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COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1452/83

of 6 June 1983

defining the administrative expenses of producers' organizations in the fishery products sector

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN

COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3796/81 of 29 December 1981 on the common organization of the market in fishery products (1),

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3140/82 of 22 November 1982 on granting and financing aid granted by Member States to producers' organizations in the fishery products sector (2), and in particular Article 8 (2) thereof,

Whereas Article 8 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 3140/82 provides that the administrative expenses to be taken into account for calculating the maximum amount of aid granted to producers' organizations to encourage their formation and facilitate their operation are to be defined; whereas those expenses should therefore be specified;

Whereas this Regulation replaces Commission Regulation (EEC) No 457/72 (3); whereas the said Regulation should therefore be repealed;

Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Fishery Products,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

1. Administrative expenses within the meaning of Article 6 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 3796/81 shall be the actual formation and operating expenses of producers' organizations and shall be as follows:

(a) expenditure incurred in connection with the preparatory work towards setting up the producers' organization and in connection with the drawing up of its constituting act and statutes or the amendment thereof, in accordance with the conditions laid down in Article 5 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 3796/81 and Article 2 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 105/76 (4);

(b) expenditure incurred in checking compliance with the rules referred to in Article 5 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 3796/81;

(c) staff expenditure (wages and salaries, training expenses, social security charges and mission expenses), together with fees for technical services and advice;

(d) expenditure on correspondence and telecommunications;

(e) expenditure on office equipment and depreciation or leasing expenditure in relation to office equipment;

(f) expenditure on the means available to the organization for staff transport;

(g) rent or, in the case of purchase, interest charges, actually paid, as well as other expenditure and charges arising from occupation of the premises used for the administrative operation of the producers' organization;

(h) expenditure on insurance relating to staff transport administrative buildings and ancillary equipment.

2. The producers' organization shall be allowed to spread the amount of such expenditure over the years for which aid is granted.

3. The expenditure referred to in paragraph 1 under (c) to (h) shall be taken into account for the purpose of calculating aid only to the extent considered appropriate by the competent authorities of the Member State, having regard to the organization's fulfilment of its tasks as laid down in Article 5 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 3796/81.

Article 2

Regulation (EEC) No 457/72 is hereby repealed.

Article 3

This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.

It shall apply with effect from 1 January 1983.

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

Done at Brussels, 6 June 1983.

For the Commission

Giorgios CONTOGEORGIS

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ No L 379, 31. 12. 1981, p. 1.

(2) OJ No L 331, 26. 11. 1982, p. 7.

(3) OJ No L 54, 3. 3. 1972, p. 31.

(4) OJ No L 20, 28. 1. 1976, p. 39.