31977R1497

5 . 7 . 77 No L 167/9 Official Journal of the European Communities

COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC) No 1497/77

of 4 July 1977

on detailed rules for supplementary aid to certain silkworm rearers

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN whereas Article 6 of Regulation (EEC) No 1134/68 COMMUNITIES , provides that the time when a transaction is carried out is to be considered to be the date on which occurs the event, as defined by Community rules or, in the Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European absence of and pending adoption of such rules, by the Economic Community, rules of the Member State concerned, in which the amount involved in the transaction becomes due and Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No payable ; 867/77 of 26 April 1977 on the granting of supple­ mentary aid in the silkworm sector for the 1977/78 Whereas the event in which the supplementary aid for marketing year ( 1), and in particular Article 5 thereof, certain silkworm rearers becomes due and payable is when the silkworm cocoons are delivered to the producer group ; whereas the date of delivery is very Whereas, under Article 3 (2) thereof, supplementary close to the date on which the application for aid aid shall be granted solely for boxes that satisfy certain conditions ; whereas the same conditions should be referred to in Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 845/72 is lodged ; whereas this latter date is to be fixed as those fixed for granting the aid referred to in considered to be the date on which aid becomes due Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 845/72 of 24 April and payable ; whereas, in order to ensure the uniform 1972 laying down special measures to encourage silk­ operation of the two systems of aids for silkworms, the worm rearing (2) ; conversion rate to be used to calculate the amount of the supplementary aid in national currency should be Whereas Article 4 of Regulation (EEC) No 867/77 the rate applicable on the date on which the applica­ states that Member States shall introduce administra­ tion for aid is lodged ; 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 amount of the aid should be laid down ; Article 1

The supplementary aid referred to in Article 1 of Whereas Article 4 (2) of Council Regulation (EEC) No Regulation (EEC) No 867/77 shall be granted under 1134/68 of 30 July 1968 laying down rules for the the conditions laid down in the following Articles . implementation of Regulation (EEC) No 653 /68 on conditions for alterations to 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 body, expressed in national currency and representing The supplementary aid shall be granted only : amounts fixed in units of account, are to be paid on the basis of the relationship between the unit of — if the boxes satisfy the conditions referred to in 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 carried out ; in respect of silkworms (4 ), as amended by Regula­ tion ( EEC) No 683 /74 (»), and

(!) OJ No L 106 , 29 . 4 . 1977 , p . 3 . (2) OJ No L 100, 27 . 4 . 1972 , p . 1 . («) OJ No L 105 , 20 . 4 . 1973 , p. 4. (J ) OJ No L 188 , 1 . 8 . 1968 , p . 1 . (5 ) OJ No L 83 , 28 . 3 . 1974, p. 13 .

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— the cocoons produced from these boxes have been 2. The application for supplementary aid shall be delivered to the producer group during the period accompanied by copies of the application for aid in which it is recognized. referred to in Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 845/72 and of the other documents submitted by each Article 3 of the members referred to in paragraph 1 in order to obtain such aid . 1 . Applications for supplementary aid shall be submitted not later than 30 November 1977 by Article 5 groups : 1 . Producer groups shall keep accounts that specify — which are recognized, at least : — or whose application for recognition is pending in the Member States concerned . — the quantity of cocoons received, with the name of the rearer supplying them and the date of receipt, 2. A producer group may submit only one applica­ tion on behalf of all its members . — the quantity of cocoons sold, with the name of the purchaser and the date of dispatch, 3. The Member State shall pay the amount of the — where applicable, the quantity of cocoons in stock, aid to the producer group within the four months — where applicable, the quantity of cocoons following the month in which the application was processed, indicating the quantity of products lodged provided that the group has obtained recogni­ processed, delivered or stocked. tion . 2. Member States shall cause producer groups to Article 4 undergo an administrative check to ensure that entries in the relevant account agree with those in the applica­ 1 . The application for supplementary aid shall tion for supplementary aid. include at -least :

— the name and address of the producer group, Article 6 — the signature of the authorized person or persons, The event, within the meaning of Article 6 of Regula­ — the names, forenames and addresses of the tion (EEC) No 1134/68 , in which the supplementary members of the group on behalf of whom the aid aid for certain silkworm rearers becomes due and is applied for, payable shall be considered to have occurred on the — the quantity of cocoons produced during the date on which the application for aid is lodged. 1977/78 marketing year and delivered to the producer group together with the date or dates of Article 7 delivery, — where applicable, the authorization granted under This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day the first indent of Article 1 (b) of Regulation (EEC) following its publication in the Official Journal of No 707/76 (>). the European Communities.

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

Done at Brussels, 4 July 1977.

For the Commission

Finn GUNDELACH

Vice-President

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