EUR-Lex - 31968R0347 - EN

ARTICLE 1

THE DATE BEFORE WHICH THE COMMISSION MUST , IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FIRST SUBPARAGRAPH OF ARTICLE 20 ( 1 ) OF REGULATION N 17/64/EEC , DECIDE ON THE MERITS OF APPLICATIONS FOR AID FROM THE GUIDANCE SECTION WHICH WERE SUBMITTED TO IT WITHIN THE PERIODS LAID DOWN IN ARTICLE 2 OF REGULATION N 224/66/EEC ( 3 ) SHALL BE CARRIED FORWARD FROM 31 DECEMBER 1967 TO 15 APRIL 1968 .

ARTICLE 2

1 . ARTICLE 20 OF REGULATION N 17/64/EEC SHALL BE SUPPLEMENTED BY THE FOLLOWING :

" 5 _ APPLICATIONS FOR AID FROM THE FUND SUBMITTED TO THE COMMISSION IN RESPECT OF PROJECTS WHICH WERE UNABLE TO RECEIVE AID OWING TO THE INSUFFICIENCY OF AVAILABLE MEANS MAY BE CARRIED FORWARD TO THE FOLLOWING YEAR BY THE MEMBER STATES CONCERNED IN AGREEMENT WITH THE RECIPIENTS . REQUESTS THAT THEY BE CARRIED FORWARD MUST BE SUBMITTED TO THE COMMISSION WITHIN A MAXIMUM PERIOD OF THIRTY DAYS FROM THE DATE ON WHICH THE MEMBER STATE RECEIVES NOTIFICATION OF THE RESULT OF THE PROCEDURE LAID DOWN IN ARTICLE 21 . AN APPLICATION FOR AID MAY , HOWEVER , BE CARRIED FORWARD ONCE ONLY .

APPLICATIONS FOR AID FROM THE FUND SUBMITTED TO THE COMMISSION FOR THE YEAR 1966 IN RESPECT OF PROJECTS WHICH WERE UNABLE TO RECEIVE SUCH AID OWING TO THE INSUFFICIENCY OF AVAILABLE MEANS MAY , HOWEVER , BE CARRIED FORWARD TO THE YEAR 1968 BY THE MEMBER STATES CONCERNED IN AGREEMENT WITH THE RECIPIENTS , ON CONDITION THAT EXECUTION OF THE PROJECT HAD NOT COMMENCED BEFORE 1 JANUARY 1967 . REQUESTS FOR CARRYING FORWARD MUST BE SUBMITTED TO THE COMMISSION BEFORE 30 APRIL 1968 . "

2 . THE EXISTING PARAGRAPH 5 OF ARTICLE 20 OF REGULATION N 17/64/EEC IS RENUMBERED PARAGRAPH 6 .

ARTICLE 3

THIS REGULATION SHALL ENTER INTO FORCE ON THE THIRD DAY FOLLOWING ITS PUBLICATION IN THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES .

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

DONE AT BRUSSELS , 27 MARCH 1968 .

FOR THE COUNCIL

THE PRESIDENT

E . FAURE