CELEX: 31973R0736
Language: en
Date: 1973-03-14 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 736/73 of the Commission of 14 March 1973 on transitional measures applicable to the Kingdom of Belgium and to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland as regards the grant of production aid for seed

16. 3 . 73                               Official Journal of the European Communities                             No L 69 y 33
                               REGULATION (EEC) No 736/73 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                       of 14 March 1973
               on transitional measures applicable to the Kingdom of Belgium and to the United
               Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland as regards the grant of production
                                                           aid for seed
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                       should be made enabling the Kingdom of Belgium
COMMUNITIES,                                                         and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Nor­
                                                                     thern Ireland to decide that within certain limits the
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro­                   breeder or seed establishment may be substituted
pean Economic Community ;                                            for the seed grower as the recipient of aid ;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No
2358 /71 ( 1 ) of 26 October 1971 on the common                      Whereas measures provided for in this Regulation
organization of the market in seeds, and in par­                     are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­
ticular Article 16 thereof ;                                         ment Committee for Seeds ;
Whereas for the 1972/73 marketing year the aid for
seed was fixed on 2 August 1972 by Council Regula­                   HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
tion (EEC) No 1675 /72 (2 ) of 2 August 1972 ;
whereas contracts, pursuant to which the seed bene­                                          Article 1
fiting from such aid was produced, were in general
concluded before the publication of Regulation                       For the 1972/73 marketing year, the Kingdom of
 (EEC) No 2358 /71 in the Official Journal of the                    Belgium and the United Kingdom of Great Britain
European Communities ; whereas the granting of all                   and Northern Ireland may, notwithstanding the
aid to the seed grower only, as referred to in the                   provisions adopted pursuant to Article 3 of Regula­
second paragraph of Article 4 of Council Regula­                     tion ( EEC) No 2358 /71 , decide that the breeder or
tion ( EEC) No 1674/72 (3) of 2 August 1972 laying                   the seed establishment may be substituted for the
down general rules for granting and financing aid                    seed grower as recipient of aid in an amount not
for seed, would in Belgium and the United Kingdom                    exceeding 20 °/o of the aid .
in certain cases lead to a disturbance of the
balance of such contracts to the detriment of the                                            Article 2
breeder or seed establishment ; whereas, in order to
remedy this inconvenience which is due essentially                   This Regulation shall enter into force on the day
to the transition from the national system pre­                      following its publication in the Official Journal of
viously applied to a Community system, provision                     the European Communities .
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States .
               Done at Brussels, 14 March 1973 .
                                                                              For the Commission
                                                                                  The President
                                                                             Francois-Xavier ORTOLI
(l ) OJ No L 246, 5 . 11 . 1971 , p. 1 .
(*) OJ No L 177, 4 . 8 . 1972, p. 3 .
(*) OJ No L 177, 4. 8 . 1972, s . 1 .