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Proposal for a

COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No . . .

of . . .

fixing the monthly price increases for cereals for the 1995/96 marketing year

(95/C 99/02)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European 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 Article 3 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 of 30 June 1992 on the common organization of the market in cereals (), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No . . . (), fixes the monthly increases in the intervention prices;

Whereas, when the amounts and the number of the monthly increases are fixed and the first month in which they are to apply is determined, account should be taken of the storage costs and financing charges for storing cereals in the Community and of the need to ensure that the disposal of stocks of cereals is in line with market requirements;

Whereas, under the reform of the common agricultural policy, provision was made for the fixing of a single intervention price for all cereals; whereas this price has been fixed at a substantially reduced level, the reduction carried out in stages; whereas this fact should be taken into account in the fixing of the size of the monthly increases;

Whereas the intervention price for maize and sorghum applicable in July, August and September is to be the price valid in May of the previous marketing year, in accordance with Article 3 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Without prejudice to the last subparagraph of Article 3 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92, for the 1995/96 marketing year, the monthly increases to be applied to the intervention price applicable for the first month of the marketing year, shall be as follows:

>TABLE>

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.

It shall apply from the 1995/96 marketing year.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at . . .

For the Council

()(). . .

() OJ No L 181, 1. 7. 1992, p. 21.

() See page 1 of this Official Journal.
Proposal for a

COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No . . .

of . . .

fixing the amounts of aid for seeds for the 1996/97 and the 1997/98 marketing years

(95/C 99/29)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2358/71 of 26 October 1971 on the common organization of the market in seeds (), as last amended by the Act of Accession of Austria, Finland and Sweden, and in particular Article 3 (3) 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 the present situation and the outlook on the Community market for seeds listed in the Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 2358/71 that will be sold during the 1996/97 and 1997/98 marketing years do not offer the assurance of a fair return to producers; whereas part of their costs should therefore be met by the granting of aid;

Whereas Article 3 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 2358/71 provides that the aid shall be fixed, taking into account, on the one hand, the need to ensure a balance between the volume of production required in the Community and the possible outlets for that production and, on the other hand, the prices of the products on external markets;

Whereas the application of these provisions results in the fixing of the amounts of aid applicable for the 1996/97 and 1997/98 marketing years at the levels set out in the Annex hereto,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

For the 1996/97 and 1997/98 marketing years the amounts of the aid granted for seeds referred to in Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 2358/71 shall be as set out in the Annex hereto.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 July 1996.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at . . .

For the Council

() . . .

() OJ No L 246, 5. 11. 1971, p. 1.
Proposal for a Council Regulation (EC) adapting Regulation (EEC) No 404/93 as regards the volume of the annual quota for the import of bananas into the Community following the accession of Austria, Finland and Sweden

(95/C 136/07)

COM(95) 115 final - 95/0086(CNS)

(Submitted by the Commission on 6 April 1995)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European 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 Regulation (EEC) No 404/93 provides for the opening of an annual tariff quota for imports of third country bananas and non-traditional ACP bananas; whereas, following the accession of the Republic of Austria, the Kingdom of Sweden and the Republic of Finland to the European Union, account should be taken of the banana needs of these new Member States, which have been assessed as 353 000 tonnes on the basis of the net average quantities of bananas imported by those countries over the period 1991 to 1993, the last three years for which figures are available; whereas, therefore, a volume of the tariff quota provided for in Article 18 of Regulation (EEC) No 404/93 should be adjusted,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

In the first subparagraph of Article 18 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 404/93 '2 200 000 tonnes (net weight)` is hereby replaced by '2 553 000 tonnes (net weight)`.

