CELEX: 31975D0588
Language: en
Date: 1975-09-17 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 17 September 1975 on a request for payment from the Guidance Section of the EAGGF for the structures survey for 1975 as part of the programme of surveys on the structure of agricultural holdings

2 . 10 . 75                           Official Journal of the European Communities                             No L 256/27
                                                 COMMISSION DECISION
                                                   of 17 September 1975
                on a request for payment from the Guidance Section of the EAGGF for the struc­
                tures survey for 1975 as part of the programme of surveys on the structure of
                                                   agricultural holdings
                                                        (75/588/ EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                         — confirmation that :
COMMUNITIES,
                                                                            questionnaires have been drawn up which
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                       include    the  items   set out in  the  list  of
Economic Community ;                                                        characteristics provided for in Article 5 of the
                                                                            Directive ;
Having regard to the Council Directive of 20 January
1 975 (') on the organization of a structures survey for               — where necessary, the sampling plan has been
1975 as part of the programme of surveys on the struc­                      submitted to the Commission ;
tures of agricultural holdings, and in particular Article               — the amount of expenses incurred in drawing up
9 (8 ) thereof ;                                                            the above documents together with supporting
Whereas, in accordance with the provisions of Article                       vouchers and proof of payment ;
5 thereof, the Member States shall submit to the Statis­               — the amount of payment which is being
tical Office of the European Communities the infor­                         requested ;
mation on the characteristics of the holdings in the
manner and within         the  time   limit   laid down   in      (b) in the case of subsequent payments on account
Article 7 ( 1 ) (f) thereof ;                                           and the final request for payment and also when
                                                                        the first request for a payment on account is based
Whereas the information which should be given in                        on the number of agricultural holdings which have
the requests for payment submitted to the Commis­                       already been surveyed :
sion should be specified ;
                                                                        — the number of agricultural holdings for which
Whereas the verification that the survey is in accor­                       information has already been collected ;
dance with the requirements of the said Directive                      — the number of agricultural holdings for which
cannot be carried out until after the submission of the
                                                                            the results have already been submitted to the
information to the Statistical Office of the European                       Statistical Office of the European Communi­
Communities ; whereas the payments on account                               ties ;
provided for in Article 9 (7) thereof should be
limited ;                                                               — confirmation that the surveys completed have
                                                                            obtained the information required by Article 5
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision                          and that the conditions of Article 7 have been
are in accordance with the Opinion of the Fund                              or will be fulfilled ;
Committee ,                                                             — the amount of the payment requested (in total
                                                                            or payment on account).
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
                                                                  Where the first request for a payment on account is
                          Article 1
                                                                  based on the number of agricultural holdings which
                                                                  have already been surveyed, such request shall, in addi­
 1.     Requests by Member States for payment of                  tion, contain information as to the period of time
expenses incurred in the course of the structures                 during which the whole survey is being carried out
survey for 1975 as part of the programme of surveys               and the total number of agricultural holdings which it
on the structure of agricultural holdings prescribed by           is expected to cover.
the Council Directive of 20 January 1975 shall
contain the following information :                               2.       Requests for payment shall be submitted in tripli­
                                                                  cate .
(a) in the case of the first request for a payment on
    account :
                                                                                              Article 2
    — the period of time during which the whole
         survey is being carried out ;                            1 . The payment on account referred to in Article 1
    — the total number of agricultural holdings which             ( 1 ) (a) shall be based on expenses actually incurred,
         it is expected to cover ;                                and may not exceed 50 % of the eligible expenses in
                                                                  respect of the minimum number of surveys
(') OJ No L 42, 15 . 2. 1975, p. 21 .                             mentioned in Article 6 ( 1 ) of the Directive.
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2. The payments on account referred to in Article 1         Done at Brussels, 17 September 1975.
( 1 ) (b) may not exceed 12 units of account in respect
of 80 % of the number of agricultural holdings
already surveyed, including the payments made under
paragraph 1 above.                                                                 For the Commission
                        Article 3                                                     P.J. LARDINOIS
This Decision is addressed to the Member States .                               Member of the Commission