COMMISSION DECISION of 13 December 1991 on the establishment of the Community support framework for Community structural assistance on the improvement of the conditions under which agricultural and forestry products are processed and marketed in France (with the exception of Corsica and the overseas departments) (Only the French text is authentic) (92/83/EEC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 866/90 of 29 March 1990 on the improvement of the conditions under which agricultural products are processed and marketed (1), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3577/90 (2), and in particular Article 7 (2) thereof,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 867/90 of 29 March 1990 on the improvement of the conditions under which forestry products are processed and marketed (3),

Whereas the French Government submitted to the Commission between 26 October 1990 and 4 March 1991 10 sectoral plans on the modernization of the conditions under which agricultural and forestry products are processed and marketed referred to in Article 2 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 866/90;

Whereas the plans submitted by the Member State include descriptions of the main priorities selected and indications of the use to be made of assistance under the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund (EAGGF), Guidance Section in implementing the plans;

Whereas this Community support framework has been established in agreement with the Member State concerned through the partnership defined in Article 4 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2052/88 of 24 June 1988 on the tasks of the Structural Funds and their effectiveness and on coordination of their activities between themselves and with the operations of the European Investment Bank and the other existing financial instruments (4);

Whereas all the measures which constitute the Community support framework are in conformity with Commission Decision 90/342/EEC of 7 June 1990 on the selection criteria to be adopted for investments for improving the processing and marketing conditions for agricultural and forestry products (5);

Whereas the Commission is prepared to examine the possibility of the other Community lending instruments contributing to the financing of this addendum in accordance with the specific provisions governing them;

Whereas in accordance with Article 10 (2) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 4253/88 of 19 December 1988 laying down provisions for implementing Regulation (EEC) No 2052/88 as regards coordination of the activities of the different Structural Funds between themselves and with the operations of the European Investment Bank and the other existing financial instruments (6), this Decision is to be sent as a declaration of intent to the Member State;

Whereas in accordance with Article 20 (1) and (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 4253/88 budgetary commitments relating to the contribution from the Structural Funds to the financing of the operations covered by the Community support framework will be made on the basis of subsequent Commission decisions approving the operations concerned;

Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee for Agricultural Structures and Rural Development,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The Community support framework for Community structural assistance on the improvement of the conditions under which agricultural and forestry products are processed and marketed in France (with the exception of Corsica and the overseas departments) covering the period from 1 January 1991 to 31 December 1993 is hereby established.

The Commission declares that it intends to contribute to the implementation of the Community support framework in accordance with the detailed provisions thereof and in compliance with the rules and guidelines of the Structural Funds and the other existing financial instruments.

Article 2

The Community support framework contains the following essential information:

(a) a statement of the main priorities for joint action in the following sectors:

1. forestry products;

2. meat (slaughter/cutting and second-stage processing);

3. milk and milk products;

4. eggs and poultrymeat;

5. wines and spirits;

6. fruit and vegetables (fresh and processed);

7. potatoes;

8. flowers and plants;

9. seeds;

10. crops: sundry;

(b) an indicative financing plan specifying, at constant 1991 prices, the total cost of the priorities adopted for joint action by the Community and the Member State concerned, ECU 661 818 000 for the whole period, and the financial arrangements envisaged for budgetary assistance from the Community, broken down as follows:

(ecus)

1. forestry products 7 384 000 2. meat 25 104 000 3. milk and milk products 8 665 000 4. eggs and poultrymeat 10 914 000 5. wines and spirits 11 889 000 6. fruit and vegetables 21 233 000 7. potatoes 7 077 000 8. flowers and plants 2 509 000 9. seeds 2 509 000 10. crops: sundry 4 674 000 Total 101 958 000

The resultant national financing requirement, approximately ECU 51 134 000 for the State and the local collectives, ECU 508 726 000 for the beneficiaries, may be partially covered by Community loans from the European Investment Bank and the other loan instruments.

Article 3

This declaration of intent is addressed to the French Republic. Done at Brussels, 13 December 1991. For the Commission

Ray MAC SHARRY

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ No L 91, 6. 4. 1990, p. 1. (2) OJ No L 353, 17. 12. 1990, p. 23. (3) OJ No L 91, 6. 4. 1990, p. 7. (4) OJ No L 185, 15. 7. 1988, p. 9. (5) OJ No L 163, 29. 6. 1990, p. 71. (6) OJ No L 374, 31. 12. 1988, p. 1.