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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
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Brussels ,14February 1978
Proposal for a
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC )
amending Regulation (EEC)No878/77asregards the
exchange rates to "beapplied inrespect oftomato
concentrates and isoglucose
(submitted totheCouncil bytheCommission )
COK(78 )61final

EXPLANATORY 1-33'ORAKFJrl
1.Thenewrepresentative ratefortheItalianlirafixed "byRegulation (23G)l.'o
17^/78(OJNoL26,31.1.73,P«l)anpliestoreeledtomatoesfrom1February1973.
Thrrevr-vtcdoesnotapplytotomatoconcentratesuntil10July1978(start:ofthe
marketingyear).
AtthemeetingoftheSpecialCommitteeonAgriculture on7February1973,"the
ItalianDelegationaskedthatthedateofapplication ofthenewratefortomato
concentrates bebroughtclosertothatforpeeledtomatoessoasnottodistort
competition betweenthetwoproducts.
Theotherdelegations wereinfavourofthisrequest,andtheCommissionistherefore
proposingtotheCouncilthatRegulation(EEC)No878/77"beamendedalongthese
linoswithimmediateeffect.
2.Unlikethesugarsector,theisoglucosesectorhasnomarketingyear.Thenew
representative rateforthepoundsterling,asfixedbyRegulation(SSC)No179/73
(OJHoL26,31.1.1973,n.3),wouldthereforeapplyintheUnitedKingdomfromtho
entryintoforceofpricesforthe1978/79milkyear,butwouldanplytothesugar
sectorfrom1July1978.
Inordertoavoidthiseconomically unjustifieddistinction betweentwoclosely-
linkedsectors,theCommissionproposesthatthenewrepresentative ratefort.ie
poundsterlingalsoapplytotheisogluoosesectorfrom1July1978.
3.Theeffectoftheseproposedmeasuresonthebudgetisnegligible.

COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
amendingRegulation(EEC)No878/77
asregardstheexchangeratesto"be
appliedinrespectoftomatoconcen­
tratesandisoglucose
THECOUNCILOPTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishing theEuropeanEconomicCommunity,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation No125on"thevalueoftheunitofaccount
andoftheexchangeratestobeappliedforthepurposeofthecommonagricultural
policy^\aslastamended "byRegulation(EEC)No2543/73^\andinparticular
Article3thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission,
WhereasCouncilRegulation(EEC)No878/77of26April1977ontheexchange
ratestobeappliedinagriculture^"^,aslastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)No
179/78fixedanew"representative ratefortheItalianlira;whereas
pursuanttoArticle2(5)ofthesaidRegulationthenewrateappliesto
skinnedtomatoesinItalywitheffectfrom1February1978;whereas,however,
inthecaseoftomatoconcentratesforwhichamarketingyearexists,thenew
ratewouldapplyonlyfromthebeginningofthesaidmarketingyear,thatis
from1January1978;
Whereasthisdifferential treatmentofproductsinthesamesectoriscontrary
tothesoundmanagementofthemarketsoftheseproducts;whereastoavoidthis
thenewratefortomatoconcentrates shouldbeappliedfroma
datewhichisascloseaspossibletothatadoptedforskinnedtomatoes;
Whereas,asregardstheminimumpricetobeobservedonimportation ,such
measuresshouldnotbeappliedtooperationsinrespectofwhichimportlicences
havealreadybeenappliedforbeforetheentryintoforceofthisRegulation ;
1)OJNo106,30.10.1962,p.2553/62
2)OJNoL263,19.9.1973 »p.1
3)OJNoL106,29.4.1977,p.27
4)OJNoL26,31.1.1978,p.3

Whereastheisoglucosesectoriscloselylinkedwiththesugarsector;whereas,
however,nomarketingyearexistsinrespectoftheformer;whereas,inviewof
thecurrentwordingofArticle2(6)oftheaforementioned Regulation,it
wouldfollowthatintheabsenceofamarketingyear,thenewrepresentative
ratefixedforthepoundsterlingwouldnotapplytothetwoabovementioned
sectorsfromthesamedate;whereassuchdifferentiation should "beavoided;
WhereastheMonetaryCommitteewillbeconsulted,andwhereas,inviewof
theurgencyinvolved,theenvisagedmeasuresshouldbeadoptedinaccordance
withtheconditionslaiddowninArticle3(2)ofRegulation No129,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
InArticle2(5)ofRegulation (EEC)No878/77pointsd)ande)areamended
andthepointf)isadded,asfollows:
"d)subjecttotheprovisionslaiddownundere)andf),thebeginningofthe
1978/79marketingyearfortheotherproductsforwhichthemarketing
yearhasnotyetcommencedonthedayoftheentryintoforceofthis
Regulation ;
e).....February1978fortomatoconcentrates ;
f)thedateoftheentryintoforceofthisRegulation
-formilkandmilkproducts,beefandvealandpigmeat,andsugar;
-fortheadditionalaidreferredtoinArticlel(2)ofRegulation
(EEC)No2511/69(1)?
-inallotheroasesnotmentionedabove".

-3-
Article2
Article2(6)ofRegulation(EEC)ITo878/77isamendedtoreadasfollows:
"6.Therepresentative rateforthepoundsterling,asfixed"byRegulation
(EEC)Ho179/78»shallapplywitheffectfrom
a)1July1973forisoglucose;
b)1August1978f°reggs,poultry,ovalbuminandlactalbumin ;
c)16December1978forwine;however,otherdatesmaybelaiddown
fordistillation operations;.
d)1January1979forfisheryproducts;
e)subjecttotheprovisionslaiddownunderf),thebeginningofthe
1978/79marketingyearfortheotherproductsforwhichthe
marketingyearhasnotyetcommencedonthedayoftheentryinto
forceofthisRegulation ;
f)thedateofapplicationofthepricesforthe1978/79marketingyear
forbeefandvealandformilkandmilkproducts,andthedate
applicabletomilkandmilkproductsforpigmeatandforallother
casesnotmentioned above".
Article3
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon 1978.
However,asregardstheminimumpriceonimportationfixedfortomatoconcent­
rates,thisRegulationshallapplyonlytooperationscarriedoutunder
coverofanimportlicenceforwhichanapplicationislodged,withinthe
meaningofArticle6ofRegulation(EEC)Ho193/75of17January1975laying
downcommondetailedrulesfortheapplicationofthesystemofimportand
5exportlicencesandadvancefixingcertificates foragricultural products ,
aslastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)No1470/77^,onorafter....February
1978.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicablem
allMemberStates.
DoneatBrussels, FortheCouncil
(5)OJïïoL25,31.1.1975,P.10
(6)0JNoL162,1.7.1977,P.11