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Vol. 1983/0 161 
  
 
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COM M ISSION O F T H E  EUROPEAN CO M M U NITIES
COM(83) 427 final  
Brussels, 4 July 1983
Proposal for a 
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC)
fixing, for the 1983/84 marketing year, the production aid for  
tinned pineapple and the minimum price to be  
paid to pineapple producers
(submitted to the Council by the Commission)
COM(83) 427 final

E X P L A N A T O R Y  M E M O R A N D U M
A  system  of production aid for tinned pineapple h e$  been  established b y  
Articles 1  a n d 3  pf Regulation (E E C ) N o  525/77^.Articles 1  a n d 3  pf Régulation (E E C ) N o  525/77^.
U n d er Articled of the said Regulation the aid is fixed I n  such a  m a n n e r  as to  
offset the differer :e betw een the C o m m u n ity  offter price for tinned pineapple  
a n d  the prices c t ged b y non-m em ber.supplier countries.
T h e  m in im u m  price to pine-apple producers is fixed at the sa m e time.
In the attached proposal, the'aid a n d  m in im u m  price for the 198378^ m arketing  
year have b een  calculated in the light of the above m entioned dispositions  
of tfiV tra-sic Regulation.
C o m p a rin g  this C o m m u n ity  B .riçe w ith im port prices results in aid o f E C U /
100 kg, a n  d im in u tio n  o f  U Ï  %  ay  c o m ^ ris o n  w ith  th e  p re c e d in g  m a rk e tin g  y e a r.
CD O.J. N o L 73, 21.3.1977, p. 46

Proposal for a
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC)
fixing, k r  the 1983/8f marketing year, the production aid for tinned pineapple 
m d die minimum price to be paid to pineapple producers
THE COUNCIL OF THE BUROPEAN 
COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the- Treaty establishing the European 
Economic Community,
Having regard to Cour .il Regulation (EEC) No 525/77 
of 14 March 1977 es'.'''dishing a system of production 
aid for tinned pineapp' .  ('), as amended by Regulation 
(EEC) No 2990/78 (;), and in particular Article 4 (2) 
thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas Article 1  of Regulation (EEC) No 525/77 
establishes a system of production aid for tinned 
pineapple processed from pineapples harvested in the 
Community ; whereas the object of such aid is to offset 
the difference between the Community offer price and 
the prices charged by third countries for tinned 
pineapple ;
Whereas, under Artie'-· 3 of the said Regulation, the 
granting of such aid is subject to the payment of 
producers of fresh pineapples of at least a minimum 
price ; whereas that price must be fixed so as to ensure 
a fair remuneration to the producers concerned,HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Article 1
For the 1983/8^marketing year, the production aid for 
tinned pineapple referred to in Article 1  of Regulation 
(EEC) No 525/77 shall be 61.HÎ  ECU per 100 kilo­
grams, including immediate packaging.
Article 2
For the said marketing year, the minimum price 
referred to in Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 525/77 
shall b e£%0fji  ECU per 100 kilograms.
Article 3
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its 
publication in the Official Journal of the European  
Communities.
It shall apply from 1  June 1983-
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member 
States.
Done at Brussels,
For the Council
( > )  OJ No L  73, 21. 3. 1977, p. 44.
0  OJ No L  357, 21. 12. 1978, p. 1.

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w ith those of third countries, whilst.at the sa m e  tim e paying a  fair price  
to·growers
J, FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS
5.0 EXPENDITURE- CHARGED TO the EC BUDGET (REFUNDS/INTERVENTIONS!
- NATIONAL ADMINISTRATION
- OTHER 
S.T RECEIPTS- OWN RESOURCES or THE EC (LEVIES/CUSTOMS DUTIES)
NATIONALPERIOD or «  MONTHS
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6 .)  HILL FUTURE BUOGET APPR08IATI0NS BE NECESSARY ?TES/NO
observations  »  (1) T h e  a m o u n t above has been included in the draft 198/9Budget  
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