Member States, acting in accordance with the following provisions, shall abolish in respect of nationals and companies or firms of other Member States pursuing activities as self-employed persons in agriculture of establishing themselves for that purpose (hereinafter called 'beneficiaries') all restrictions on access to the various forms of aid.  1OJ No 2, 15.1.1962, p. 36/62. 2OJ No C 55, 5.6.1968, p. 16. 3OJ No 158, 18.7.1967, p. 7. 4OJ No 62, 20.4.1963, p. 1323/63. 5OJ No 62, 20.4.1963, p. 1326/63. 6OJ No L 93, 17.4.1968, p. 13. 1. For the purposes of this Directive, 'access to the various forms of aid' means the right of beneficiaries to obtain aids, whether financial or in kind, and in whatever form, on the same terms as those applicable to nationals of the State in which they are established and in particular subsidies, security for loans, subsidised rates of interest and tax exemptions, but excluding benefits under social security and social insurance schemes.2. For the purposes of this Directive, 'agricultural activities' means:  - activities falling within Annex V to the General Programme for the abolition of restrictions on freedom of establishment (ex Major Group 01, Agriculture, of the International Standard Industrial Classification of all Economic Activities) 1, and in particular:    (a) general agriculture including the growing of field crops and viticulture ; growing of fruits, nuts, seeds, vegetables, flowers, both in the open and under glass;(b) raising of livestock, poultry, rabbits, furbearing or other animals, bees ; and the production of meat, milk, wool, skins and fur, eggs, honey;- felling of timber, commercial exploitation of woodlands, and planting and re-planting of trees, where such operations are practised as ancillary activities and are compatible with a Member State s internal legislation and in particular with land utilisation plans. Member States shall abolish the following restrictions:    - those which in pursuance of provisions laid down by law, regulation or administrative action deny beneficiaries access to the various forms of aid or make such access subject to special conditions;- those existing by reason of administrative practices which result in treatment being applied to beneficiaries as regards access to the various forms of aid that is discriminatory by comparison with that applied to nationals.Member States shall, moreover, be responsible for seeing that discrimination against beneficiaries is avoided irrespective of the nature of the agency issuing the aids referred to in this Directive. No Member State shall grant to its nationals, with a view to or on the occasion of their establishment in another Member State, any direct or indirect aid including in particular any aid in the form of a loan, which would result in distortion of the conditions of establishment in the host country. Member States shall take the measures necessary to comply with this Directive within six months of its notification and shall forthwith inform the Commission thereof. This Directive is addressed to the Member States.
Output: Council Directive 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