Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) setting for the 1994/95 marketing year the percentages 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: 1994-11-16
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: fruit vegetable, producer organisation, support policy, vegetable product

ibMMISSION  OF  THE  EUROPEAN  COMMUNITIES 

COM(94) 489 final 
Brussels,  16.11.1994 

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Proposal  for a 

ÇplINCH  RFfflILATIQN  (EC) 

setting for the 1994/95 marketing year the percentages 
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) 

EXPLANATORY  MEMORANDUM 

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 
1994/95 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. 

Proposal  for a 

COUNCIL REGULATION  (EC) No. 

setting  for the  1994/95 marketing year the  percentages 
referred to in Article  3(1)(a) of Regulation  (EEC) No 426/86 
in connection with the premium granted 
for products processed  from  tomatoes 

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN  UNION, 

Having  regard  to the Treaty  establishing  the European 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,<1) as last amended  by Regulation  (EEC) No 549/94,<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  1994/95 marketing  year; 

(1) OJ No L 4-9, 27.2.1986, p. 1. 
(2) OJ No L  69,  12.3.1994, p. 5. 

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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 1993/94 marketing year the percentage of the quantities of 

tomatoes covered by contracts concluded with producers' associations in 

relation to the total quantity of processed tomatoes. Whereas, however, the 

question of the expediency of the^ measure and whether or not to pursue it 

will need to be examined in the context of the reform of the common 

organisation of the market in fruit and vegetables, 

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: 

Article 1 

For the 1994/95 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 

APPROPRIATIONS: ECU 398 million 

2. TITLE: 

Proposal  for  a Council  Regulation  fixing,  for  the 1994/95 marketing  year, the percentages  referred  to in 
Article 3(1a) 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  the conclusion  of contracts between groups of producers and processors. 

5.  FINANCIAL  IMPLICATIONS 

1994 

1995 

Period  of  12 months 

Current  Financial  Year 

Following  Financial  Year 

5.0  EXPENDITURE 

- CHARGED  TO THE EC BUDGET 

-  (REFUNDS/INTERVENTION) 

ECU 6.4  million 

ECU  6.4  mi 11 ion 

- NATIONAL  ADMINISTRATION 

- OTHER 

5.1  REVENUE 

- OWN RESOURCES OF  THE EC 

(LEVIES/CUSTOMS  DUTIES) 

- NATIONAL 

5.0.1  ESTIMATED  EXPENDITURE 

5.1.1  ESTIMATED  REVENUE 

5.2 METHOD  OF  CALCULATION: 

1995 

1996 

1997 

1998 

Expenditure  for  the processing  of  tomatoes  for  the  1994/95 marketing  year  is estimated  at  ECU  332.5 

mi 11 ion (A). 

Given  that  the  increase  in aid  is 2% of  that  sum,  the cost  of  the measure  is: 

ECU 332.5 million  (A) x 2% x 80% x 1.207  (DT) = ECU 6.4  million 

6.0  CAN  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? 

OBSERVATIONS: 

The  1995 preliminary  draft  budget  has earmarked  an appropriation corresponding  to this amount, 

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YES 

YES 

NO 

YES 

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