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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
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Proposal for a
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC )
amending Regulation (EEC )No1119 /78laying down special measures for
peas and field beans used inthe feeding ofanimals
(submitted bytheCommission tothe Council )
C0M(79 )724 final

-EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
/ «
Undertheoverallcompromise concerning agricultural pricesforthe1979/80marketing
year,thefoIlowing*declarationwasenteredinth-eminutesoftheCouncilmeetingof
18-22June1979:
"TheCouncilnotestheCommission declaration wherebythatInsitution intendsto
"submit,before30September ;1979,aproposalforaRegulation withaviewtoexten­
ding/asfpom1January 1980,thefieldofapplication ofthesystemofaidforpeas.
'&ndfieldbeanstoby-products intended foranimalfeedfromthemanufacture offield '
'teanprotein concentrates ."\,;.
Recently,alimitednumberoffactories intheCommunity begantotakeaninterest
inthemanufacture ofaproteinconcentrate fromfieldbeans*Oneofthefactories ,
isalreadyoperational .According totheprocess usedbythisfactory,thisconcen­
traterepresents 12%ofthematerial -employed.
According tooth^rmethodsundergoing experiment ,theconcentrate represents ahigher
percentage ofthematerial employed.Thisconcentrate isintendedprimarily forhuman
consumption ,bytmayalsobeusedinanimalfeed. .."
Theproduct .remaining ,whichrepresents themajorpartbyweightofthematerial em­
ployed,isintended foranimalfeed. '> '-'_■.
Anundertaking whichextractsthisproteinconcentrate isobligedtopayapricefar
fieldbeansofCommunity originwhichisatleastequaltotheminimumpricelaiddown
underCouncilRegulation (EEC)No1119/78layingdownspecial measures forpeasand
(1)fieldbeansusedinthefeedingofanimals .
Itis,however,excluded fromeligibility fortheaidprovided forbythatRegulation
sincethesystemenvisages asthesolerecipients oftheaidthemanufacturers of
animalfeedingstuffs .Whensellingproducts intendedforanimalfeed,suchanunder­
takingmustfacecompetition ,onthe'onehand,frompeasandfieldbeansusedinani­
malfeedwhicharesupported bytheabove-mentioned systemofaidand,fromother
products whichfreelyentertheCommunity -attheworldmarketprice.
Inordertoensureequality oftreatment forthisindustry vis-^-visotherindustries
whichusepeasandfieldbeansofCommunity originforanimalfeed,eligibility for
the^systemprovidedforbyRegulation (EEC)No1119/78shouldbeextendedtothein-u
dustryinquestion,inrespectofthatpartofproduction which1sintendedfor
animalfeedandprovided thattheproteincontentoftheproducts inquestion is .
adequate. v ''. ^
(1)0JNoL142,30.5.1978,p.8

Such istheobject ofthis draft Regulation ,.
Atthemoment ,thequantity ofproducts inrespect ofwhich aidcould begranted
is8800 tonnes .•'
I » y–
According topresent estimates ,thisquantity could double inafew
years­
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Proposal for
'COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC )
amending Regulation (EEC)No1119 /78laying down special measures forpeas and
field beans used inthe feeding ofanimals
THE COUNCIL OFTHE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard totheTreaty establishing theEuropean Economic Community /and in
particular Articles 42and43thereof .
Having regard totheproposal from theCommission ,
... . _ .(1)Having regard totheopinion oftheEuropean Parliament ,
■. . ... _ .. ... ... (2)Having regard totheopinion oftheEconomic ,and Social Committee -^
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC)No1119/78^ provides forthegran~
ting ofaid forpeas andfield beans harvested intheCommunity andused inthemanu­
facture ofanimals feedingstuffs ;
Whereas it,hasbecome apparent that certain undertakings use theabove-mentioned
products fortheextraction ofaprotein concentrate intended forhuman consumption ;
whereas theother products obtained inthis extraction process ,which represent themajor
part ofthequantity employed areintended foruse iinanimal feedingstuffs ^whereas
theaidshould also begranted tothese undertakings inproportion tothequiantities
ofpeas andfield beans intended forthemanufacture ofanimal feedingstuffs ,on
condition that theproducts inquestion have acertain protein content ,,
HASADOPTED THIS REGULATION : '
(1)OJNo
(2)OJNo
(3)OJNoL142,30.5.1978 ,p.8

