Proposal for a Council Regulation (EC) amending Regulation (EEC) No 2075/92 on the common organization of the market in raw tobacco
Date: 1997-10-22
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: agricultural guidance, common organisation of markets, marketing year, production quota, tobacco

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COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES 

Brussels,  22.10.1997 
COM(97) 529  final 

97/0286 (CNS) 

Proposal for a 

COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) 

amending Regulation (EEC) No 2075/92 on the common organb .tien of the 
market in raw tobacco 

(presented by the Commission) 

EXPLANATORY  MEMORANDUM 

The  attached  proposal  for  a  Council  Regulation  extends  the  present  market 
organisation  arrangements  for  tobacco  by  a  year  in  order  to  allow  the  lead-in  time 
needed  for  the  reform  envisaged  by the  Commission  in  its  report  to  the  Council  and 
European Parliament. 

Reform would therefore be implemented from the  1999 harvest. 

The  emergency  procedure  is  sought  so  that  the  1998  crop  quotas  can  be  allocated 
before 31 January  1998. 

Proposal for a 

COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No. 

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

Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament, 

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

Whereas Article 26 of Council Regulation  (EEC) No  2075/92  of 30 June  1992  on  the 
common  organisation  of  the  market  in  raw  tobacco1  requires  the  Commission  to 
submit  .proposals  on  the  premium  and  quota  arrangements  to  be  used  in  the 
organisation of this market; 

Whereas  because  of  the  time  needed  for  the  required  procedures  it  is  impossible  to 
implement from the  1998 harvest the reform  envisaged by the Commission in its report 
to the Council and Parliament2; 

Whereas  the  market  organisation  arrangements  in  force  since  the  1993  crop  should 
apply up to the  1998 crop so that a reform  in depth can apply from  the  1999 crop, 

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: 

Régulation (EEC) No 2075/92 is hereby amended as follows: 

Article 1 

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2 

OJ No L 215, 30.7.1992, p.70. 
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1. 

Article 3(1) is replaced by: 

"7.  A premium scheme shall apply  to tobacco of the J993 to  1998 crops. 

Within  each variety group the premium  rate shall be  the same for  all 
varieties. " 

2. 

Article 9(1) is replaced by: 

"7.  To ensure observance of the guarantee thresholds,  production quotas 

shall be imposed for  the 1993 to 1998 crops. " 

Article 2 

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 Brussels, 

For the Council 

FINANCIAL STATEMENT 

BUDGET HEADING: Chapter  17 (PDB 98) 

APPROPRIATIONS:  ECU 975 million 

TITLE: 

Proposal for a Council Regulation amending Regulation  (EEC) No 2075/92 on the common organisation of the maricet in 
raw tobacco. 

LEGAL BASIS: 

Articles 42 and 43 of the Treaty 

AIMS: 

Application of the current system of premiums to the  1998 harvest. 

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) 

1021 

CURRENT 
FINANCIAL 
YEAR  (97) 
(ECU million) 

FOLLOWING 
FINANCIAL 
YEAR  (98) 
(ECU million) 

100 

1999 
ECU m 
893 

2000 
ECU m 
28 

2001 
ECU m 
p.m. 

2002 
ECU m 
p.m. 

Amount for  1998 harvest: 
ECU (914.4 + 91.4) million x  1.015 (current  dual rate) = ECU  1  021 million (B) 

Paid over three years, i.e. 
1998 budget = ECU  100 million (estimate based on past  statistics) 
1999 budget = ECU 893 million (estimate based on past  statistics) 
2000 budget = ECU 28 million (estimate - specific aid in the main). 

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? 

OBSERVATIONS: 

YES/NO 

YES/NO 

YES/NO 

YES/NO 

The amount to be borne by the EAGGF, with quotas and premiums remaining as they are now and assuming  full 
achievement of the quotas is ECU 914.4 million (of which  1%, i.e. ECU 9.1 million, will be retained by the research and 
information  fund).  To this amount  is added  10% in special aid, i.e. ECU 91.4 million. 

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