No C 49/74 Official Journal of the European Communities 28. 2. 90 
Proposal for a 
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No . . . 
of... 
on the stabilization of the Community market for mandarins 
(90/C 49/48) 
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, 
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament, 
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social 
Committee, 
Whereas a feature of the Community market for mandarins is 
imbalance between supply and demand; whereas that 
situation stems from falling demand for the product from 
consumers; 
Whereas market stabilization measures alone are not likely to 
remedy such difficulties; whereas action should also be taken 
in respect of the production potential in order to take account 
of the fact that consumers are turning away from the 
product, such action needing to be taken for a period of three 
marketing years; 
Whereas, in order to help achieve that end, producers should 
be encouraged to refrain from producing mandarins; 
whereas, to that end, provision should be made for a 
premium, to be paid once only, to be granted to producers 
who undertake to grub up their whole mandarin orchard and 
not to replant mandarin trees; 
Whereas the premium must be determined taking account of 
both the cost of grubbing-up and the loss of income; 
Whereas the aim of the grubbing-up premium is to achieve 
the objectives laid down in Article 39 of the Treaty; whereas 
provision should be made for Community financing of this 
measure by the Guarantee Section of the European 
Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund, 
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: 
During the 1990/91, 1991/92 and 1992/93 marketing 
years, Community mandarin producers shall qualify, on 
application and under the conditions laid down below, for a 
premium, to be granted once only, for the grubbing-up of 
mandarin trees. Article 2 
The premium shall be granted subject to an undertaking in 
writing from the recipient: 
(a) to grub up or have grubbed up, at one time, before 1 
April of a given year all the mandarin trees on his 
holding; 
(b) to refrain from planting any mandarin trees. 
Article 3 
The premium shall be fixed account being taken in particular 
of grubbing-up costs and the loss of income to producers 
carrying out grubbing-up operations. 
Article 4 
The Member States shall check whether recipients of the 
premium have fulfilled the undertakings laid down in 
Article 2. They shall take any further measures in particular 
to ensure compliance with the provisions of the premium 
scheme. They shall inform the Commission of the measures 
taken. 
Article S 
The measures provided for in this Regulation shall be deemed 
intervention intended to stabilize the agricultural markets 
within the meaning of Article 3 of Council Regulation (EEC) 
No 729/70 (J). They shall be financed by the EAGGF 
Guarantee Section. 
Article 6 
The premium shall be determined and the detailed rules for 
the application of this Regulation shall be adopted in 
accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 33 of 
Council Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 (2). 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day 
following its publication in the Official Journal of the 
European Communities. 
(») OJ No L 94, 28. 4. 1970, p. 13. 
(2) OJ No L 118, 20. 5. 1972, p. 1. , . , ., Article 7 
Article 1 
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This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member 
States. 
Done at Brussels, . . . 
For the Council