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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
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PROPOSAL FORACOUNCILREGULATION
AMENDING REGULATION (EEC)N°273/72
LAYINGDOWNGENERAL RULESFORTHEFINANCING
OFINTERVENTION EXPENDITURE INRESPECT OF
THEINTERNAL MARKETINFRUITANDVEGETABLES
(submittedtotheCouncilbytheCommission)
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EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
Thebasic Regulation forthe fruit and vegetables sector ,(EEC )No1035 /72,
provides inArticle 21,inter alia ,forfree distribution tocertain
categories ofconsumers ,ofproducts withdrawn from themarket byproducer
organizations orbought inbyIntervention agencies ,bywayoftheir
disposal .Council Regulation (EEC)No273/72onthefinancing ofthis
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sector ,provides for flat-rate finance from theGuarantee section ofthe
EA66F for the cost ofthe transport involved insuch distribution .These
amounts were fixed atthebeginning of1972 and have .notbeen altered
since .Itisnecessary toadapt these amounts inview oftheincreased
cost oftransport .

Proposal for a
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC )
amending Regulation (EEC)No273/72laying down general rules for
thefinancing ofintervention expenditure inrespect ofthe internal
market infruit andvegetables
THE COUNCIL OFTHE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard totheTreaty establishing theEuropean Economic Community ,
Having regard toCouncil Regulation (EEC)No729/70of21April 1970 on
thefinancing ofthecommon agricultural policy (1),aslast amended by
Regulation (EEC)No929/79 (2),and inparticular Article 3(2 )thereof .
Having regard totheproposal from theCommission ,
Whereas Article 2ofCouncil Regulation (EEC)No273/72 (3)fixes ona
flat-rate basis thetransport costs tobefinanced bythe Guarantee section
ofthe EAGGF forthe free distribution offruit andvegetables withdrawn
from themarket byproducer organizations orbrought iabyintervention
agencies ;whereas these costs were fixed in1972 andthey should beadapted
totake account ofthe subsequent evolution oftransport costs ,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Article 1
Article 2(A), (b)ofRegulation (EEC )No273/72ishereby
amended toread asfollows :
b)Thetotal cost ofthe free distribution offresh orprocessed products ,
determined asshown below onthebasis ofthedistance between theplace
ofwarehousing and thedistribution point ;
-distance less than 25kg :0.77 ECU/100 kggross ,
-distance not less than 25kmbut less than 200 km :1.56 ECU/100 kg
gross ,
-distance not less than 200 kmbut less than 350 km :2.14 ECU/100 kg
gross ,
-distance not less than 350 km :3.50 ECU/100 kggross ,
this rate being increased by0.36 ECU/100 kggross inthecase oftrans­
port byrefrigerated wagon orother refrigerated vehicle ;

-2-
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthethirddayfollowing
itspublication intheOfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities .
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicable
inallMemberStates.
Doneat
FortheCouncil
(1)OJNoL94,28April1970,p.13
(2)OJNoL117,12May1979,p.4
(3)0JNoL35,9February1972,p.3

FINANCIAL STATEMENT
1.BUDGETHEADING :0ate:20.June1979
APPROBATIONS :4.4MEUA
2.TITLE:ProposalforaRegulation amendingRegulation (EEC)273/72onthe
financingofintervention expenditure inrespectoffruitandvegetables
3LEGALBASIS:Regulation (EEC)729/70Art3(2)
4.AIMSOFPROJECTtobringuptodatetheflat-rate amountsforfinancing
expenditure inconnection withthedistribution freeofcharge
offruitandvegetables withdrawnfromthemarketorboughtin
byIntervention agencies.
5.FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS
5.0EXPENDITURE
-CHARGED TOTHEECBUDGET
XX5fX*aî/INTERVENTI0NS'
-xxoot
5.1RECEIPTS
-OWNRESOURCES OFTHEEC
(LEVIES/CUSTOMSDUTIES)
-NATIONAL
5.0.1ESTIMATED EXPENDITURE
5.1.1EKXDCXTOIXTTKWXÏE
njLAt-»iuubPERIODOF12MONTHS
+11,000EUACURRENTFINANCIAL YEAR
11979)
+11,000EUAFOLLOWING FINANCIAL YEAR
t_JL9&LLJ
+11,000EUA
1980
+11,000
EUA1981
+11,000
EUA1982
+11,000
EUA
5.2METHODOFCALCULATION
Inthecourseofthelastthreeyearstheexpenditure inthisheading
hasamountedonaverageto15,000EUA.Byincreasing by75%thecurrent
flatrates,whichhavebeeninforcesince1972,theresultshouldbe
anincreaseinexpenditure of11,000EUA.
6.0CANTHEPROJECTBEFINANCED FROMAPPROBATIONS ENTEREDINTHERELEVANT CHAPTEROFTHECURRENTBUDGET?
YES/KV
6.ix#xxt>tx«?oxecx)txxixxwXK&K'KX$«**$<^K>#K3ittCK lXtfX^&^x (tfxfclixW^^)ft<fc^x?xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
6.2XXMXSœjCLXXOWCWÎÎXBOXiJeiO^X^XSOeKWXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
6.3WILLFUTUREBUDGETAPPROBATIONS BENECESSARY ?
YES/KX
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