however, be submitted
   disbursed ;                                                 up to 30 June 1972.
            This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
            States .
            Done at Brussels, 10 May 1971 .
                                                                               For the Council
                                                                                The President
                                                                               M. SCHUMANN