Council Directive 68/415/EEC of 20 December 1968 concerning freedom of access to the various forms of aid for farmers who are nationals of one Member State and established in another Member State

COUNCIL DIRECTIVE  of 20 December 1968  concerning freedom of access to the various forms of aid for farmers who are nationals of one Member State and established in another Member State  (68/415/EEC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
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Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 54 (2) and (3) thereof;
Having regard to the General Programme for the abolition of restrictions on freedom of establishment 1, and in particular Title IV F 5 thereof;
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission;
Having regard to the Opinion of the European Parliament 2;
Having regard to the Opinion of the Economic and Social Committee 3;
Whereas the General Programme for the abolition of restrictions on freedom of establishment includes a special time-table for the attainment of such freedom in agriculture, which takes into account the particular nature of agricultural activities ; whereas the fifth series of measures provided for in that time-table entails that, at the beginning of the third stage, each Member State will ensure that farmers who are nationals of other Member States have access to the various forms of aid on the same terms as its own nationals;
Whereas the provisions of the General Programme cover all kinds of aid, in whatever form given, granted to a farmer established in the host country for himself, the assets which he exploits, the means he uses or the goods he produces ; whereas, however, benefits under social security and social insurance schemes, which, in accordance with the time-table laid down in the General Programme, will be governed by rules adopted at the end of the transitional period, should be excluded from the scope of this Directive;
Whereas beneficiaries under the Council Directive of 2 April 1963 laying down detailed provisions for the attainment of freedom of establishment in agriculture in the territory of a Member State in respect of nationals of other countries of the Community who have been employed as paid agricultural workers in that Member State for a continuous period of two years 4 and beneficiaries under the Council Directive of 2 April 1963 laying down detailed provisions for the attainment of freedom of establishment on agricultural holdings abandoned or left uncultivated for more than two years 5 already enjoy the same treatment as nationals of the Member State concerned with regard to access to the various forms of aid;
Whereas the right of beneficiaries to obtain repayable loans, including any loans at subsidised rates of interest, is already recognised under the Council Directive of 5 April 1968 concerning freedom of access to the various forms of credit for farmers who are nationals of one Member State and established in another Member State 6;