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REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1906/74 OF THE COMMISSION

OF 22 JULY 1974

AMENDING REGULATION NO 184/66/EEC OF 21 NOVEMBER 1966 AS REGARDS THE AMOUNT OF THE STANDARD FEE PER DULY COMPLETED FARM RETURN

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY ;

HAVING REGARD TO COUNCIL REGULATION NO 79/65/EEC ( 1 ) OF 15 JUNE 1965 SETTING UP A NETWORK FOR THE COLLECTION OF ACCOUNTANCY DATA ON THE INCOMES AND BUSINESS OPERATION OF AGRICULTURAL HOLDINGS IN THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY , AS LAST AMENDED BY REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2910/73 ( 2 ) , AND IN PARTICULAR ARTICLE 9 THEREOF ;

WHEREAS ARTICLE 5 OF COMMISSION REGULATION NO 184/66/EEC ( 3 ) OF 21 NOVEMBER 1966 CONCERNING THE COLLECTION , VERIFICATION AND FORWARDING OF ACCOUNTANCY DATA OBTAINED FOR THE PURPOSE OF DETERMINING INCOMES OF AGRICULTURAL HOLDINGS PROVIDES FOR PAYMENT OF A STANDARD FEE OF 25 UNITS OF ACCOUNT PER DULY COMPLETED FARM RETURN FORWARDED TO THE COMMISSION ;

WHEREAS WHEN THAT FEE WAS SET , FARM RETURNS WERE EXPECTED TO BE SUBMITTED IN WRITTEN OR TYPED FORM ONLY ;

WHEREAS SINCE THAT TIME , PROVISION HAS BEEN MADE IN ARTICLE 1 OF COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 746/68 ( 4 ) FOR THE USE OF NEW AND MORE ELABORATE FORMS FOR THE SUBMISSION OF FARM RETURNS - THE ACCOUNTANCY DATA BEING PRESENTED ON PUNCHED CARDS OR MAGNETIC TAPES ; WHEREAS IN FUTURE ALL FARM RETURNS ARE TO BE SUBMITTED ON THESE NEW FORMS ;

WHEREAS THE PRESENTATION OF ACCOUNTANCY DATA ON PUNCHED CARDS OR MAGNETIC TAPES IS MORE COSTLY AND THIS JUSTIFIES AN INCREASE IN THE STANDARD FEE PER DULY COMPLETED FARM RETURN ;

WHEREAS IN DETERMINING THE AMOUNT OF THIS INCREASE ACCOUNT SHOULD ALSO BE TAKEN , AS FAR AS POSSIBLE , OF THE GENERAL RISE IN COSTS SINCE 1966 ;

WHEREAS THE MEASURES PROVIDED FOR IN THIS REGULATION ARE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE OPINION OF THE COMMUNITY COMMITTEE FOR THE FARM ACCOUNTANCY DATA NETWORK ,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :

SOLE ARTICLE

THE FOLLOWING SUBPARAGRAPH IS ADDED TO ARTICLE 5 ( 1 ) OF REGULATION NO 184/66/EEC :

" HOWEVER , IN RESPECT OF FARM RETURNS RELATING TO THE " 1974 " ACCOUNTING YEAR ENDING BETWEEN 31 DECEMBER 1974 AND 30 JUNE 1975 , AND TO SUBSEQUENT ACCOUNTING YEARS , THAT SUM IS INCREASED TO 35 UNITS OF ACCOUNT . "

THIS REGULATION SHALL BE BINDING IN ITS ENTIRETY AND DIRECTLY APPLICABLE IN ALL MEMBER STATES .

DONE AT BRUSSELS , 22 JULY 1974 .

FOR THE COMMISSION

THE PRESIDENT

FRANCOIS-XAVIER ORTOLI

( 1 ) OJ NO 109 , 23 . 6 . 1965 , P . 1895/65 .

( 2 ) OJ NO L 298 , 27 . 10 . 1973 , P . 1 .

( 3 ) OJ NO 213 , 23 . 11 . 1966 , P . 3637/66 .

( 4 ) OJ NO L 140 , 22 . 6 . 1968 , P . 1 .