Proposal for a Council Regulation (EC) extending the period provided for in Article 149(1) of the Act of Accession of Austria, Finland and Sweden
Date: 1997-10-24
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: accession to the European Union, agricultural product, common organisation of markets, transitional period (EU), vineyard

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COM(97) 536  final 

97/0271 (CNS ) 

Proposal  for  a 

COUNCIL REGULATION  fEO 

tending the period provided for in Article  149(1) of the Act of Accession of Austria. 

Finland and Sweden 

(presented by the Commission) 

EXPLANATORY  MEMORANDUM 

Article  149(1) of the Act of Accession of Austria, Finland and Sweden provided  for 
a period during which the Commission could adopt any transitional  measures which 
appeared  necessary  to  facilitate  the transition  from  the regimes  existing  in the new 
Member  States  at  the  time  of  Accession  to  those  resulting  from  application  of the 
common  organisation  of  the  markets  under  the  conditions  set  out  in  the  Act,  in 
particular  if,  for  certain  products,  there  were  serious  difficulties  in  applying  the 
arrangements from  1  January  1995. 

That  transitional  period  expires  on  31  December  1997.  Application  of  measures 
adopted on the above legal basis also ends on that date. 

During  the  period  concerned,  the  Commission  has  adopted  necessary  measures  in 
several  sectors, covering  inter alia cereals, the  support  arrangements  for  producers 
of  certain  arable  crops,  eggs,  fresh  fruit  and  vegetables,  wine  and  certain  spirit 
drinks. Despite application of those measures, there are difficulties  in certain sectors 
which are unlikely to be solved before 31 December  1997. 

The transitional measures concern in particular the delimitation of the wine-growing 
area in Austria for the application of certain oenological practices and treatments. 

The possibility of extending the transitional period, provided for in Article  149(2) of 
the Act of Accession,  should  therefore  be used. Application  of a general  provision 
authorising,  on the  basis  of  objective  situations  restricted  to  a  new  Member  State, 
the  application  of  transitional  measures  restricted  to  the  territory  of  that  Member 
State, should be extended by one year. 

Adoption  before  31  December  1997  is  required  in  order  to  avoid  interrupting 
measures whose continued application is fully justified. 

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Proposal for a 

Council Regulation ( EO No 

of 

extending the period provided for in Article  149(1) of the Act of Accession of Austria, 
Finland and Sweden 

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, 

Having regard to the Act of Accession of Austria, Finland and Sweden, and  in particular 

Article  149(2) thereof, 

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, 

Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament, 

Whereas  Article  149(1)  of  the  Act  of  Accession  provides  for  a  period  during  which 

transitional measures may be adopted to facilitate the transition from the regimes existing 

in  Austria,  Finland  and  Sweden  at  the  time  of  Accession  to  those  resulting  from  the 

application of the common organisation of the markets under the conditions set out in the 

Act  and,  in particular,  to overcome  the  serious  difficulties  in applying  the  new  regimes 

from the date laid down; whereas that period expires on 31 December  1997; 

Whereas,  in  certain  sectors, these  difficulties  cannot  be resolved  by  the  date  laid  down 

and  the  period  in  question  should  therefore  be  extended,  as  provided  for  in  the  Act; 

whereas the said period should be extended by one year, 

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: 

Article 1 

The period  referred  to in Article  149(1) of the Act of Accession  of Austria,  Finland  and 

Sweden is hereby extended until 31 December  1998. 

Article 2 

This Regulation shall enter into force on  1  January  1998. 

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

States. 

Done at Brussels, 

For the Council 

The President 

FINANCIAL  STATEMENT 

1. 

BUDGET HEADING: 

Chapters  16 and 24. 

2. 

TITLE: 

APPROPRIATIONS: ECU 862.8 million 
and ECU  137.8 million 

Proposal for a Council Regulation extending the period provided for by Article  149(1) of the Act of Accession of Austrie 
Finland and Sweden. 

3. 

LEGAL BASIS: 

Article  149 of the Act of Accession of Austria, Finland and Sweden. 

4. 

AIMS: 

To extend by one year the period during which transitional measures may be adopted in the new Member States. 

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 
(97) 
(ECU million) 

FOLLOWING 
FINANCIAL 
YEAR 
(98) 
(ECU million) 

1999 
ECU million 

2000 
ECU million 

2001 
ECU million 

2002 
ECU millioi 

6.0 

6.1 

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? 

6.2 
6.3 
OBSERVATIONS: 

YES/m 

YES/NO 

YES/NO 
YES/NO 

As regards the wine 
consequences. 

sector:  the measure involves only technical rules of application  and so has no  financial 

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