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Council Directive 72/159/EEC of 17 April 1972 on the… Article 13

Council Directive 72/159/EEC of 17 April 1972 on the… Article 13

Article 13

1. With a view to promoting the modernization of farms coming within Article 2, through schemes for irrigation or for land reparcelling and works related thereto, Member States shall: - introduce special systems of national aids, comprising additional incentives to promote modernization of farms coming within Articles 2 and 4 and to encourage the cessation of farming ; or - adapt their existing systems of aids for general structural improvement in such a way as to encourage land reparcelling and irrigation schemes fulfilling the condition laid down in paragraph 2. 2. The Community shall contribute to the expenditure incurred by Member States for land reparcelling and works related thereto, and for irrigation, including any additional incentives introduced under the first indent of paragraph 1, provided that after completion of the land reallocation or irrigation scheme at least 40 % of the utilized agricultural area is to be worked by farms whose development plans have been approved, or that 70 % thereof is to be worked by farms which have reached the level of development laid down in Article 4 (1).

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