Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) amending Regulation (EEC) No 2075/92 on the common organization of the market in raw tobacco
Date: 1996-10-07
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Austria, common organisation of markets, production aid, tobacco

COMMISSION  OF THE EUROPEAN  COMMUNITIES 

Brussels, 07.10.1996 
C()M(%)  478  final 

96/0241  (CNS) 

Proposal  for a 

COUNCIL  REGULATION  (EC) 

amending Regulation (EEC) No 2075/92 on the common  organization 

of the market in raw tobacco 

(presented  by the  Commission) 

EXPLANATORY  MEMORANDUM 

The Council is requested to adopt this proposal for a Regulation amending Council Regulation 
(EEC) No  2075/92  on the  common  organization  of  the  market  in  raw tobacco  and  granting 
supplementary  amounts for  flue-cured,  light  air-cured  and  dark  air-cured  tobaccos  grown  in 
Austria. 

The additional amount is 50% of the difference  between the premium granted for the varieties 
concerned  and the premium  applicable  for  the  1992  harvest. 

The purpose of the amendment is to grant the same supplementary  amounts in Austria as are 
granted  for  tobacco grown  in  Germany,  being  as the growing  conditions  for  those  tobaccos 
are similar  in the two countries. 

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Proposal  for a 

COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No  ..../.. 

amending Regulation  (EEC) No 2075/92  on the common  organization 

of the market in raw tobacco 

THE COUNCIL  OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, 

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

Articles 42  and 43  thereof, 

Having regard to the proposal  from the Commission,1 

Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament,2 

Having regard to the opinion  of the Economic  and Social  Committee,3 

Whereas Article  3(2)  of  Council  Regulation  (EEC) No  2075/92  provides for the award 

of  a supplementary  amount  for  flue-cured,  light  air-cured  and  dark  air-cured  tobaccos 

grown  in  Belgium,  Germany  and  France;  whereas  the  growing  conditions  for  these 

tobaccos in Austria are similar to those in Germany; whereas Austria should therefore be 

entitled to the same supplementary  amount as Germany; whereas Regulation  (EEC) No 

2075/92  should be amended as a result; 

HAS  ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: 

1 
2 

3 

OJNoC 
OJ No C 
O J No  C 

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Article 1 

Article  3 of Regulation  (EEC) No  2075/92  is hereby  amended  as follows: 

The following  sentence  is added to paragraph 2: 

"The supplementary amount granted for tobaccos grown in Germany shall also be granted 

for tobaccos  grown  in Austria from  the  1996  harvest on." 

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of 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 

For the Council 

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FINANCIAL  STATEMENT 

BUDGET HEADING:  171 

APPROPRIATIONS: 
ECU  1 022  million 

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TITLE: 
Council Regulation  amending  Regulation  (EEC)  No  2075/92  on the  common  organization  of the  market  in raw  tobacco 

LEGAL BASIS: 
Articles  42 and 43 of the Treaty 

ATMS: 
To  grant  the  same  supplementary  amounts  to  tobacco  producers  in Austria  as are  granted  in  Germany,  in view  of the 
similarity  of  growing conditions  in the  two countries 

FINANCIAL  IMPLICATIONS: 

5.0. 

j  5.1. 

EXPENDITURE 
-  CHARGED  TO THE  EC  BUDGET 

(REFUNDS/INTERVENTION) 

-  NATIONAL  AUTHORITIES 
-OTHER 

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

-NATIONAL 

5.0.1. 
5.1.1. 

ESTIMATED  EXPENDITURE 
ESTIMATED  REVENUE 

PERIOD  OF  12 
MONTHS 

(ECU  million) 

CURRENT 
FINANCIAL 
YEAR 
(96) 
(ECU  million) 

FOLLOWING 
FINANCIAL 
YEAR 
(97) 
(ECU  million) 

0.4 

p.m.* 

0.4 

1998 

0.4 

1999 

0.4 

2000 

0.4 

2001 

0.4 

5.2. 

METHOD  OF CALCULATION:  Supplementary  amounts 

Flue-cured: 
30 t  x ECU  387.6/t  = 
Light  air-cured:  470  t x ECU  678.6/t  = 
Dark  air-cured:  100 t  x ECU  423.8/t = 

ECU  0.011  million 
ECU  0.319  million 
ECU  0.042  million 
ECU  0.372  million 

6.0. 

6.1.. 

6.2. 

6.3. 

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

YES/NG 

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

WILL  A  SUPPLEMENTARY  BUDGET  BE  NECESSARY? 

WILL  FUTURE  BUDGET  APPROPRIATIONS  BE NECESSARY? 

YES/NO 

OBSERVATIONS 

* 

Any payment  for  the  1996  hardest  from  the  1996 budget  will  be  negligible 

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