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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES
COM(76)168 final .
Brussels .28April 1976 .
PROPOSAL FORA . \
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REGULATION (EEC)OPTHECOUNCIL s
amending Regulation (EEC)No1059/69laying down the
trade arrangements applicable tocertain goods resulting from the
processing ofagricultural products *
(submitted totheCouncil bytheCommission )
/
COM(76 )168final .

EXPLANATORY NOTJJ
Onimportsofprocessedagricultural productsoutsideAnnexIItotheTreaty
amountsarcleviedtocompensatethedifferencesinpriceofthebasic
productused.' '.
Theseamounts("variablecomponents")arefixedatthebeginningofeach
quarterofthecalendaryenr.However,changeswithinthequartermustoften
bemadewhennewthresholdpricescomeintoforceduringthequarter.
Itappearspossible,withouteconomicdisadvantages ,toabolishtheobligation
tochangetheamountsduringthequarter,whichmoansanimportantadministrative
simplification forallconcerned.Infuture,therefore,therewillbeonly
fourfixings.
However,theRegulationgivestheCommissionthepowertochangetheamountsin
exceptionalcircumstances ,duringathreemonthperiod.Thus,ifathreshold
price,notyetdecidedatthetimeofthefixing,becomesavailableandthe
'immediatefixingofnewamountsincorporating themissingfactoris,inthe
opinionoftheCommission,necessary,itmaydoso.
Itisfurthermoreproposedtoalterthestartingdataofeachquartersothat
eachbeginsamonthlater.Withsuchachangethedateoffixingthenew
variablecomponentswouldinmanycasesfollowmorecloselythanisthecase
no».thedate.offixingthenewthresholdprices.

PROPOSAL FOR
AREGULATION (EEC)HO /OFTHECOUNCIL
of
amending Regulation (EEC)No1059/69laying dovm
thetrade arrangements applicable tocertain goods
resulting from theprocessing ofagricultural products
1 ι
THECOUNCIL OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard totheTreaty establishing theEuropean Economic Community ,
andinparticular Articles 14(T)»28,92,93,94,113to116 ,227and
235thereof ;
Having regard totheproposal from theCommission ;
Having regard totheOpinion oftheEuropean Parliament ;
Whereas byvirtue ofArticle 6ofCouncil Regulation (EEC)No1059/^9(l)
of28May19&9 »laying dovm thetrade arrangements applicable tocertain
goods resulting from theprocessing ofagricultural products ,aslast
amended byRegulation (EEC)No3058/75(2),theamounts ofthevariable
components charged onimportation ofthese goods arefixed foreach quarter
ofthecalendar year ;vhereas ,however ,pursuant toArticle 7ofthesaid
regulation corrected amounts must befixed ,particularly totake account ofnew
threshold prices which arefixed during aquarter ;uhereas these corrections
arefrequently necessary inpractice ,thereby creating administrative com­
plications fortheMember States andaclimate ofinstability forimporters ;
Whereas experience hasshown that itispossible ,without economic drawbacks ,
toabolish therule which imposes corrected variable components soastolimit
thenumber ofannual fixings tofour ,always atafixed date known inadvance ;
(1)QJNoL141 ,12.6.1969 ,p.1
(2)0JNoL306,26.11.1975 ,p.3

-2-I,
Whereasatthesametime,itisdesirabletoput"backbyonemonththedatoB
onwhicheadhquarterlyperiodbegins,soastoensurethatasfaras'j
possiblethosefallshortlyafterthedatesonv;hichthen^*t^threshol<i
priceserefixed,
whereasitisdesirabletoleaveopenthepossibility ,exceptionally ,of
correctingthevariablecomponents whentheeffectofapi-icechange
duringaquarterissuchthattradois,orisindangerofbeing,seriously
disturbed,
HASADOPTEDTHEFOLLOWING REGULATION :
Article1
ThetextofArticle6(l)ofRegulation(SSC)no1059/69shallbe
replacedbythefollowingtexts
"1.TheCommissionshallfixtheamountofthevariablecomponent
forallgoodsforthree-monthly periodsbeginningon1February,
1May,1Augustand1November."
Article2
ThetextofArticle7(2)ofRegulation(EEC)NO1059/^9shallbereplacedby
thefollowingtext:
"2.Whenthefactorwhichwasnotavailableisdetermined,theCommission
mayfixacorrectedvariablecomponentif,byreasonoftheapplication
ofparagraph1,tradeexperiencesoristhreatenedwithserious
disturbances .
Article3
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicablein
allMemberStates.
DoneatBrussels, por-theCouncil
ThePresident