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— the importance of exchanges between the Community and non-member States on the 
route involved in the project, 
— the extent of the project's contribution to the creation of a homogeneous and balanced 
network within the Community framework, geared to existing and future transport 
needs; 
(b) the socio-economic return on the project; 
(c) whether the project is consistent with other Community measures under the common 
transport policy or other Community policies and with other national measures given 
priority in national transport infrastructure plans and projects; 
(d) the complementarity of the project with other projects undertaken at the national level.' 
3. Add an additional Article 4a which is to read as follows: 
'Article 4a 
1. Each year, no later than the date of submission of the preliminary draft general budget 
for the next financial year, the Commission shall submit to Parliament and the Council a 
communication describing the projects in respect of which applications have been received in 
accordance with Article 4 and which qualify for financial support under the medium-term 
programme and in the light of the objectives set out in Article 1 and criteria laid down in 
Article 2. 
2. The description referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article includes at least: 
— the main grounds for qualification under Articles 1 and 2, 
— the probable scale and nature of the financial support, and 
— the background information referred to in Article 4.' 
Proposal for a Council Regulation amending Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 on the common 
organization of the market in fruit and vegetables 
COM(87) 480final 
(Submitted by the Commission to the Council on 15 October 1987) 
(87/C 288/12) 
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 Act of Accession of Spain and 
Portugal, and in particular Articles 89 (2) and 234 (3) 
thereof, 
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, 
Having regard to the opinion of the European Par­
liament, 
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 (*), as 
last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2275/87 (2), 
(') OJN0LH8, 20. 5. 1972, p. 1. 
O OJ No L 209, 31. 7. 1987, p. 4. provides for a system of prices and intervention for a 
number of products in the fruit and vegetables sector; 
Whereas producers and their organizations should be 
made aware of the real needs of the fruit and vegetables 
market; whereas this should be achieved, where appro­
priate, by defining a maximum volume of intervention 
beyond which financial liability should be borne by the 
producers and their organizations; 
Whereas, the consequence of the liability of the 
producers and their organizations must be that, 
whenever intervention exceeds the threshold, the basic 
and buying-in prices or the financial compensation or 
indemnity which is paid in respect of the quantities 
bought in are reduced; 
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Whereas, to the extent that in Spain, during the 'veri­
fication of convergence' phase, such products are bought 
in and give rise to Community financing in accordance 
with Article 133 (3) of the Act of Accession, provision 
should be made for fixing a maximum quantity of 
intervention beyond which financial liability will be 
borne by the producers and their organizations; 
Whereas, having regard to the specific provisions of the 
Act of Accession and in particular Article 265 thereof, no 
provision need be made for the application of similar 
measures in Portugal during the first stage of transition; 
Whereas satsumas, Clementines and nectarines are of 
particular importance for the income of certain cat­
egories of producers; whereas, therefore, these products 
should also be included in the prices and intervention 
system, 
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: 
Article 1 
Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 is hereby amended as 
follows: 
1. The following Article is inserted: 
'Article 19c 
1. Where, on the market for a product listed in 
Annex II,' there are or are liable to be disequilibria 
which give rise or might give rise to a large volume of 
intervention under Articles 15, 15a, 15b, 19 and 19a, 
an intervention threshold shall be fixed before the 
beginning of the marketing year and, if intervention 
exceeds the said threshold by a quantity assessed 
according to product on the basis of the quantity 
bought in during a previous marketing year or on the 
average quantity bought in over a period of several 
marketing years, financial liability shall be borne by 
the producers and their organizations. 
The consequence of intervention in excess of the 
threshold shall be, under conditions to be adopted for 
each product and in accordance with the procedure 
laid down in paragraph 3, as follows: 
— reduction of the basic buying-in prices for the 
following marketing year, or 
— reduction of the financial compensation paid to 
producers' organizations pursuant to Article 18, 
and where appropriate the indemnity granted 
pursuant to Articles 18a, 19 and 19a, during the 
marketing year concerned. 
2. Where, during the "verification of convergence" 
phase referred to in Article 131 of the Act of 
Accession, a threshold is fixed pursuant to paragraph 
1 for a product for the Community as constituted at 
31 December 1985 and quantities of the same product 
are bought in in Spain in accordance with the 
provisions in force, the Council, in accordance with the procedure laid down in paragraph 3, shall fix an 
intervention threshold for Spain beyond which 
financial liability shall be borne by the producers and 
their organizations under conditions which it will lay 
down. 
Any price reductions decided in accordance with 
paragraph 1 for the Community as constituted at 31 
December 1985 shall not be taken into consideration 
for the application, in Spain and Portugal, of the 
price discipline provided for in Articles 135 (1) and 
265 (1) of the Act of Accession. 
3. The Council, acting by a qualified majority on a 
proposal from the Commission, shall lay down: 
— the rules for applying this Article, 
— the criteria for fixing the intervention thresholds, 
— the financial consequences of exceeding the 
thresholds for each of the products concerned. 
4. The Commission shall adopt, as necessary, 
measures for the application of this Article in 
accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 
33. These may include measures to ensure the 
transition from the arrangements applicable during 
the "verification of convergence" phase or the first 
stage to the second phase or stage. 
5. The provisions of this Article shall not apply to 
tomatoes during the period of application of Article 
16 (3) (b).' 
2. Annex II is replaced by the following: 
'ANNEX II 
Products covered by the price and intervention system 
Cauliflowers 
Tomatoes 
Aubergines 
Peaches (including nectarines) 
Apricots 
Lemons 
Pears (other than perry pears) 
Table grapes 
Apples (other than cider apples) 
Mandarins 
Satsumas 
Clementines 
Sweet oranges.' 
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.