Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) amending Regulations (EEC) No 1035/72, (EEC) No 2240/88 and (EEC) No 1121/89 as regards the intervention threshold mechanism in the fresh fruit and vegetables sector
Date: 1995-03-16
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: enlargement of the Union, fresh fruit, fresh vegetable, guarantee threshold, marketing, marketing year

COMMISSION  OF THE EUROPEAN  COMMUNITIES 

Brussels,  16.03.1995 
COM  (95)  83  final 

95/0072  (CNS) 

Proposal  for  a 

COUNCIL  REGULATION (EC) 

amending  Regulations (EEC)  No  1035/72, (EEC)  No 2240/88 and 
(EEC)  No  1121/89 as regards the  intervention  threshold  mechanism 
in the fresh  fruit  and  vegetables  sector 

(presented  by the  Commission) 

EXPLANATORY  MEMORANDUM 

On  account  of  the  accession  of  Austria,  Finland  and  Sweden,  the  intervention  threshold 
mechanism  must  be adjusted  from  1 January  1995 to take account  of the production  of  these 
three new  Member  States. This  amendment  only  concerns  tomatoes, apples, cauliflowers  and 
peaches,  since  these  are  the  only  products  cultivated  in  the  new  Member  States  for  which 
thresholds  exist. 

Articles  16 and  16a of  Regulation  (EEC)  No  1035/72 establish  the intervention  thresholds  for 
tomatoes, peaches, apples  and cauliflowers,  and the  step for  overruns of tomatoes. 

Regulation (EEC) No 1121/89 establishes the steps for overruns of apples and cauliflowers and 
Regulation  (EEC)  No 2240/88  does  likewise  for  peaches. 

The adjustment  must begin  with  the  1994/95 marketing  year  in the case of apples. 

The thresholds  and steps need  only to be adjusted  from  the  1995/96 marketing year on in the 
case of tomatoes, cauliflowers  and peaches. 

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Proposal  for a 

COUNCIL  REGULATION  (EC) No 

amending  Regulations (EEC)  No  1035/72, (EEC)  No 2240/88 and 
(EEC)  No  1121/89 as regards the intervention  threshold  mechanism 
in the fresh fruit and  vegetables  sector 

THE  COUNCIL  OF THE  EUROPEAN  UNION, 

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 43 

thereof, 

Having  regard  to  Council  Regulation  (EEC)  No  1035/72  of  18  May  1972  on  the  common 

organization  of  the  market  in  fruit  and  vegetables  ,  as  last  amended  by  Regulation  (EC) 
No 3290/942, and  in particular  Article  16b(3)  thereof, 

Having regard to the proposal from the  Commission3, 

Having regard  to the opinion  of the European  Parliament4, 

Having  regard  to the opinion  of the Economic  and  Social  Committee , 

Whereas,  pursuant  to  Articles  16(3a),  (16a)  and  16b  of  Regulation  (EEC)  No  1035/72, 

intervention  thresholds have been  introduced  for  tomatoes, peaches, apples and  cauliflowers: 

Whereas this intervention  threshold  mechanism  will apply throughout the Community  from 1 

January  1995, the date of accession of Austria, Finland and Sweden; whereas the intervention-

1  O J N oL  118,20.  5.1972,  p.  1. 

2  OJ No L 349, 31.12.1994, p. 94. 

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threshold  and  the  step  for  overruns  of tomatoes  fixed  by  Article  16(3a)  of  Regulation  (EEC) 

No  1035/72, the step  for  overruns  of  apples and cauliflowers fixed respectively  by Articles 1 

and  2  of  Regulation  (EEC)  No  1121/89 on  the  introduction  of  an  intervention  threshold  for 

apples  and  cauliflowers,  as  last  amended  by  Regulation  (EEC)  No  1754/92, and  the  step  for 

overruns  of peaches fixed by Article 2 of  Regulation  (EEC)  No 2240/88  fixing,  for  peaches, 

lemons and oranges, the rules for applying Article  16b of Regulation (EEC) No  1035/72, as last 

amended  by Regulation  (EEC)  No  1411/92, must  all  be adjusted  to the new conditions, 

HAS ADOPTED THIS  REGULATION: 

Article 1 

Regulation  (EEC)  No  1035/72  is hereby  amended  as  follows: 

1. 

