Council Regulation (EC) No 1284/98 of 16 June 1998 amending Regulation (EC) No 1868/94 establishing a quota system for the production of potato starch
Date: 1998-06-16
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: agricultural guidance, agricultural quota, marketing year, potato, starch

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COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 1284/98

of 16 June 1998

amending Regulation (EC) No 1868/94 establishing a quota system for the
production of potato starch

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
liament (2),

the European Par-

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

Whereas Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 1868/94 (4) fixes
the potato starch quotas for producer Member States for
the 1995/96, 1996/97 and 1997/98 marketing years;

Whereas in assessing politically the support system for
the potato starch sector, account must be taken of the fact
that starch potatoes are one of the crops of fundamental
the social and economic situation of
importance for
the growers
certain regions as regards the income of
concerned and also as
related employment;
whereas, therefore, specific arrangements, in addition to
those applicable to the cereals sector, are still justified for
this sector;

regards

Whereas in the support system for the potato starch
sector account must be taken of the need to ensure a
balance between the starches derived from the different
raw materials, as has always been the basic principle of
Community starch regulations;

Whereas Article 3(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1868/94
provides that the Council must allocate the three-year
quota between the producer Member States on the basis
of the Commission’s report to the Council; whereas, to
that end, the existing quotas should be renewed for three
years taking account of the definitive inclusion in the
quota for Germany of
the reserve of 104 554 tonnes
referred to in the second subparagraph of Article 2(1) of
that Regulation;

Whereas the producer Member States should allocate
their quotas for a period of three years between all under-
takings producing potato starch on the basis of the quotas
used for the 1995/96 marketing year, with the exception
of Germany, for which account will be taken of the quota
transfers resulting from mergers and supplementary quota
allocations from the reserve made in 1997/98;

Whereas calculation of the sub-quotas to be used for each
undertaking producing potato starch will take account of

(1) OJ C 369, 6. 12. 1997, p. 19.
(2) OJ C 195, 22. 6. 1998.
(3) OJ C 129, 27. 4. 1998, p. 73.
(4) OJ L 197, 30. 7. 1994, p. 4. Regulation as last amended by
Regulation (EC) No 1863/95 (OJ L 179, 29. 7. 1995, p. 1).

the possible use of the flexibility clause during the 1997/
1998 marketing year,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 1868/94 shall be replaced
by the following:

‘Article 2

are
The following producer Member States
1.
hereby allocated quotas for the production of potato
starch within the following limits for the 1998/1999,
1999/2000 and 2000/2001 marketing years:

Denmark

Germany

Spain

France

Netherlands

Austria

Finland

Sweden

178 460 tonnes

696 271 tonnes

2 000 tonnes

281 516 tonnes

538 307 tonnes

49 100 tonnes

54 750 tonnes

63 900 tonnes

1 864 304 tonnes.

2.
Each producer Member State shall allocate the
quota referred to in paragraph 1 to undertakings
producing potato starch for use in the 1998/99, 1999/
2000 and 2000/2001 marketing years on the basis of
the sub-quotas used for the 1995/96 marketing year,
with the exception of Germany, for which account
shall be taken of transfers of sub-quotas as a result of
mergers and of additional allocations of sub-quotas
from the reserve made in 1997/98.

The sub-quotas used for each undertaking producing
the 1998/99
potato starch shall be adjusted,
marketing year,
to take account of any amount
utilised in excess of quota during the 1997/98 mar-
keting year under Article 6(2).’

for

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day fol-
lowing that of its publication in the Official Journal of
the European Communities.

It shall apply from 1 July 1998.

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

Done at Luxembourg, 16 June 1998.

For the Council

The President

M. MEACHER