Article 2

This Regulation shall apply from 1 January 1995.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Amended proposal for a Council Regulation (EC) extending to the periods 1991/92 and 1992/93 the increase decided for the periods 1993/94 and 1994/95 of the global quantities fixed for Greece, Spain and Italy within the framework of the additional levy system in the sector of milk and of milk products

(95/C 157/06)

COM(95) 146 final - 95/0023(CNS)

(Submitted by the Commission pursuant to Article 189 A (2) of the EC Treaty on 21 April 1995)

In accordance with Article 189 A, second paragraph of the Treaty establishing the European Community, the following changes are made to proposal COM(95) 19 final:

1. After the first recital, the following second recital is added:

'whereas Council had furthermore agreed to provide Community finance for the implementation of programmes for the cessation of milk production in order to ensure the respect of the additional levy arrangements in Italy and Spain; whereas it is appropriate that the agreements made in this respect be expressed legally.`

2. The following Article 2 is added:

'Article 2

From the funds which are due to the Community from Italy and Spain regarding additional levies in the sector of milk and milk products, under the financial years of 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992 and 1993, shall be financed under national programmes for the cessation of dairy activity, a maximum quantity of:

- 202 000 tonnes in Italy,

- 287 430 tonnes in Spain.

The indemnity cannot exceed a maximum amount of ECU 51 per 100 kilogrammes of the released individual reference quantity.

The financing of the payments shall be regarded as an intervention intended to stabilize the agricultural markets, within the meaning of Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 729/70.`

3. Article 2 becomes Article 3 and is replaced by the following text:

'Article 3

This Regulation enters into force the third day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. However, Article 2 applies with effect from 1 April 1993.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.`
Proposal for a Council Regulation (EC) derogating from Regulation (EEC) No 1765/92 establishing a support system for producers of certain arable crops as regards the set-aside requirement for the 1996/97 marketing year

(95/C 253/08)

COM(95) 401 final - 95/0211(CNS)

(Submitted by the Commission on 27 July 1995)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Articles 42 and 43 thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament,

Whereas the support system for producers of certain arable crops introduced by Council Regulation (EEC) No 1765/92 (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1664/95 (2), provides that, in order to qualify for compensatory payments under the general scheme, producers must set aside a predetermined percentage of their arable land; whereas this percentage should be re-examined to take account of production and market developments;

Whereas, since the introduction of the system, the cereals market has achieved a better balance as a result of a reduction in production and an increase in Community consumption; whereas this situation, together with the favourable world market situation, has resulted in a significant reduction in intervention cereal stocks;

Whereas, on the basis of a forecast balance for 1995/96, the equilibrium sought between Community and external production and outlets can be achieved with a production in 1996 of approximately 182 million tonnes; whereas that objective may be attained by returning approximately 700 000 hectares to cultivation; whereas the rate for set-aside beginning not later than 15 January 1996 should therefore be set temporarily for the 1996/97 marketing year at a level lower than that resulting from the provisions in force,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Notwithstanding the second subparagraph of Article 7 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 1765/92, the set-aside requirement based on rotation is hereby fixed for the 1996/97 marketing year at 10 %.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.

It shall apply to set-aside for the 1996/97 marketing year only.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

(1) OJ No L 181, 1. 7. 1992, p. 12.

(2) OJ No L 158, 8. 7. 1995, p. 13.
Proposal for a Council Regulation amending Council Regulation (EC) No 2686/94 establishing a special system of assistance to traditional ACP suppliers of bananas

(96/C 92/05)

COM(96) 33 final - 96/0028(SYN)

(Submitted by the Commission on 1 February 1996)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 130w thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee,

Acting in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 189c of the Treaty,

Whereas Council Regulation (EC) No 2686/94 (1) provides for financial assistance in the form of income support;

Whereas this income support should be complementary to transfers under the export earnings stabilization system (Stabex) triggered by the same set of circumstances;

Whereas the statistics necessary to calculate Stabex transfers and income support for the previous year are not available until the second quarter of each year, it is therefore necessary that in order to fulfil all the requirements of the Regulation the date of expiry be extended;

Whereas the Regulation also provides for technical and financial assistance, additional to that provided for in the fourth ACP-EC Convention, for programmes designed to help producers adapt to new market conditions;

Whereas in order to have a reasonable length of time in which to prepare, submit and approve such programmes under the existing budget it is necessary to extend the Regulation's date of expiry;

