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31 . 3 . 76 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 84/3
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 708 /76 of 25 March 1976 on the granting of supplementary aid in the silkworm sector for the 1976/77 marketing year
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN shall grant supplementary aid for the silkworms reared COMMUNITIES, on its territory. Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European 2. The aid shall only be granted : Economic Community, and in particular Article 43 thereof, (a) for boxes containing at least 20 000 silkworm eggs suitable for hatching and which have produced a Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, minimum number of cocoons which satisfy condi Having regard to the opinion of the European Parlia tions to be laid down, and ment ('), (b) if the rearer, having successfully reared the silk Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and worms, delivers to his group all or some of the Social Committee (2), cocoons produced . Whereas in recent months imports of silk from non Where the producer has delivered to his group a member countries at low prices have had unfavourable part only of the cocoons produced, the aid shall be effects on the sales of the products of silkworm calculated on a pro rata basis. rearing in the Community ; whereas these difficulties have been aggravated by an inadequate supply organi 3 . The Member States shall be authorized to grant zation on the Community market ; supplementary aid only to those rearers who have been supplied with boxes of eggs by an approved Whereas, to stabilize this market, a better organization body. of supplies should be encouraged by granting, during the 1976/77 marketing year, supplementary aid to rearers who are members of a silkworm producer Article 4 group recognized in accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 707/76 (3) ; whereas, to that end, the amount The producer Member States shall introduce adminis of such aid should be related to the volume of produc trative checks to ensure that the product in respect of tion marketed by the groups in question ; which aid has been applied for satisfies the necessary conditions . Whereas expenditure incurred by the Member States as a result of the obligations arising from the imple mentation of this Regulation should be financed by Article 5 the Community in accordance with the provisions relating to the financing of the common agricultural Detailed rules for the application of this Regulation policy, shall be adopted in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 12 of Council Regulation (EEC) HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : No 1308/70 of 29 June 1970 on the common organi zation of the market in flax and hemp (4), as amended Article 1 by the Act concerning the conditions of accession and the adjustments to the Treaties (5). For the 1976/77 marketing year, supplementary aid shall be granted to silkworm rearers who are members of a Community silkworm producer group which is Article 6 recognized in accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 707/76 . The supplementary aid referred to in Article 1 shall be considered, for the purposes of the financing of the Article 2 common agricultural policy, as part of the interven The amount of the aid shall be 15 units of account for tion measures designed to stabilize agricultural markets . each box of silkworm eggs used.
Article 3 Article 7 1 . On application by each producer group on behalf of all its members, each producer Member State This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 April 1976 . (0 OJ No C 53, 8 . 3 . 1976, p. 24. (2) OJ No C 50, 4. 3 . 1976, p. 19 . (4) OJ No L 146, 4. 7. 1970, p. 1 . (3) See page 1 of this Official Journal. (5 OJ No L 73, 27. 3 . 1972, p. 14.
No L 84/4 Official Journal of the European Communities 31 . 3 . 76
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States .
Done at Brussels, 25 March 1976. For the Council
The President M. MART