CELEX: 31977D0517
Language: en
Date: 1977-07-28 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 28 July 1977 on the provisional contribution by the Guidance Section of the EAGGF to the United Kingdom in respect of expenditure incurred during 1975 on premiums for the conversion of dairy herds to meat production

13 . 8 . 77                                 Official Journal of the European Communities                             No L 207/59
                                                        COMMISSION DECISION
                                                              of 28 July 1977
                on the provisional contribution by the Guidance Section of the EAGGF to the
                United Kingdom in respect of expenditure incurred during 1975 on premiums
                                      for the conversion of dairy herds to meat production
                                                     (Only the English text is authentic)
                                                                (77/51 7/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                            Whereas in order not to delay the payment of the
 COMMUNITIES,                                                             minimum balance due it appears justified to fix the
                                                                          contribution from the EAGGF provisionally at
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                    £ 6 097 166-57 ( 14 633 188 06 u.a.) ; whereas the Guid­
 Economic Community,                                                      ance Section of the European Agricultural Guidance
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                             and Guarantee Fund should therefore make a supple­
 1353/73 of 15 May 1973 introducing a premium                             mentary payment of £ 2 048 331 (4 195 990-47 u.a.) ;
system for the conversion of dairy cow herds to meat                      whereas the final contribution will be fixed as soon as
 production and a development premium for the                             the issue has been resolved ;
specialized raising of cattle for meat production (*), as                 Whereas the EAGGF Committee has been consulted
 last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 266/75 (2), and
 in particular Articles 16 (2) and 17 (2) thereof,                        on the financial aspects and in particular as to the
                                                                          funds available,
Whereas the United Kingdom has made an applica­
 tion for reimbursement in respect of expenditure
incurred in respect of premiums granted during 1975 ;                     HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
Whereas this application is in accordance with the
provisions of Commission Regulation (EEC) No                                                     Article 1
2641 /74 of 15 October 1974 concerning applications
for the refund by the Guidance Section of the EAGGF                       The contribution by the Guidance Section of the Euro­
of premiums for the conversion of dairy herds to meat                     pean Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund
 production and of development premiums for the                           towards the expenditure incurred by the United
specialized raising of cattle for meat production (3) ;                   Kingdom during 1975 in respect of premiums for the
                                                                          conversion of dairy herds to meat production and of
Whereas, according to the application for reimburse­                      development premiums for the specialized raising of
ment submitted by the United Kingdom, expenditure                         cattle for meat production shall be provisionally £
for the year 1975 amounted to £ 13 218 500-1 4 ;                          6 097 166-57 ( 14 633 188-06 u.a.).
whereas the contribution was provisionally fixed at
£ 4 048 835-57 by Commission Decision 77/40/EEC
                                                                                                 Article 2
of 21 December 1 976 (4) on the understanding that a
new calculation should be made taking into considera­
                                                                          This Decision is addressed to the United Kingdom .
tion the exact exchange rate appropriate to each indi­
vidual case ;
Whereas the final contribution cannot yet be esta­                        Done at Brussels, 28 July 1977 .
blished as this calculation still cannot be made ;
whereas the amount of expenditure eligible is at the
                                                                                                    For the Commission
most £ 1 024 167 lower than the amount stated by the
United Kingdom ; whereas the total reimbursement                                                     Finn GUNDELACH
will    therefore   amount        to    at  least  £   6 097 166-57
( 14 633 188-06 u.a.);                                                                                  Vice-President
(•) OJ    No L 141 , 28 .   5 . 1973 , p. 18 .
(2) OJ    No L 30 , 4. 2.    1975, p. 1 .
(3) OJ    No L 283, 19 .    10 . 1974, p. 5 .
(4) OJ    No L 8 , 11 . 1 .  1977, p. 17.