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Proposal for a Council Regulation (EEC) amending Regulation (EEC) No 2511/69 laying down 
special measures for improving the production and marketing of Community citrus fruit 
COM(88) 741 final 
(Submitted by the Commission on 19 December 1988) 
(89/C 6/04) 
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, 
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European 
Economic Community, and in particular Article 43 
thereof, measure, involving a two-year extension of the deadline 
and subsequent adjustments to the plan implemented in 
Italy for the regions of Sicily, Apulia and Calabria, 
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: 
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, 
Having regard to the opinion of the European 
Parliament, Article 1 
Regulation (EEC) No 2511/69 is hereby amended as 
follows: 
1. In Article 1: 
Whereas pursuant to Council Regulation (EEC) No 
2511/69 0 as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 
3223/88 (2) Italy has implemented its plan for special 
measures to improve the production and marketing of 
citrus fruit in accordance with the programme approved 
by the Commission on 21 November 1983; 
Whereas frosts of exceptional severity during the winter 
of 1986/87, particularly in the regions of Sicily, Apulia 
and Calabria, have seriously undermined the 
achievements to date and the state of progress of oper­
ations in hand; 
Whereas some citrus fruit growers in regions particularly 
affected by frost have been prevented from starting on 
the conversion and restructuring operations provided for 
in the plan approved by the Commission; whereas, 
therefore, they should be given the requisite time to start 
those operations; 
Whereas frost has destroyed trees already included in 
conversion schemes or new plantations established as a 
result of restructuring, trees included in operations which 
are still in hand, and a proportion of young citrus 
seedlings in the nurseries and whereas, in some cases, 
work under new schemes must be recommenced; 
whereas, therefore, the aid granted in respect of these 
operations must be adjusted to take account of the 
damage; 
Whereas, in order to remedy the situation created by the 
frost, provision should be made for an emergency 
(') OJ No L 318, 18. 12. 1969, p. 1. 
(2) OJ No L 288, 21. 10. 1988, p. 5. (i) The following subparagraph is added to para­
graph 4: 
'In Italy, for the regions of Sicily, Apulia and 
Calabria: 
(a) the aid referred to in the first subparagraph of 
paragraph 1 and in paragraph 3 may be 
granted in respect of operations as referred to 
in paragraph 1 (a), (c) and (d) on which a 
start has been made up to 31 December 1990; 
(b) in the case of citrus plantations which were 
the subject, up to the winter of 1986/87, of 
operations as referred to in paragraph 1 (a), 
(c) and (d), the aid referred to in the first 
subparagraph of paragraph 1 and in paragraph 
3 may be granted again where such operations 
must be recommenced as a result of the winter 
frosts in question and up to 31 December 
1990.' 
(ii) Paragraph 5 is replaced by the following: 
'5. The aid tor the schemes referred to in the 
first subparagraph of paragraph 4 and in point (b) 
of the second subparagraph of paragraph 4 shall 
be eligible under the EAGGF only where the area 
of citrus trees damaged by frost represents at least 
20 % of the area of the holding on which citrus 
trees were grown prior to the frost.' 
2. In Article 2: 
(a) The first sentence of the third paragraph is 
replaced by the following: 
'The Member States concerned shall, by 30 April 
1983 at the latest and for the implementation of 
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the provisions laid down in the first subparagraph 
of Article 1 (4) by 31 December 1988 at the latest 
for Greece, and for those laid down in the second 
subparagraph of Article 1 (4) by 31 March 1979 
at the latest for Italy, draw up a plan to include 
the measures which they consider most suitable 
for carrying out the work referred to in Article 1 
or adjust existing plans.' 
(b) The fifth paragraph is replaced by the following: 
'The plan drawn up in accordance with the 
provisions of the first subparagraph of Article 1 
(4) and point (b) of the second subparagraph of 
Article 1 (4) and Article 1 (5) shall specifiy in 
particular, in addition to the particulars referred 
to in the third and fourth paragraphs, the location 
of the areas particularly affected by the severe 
weather, the extent of the damage caused, the 
number of holdings affected, the extent of the 
areas for which aid may be granted for the 
schemes referred to in Article 1 (4), including the 
varieties cultivated on the plantations which are the subject of those schemes, and the control 
measures for ensuring that the aid granted to 
citrus growers whose plantations suffered damage 
as a result of the frost meet the requirements laid 
down in Article 1 (5).' 
3. In Article 4 (1), the third subparagraph is replaced by 
the following: 
'However, for the implementation of points (a) and 
(b) of the first subparagraph and (b) of the second 
subparagraph of Article 1 (4), the figure given in the 
second indent of the first subparagraph shall be 
reduced to 20 %.' 
Article 2 
This Regulation shall en:er into force on the third day 
following its publication in the Official Journal of the 
European Communities. 
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and 
directly applicable in all Member States. 
Proposal for a Council Regulation (EEC) instituting an exceptional emergency measure for 
less-favoured areas in Portugal 
COM(88) 774 final 
(Submitted by the Commission on 19 December 1988) 
(89/C 6/05) 
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITES, 
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European 
Economic Community, and in particular Article 43 
thereof, in the immediate future; whereas, in view of Portugal's 
budgetary difficulties, provision should be made for 
intervention from the Community to implement that 
measure; 
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, 
Having regard to the opinion of the European 
Parliament, 
Whereas the bad weather conditions affecting farmers in 
1988 in the less-favoured areas in Portugal defined in 
Directive 86/467/EEC (Portugal) (') have aggravated 
the natural handicap of those areas and caused liquidity 
problems for those farmers; 
Whereas, by way of an exception, an emergency measure 
is required to raise the income of farmers in those areas Whereas, on account of the weak administrative 
structures of that Member State, a supplement to the 
compensatory allowances provided for in Title III of 
Council Regulation (EEC) No 797/85 of 12 March 1985 
on improving the efficiency of agricultural structures (2) 
would provide a suitable means of allocating the aid 
without incurring expenditure and administrative delays; 
whereas, as a consequence, Portugal should be exempted 
from complying with the provision of Article 15 (4) of 
that Regulation limiting the maximum eligible amount of 
the compensatory allowance to 50 % of the reference 
income per MWU so that this scheme may be 
implemented in compliance with the extremely low 
reference income in Portugal; 
(') OJ No L 273, 24. 9. 1986, p. 173. (') OJ No L 93, 30. 3. 1985, p. 1.