CELEX: 51978PC0414
Language: en
Date: 1978-09-11
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL DIRECTIVE (amending Directive 72/159/EEC on the modernization of farms (submitted by the Commission to the Council)

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                                                 COM(78)414 final
                                                 Brussels , 11 September 1978
                               Proposal for a
                             COUNCIL DIRECTIVE              (
            amending Directive 72 / 159 / EEC on the modernization
                   -             of farms
               ( submitted by the Commission to the Council )
             !                       •            "
 C0M(78 ) 414 final
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                                                 Orig. PR
                    PROPOSAI»
                     for a.
               COUNCIL DIRECTIVE
amending Directive 72/I59/EEC on the modernization of farms
 ---pagebreak---                        EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
Article 14 ( 2) ( a) of Directive 72/159/ EEC on the modernization of V
farms authorizes Member States , in derogation from the time when
the Directive takes effect , to grant temporary investment aids ,
which , however , may not "be granted on more favourable terms than
those , laid down in Article 8 of Directive 72/159/EE0 , to farms which
are not capable of attaining the level of earned income laid down
under Article 4 of this Directive and which are not yet eligible
for the annuities provided for in Article 2 (l ) of Council Directive
72/160/EEC .
Some Member States have made use of this opportunity and at present       '
apply measures which must be discontinued or adjusted on the expiry
of the stated period on 17 April 1977 •
Under Artiole 1'6 ( 2) of the Directive in question the common measures
within the meaning of Article 15 of the Directive and consequently also
the rules of Artiole 14 ( 2) must be re-examined by the Council upon a
proposal from- the Commission five years after the Directive takes effect .
This reexamination was commenced during 1977 *    While awaiting the outcome
of the reexamination, Member States were authorised by Directive .77/396/EEC
to apply these measures on a temporary basis until 31st December 1977 *
Since the reexamination is still in progress , it seems appropriate to
prolong this extension until 31st December 1978 .             '      .
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  the council op the E uropean 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 (l ),
  Whereas under Article 14 ( 2) of Council Directive 72/159/®^' of 17 April 1972
  on the modernization of farms ( 2), as last amended by Council Directive
   77 / 390 / EEC ( 3 )/ Member States may , during a period of five years from the time
   when the Directive takes effect , grant temporary aids to farmers who are not
   capable of attaining the level of earned income laid down under Article 4 of that.
  Directive and who are not yet eligible for the annuities provided for in
  Article 2 ( l ) of Council Directive 72/160/EEC of 17 April 1972 concerning
  measures to encourage the cessation of farming and the reallocation of
  utilized agricultural area for the purposes of structural improvement ( 4)5
" Whereas ,          pending          completion of the reexamination of Directive
  72/159/EEC provided for in Article 16 of that Directive , the period of
  application of this measure was extended until 31           December .1977 by
  Directive 77/390/EEC ;
  VJhereas , ' since this reexamination is still in progress , it would, seem
  appropriate to authorize the Member States to continue to apply until 31
  December 1978 the measures in force on 15 March 1977 under Article 14(2 ) ( a ) of
  the said Directive 72 / 159 / EEC ,
  HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE          :
  ( 1 ) OJ No .
   ( 2 ) OJ No L . 96 , 23 . 4.1972 , p - 1
   (^) OJ No L. 145 ,. 13..Í.1977, p-43
   ( 4) .0J No L. 96 ,- 23 . 4.-1J72 , p - ?
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                           Article 1
The period le,id down in Article 14 ( 2) ( a) of Directive 72/159/EEO
shall be extended until 31 December 1978 as regards the measures
under that Article in force in the Member States on 15 March 1977 *
                           Article 2
This Directive is addressed to the Member States .
Done at
                                        For the Council
                                         The President