CELEX: 51974PC1579
Language: en
Date: 1974-10-07
Title: Proposal for a REGULATION (EEC) OF THE COUNCIL on the allocation for 1974 of appropriations from the Guidance Section of the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund arid deferring certain final dates for the years 1974 and 1975 (submitted to the Council by the Commission)

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 ---pagebreak--- COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
                                             COM(74)1579 final
                                             Brussels , 7 October 1974
                                 Proposal for a
                         REGULATION ( EEC ) OF THE COUNCIL
            on the allocation for 1974 of appropriations from -the
                Guidance Section of the European Agricultural
               Guidance and Guarantee Fund arid deferring certain
                    final dates for the years 1974 and 1975
                ( submitted to the Council "by the Commission)
   COM(74) 1579 final
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                              EXPLANATORY ISEMORAHDOM
1 « Under Article 6 (4) of Regulation (EEC) ITo 729/70 , common measures have
      priority in the use of credits allocated to the Guidance Sectioii of the
      EAGGF.   The residue must be used to finance individual projects as provid­
       ed for in Regulation No 17/64/E3C .
     'By way of derogation from the abovement i oned rule , part of the credits of
       the Guidance Section has been placed in a reserve to ensure the future
       financing of common measures .  On 31 December 1973 this reserve amounted
   ' to 538 525 700 u.a .
2 . Implementation of some common measures , and particularly of the Directives
    . aimed at reforming agriculture , is slow and , consequently , expenditure by
      the Guidance Section in this area is small .
      The reserve is large enough to meet foreseeable expenditure in the next
      few years given the amounts which are available each year .    Setting aside
      an additional large sum would , therefore , deprive agriculture for an
      indefinite period of part of the credits prdvided for in Regulation - (EECX
      No 729/70 for the improvement of structures .
3 . Applications for aid for individual projects submitted under Regulation
      No I7/64/EEC continue to increase . For 1974, 913 applications for aid
      amounting to 340 million u.a . were submitted .  To these must be added 560
      projects to be carried forward , for which aid of 320 million u.a . has
      been requested . This makes a total of 1.473 applications for aid totall­
      ing 660 million u.a . for 1974 *  The 170 million u.a . originally provided
      for in the 1974 budget would , therefore , cover only 25% of the aid applied
      for .
 ---pagebreak--- 4. Judging "by the applications submitted, by Member States to the Commission,
     the credits provided, for in Chapters 8l t 82 , 84 and 89 of the 1974 Budget
     for special measures and joint schemes will not be totally used up . Ap­
     plications are for about '34.5 million u.a, only. The remaining 37*4 million
     u.a . will , therefore , be available and may be added to the reserva .
     Taking into account the transfers from article 870 of 3 million u.a. to item
     8.200 and of 3,492,226 to items 8903*8910 and 8920 , .there remains a credit
     of 33.1 million u.a«; in article 370 of th^ budget , intended to . finance
     expenditure on comnon measures .       /     * .
5»: In view of large subsidies applied for under Regulation No I7/64/SEC , +hc
     33.1 million u.a» appearing under article 870 and part of the credits appear­
     ing under Chapters 81 , 82 , 84 and 89 should be allocated to the financing
     of individual projects in accordance with article 6. of Regulation No . 12^/jo/
     EEC . The Council is asked to adopt this draft decision and will bo asked
     to grant the transfers of credits necessary that the Commission will present
     as a re stilt .             , .>                             •
6 . The examination of applications for 1973 was completed in July 1974 in ac­
     cordance .with Regulation (EEC) No . 429/74. The delay was thus reduced by
     four months compared with the previous year*. Consequently, applications
     submitted before 1 July in respect of 1974 can now be examined over a
 r / period of twelve months , which; is a shorter, period than that fixed by
     Regulation No. 17/64/EEC. The time limit for the Commission's decision
     should therefore be fixed , -iS 33 July 1975 *
     Applications in respect of 1975 will therefore have to be submitted t5 the
     Commission not later than 1 «Tun -. : 1?75 *
 ---pagebreak---                                Proposal for a
                       REGULATION ( EEC) OF THE COUNCIL
          on the allocation for 1974 of appropriations from the
          Guidance Section of the European Agricultural Guidance
           and Guarantee Fund and deferring final dates for the
                             years 1974 .and 1975        "
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
and in particular Article 43 thereof :
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission;
Having regard to the Opinion of the European Parliament ;
Whereas the appropriations available for 1974 from the Guidance Section
of the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund should "be so
allocated as to ensure the financing of the various measures provided for
in Community legislation :
Whereas the appropriations assigned to the Guidance Section must be made
available to agriculture and whereas in particular the amount allocated
to the financing of projects coming within the provision of Council Regu:-
lation No 17/64/EEC^ ' of 5 February 1964 on the conditions for granting
aid from the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund should be
increased , since the amount required for the financing of common measures
under Council Regulation (EEC) No 729/70^^ of 21 April 1970 on the financ­
ing of the common agricultural policy remains small , while the reserve
set up to finance such measures is already substantial ;   and whereas
applications for reimbursement in respect of individual measures will not
cover the available appropriations to the full :
( l ) 0J No 34 , 27 February 1964 , p. 586/64 .
