Regulation 1994/165 - Co-financing by the EC of remote sensing checks and amending Regulation (EEC) No 3508/92 establishing an integrated administration and control system for certain Community aid schemes - Main contents

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Number legal act	Regulation 1994/165
Original proposal	COM(1993)455
CELEX number i	31994R0165

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Council Regulation (EC) No 165/94 of 24 January 1994 concerning the co-financing by the Community of remote sensing checks and amending Regulation (EEC) No 3508/92 establishing an integrated administration and control system for certain Community aid schemes

Official Journal L 024 , 29/01/1994 P. 0006 - 0008

Finnish special edition: Chapter 3 Volume 55 P. 0380

Swedish special edition: Chapter 3 Volume 55 P. 0380

COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 165/94 of 24 January 1994 concerning the co-financing by the Community of remote sensing checks and amending Regulation (EEC) No 3508/92 establishing an integrated administration and control system for certain Community aid schemes

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 43 thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (1),

Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (2),

Whereas Article 8 (4) of Regulation (EEC) No 3508/92 (3) provides that Member States may use remote sensing to determine the area of agricultural parcels, identify crops and verify their status;

Whereas, on account of its novelty and complexity, remote sensing is giving rise to further major expenditure which should be covered partly out of Community funds in order to enable all Member States who so wish to update their control techniques more rapidly; whereas, however, provision should be made for co-financing which is limited in time;

Whereas the co-financing must be granted only for techniques applied and may not result in the charging to the general budget of the European Communities of purely administrative expenditure which, under Article 1 (4) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 729/70 of 21 April 1970 on the financing of the common agricultural policy (4), is chargeable to national budgets;

Whereas provision should be made for the Commission to be consulted on the technical and financial aspects of projects drawn up by the Member States and on the award of contracts in order to ensure satisfactory uniformity between Member States;

Whereas since the funds available are limited, it is essential that provision be made for their fair distribution among the Member States on the basis of a maximum rate of co-financing and a distribution scale;

Whereas experience has shown that negotiations centralized at Community level, for the purchase of the necessary satellite pictures, and the joint management of archive pictures, open up opportunities which are inaccessible to individual Member States;

Whereas remote sensing is undergoing constant development; whereas, moreover, the Member States' requirements regarding control of agricultural areas have not yet all been identified, expressed or met; whereas provision should therefore be made for the possibility of financing specific tests related to the control requirements;

Whereas it is essential, for the satisfactory management of the funds, to have currency exchange rates which remain fixed throughout the calendar year;

Whereas steps should be taken to eliminate all ambiguity in Article 10 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 3508/92 between investment expenditure linked with the establishment of the integrated system and the costs of the annual checks carried out by aerial or satellite remote sensing,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

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  The Community shall contribute towards the costs incurred by the Member States, in response to an annual request to the Commission, for the use of aerial or satellite remote sensing during checks on agricultural areas pursuant to Article 8 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 729/70.

Without prejudice to Article 1 (4) of that Regulation, for the purposes of this Regulation 'technical costs' means the costs of:

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  acquiring satellite pictures or aerial photographs,

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  the photo-interpretation of the above,

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  the processing of...

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