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26.12.70 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 280 /63

REGULATION (EEC) No 2591 /70 OF THE COUNCIL of 17 December 1970 on granting aid from the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund, Guidance Section, for the year 1971

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES . Whereas provision should be made for a different finan­ cial contribution from the beneficiary in respect of pro­ Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European duction structures and marketing structures, Economic Community, and in particular Article 43 thereof: HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ; Article 1 The time limit fixed in the first sentence of Article 20 ( 1 ) Having regard to the Opinion of the European Parlia­ of Regulation No 17/64/EEC for the submission of ment 1 ; applications for aid from the Guidance Section of the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund Whereas, in accordance with the first sentence of Article shall be extended as follows in respect of applications for 20 ( 1) of Council Regulation No 17/64/EEC 2 of 5 Febru­ aid for the year 1971 ; each Member State must submit ary 1964 on the conditions for granting aid from the its projects for the year 1971 not later than 31 March European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund , 1971 . as last amended by Regulations (EEC) Nos 728/ 703 and Article 2 729/704, applications for aid from the Guidance Section of the Fund must be submitted to the Commission each The available resources of the Guidance Section of the year before 1 October; whereas it seems necessary to European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund extend the time limit fixed for the submission of applica­ amounting to 427*5 million units of account shall be tions for 1971 to 31 March 1971 to facilitate the work of allotted as follows : Member States in preparing the submission of those ap­ plications and to shorten , in the interest of applicants the 1 . One portion shall be allotted to the financing of the period between the submission of the application and the measures provided for in the following provisions : decision of the Commission : (a) Article 12 (3) of Council Regulation No 159/66/ EEC 5 of 25 Octpber 1966 laying down additional Whereas part of the available resources of the Guidance provisions for the common organization of the mar­ Section for 1971 must be retained to make it possible to ket in fruit and vegetables ; finance the special measures to be taken following the decisions which will be adopted on agricultural structure, (b) Article 12 (4) of Regulation No 159/66/EEC; after examination of the proposals from the Commission (c) Article 12(1) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1975/ to the Council on the reform of agriculture in the Com­ 69 6 of 6 October 1969 establishing a system of munity ; premiums for slaughtering cows and for withholding milk and milk products from the market; Whereas the maximum amount of aid which may be (d) Article 7(1 ) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2517/ granted from the Fund for projects concerned with pro­ 69 7 of 9 December 1969 laying down certain meas­ duction structure should be increased to 45% ; ures for improving Community fruit products ; Whereas, in view of present difficulties in the markets for (e) Article 5 (2) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2511/ certain agricultural products , aid in excess of 25% of the 69 8 of 9 December 1969 adopting special measures total amount of investments is justified only for certain for improving the production and marketing of projects; Community citrus fruit.

1 OJ No C 143 , 3.12.1970, p. 16. 5 OJ No 1 92, 27. 10. 1 966, p. 3286/66. 2 OJ No 34, 27.2.1964, p. 586/64. « OJ No L 252, 8.10.1969, p. 1 . 3 OJ No L 94, 28.4.1970, p. 9. 7 OJ No L 318, 18.12.1969, p. 15 . < OJ No L 94, 28.4.1970, p. 13 . 8 OJ No L 318, 18.12.1969, p. 1 .

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2. The remaining portion shall be allotted to the financ­ Article 4 ing of the special measures to be taken within the frame­ The following third indent shall be added to the first work of the provisions which will be adopted following subparagraph of Article 18 (l) of Regulation No 17/64/ the proposals of the Commission to the Council on the EEC : reform of agriculture in the Community . - however, for projects introduced for 1971 , the 3 . One portion amounting to 200 million units of acount financial contribution of the party benefiting from shall be allotted to the financing of products within the the improvement must be not less than : meaning of Article 13 of Regulation No 17/64/EEC. - 20% for projects concerning production struc­ tures , and Article 3 - 38% for projects concerning marketing struc­ By way of derogation from the first indent of Article 18 tures .' ( 1 ) of Regulation No 17/64/EEC , aid from the Guid­ ance Section of the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund may amount to 45% of the total amount of investments for certain projects submitted for Article 5 the year 1971 which fulfil the conditions of Article 11(1 ) (a) and (b) of that Regulation, without prejudice to the This Regulation shall inter into force on the. third day provisions of the third indent of Article 18 ( 1 ) of that following its publication in the Official Journal of the Regulation introduced by Article 4 of this Regulation . European Communities .

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

Done at Brussels , 17 December 1970 .

For the Council The President H. LEUSSINK