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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(77)349final.
Brussels,20July1977
Proposalfora
REGULATION (EEC)OFTHECOUNCIL
amendingRegulation(EEC)No1900/74layingdownspecial
measuresforsoyabeans
(submittedtotheCouncil "bytheCommission)
CCM(77)349final

ThedevelopmentofScyapredictionir?*:heCom?nun:.ty
themeetingof25/26April'1977.,theCounciltooknoteoftheemission's
undertakingtoexaminethedevelops ■?(-■»:ofsoyaprodi:tioninth-;Con.Ti'jnityand
whetherexistingarrangements fortrinketorganization aresufficienttoachieve
theaimsreferredtoinRegulation (EEC)No1900/74andtorep>^tonth<»r-e
topicsbefore1July3977,andifnecessarytomakesuitableproposals.
Thisdocumentisthereportinquestion,andalsoservesastheexplanatory
memorandumforaproposalforaCouncilRegulationamendingRegulation (EEC)
No1900/74layingdownspecialmeasuresforsoyabeans*
TheCommissionbelievesthattheaimsofRegulation (EEC)No1900/74,.particu­
larlythepromotionofsoyaproduction,havenotbeenfullyachievedto.date
mainlyonaccountoffactorsunconnected withthesubsidys-eme.Itwould,,
therefore,beprematuretoabandonthescheme,butitshouldbemodifiedto
provideproducerswith,abetterguaranteeofincomeforalimited'period.

peportfromtheCorcmissiontotheCouncilontheDevelopment ofSoyaProduction
intheCommunity
Th?soya1beanschemewhic!?cameintoeffecton1November1974providesfora
subsidy(equaltoth?c'iffarence betweentheguidepriceandtheworldmarket
price)appliedtoproduction asestimatedonthebasisofatargetyieldper
hectare.
Thefollowingarethefiguresinvolvedincalculating thesubsidy:
Guideprice.AveragemarketpriceSubsidy Targetyield
u.a./100kgu.a./100kg u.a./100kg kg/ha
1974/7523.310 23.398 0 #1,900
1975/7626.110 15.189 10.921 1,950"
1976/77.28.500 20.271 8.229"1,950
1977/78.30.640
Despitetheintroduction ofthisscheme,thecultivation ofsoyabeans^nthe
Communityisencountering seriousdifficulties inmovingbeyondtheexperimental
stage,asthefollowingtableshows.
.ha t flyieldkg/ha *
forall.hafornotyetbyweather
damagedha
1974 4,300 5,400 1,256 1,900
1975 1,500 3,000 2,000. 2,000
3976 1,600 2,000•1,250 1,900
1977 1,600(est) ..••
TheCommission believesthatthetake-offhasbeenmoredifficultthanexpected
duelargelytoexceptionally unfavourable weather,inparticularin1976,andas
yetinsufficient knowledgeofgrowingmethods.Thesehaveseriouslyaffectedyields
andprofitability .Itisthereforestilltooearlytoconcludethatthescheme
hasfailedtoachieveitspurpose,anditwouldbeprematuretoabandonit.
Experience showsthat,sincecultivation ofthiscropisstillinitsinfancy,a
greaterincentiveisneededthanforwell-established cropsif-soyabeanproduction
istobedevelopedintheCommunity.
TheCommissionthereforebelievesthat,iffarmersarenottobediscouraged by
failuresvithsoyainthefirstfewyears,additionalinggntivesshouldbeprovi-
forelimitedperiod,butonesufficienttoovercome/difficulties inherent
inlaunching anewcrop. i.'

Accordingly,itIs,proposedthcYtheCounciladdtoRegulation'7EC>N-1900.74
aprovisionthatthetargetyieldshallnotbelessthan1900>gf*.a•
1977/78/1978/79and1979/80marketingyears.
TheCommissionconsidersthatiftheCounciladoptstheoropos-e'measure,
andifthetargetyieldconceptismoreeffectivelyappliedbytheComnnb^n,
theaimsofRegulation(EEC)No1700/74willbearhievH-
Experienceinthetransitionalthreeyearperiodshouldmskeitpossibletodeter
minewhetherornottheschemewillleadtothedevelopmentofsoyai.ithe
Community. ..

Vooosalfora
'SOiïCILBEGULàTIGHÇRHî)"ï* j
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amendingRedulation <EEC)_NoJ900/7^,U^jJcvrji^SEecial .
THECOUNCILOF.THEEUROPEAN "COMMUNITIES,
HavingregardtotheTreatye^teblishingtheEuropeanEconomicCommunity,andin
particularArticle43thereof/,
Havingregard-totheproposalfromtheCommission,
(1)
HavingregardtotheOpinionoftheEuropeanParliament,
<2)
HavingregardtotheOpinionoftheEconomicandSocialCommittee,
WhereasCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1900/74of15July1974,layingdownspecial
measuresforsoyabeans(3)introducedasystemofaidtopromotethedevelopment
0rSoyabeanproductionintheCommunity;whereasArticle2(2)thereof
providesthatasubsidyshallbegrantedforproductionobtainedbyapplyinga
indicativeyieldtotheareasonwhichsoyahas"beensownandharvested;
Whareasexperiencehasshownthatduetodifficultiesinintroducingthiscrop
intheCommunitytherearewidefluctuationsinyields;whereassuchfluctuations -
arelikelytojeopardizeproducers'incomesandconsequentlyhinder,thedevelopment
ofthiscrop;
Whereasinordertocounteract_•thesedisadvantagesthesubsidyshouldhegrantedfora
limitedperiodonthejbasis^ofaminimumyield,inordertoensureafairincomeforpro
ducerswhotakeupthisVWcrop;ihereasanadditionshouldthereforebemadeto
Regulation(EEC)No1900/74,
HASADOPTED -THISREGULATION :
(1)0JNoL
(2)0JNoL
(3)0JNoL201,23.7.1974,p.5

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Sole Article
Thefollowing subparagraph ishereby added toArticle 2(2)_of Regulation (EEC)If®1900/74
"Forthemarketing years 1977/78,3.978/79and1979/80the ~indicative yield shall
"notbeless than 1900kilogram Bper hectare ."
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This Regulation shall bebinding initsentirety anddirectly applicable in
allMember States . *
Done at For the Council

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