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APPENDIX II
totheOpinionoftheEconomicandSocialCommittee
Defeatedamendment
Thefollowingamendment,basedontheSectionOpinionandtabledinaccordancewiththeRulesof
Procedure,wasdefeatedinthecourseofthedebate:
Point1.5
Thispointshouldreadasfollows:
'TheCommitteeendorsestheCommissionproposal'srequirementthattheMemberStatesplacesufficient
meansatthedisposaloftheirinspectionservices.'
Reason
TheCommitteeshouldnotdictatetotheCommissionthenumberofinspectorsthateachMemberState
shouldberequiredtoprovide.
Voting
For:21,against:45,abstentions :5.
OpinionontheproposalforaCouncilRegulation(EEC)establishingaspecialsystemof
assistancetotraditionalACPsuppliersofbananas
(93/C108/11)
On11January1993theCouncildecidedtoconsulttheEconomicandSocialCommittee,
underArticle198oftheTreatyestablishingtheEuropeanEconomicCommunity,onthe
abovementioned proposal.
TheEconomicandSocialCommitteedecidedtoappointMrOvideEtienneasRapporteur­
GeneralforitsOpinion.
Atits303rdPlenarySession(meetingof25February1993),theEconomicandSocial
CommitteeadoptedthefollowingOpinionbyalargemajority,with19votesagainstand
8abstentions .
TheCommitteeapprovestheCommissionproposal,
subjecttothecommentssetoutbelow.1.2.Thiscouldcreateproblemsforcertaintra­
ditionalACPsuppliers,particularlythosewhodepend
heavilyontheincometheyderivefrombananas.
1.Introduction 1.3.TheaimoftheCommissionproposalisto
ensure,inaccordancewithProtocol5totheFourth
ACP/EECConvention,thatthecommonorganization
ofthemarketinbananasdoesnotplacetraditional
ACPsuppliersinalessfavourablesituationthanthey
hadenjoyedbeforehand .1.1.Theintroductionofthecommonmarketorgan­
izationforbananascreatesnewobligations,interalia
asregardsquality,forsuppliersoftheECmarket.

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whichfurthertheseaims. 2.Internalarrangements
2.1.Thenewsystemisdesignedto:
—maintaintraditionalACPexports;
—respecttheLoméagreements;
—ensureharmoniousoperationofthecommonmar­
ketorganizationbyofferingaidtothoseproducers
likelytosufferunderthenewregime.
3.Generalprovisions
3.1.Thenewaidschemeconsistsoftwoelements:
a)technicalandfinancialassistance;
b)incomesupport.
3.2.TheschemecoverstraditionalACPsuppliers.
3.3.Thetechnicalassistanceisdesignedtoimprove
productqualityandmarketing.Moreparticularly,it
shouldallowtraditionalACPsupplierstoadjustrapidly
tothenewstandardsintroducedbythecommonmarket
organization .
3.4.Assistancewillbegrantedforthesetting-upof
producers'organizationsandforotherprogrammes
DoneatBrussels,25February1993.3.5.Theincomesupportsupplementsthatavailable
undertheStabexsystem,incaseswhereStabexdoes
notfullyoffsetincomelossesincurredbytraditional
ACPsuppliers.
4.Specificcomments
4.1.Article5(2)
4.1.1.TheCommitteeemphasizesthattoretaincon­
formitywiththeStabexsystem,incomesupportshould
notbetiedtotheeffectsofthecommonmarketorgan­
ization.
4.1.2.IntheCommittee'sview,itshouldbespecified
thatincomesupport:
—docsnotapplybeyondthequotareservedfortra­
ditionalACPsuppliers;
—doesnotapplyincaseswherepricefallsaretrig­
geredbytraditionalACPsuppliersexceedingtheir
quota;
—shouldapplyforthesameperiodassupportwithin
thecommonmarketorganization .
4.2.Article6(5)
4.2.1.TheCommitteesuggeststhatthe'exception'
shouldnotbeconsideredassuch.Initsview,advances
shouldbepaidregularlyandbeyondthefirstyearof
applicationoftheRegulation.
TheChairman
oftheEconomicandSocialCommittee
SusanneTIEMANN