13.8.1999 Official Journal of the European Communities L 214[31 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1750/1999 of 23 July 1999 laying down detailed rules for the aplflication of Council Regulation (EC) No 1257/1999 on support for rural development from t e European Agricultur (EAGGF) THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Com- munity, Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1257/1999 of 17 May 1999 on support for rural development from the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund (EAGGF) and amending and repealing certain Regulations(!) and in particular Articles 34 and 50 thereof, 1 Whereas Council Regulation (EC) No 1257/1999 has established a single legal framework for support from EAGGF for rural development, defining, in particular, in its Title I, measures for support, their objectives, and the criteria for eligibility; whereas this framework applies to rural development support all over the Community; Whereas detailed rules should be adopted to complete this framework; whereas the rules should follow the principle of subsidiarity and should therefore be limited to those rules needing to be adopted at Community level; Whereas detailed rules defining the eligibility criteria for the different rural development measures should take into account experience gained from existing instruments as applied under the various Council regulations which have been repealed according to Article 55 (1) of Regulation (EC) No 1257/1999; Whereas, as regards support for investment in agricultural holdings and in processing plants as well as for support for young farmers, Regulation (EC) No 1257/1999 lays down three basic conditions; whereas the time at which those conditions have to be fulfilled should be defined, including the time for the demonstration of the economic viability of an agricultural holding applying for an invest- ment aid, which should be based on an assessment of the prospects of that holding; Whereas, as regards investments in holdings and in processing plants, Community support is subject to the condition that normal market outlets for the products concerned can be found; whereas rules should be estab- lished for the assessment of such market outlets; (1) OJL 160, 26.6.1999, p. 80. (10) (11) 2 3 4 6 7 8 Guidance and Guarantee Fund Whereas support for vocational training should not extend to normal agricultural and forestry education; Whereas conditions for early retirement support should be based on the experience acquired under the support scheme established by Council Regulation (EEC) No 2079/92 () as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 2773/95 (%), Whereas, in particular, specific problems arising from the transfer of a holding by several transferors, and from the transfer of a holding by a tenant farmer have to be solved; Whereas in less favoured areas, in relation to areas used by several farmers in common, compensatory allowances should be available to each farmer using those areas, regard being had to the degree to which he is entitled to such use; Whereas detailed rules for agri-environment support should be based on the experience acquired under the support scheme established by Council Regulation (EEC) No 2078/92 of 30 June 1992 (%), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 2772/95 (°), and should in particular take into account existing rules established by Commission Regulation (EC) No 746/96 (¢), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 435/97 (7). Whereas the definition of the minimum conditions to be observed by farmers in connection with the various agri-environment undertakings should ensure balanced application of agri-environment support taking into account its objectives and thus contributing to a sustain- able rural development; Whereas the selection criteria for investment aimed at improving the processing and marketing of agricultural products should be defined; whereas in view of the experience acquired in the existing support scheme, set up by Council Regulation (EC) No 951/97 (%), these selection criteria should be based or general principles rather than sectorial rules; L 215, 30.7.1992, p. 91. L 288,1.12.1995, p. 37. L 215, 30.7.1992, p. 85. L 102, 25.4.1996, p. 19. L67,7.3.1997,p. 2. L 142,2.6.1997, p. 22. () 9] () O] () O] (°) OJ L 288,1.12.1995, p. 35. () O] () O] () O]