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REGULATION (EEC) No 1192/74 OF THE COUNCIL of 13 May 1974 on aid for dehydrated fodder

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN authorized to take, for a limited period, measures dero­ COMMUNITIES, gating from those provided for in this Regulation,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community ; HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1067/74 (^ of 30 April 1974 on the common organiza­ Article 1 tion of the market for dehydrated fodder, and in parti­ cular Article 3 (4) and Article 4 (4) thereof ; The aid shall be granted only for dehydrated foddet from drying plants fulfilling the following conditions : Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ; (a) maximum moisture content of between 1 1 and Whereas criteria relative to the minimum quality of 14 % which may be varied according to the form dehydrated fodder entitled to aid, based essentially on of presentation of the product ; commercial usage, should be determined ; (b) minimum crude protein content in dry matter of between 14 and 16 % . \ Whereas drying plants should fulfil the necessary conditions to establish entitlement to aid ; whereas it However, additional conditions, in particular as is therefore , laid down that these plants should keep regards crude fibre and carotene content may be account including the details necessary for verification adopted in accordance with the procedure provided of entitlement to aid and should furnish any other for in Article 12 of Regulation (EEC) No 1067/74. necessary proof ;

Whereas, where there are no contracts between the Article 2 producers and the drying plants, other information should be furnished by the latter for the purpose of The aid shall be granted only to those drying plants verification of entitlement to aid ; which : (a) keep accounts which include at least details : Whereas the contracts should, on the one hand, promote regular supplies for the drying plants and, on — of the quantities of fodder to be dehydrated, or the other likewise permit the producers to benefit failing this, estimated on the basis of the areas, from the aid ; whereas, to this end, it should be laid down that the contracts include certain information — of the quantities of dehydrated fodder and in particular the price ; produced as well as of the amount and quality " of the dehydrated fodder leaving the drying Whereas the efficient management of the^ aid system plant ; requires verification to ensure that the aid is granted (b) supply, where appropriate, other documentary only for thoSe products which are entitled to it ; evidence required to verify entitlement to aid. Whereas, in view of the delay to the starting date of the 1974/75 marketing year, the implementation at Article 3 that date of the system provided for in this Regulation could meet with certain difficulties ; whereas, to over­ Without prejudice to Article 2, plants processing their come those problems, the Member States should be own production or that of their members shall submit each year, to the authority designated by the Member 0 ) OJ No L 120, 1 . 5. 1974, p. 2. State, by a date to be determined, a declaration of the

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areas the fodder harvest of which is destined for dehy­ — the conditions set out in the above Articles have dration . been complied with,

— the output from the plant of dehydrated fodder Article 4 meeting the minimum quality requirement corres­ 1 . The contracts referred to in Article 3 (2), third ponds to the quantity for which aid has been indent, of Regulation (EEC) No ,1067/74 shall cover : requested. (a) purchase by drying plants of fodder to be dehy­ 2. The weight of the dehydrated fodder shall be drated which has been produced in the course of determined and samples of the product taken as it one or more marketing years ; or leaves the drying plant. (b) supply of the above products to these plants with a view to the production of dehydrated fodder on behalf of farmers . Article 6

2 . The contracts shall state at least : 1 . If at the start of the 1974/75 marketing year the (a) the price agreed, taking into account the amount implementation of the system provided for in the of the aid : above Articles meets with serious difficulties, Member — in the case referred to in paragraph 1 (a), with States may, for the period from 15 May to 30 June the farmer concerned, 1 974, derogate from the measures provided for in Arti­ cles 2 to 5 of this Regulation, with the object of — in the case referred to in paragraph 1 (b), with ensuring that only those products that qualify for aid the drying plant concerned ; benefit from it . (b) the estimated quantities of fodder to be supplied, or the areas the harvest of which, destined for 2. When paragraph 1 is "applied, the Member States dehydration, is covered by the contract in ques­ in question shall forthwith inform the Commission of tion ; the measures taken by them . (c) conditions of supply and payment.

Article 7 Article 5 1 . The Member States shall set up' a supervisory This Regulation shall enter into force on 15 May system in order to verify, for each plant, whether : 1974.

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

Done at Brussels, 13 May 1974.

For the Council

The President J. ERTL