PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) FIXING THE BASIC AND BUYING-IN PRICES FOR CERTAIN FRUIT AND VEGETABLES TO BE APPLIED IN SPAIN FROM 1 JANUARY 1990 UNTIL THE END OF THE 1989/1990 MARKETING YEAR
Date: 1989-10-18
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Portugal, Spain, fruit, vegetable

COMMISSION  OF  THE  EUROPEAN  COMMUNITIES 

C0M(89>508  final 

Brussels, 13  October 1~:'° 

Proposal for a 

COUNCIL REGULATION  (EEC) 

fixing the basic and buylng-ln prices for certain fruit and vegetables 
to be applied  In Spain from 1 January 1990 until  the end of 
the 1989/1990 marketing year 

(presented by the Commission) 

EXPLANATORY  MEMORANDUM 

Subject  : Proposal  for  a Council  Regulation  fixing  the  basic  and  buying-In 

prices  for  certain  fruit  and  vegetables  to  be  applied  in Spain  from 1 

January  1990 until  the  end  of  the  1989/90  marketing  year. 

The  second  phase  of  the  specific  transitional  arrangements  provided  for,  in 

respect  of  fruit  and  vegetables,  In  the  Act  of  Accession  of  Spain  begins  on 1 

January  1990. 

Article  148 of  the  Act  of  Accession  provides  that  from  1 January  1990  and  until 

the  end  cf  the  1989/90 marketing  year,  the  basic  and  buylng-ln  prices  for  fruit 

and  vegetables  to be  applied  In Spain  are  to be  fixed  by  the  Council  In 

accordance  with  the  rules  iald  down  In Article  16 of  Regulation  (EEC) No  1035/72 

at  the  level  of  the  prices  fixed  in Spain  at  the  end  of  the  first  phase  and 

subject  to observance  of  the  price  discipline  provided  for  In Article  135 of  the 

Act  of  Accession. 

The  purpose  of  this  proposal  is to  fix  the  basic  and  buylng-ln  prices  for 

cauliflowers,  lemons, pears,  apples, mandarins,  satsumas,  clémentines  and  sweet 

oranges  for  the  period  from  1 January  1990 until  the  end  of  the  1989/90 

marketing  year  for  each  of  those  products. 

The  prices  are  fixed  on  the  basis  of  those  adopted  by  the  Spanish  authorities 

for  the  beginning  of  the  1989/90 marketing  year.  The  Commission  has  been  able 

to ascertain  that  the  price  discipline  provided  for  in Article  135 of  the  Act  of 

Accession  has  been  observed.  The  Spanish  authorities  have  not  passed  on  to  the 

prices  applied  in Spain  the  fail  In the  common  prices  for  lemons, mandarins  and 

oranges  that  has  occurred  since  the  1986/87 marketing  year.  The  outcome  Is  that 

for  those  products,  the  gap  between  the  common  prices  and  the  Spanish  prices  has 

been  reduced  during  the  first  phase  of  Accession. 

It  is proposed  that  the  Council  adopt  the  attached  proposal  for  a  Regulation 

which  must  enter  into  force  on  1 January  1990. 

Proposal  for a 

COUNCIL  REGULATION  (EEC) No 

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of 
fixing  the basic  and  buying-ln  prices  for  certain  fruit  and  vegetables 
to be  applied  in Spain  from  1 January  1990 until  the  end  of 
the  1989/1990 marketing  year 

THE  COUNCIL  OF  THE  EUROPEAN  COMMUNITIES, 

Having  regard  to  the Treaty  establishing  the  European  Economic  Community, 

Having  regard  to  the Act  of  Accession  of  Spain  and  Portugal,  and  In particular 

Article  89  (1) thereof, 

Having  regard  to  the  proposal  from  the  Commission^1), 

Whereas  Council  Regulation  (EEC) No  1035/72 of  18 May  1972 on  the  common 
organization  of  the market  in fruit  and  vegetables*2^,  as  last  amended  by 
Regulation  (EEC) No  lll9/89*3^,  and  In particular  Article  16  thereof  lays down 

the general  rules  governing  the  fixing of  the basic  and  buylng-ln  prices  for 

fruit  and  vegetables-, whereas  those  provisions  apply  In Spain  from  the  beginning 

of  the  second  phase  of  accession,  subject  to  the  rules on  price  alignment 

provided  for  in Articles  147 et  seq. of  the Act  of  Accession;  whereas  In 

accordance  with  Article  148 of  the Act  of  Accession,  the prices  to be  applied  In 

that  Member  State  from  1 January  1990 until  the end  of  the  1989/1990 marketing 

year  should  be  fixed  at  the  level  of  the prices  fixed  at  the end  of  the  first 

phase, 

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION  : 

(1) OJ  No C 
(2) 0J  No L  118, 20. 5.  1972,  p.1. 
(3) OJ  No L  118, 29. 4.  1989,  p.12. 

