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3. Advances in respect of work done may be made in 
accordance with the financing procedure adopted by 
Greece and by reference to the state of progress of the 
work referred to in Article 1 (3) (a). 
4. Detailed rules for the application of this Article 
shall be adopted in accordance with the procedure laid 
down in Article 13 of Regulation (EEC) No 729/70. 
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, 
Whereas, pursuant to Council Regulation (EEC) No 
2511/69 (l), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 
3130/86 (2), Greece has implemented its plan laying 
down special measures for improving the production and 
marketing of citrus fruit in accordance with the 
0) OJ No L 318, 18. 12. 1969, p. 1. 
(2) OJ No L 292, 16. 10. 1986, p. 5. Article 7 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day 
following its publication in the Official Journal of the 
European Communities. 
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and 
directly applicable in all Member States. 
programme approved by the Commission on 21 
November 1983; 
Whereas citrus plantations in certain regions of Greece 
were destroyed or seriously damaged by particularly 
severe and protracted frosts during the winter of 
1986/87 which, to a large extent, have jeopardized the 
results obtained and the progress of the plan being 
implemented; whereas, accordingly, the re-establishment 
of the plantations concerned should, subject to certain 
conditions, be encouraged in order to ensure the survival 
of farming in the affected regions; 
Whereas such re-establishment should maintain quality 
at a high level or improve it by using the best varieties 
available where the level of quality does not yet meet 
consumer requirements; whereas damaged plantations 
should therefore be re-established by means of 
conversion schemes where the varieties grown prior to 
the frosts did not meet consumer requirements; ANNEX 
Geographical scope 
Prefectures of: 
— Akhaia 
— Magnisia 
— Ewia 
— Lakonia 
— Arkadia 
— Korinthia 
— Messinia 
— Fthiotida 
— Lesvos 
— Argolida 
Proposal for a Council Regulation (EEC) amending Regulation (EEC) No 2511/69 laying down 
special measures for improving the production and marketing of Community citrus fruit 
COM(88) 284 final 
(Submitted by the Commission to the Council on 7 June 1988) 
(88/C 182/07) 
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Whereas some Greek citrus growers were prevented by 
the severe weather from starting the conversion and 
restructuring schemes already provided for in the plan 
approved by the Commission; whereas they should be 
given the opportunity, therefore, of making a start on 
those schemes at the appropriate time; 
Whereas, since the frost destroyed a significant 
proportion of trees which had already been the subject 
of conversion schemes or formed part of new plantations 
which had already been established as a result of the 
restructuring schemes, or which were the subject of 
schemes in the course of being implemented, and of 
grafts intended for the implementation of the plan, new 
schemes must be started; whereas, consequently, the aids 
granted for those schemes must be adjusted to take 
account of the damage caused; 
Whereas, in order to remedy the situation thus created 
by the frost, provision must be made for an emergency 
scheme to run for a further period of two years and for 
the subsequent amendment of the plan implemented in 
Greece, 
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: 
Article 1 
Regulation (EEC) No 2511/69 is hereby amended as 
follows: 
1. Article 1 is amended as follows: 
(i) The following subparagraph is added to 
paragraph 2: 
'However, the date referred to in the first 
subparagraph shall be deferred for two years as 
regards the implementation of the provisions 
contained in paragraph 4.' 
(ii) The following paragraphs are added: 
'4. In Greece: 
(a) the aids referred to in the first subparagraph 
of paragraph 1 and in paragraph 3 may be 
granted in respect of operations as referred to 
in paragraph 1 (a), (c) and (d) on which a 
start has been made up to 31 December 1990, 
where citrus plantations were damaged by 
frost during the winter of 1986/87; 
(b) in the case of citrus plantations which were 
the subject, up to the winter of 1986/87, of 
operations as referred to in paragraph 1 (a), 
(c) and (d), the aids referred to in the first 
subparagraph of paragraph 1 and in 
paragraph 3 may be granted again where such 
operations must be recommenced as a result 
of the winter frosts in question and up to 31 
December 1990; c) the aids referred to in the first subparagraph 
of paragraph 1 and in paragraph 3 may be 
granted for schemes for the re-establishment 
of trees damaged by frost during the winter 
of 1986/87 which are begun up to 31 
December 1990 in the case of citrus plan­
tations whose varietal composition already 
satisfied consumer requirements before the 
frost, where such re-establishment schemes 
are carried out by: 
— grubbing and replanting with the varieties 
grown before the frost or other varieties 
of citrus fruit which meet consumer 
requirements; 
— cutting off the trunk or main or secondary 
branches and top grafting of the varieties 
grown before the frost or other varieties 
of citrus fruit which meet consumer 
requirements. 
