Report from the Commission to the Council on the cost of the aid measures for the transport of certain fruit and vegetables in 1995 provided for in Council Regulation (EEC) No 3438/92
Date: 1997-06-03
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Greece, carriage of goods, compensatory financing, fresh fruit, fresh vegetable

COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN  COMMUNITIES 

Brussels,  03.06.1997 
COM(97) 270 final 

REPORT FROM THE COMMISSION  TO THE COUNCIL 

on the cost of thé aid measures for the transport 
of certain fruit and vegetables in  1995 provided for in Council 
Regulation (EEC) No 3438/92 

Article  2(4)  of  Council  Regulation  (EEC) No  3438/921,  as  last amended by  Regulation 
(EC) No  1600/962, requires the Commission to present a report to the Council  on the  cost 
of  the  aid measures  for  the  transport  of  certain  fruit  and  vegetables. 

The  present  report concerns  the  cost  of  the  measures  in  1995. 

1.  Background 

The  conflict  in  Yugoslavia,  which  erupted  in  1991,  hampered  the  transport  of  certain 
Greek  agricultural  products  destined  for  other  Community  Member  States,  in  particular 
fruit  and vegetables,  which  are highly  perishable. 

As  a  result  of  this  exceptional  situation,  unprecedented  since  the  introduction  of  the 
common agricultural policy, the Council  took a decision, in respect of fruit and vegetables 
covered by Council Regulation (EEC) No  1035/723 (which was subsequently repealed and 
replaced  by  Regulation  (EEC)  No  2200/964),  on  account  of  their  perishability,  to 
compensate  for  the  costs  arising  as  a  result  of  the  need  to  avoid  the  territory  of  the 
former  Yugoslavia. 

2.  Regulatory  framework 

Council  Regulation  (EEC)  No  3438/92  provides  for  the  grant  of  a  special  temporary 
allowance  for  the  years  1992-96  on  consignments  made  by  wagon,  lorry  or  vessel  to 
Member  States other than Italy,  Spain  and  Portugal. 

The Commission  subsequently  adopted  a number of implementing  regulations,  including 
Regulation  (EC) No  811/955  concerning  consignments  in  1995. 

The  aid  amount that year was  ECU  4.83  per  100  kg  net  weight. 

The  competent  Greek  authorities  were  instructed  to  examine  aid  applications  and  their 
admissibility  and to  proceed  with  payments.  They  were  instructed  also  to  carry  out  the 

OJNoL350,  1.12.1992, p. 1. 
OJ No L  206, 16.8.1996, p.  45. 
OJNoL  118, 20. 5.1972, p. 1. 
OJNoL297, 21.11.1996, p. 1. 
OJNoL82,  12.4.1995, p. 5. 

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necessary checks on these operations. Financing is provided by the European Agricultural 
Guidance and Guarantee Fund (EAGGF), Guarantee Section. 

The Greek authorities are required to notify the Commission of the quantities  qualifying 
for the transport aid. 

3.  Cost of the aid 

The figures below have been prepared on the basis of information sent by Greece on .... 
concerning consignments in  1995 which qualified for transport aid. The data supplied to 
the Commission are broken down by product, means of transport and Member State of 
destination. 

In 1995, aid was granted in respect of 275  386 674 kg of fruit and vegetables, which was 
27%  more  than  in  1994.  The  cost  of  the  measure  can  be  put  therefore  at 
ECU  13 301  176. 

4.  Summary 

Table  1 gives a breakdown by product of the quantities dispatched. Grapes are the main 
product that benefited  from  the measures,  accounting  for  30% of the consignments on 
which the allowance was granted.  Next  come peaches and nectarines (16%),  followed 
by water melons (13%). 

Germany  was  by  far  the  principal  consignee  Member  State,  receiving  63%  of  the 
quantities dispatched, followed by the Netherlands (17%) and the United Kingdom (10%) 
(see Table 2). 

Consignments  by  lorry  represented  96% of  the  quantities  dispatched,  while  those  by 
wagon and vessel  represented only  3% and  1% respectively. 

Table 1 

Consignments of Greek fruit and vegetables which qualified for transport aid in  1995 

Product 

Quantity  (kg) 

Percentage  (%) 

Expenditure (ecu) 

Grapes 
Peaches 
Water melons 
Oranges 
Asparagus 
Cucumbers 
Kiwifruit 
Apricots 
Cherries 
Mandarins 
Peppers 
Lemons 
Tomatoes 
Aubergines 
Plums 
Courgettes 
Apples 
Raspberries 
Melons 
Mirabelles 
Quinces 
Beans 

Total 

81 743  627 
44  840 401 
34 912 219 
27  801  419 
22 426  820 
17 624 033 
12  162 296 
10 056 777 
9  166 389 
7  473  141 
2  655 981 
2  477 035 
1 609  897 
186 323 
78  129 
52 041 
51  149 
23  250 
17 794 
13  187 
11 070 
3 696 

275  386  674 

29.7 
16.3 
12.7 
10.1 
8.1 
6.4 
4.4 
3.7 
3.3 
2.7 
1.0 
0.9 
0.6 
0.1 
0.0 
0.0 
0.0 
0.0 
0.0 
0.0 
0.0 
0.0 

100 

3 948 217 
2  165 791 
1 686  260 
1 342  809 
1 083  215 
851  241 
587 439 
485  742 
442  737 
360 953 
128  284 
119 641 
77  758 
8  999 
3  774 
2  514 
2  470 
1  123 
859 
637 
535 
179 

13 301  176 

Table 2 

Consignments of Greek fruit and vegetables which qualified  for transport aid in  1995 
by Member State of destination 

Member  State of 
destination 

Quantity  (kg) 

Percentage  (%) 

D 
NL 
UK 
AT 
F 
DK 
S 
1 B 

174 250 621 
46  827 219 
26 080  185 
19 288 768 
3 415  728 
2 537 636 
2  123 068 

863 449 | 

J 

63.3 
17.0 
9.5 
7.0 
1.2 
0.9 
0.8 
0.3  | 

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