Proposal for a Council Regulation (EC) amending Regulation (EC) No 2202/96 introducing a Community aid scheme for producers of certain citrus fruits
Date: 1998-11-11
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EAGGF Guarantee Section, agro-industry, citrus fruit, market intervention, producer organisation, production aid

8.12.98

EN

Official  Journal  of  the  European  Communities

C  381/9

Proposal  for  Council  Regulation  (EC)  amending  Regulation  (EC)  No  2202/96  introducing  a
Community  aid  scheme  for  producers  of  certain  citrus  fruits

(98/C  381/08)

COM(1998)  647  final  -  98/0310(CNS)

(Submitted  by  the  Commission  on  12  November  1998)

THE  COUNCIL  OF  THE  EUROPEAN  UNION,

HAS  ADOPTED  THIS  REGULATION:

Having  regard  to  the  Treaty  establishing  the  European
Community,  and  in  particular  Article  43  thereof,

Article  1

Regulation  (EC)  No  2202/96  is  amended  as  follows:

Having  regard  to  the  proposal  from  the  Commission,

1.(cid:217)Article  5(2)  and  (3)  are  replaced  by  the  following:

Having 
Parliament,

regard 

to 

the  opinion  of 

the  European

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

including 

Whereas  Article  5  of  Regulation  (EC)  No  2202/96(cid:216)(˛)
introduces  processing  thresholds;  whereas  an  overrun  of
these  thresholds  is  assessed  using  the  average  of  the
quantities  processed  under  the  aid  scheme  in  the  last
the  current  one;
three  marketing  years, 
whereas  the  aid  fixed  for  the  current  marketing  year  is
reduced  where  an  overrun  has  been  established;  whereas
this  system  of  calculation  means  that  the  amount  of  aid
for  a  given  marketing  year  cannot  be  known  until  after
the  year  in  question;  whereas  this  causes  problems  for
the  management  of  producer  organisations;  whereas  the
effects  of  an  overrun  should  therefore  be  postponed  to
the  following  marketing  year;

Whereas  account  needs  to  be  taken  of  the  fact  that
certain  products  are  processed  during  the  whole  of  the
marketing  year  for  those  products;  whereas,  in  that  case,
should  be
observance  of 
assessed  over  a  period  equivalent  to  three  marketing
years;

the  processing 

threshold 

this  amendment 

(EC)  No
Whereas 
2202/96  should  apply  from  the  1999/2000  marketing
year,

to  Regulation 

(˛)(cid:217)OJ  L  297,  21.11.1996,  p.  49.

"2.(cid:218)(cid:217)Where  the  average  of  the  quantities  processed
under  the  aid  scheme  in  the  last  three  marketing
years,  or  an  equivalent  period,  exceeds  the  processing
threshold  referred  to  in  paragraph  1,  the  aid  fixed  in
accordance  with  Article  3(2)  for  the  products 
in
question  for  the  following  marketing  year  shall  be
reduced  by  1(cid:216)%  for  each  band  of  the  overrun.

The  bands  of  the  overrun  shall  be  equal  to  1(cid:216)%  of
each  of  the  thresholds  referred  to  in  paragraph  1.’

2.(cid:217)Article  6  is  replaced  by  the  following:

"Article  6

Detailed  rules  for  the  application  of  this  Regulation,
in  particular  on  the  payment  of  aid,  monitoring
measures  and  penalties,  the  marketing  years,  the
minimum 
raw  materials
delivered 
the  equivalent  period
referred  to  in  Article  5(2)  and  the  financial  conse(cid:220)
quences  of  exceeding  the  thresholds  shall  be  adopted
in  accordance  with  the  procedure  laid  down  in  Article
46  of  Regulation  (EC)  No  2202/96.’

characteristics  of 
for  processing, 

the 

Article  2

This  Regulation  shall  enter  into  force  on  the  third  day
following  its  publication  in  the  Official  Journal  of  the
European  Communities.

It  shall  apply  from  the  1999/2000  marketing  year.

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

in 

its  entirety  and