CELEX: 31969R0645
Language: en
Date: 1969-04-03 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 645/69 of the Commission of 3 April 1969 on requests by Member States for reimbursement in respect of surveys of the pig population

36                               Official Journal of the European Communities
 4.4.69                            Official Journal of the European Communities                         No L 83/19
                             REGULATION (EEC) No 645/69 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                   of 3 April 1969
               on requests by Member States for reimbursement in respect of surveys of the pig
                                                      population
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                should therefore be made for the first payment not
 COMMUNITIES,                                                  to exceed one third qf the amount available for each
                                                              year;
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro­
 pean. Economic Community;
                                                               Whereas the measures provided for in this Regula­
                                                               tion are in accordance with the Opinion of the Fund
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                  Committee,
 350/681 of 27 March 1968 on financial contributions
 by the Community for expenses incurred in respect
 of surveys of the pig population carried out by Mem­         HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 ber States, and in particular Article 2 (3) thereof;
 Whereas in accordance with the provisions of Ar­                                     Article 1
 ticle 4 (3) and (4) of the Council Directive of 27
March 19682 concerning surveys of pig production              For the reimbursement of expenses incurred in re­
to be made by Member States, the latter are to com­            spect of surveys carried out to record the develop­
municate the results of these surveys and conversions         ment of their pig population, Member States shall
 to the Commission as soon as possible and to sup­            forward to the Commission' a document in which it
                                                              is certified that :
ply, in the form of an estimate,' information relating
to any surveys of the kind referred to in Article 3
 (2) of that Directive;                                        (a) the results of the surveys and conversions have
                                                                    been communicated to the Commission in ac­
                                                                    cordance with the provisions of Articles 1 to 5
Whereas, in accordance with Articles 6 and 7 of that                of the Directive;
Directive, Member States are to forward within cer­
tain time limits monthly statistics of pig slaughter­          (b) the statistics provided for in Article 6 and,
ings and estimates of future slaughterings; whereas                 where appropriate, the estimates provided for
such information is essential to the achievement of                 in Article 7 of the Directive have been for­
the aims of the Directive and to the , studies which                warded to the Commission as required.
are necessary for that purpose;
                                                                                      Article 2
Whereas the surveys are to be carried out every four          1 . Requests for reimbursement forwarded by. Mem­
months or at shorter intervals when the procedure             ber States to the Commission before 1 April must
in force in a Member State so provides; whereas a             cover at least one survey per Member State; the
survey must however be carried, out at the beginning          amount to be reimbursed by the Commission may
of December of each year;                                     not however exceed one third of the fixed amount
                                                              laid down for each Member State for each year.
Whereas the fixed amounts laid down for the reim­
bursement of expenses incurred by Member States               2. Requests for reimbursement forwarded by Mem­
are payable twice a year and whereas provision                ber States before 1 October shall cover at least two
                                                              surveys per Member State.                . . . -
1 OJ No L 76, 28.3.1968, p. 4.                                3. Requests for reimbursement shall be forwarded
2 OT No L 76, 28.3.1968, p. 13 .                              in triplicate.
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This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
States.
Done at Brussels, 3 April 1969.
                                                                    For the Commission
                                                                      The President
                                                                          Jean REY