CELEX: 51976PC0629
Language: en
Date: 1976-11-26
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) on aid for durum wheat (submitted to the Council by the Commission)

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COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
                                         COM(76)629 final
                                         Brussels , 26 November 1976
                          Proposal for a
                      COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC )
                       on aid for durum wheat
              (submitted to the Council by the Commission)
                                       .
 COM(76 ) 629 final
 ---pagebreak---                         EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
Draft i        Council Regulation on Aid for durum wheat .
With the introduction of a new production aid regime for durum wheat (■by-
hectare rather than "by ton) for the 1976/77 marketing year , certain technical
problems arise regarding the application of the new regime .
Whilst on the one hand the double declaration at seeding and harvest could
prove onerous for national administration , on the other , checking such
declaration would be impracticable .
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Since , after harvesting , it is difficult to distinguish common wheat , checking
cannot be effectively carried out . On the other hand such control can be much
more effectively exercised during the growing period between March and harvest .
It thus seems timely to revise the declaration so as to make it simpler and
provide for the control to be based on areas on which the normal stages of
cultivation have been carried out .
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  TH3 COHNCXL OP TE3 ECPOPEAW COMMUNITIES ,
  Saving regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
  Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 of 29 October 1975 on
  the common organization of the market in cereals 1 , as last amended by
  Regulation (EEC) No 1143/76 2\ and in particular Article 10(4) thereof,
  Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ,
  Whereas Article 10 of Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 provides that aid shall be
  granted for the production of durum whaat in the Communityi whereas , to
  promote a general improvement in quality arid to guarantee that the durum
   wheat harvested is suitable , in particular , for the manufacture of pasta
   products , it should be stipulated that the qualitative and technical
   characteristics which durum wheat must have in order to be eligible for
   aid must be determined in accordance with these objectives ;
   Whereas , pursuant to Article 10(2) of Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 , aid is
   granted by the Member States per hectare sown and harvested; whereas it is
    reasonable to assume for this purpose that all areas sown to durum wheat
' and for which the normal stages of cultivation have been carried out will be
   harvested .
   Whereas the proper working of the aid system requires supervision on the part
    of the Member States in order to ensure that aid is granted only for the areas
    concerned and for eligible products? whereas such control can only be effectively
    exercised during the growing season} whereas , to this end , provision should
    be made for the introduction , by each Member State concerned , of a system of
    declarations relating to such areas ;         !
    HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION i
                                             Article 1
     1.    Member States - shall grant the aid referred to in Article , 10 of Regulation
            (EEC) No 2727/75 for the production of durum wheat on their territory
            under the conditions set out in the following Articles .
     2.     An area of durum wheat shall be regarded as sown and harvested for purposes
             of Article 10 of Regulation ( EEC ) Mo 2777/ 75 when it has undergone the
             normal stages of cultivation necessary for the production of common
             wheat and is in the course of growth .
     1 ) OJ No L 281 , 1.11.1975 » p * ' 1 »
     2 ) OJ No L 130 , 19 . 5.1976 , s . 1 .
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For the purposes of this Regulation , 1 durum wheat " means wheat of the
Triticum dumm speoies and the hybrids derived from the interspecific
crossing of Triticum durum which have the same number of chromosomes as
that species .
                                      Article 3
The qualitative and teohnical characteristics which durum wheat must have
•in order to be eligible for aid must guarantee that the product is suitable
for use by the durum meal industry and for the manufacture of pasta products
and that the products therefrom satisfy certain requirements as regards sui­
tability fori human consumption .
                                    • Article 4
1«       Member States shall introduce a system of administrative supervision
         to endure that a product for which aid is required meets the requirements
         for granting such aid .
 2a      For the purposes of such supervision ^ Member States shall introduce
         a system of declarations relating to the areas cultivated and the seed
         varieties used . Such a declaration shall be equivalent to an application
         for aid .
                                       Article 5
 Member States shall oarry out random on-the - spot checks to ascertain the        *
 accuracy of declarations as referred to in Article 4 ( 2 ).
                                       Article 6
 The amount of aid *to "be paid shall "be calculated on the "basis of the area
  cultivated .           .     *                             i
                                       Article 7
                    «
  Producer Member States shall inform the Commission of the measures taken
  pursuant to this Regulation and provide it with information relating , in
  particular , to the areas for which aid has been granted .
                                       Article 8
  Council Regulation (EEC) No 1147/76 of 17 May 1976 on aid for durum wheat 3)
   3 ) OJ No L 130 , 19 . 5-1976 , p. 11 .
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is hereby repealed . However , it shall remain applicable to durum wheat
qualifying for aid in respect of the marketing year 1976/ 77 .
                          Article 9
This Regulation shall enter into force onte third day following its
publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities .
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all
Member States .
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Done at Brussels .                              For the Commission
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