Whereas in order to meet all the requirements of the Regulation regarding the allocation of assistance and in order to allow the reasonable management and allocation of the budget already assigned for this year it is necessary to extend the Regulation's date of expiry from 28 February 1996 to 31 December 1996,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Article 11, second indent of Regulation (EC) No 2686/94 should be amended to read: 'It shall apply with effect from 1 July 1993. It shall expire on 31 December 1996`

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 with effect from 29 February 1996. It shall expire on 31 December 1996.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

(1) OJ No L 286, 5. 11. 1994, p. 1.
Proposal for a

COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No . . .

of . . .

fixing the monthly price increases for cereals for the 1996/97 marketing year

(96/C 125/02)

96/0057(CNS)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European 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 Article 3 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 of 30 June 1992 on the common organization of the market in cereals (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1863/95 (2), fixes the monthly increases in the intervention prices;

Whereas, when the amounts and the number of the monthly increases are fixed and the first month in which they are to apply is determined, account should be taken of the storage costs and financing charges for storing cereals in the Community and of the need to ensure that the disposal of stocks of cereals is in line with market requirements;

Whereas, under the reform of the common agricultural policy, provision was made for the fixing of a single intervention price for all cereals; whereas this price has been fixed at a substantially reduced level, the reduction carried out in stages; whereas this fact should be taken into account in the fixing of the size of the monthly increases;

Whereas the intervention price for maize and sorghum applicable in July, August and September is to be the price valid in May of the previous marketing year, in accordance with Article 3 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Without prejudice to the last subparagraph of Article 3 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92, for the 1996/97 marketing year, the monthly increases to be applied to the intervention price applicable for the first month of the marketing year, shall be as follows:

>TABLE>

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.

It shall apply from the 1996/97 marketing year.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at . . .

For the Council

. . .

(1) OJ No L 181 , 1. 7. 1992, p. 21.

(2) OJ No L 179 , 29. 7. 1995, p. 1.
COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES 
Brussels, 21.05.1996 
COM(%) 212 final 
95/0114 (COD) 
Amended proposal for a 
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND COUNCIL DIRECTIVE 
amending Directive 95/2/EC of the European Parliament and the Council on food additives 
other than colours and sweeteners 
(presented by the Commission pursuant to Article 189 a (2) 
of the EC-Treaty) 

Explanatory memorandum 
In response to the opinion of the European Parliament1 delivered on 28 March 1996 
on the proposal for a European Parliament and Council Decision amending 
Directive 95/2/EC of the European Parliament and Council Directive on food 
additives other than colours and sweeteners COM(95)0177 - 95/0114 (COD)2 and 
in accordance with the second paragraph of Article 189A of the Treaty establishing 
the European Economic Community, the Commission has decided to amend the 
above mentioned proposal. 
The Commission accepts the amendment concerning: 
- The modification of the denomination of the substance, which is in accordance 
with the denomination used in international trade. 
The Commission does not accept the amendment concerning: 
the number H408 to be assigned, since ii is not in accordance with the number 
used in international trade, and does not follow rules by which additives containing 
the same active principle are indicated by the same E-number completed by an 
alphabetical subscript. 
- the additional footnote, which is considered superfluous, because the amendment 
to Directive 95/2 does not change the strict dispositions concerning babyfoods 
already contained in Directive 95/2/EC which includes already the prohibition for 
use of E407a. 
1 not yet published 
2 O.I C163 29.6.95 p 12 
- 3 -
In response to the opinion of the European Parliament3 delivered on 28 March 1996 
on the proposal for a European Parliament and Council Decision amending 
Directive 95/2/EC of the European Parliament and Council Directive on food 
additives other than colours and sweeteners COM(95)0177 - 95/0114 (COD)4 and 
in accordance with the second paragraph of Article 189A of the Treaty establishing 
the European Economic Community, the Commission has decided to amend the 
above mentioned proposal as follows: 
The table in the annex is replaced by the following table: 
Original proposal Amended proposal 
E407a Alternatively refined E407a Processed Euchema seaweed 
carrageenan 
3 not yet published 
4 OJ CI63 29.6.95 p 12 

