CELEX: 51984PC0554(04)
Language: en
Date: 1984-10-15
Title: PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) AMENDING REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 269/79 ESTABLISHING A COMMON MEASURE FOR FORESTRY IN CERTAIN MEDITERRANEAN ZONES OF THE COMMUNITY

13.11.84                               Official Journal of the European Communities                            No C 302/5
Whereas, pursuant to Article 2 of Council Directive               programme, the duration of the common measure
79/173/EEC (*), France submitted to the Commission                should be extended until the end of 1985,
a programme for the acceleration of collective irri-
                                                                  HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE:
gation works which was approved by the Commission
by Decision 80/33/EEC ( 2 );                                                               Article 1
Whereas, to encourage efforts to assist Corsican                  Article 5 (1) of Directive 79/173/EEC is replaced by
farmers in preparing to meet the keener competition               the following:
resulting from enlargement of the Community and to                     '1.   The duration of the common measure shall
help make up time lost in the execution of the
                                                                       run until 31 December 1985.'
O OJ No L 38, 14. 2. 1979, p. 15.                                                          Article 2
(2) O J N o L 13, 18. 1. 1980, p. 37.                             This Directive is addressed to the French Republic.
               Proposal for a Council Regulation amending Regulation (EEC) No 269/79 establishing a
                    common measure for forestry in certain Mediterranean zones of the Community
                                                     COM(84) 5 54 final
                             (Submitted by the Commission to the Council on 18 October 1984)
                                                       (84/C 302/06)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN                                       Whereas, in order to ensure the continuity of the
COMMUNITIES,                                                      common measure, it is appropriate to extend the
                                                                  duration of this measure until 31 December 1985 and
                                                                  to increase the physical limits to the work by 20 % in
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the
                                                                  the light of the extension of the common measure,
European Economic Community, and in particular
Article 43 thereof,
                                                                  HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
                                                                                            Article 1
Having regard to the opinion of the European Par-
liament,                                                          Regulation (EEC) No 269/79 is hereby amended as
                                                                  follows:
Whereas the common measure for                      forestry
introduced by Council Regulation (EEC) No                          1. Article 10 (1) and        (2) are replaced   by the
269/79 O , as amended by Regulation (EEC) No                          following:
2119/83 (2), has met with great interest and has
been satisfactorily applied; whereas that common
measure expires on 31 December 1984;                                  '1.    The limit for the duration of the common
                                                                      measure shall be 31 December 1985.
Whereas these forestry activities, from which local
agriculture has unquestionably gained, are but a first                2.    The estimated cost to the fund of the
step towards improving agricultural structures                        common measure shall be 276 million ECU for the
through forestry measures in the Mediterranean                        period envisaged'.
regions of the Community, and whereas this first step
 should be continued without interruption;                         2. Article 11 (2) is replaced by the following:
                                                                      '2.    Aid from the Fund shall amount to 50 % of
 O O J N o L 3 8 , 14.2. 1979, p. 1.                                  the cost of executing the work and the measures
 O OJ No L 205, 29. 7. 1983, p. 4.                                    referred to in Article 2 within the following limits:
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     for afforestation, up to a maximum cost of                       for construction of forest roads, up to a
     2 000 units of account per hectare and up to a                   maximum cost of 12 000 units of account per
     total limit of 132 000 hectares,                                 kilometre and up to a total limit of 3 600
     for improvement of deteriorated forest in so far                 kilometres,
     as is necessary for soil and water conservation,
     in particular by conversion and by other                         for the preparatory work referred to in Article
     measures such as separating forest and pasture,                  3 (d), up to a maximum cost of 9 million ECU
     up to a maximum cost of 1 700 units of                          for the five years and up to a limit of 5 % of
     account per hectare and up to a total limit of                  the cost of each programme concerned.'
     144 000 hectares,
     for associated work such as terracing and other
     minor soil stabilization operations, up to a                                      Article 2
     maximum cost of 900 units of account per
                                                              This Regulation shall enter into force on the third
     hectare and up to a total limit of 120 000
                                                              day following its publication in the Official Journal of
     hectares,
                                                              the European Communities.
     for fire protection, especially in areas to be
     afforested and improved, up to a maximum
     cost of 100 units of account per hectare and up          This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and
     to a total limit of 300 000 hectares,                    directly applicable in all Member States.