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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(74)1825final
Brussels .7November1974
Proposalfora
COUNCILDECISION
extending "theperiodofoperationofthe
systemofminimumpricesforpotatoesand
certainvinegars
(submittedtotheCounciltrytheCommission)
C0M/74)1825final

VI/3390/7^--E
EXPLAHATORY MEMORANDUM
>i<ri«ilmLH^Ì I.iiMnnrwiiiJit mrtw» ■
1.PursuanttothesecondsentenceofArticle44(6)oftheEECTreaty,the
Council,byitsDecision»f20December1969(®JNoL328,30December1969»
p.11)extendedinrespectoftheMemberStatesconcernedtheperiodduring
whichthesystemofminimumpriceseffectiveon31December1969wasto
apply.However,inthecaseofvinegarandsubstitutesforvinegarimported
intoGermanyandofseedpotatoesandcertainfisheryproductsimported
intoPrance,italsoauthorisedthelevyingofcountervailing chargesin
placeofminimumprices.
2.TheCouncilDecisionof20December1969»whichifastoapplyuntil31December
1970atthelatest,wasextendedsuccessively bytheDecisionsof
15December1970(0JNoL281,27December1970,p.25),of29December1971
(0JHoL2,4January1972,p.23),of19December1972(0JNoL291,28
December1972,p.152)andof17December1973(0JNoL360,29December1973j
P»65)e
S
Attnetimewhenthoseextensionsweremade,mDecember1970andDecember1971»
theCounciltookintoaccountthefactthattheauthorisation grantedtothe
MemberStatesconcernedtolevycountervailing chargesinplaceofminimum
pricesonwinevinegarandthefisheryproductsspecifiedintheDecision
of20December1969hadexpiredon1June1970andIFebruary1971?"the
respectivedatedfromwhichtookeffectCouncilRegulation (EEC)No.816/70
of28April1970layingdownadditionalprovisionsforthecommonorganisation
ofthemarketinwine(0JNoL99»5May1970,p.l)andCouncilRegulation
(EEC)NO.2142/70of20October1970onthecommonorganisationofthemarket
infisheryproducts(0JNoL236,27October1970,p«5)«
3.Atpresentofallthearrangements institutedunderArticle44oftheEEC
Treaty,onlythefollowingarestillineffect:
(a)chargesreplacingminimumprices:inFrance,seedpotatoesandinGermany,
vinegarandsubstitutesforvinegar,otherthanwinevinegar;
(b)minimumprices:inFrance,warepotatoesandinFrance,Germany,
BelgiumandLuxembourg,newpotatoes.Thesystemofminimumprices
isatpresentapplied:forwarepotatoes,inFrance,throughoutthe
year;fornewpotatoes,inFrance,from15Mayto30June,inBelgiuman1
Luxcsnbotuf-g,from1Juneto31JulyandinGermany,from10Juneto10
August.

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4«Itshould,bonotedthatinthe*pasttheapplicationofminimumprices
orofchargeshelpedalleviatedifficulties arisingwithregardtothose
products.
Asregardschargesleviedinsteadofminimumprices,(onseedpotatoesand
vinegarotherthanwinevinegar)thefiguresintheattachedtablesshoi:
afavourable trend.
Theapplicationofthesystemofminimumpricesforseedpotatoes(Prance,Belg.v\
LuxetabOUi-gjGermany)involvedin1974theclosingoffrontiersatcertain
timesoftheyear:inPrance,from23Mayto5Juneandfrom21Juneto
25JuneandinGermany,from1Julyto17Julyandfrom23Julyto10August.
Nonetheless,tradeinnewpotatoesovertheyearmaybeconsideredbyand
large,tohavebeennormal.
Admittedly,inthecaseofwarepotatoes,togetherwiththeapplication
ofthesystemofminimumprices,Prancecloseditsfrontierfrom23Julyto
24October1974toimportsfromtheESCcountriesandGreece.
However,ithastoberecognisedthattheimportrequirements ofPrance,which
forthisproductispredominantly anexportingcountry,arelimitedinnormal
years.
5.(a)TheCouncilDecisionof17December1973extendedtheperiodduringwhich
systemsofminimumpricesofcountervailing chargesinplaceofminimum
pricesnightbeapplieduntilsuchtimeasacommonorganisation ofthe
marketsintheproductsinquestioncouldbeestablished oruntil
31December1974»whicheverwastheearlier.Itshouldbenotedthatthe
Councilisatpresentdiscussingaproposalforacommonorganisation of
themarketinalcohol,whichwouldcoverspiritvinegar,andthatwork
isinprogressonmeasurestoestablishacommonorganisation ofthe
marketinvinegarotherthanwineorspiritvinegar.
(b)Asregardspotatoes,however,ithasnotyetbeenpossibletosubmit
totheCouncilaproposalforacommonorganisation ofthemarket.It
mustberememberedthattheproblemscreatedbytheparticular
characteristics ofthismarkethavebeenaggravatedbytheenlargement
oftheCommunitysinceintheUnitedKingdomthereexistsanational
organisation ofthemarketwhichcomprisesasystemofindividualquotan,
guaranteedpricesanddeficiencypayments.

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Inviewof-theabove,theperiodofvalidityoftheCouncilDecisionof
17December1973extendingthesystemofminimumpricesshouldbe
extendedinrespectofpoHrstpesandsrertqtiro^via&gans .untilr31December1975
atthelatest.Thisisthepurposeoftheproposalforadecisionattached
hereto.

