CELEX: 51983PC0746(01)
Language: en
Date: 1984-01-05
Title: PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL DIRECTIVE AMENDING DIRECTIVE 72/159/EEC, 72/160/EEC AND 72/161/EEC IN RELATION TO AGRICULTURAL STRUCTURES

25. 1.84                              Official Journal of the European Communities                                        No C 18/5
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                                                     (Preparatory Acts)
                                                COMMISSION
              Proposal for a Council Directive amending Directives 72/159/EEC, 72/160/EEC and
                                     72/161/EEC in relation to agricultural structures
                                                    COM(83) 746 final
                             (Submitted by the Commission to the Council on 5 January 1984)
                                                       (84/C 18/06)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN                                      1970 on the financing of the c o m m o n agricultural
COMMUNITIES,                                                     policy ( 5 ), t h e target d a t e for completing these
                                                                 c o m m o n measures should be deferred to 30 J u n e
                                                                 1984 in o r d e r to ensure the necessary continuity until
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the
                                                                 the p r o p o s e d measures are applicable, whilst a c c o u n t
European Economic Community, and in particular
                                                                 be taken of some aspects of these p r o p o s e d m e a s u r e s ;
Article 43 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
                                                                 W h e r e a s the G o v e r n m e n t of the Federal Republic of
                                                                 G e r m a n y has p o i n t e d at difficulties in t h e application
Having regard to the opinion of the              European        of Directive 7 2 / 1 6 0 / E E C in that c o u n t r y ; w h e r e a s it
Parliament,                                                      is thence indicated to a u t h o r i z e the Federal G e r m a n
                                                                 G o v e r n m e n t to suspend the application of the said
                                                                 Directive,
Whereas Article 16 of Council Directive 72/159/EEC
of 17 April 1972 on the modernization of farms (*),
Article 7 of Council Directive 72/160/EEC of
17 April 1972 concerning measures to encourage the               HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE:
cessation of farming and the reallocation of utilized
agricultural area for the purposes of structural
improvement (2) and Article 9 of Council Directive
72/161/EEC of 17 April 1972 concerning the                                                       Article 1
provision of socio-economic guidance for, and the
acquisition of, occupational skills by persons engaged           1. Article 16 (1) of Directive 72/159/EEC is hereby
in agriculture (3), all three Directives, as last amended            replaced by the following:
by Directive 82/436/EEC (4), provide for the                         ' 1.      The estimated time required for carrying out
estimated time required for carrying out the common                  the common measures shall run until 30 June
measures referred to in those Directives to run until                 1984.'
31 December 1983;
Whereas, on 10 October        1983, the Commission sent          2. The first subparagraph of Article 7 (1) of Directive
the Council proposals for     improving the efficiency of             72/160/EEC is hereby replaced by the following:
agricultural structures,      designed to replace the                 ' The estimated time required for carrying out the
measures referred to           in the abovementioned                  common measures shall run until 30 June 1984.'
Directives;
Whereas, in accordance with Article 6 (2) (c) of                 3. Article 9 (1) of Directive 72/161/EEC is hereby
Council Regulation (EEC) No 729/70 of 21 April                        replaced by the following:
                                                                      '1.      The estimated time required for carrying out
                                                                      the common measures shall run until 30 June
(') OJ No L 96, 23. 4. 1972, p. 1.
                                                                       1984.'
(2) OJ No L 96, 23. 4. 1972, p. 9.
(3) OJ No L 96, 23. 4. 1972, p. 15.
(4) OJ N o L 193, 3. 7. 1982, p. 37.                             (5) OJ No L 94, 28. 4. 1970, p. 13.
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                           Article 2                                                       Article 3
Member States are authorized to replace the                       The Federal Republic of Germany is authorized not
development plan provided for in Article 2, 4 and 8               to implement the measures provided for in Directive
of Directive 72/159/EEC by a farm improvement                     72/160/EEC.
plan that must show, by means of specific calcu-
lations, that the investments therein are profitable and
                                                                                           Article 4
that they will bring about a lasting improvement in
the economic results of the undertaking.                          This Directive is addressed to the Member States.
               Proposal for a Council Regulation on suspension of aids for investments in the field of
                                                      dairy production
                                                     COM(83) 746 final
                              (Submitted by the Commission to the Council on 5 January 1984)
                                                        (84/C 18/07)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN                                       provide for the structural        development of   beef-
COMMUNITIES,                                                      rearing,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the                      HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
European Economic Community, and in particular
Article 43 thereof,                                                                        Article 1
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,                By derogation to the provisions of Regulation (EEC)
                                                                  No 1946/81, the granting of all aid to investments
Having regard to the opinion of the               European        directly concerning the field of dairy production is
Parliament,                                                       prohibited for the period to 30 June 1984.
                                                                  However, Member States shall be authorized to grant
Whereas Article 1 of Council Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                  investment aid for milk production in the case of
 1946/81 of 30 June 1981 restricting investment aids
                                                                  holdings located in areas within the meaning of
for milk production (') authorizes Member States to
                                                                  Article 3 (3) of Directive 75/268/EEC, or in regions
grant aids to investments in the field of dairy
                                                                  which are the subject of common measures in the
production;
                                                                  sense of Regulation (EEC) No 729/70 and for which
Whereas with a view to attaining the Community's                  special measures aimed at improving structural
 objectives in regard to production, in particular the            development of beef-rearing are envisaged, provided
 objective of re-establishing market balance for the              that:
 Community's milk products, all aids for investments              — the specific conditions of these common measures
 directly related to milk production should be                         are respected,
 temporarily suspended;                                           — the investment does not increase the dairy herd to
                                                                       more than 40 cows per holding,
 Whereas, however, the suspension of investment aid
 should take account of particular conditions of                  — at least 50 % of the holding's UAA consists of
 production      in difficult      regions where       other           forage area.
 production alternatives do not exist, such as those in
 mountain areas within the meaning of Council                                               Article 2
 Directive 75/268/EEC of 28 April 1975 on mountain
 and hill farming and farming in certain less-favoured             This Regulation shall enter into force on the third
 areas (2), or those regions for which specific measures           day following its publication in the Official Journal of
                                                                   the European Communities.
 (') OJ No L 197, 20. 7. 1981, p. 32.                              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and
 (2) O J N o L 128, 19.5. 1975, p. 1.                              directly applicable in all Member States.