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Article  1 

The  basic  and  buylng-in  prices  for  fruit  and  vegetables  to  be  applied  In  Spain 

from  1 January  1990  until  the  end  of  the  1989/1990  marketing  year,  the  periods 

during  which  they  are  to  apply  and  the  standard  qualities  to  which  they  refer 

are  hereby  fixed  In  the  Annex. 

Article  2 

This  Regulation  shall  enter  into  force  on  1 January  1990. 

This  Regulation  shall  be  binding  in  Its entirety  and  directly  applicable  in al 

Member  States. 

Done  at  Brussels, 

For  the  Council 

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ANNEX 

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BASIC AND BUYING-IN PRICES 

(ECU/100 kg  net) 

CAULIFLOWERS 
For  the period  1 January  to 30 April  1990 

Basic prIces 

Buy Ing-In pr ices 

January 
February 
March 
A p r il 

22,49 
20,99 
22,07 
22,34 

9,73 
9,05 
9,46 
9,73 

These prices  refer  to trimmed  cauliflowers  belonging  to 
Class  I, put  up  In packaging. 

LEMONS 
For  the period  1 January  to 31 May  1990 

Basic prIces 

Buy Ing-in prIces 

January 
February 
March 
A p r il 
May 

21,54 
20,83 
21,62 
22,55 
23,05 

12,63 
12,27 
12,63 
13,20 
13,49 

These prices refer  to  lemons belonging  to Class  I, size 
52 to 62 mm,  put up  In packaging. 

./. 

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PEARS 

(other  than  perry  pears) 

For  the period  1 January  to 30 April 1990 

• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • l ai 

Basic  prices 

Buying-In  prices 

• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •• 

January  to April 

17,72 

9,37 

These  prIces  refer : 

-  to pear  varieties Beurre  Hardy, Bon Chretien 

Williams,  Conference, Cose I a  (Ercollnl), 

Crystal I Is (Beurre  Napoleon,  Blanqullla,  Tsakonla) 

Dr  Jules Guyo  (Llmonara),  Class  I, size 60 mm or 

or  more, 

to pear  varieties  Empereur  Alexandre  (Kaiser 

Alexandre  Bosc),  Class  I, size 70 mm or more, 

put up in packaging. 

APPLES 

(other  than  cider  apples) 

For  the period  1 January  to 31 May 1990 

• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • « • « • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • « • • • • • • • • • • • •i 

Basic  price 

Buying-In  price 

• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •i 

January  to May 

20,96 

10,65 

• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •i 

These  pr ices refer : 

-  to apple  varieties Reine des Reinettes and Verde 

Donee I la, Class 1, size 65 mm or more, 

-  to apple  varieties Delicious  Pllafa,  Golden 

Delicious,  James Grieve, Red Delicious,  Reinette 

grise du Canada and StarkIng  Delicious,  Class 1, 

size 70 mm or more, 

put up In packaging. 

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MANDARINS 

For  the period  1 January  to 28 February  1990 

Basic  prices 

Buying-In  prices 

January 

February 

28,39 

27,33 

17,67 

17,35 

These  prices  refer  to mandarins  In Class  1, size  54  to 69 

mm,  put  up  In packaging. 

SATSUMAS 

For  the period  1 to  15 January  1990 

Basic  price 

Buying-In  price 

J 
4 

January  (1  to  15) 

27,45 

12,49 

These  prices  refer  to Unshlu  (owarl) satsumas  in Class  1, 

size 54  to 69 mm,  put  up  in packaging. 

