CELEX: 31972R1688
Language: en
Date: 1972-08-02 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 1688/72 of the Commission of 2 August 1972 on transitional measures applicable to the Kingdom of the Netherlands for granting production aid for seed

Official Journal of the European Communities                                   835
No L 177/28                        Official Journal of the European Communities                                 4.8.72
                          REGULATION (EEC) No 1688/72 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                  of 2 August 1972
             on transitional measures applicable to the Kingdom of the Netherlands for granting
                                               production aid for seed
THE    COMMISSION       OF    THE  EUROPEAN       COM­        the former national system to the Community system,
MUNITIES,                                                     the Netherlands should be free to decide that, within
                                                              certain limits, the breeder or the seed establishment
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the                  may receive the aid in place of the grower;
European Economic Community;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                  Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
2358 /71 1 of 26 October 1971        on the common            are in accordance with the Opinion of the
organization of the market in seeds, and in particular        Management Committee for Seeds ;
Article 16 thereof;
                                                              HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Whereas, for the 1972/73 marketing year, aid for seed
was not fixed until 2 August 1972 by Council                                           Article 1
Regulation (EEC) No 1675/722 of 2 August 1972;
whereas    the   contracts   under   which    the   seed
benefiting from this aid was produced were generally          For the 1972/73 marketing year, the Kingdom of the
concluded before the publication of Regulation                Netherlands may, by way of derogation from the
(EEC) No 2358/71 in the Official Journal of the               provisions adopted in application of Article 3 of
European Communities; whereas the granting of all             Regulation (EEC) No 2358/71 , decide that, for an
the aid to the grower alone, as provided for in the            amount not exceeding 20% of the aid, the breeder or
second subparagraph of Article 4 of Council                   the seed establishment may receive the aid in place of
Regulation (EEC) No 1674/723 of 2 August 1972                 the grower.
laying down general rules for granting and financing
aid for seed, would, in the Netherlands, have the                                      Article 2
effect of upsetting the balance of these contracts in
certain cases to the detriment of the breeder or the           This Regulation shall enter into force on the day
seed establishment; whereas, in order to remedy this           following its publication in the Official Journal of the
problem, which is largely due to the changeover from          European Communities.
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States.
              Done at Brussels, 2 August 1972.
                                                                                  For the Commission
                                                                                      The President
                                                                                    S. L. MANSHOLT
 1 OJ No L 246, 5.11.1971, p. 1.
 2 OJ No L 177, 2.8.1972, p. 3.
 3 OJ No L 177, 2.8.1972, p. 1 .