CELEX: 31974R0429
Language: en
Date: 1974-02-18 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 429/74 of the Council 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

22. 2. 74                               Official Journal of the European Communities                          No L 50/ 1
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                               REGULATION (EEC) No 429/74 OF THE COUNCIL
                                                      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
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN                                        Whereas it would not be possible to take those deci­
COMMUNITIES,                                                       sions within the time limit laid down ; whereas the
                                                                   time   limit for those   decisions must therefore be
                                                                   extended ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community, and in particular Article 43                   Whereas Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 2140/72
thereof ;                                                          provides that the time limit for the submission of
                                                                   applications for aid for 1973 be extended to 30 June
                                                                   1973 ; whereas, in view of the measures to be taken by
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ;                the Commission, it will be possible to reduce the
                                                                   period required for the examination of the applica­
                                                                   tion, which began on 1 November 1973, to approxi­
Having regard to the Opinion of the European Parlia­               mately eight months ; whereas it is consequently
ment P ) ;                                                         possible to limit the extension of the period within
                                                                   which the Commission must decide on the merits of
                                                                   the applications to nine months ;
Whereas, under the first subparagraph of Article 20 ( 1 )
of Council Regulation No 17/64/EEC (2) of 5                        Whereas the applications for aid for 1974 cannot be
February 1 964 on the conditions for granting aid from             examined until after that date ; whereas, consequently,
the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee                   it is also necessary to extend the time limit fixed for
Fund, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No                       the submission of these applications,
847/72 (3), applications for aid from the Guidance
Section    of the   Fund     must     be   submitted   to  the
Commission each year before 1 October, the Commis­
sion being required to decide on the merits of such
applications before 31 December of the following                   HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
year ;
Whereas Article 1 of Council Regulation (EEC) No                                           Article 1
2140/72 (4) of 3 October 1972, extending for the years
 1971 , 1972 and 1973 certain time limits for granting             The time limit within which the Commission must,
aid from the Guidance Section of the European Agri­                under the second sentence of the first subparagraph of
cultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund provided that                 Article 20(1 ) of Regulation No 17/64/EEC, take a
the time limit within which the Commission must
                                                                   decision on applications for aid from the Guidance
decide on the merits of applications for aid for 1972              Section of the European Agricultural Guidance and
submitted to it within the time limit fixed in Article 1           Guarantee Fund submitted to it within the time limit
of Council Regulation (EEC) No 847/72 should be                    fixed in Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 847/72 for
extended to 30 September 1973 ;                                     1972 and within the time limit fixed in Article 2 of
                                                                   Regulation (EEC) No 2140/72 for 1973 shall be
  1 OJ  No C 108 , 10 . 12. 1973 , p. 24.                          extended to 31 October 1973 for projects submitted
(2) OJ  No 34, 27. 2. 1964, p. 586/64.
(3) OJ  No L 100,  27. 4 . 1972, p. 4.                              for 1972 and to 31 July 1974 for projects submitted
 4) OJ  No L 229,  7. 10 . 1972, p . 4.                             for 1973 .
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                       Article 2                             each Member State must submit its projects for 1974
The time limit fixed in the first sentence of the first
                                                             not later than 30 June 1974.
subparagraph of Article 20 ( 1 ) of Regulation No                                   Article 3
17/64/EEC for the submission of applications for aid
from the Guidance Section of the European Agricul­           This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
tural Guidance and Guarantee Fund shall be extended          following its publication in the Official Journal of
as follows in respect of applications for aid for 1974 :     the European Communities.
             This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
             States.
             Done at Brussels, 18 February 1974.
                                                                         For the Council
                                                                          The President
                                                                             J. ERTL