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Article1 <
Article2(2)ofRegulation (EEC)No1119/78shallbereplacedbythe)followingtext
"2.Aidshallbegrantedonlytomanufacturers ofanimalfeedingstuffs andtounder­
takingswhichextract ,proteinconcentrate which:
-satisfytheconditions necessarytoqualifyforaid
:~h3Veconcl-'udecl"1thProducersofpeasandfieldbeans,orwithothernatural
.orlegalpersonscontractsprovidingforthepaymenttdsuchproducersofa
pricenolowerthantheminimumprice,, -
Thisminimumpriceshallbefixedatalevelwhich,allowingformarketfluctua­
tionsandthecostoftransporting theproductsinquestionfrom'theproducerto
<theprocessor,willenableproducerstoobtainafair.return.'
This,priceshallbefixedatthe-sametimeastheactivatingpriceandinaccor­
dancewiththesameprocedure .
Inthecaseofundertakings extractingproteinconcentrate,theabove-mentioned
aidshallbegrantedonlyinproportiontothequantitiesofproductsintended
foruseinanimalfeedingstuffs and,providedthattheirproteincontentisat•
leasteQualtoaminimumtobedetermined "*
Article 2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon*}-MarchT960,,
Itshallapplytopeasandfieldbeansemployedasfrom1May.1980.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicable inall
Member Sfates„
DoneatFortheCouncil

FINANCIAL STATEMENT
LDate:23*11*79.
BUDGET HEADING :737APPROBATIONS :.7,5mioUCEA.
?.TITLE:ProposalforaDraftCouncilRegulation (EEC)No.„.„/79amending RegulatiorS
(EEC)No1119/78layingdownspecialmeasuresforpeas'andfieldbeansused.inthe|feedingofanimals. , |
3.LEGALe«sis*Articles 42and43oftheTreaty
AIMSOFPROJECT:iriCt.usionintheaidsystemoftheindustry whichmanufactures .
proteinconcentrates fromfield-beans ,forthepartoftheproduction which -fc
intendedforusein-aniroal-fee'dingstuffs .;
5.FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS
S'.OEXPENDITURE
:-CHARGED TOTHEECBUDGET „,
(BEFFIFFLM INTERVENTIONS )
,-NATIONAL ADMINISTRATION
-OTHER
5.1RECEIPTS-OWNRESOURCES OFTHEEC
*(LEVIES/CUSTOMS DUTIES)
-VNATIONAL
5.3.1ESTIMATED EXPENDITURE
5.1.1ESTIMATED RECEIPTS' !.PERtoeor12BONTHS
1982
960000UCË'FINANCIAL YEAR
(198ΠΪ
660000UCE
1983
1,15mioUFOLLOWING FINANCIAL YEAH
(1981i–
800000UCE
5.2METHOD OFCALCULATI OH
Hypothesis ofquantity
Hypothesis ofrate
Expenditure1980
8800t
81,2ECU/t
714560ECU1981
10600t
81,2ECU/t
860720ECU1982 .
12700t'
81,2ECU/t
1,03mioECU
662000UCE=797000UCE=955000UCE:
ΓΤΓ C*NTHFPROJECT 0cUNANCED FROMAPPROBATIONS ENTEREDINTHERELEVANT CHAPTER0*THE1980 'BUDGET,?
VESMB
6.?ISASUPPLEMENTARY BUDGET BENECESSARY ?
• >BM/N0
cWILLFUTURE BUDGET APPROBATIONS BEMECESSARY ?YesWP
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