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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(82)660 final.
Brussels.29October1982
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Proposalfora
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
amendingRegulation (EEC)No652/79ontheimpactoftheEuropean
monetarysystemonthecommonagricultural policy
(submittedtotheCouncilbytheCommission )
C0W(82)660final.

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM Ct.«
Under therules atpresent inforce theECU istobeapplied inconnection
with thecommon agricultural policy only until 31December 1982 .
Inthecontext oftheconsolidation ofagri -monetary texts theCommission has
submitted totheCouncil aproposal onthepermanent use oftheECUinmatters
ofcommon agricultural policy (proposal No5151 /80-C0M(80)43 final ).
Inthelight oftheprogress reached inthediscussion todate itisunlikely
that theCouncil will beinaposition todecide onthat proposal inthenear
future .
TheCommission hasaccordingly amended theproposal referred toabove and is
nowproposing that theperiod ofvalidity ofRegulation (EEC )No652/79,which
introduced theECUinto thecommon agricultural policy ,beextended .
Therules inquestion would thus bevalid until 31December 1984 «This should
allow sufficient time tocomplete consideration oftheproposal toconsolidate
the texts .
Inthis respect theCommission would emphasize that final agreement onthe
consolidation ofagri-monetary texts isoftheutmost importance ,given the
need toclarify therules andavoid misunderstandings which arise from the
complex nature anddisparity oftheprovisions inforce .

PROPOSAL
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
amendingRegulation(EEC)No652/79ontheimpactoftheEuropeanmonetary
systemonthecommonagriculturalpolicy
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,andinparticularArticles28,
43and235thereof.
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulationNo129onthe
valueoftheunitofaccountandtheexchangeratesto
beappliedforthepurposesofthecommonagricul­
turalpolicy('),aslastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)
No2543/73(2),andinparticularArticle3thereof.
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommis­
sion(3),
HavingregardtotheopinionoftheEuropeanParlia­
ment('),
WhereasRegulation (EEC)No652/79(*),aslast
amendedbyRegulation (EEC)No3605/81(6),
ntroducedtheEuropeanmonetarysystemintothe
commonagriculturalpolicyforaperiodending31
December 1982;
Whereas,byanamendmenttoArticle3(b)ofRegula­
tion(EEC)No652/79,Regulation (EEC)No
1011/80(')introducedanewsystemwithregardto
thefranchisesadoptedforcalculatingthemonetary
compensatory amounts;whereaspursuanttothe
secondsubparagraph ofArticle5ofRegulation (EEC)
No652/79thissystemisalsolimitedto31December
1982:WhereastheCommissionsubmittedtotheCouncil
proposalsforconsolidatingalltheagri-monetaryrules
andatthesametimeintroducingtheECUintothe
commonagriculturalpolicyonapermanentbasis;
whereaspendingtheCouncil'scontinuationofits
workonthoseproposalsitisnecessarytoadoptasa
matterofurgencythemeasuresnecessarytoextend
thevalidityofRegulation(EEC)No652/79inorder
toavoidtheharmfulconsequences ofthelackofa
decision;whereasexperienceshowsthatitisjustified
toextendtheapplicationoftheECUinthecommon
agriculturalpolicyuntil31December1984,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
ThesecondsubparagraphofArticle5ofRegulation
(EEC)No652/79isherebyreplacedbythefollowing:
'Itshallapplyuntil31December1984.'
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthedayofits
publicationintheOfficialJournaloftheEuropean
Communities .
ItshallapplyfromIJanuary1983.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels, 1982.
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