Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) amending Regulation ( EEC ) No 1035/72 on the common organization of the market in fruit and vegetables
Date: 1992-02-21
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: fruit, import, quality control of industrial products, third country, vegetable

COMMISSION  OF  THE  EUROPEAN  COMMUNITIES 

C0M(92)  51 final 

Brussels, 21  February  1992 

Proposal  for a 

COUNCIL REGULATION  (EEC) 

amending Regulation  (EEC) No 1035/72 on the 
common organization of the market in fruit and vegetables 

(presented by the Commission) 

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EXPLANATORY  MEMORANDUM 

Subject;  Draft Regulation amending Regulation  (EEC) No 1035/72 on the common 

organization of the market in fruit and vegetables 

Fruit and vegetables produced and marketed in the Community and products imported 
from third countries are checked for conformity with Community quality standards. 

The checks on fruit and vegetables produced in the Community as well as those 
imported are made by sampling. 

Experience has shown that currently a number of third countries are able to have 
the checks necessary to ensure conformity with Community quality standards made 
by their authorities prior to exportation of the products. 

Consequently, provision should be made to grant approval allowing these 
authorities to make conformity checks on fruit and vegetables as if they had been 
carried out within the Community.  The purpose of this draft Regulation is to 
create the legal basis necessary for the Commission to grant such authorization. 

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Proposal  for a 

COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) 

amending  Regulation  (EEC) No  1035/72 on the 
common  organization  of the market  in fruit  and  vegetables 

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 proposal  from the  Commission, 

Having regard  to the opinion  of the European  Parliament, 

Whereas Article  8 of Regulation  (EEC) No  1035/72  on the common  organization  of 

the market  in fruit  and vegetablest1),  as last  amended by  Regulation  (EEC) No 

....(2),  provides  that the conformity  of  fruit  and vegetables with  the  quality 

standards  laid down  is to be checked by  sampling; whereas Article  9 of  that 

Regulation  extends  this provision  to imported  products; 

Whereas  experience  has  shown that  a number  of third  countries' own  inspection 

authorities  can carry  out these product conformity  checks  under  satisfactory 

conditions; whereas, as a result,  and  for the  sake of  sound  administration  and 

commercial  management,  provision  should  be made  for the  authorization  of  such 

authorities  to carry  out conformity  checks  as  if they  had been carried  out  in a 

place of shipment  in the  Community; 

Whereas, to this end, Article  10 of Regulation  (EEC) No  1035/72  should  be 

supplemented; 

(1) OJ No L  118, 20.5.1972, p. 1 
(2) OJ No L 

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Article 1 

The following second subparagraph is hereby added to Article 10(1) of Regulation 

(EEC) No 1035/72: 

"For products imported into the Community, these measures may consist in the 

authorization of the official inspection authorities of the exporting third 

country. 

The costs incurred in implementing the preceding subparagraph shall be borne by 

the community." 

This Regulation shall enter into force on 

Article 2 

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all 

Member states. 

Done at 

For the Council 

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F I N A N C I AL 

S T A T E M E NT 

for: 

Draft council Regulation  amending  Regulation  (EEC) No  1035/72 
on the common  organization  of the market  in fruit  and  vegetables 

1.  Budget  heading: B8-25 

Item: B8-2511 

Title: other controls  in 

agriculture,  support  and promotion  expenditure 

2. 

Legal basis: Article  43 of the Treaty 

3. 

Classification: Non-compulsory  expenditure 

4. 

Objectives of the measure  and description  of  action: 

To approve the official  inspection  authorities  of third  countries  exporting 
fruit  and vegetables; on-the-spot  visit  by commission  officials  to verify 
control procedures prior to approval. 

5.  Method  of  calculation: 

5.1. Nature  of expenditure: Travel and mission  expenses 

5.2. Community  financial contribution: Operating expenses  100% 

5.3. Calculation: Based on  12 inspection  trips every  two years to the main 

exporting  countries, i.e. 6 trips per year. 

Estimate  for  12 trips: ECU  148 000  (travel ECU  101  000, mission 
expenses ECU  47 000), i.e. ECU  74  000 per year. 

6.  Financial  consequences  for operating  appropriations: 

6.1. Timetable  for commitment  and payment  appropriations  (ECU m) 

Financial year 

1993 
1994 
1995 

Subsequent  financial 
years: 

Commitment 
appropriations 
0,074 
0,074 
0,074 

Payment 
appropriations 
0,074 
0,074 
0,074 

Probably  no 
change 

TOTAL  (93-95) 

0,222 

0,222 

6.2. Financing  during  current  financial year: None 

7. 

comments : 

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