VI/3890/74-E
AîffiEXI
FRAldE-IMPORTS
Seedpotatoes
1,000kg
i-–'–
IOrigin
I1966Ι1967IlII,lllt.1.1I..... 1I.IU.UIIIU
1968I1969j19701971 i1972a,iIIWI'mijpii.tm-.
1973
î
i
\Germany l^3/1i1,499U
1311i!5071 1
!174858331r~
i666
:BLEU 72771684954473964458O596
5Netherlands 58,57779,24047,88161,47459,56549,76361,35967,584*
'Italy 1 45 1619 19 24
iDcnnark 1,3616,735I1,0471,0211,2376,108240*704
|United ;
[Kingdon
■Ireland -I
■'EEC,.as j
joriginally j
jjconstituted !59,93831,455 i49,08562,521I
I
I
60,497 !51,28462,283•«•*r. 1
68,870
|(including jDenmark) j61,29988,19050,13363,56261,73457,392 i62,523 I69,574
World 61,992 j90,183 :50,64564,305 i62,98459,236I64,261 !72,646
i !-J
*Theprobablereasonforthisextremelylowfigureistheobjectionson
planthealthgroundsraisedbyFrance.
I
1

VI/3890/74-E
AMEX II
GERMANY -IMPORTS
Vinegar
ΚΜ&ΜΜΜβι
hl
\..."i11ΜΜΜΜΜΜΜΜΙ
IOrigin ,|1968 , 1969 1970
!Prance ? 229 306 1,401
[BLEU 171
!.....
.Netherlands . 30
JItaly 1545 1,116
*New Member Stated -
JEEC ,I774 11,563 13,024
World 1*371
b11*2,153 !"3,341 &
Γ"1971 1972
.521
145
1,855
!3,0841,200
1,995
3,532
3,979
11973
706
3,596
2,334
7,268
8.063
Source :^Nimexe analytical tables for ,1968 ,1969 ,1970 ,1971 ,1972
Statistisches Bundesamt ,Series 2,1973
NB: . This table does notdistinguish between wine vinegar andother
,vinegar . ! .

VI/3890/74-E
Proposalfora
COUNCILDECISION
extending "theperiodofoperationofthe
systemofminimumpricesforpotatoes
andcertainvinegars.
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishing theEuropeanEconomicCommunity,
andinparticularArticle44thereof;
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ;
HavingregardtotheOpinionoftheEuropeanParliament ;
Whereas,"byitsDecisionof4April1962^^onminimumprices,theCouncillaid
downobjectivecriteriafortheestablishment ofminimumpricesystemsand
forthefixingofsuchprices;
(2)Whereas,byitsDecisionof20December1969,theCouncilextended,inrespectof
theMemberStatesconcerned,theperiodduringwhichthesystemofminimumprices
effectiveon31December1969wastoapply;whereas,inthecaseofvinegarand
substitutesforvinegarotherthanwinevinegarimportedintoGermanyandof
seedpotatoesandcertainfisheryproductsimportedintoPrance,howeverit
authorisedinplaceofminimumpricesthelevyingofcountervailing charges;
WhereastheDecisionof20December1969*whichwastoapplyuntilnotlaterthan
(3)31December1970,wasextendedsuccessively bytheDecisionof15December1970,
theDecisionof20December1971^^»theDecisionof19December1972^*^
Decisionof17December1973^^1
0JNo30,20April,1962,p.995/62
OINoL328,30December1969»P»H-
0JlíoL281,27December1970,p.25.
OJNoL2,4January1972,p.23
0JNoL291,28December1972,p.152
0JNoL360,29December1973,p»652
(3)
(4)
(6)

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Whereas ,atthetine when those extensions were made ,inDecember 1970 and .
December 1971 »theCouncil took into account thefact that theauthorisation
granted ,totheMember States concerned tolevy countervailing charges inplace
ofminimum prices onwine vinegar andthefishery products specified inthe
Decision of20December 1969 hadexpired on1June 1970 and 1February 1971 »
(7)therespective date-s from which~took effect Council Regulation (EEC)No.8l6/70v"
of28April 1970 laying down additional provisions forthecommon organisation
ofthemarket inwineandCouncil Regulation (SEC)No.21/2/70^^of20October
1970 onthecommon organisation ofthemarket infishery products ;
Whereas nocommon organization ofthemarkets intheproducts towhich that
Decision still applies ,namely potatoes ,including seed potatoes ,andvinegar
other than wine vinegar andsubstitutes forvinegar ,will have been established
by31December 1974 ?whereas theperiod ofvaliduty oftheDecision of20December
1969 should beextended foraperiod sufficiently long toallow measures to
that effect tobeintroduced but notinanyevent beyond 31December 1975 »
HAS ADOPTED IKES DECISION :
InArticle 3oftheCouncil Decision of20December 1969 °n"thesystem ofminimum
prices ,aslast amended bytheDecision of17December 1973 ,thedate "31Decemb ?:
1974 "isreplaced bythedate "31December 1975 "•Art ai"!le1
Article 2
This Decision isaddressed totheMember States .
Done atBrussels ,For the Council
The President
8OJNoL99,5May1970 ,p.1
OJNoL236 ,27October 1970 ,p.5