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19 . 5 . 76 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 130 / 11

COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC) No 1147 / 76 of 17 May 1976 on aid for durum wheat

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN Article 3 COMMUNITIES, The qualitative and technical characteristics which Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European durum wheat must have in order to be eligible for aid Economic Community, must guarantee that the product is suitable for use by the durum meal industry and for the manufacture of Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No pasta products and that the products processed there­ 2727/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organiza­ from satisfy certain requirements as regards suitability tion of the market in cereals ('), as last amended by for human consumption . Regulation (EEC) No 1 143 / 76 (2), and in particular Article 10 (4) thereof, Article 4 Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, 1 . Member States shall introduce a system of admi­ Whereas Article 10 of Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 nistrative supervision to ensure that a product for provides that aid shall be granted for the production which aid is requested meets the requirements for of durum wheat in the Community ; whereas, to granting such aid. promote a general improvement in quality and to guarantee that the durum wheat harvested is suitable, 2. For the purposes of such supervision , Member in particular, for the manufacture of pasta products , it States shall introduce a system of declarations relating to the areas sown , the seed varieties used and the areas should be stipulated that the qualitative and technical characteristics which durum wheat must have in order harvested . to be eligible for aid must be determined in accor­ dance with these objectives ; Article 5 Whereas, pursuant to Article 10 (2) of Regulation Member States shall carry out random sampling spot (EEC) No 2727/75, aid is granted by the Member checks to ascertain the accuracy of declarations States per hectare of land sown and harvested ; relating to areas of land sown and harvested and of whereas the proper working of the aid system requires applications for aid submitted by producers. supervision on the part of the Member States in order to ensure that aid is granted only for the areas Article 6 concerned and for eligible products ; whereas, to this The amount of aid to be paid shall be calculated on end, provision should be made for the introduction , the basis of the area sown and harvested . by each Member State concerned , of a system of decla­ rations relating to such areas ; whereas, moreover, the Article 7 effectiveness of supervision measures can be enhanced by checking whether certain seed varieties to be deter­ Producer Member States shall inform the Commission mined are used for sowing and crops harvested are of the measures taken pursuant to this Regulation and derived therefrom , provide it with information relating, in particular, to the areas sown and harvested for which aid has been HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : granted .

Article 1 Article 8 Member States shall grant the aid referred to in Council Regulation ( EEC) No 2741 /75 of 29 October Article 10 of Regulation ( EEC) No 2727/75 for durum 1975 on aid for durum wheat (3), is repealed with wheat produced on their territory under the condi­ effect from 1 August 1976. tions set out in the following Articles . Article 9 Article 2 This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day . For the purposes of this Regulation , durum wheat following its publication in the Official Journal of < means wheat of the Triticum durum species and the the European Communities. < hybrids derived from the interspecific crossing of Trit­ icum durum which have the same number of chromo­ However, it shall not apply to durum wheat for which somes as that species . aid was granted in the 1975/76 marketing year and in previous years . (>) OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 . (2 ) See page 1 of this Official Journal . (3 ) OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 55 .

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

Done at Brussels, 17 May 1976 . For the Council

The President J. HAMILIUS