CELEX: 31972R2140
Language: en
Date: 1972-10-03 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 2140/72 of the Council of 3 October 1972 extending for the years 1971, 1972 and 1973 certain time limits for granting aid from the Guidance Section of the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund

Official Journal of the European Communities                                  1021
No L 229/4                          Official Journal of the European Communities                               7.10.72
                               REGULATION (EEC) No 2140/72 OF THE COUNCIL
                                                  of 3 October 1972
              extending for the years 1971, 1972 and 1973 certain time limits for granting aid from
                the Guidance Section of the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                       end of December 1971 ; whereas the examination of
                                                               projects for the year 1971 therefore began only after
                                                               that date; whereas the time limit within which the
                                                               Commission must decide on the merits of such
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community, and in particular Article 43               projects must therefore be extended.
thereof;
                                                               Whereas projects for 1972 may only be examined
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ;            after expiry of that time limit; whereas the time
                                                               limit within which the Commission must decide on
                                                               the merits of these projects should also therefore be
Having regard to the Opinion of the European                   extended ; whereas, however, the delays that have
Parliament1 ;                                                  occurred must be progressively made good ;
Whereas, under Article 20 ( 1 ) of Council Regulation          Whereas, consequently, it seems necessary to extend
No 17/64/EEC,2 of 5 February 1964 on the conditions            the time limit for the submission of applications for
for granting aid from the European Agricultural                the year 1973 also ; whereas this is all the more
Guidance and Guarantee Fund, as last amended by                necessary in view of the enlargement of the Com­
Regulation (EEC) No 2591/70,3 applications for aid             munities, to make it easier for new Member States
from the Guidance Section of the Fund must be
                                                               to submit applications ;
submitted to the Commission each year before
1 October, the Commission being required to decide
on the merits of such applications before 31 December
of the following year; whereas Article 1 of Council            HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Regulation (EEC) No 2591 /70 of 17 December 1970
on granting aid from the Guidance Section of the
European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee                                          Article 1
Fund for the year 1971 provided for the extension
of the time limit for the submission of applications
for the year 1971 to 31 March 1971 ; whereas                   The time limit within which the Commission must,
Article 1 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 847/724               under the second sentence of Article 20 ( 1 ) of
of 24 April 1972 on granting aid from the Guidance             Regulation No 17/64/EEC, take a decision on
Section of the European Agricultural Guidance and              applications for aid from the Guidance Section of
Guarantee Fund for the year 1972 provided for the              the Fund submitted to it within the time limit fixed
extension of that time limit for the year 1972 to              in Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 2591 /70 for the
30 June 1972;                                                  year 1971 and within the time limit fixed in Article 1
                                                               of Regulation (EEC) No 847/72 for the year 1972
Whereas it was not possible to take decisions on               shall be extended to 31 December 1972 for projects
applications submitted for the year 1970 before the            submitted for the year 1971 and to 30 September
                                                               1973 for projects submitted for the year 1972.
                                                                                       Article 2
1 OJ  No C 82, 26.7.1972, p . 51 .
2 OJ  No 34, 27.2.1964, p. 586/64.
3 OJ  No L 280, 26.12.1970, p. 63 .                            The time limit fixed in the first sentence of Article 20
4 OJ  No L 100, 27.4. 1972, p . 4.                             ( 1 ) of Regulation No 17/64/EEC for the submission
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of applications for aid from the Guidance Section of                                 Article 3
the Fund shall be extended as follows in respect of
applications for aid for the year 1973 : each Member         This Regulation shall enter into force on the third
State must submit its projects for the year 1973 not         day following its publication in the Official journal
later than 30 June 1973 .                                    of the European Communities.
             This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
             States .
             Done at Luxembourg, 3 October 1972.
                                                                                 For the Council
                                                                                  The President
                                                                                  P. LARDINOIS