L 246[46 Official Journal of the European Communities 30.9.2000 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2075/2000 of 29 September 2000 amending Regulation (EC) No 1750/1999 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 1257/1999 on support for rural development from the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund (EAGGF) THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1257/1999 of 17 May 1999 on support for rural development from the Euro- pean Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund (EAGGF) and amending and repealing certain Regulations (*), and in partic- ular Article 50 thereof, (5)  The exceptions referred to in Article 37(3) of Regulation (EC) No 12571999 must be presented in the rural development plans. That procedure should be extended Whereas: to other programming documents including such meas- ures presented under Objectives 1 and 2. (1) During the period when the programming documents o ) , for rural development measures covered by Article 40 of (6)  Commission Regulation (EC) No 1685 [2000 () lays Regulation (EC) No 1257/1999 were being adopted, it d.own deta1l§d rules for the implementation of Commis- was found that some of the provisions of Commission sion Regulation (EC) 1260/2000 (‘) as regards eligibility Regulation (EC) No 1750/1999, of 23 July 1999, laying of expenditure undgr operations part-financed by the down detailed rules for the application of Regulation Struqural Funds, including the EAGGF Guldapce (EC) No 1257/1999 () did not cater for all eventualities. Section. In the interests of consistency, that Regulation should also apply to measures part-financed by the EAGGF Guarantee Section, except were otherwise provided in Regulations (EC) No 1257/1999, (EC) No (2)  This Regulation therefore clarifies or supplements those 1258/1999 () and (EC) No 1750/1999. provisions to allow for a more harmonised application of Regulation (EC) No 1750/1999 to all rural develop- ment measures, Whethgr t.hey are mclud?d in regional (7)  Commission Decision 1999/659/EC of 8 September programmes under Objectives 1 or 2 or in rural devel- . D . ) 1999 fixing an indicative allocation by Member State of opment programmes. Under these circumstances, most he  allocati d h Aericultural of the amendments must apply from the same date as the allocations under the European ~Agricultura Reoulation (EC) No 1750 lpgg}; e 1 2000 Guidance and Guarantee Fund Guarantee Section for egulation (EC) No / » Le. 1 January : rural development measures for the period 2000 to 2006 (°) has been amended to specify that expenditure incurred under the earlier accompanying measures : : ) (3)  Scrutiny of the programming documents has revealed lc olrered bé’ S%unccﬂ Regplqt1onR(EE§)tNo %EOC7)81<192 2(7)737 that it is very difficult for farms in rural areas facing very ; ; (gmeéliE%) § 0r2non;193/51902n(9) eguia 110r1t (21 1D serious structural difficulties to meet the requirements Commission R 01 tion (EC) Ne ;;7372 5 (eg)r)len de (EEC)), for qualifying for investment support under Article 5 of ommission :'gu. aton ° an Regulation (EC) No 1257/1999. In the case of small No 2080/92 (1), including measures under t.he Regula}— investments, the Member States should be allowed to t10r}s repealed by those Regu.lauons adopted in 1992, is grant a period of grace to enable farms to meet these an integral part of the allocations granted to the Member requirements States. Moreover, under Commission Regulation (EC) No q ' 2603/1999 of 9 December 1999 laying down rules for () O] L 193, 29.7.2000, p. 39. 4 (4)  As regards the setting-up of young farmers, Article 5 of 8 8} f %‘6‘3 ;_22:{‘388 g: ‘1‘3'3_ Regulation (EC) No 1750/1999 lays down that the (9 O] L 259, 6.10.1999, p. 27. conditions set out in Article 8(1) of Regulation (EC) No () O L 215, 30.7.1992, p. 85. (% O] L 288, 1.12.1995, p. 35. - () O] L 215, 30.7.1992, p. 91. () O] L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 80. () OJ L 288, 1.12.1995, p. 37. () O] L 214, 13.8.1999, p. 31. (") O] L 215, 30.7.1992, p. 96. 1257/1999 must be fulfilled at the time when the indi- vidual decision to grant support is taken. For 2000, the time between lodging of the application and the decision to grant support may be longer than expected given that the majority of programming documents are being adopted in the second half of the year. It is possible that the young farmer might no longer fulfil the age criterion, i.e. be less than forty years old, by the time the support is paid. Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 1750/ 1999 should therefore be made more flexible for applications lodged in 2000.