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1 . 11 . 75 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 281 /55

REGULATION (EEC) No 2741 /75 OF THE COUNCIL of 29 October 1975 on aid for durum wheat

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Article 2

The aid shall be paid to producers on application. Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Applications must be accompanied by the necessary Economic Community ; supporting documents. Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2727/ Each Member State shall take the necessary steps to 75 (1 ) of 29 October 1975 on the common verify the claims on which applications are based organization of the market in cereals, and in and to prevent fraud. particular Article 10 thereof; Article 3 Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ; Whereas it is for the Council to define the rules The producer Member States shall inform the according to which the aid provided for in Article Commission of the measures taken pursuant to this 10 of Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 is to be granted Regulation and, at the end of each half-year, of the to producers of durum wheat; whereas the quantities of durum wheat in respect of which aid administration of this aid should be entrusted to the has been granted. producer Member States since they are best able to assume responsibility for the payment and supervision Article 4 of the aids , Detailed rules for the application of this Regulation shall be adopted if necessary in accordance with the HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : procedure laid down in Article 26 of Regulation ( EEC ) No 2727/75 .

Article 1 Article 5 1 . Member States shall grant the aid for durum 1 . Council Regulation No 135/67/EEC (2) of 13 June wheat provided for in Article 10 of Regulation (EEC) 1967 on aid for durum wheat, is hereby repealed. No 2727/75 only in respect of durum wheat harvested on their territory which has the minimum 2. References to the Regulation repealed by quality characteristics required for intervention. paragraph 1 shall be construed as references to this Regulation. 2. For the purposes of this Regulation, durum wheat means wheat of the Triticum durum species and the A table is provided in the Annex for the purpose of correlating citations of and references to the Articles hybrids derived from the interspecific crossing of Triticum durum with the same number of of that Regulation with those of this Regulation. chromosomes as that species . Article 6 Durum wheat thus defined must be of a colour ranging from amber-yellow to brown and show a This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 November translucent horn-like vitreous fracture. 1975 .

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States . Done at Luxembourg, 29 October 1975 . For the Council The President G. MARCORA

(*) See page 1 of this Official Journal. (2) OJ No 122, 22. 6. 1967, p. 2393/67.

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Correlation

Regulation No 135/67/EEC This Regulation

Article 2 Article 1 Article 3 Article 2 Article 4 Article 3 Article 5 Article 4