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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(78)65final.
Brussels,16February1978.
Amendment
totheamendedproposalforaCouncilRegulation
concerningproducergroups
andassociations thereof
(PresentedtotheCouncilbytheCommissionpursuantto
thesecondparagraphofArticle149of"theEECTreaty)
COM(78)65final.

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EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM.
On1June1977theCommissionforwardedto"theCouncil "theamendedpro-
ponalforaCouncilRegulationconcerningproducergroupsandassociations
thereof.
Atitssessionon20January1978,theEuropeanParliament,consultedby
theCouncil,adoptedaResolutiongivingitsopinionontheproposaland
requestingtheCommissiontoadoptcertainamendmentstotheprovisions
ofthisRegulation,inaccordancewiththesecondparagraphofArticle
149oftheEECTreaty.
Theproposedamendmentannexedheretoincludesmostofthechangessugges­
ted"bytheEuropeanParliament.
Point1
Thisamendmentisneededtocoverthepotatosectorpendingthe
Council'sadoptionoftheRegulation onthecommonorganization ofthe
marketinpotatoes.AccordingtotheCommission'sproposal,thatRegu­
lationshouldalsoencouragetheformationofgroupsandassociations .
Point2
TheCommissionconsidersthattheEuropeanParliamentshouldheconsulted
onanyamendmentstotheAnnex.Ithasthereforedeletedparagraph2of
Article3;theprocedureapplicablewillthereforebethatlaiddownin
thethirdsub-paragraph ofArticle43(2)oftheEECTreaty(whichprovides
forconsultation oftheEuropeanParliament).
Point3
ThepurposeoftheamendmenttoArticle5is"tosolvetwoproblems:
a)toillustratetheconceptof"producers"inthetextoftheRegulation
itself(andnotintheexplanatorypart);
b)toaffirmtheprinciplethatnotonlyindividualproducersbutalso
associations ofproducerscanbelongtoproducergroups.

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Point4
TheCommissionwishes "toensurethroughthisamendmentthattheaidpro­
videdforintheRegulationwill"bepaid"bytheMemberStateswithina
reasonableperiod.
Point5
ThisamendmentistoenabletheCommissiontooarryoutmoreefficient
cheokswhenreimbursingaidtoMemberStates*
'X.

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Amendement
totheamendedproposalforaCouncilRegulation
concerningproducergroupsandassociations thereof
1.ThetextofthefourthindentofArticle2isdeleted.
2.Paragraph2ofArticle3isdeleted.
3.Article5isamendedasfollows:
Article5
1.Producergroupsshall:
-besetupforthepurposeofjointlyadaptingtheirmembers'
produceandoutputtomarketrequirements ;
-consistof:
a.individualproducersor
b.individualproducersandorganizations engagedinthe
productionormarketingofagricultural produceandcomposed
exclusively ofproducers.
Aproducershallbeunderstoodtobeanypersonfarmingandagri¬
culturalholdinglocatedwithintheCommunity :
.whoproducestheproductsreferredtoinArticle2,or
.who,asaproducerofbasicproducts,producesthe-processed
productsreferredtoinArticle3(l)»
2.Personsotherthanthosedescribedinparagraph1mayalsobelong
toproducergroupsonconditionthatthesetakealegalform
whichensuresundernationallawthatproducers,whetherindividual­
lyorcollectively ,retaincontrolofthegroupsandtheirdecisions.

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3.Associations shall consist ofrecognized producer groups end
shall pursue ,onalarger scale ,the objective referred toin
thefirst indent ofparagraph 1.
4»Thelast sentence ofArticle 10(l )isamended asfollows :
"However ,the aidprovided forintheprevious sub-paragraph
must bepaid inits entirety within aperiod not exoeeding
five years ",
5.Thefollowing sentence isadded toArticle I5(l)!
"The supporting documents relating tothese applications shall
bekept atthe Commission 'sdisposal ".