Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) on the improvement of the Community production of peaches and nectarines
Date: 1995-03-20
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU production, fruit-growing, grubbing premium, market stabilisation, orchard, stone fruit

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COM(95) 10  final 

95/0018 (CNS) 

Proposal  for a 

COUNCIL  REGULATION  (EH 

on  t he  improvement  of  the  Community  production 
of  peaches  and  nectarines 

(presented by the Commission) 

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EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM 

Withdrawals of peaches and nectarines have increased considerably  in some 
regions of the Union. The grubbing measures proposed in this Regulation will 
enable supply to be better matched to demand. 

The following statement was entered in the minutes of the meeting of the 
Agriculture Council of 23 June 1994 during the debate on improving the 
production of apples s 

"The Council recognizes the need for measures similar to those for apples to 
be taken for peaches and nectarines and asks the Commission to propose 
appropriate measures before 1 October 1994, bearing in mind the tenor of the 
decisions taken by the General Affairs Council on 16 and 17 May  1994 with 
regard to grubbing programmes in fruit and vegetable sectors with surplus 
production." 

The purpose of the attached proposal for a Regulation is to implement that 
statement. The planned measures are similar to those taken for apples. They 
provide for grubbing aid for peach and nectarine trees for the 1995 
marketing year, on application by producers. 

The grubbing measures for peach and nectarine trees will apply to orchards 
made up of trees less than 15 years old with a density of more than 
300 trees per hectare. 

Proposal for a 

Council Regulation  (EC) No 

/95 

on the improvement of the Community  production 
of peaches and nectarines 

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, 

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European 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 a feature of the community market for peaches and nectarines is a 

certain mismatch between supply and demand; whereas this situation is 

causing major withdrawals; 

Whereas market stabilization measures alone are not capable of remedying 

this imbalance; whereas specific measures should exceptionally be taken to 

adapt production potential to present and foreseeable outlets for community 

production; 

Whereas that objective may be achieved by introducing grubbing premiums for 

the 1995 marketing year for producers who undertake to abandon the 

production of peaches and nectarines; 

Whereas only producers with the most productive orchards should qualify for 

the premium, on condition that they undertake in writing not to replant 

peach or nectarine trees;  [whereas, given the fact that a production 

improvement measure for apples is in the course of being implemented in 

accordance with Council Regulation  (EEC) No 1200/90 of 7 May  1990 on the 

improvement of the Community production of apples<*), as last amended by 

Regulation  (EC) No  1890/94<2), the undertaking  should be extended to apple 

trees other than cider-apple trees;] 

Whereas the premium, to be paid only once, must be determined by taking 

account of both the cost of grubbing and the loss of income to the producer; 
(1)  OJ No L 119, 11.5.1990, p. 63. 
(2)  OJ No L  197, 30.7.1994, p. 41. 

Whereas the aim of the grubbing premium is to achieve the objectives laid 

down in Article 39 of the Treaty; whereas provision should be made for the 

measure to be financed by the Guarantee Section of the European Agricultural 

Guidance and Guarantee Fund  (EAGGF), 

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : 

Article 1 

During the 1995 marketing year, peach and nectarine producers in the 

Community  shall qualify, on application and under the conditions laid down 

in this Regulation, for a premium, to be paid only once, for the grubbing of 

peach and nectarine trees. 

Article 2 

1. The premium shall be granted subject to a written undertaking by the 

recipient: 

(a) to grub up or have grubbed up, at one time, the whole of his orchard; 

(b) to refrain from planting any peach trees, nectarine trees and apple 

trees other than cider-apple trees in accordance with the procedure 

referred to in Article 6. 

2. For the purposes of this Regulation,  "orchard" means all parcels on the 

holding under peach or nectarine trees less than 15 years old with a 

density of more than 300 trees per hectare. 

Article 3 

The premium shall be fixed taking account in particular of grubbing costs 

and the loss of income to producers carrying out grubbing operations. 

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Article 4 

The Member States shall check whether recipients of the premium have 

fulfilled the undertakings  laid down in Article 2. They shall take any 

further measures necessary, in particular to ensure compliance with the 

provisions of the premium scheme. They shall communicate  the measures taken 

to the Commission. 

Article 5 

The measures provided for in this Regulation shall be deemed intervention 

intended to stabilize the agricultural markets within the meaning of 

Article 3 of Council Regulation  (EEC) No 729/70 of 21 April  1970 on the 

financing of the common agricultural policy(3), as last amended by 

Regulation  (EEC) No 2048/88(4). They shall be financed by the EAGGF 

Guarantee Section. 

Article 6 

The premium shall be determined and the detailed rules for the application 

of this Regulation, in particular those relating to the effectiveness of the 

scheme, shall be adopted in accordance with the procedure laid down in 

Article 33 of Council Regulation  (EEC) No 1035/72 of 18 May  1972 on the 

common organization of the market in fruit and vegetables(5), as last 

amended by Regulation  (EC) No 2753/94<6>. 

Article 7 

This Regulation shall enter into force on the third 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. 

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Done  at  Brussels, 
(3)  OJ No L 94, 28.4.1970, p. 13. 
(4)  Oj NO L  185, 15.7.1988, p. 1. 
(5)  OJ No L  118, 20.5.1972, p. 1. 
(6)  OJ NO L 292, 12.11.1994, p. 3. 

For the Council 

Financial  Statement 

Date :  28 November  1994 

1. BUDGET  HEADING  «1505  and  1501 

APPROPRIATIONS: ECU 47 and 402 million 

2. TITLE : Proposal  for a Council  Regulation  on the  improvement  of  the Community  production  of  peaches 

and  nectarines 

3. LEGAL  BASIS :  Article 43 of  the  Treaty 

4. AIMS : To  improve  the Community  market  in peaches  and  nectarines  by  reducing  production  by means of 

grubbing  up orchards 

5. FINANCIAL  IMPLICATIONS 

PERIOD  OF  12 MONTHS 

CURRENT  FINANCIAL  YEAR 
(1995) 

FOLLOWING  FINANCIAL  YEAR 
(1996) 

5.0 EXPENDITURE 

•  CHARGED TO THE  EC  BUDGET 

(INTERVENTIONS) 

1997 

1998 

1999 

2000 

ECU  1.4  million 

5.0.1  ESTIMATED  EXPENDITURE 
5.1.1  ESTIMATED  REVENUE 

5.2 METHOD  OF  CALCULATION 

On the basis of a premium  of ECU 5 000/ha,  an effective yield  of grubbed  orchards  of 25  t/ha, and  the 
withdrawal  price adopted  for peaches  in the  1985 budget,  the net  cost  of  the measure  per band of 
1 000 ha can be estimated  at: 
- grubbing  costs  (heading  1505) 
: 
- savings on withdrawals  (heading  1501) : 

1 000 ha x ECU 5 000/ha x 1.207  (DR) = ECU 6  million 
25 000 t x ECU  153.6/t  x 1.207 (DR) • ECU 4.6  million 

NET  COST 

ECU  1.4  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  WILL A SUPPLEMENTARY  BUDGET  BE NECESSARY ? 

6.3  WILL  FUTURE  BUDGET  APPROPRIATIONS  BE NECESSARY ? 

COMMENTS : 

YES 

The two cost  components  will  fall  within  the  1996  financial  year, assuming  the grubbing  operations 
are carried  out  after  the  1995 harvest. Withdrawals  for  that marketing year  will  be made  from  June to 
September  1995 and  the associated expenditure  wilt  be charged  almost  entirely  to the 1996  budget. 

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