COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES 
COM (89) 546 final 
Brussels, 7 November 1989 
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Proposal for a 
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) 
amending Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 on the 
common organization of the market in cereals 
(presented by the Commission) 
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EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM 
Council Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 on the common organization of the market 
in cereals provides in particular, under the stabilizer arrangements, for the 
possibility of not reimbursing the additional co-responsibility levy where the 
latter is very small. However, as legislation stands, it is compulsory to 
collect even a very small additional co-responsibility levy. For the sake of 
consistency, the legal basis should be introduced into the present legislation 
to permit the additional co-responsibility levy not to be collected where it 
involves a very small amount. 
Proposal for a 
COUNCIL REGULATION 
amending Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 on the 
common organization of the market in cereals 
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, 
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and 
in particular Article 43 thereof, 
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (1), 
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (2), 
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee (3), 
Whereas the stabilizer arrangements provided for in Article 4b of Council 
Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 (4), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) 
No 2860/89 (5), provide for the application of an additional co-responsibility 
levy where production in a marketing year exceeds the maximum guaranteed 
quantity; whereas those arrangements can only be applied by means of 
administrative measures for the collection and reimbursement of that levy; 
whereas, for the sake of administrative simplification, provision should be 
made for the possibility of not reimbursing the additional co-responsibility 
levy where the amount to be reimbursed is very small; whereas, for the sake of 
consistency, provision should also be made for the levy not to be collected 
where the overrun in the maximum guaranteed quantity results in the collection 
of a very small amount; whereas, moreover, such a decision must result in the 
reimbursement in full of the additional co-responsibility levy collected 
provisionally, 
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(2) OJ No 
(3) OJ No 
(4) OJ No L 281, 1.11.1975, p. 1. 
(3) OJ No L 274, 23.9.1989, p. 41. 
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HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: 
Article 1 
The following sentence is hereby added to the second subparagraph of Article 
4b(2) of Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75: 
"In accordance with the same procedure, it may be decided that in the case of 
a very -light overrun in the maximum guaranteed quantity, the additional 
co-responsibility levy shall be reimbursed in full." 
Article 2 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the 
Official Journal of the European Communities. 
It shall apply from the 1989/90 marketing year. 
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in 
all Member States. 
Done at Brussels, For the Council 
FINANCIAL STATEMENT 
: Date: 23 October 1989 
Appropriations: 1990 DB: - ECU 1 177 million 1. Budget heading: 103 
2. Title: Amendment to Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 on the common organization of the 
market in cereals 
3. Legal basis: Treaty establishing the EEC 
4. Aims .of project: To introduce the possibility of reimbursing the additional 
co-responsibility levy where the overrun is very slight. 
: period of 
: 12 months 
5. Financial implications (ECU million) 
5.0 Expenditure 
- charged to the EC budget 
(refunds/intervention) 
- national administration 
- other 
5.1 Receipts 
- own resources of the EC 
(levies/customs duties) 
- national 56 current 
financial year 
(1989) following 
financial year 
(1990)' 
+ 56 
1991 1992 
5.0.1 Estimated expenditure 
5.1.1 Estimated receipts p.m. p.m. 
5.2 Method of calculation: Additional levy: 
+ (ECU 0,54/t x 114,9 million t) - ECU 6,6 million (exemption for small producers) 
+ ECU 55,4 million (A) x 1,107 (DR) 
+ ECU 61,3 million (B) 
Aid for small producers: 
ECU (110* - 63**) million x ECU 0,54/t x 1,113 (DR) = - ECU 54 million (B) 
ECU 5,22/t 
TOTAL: 61,3 - 5,4 = ECU 55,9 million, rounded up to ECU 56 million 
6.0 Can the project be financed from appropriations entered in the relevant chapter 
of the current budget ? yesXXX 
6.1 Can the project be financed by transfer between chapters of the current budget ? 
XXXXXX 
6.2 Is a supplementary budget necessary ? XXXXno 
6.3 Will future budget appropriations be necessary ? yesXXX 
Observations: 
The proposal introduces the possibility of reimbursing in full the additional 
co-responsibility levy in the case of a very slight overrun. For the 1989/90 
marketing year, the additional co-responsibility levy net to be collected is 
ECU 0,54/tonne. 
The aid to small producers must be readjusted following this amemdment. 
* Total aid to small producers related to additional levy. 
** Exemption :: Spanish, Creek and Italian snail producers. 
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L. I. Quelle est La justification principale de la mesure ? 
Simplification du régime de coresponsabilité supplémentaire. 
Allégement des tâches administratives des entreprises concernées, 
II. Caractéristiques des entreprises concernées. En particulier : 
(aî Y a-t-il un grand nombre de PME ? OUI Coopératives 
Négociants 
Cb) Note-t**on des concentrations dans des régions 
i. eligible* aux «ides régionales des Etats membres ? NON 
Inéligibles au fedcr ? 
III. Quelles sont les obligations impesées directement aux entreprises ? 
Pas d'obligation nouvelle. 
:v. Quelles sont les obligations susceptibles d'èxre imposées indirectement 
aux entreprises via les autorités locales ? 
Aucune 
V. Y a-t-il des mesures spéciales pour les P«£ ? N0N "' Lesquelles ? 
VI. Quel est l'effet prévisible 
a) sur la compétitivité des entreprises ? Aucun 
b) sur L ' emploi 7 Aucun 
'VII. Les partenaires sociaux ont-ils été consultés ? NON Quels sont leurs 
avis ? 
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