CELEX: 31973R2030
Language: en
Date: 1973-07-24 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 2030/73 of the Council of 24 July 1973 on aid from the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund, Guarantee Section, for the 1967/68 to 1970 accounting periods

28 . 7 . 73                             Official Journal of the European Communities                                  No L 207/ 1
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                                              (Acts whose publication is obligatory)
                               REGULATION (EEC) No 2030/73 OF THE COUNCIL
                                                        of 24 July 1973
               on aid from the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund,
                           Guarantee Section , for the 1 967/68 to 1970 accounting periods
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN                                         excluded from Community financing ; whereas, for
COMMUNITIES,                                                        this purpose, it is necessary to include it in a later
                                                                    accounting period or year, provided that application of
                                                                    this provision does not conflict with the provisions of
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European               Article 3 (3) (c), first indent, of the Council Decision
Economic Community, and in particular Articles 43                   of 21 April 1970 (3) on the replacement of financial
and 209 thereof ;                                                   contributions from Member States by the Communi­
                                                                    ties' own resources ;
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ;
                                                                    Whereas allowance should also be made, during a
Having regard to the Opinion of the European Parlia­                subsequent period, for amounts relating to irregulari­
ment ;                                                              ties or negligence in respect of which recovery proce­
                                                                    dures are still taking place when the accounts of a
                                                                    given period are closed ;
Whereas the Commission has not been able to adopt
the necessary provisions in sufficient time for the
Member States to prepare their applications for reim­
bursement from the European Agricultural Guidance
and Guarantee Fund, Guarantee Section, for the
 1967/ 68 to 1970 accounting periods ; whereas, as a                HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
result, the Member States have been unable to submit
their applications within the time limits laid down by
Article 9 (2) (c), 2a (b) and 2b (c) of Council Regula­
tion No 17/64/ EEC (') of 5 February 1964 on the
                                                                                              Article 1
conditions for granting aid from the European Agricul­
tural Guidance and Guarantee Fund , as last amended
by Regulation (EEC) No 847/72 (2) ; whereas,
                                                                    The dates which the Commission must, in accordance
consequently, no decision on aid has been taken by
the Commission on the dates set by Article 10 (4) (b),              with Article 10 (4) (b), 5 (b), 5a (b) and 5b (b) of Regula­
 5 (b), 5a (b) and 5b (b) of that Regulation, and whereas           tion No 17/64/ EEC, decide on the granting of aid
 the dates for submission of applications for aid and               under the European Agricultural Guidance and
                                                                    Guarantee      Fund,      Guarantee        Section , for  the
decisions to grant aid should be deferred ;
                                                                    accounting periods 1967/ 68 , 1968 /69, second half of
                                                                     1969 and the year 1970 respectively, shall be replaced
Whereas arrangements should be made to set a final                  by the final date of 31 December 1974.
 time limit of 31 December 1974 for the ending of
 these periods, and whereas appropriate procedures
should be adopted to this end ;                                     The Decisions will be phased in accordance with a
                                                                     timetable to be laid down by the procedure set out in
                                                                    Article 13 of Council Regulation No 729 / 70 of 21
Whereas the eligible expenditure which remains                      April 1970 (4) on the financing of the common agricul­
 unpaid when the accounts are closed should not be                   tural policy.
(■) OJ No 34, 27. 2. 1964, p . 586/ 64.                             (3 ) OJ No L 94, 28 . 4. 1970 , p . 19 .
  2 ) OJ No L 100 , 27 . 4. 1972, p . 4.                            (4 ) OJ No L 94, 28 . 4 . 197.0 , p . 13 .
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                            Article 2                              accounts of expenditure for a subsequent accounting
                                                                   period.
The time limits provided for in Article 9 (2) (c), 2a (b)
and 2b (c) of Regulation No 17/64/EEC for the                      2.      By way of derogation from Article 2 ( 1 ), second
submission of applications for reimbursement of                    indent, and from Article 8 ( 1 ) of Council Regulation
expenditure chargeable to the Guarantee Section of                 (EEC) No 728 /70 (2) of 21 April 1970 on additional
the Fund for the accounting periods 1967/68 and                    provisions for the financing of the common agricul­
1968 /69 , second half of 1969 and the year 1970 respec­           tural policy, the expenditure chargeable to the
tively, shall be replaced by those set in accordance               accounting periods of the second half of 1969 and the
with a timetable to be laid down by the procedure set              year 1970 respectively, which remain unpaid when the
out in Article 13 of Regulation (EEC) No 729/70.                   accounts for these periods are closed, shall be carried
                                                                   forward to a later accounting period or year, and shall
                            Article 3                              be included in the expenditure for that period or year.
 1 . By way of derogation from Article 9 ( 1 ) of Regu­            The decision on the granting of aid taken by the
lation No 17/64/EEC, the refundable portion of the                 Commission in respect of the year 1970 shall clearly
                                                                   show the amounts carried forward from previous
expenditure chargeable to the 1966/67 accounting
period not taken into consideration when the                       periods which are included therein .
accounts for this period are closed, shall be subject to           3 . Where, in cases of irregularity or negligence,
a specific settlement of accounts between Member                   amounts reimbursed by the Fund for the 1967/68 to
States according to the scale specified in Article 3 of             1970 accounting periods have to be repaid to the
Council Regulation No 130/66/EEC (') of 26 July                    Community by a Member State, the amounts repaid
 1966 on the financing of the common agricultural                  shall be included in the first accounting period or year
policy and the result thereof shall be included in the             not yet ended at the time of repayment.
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States .
               Done at Brussels, 24 July 1973 .
                                                                                For the Council
                                                                                  The President
                                                                                 I. NØRGAARD
 (') OJ No 1 65 , 21 . 9 . 1966, p . 2965 / 66 .                    (2 ) OJ No L 94, 28 . 4 . 1970 , p . 9 .