No C 82/62 Official Journal of the European Communities 3. 4. 89 
Proposal for a 
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No ... 
of... 
amending the processing aid scheme and the rules for applying the intervention thresholds for 
certain citrus fruits 
(89/C 82/46) 
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, 
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European 
Economic Community, and in particular Article 43 thereof, 
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and 
Portugal, and in particular Articles 89(2) and 234(3) 
thereof, 
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, 
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament, 
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social 
Committee, 
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 2601/69 (*), as last 
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2241/88 (2), lays down a 
system of financial compensation to encourage the 
processing of certain varieties of oranges under contracts 
ensuring regular supply to the processing industry at a 
minimum buying-in price to the producer; 
Whereas the minimum price to the producer is calculated 
on the basis of the buying-in price plus 10 % of the basic 
price applying for the varieties of oranges which, owing to 
their characteristics, are normally used for processing; Whereas, to encourage producers to present their products 
for processing rather than for withdrawal, provision 
should be made that the minimum processing price is to be 
fixed at the level of the highest withdrawal price of each 
applying during the periods when major quantities are 
withdrawn; 
Whereas, in order to avoid any distortion of competition, 
provision should be made for financial compensation 
granted for the processing of mandarins, satsumas and 
Clementines to be fixed at a level such that for each of the 
products the difference between the minimum price and the 
financial compensation, i.e. the 'burden on the industry', is 
identical to that for the purchase of oranges taking account 
of the difference in juice yield; 
Whereas, in order to ensure the effectiveness of the 
thresholds existing in the citrus sector, on account of the 
amendments introduced by this Regulation into the 
processing aid arrangements for those products, the rules 
for applying those thresholds must be amended to take 
account of the quantities delivered for processing, 
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: 
Article 1 
Whereas the production of mandarins continues to exceed 
the market's absorbtion possibilities; whereas the conver­
sion measures currently in force and the other existing 
structural measures have not yet produced their full effects; 
whereas the production of satsumas and Clementines has 
developed considerably; whereas it is therefore necessary 
to encourage temporarily the processing of such small 
citrus fruits into juice while allowing them to qualify under 
the arrangements in force for oranges during the 1989/90 to 
1991/92 marketing years inclusive; 
Whereas, pursuant to Articles 16(4), 18(1) and 19(1) of 
Council Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 (3), as last amended 
by Regulation (EEC) No ... (4), the withdrawal prices for 
oranges, mandarins, satsumas and Clementines are those of 
products in bulk in a means of transport, all varieties and 
sizes taken together; 
(!) OJ No L 324, 27. 12. 1969, p. 21. 
(2) OJ No L 198, 26. 7. 1988, p. 11. 
(3) OJ No L 118, 20. 5. 1972, p. 1. 
(4) See page 51 of this Official Journal. Regulation (EEC) No 2601/69 is hereby amended as 
follows: 
1. The title is replaced by the following: 
'Council Regulation (EEC) No 2601/69 of 18 December 
1969 laying down special measures to encourage the 
processing of mandarins, satsumas, Clementines and 
certain varieties of oranges'. 
2. Article 1 is replaced by the following: 
'Article 1 
Measures undertaken in accordance with the rules laid 
down in Article 2 with a view to ensuring that 
mandarins, satsumas, Clementines and certain varieties 
of oranges are put to a use more in keeping with their 
characteristics by having greater recourse to processing 
into juice shall qualify for assistance from the 
3. 4. 89 Official Journal of the European Communities No C 82/63 
Guarantee Section of the European Agricultural 
Guidance and Guarantee Fund, subject to the con­
ditions and procedure laid down in Article 3.' 
3. The second sentence of Article 2(2) is replaced by the 
following: 
'This price shall be fixed, for each of the products in 
question, at the level of the highest withdrawal price 
applying during periods of major withdrawals.' 
4. Article 3 is amended as follows: 
— the second subparagraph of paragraph 1 is replaced 
by the following: 
'For oranges, the financial compensation shall be 
fixed at a level such that the difference between the 
minimum price and the financial compensation, i.e. 
the burden on the industry, does not vary compared 
with the difference in the preceding marketing year 
by an amount exceeding that resulting from the 
increase in the minimum price, the increase in the 
difference having in all events to be at least equal to 
50 % of the increase in the minimum price. 
However, for the 1989/90 marketing year, the 
financial compensation shall be fixed at a level such 
that the burden on the industry remains equal to that 
in force during the 1988/89 marketing year.' 
— the following subparagraph is inserted after the 
second subparagraph in paragraph 1: 
'For mandarins, satsumas and Clementines, the 
financial compensation shall be fixed at a level such 
that for each of those products the burden on the 
industry shall be equal to the burden on the industry 
for oranges, taking account of differences in juice 
yields.' 
— the following paragraph la is inserted: 
'la. The provisions of Article 1 shall apply to 
mandarins, satsumas and Clementines until the 1991/92 
marketing year inclusive only.' 
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety 
Done at... Article 2 
The quantities of oranges delivered for processing under 
Regulations (EEC) Nos 2601/69 and 3391/87 shall be 
added to the quantities bought in for the assessment of the 
overrun in the threshold fixed for that product pursuant to 
Article 16b of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72. To that end, 
that threshold shall be increased by a quantity equal to the 
average of the quantities of oranges in respect of which 
financial compensation was paid during the 1984/85 to 
1988/89 marketing years inclusive. 
Article 3 
For the purposes of implementing Article 16a(l) and (2) of 
Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72, the quantities of man­
darins, satsumas and Clementines delivered for processing 
under Regulation (EEC) No 2601/69 shall be treated in the 
same way as: 
— production intended to be consumed fresh, for fixing of 
the intervention thresholds, 
— a quantity qualifying for an intervention measure for the 
ascertainment of any overrun of the intervention 
thresholds. 
Article 4 
The detailed rules for applying this Regulation shall be 
adopted in accordance with the procedure laid down in 
Article 33 of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72. 
Article 5 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day 
following its publication in the Official Journal of the 
European Communities. 
It shall apply from the 1989/90 marketing year. 
and directly applicable in all Member States. 
For the Council