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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
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COM(77)213final.
Brussels,31May1977
Proposalfora
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
fixingtheminimumpriceandthespecialminimumpricefor
tomatoconcentratesforthe1977/78marketingyear
(submittedtotheCouncilbytheCommission)
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COVi(77)213final.

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM–« I
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iSubjecttCouncilRegulationfixingtheminimumpriceandspecialminimumpricefortomatoconcentratesfortheI977/78marketingyear !
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1.PursuanttoArtide3ofRegulation(EEC)No516/77aminimumprice
andaspecialminimumpricehavetohefixedfortomatoconcentrates imported !
intotheCommunity.
2.Pursuant ,tothesaidRegulationtheminimumpricemustbecalculated
byreferencetoaverageproductioncostsfortheCommunityproductandimport
pricesobtainingfrom1January1975»"thepricesonthemainworldmarkets,the
needtopreventamorerestrictive effectontradeandtheneedtocontribute
tothedevelopment ofcompetition withnon-membercountries, >
3»Thefigurederivedfromthefirsttwocriteriais600u.a./tonne.This
ratherlowlevelcanbeexplainedbytheeffectofimportprices,whichhave
decreasesubstantially byreasonoffailurestoapplytheminimumprices,e.g.:
(1)Theminimumpricewasnotappliedforthefirsttimeuntil1September1975*
(2)TheminimumpriceforimportsfromGreece,whichis8.30$belowthe
minimumpriceapplicabletonon-membercountries,wasnotapplieduntil
March1976.
(3)Thespecialminimumpriceissubstantially lowerthantheminimumprice.
(4)Asaresultofcertainerrorsintheapplicationofexchangeratesithas
beenpossibletoimportproductsat30to40%belowtherealvalueofthe
minimumprice.
4.However,theeffectofthethirdcriterion-pricesonthemainworld
marketoutsi-2theCommunity,i.e.theUSA-indicatesreversetrend.TheUSA
producerpriceisestimatedat663U.a./tonneandtheexportpriceat704u.a./
tonnes.IntheConsnunitythecurrentminimumprice(640u«5r/i>on.'ie)fallsbetween
thisfigure(700u.a./tonne)andthaiderivedfromthefirsttwocriteria(600u.a./
tonne,see3)>
./.

2.
Theneedbehindthelastcriteriontoensurethattheapplication
of"theminimumpricecontributestothenormalandharmoniousdevelopmentof
competitionwithnon-membercountries,confirmsthatitisadvisabletomaintain
theminimumpriceatitspresentlevelratherthanexacerbatingthelevelof
protection .
»
Thepriceof640u.a./tonneisthereforeproposed.Inthethree
newMemberStatesaminimumpriceof480u.a./tonneobtainsatpresent.There
isprovisionforalignmentofthispriceontheminimumpriceinthreesteps,
thefirstofwhichwastakenon1July1976.Withthssecondstep,on1July1977,
thespecialminimumpricebecomes560u.a./tonne.Asof1January1978,theend
ofthetransitionalperiod,theminimumprieswillapplyinallnineMemberStates.
7.ThepurposeoftheabovementionedRegulationistofixtheminimum
priceandspecialminimumprice(thelatteruntil31December1977)»forthe
1977/78marketing .year.Thesepricesareapplicablewitheffectfrom1July1977.

COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
fixingtheninin>u&priceandthespecialminimumpricefortomatoconcentrates
forthe1977/78marketingyear
THECOUNCILOP1THEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishing theEuropean
EoonomioCommunity,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)N°516/77of14
March1977onthecommonorganization ofthemarketin
productsprooessedfromfruitandvegetables (l)andin
particularArticle3(4)thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ,
WhereasArticle3(l)ofRegulation(EEC)N°5*6/77laysdownthataminimumimportprice
shallbefixedfortomatoconcentrates ;whereas,underArticle2(3)ofthesame
Regulation,aspecialminimumpriceshallbefixedatthesametimeforimportsinto
thenewMemberStates}whereasthefixingoftheseprioesisintendedtoreducethe
riskofthedisturbanceofthemarketintomatoconcentrates byimportsfromthird
countriesatabnormally lowprices;
Whereastheminimumpricemustbefixedinthelightofthecriterialaiddownin
Article3(2)ofRegulation(EEC)N#516/77?whereas,inaccordancewithArticle2(4)
ofthesameRegulation,theminimumpriceshallbefixedforaproductwithgiven
commercialcharacteristics ;
./.
(1)QJN°L73,1.3.77,P.1

WhereasunderArticle3(3)ofRegulation(EEC)N°516/77,thespecialminimum
priceshallbealignedbystageswiththeminimumprice;whereasthesecond
stageofthatalignmentshallbeeffectedon1July1977byincreasingthe
specialminimumpricebyonehalfofthedifferencebetweenthelevelofthat
priceobtainingbeforethealignmentandtheminimumpriceapplicableforthe
comingmarketingyear;
WhereastheminimumpriceshallapplyinthenewmemberStatesby1January
1978atthelatest,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
Fortheseason1977/78forimportsofthefollowingproduct:
*11,1- ■■-–.
CCT
heading
N°Description Quality Packing
L_ -–
ex20.02CTomato 1
concentratesDriedextract
content:
28to30Inimmediatepacking
ofnotlessthan
4kg
theminimumprioeshallbefixedat64unitsofaccountper100kg1
immediatepackingincluded;
-thespecialminimumpriceshallbefixedat56unitsofaccountper100.k£
immediatepackingincluded.
Thesepriceshallincludecustomsduties.
Article2
Thesaleseasonshallstart1July1977untU30June1978.
Thespecialpriceshallbeapplicableuntil31December.

Article *
This Regulation shall enter into force onthethird dayfollowing itspublication
intheOffioial Journal oftheEuropean Communities .
ThisRegulation shall bebinding initsentirety anddirectly applicable inall
Member States *
Done atBrussels .Por the Counoil
The Preáident