CELEX: 51973PC1532
Language: en
Date: 1973-09-17
Title: Regulation (EEC) of the Council 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 (submitted to the Council by the Commission)

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                                                          COM(73) 1532 final
                                                          Brussels , 17 September 1973
                          Regulation (EEC) of the Council
            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
                  ( submitted to the Council "by the Commission)
   COM(73 ) 1532 final
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                            Explanatory Memorandum
1.    In June , July and December 1972 the Commission decided on the merits of
applications for aid from the Guidance Section of the EAGGF submitted for
1971 • Owing to the shortage of staff and the large number of applications
 ( 1017 ) those decisions were taken a year behind the schedule laid down by
Regulation No I7/64/EEC .
Applications for aid for 1972 could therefore be examined only after
December 1972 . In June 1973 the Commission granted aid totalling 72 757 269
u.a . to 193 projects .
2.    The Commission had hoped that this delay in examining applications would
be reduced by three months during 1973 as a result of the recruitment of
staff which had been decided on , but the recruitment could not be carried
out within the time limit laid down . Consequently , the Commission will not
be able to take decisions on the remaining projects before 30 September 1973 »
the time limit fixed by Regulation (EEC ) NO 2140/72 . It will therefore be
necessary to extend the time limit to 31 October 1973 » thus reducing the
delay by only two months .
3.    As from 1 November 1973 » about 1400 applications for aid submitted for
1973 will have to be examined . This represents an increase of about 40 $
on the 1972 figure . In addition to this increase there are the problems
caused by enlargement : new officials have taken up their duties , and trans­
lations into the new Community languages have to be provided . It is also
to be expected that the examination of the applications submitted by the
new Member States will take longer owing to their lack of experience .
In view of these difficulties , it does not appear likely that the delay
could be reduced during 1974 * It will therefore be necessary to extend
the time limit within which the Commission must take a decision on applica-1
tions submitted for 1973 to 31 October 1974.
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4 » As the applications to be submitted, for 1974 cannot "be examined, until
after that date , it seems appropriate to extend, the time limit for sub­
mitting those applications to 30 , June 1974 *
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                                   Proposal for a
                     Regulation (EEC ) of the Council
extending for "the years 1972 f 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 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 , under the first sub-paragraph of Article 20(l ) of Council Regulation
No 17/64 t of 5 February 1964 , on the conditions for granting aid from the
European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund , as last amended by
                               A
Regulation (EEC) No 847/72 , applications for aid from the Guidance Section
of the Fund must be submitted to the Commission each year before 1 October ,
the Commission being required to decide on the merits of such applications
before 31 December of the following year ;
Whereas Article 1 of Council-.Regulation (EEC) No 2140/72"*, of 3 October
1972 , extending for the years 1971 » 1972 and 1973 certain time limits for
granting aid from the Guidance Section of the European Agricultural Guidance
and Guarantee Fund provided that the time limit within which the Commission
must take a decision on applications for aid from the Guidance Section of
the Fund submitted 'to it within the time limit fixed in Article 1 of Council
Regulation No' 847/7 2 , of 24 April 1972 on aid from the Guidance Section of
 OJ fto 34 » 27 February 1964 » P* 586/64 .
20J No L 100 , 27 April 1972, p. 4.
30J No L 229 , 7 October 1972, p. 4.
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the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund should "be extended
to 30 September 1973 for projects submitted for the year 1972 ;
Whereas it would not "be possible to take those decisions within the time
 limit laid down ; whereas the time limit for those decisions must therefore
"be extended ;                                                       ' -
Whereas Article 2 of Regulation (EEC ) NO 2140/72 provided that the time
 limit for the submission of applications for aid for 1973 should be 30 June
 1973 } whereas the examination of those requests would take a year and could
not be begun before 1 November 1973 ; whereas the time limit within which
the Commission must decide on the merits of these     requests should therefore
 also be extended ;
Whereas the requests for 1974 cannot be examined until after that date ;
whereas , consequently , it appears necessary also to extend the time limit
 for the submission of applications ,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
                                 Article 1
The time limit within which the Commission must , under the second sentence
 of the first sub-paragraph of Article 20 ( l ) of Regulation No 17/64/EEC ,
take a decision on applications for aid from the Guidance Section of tho
Fund submitted to it within the time limit fixed in Article 1 of Regulation
 (EEC ) NO 847/72 for 1972 and within the time limit fixed in Article 2 of
Regulation (EEC ) No 2140/72 for 1973 shall be extended to 31 October 1973
 for projects submitted for 1972 and to 31 October 1974 F°R projects sub­
mitted for 1973 *
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                                 Article 2
The time limit fixed in the first sentence of the first sub-paragraph of
Article 20(l ) of Regulation ITo I7/64/EEC for the submission of applications
for aid. from the Guidance Section of the Fund is extended as follows in
respect of applications for aid for 1974 J each Member State must submit
its projects for 1974 not later than 30 June 1974 *
                                 Artiole 3
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its
publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities .
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety eoid directly applicable in
all Member States .
Pone at Brussels, 17 Septanbe^ W3                         For the COTmcil
                                                           The President
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