31976R0823

9 . 4. 76 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 94/21

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 823/76 of 7 April 1976 on detailed rules for supplementary aid to certain silkworm rearers

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN out is to be considered to be the date on which occurs COMMUNITIES, the event, as defined by Community rules or, in the absence of and pending adoption of such rules, by the rules of the Member State concerned, in which the Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European amount involved in the transaction becomes due and Economic Community, payable ; Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 708/76 of 25 March 1976 on the granting of supple­ Whereas the event in which the supplementary aid for mentary aid in the silkworm sector for the 1976/77 certain silkworm rearers becomes due and payable is marketing year (1), and in particular Article 5 thereof, when the silkworm cocoons are delivered to a recog­ nized group ; whereas the date of delivery is very close Whereas, under Article 3 (2) thereof, supplementary to the date on which the application for aid referred aid is granted solely for boxes that satisfy certain to in Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 845/72 is conditions ; whereas the same conditions should be submitted ; whereas this date is to be considered to be fixed as those fixed for the granting of the aid referred the date on which aid becomes due and payable ; to in Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 845/72 of 24 whereas, in order to ensure uniform operation of the April 1972 laying down special measures to encourage two systems of aids for silkworms, the conversion rate silkworm rearing (2) ; to be used to calculate the amount of the supplemen­ tary aid in national currency should be the rate appli­ cable on the date on which the application for aid is Whereas Article 4 of Regulation (EEC) No 708/76 states that Member States shall introduce administra­ submitted ; tion checks to ensure that the product in respect of which aid has been applied for satisfies the necessary Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation conditions for the granting thereof ; whereas applica­ are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­ tions for aid submitted must therefore include a ment Committee for Flax and Hemp, minimum of information necessary for this check ;

Whereas, for the same purpose, producer groups must keep accounts containing the necessary information HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : for checking the accuracy of the application for aid ;

Whereas uniform conditions for the payment of the Article 1 amount of the aid should be laid down ;

Whereas Article 4 (2) of Council Regulation (EEC) No The supplementary aid referred to in Article 1 of 1134/68 of 30 July 1968 laying down rules for the Regulation (EEC) No 708/76 shall be granted under the conditions laid down in the following Articles. implementation of Regulation (EEC) No 653/68 on conditions for alterations for the value of the unit of account used for the common agricultural policy (3), provides that for transactions carried out pursuant to Article 2 provisions on the common agricultural policy the sums owed by a Member State or a duly authorized The supplementary aid shall be granted only body, expressed in national currency and representing amounts fixed in units of account, are to be paid on — if the boxes satisfy the conditions referred to in the basis of the relationship between the unit of Article 2 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No account and the national currency which obtained at 1054/73 of 18 April 1973 on detailed rules for aid the time when the transaction or part transaction was in respect of silkworms (4), as amended by Regula­ carried out ; tion (EEC) No 683/74 (*), and, — the cocoons coming from these boxes have been Whereas Article 6 of Regulation (EEC) No 1134/68 delivered to the producer group during the period provides that the time when a transaction is carried in which it is recognized. (!) OJ No L 84, 31 . 3 . 1976, p. 3 . (2) OJ No L 100, 27. 4. 1972, p. 1 (4) OJ No L 105, 20 . 4. 1973, p. 4. 3) OJ No L 188 , 1 . 8 . 1968 , p. 1 . (5) OJ No L 83, 28 . 3 . 1974, p. 13.

No L 94/22 9 . 4 . 76 Official Journal of the European Communities

Article 3 referred to in Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 845/71 and of the other documents submitted by each 1 . Applications for supplementary aid shall be of the members referred to in the preceding para­ submitted not later than 30 November 1 976 by : graph in order to obtain such aid. — recognized groups, — or groups whose application for recognition is Article 5 pending in the Member States concerned. 1 . Producer groups shall keep accounts that specify 2. A producer group may submit only one applica­ at least : tion on behalf of all its members. — the quantity of cocoons received, with the name of 3. The Member State shall pay the amount of the the rearer supplying them and the date of receipt, aid to the producer group within the four months — the quantity of cocoons sold, with the name of the following the month in which the application was purchaser and the date of dispatch, where appli­ submitted, provided that the group has obtained recog­ cable, the quantity of cocoons in stock, nition . — where applicable, the quantity of cocoons processed indicating the quantity of products Article 4 processed, delivered or stocked . 1 . The application for supplementary aid shall 2. Member States shall cause producer groups to include at least : undergo an administrative check to ensure that entries in the relevant account agree with those in the applica­ — the name and address of the producer group, tion for supplementary aid. — the signature of authorized person or persons, — the names, forenames and addresses of the Article 6 members of the group on behalf of whom the aid is applied for, The event, within the meaning of Article 6 of Regula­ — the quantity of cocoons produced during the tion (EEC) No 1134/68, in which the supplementary 1976/77 marketing year and delivered to the aid for certain silkworm rearers becomes due and producer group and the date or dates on which payable shall be considered to have occurred on the they were delivered, date on which the application for aid is submitted. — where applicable, the authorization granted under the first indent of Article 1 (b) of Regulation (EEC) Article 7 No 707/76 (!). This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day 2. The application for supplementary aid must be following its publication in the Official Journal of accompanied by copies of the application for aid the European Communities.

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

Done at Brussels, 7 April 1976.

For the Commission

P.J. LARDINOIS Member of the Commission

(!) OJ No L 84, 31 . 3 . 1976, p. 1 .