NoL199/8 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 24.7.76
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)No1779/76
of20July1976
amendingRegulation (EEC)No1930/75layingdownspecialprovisionsappli­
cabletotradeintomatoconcentrates betweentheCommunity asoriginally
constitutedandthenewMemberStates
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
InArticle1ofRegulation (EEC)No1930/75,the
words'andpeeledtomatoes'shallbeinsertedafter
'tomatoconcentrates'.
Article2
Article4ofRegulation(EEC)No1930/75ishereby
amendedtoreadasfollows:
Article4HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,andinparticularArticle43
thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ,
HavingregardtotheopinionoftheEuropeanParlia­
ment('),
WhereasRegulation (EEC)No1930/75(2)established
asystemofcompensatory amountsbetweenthe
Community asoriginallyconstitutedandthenew
MemberStates;
Whereas,despitetheintroductionofthatsystem,it
hasnotbeenpossiblefortheCommunityasoriginally
constitutedtomaintainitsformervolumeofconsign­
mentstothenewMemberStates;whereasthisstateof
affairsresultsfromawideningofthedifference
betweennon-membercountries'offerpricesandthe
Communitycostprice;whereasthecompensatory
amountsshouldthereforebeincreasedinorderto
protectthecompetitivepositiononthemarketsofthe
newMemberStatesofproducersintheCommunityas
originallyconstituted ;
Whereas,asaresultofmarkettrendsinrecentyears,
largestocksofCommunity-produced peeledtomatoes
stillremaintobedisposedof;whereasattheendof
thepresentmarketingyearCommunitystocksof
about200000metrictonsmaywellhavetobecarried
over;whereasofferpricesonthemarketofthethree
newMemberStatesarelowerthanthepriceobtaining
onmarketsintheCommunity asoriginallyconsti­
tuted;whereas,sincethemarketsofthenewMember
StatesareanimportanttraditionaloutletforCommu­
nitypeeledtomatoes,thisdifferenceinpricescould
harmthecompetitivepositiononthosemarketsof
producersintheCommunity asoriginallyconsti­
tuted;
Whereas,underthesecircumstances ,thesystemof
compensatory amountsshouldbeextendedtoapply
topeeledtomatoestosafeguardthecompetitiveposi­
tionofthesaidproducers;whereasthoseamounts
shouldbefixedatalevelsuchastofacilitatethesale
ofpeeledtomatoesonthemarketsofthenew
MemberStates,1.Thecompensatory amountfortomato
concentratesshallbeequalto50%oftheexport
refundreferredtoinArticle1.Thecompensatory
amountshallbereducedintwostages.
Thetworeductionsshallbesuchastoreducethe
levelofthecompensatory amountsto25%and
0%respectivelyofthesaidrefundsandshallbe
madeon1July1977and1January1978.
Whenthefirstreductionismade,thecompensa­
toryamount,basedontheleveloftheexport
refunds,shallinnocasebefixedatalevelsuchas
toallowexportationtothenewMemberStatesata
pricebelowthespecialminimumpricereferredto
inArticle2(3)ofCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
1927/75of22July1975concerningthesystemof
tradewiththirdcountriesinthemarketin
productsprocessedfromfruitandvegetables(J).
2.Thecompensatory amountforpeeledtoma­
toesshallbeequalto25%oftheexportrefund
referredtoinArticle1.Thecompensatoryamount
shallbereducedintwostages.
Thetworeductionsshallbesuchastoreducethe
levelofthecompensatory amountsto12-50%
and0%respectivelyofthesaidrefundsandshall
bemadeon1July1977and1January1978.
(•)OJNoL198,29.7.1975,p.7.'
Article3
(')Opiniondeliveredon8July1976(notyetpublishedinThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthedayofits
publicationintheOfficialJournaloftheEuropean ■
Communities . itheOfficialJournal)
(2)OJNoL198,29.7.1975,p.15.

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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,20July1976.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
A.P.L.M.M.vanderSTEE