CELEX: 51984PC0368(01)
Language: en
Date: 1984-06-27
Title: PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL DIRECTIVE AMENDING DIRECTIVE 72/159/EEC, 72/160/EEC AND 72/161/EEC RELATING TO AGRICULTURAL STRUCTURES

17.7.84                          Official Journal of the European Communities                          No C 189/5
                                                        II
                                                (Preparatory Acts)
                                          COMMISSION
        Amendment to the proposal for a Council Regulation determining the persons liable for
                                          payment of a customs debt (')
                                               COM(84) 363 final
        (Submitted by the Commission to the Council pursuant to Article 149 (2) of the EEC Treaty
                                                on 27 June 1984)
                                                 (84/C 189/04)
        The Commission hereby amends its proposal as follows:
        The text of Article 2 (1) (a) is replaced by the following:
              '(a) where, pursuant to the provisions in force, the person who made a declaration
                   in his own name stated that he was acting on behalf of another person, the
                   latter shall also be jointly and severally liable for the customs debt, where it is
                   established that he in fact authorized the person who made the declaration to
                   act on his behalf.'
        (') OJ No C 340, 28. 12. 1982, p. 5.
        Proposal for a Council Directive amending Directives 72/159/EEC, 72/160/EEC and
                                 72/161/EEC relating to agricultural structures
                                               COM(84) 368 final
                         (Submitted by the Commission to the Council on 29 June 1984)
                                                  (84/C 189/05)
        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 Article 16 of Council Directive 72/159/EEC of 17 April 1972 on the modern-
         ization of farms (2), Article 7 of Council Directive 72/160/EEC of 17 April 1972
         O O J N o C 18,25. 1. 1984, p. 5.
         (2) OJ No L 96, 23. 4. 1972, p. 1.
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           concerning measures to encourage the cessation of farming and the reallocation of
           utilized agricultural area for the purposes of structural improvement (') and Article 9 of
           Council Directive 72/161/EEC of 17 April 1972 concerning the provision of socio-
           economic guidance for and the acquisition of occupational skills by persons engaged in
           agriculture (2), all three Directives as last amended by Directive 84/140/EEC (3), provide
           for the estimated time required for carrying out the common measures referred to in
           those Directives to run until 30 June 1984;
           Whereas, on 10 October 1983, the Commission forwarded to the Council proposals for
           improving the efficiency of agricultural structures, which were designed to replace the
           measures referred to in the abovementioned Directives;
           Whereas in accordance with Article 6 (2) (c) of Council Regulation (EEC) N o 729/70
           of 21 April 1970 on the financing of the common agricultural policy (4), as last amended
           by Regulation (EEC) No 3509/80 (5), the target date for completing these common
           measures should be deferred until 31 October 1984 in order to ensure the necessary
           continuity until the proposed measures are applicable,
           HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE:
                                                         Article 1
           With effect on 1 July 1984:
           1. Article 16 (1) of Directive 72/159/EEC is hereby replaced by the following:
                '1.    The estimated time required for carrying out the common measures shall run
                until 31 October 1984.'
           2. The first subparagraph of Article 7 (1) of Directive 72/160/EEC is replaced by the
                following:
                '1.    The estimated time required for carrying out the common measures shall run
                until 31 October 1984'.
           3. Article 9 (1) of Directive 72/161/EEC is replaced by the following:
                '1.    The estimated time required for carrying out the common measures shall run
                until 31 October 1984.'
                                                         Article 2
           This Directive is addressed to the Member States.
            (')  OJ No L 96, 23. 4. 1972, p. 9.
            O    OJ No L 96, 23. 4. 1972, p. 15.
            O    OJ No L 72, 15. 3. 1984, p. 24.
            (4)  OJ No L 94, 28. 4. 1970, p. 13.
            O    OJ No L 367, 31. 12. 1980, p. 87.