CLEMENTINES 

For  the period  1 January  to  15 February  1990 

Basic  prices 

Buying-in  prices 

January 

32,77 

February  (1  to  15)  37,53 

18,02 

18,77 

These  prices  refer  to Clementines  (Citrus  retIculata  Blanco)  In 

Class  1, size  43  to 60 mm,  put  up  in packaging. 

./. 

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SWEET  ORANGES 

For  the period  1 January  to  31  May  1990 

Basic  prices 

Buying-In  prices 

January 

February 

March 

30,45 

30,96 

32,51 

Apr I I and  May  33,01 

19,63 

20,04 

20,24 

20,45 

These  prices  refer  to orange  varieties  Moro,  Navel, 

Navel U n a,  Sa lust I ana,  Sanguine!lo  and  Valencia  late 

Class  I, size  67  to 80 mm,  put  up  In  packaging. 

N.B.  : The  prices  shown  In this Annex  do  not  Include  the 

effect  of  the  cost  of  the  packaging  in which  the  product 

Is put  up. 

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F I N A N C I AL 

S T A T E M E NT 

:  Date: 

1. Budget heading: 

Appropriations : 

2. Title: Council Regulation fixing the basic and buying-in prices for certain 

fruit and vegetables from the 1st February 1990 to the end of the 
1990 marketing year 

3. Legal basis: Act of Accession of Spain and Portugal, in particular Article 89(1) 

period of 
12 months 

current 
financial year 
(1989)' 

following 
financial year 
(1990) 

29,0 

4. Aims of project: 

5.  Financial implications 
5.0  Expenditure 

- charged to the EC budget 
(refunds/intervention) 
- national administration 
- other 

5.1  Receipts 

- own resources of the EC 
(levies/customs duties) 

- national 

5.0.1 Estimated expenditure 
5.1.1 Estimated receipts 

5.2 Method of calculation: 

Products 

Hypotheses of 
quantities withdrawn 
in 1990 (1 000 t) 

Buying-in 
Price 
(ECU/t) 

Coefficients 

Cost 

Price  Threshold  (M ECU) 

Cauliflowers 
Pears 
Apples 
Lemons 
Oranges 
Mandarines 
Clementines 
Satsumas 
TOTAL 

10 
20 
50 
90 
50 
10 
20 
10 

97,3 
93,7 
106,5 
126,3 
196,3 
176,7 
180,2 
124,9 

1,000 
0,866 
0,793 
0,672 
0,642 
0,625 
0,602 
0,649 

1,0 
1,0 
1,0 
0,94 
1,0 
1,0 
1,0 
1,0 

e=axbxcxd 

1,0 
1.6 
4,2 
7,2 
6,3 
1,1 
2,2 
0,8 
24,4 x  i, i'<o^.<),n 

6.0 Can the project be financed from appropriations entered  in the relevant chapter 

of the current budget? Finance possible from credits in the chapter concerned 
with the budget at present operating. 

6.1 Can the project be financed by transfer between chapters of the current budget ? 

6.2 Is a supplementary budget necessary ? 

6.3 Will future budget appropriations be necessary ? 

yes 

no 

ves 

Observations: Sufficient credits have teen provided for in the draft 1990 budget-

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£T~/\j 

I.  Quelle est  la justification principale de  la mesure ? 

Démarrage de  la seconde phase de  la transition spécifique pour  les fruits 
et  légumes de  l'adhésion de  l'Espagne. Fixation des prix de base et d'achat 
pour  la fin de  la campagne 1989/1990. 

il.  Caractéristiques des entreprises concernées 

En partlcul1er : 

- Y a-t-lI un grand nombre de P.M.E. ? 

oui 

- Note-t-on des concentrations dans des régions : 

- éllglbles aux aides régionales des E.M. ? 

oui 

- éiigibles au Feder ? 

oui 

III. Quelles sont  les obligations  Imposées directement  aux entreprises ? 

néant 

IV.  Quelles sont  les obligations susceptibles d'être  imposées 
indirectement aux entreprises via  les autorités locales ? 

néant 

V.  Y a-t-lI des mesures spéciales pour  les PME ? 

non 

-  lesquelles ? 

VI.  Quel est  l'effet prévisible ? 

- sur  la compétivité des entreprises ? 

- sur  l'emploi ? 

soutien des marchés agricoles 

V U.  Les partenaires sociaux ont-ils été consultés ?  non 

- avis des partenaires sociaux 

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