31972R1688

835 Official Journal of the European Communities

No L 177/28 Official Journal of the European Communities 4.8.72

REGULATION (EEC) No 1688/72 OF THE COMMISSION of 2 August 1972

on transitional measures applicable to the Kingdom of the Netherlands for granting production aid for seed

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COM­ the former national system to the Community system, MUNITIES, the Netherlands should be free to decide that, within certain limits, the breeder or the seed establishment Having regard to the Treaty establishing the may receive the aid in place of the grower; European Economic Community ; Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2358 /71 1 of 26 October 1971 on the common are in accordance with the Opinion of the Management Committee for Seeds ; organization of the market in seeds, and in particular Article 16 thereof; HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Whereas, for the 1972/73 marketing year, aid for seed was not fixed until 2 August 1972 by Council Article 1 Regulation (EEC) No 1675/722 of 2 August 1972; whereas the contracts under which the seed benefiting from this aid was produced were generally For the 1972/73 marketing year, the Kingdom of the concluded before the publication of Regulation Netherlands may, by way of derogation from the (EEC) No 2358/71 in the Official Journal of the provisions adopted in application of Article 3 of European Communities; whereas the granting of all Regulation (EEC) No 2358/71 , decide that, for an the aid to the grower alone, as provided for in the amount not exceeding 20% of the aid, the breeder or second subparagraph of Article 4 of Council the seed establishment may receive the aid in place of the grower. Regulation (EEC) No 1674/723 of 2 August 1972 laying down general rules for granting and financing aid for seed, would, in the Netherlands, have the Article 2 effect of upsetting the balance of these contracts in certain cases to the detriment of the breeder or the This Regulation shall enter into force on the day seed establishment; whereas, in order to remedy this following its publication in the Official Journal of the problem, which is largely due to the changeover from European Communities.

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

Done at Brussels, 2 August 1972. For the Commission

The President

S. L. MANSHOLT

1 OJ No L 246, 5.11.1971, p. 1 . 2 OJ No L 177, 2.8.1972, p. 3 . 3 OJ No L 177, 2.8.1972, p. 1 .