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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
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Brussels ,29October 1975
COMMUNICATION BYTHE COMMISSION TOTHE COUNCIL
concerning theharmonisation ofagricultural policies
oftheCommunity and ofGreece inthe sphere of
processed fruit andvegetables .
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Cor.marjication bytheCor.'.r,nr!r:ion
totheCouncilooncomingtluih&rwoninationof
agricultural policies0.7theCci.iminityand07?
Greeceinthesphereofprocessedfru.il;and
vegetables.
TheCouncilofIlinistersof21stand22ndJulyintroducedtheregulation
concerningthesystemoftradewiththirdcountri00inproductsprocessed
fromfruitandvegetables.
TheCommissionconsidersthattfiemainprovisionsconcerningtheiinplencii
'tationofthec01amonagricultural policyfortheproductsinquestionluw
nowbeendefined. .
AsprovidedforintheAssociation agreementwhichbinds:theConviunity
Greece,andnotablyitsarticles33to3u,Greecemustprogressively iiar-
m'oniseitsagricultural policytothatoftheCommunity.
Withintheframeworkofthere-establishment ofrelationsbetweenthe0
r
andGreece,theAssociation Councilof2ndDecember1974decideduponthn
uptakeofharmonization negociations ,andthatof2£thApril1575favea
prioritytotwoareas
-Wineandfreshfruitandvegetables.Workuponthesetopicshavealroc
c3ybeenstartedbothinGreeceandwit-bintheCoi.i'minity.
Takingaccountofthelinksthatexistbetweenthecommonorganisation 01
marketsforfresh'fruitandvegetables,andfortheprocessedproducts,
andconsideringa]sotheimportancetheseproductshaveinconfereebet-
v/eenGreeceandtheCoi-inunity,theCormriiuPionconsidersthatitisneces­
saryto:
-proceed,asquicklyaspossible,tothedeclarationofhawonination "ti­
thesphereofprocessedfruitandvegetables,inaccordancewiththe
teimsshownintheannex;
-toproposetotheAssociationCounciltogiveaprioritytoworkin
thisarea;

DTX)LAHATICST BYTUBCUSTOUT YTOTHB HiSM.fiTIC GOVKJfi^lSTT ,
UFCH THEBASIS 0?ARTICLE 35 Oi<'TH3 ASoOviI /.TKt !:AGiK'-'T mi'P
THEEUROPEAN sccmnc camu'TY ,
Having regard toarticles 33»35an&36oftheAgreement establishing
anassociation between the iDuropc?.n Economic Community anrlGreece ,
Whereas theoperation anddcvelop-iont oftheAssociation nust (forp/vri-
cultural products )beaccompanied bytheprogressive humonisal:ionofthe
agricultural policies oftheCommunity andGreece ;
Whereas theagricultural policy ofths Corraunity constitutes anindiviro."' :].
unit ;
Whereas itisfortheCoiwmnity totake the initiative tostart the proce­
dure fortheharmonization ofthe arricultural policies between theCom­
munity andGreece ;
ρ
DI;)CLARES THAT :
Fortheproducts -except those processed
n ..
from potatoes -listed inArticle 1ofRegulation (EIXJ)n°865/68oxthe
Council oftheEuropean Communities ,of28th Junes 1966 ,e«tabliship,' -;a
common organisation ofthemarket inproducts procciimed f'ro-a fxvit pndvc-
V
getables ,themain provisions concerning the luplciientaticn ofthe co-onon
agricultural policy have "been defined .