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Council Directive 81/529/EEC of 30 June 1981 amending Directive 72/161/EEC concerning the provision of socio- economic guidance for and the acquisition of occupational skills by persons engaged in agriculture

Council Directive 81/529/EEC of 30 June 1981 amending Directive 72/161/EEC concerning the provision of socio- economic guidance for and the acquisition of occupational skills by persons engaged in agriculture

Directive 81/529/EEC Β· Directive Β· 3 articles

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Article 1

Directive 72/161/EEC is hereby amended as follows: (1) The heading of Title II shall be replaced by the following: "Acquisition of occupational skills by persons engaged in agriculture and training of leaders and managers of cooperatives". (2) The following paragraph shall be inserted in Article 5: "2. In regions where the need for such programmes is apparent, Member States shall introduce special programmes for the training of leaders and managers of cooperatives with the qualifications necessary to undertake: - the management of groups of agricultural producers; - through such groups or through organizations providing sufficient guarantees with regard to farmer participation in their management, viable economic initiatives as regards the processing and marketing of agricultural products. Such training programmes shall be drawn up in particular with a view to: - the creation of producer groups and associations thereof as provided for in Regulation (EEC) No 1360/78 (1); - the implementation of programmes as provided for in Regulations (EEC) No 355/77 (2) and No 1361/78 (3). (1) OJ No L 166, 23.6.1978, p. 1. (2) OJ No L 51, 23.2.1977, p. 1. (3) OJ No L 166, 23.6.1978, p. 9." Former paragraph 2 shall become paragraph 3. (3) Title III shall be deleted and former Title IV shall become Title III; (4) In Article 12 (1), "Article 7" shall be replaced by "Article 5 (2)"; (5) In the first, second and third indents of Article 12 (2), the amounts shall be replaced by the following: 1st indent : 7 500 units of account per 9 068 ECU (A); (1) OJ No C 124, 17.5.1979, p. 1. (2) OJ No C 85, 8.4.1980, p. 53. (3) OJ No L 96, 23.4.1972, p. 15. 2nd indent : 4 500 units of account per 5 441 ECU (A); 3rd indent : 1500 units of account per 2 902 ECU (A); (6) The fourth indent of Article 12 (2) shall be replaced by the following: "- 25 % of the expenditure actually incurred in connection with the measures provided for in Article 5 (2), up to an overall amount of 2 902 ECU (A) per person who has followed a complete further-training course.".

Article 2

The Member States shall bring into force the measures necessary to comply with this Directive by 31 December 1981 at the latest.

Article 3

This Directive is addressed to the Member States. Done at Luxembourg, 30 June 1981. For the Council The President G. BRAKS

Source: EUR-Lex (Publications Office of the EU), Β© European Union, reuse permitted under Commission Decision 2011/833/EU.

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