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REGULATION (EEC) No 429/74 OF THE COUNCIL of 18 February 1974 extending for the years 1972, 1973 and 1974 certain time limits for granting aid from the Guidance Section of the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN Whereas it would not be possible to take those deci COMMUNITIES, sions within the time limit laid down ; whereas the time limit for those decisions must therefore be extended ; Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 43 Whereas Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 2140/72 thereof ; provides that the time limit for the submission of applications for aid for 1973 be extended to 30 June 1973 ; whereas, in view of the measures to be taken by Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ; the Commission, it will be possible to reduce the period required for the examination of the applica tion, which began on 1 November 1973, to approxi Having regard to the Opinion of the European Parlia mately eight months ; whereas it is consequently ment P ) ; possible to limit the extension of the period within which the Commission must decide on the merits of the applications to nine months ; Whereas, under the first subparagraph of Article 20 ( 1 ) of Council Regulation No 17/64/EEC (2) of 5 Whereas the applications for aid for 1974 cannot be February 1 964 on the conditions for granting aid from examined until after that date ; whereas, consequently, the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee it is also necessary to extend the time limit fixed for Fund, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No the submission of these applications, 847/72 (3), applications for aid from the Guidance Section of the Fund must be submitted to the Commission each year before 1 October, the Commis sion being required to decide on the merits of such applications before 31 December of the following HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : year ;
Article 1 Whereas Article 1 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2140/72 (4) of 3 October 1972, extending for the years 1971 , 1972 and 1973 certain time limits for granting The time limit within which the Commission must, aid from the Guidance Section of the European Agri under the second sentence of the first subparagraph of cultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund provided that Article 20(1 ) of Regulation No 17/64/EEC, take a the time limit within which the Commission must decision on applications for aid from the Guidance decide on the merits of applications for aid for 1972 Section of the European Agricultural Guidance and submitted to it within the time limit fixed in Article 1 Guarantee Fund submitted to it within the time limit of Council Regulation (EEC) No 847/72 should be fixed in Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 847/72 for extended to 30 September 1973 ; 1972 and within the time limit fixed in Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 2140/72 for 1973 shall be 1 OJ No C 108 , 10 . 12. 1973 , p. 24. extended to 31 October 1973 for projects submitted (2) OJ No 34, 27. 2. 1964, p. 586/64. (3) OJ No L 100, 27. 4 . 1972, p. 4. for 1972 and to 31 July 1974 for projects submitted 4) OJ No L 229, 7. 10 . 1972, p . 4. for 1973 .
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Article 2 each Member State must submit its projects for 1974 not later than 30 June 1974. The time limit fixed in the first sentence of the first subparagraph of Article 20 ( 1 ) of Regulation No Article 3 17/64/EEC for the submission of applications for aid from the Guidance Section of the European Agricul This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day tural Guidance and Guarantee Fund shall be extended following its publication in the Official Journal of as follows in respect of applications for aid for 1974 : the European Communities.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States .
Done at Brussels, 18 February 1974. For the Council The President J. ERTL