31973R1719

No L 175/30 29 . 6 . 73 Official Journal of the European Communities

REGULATION ( EEC) No 1719/ 73 OF THE COMMISSION

of 28 June 1973

providing for a supplementary period for the payment of aid to seed growers for the 1972 harvesting year

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN the time limit because the system of aid introduced by COMMUNITIES , Regulation (EEC) No 2358 /71 obliges the seed esta­ blishments or the growers to adapt their activities to Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European the new time limit within a short period ; whereas it is Economic Community ; therefore useful to extend the said closing date for two weeks ; Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2358 /71 ( ! ) of 26 October 1971 on the common organ­ Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation ization of the market in seeds, as amended by Regula­ are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­ tion (EEC) No 597/73 (2 ) of 26 February 1973 , and in ment Committee for Seeds ; particular Article 3 (5) thereof ;

Whereas Article 3 (2) of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1 686/72 (3) of 2 August 1972 on certain HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : detailed rules for aid for seeds provides that a Member State shall pay the amount of aid to the grower within Article 1 the two months following the lodging of the applica­ tion and at the latest on 30 June of the year following The Member States shall be authorized, by way of the harvest ; whereas this time limit has been fixed derogation from Article 3 (2) of Regulation ( EEC) No after taking account of the fact that the seed establish­ 1686/72, to pay the amount of aid for seeds of the ment or breeder requires a period in which to treat, 1972 harvest not later than 16 July 1973 . pack and have certified the seeds supplied by the grower ; Article 2 Whereas during the first application certain diffi­ culties have appeared in relation to the observance of This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 July 1973 .

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

Done at Brussels, 28 June 1973 .

For the Commission

The President

François-Xavier ORTOLI

(') OJ No L 246, 5 . 11 . 1971 , p . 1 . ( 2 ) OJ No L 57, 2 . 3 . 1973 , p . 3 . (3 ) OJ No L 177, 4 . 8 . 1972, p . 26 .