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28 . 7 . 73 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 207 / 1

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REGULATION ( EEC) No 2030 /73 OF THE COUNCIL of 24 July 1973 on aid from the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund, Guarantee Section , for the 1 967/68 to 1970 accounting periods

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN excluded from Community financing ; whereas, for COMMUNITIES , this purpose, it is necessary to include it in a later accounting period or year, provided that application of this provision does not conflict with the provisions of Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Article 3 (3) (c), first indent, of the Council Decision Economic Community, and in particular Articles 43 of 21 April 1970 (3) on the replacement of financial and 209 thereof ; contributions from Member States by the Communi­ ties' own resources ; Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ; Whereas allowance should also be made, during a Having regard to the Opinion of the European Parlia­ subsequent period, for amounts relating to irregulari­ ment ; ties or negligence in respect of which recovery proce­ dures are still taking place when the accounts of a given period are closed ; Whereas the Commission has not been able to adopt the necessary provisions in sufficient time for the Member States to prepare their applications for reim­ bursement from the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund, Guarantee Section , for the 1967/ 68 to 1970 accounting periods ; whereas, as a HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : result, the Member States have been unable to submit their applications within the time limits laid down by Article 9 (2) (c), 2a (b) and 2b (c) of Council Regula­ tion No 17/ 64/ EEC (') of 5 February 1964 on the Article 1 conditions for granting aid from the European Agricul­ tural Guidance and Guarantee Fund , as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 847/72 (2) ; whereas , The dates which the Commission must, in accordance consequently, no decision on aid has been taken by with Article 10 (4) (b), 5 (b), 5a (b) and 5b (b) of Regula­ the Commission on the dates set by Article 10 (4) (b), tion No 17/64/ EEC, decide on the granting of aid 5 (b), 5a (b) and 5b (b) of that Regulation, and whereas under the European Agricultural Guidance and the dates for submission of applications for aid and Guarantee Fund, Guarantee Section , for the decisions to grant aid should be deferred ; accounting periods 1967/ 68 , 1968 /69, second half of 1969 and the year 1970 respectively, shall be replaced Whereas arrangements should be made to set a final by the final date of 31 December 1974 . time limit of 31 December 1974 for the ending of these periods, and whereas appropriate procedures The Decisions will be phased in accordance with a should be adopted to this end ; timetable to be laid down by the procedure set out in Article 13 of Council Regulation No 729 / 70 of 21 Whereas the eligible expenditure which remains April 1970 (4 ) on the financing of the common agricul­ unpaid when the accounts are closed should not be tural policy .

(■) OJ No 34, 27. 2. 1964, p . 586/ 64. (3 ) OJ No L 94, 28 . 4. 1970 , p . 19 . 2 ) OJ No L 100 , 27 . 4. 1972, p . 4. (4 ) OJ No L 94, 28 . 4 . 197.0 , p . 13 .

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Article 2 accounts of expenditure for a subsequent accounting period. The time limits provided for in Article 9 (2) (c), 2a (b) and 2b (c) of Regulation No 17/64/EEC for the 2. By way of derogation from Article 2 ( 1 ), second submission of applications for reimbursement of indent, and from Article 8 ( 1 ) of Council Regulation expenditure chargeable to the Guarantee Section of (EEC) No 728 /70 (2 ) of 21 April 1970 on additional the Fund for the accounting periods 1967/68 and provisions for the financing of the common agricul­ 1968 /69 , second half of 1969 and the year 1970 respec­ tural policy, the expenditure chargeable to the tively, shall be replaced by those set in accordance accounting periods of the second half of 1969 and the with a timetable to be laid down by the procedure set year 1970 respectively, which remain unpaid when the out in Article 13 of Regulation (EEC) No 729/70. accounts for these periods are closed, shall be carried forward to a later accounting period or year, and shall Article 3 be included in the expenditure for that period or year. The decision on the granting of aid taken by the 1 . By way of derogation from Article 9 ( 1 ) of Regu­ Commission in respect of the year 1970 shall clearly lation No 17/ 64/ EEC, the refundable portion of the show the amounts carried forward from previous expenditure chargeable to the 1966/ 67 accounting periods which are included therein . period not taken into consideration when the accounts for this period are closed, shall be subject to 3 . Where, in cases of irregularity or negligence, a specific settlement of accounts between Member amounts reimbursed by the Fund for the 1967/ 68 to States according to the scale specified in Article 3 of 1970 accounting periods have to be repaid to the Council Regulation No 130/ 66/EEC (') of 26 July Community by a Member State, the amounts repaid 1966 on the financing of the common agricultural shall be included in the first accounting period or year policy and the result thereof shall be included in the not yet ended at the time of repayment.

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

Done at Brussels, 24 July 1973 . For the Council The President

I. NØRGAARD

(') OJ No 1 65 , 21 . 9 . 1966, p . 2965 / 66 . (2 ) OJ No L 94, 28 . 4 . 1970 , p . 9 .