The first subparagraph  of  Article  16(3a) is replaced  by the  following: 

"Where,  in  the  case  of  tomatoes,  the  quantities  which  have  been  the  subject  of 

intervention  measures  pursuant  to  Articles  15  and  19a  in  the  course  of  a  given 

marketing  year  exceed  607 200  tonnes,  the  basic  and  buying-in  prices  fixed  for  the 

following  marketing year in respect of this product in accordance with the criteria laid 

down in paragraphs 2 and 3 shall be reduced by  1 % for every 31 600 tonnes in excess 

of  that  quantity.  The  application  of  this  provision  may  not,  however,  result  in  a 

reduction  of more than  20 % in those prices." 

Article 2 

Regulation  (EEC)  No  1121/89 is hereby  amended  as  follows: 

1. 

The following  sentence is added  to  Article  1(3): 

"This figure shall  be increased to 85 800 tonnes for  the  1994/95 marketing  year and to 

86 500 tonnes  from  the  1995/96 marketing  year." 

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2. 

The following  sentence  is added to Article 2(3): 

"This figure  shall  be increased to 20 200 tonnes from the  1995/96 marketing year." 

Article 3 

Regulation (EEC) No 2240/88  is hereby amended as follows: 

The first indent of Article 2(1)  is replaced by the  following: 

" - 23  000 tonnes, and 23  100 tonnes from the  1995/96 marketing year, in the case of peaches." 

Article 4 

This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following  its publication in the  Official 

Journal of the European Communities. 

Article  1 of this Regulation shall apply from the  1995/96 marketing year. 

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

Done at Brussels, 

For the Council 

BUDGET  HEADING: 
1501 

APPROPRIATIONS: 
ECU 402 million 

TITLE: 
Proposal  for  a Council  Regulation  amending  Regulations  (EEC)  No  1035/72, (EEC)  No 2240/88  and  (EEC) 
No  1121/89 as regards the  intervention  thresholds  mechanism  in the  fresh  fruit  and  vegetables  sector 

LEGAL  BASIS: 
Council  Regulation  (EEC)  No  1035/72 

AIMS: 
To adjust  the  intervention  thresholds and  tranches  for  withdrawals  of  certain  products  as a result  of the  enlargement  of 
the  European  Union 

5. 

FINANCIAL  IMPLICATIONS: 

5.0. 

EXPENDITURE 
-  CHARGED TO THE  EC  BUDGET 

(REFUNDS/INTERVENTION) 

- NATIONAL  AUTHORITIES 
-  OTHER 

5.1. 

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

-  NATIONAL 

5.0.1. 
5.1.1. 

5.2. 

ESTIMATED  EXPENDITURE 
ESTIMATED  REVENUE 

METHOD  OF CALCULATION: 

PERIOD  OF  12 
MONTHS 

(ECU  million) 

CURRENT 
FINANCIAL 
YEAR 
(95) 
(ECU  million) 

FOLLOWING 
FINANCIAL 
YEAR. 
(96) 
(ECU  million) 

1997 

1998 

1999 

2000 

6.0. 

6.1. 

6.2. 

6.3. 

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

CAN THE  PROJECT  BE  FINANCED  BY TRANSFER  BETWEEN  CHAPTERS  OF THE  CURRENT 
BUDGET? 

WILL  A SUPPLEMENTARY  BUDGET  BE  NECESSARY? 

WILL  FUTURE  BUDGET  APPROPRIATIONS  BE  NECESSARY? 

YES/NO 

YES/NO 

YES/NO 

YES/NO 

OBSERVATIONS  Amending  the thresholds  and  tranches may  entail  varying the  reduction  coefficient  to be applied  to the 

basic  and buying-in  prices  in the next  marketing  year. The  amendments  provided  for  by the Regulation  do 
not affect  the threshold  coefficients  calculated  for  the  budget  years  concerned. 

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