CELEX: 31966R0206
Language: en
Date: 1966-12-07 00:00:00
Title: Regulation No 206/66/EEC of the Council of 7 December 1966 on the contribution by EAGGF towards repairing damage caused by the disastrous floods in certain parts of Italy during the autumn of 1966

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10.12.66                      OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES                                                 3869/66
                                  REGULATION No 206/66/EEC OF THE COUNCIL
                                                     of 7 December 1966
              on the contribution by EAGGF towards repairing damage caused by the disastrous floods in
                                       certain parts of Italy during the autumn of 1966
THE    COUNCIL      OF   THE    EUROPEAN        ECONOMIC            ance and Guarantee Fund shall be set aside to finance
COMMUNITY.                                                          the measures set out in paragraph 2 . It shall be used in
                                                                    accordance with the procedure laid down in the subse­
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
                                                                    quent Articles.
Economic Community, and in particular Article 43
thereof:                                                             2 . For the years 1966 and 1967 this amount shall be
                                                                     used     to  contribute    towards     the   restoration  and
Having regard to Council Regulation No 25 1 on the                   improvement :
financing of the common agricultural policy :              1        - of production conditions in agriculture and on agri­
                                                                         cultural holdings .
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission :
                                                                    - of marketing facilities and processing plant for agri­
Having regard to the Opinion of the European Parlia­                     cultural products,
ment ;                                                               which are needed in the Italian regions affected by the
                                                                     disastrous floods of October and November 1966 .
Whereas many regions of Italy have been devastated by
disastrous floods affecting in particular certain agricul­           3 . The Republic of Italy shall be entitled to its share of
tural areas :                                                        the amounts remaining available in the Guidance Sec­
                                                                     tion of the Fund , on the same basis as other Member
Whereas the damage caused to agriculture is so serious               States under the conditions in force .
that, in many cases, farmers have not the means to con­
tend alone with the situation :
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Whereas the Community has decided to bring quick and                 The following provisions of Council Regulation No 17/
effective help, within the various spheres of its authority,         64/EEC 2 on the conditions for granting aid from the
to the populations of the afflicted areas :                          European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund
                                                                     shall not apply to aid from the Fund granted under Arti­
Whereas one of the best ways of achieving that aim is to             cle 1 ( 2):
make use of the available resources of the European                  — Article 1 1 .
Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund , Guidance
Section :                                                            - Article 12 ,
                                                                     - Article 14(1 ) ( a) and (b) and ( 2) ( b).
 Whereas , for such help to be quick and as effective as
 possible, special conditions and a simplified and acceler­          - Article 15 ,
ated procedure should be adopted for action by the                   - Article 18(1 ).
Fund :
                                                                     - Article 20 ( 1 ).
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :                                        - Article 21 ( 1 ).
                          Article 1                                  The other provisions of Regulation No 17/64/EEC . in
 1 . An amount of 5 million units of account for 1966
                                                                     so far as they relate to action defined in Article 11(1 )
                                                                     thereof, shall apply by analogy to action referred to in
(accounting period 1964/65) and 5 million units of ac­                Article 1 of this Regulation .
count for 1967 (accounting period 1965/66) from the
Guidance Section of the European Agricultural Guid­
1 OJ No 30.20.4.1962 . p. 991/62.                                    2 OJ No 34, 27.2.64, p. 586/64.
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The following special conditions shall apply for granting            The following procedure shall apply in respect of aid
aid from the Fund pursuant to Article 1 ( 2 ):                       from the Fund granted under Article 1 ( 2):
(a) the project must contribute to economic recovery in
    the agricultural sector, taking account of the need to           (a) applications for aid may be submitted to the Com­
    increase agricultural productivity, in accordance                     mission at any time up to 3 1 October 1 967:
    with Article 39 ( J ) (a) of the Treaty, and the need to
    improve outlets for agricultural products :                      (b) the Commission shall take all necessary steps to en­
(b) for anv one project :                                                 sure that a decision on the substance of each case is
                                                                          taken not later than 6 weeks after it has received the
    - the subsidies granted by the Fund shall not exceed
        45 % of the amount invested in it :
                                                                          information required therefor:
    - the beneficiary of the restoration or improvement              ( c) the Commission shall, where possible, consult the
       work shall contribute to the financing thereof:                    Standing Committee on Agricultural Structure at its
       such contribution must be at least 20%. if the res­
                                                                          regular meetings on proposed substantive decisions
       toration or improvement relates to marketing                       of this kind, but such consultations shall not prevent
        facilities or processing plant for agricultural prod­           . such decisions from being adopted within , the
        ucts :
                                                                          time limit indicated in (b): in the absence of such
(c) The Republic of Italy shall contribute to the financ­                 consultations the Commission shall inform the
    ing of the project.                                                   Committee of its decision as earlv as possible.
                This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States .
                Done at Brussels . 7 Dccembcr 1966 .
                                                                                                    For the Council
                                                                                                   : The President
                                                                                                   J.M.A.H.LUNS