( 2 ) 0J No L 94 , 28 April 1970 , p. 13 .
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Whereas Article 2 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 429/74^ of 18 February
1974 extending for the years 1972 , 1973 and 1974 certain time limits for
granting aid from the Guidance Section of the European Agricultural
Guidance and Guarantee Fund set the final date for the submission of
applications for aid for 1974 at 30 June 1974 :
Whereas it is necessary, in order to ensure that each application is
properly examined , to defer the final dates for decisions on applications
for aid submitted in respect of '1974 and for the submission of applications
for 1975 ;
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION t
                                    Article 1
The appropriations available for the year 1974 from the Guidance Section
of the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund, namely en amount
equal ; to 325 million units of account , shall be allocated as follows :
 1.     A proportion shall be used to finance measures under the following
      . provisions :
'       a) Article 36 ( 2) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72^ of
            18 May 1972 on the common organization of the market in fruit
            and vegetables ; .
        b) Article 12 ( 1 ) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1957/69^^ of
            6 October 19>S9 introducing ,a system of premiums for slaughtering
            cows and for withholding milk and millc products from the market ;
        c) Article 7 ( l)'of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2517/69^^ of
            9 December 1969 laying down certain measures for reorganizing
            Community fruit production;
 ( 1 ) OJ No L 250 , 22 February 1974 , p. 1 .
 ( 2 ) OJ No L 118 , 20 May 1972 , p. 1 .
  ( 3 ) OJ No L 252 , 18 October 1969 , p. 1 .
  ( 4) OJ No L 318 , 18 Deoember 1969 , p. 15 .
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      d) Article 5 ( 2) of Council Regulation (EEC) Wo 2511/69      of
            9 December 1969 laying down special measures for improving the
            production and marketing of Community oitrus fruit :
      e) Article 22 ( 2) of Council Regulation (EEC) Ho 2142^^ of
            20 October 1970 on the common organization of the market in
            fishery products .
2.    A proportion amounting to 235 million units of account shall "be used
      to finance projects as defined in Article 13 of Regulation No 17/64/
      EEC .
3.    The remainder shall be used to finance measures qualifying for financ­
      ing by the Community and constituting common measures within the
      meaning of Article 6 of Regulation (EEC) No 729/70 .
                                   Article 2
The final date as specified in the second sentence of the first sub-para­
graph of Article 20 ( 2) of Regulation No 17/64/ESC for a decision by the
Commission on applications for aid fVom the Guidance Section of the Fund
submitted to it before the dates specified in Article 2 of Council Regu­
lation ( EEC) NO 429/74 is hereby deferred in respect of 1974 to 31 July
1975 .
                                   Article 3
The final date as specified in the first sentence of the first sub-para­
graph of Article 20 ( 2) of Regulation No 17/64/ESC for the submission of
applications for aid from the Guidance Section of the Fund is hereby
deferred in respect of applications for aid for 197 5 "to 1 June 1 97 5 •
( 1 ) 0J No L 318 , 18 December 1969 , p . 1 .
( 2) 0J No L 236 , 27 October 1970 , p. 5 .
 ---pagebreak---                                    Article 4
This Regulation shall ant or into force on the third cby following its publi­
cation in the Official Journal' of the European Communities .
This Eegulation shall "be "binding in its entirety and directly applicable in
all Member States .
Done et Brussels .                     Por the Council
                                       The President