31969R0645

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4.4.69 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 83/ 19

REGULATION (EEC) No 645/69 OF THE COMMISSION of 3 April 1969 on requests by Member States for reimbursement in respect of surveys of the pig population

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN should therefore be made for the first payment not COMMUNITIES, to exceed one third qf the amount available for each year; Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro­ pean. Economic Community; Whereas the measures provided for in this Regula­ tion are in accordance with the Opinion of the Fund Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No Committee, 350/681 of 27 March 1968 on financial contributions by the Community for expenses incurred in respect of surveys of the pig population carried out by Mem­ HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : ber States, and in particular Article 2 (3) thereof;

Whereas in accordance with the provisions of Ar­ Article 1 ticle 4 (3) and (4) of the Council Directive of 27 March 19682 concerning surveys of pig production For the reimbursement of expenses incurred in re­ to be made by Member States, the latter are to com­ spect of surveys carried out to record the develop­ municate the results of these surveys and conversions ment of their pig population, Member States shall forward to the Commission' a document in which it to the Commission as soon as possible and to sup­ is certified that : ply, in the form of an estimate,' information relating to any surveys of the kind referred to in Article 3 (a) the results of the surveys and conversions have (2) of that Directive; been communicated to the Commission in ac­ cordance with the provisions of Articles 1 to 5 Whereas, in accordance with Articles 6 and 7 of that of the Directive; Directive, Member States are to forward within cer­ (b) the statistics provided for in Article 6 and, tain time limits monthly statistics of pig slaughter­ where appropriate, the estimates provided for ings and estimates of future slaughterings; whereas in Article 7 of the Directive have been for­ such information is essential to the achievement of the aims of the Directive and to the , studies which warded to the Commission as required. are necessary for that purpose;

Article 2 Whereas the surveys are to be carried out every four 1 . Requests for reimbursement forwarded by. Mem­ months or at shorter intervals when the procedure ber States to the Commission before 1 April must in force in a Member State so provides; whereas a cover at least one survey per Member State; the survey must however be carried, out at the beginning amount to be reimbursed by the Commission may of December of each year; not however exceed one third of the fixed amount laid down for each Member State for each year. Whereas the fixed amounts laid down for the reim­ bursement of expenses incurred by Member States 2 . Requests for reimbursement forwarded by Mem­ ber States before 1 October shall cover at least two are payable twice a year and whereas provision surveys per Member State. . . . -

1 OJ No L 76 , 28.3.1968, p . 4. 3. Requests for reimbursement shall be forwarded 2 OT No L 76, 28.3.1968, p . 13 . in triplicate.

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This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 3 April 1969 .

For the Commission The President Jean REY