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Summary

Keywords

AGRICULTURE - SHORT-TERM ECONOMIC POLICY - MONETARY COMPENSATORY AMOUNTS - EXEMPTION FROM THE BURDEN - CLAUSE TO ENSURE NATURAL JUSTICE - AT THE DISCRETION OF THE MEMBER STATES - INTERVENTION BY THE COMMISSION - CONDITIONS

( REGULATION NO 1608/74 OF THE COMMISSION , ART . 4 )

Summary

REGULATION NO 1608/74 , IN PRINCIPLE , ENTRUSTED THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE SYSTEM UNDER THE CLAUSE TO ENSURE NATURAL JUSTICE TO THE MEMBER STATES AND GAVE THEM A WIDE DISCRETION , MAKING THEM RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DECISION , IN EACH PARTICULAR CASE , AS TO WHETHER OR NOT TO AVAIL THEMSELVES OF THE CLAUSE .

THE COMMISSION MAY INTERVENE , IN THE CIRCUMSTANCES PROVIDED FOR IN ARTICLE 4 OF THE REGULATION , ONLY IN RELATION TO SPECIFIC CONTRACTS IN RESPECT OF WHICH THE MEMBER STATE IN QUESTION INTENDS TO MAKE USE OF THE CLAUSE TO ENSURE NATURAL JUSTICE AND INFORMS THE COMMISSION OF ITS INTENTION . ONLY AFTER SUCH NOTIFICATION MAY THE COMMISSION , UNDER ARTICLE 4 ( 2 ), CONSIDER THE INDIVIDUAL CASE IN WHICH IT IS INTENDED TO GRANT EXEMPTION AND STATE ANY OBJECTION WHICH IT MAY HAVE TO THE MEASURE CONTEMPLATED .