Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) setting for the 1993/94 marketing year the percentage referred to in Article 3(1) (a) of Regulation (EEC) No 426/86 in connection with the premium granted for products processed from tomatoes
Date: 1993-10-15
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: support policy, vegetable product

COMMISSION  OF  THE  EUROPEAN  COMMUNITIES 

COM(93) 502 final 

Brussels,  15 October  1993 

Proposal  for a 

COUNCIL  REGULATION  (EEC) 

setting  for the  1993/94 marketing year the percentage 

referred to in Article  3(1)(a) of Regulation  (EEC) No 426/86 

in connection with the premium granted  for 

products processed  from tomatoes 

(presented  by  the Commission) 

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EXPLANATORY  MEMORANDUM 

R e:  Proposal  for  a  Council  Regulation  (EEC) No  ...,/93 setting  for 

the  1993/94 marketing  year  the percentage  referred  to  in Article 
3(1)(a) of  Regulation  (EEC) No 426/86  in connection  with  the 
premium granted  for products processed  from tomatoes. 

This measure must be taken at Community  level, since this  is an area in 
which only  the Community  has power to act. Its  intensity  and 
proportionality  are described  in detail below. 

Article  3(1)(a) of Regulation  (EEC) No 426/86  provides  for the grant of a 
premium equivalent  to 2% of the aid payable  in respect  of those  quantities 
of  finished  products produced  from tomatoes obtained  from the quantity of 
fresh tomatoes  supplied  under contracts concluded  with  producers' 
associations. 

The premium  is only  paid  if the processors  or their associations: 

-  have accepted  all the  fresh tomatoes  covered  by the contracts; 

can prove that the tomatoes processed  under the  said  contracts 
represent a significant  percentage of the total quantity  of  processed 
tomatoes. 

The purpose of this proposal  is to set the percentage  applicable  to the 
1993/94 marketing  year at the same  level as for the previous year, taking 
into account  the role currently  played  by producers' associations  in the 
Community. 

It should be recalled  that  the aim of  the measure  is to encourage 
concentration  of the supply of  fresh tomatoes  in order  to achieve a better 
administration  of the quantities  to be produced  and the possible outlets, 
in particular  those quantities  going to processing. 

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Proposal  for a 

COUNCIL REGULATION  (EEC) NO  ..,./93 

Of 

1993 

setting  for the  1993/94 Marketing year the percentage 

referred to in Article  3(l)(a) of Regulation  (EEC) No  426/86 

in connection with the premium granted  for 

products processed  from  tomatoes 

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, 

Having  regard to the Treaty establishing  the European  Economic  Community, 

Having  regard to Council Regulation  (EEC) No 426/86 of 24 February  1986 on 

the common organization of the market  in products processed  from  fruit and 

vegetables,(*) as last amended  by Regulation  (EEC) No  1569/92,<2) and in 

particular Article  3(3) thereof. 

Having  regard to the proposal  from the Commission, 

Whereas,  in order to encourage the conclusion of contracts between  groups 

of tomato producers on the one hand and associations of processors or 

processors on the other, Regulation  (EEC) No 426/86 provides  for the grant 

on certain  terms of  an additional premium.; 

Whereas the  "significant specific percentage"  for the total quantity of 

processed  tomatoes covered by contracts concluded with producers'  groups 

must be set for the  1993/94 marketing year; 

(1) OJ No L 49, 27.2.1986, p. 1. 

(2) OJ No L  166, 20.6.1992, p. 5 

Whereas,  in view of the  important role played by tomato producers'  groups 

in the producer Member States, it  is desirable  to maintain  at the same 

level as  for  the  1992/93 marketing  year  the percentaiji* of  the quantities of 

tomatoes covered  by contracts  concluded with  producers'  associations  in 

relation  to the total quantity  of processed tomatoes, 

HAS ADOPTED THIS  REGULATION: 

Article 1 

For the  1993/94 marketing year the percentage mentioned  in Article  3(1)(a) 

of Regulation  (EEC) No 426/86  shall be 80%. 

Article 2 

This Regulation  shall enter  into force on the seventh day  following  its 

publication  in the Official Journal of the European Communities. 

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

all Member  states. 

Done at Brussels, 

For  the Council 

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F I N A N C I AL 

STATEMENT 

1. BUDGET HEADING:  1511 

APPROPR I AT IONS : ECU  4 3 3 mi 1 1 i on 

DATE:  I l S. |.t iMU!MM  I '»•» t 

2. TITLE: 

Proposal  for a Council Regulation  fixing, for the  1993/94 marketing  year, the percentages referred  to in 
Article  3(la) of Regulation  (EEC) No 426/86 concerning  the grant of aid  for products processed  from 
tomatoes. 

3. LEGAL BASIS: Regulation  (EEC) No 426/86 

4.  AIMS OF PROJECT: 

To encourage this conclusion ot  cont m cl s Let.ween «(roups «>| producers and processors, 

I ' c r i o il  ot 

i  2  m o n t hs 

Current Financial Ye.ir 
19V 3 

Following  Financial Year 
1 99 4 

ECU 6.8 million 

ECU 6.8  mill ion 

199*J 

1996 

1997 

1998 

S.  FINANCIAL  IMPLICATIONS 

•>.» EXPENDITURE 

- CHARGED TO THE  EC BUDGET 
-  (REFUNDS/INTERVENTION) 
- NATIONAL ADMINISTRATION 
- OTHER 

5.1 REVENUE 

- OWN RESOURCES OF THE EC 
(LEVIES/CUSTOMS DUTIES) 

-  NATIONAL 

t>. 0  .  1  ESTIMATED  EXPEND1TURE 

b .  1 .I  ESTIMATED  REVENUE 

*.>•. 2 METHOD OF CALCULATION: 

Expenditure for the processing  ol  tomatoes lor tin: 1993/94 marketing  yoai  is estimated  at  ECU 383.8 
mill ion  (A). 
Given  tli.it  t ho  t net ••.•:;•• in .ixl is  .''*. ot  th.il  sum,  tin- cost  ol  the m.-.ism .• 1:4: 
ECU  3S3.3 million  (A) x  /'*>  x MO* x  !./»/  ( DT )  ECU 1. . H million 

6.0  CAW THE PROJECT  BE FINANCED  FROM APPROPRIATIONS ENTERED  IN THE RELEVANT CHAPTER  OF THE CURRENT  BUDGET? 

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? 

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