CELEX: 31976R1147
Language: en
Date: 1976-05-17 00:00:00
Title: Council Regulation (EEC) No 1147/76 of 17 May 1976 on aid for durum wheat

19 . 5 . 76                            Official Journal of the European Communities                          No L 130 / 11
                                     COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC) No 1147/76
                                                       of 17 May 1976
                                                  on aid for durum wheat
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN                                                                   Article 3
COMMUNITIES,
                                                                 The qualitative and technical characteristics which
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European            durum wheat must have in order to be eligible for aid
Economic Community,                                               must guarantee that the product is suitable for use by
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                      the durum meal industry and for the manufacture of
2727/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organiza­                pasta products and that the products processed there­
tion of the market in cereals ('), as last amended by             from satisfy certain requirements as regards suitability
Regulation (EEC) No 1 143/ 76 (2), and in particular              for human consumption .
Article 10 (4) thereof,
                                                                                              Article 4
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
                                                                  1.     Member States shall introduce a system of admi­
Whereas Article 10 of Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75                 nistrative supervision to ensure that a product for
provides that aid shall be granted for the production             which aid is requested meets the requirements for
of durum wheat in the Community ; whereas, to                     granting such aid.
promote a general improvement in quality and to
guarantee that the durum wheat harvested is suitable,             2. For the purposes of such supervision , Member
in particular, for the manufacture of pasta products, it          States shall introduce a system of declarations relating
should be stipulated that the qualitative and technical           to the areas sown , the seed varieties used and the areas
characteristics which durum wheat must have in order              harvested .
to be eligible for aid must be determined in accor­
dance with these objectives ;                                                                 Article 5
Whereas, pursuant to Article 10 (2) of Regulation                 Member States shall carry out random sampling spot
(EEC) No 2727/75, aid is granted by the Member                    checks to ascertain the accuracy of declarations
States per hectare of land sown and harvested ;                   relating to areas of land sown and harvested and of
whereas the proper working of the aid system requires             applications for aid submitted by producers.
supervision on the part of the Member States in order
to ensure that aid is granted only for the areas                                              Article 6
concerned and for eligible products ; whereas, to this
end, provision should be made for the introduction ,              The amount of aid to be paid shall be calculated on
                                                                   the basis of the area sown and harvested .
by each Member State concerned, of a system of decla­
 rations relating to such areas ; whereas, moreover, the
                                                                                              Article 7
effectiveness of supervision measures can be enhanced
by checking whether certain seed varieties to be deter­            Producer Member States shall inform the Commission
 mined are used for sowing and crops harvested are                 of the measures taken pursuant to this Regulation and
 derived therefrom ,                                               provide it with information relating, in particular, to
                                                                   the areas sown and harvested for which aid has been
 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :                                     granted.
                            Article 1                                                         Article 8
 Member States shall grant the aid referred to in                  Council Regulation (EEC) No 2741 /75 of 29 October
 Article 10 of Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 for durum                1975 on aid for durum wheat (3), is repealed with
 wheat produced on their territory under the condi­                effect from 1 August 1976.
 tions set out in the following Articles.
                                                                                              Article 9
                            Article 2
                                                                   This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day .
 For the purposes of this Regulation , durum wheat                 following its publication in the Official Journal of <
 means wheat of the Triticum durum species and the                  the European Communities.                               <
 hybrids derived from the interspecific crossing of Trit­
  icum durum which have the same number of chromo­                 However, it shall not apply to durum wheat for which
 somes as that species.                                            aid was granted in the 1975/76 marketing year and in
                                                                   previous years .
 (>) OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 .
 (2 ) See page 1 of this Official Journal .                        (3 ) OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 55 .
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            This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
            States .
            Done at Brussels, 17 May 1976.
                                                                     For the Council
                                                                       The President
                                                                       J. HAMILIUS