In addition, the aids relating to the measures 
referred to in paragraph 1 (d) may be granted 
to the extent necessary to carry out the re-
establishment schemes. 
5. The aids for the schemes referred to in 
paragraph 4 shall be eligible under the EAGGF 
only where the surface area of the citrus trees 
damaged by frost represents 20 % at least of the 
area of the holding on which citrus trees were 
grown prior to the frost.' 
2. Article 2 is amended as follows: 
(i) the beginning of the third subparagraph is 
replaced by the following: 
'The Member States concerned shall, by 30 April 
1983 at the latest, and for the implementation of 
the provisions laid down in Article 1 (4), by 30 
September 1988 at the latest, draw up a plan ...'; 
(ii) the following subparagraph is inserted after the 
fourth subparagraph: 'The plan drawn up in 
accordance with the provisions of Article 1 (4) 
and (5) shall specify in particular, in addition to 
the particulars referred to in the third and fourth 
subparagraphs, the location of the areas 
particularly affected by the severe weather, the 
extent of the damage caused, the number of 
holdings affected, the extent of the areas for 
which aid may be granted for the schemes 
referred to in Article 1 (4), including the varieties 
cultivated on the plantations which are the subject 
of those schemes, and the control measures for 
ensuring that the aids granted to citrus growers 
whose plantations suffered damage as a result of 
the frost meet the requirements laid down in 
Article 1 (5).' 
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3. The following point is added to Article 3 (1): 
'(d) with respect to the work referred to in Article 1 
(4)(c): 
— to the re-establishment of citrus plantations 
damaged by frost, by maintaining the varietal 
composition of the plantations or by an 
appropriate choice of other varieties adapted 
to consumer requirements, 
— to the rationalization of the means of 
production, as provided for in the second 
indent of paragraph 1 (a), where the level of 
such rationalization is not yet satisfactory.' 
4. Article 4 is amended as follows: 
(i) in paragraph 1 the following subparagraph is 
inserted after the second subparagraph: 
'However, for the implementation of the 
provisions of Article 1 (4) (a) and (b) the figure 
given in the second indent of the first 
subparagraph is reduced to 20 %.' 
(ii) the following paragraph is inserted: 
'2a. As regards the additional aid referred to 
in Article 1 (3) for the implementation of the 
provisions contained in Article 1 (4) (c), the 
conditions referred to in the first subparagraph of 
paragraph 1 shall apply, with the exception of the 
rate of 40 % referred to in the second indent of 
that subparagraph/ (iii) in paragraph 4 the following is added to the first 
subparagraph: 
'. . . or of schemes as provided for in Article 1 (4) 
(c).' 
5. Article 5 is amended as follows: 
(i) the following is added to the first indent of 
paragraph 1: 
'. . . and of the measures referred to in Article 1 
(4) <c).' 
(ii) paragraph 2 is replaced by the following: 
'2. The Guidance Section of the EAGGF shall 
reimburse Member States 50 % of the expen­
diture arising from the measures referred to in 
Article 1 (1), from payment of the additional aid 
provided for in Article 1 (3) and from the 
measures referred to in Article 1 (4) (c).' 
Article 2 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day 
following its publication in the Official Journal of the 
European Communities. 
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and 
directly applicable in all Member States. 
Proposal for a Council Regulation (EEC) introducing an emergency common measure to aid 
the agricultural areas of the Regions of Valencia and Murcia 
COM(88) 284 final 
(Submitted by the Commission to the Council on 7 June 1988) 
(88/C 182/08) 
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, Whereas the flooding that occurred between 2 and 5 
November 1987 in the Regions of Murcia and Valencia 
destroyed or seriously damaged rural infrastructures and 
certain factors of agricultural production, including 
human habitations, in those regions; 
Whereas the flooding damaged agricultural land, and in 
some cases removed the topsoil; 
Whereas steps should be taken in the most seriously 
affected areas to promote and speed up the re-estab­
lishment of damaged or destroyed investments; 
Whereas, in order to attain the objectives of the common 
agricultural policy laid down in Article 39 (1) (a) and (b) 
of the Treaty, it is necessary to assist the structural 
improvement of farming in regions facing particularly 
serious problems; Whereas the information supplied to the Commission by 
the Spanish Government indicates that the extent and 
seriousness of the damage exceed the financial resources 
of the Regions concerned and of the Member State; 
whereas Community solidarity should consequently take