Commission proposal on the prices for agricultural products - Volume III - Legal instruments - Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION amending Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 on the common organisation of the market in cereals
Date: 2000-02-29
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: cereals, comitology, common organisation of markets, fixing of prices, intervention price, product quality

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II

(Preparatory Acts)

COMMISSION

COMMISSION PROPOSALS ON THE PRICES FOR AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS

VOLUME III

(Legal instruments)

COM(2000) 77 final (cid:151) Volume III

(Submitted by the Commission on 29 February 2000)

2000/0045(CNS)

Proposal for a

COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No . . .

of . . .

amending Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 on the common organisation of the market in cereals

(2000/C 86 E/01)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community, and in particular Article 37 thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament,

Having regard to the opinion of
Committee,

the Economic and Social

Whereas:

(1) Article 3(2) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 (1), as
amended by Regulation (EC) No 1253/1999 (2),
last
provides
to
monthly increases. This mechanism seeks to take account,
to some extent, of storage costs and financing charges for

the intervention price to be subject

for

the reform of

the common organisation of

storing cereals in the Community and of the need to ensure
are disposed of
that
in line with market
stocks
In accordance with the approach followed
requirements.
for
the
markets in connection with Agenda 2000 and in order
to enable producers to organise their production over
several years,
the monthly
the number and amount of
in time,
should be fixed without any limit
increases
without prejudice to any revisions that may be called for
in the future.

(2) With a view to facilitating market management and fore-
stalling any risk of
regional difficulties arising in the
application of the intervention mechanism where different
buying-in periods exist in neighbouring countries within
the
same
same geographical area and enjoying the
the buying-in period should be the
climatic conditions,
same
the
the
throughout
Community.

countries

northern

of

(1) OJ L 181, 1.7.1992, p. 21.
(2) OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 18.

(3) With an eye to simplification and legislative clarity, the
provisions of Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 that are not
relevant should be deleted at the same time.

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(4) Furthermore, in compliance with the provisions adopted by
the Council on the subject of comitology,
the corre-
sponding provisions of Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92
should be amended. Since the measures necessary for the
this Regulation are management
implementation of
measures within the meaning of Article 2 of Council
Decision 1999/468/EC of 28 June 1999 laying down the
procedures
implementing powers
conferred on the Commission (3), they should be adopted
the management procedure provided for in
by use of
Article 4 of that Decision,

the exercise of

for

the
2. Where reference is made to this paragraph,
management procedure laid down in Article 4 of Decision
1999/468/EC shall apply, in compliance with Article 7(3)
thereof.

The period provided for in Article 4(3) of Decision

3.
1999/468/EC shall be one month.(cid:146)

5. The following Annex is added:

(cid:145)ANNEX D

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Monthly increases in the intervention price

Article 1

Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 is amended as follows:

1. Article 3(2) is replaced by the following:

(cid:145)2.
The intervention price shall be subject to monthly
increases in accordance with the table set out in Annex D.(cid:146)

2. Article 4(2) is replaced by the following:

Buying-in may take place only in the following

(cid:145)2.
periods:

(cid:151) from 1 August to 30 April in the case of Italy, Spain,

Greece and Portugal,

(cid:151) from 1 November to 31 May in the case of the other

Member States.(cid:146)

3. Articles 20 and 22 are deleted.

4. Article 23 is replaced by the following:

(cid:145)Article 23

Month

2000/01
marketing year

From 2001/02
marketing year

(EUR/t)

July

August

September

October

November

December

January

February

March

April

May

June

(cid:151)

(cid:151)

(cid:151)

(cid:151)

0,93

1,86

2,79

3,72

4,65

5,58

6,51

6,51

(cid:151)

(cid:151)

(cid:151)

(cid:151)

0,85

1,70

2,55

3,40

4,25

5,10

5,95

5,95(cid:146)

Article 2

The Commission shall be assisted by a committee, the
1.
Management Committee for Cereals, composed of represen-
tatives of the Member States and chaired by the represen-
tative of the Commission.

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

However, Article 1(2) shall apply from 1 July 2000.

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

Done at Brussels, . . .

For the Council

The President

. . .

(3) OJ L 184, 17.7.1999, p. 23.