ISSN 0254-1475 
COM(96) 212 final 
DOCUMENTS 
EN 05 10 
Catalogue number : CB-CO-96-224-EN-C 
ISBN 92-78-04033-9 
Office for Official Publications of the European Communities 
L-2985 Luxembourg
Proposal for a Council Directive repealing Directive 75/339/EEC obliging the Member States to maintain minimum stocks of fossil fuel at thermal power stations (96/C 272/09) COM(96) 320 final - 96/0174(CNS)

(Submitted by the Commission on 11 July 1996) THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 103a 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 this Directive was adopted in the wake of the oil crisis in the 1970s in order to help to improve the Community's security of supply;

Whereas the objective was to place an obligation on the Member States to take all appropriate measures to oblige electricity producers to maintain, permanently, a level of fossil fuel stocks sufficient to ensure the continuation of electricity supplies for at least 30 days;

Whereas the electricity industry keeps the fuel stocks which it needs in order to guarantee supplies to power stations, regardless of the Directive;

Whereas the Commission has not requested the information on existing stocks from the Member States for many years since it does not consider this information very useful;

Whereas if a crisis were to arise, the Directive would no longer be useful to improve electricity supplies,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE:

Article 1

Directive 75/339/EEC is hereby repealed.

Article 2

This Directive is addressed to the Member States.
Draft Council Decision amending Decision 91/116/EEC setting up the European Advisory Committee on statistical information in the economic and social spheres (96/C 324/07) COM(96) 439 final - 96/0223(CNS)

(Submitted by the Commission on 10 September 1996) THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to the Treaty of Accession of the Kingdom of Norway, the Republic of Austria, the Republic of Finland and the Kingdom of Sweden (1), and in particular Article 169 thereof,

Having regard to the draft Decision submitted by the Commission,

Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament,

Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee,

Whereas Article 4 of Decision 91/116/EEC (2) setting up the European Advisory Committee on statistical information in the economic and social spheres specifies the number of members of which the Committee shall consist;

Whereas by reason of the accession of Austria, Finland and Sweden it is necessary to adjust the number of members on the Committee accordingly,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Sole Article

Article 4 of the Decision 91/116/EEC setting up the European Advisory Committee on statistical information in the economic and social spheres shall be replaced with the following text:

'The Committee shall consist of:

- four members representing the Commission, one of whom shall be the member of the Commission responsible for statistical information policy,

- the Chairman of the Committee on monetary, financial and balance of payments statistics,

- the presidents or Directors-General of the national statistical institutes of the Member States,

- two representatives per Member State appointed by the Council, after consulting the Commission, from among leading representatives of the various economic and social categories and scientific circles. With a view to the appointment of these members, each Member State shall provide the Council with a list comprising four candidates. The Council shall take account of the need for the various economic and social categories and the scientific field to be adequately represented.`

(1) OJ No C 241, 29. 8. 1994, p. 3.

(2) OJ No L 59, 6. 3. 1991, p. 21.
Amended proposal for a Council Regulation (EC) amending Regulation (EEC) No 1765/92 establishing a support system for producers of certain arable crops and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1872/94 (1) (97/C 95/11) COM(97) 22 final - 96/0212(CNS)

(Submitted by the Commission pursuant to Article 189a (2) of the EC Treaty on 30 January 1997)

The proposal for a Council Regulation amending Regulation (EEC) No 1765/92 establishing a support system for producers of certain arable crops and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1872/94 (COM(96/0212(CNS)) 422 final) is hereby amended as follows:

1. The penultimate recital is replaced by the following:

'Whereas compensatory payments for arable crops from the 1997 harvest other than the advance for oilseeds are chargeable to the 1998 budget; whereas 1997 budget funds need to be released and a system of payment should be established in future which can administered more effectively; whereas, to that end, advances for oilseeds should be postponed by setting the date from which they may be paid at 16 October, with an increase in the maximum advance payment from 50 % to 65 %.`

2. In Article 1, the following point (h) a, is inserted after point (h):

'(h) a: in the first sentence of Article 11 (2), the figure 50 is replaced by the figure 65.`

(1) OJ No L 300, 10. 10. 1996, p. 19.