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COMMISSION OPTHE EUROPEAN CGMMUHTTiES
AMENDMENT
totheproposal foraRegulation ofthe
Council concerning measures tobetaken ;
inagriculture inview oftherise in
thecentral rate fortheDutch guilder
(presented bytheCommission tothe
Council pursuant tothesecond
paragraph ofArticle 149oftheEEC
Treaty )COM(73)1832 final
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EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
1.On17September 1973 theDutch Government raised thecentral rate forthe
guilder "by5$.Atthesame time itrequested that aspecial conversion
rate bedetermined fortheguilder foragricultural purposes ,at105$ of
theparity declared toandrecognized bytheIMP.
On19September 1973 theCouncil fixed aspecial conversion rate
("representative rate")fortheDutch guilder (Regulation (EEC)
No2544/73:OJNoL236,19«9«1973 ,p.2).This ledtoafall of
approximately 5$intheprices foragricultural products inthe
Netherlands#
Tooffset thelosses incurred byagricultural producers ,theDutch
Government requested authorization togrant them aids forsixmonths *The
aidwould consist ofraising theVATrate "by2$,theincrease tobepaid
not tothe revenue authorities but tothe farmers themselves .The cost
ofthis measure can beestimated atPI120million .
TheCommission haspresented totheCouncil aproposal toauthorize the
Netherlands togrant that aid (Doc.R/2252/73(AGRl)642(FIN)567 )dated
21September 1973)*TheCommission hasalso proposed that ,inview ofthe
implications oftheDutch measures atCommunity level (theintroduction
or,incertain cases ,theincrease ofcompensatory amounts would involve
approx .50million u.a.extra expenditure ),15i°oftheDutch expenditure ,
or5million u.a.,should beborne bytheEAGGP .
2.Inthe meantime the Dutch Government has informed the Commission ofa
further problem .
Onthedayonwhich thecentral rate wasraised ,38000metric tons of
butter were held under Community –subsidized private storage contracts .
The loss invalue ofthis butter would bePI12million ifthenew
representative rate were applied .This isanet loss which those concerned
cannot cover andisthedirect result oftheRegulation introducing the
representative rate .
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There arenoCommunity rules which canbeapplied tomake good this
loss .Article 29ofRegulation (EEC)No685/69(OJNoL90,15*4*1969 »
p.12,asamended "byRegulation (EEC)No603/70(OJNoL72,1.4*70 ,
p.62)tapplies only where thecommon price isaltered .
Itcannot ,however ,"bedenied that Article 29isworded insuch away
astogive rise tomisinterpretations onthepart ofstorers .
TheDutch Government hastherefore requested that asolution "befound
totheproblem .TheCommission hasconsidered thematter andfeels
that asolution could befound bysoextending theauthorization given
intheproposal mentioned above that theNetherlands could grant a
special aidinthis case .TheCommunity could participate infinancing
theexpenditure which this would impose ontheDutch authorities .
TheCommission therefore presents anamendment totheoriginal proposal
foraRegulation ,under Article 149(2 )oftheTreaty .

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AMENDMENT
totheproposal foraRegulation ofthe
Council concerning measures tobetaken
inagriculture inview oftherise inthe
central rate fortheDutch guilder
(Doc.R/2252/73(AGRI 642)(PIN567)of
21September 1973 )
Theabovementioned proposal isamended asfollows :
1.Thefollowing paragraph isadded toArticle 1:
"3*The Guarantee Section oftheEAGGF shall contribute tothe
financing ofthemeasures provided forinthis Article bypaying
totheKingdom oftheNetherlands anamount offive million
units ofaccount ,chargeable totheBudget oftheEuropean
Communities for 1974 *"
2»Article 2isreplaced bythefollowing :
"Article 2
TheNetherlands areauthorized togrant ,inrespect ofbutter
which on15September washeld under storage contracts concluded
with theintervention agency ,aspecial aidtooffset theloss
invalue resulting from theapplication ofRegulation (EEC)
No2544/73.
The Guarantee Section ofthe EAGGP shall contribute tothe
financing ofthemeasures provided forinthis Article bypaying
totheKingdom oftheNetherlands anamount of3*5million units
ofaccount ,chargeable totheBudget oftheEuropean Communities
for 1974 ."