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COMMISSION OPTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES
COM(73)301final
Brussels.27February1973
Proposalfora
REGULATION (EEC)OFTHECOUNCIL
modifyingRegulation(EEC)no1059/69layingdownthe
tradearrangements applicabletocertaingoodsresulting
fromtheprocessingofagricultural products
(submittedtotheCouncilbytheCommission)
COM(73)301final

MOTIVATION
CouncilRegulation (EEC)n°1059/69of28May1969layingdownthe
tradearrangements applicabletocertaingoodsresultingfromtheprocessing
ofagriculturalproducts(l)providesthatonimportationintotheCommunity
thesegoodsshallbesubjecttoachargeconsistingofafixed'component
andavariablecomponent.
Article6ofthatRegulationleavesaperiodof15daysforthe
Commissiontodeterminethevariablecomponents ,andfortheMemberStates
•totaJkiethenecessarymeasuresinorderthatthesevariablecomponentscan
beappliedasfromthefirstdayofthetrimesterforwhichtheyare
determined .
Ithasappearedrepeatedlythatthisperiodwassoshortasto
causedifficulties .Thesedifficulties becamestillmoreserioussince,
from1February1973notonlythevariablecomponentsapplicableonimports
intotheCommunityasoi%inallyC°j?S^^U^.e^romthirdcountrieshavetobe
fixedandpreparedforpracticalapplication ,butalsothecompensatory
amountsapplicableintradebetweentheMemberStatesandthevariable
componentstobeappliedbythenewMemberStatesonimportsfromthird
countries.Itisthereforeappropriatetoprolongthe15daysperiodin
questionto20days.
Consequently thepurposeofthisProposalistomodifytheArticles
6(2)under(b)andArticle7(l)oftheRegulationinquestion.
(1)O.J.n°L141of12.6.1969,page1
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Proposalfora
'REGUI,ATIOF(EECjCPTOLCCTFCIL ■
modifyingRegulation (EEC)n°1059/69layingdownthetrade
arrangements applicabletocertaingoodsresultingfromthe
processingofagricultural products
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishing theEuropeanEconomicCommunity,and,
inparticularArticles113,227and235thereof;
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ;
HavingregardtotheOpinionoftheEuropeanParliament,
WhereasArticle6(2)under(b)ofRegulation (EEC)n°1059/69oftheCouncil
of28May1969jlayingdownthetradearrangements applicabletocertaingoods
resultingfromtheprocessingofagriculturalproducts(l),aslastamended
byRegulation (EEC)n°609/72(2)providesthatforcalculatingthevariabiS'
componenttheCommissionshalltakeintoconsideration theaveragec.i.f.
price(excludingspecialc.i.f.prices)orthefree-at-frontierpriceused
whenfixingtheleviesoneachofthebasicproductsinquestion,calculated
foraperiodconsistingofthefirstfifteendaysofthemonthprecedingthe
quarterforwhichthevariablecomponentisfixedandthetwomonths
immediatelypreceding ;
WhereasArticle7(l)ofthatRegulationprovidesthat,ifoneofthefactors
tobeusedforcalculatingthevariablecomponenthasnotbeendeterminedby
thefifteenthofthemonthprecedingthequarterforwhichthisvariable
componentmustbefixed,theCommissionshallcalculatethevariablecomponent
onthebr.sisofthefactorusedforcalculatingthevariablecomponentfor
thecurrentquarterinsteadofthefactorwhichisnotavailable ;
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Whereastheperiodoffifteendaysleftbythesetwoprovisionsisdestined
especiallytoallowtheCommissiontofixthevariablecomponents,andto
allowtheMemberStatestotakenecessarymeasuresinordertoensurethat
thevariablecomponentscanbeappliedasfromthefirstdayofeachquarter
ofthecalendaryear;whereashoweverthisperiodhasappearedtobetoo
shortinseveralcases;andwhereasthisdifficultyhasbecomeevenmore
seriousbytheenlargementoftheCommunity;whereasitistherefore
appropriatetoprolongthedurationofthisperiodtotwentydays,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
InArticle6(2)under(b)andinArticle7(l)ofRegulation (EEC)
n°1059/69thefigure15isreplacedbythefigure10.
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthedayfollowingthedayofits
publicationintheOfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities .
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectly
applicableinallMemberStates.
DoneatBrussels,
FortheCouncil
ThePresident