Commission Regulation (EC) No 860/94 of 18 April 1994 on plans and applications in the form of operational programmes for aid from the Guidance Section of the EAGGF for investments for improving the processing and marketing conditions for agricultural and forestry products

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 860/94 of 18 April 1994 on plans and applications in the form of operational programmes for aid from the Guidance section of the EAGGF for investments for improving the processing and marketing conditions for  agricultural and forestry products
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
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Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 866/90 of 29 March 1990 on improvong the processing and marketing conditions for agricultural products (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 3669/93 (2), and in particular Article 23 thereof,
Whereas Article 1 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 867/90 of 29 March 1990 on improving the processing and marketing conditioned for forestry products (3) extends the common measure introduced by Regulation (EEC) No 866/90 to cover the development or  rationalization of the marketing and processing of forestry products;
Whereas applications in the form of operational programmes for aid in respect of the common measure should contain all the information necessary to enable them to be examined, in accordance with the requirements of Regulations (EEC) No 866/90 and (EEC)  No 867/90 and Article 14 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 4253/88 of 19 December 1988 laying down provisions for implementing Regulation (EEC) No 2052/88 as regards coordination of the activities of the different Structural Funds between themselves and  with the operations of the European Investment Bank and the other existing financial instruments (4), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2082/93 (5);
Whereas if the Fund's contribution to the implementation of this measure is to be in the form of global grants submission of the aid application may be the subject of special rules;
Whereas in accordance with Article 10 (a) of Regulation (EEC) No 866/90 Member States may submit a single programming document containing all the information required in the plans and in the aid applications; whereas the information required in the  plans should be specified;
Whereas it is therefore necessary to replace Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1935/90 of 3 July 1990 on applications in the form of operational programmes for aid from the Guidance Section of the EAGGF for investments for improving the processing and  marketing conditions for agricultural and forestry products (6), which contains only provisions on aid applications;
Whereas, during the application of Regulation (EEC) No 866/90, in the past certain beneficiaries have shown little reliability or have committed grave irregularities leading to a suppression of aid; as a result it is advisable to foresee the exclusion  of such beneficiaries;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee on Agricultural Structures and Rural Development,