CELEX: 51992PC0054(01)
Language: en
Date: 1992-02-20
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) amending Regulation ( EEC ) No 727/70 on the common organization of the market in raw tobacco

7 . 3 . 92                               Official Journal of the European Communities                                No C 60 / 3
                                                                   II
                                                           (Preparatory Acts)
                                                    COMMISSION
              Proposal for a Council Regulation (EEC) amending Regulation (EEC) No 727/70 on the
                                        common organization of the market in raw tobacco
                                                             (92/C 60 /03)
                                                          COM(92) 54 final
                                        (Submitted by the Commission on 21 February 1992)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                               and premiums if the maximum guaranteed quantity is
                                                                       exceeded ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community, and in particular Article 43                       Whereas these measures are indispensable if budget
thereof,                                                               expenditure is to be contained within the limits imposed
                                                                       by budgetary discipline,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
                                                                       HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Having regard to the opinion of the European
Parliament,
                                                                                                 Article 1
Whereas the Commission has proposed to the Council a
thorough reform of the organization of the market in                   The fourth subparagraph of Article 4 (5) of Regulation
raw tobacco (') ; whereas this proposal can no longer be               (EEC) of 727/70 shall be replaced by the following :
adopted in time for the 1992 harvest; whereas, therefore,
certain provisions of Regulation (EEC) No 727/70 (2), as                   'The reductions referred to in the third subparagraph
last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1737/91 (3),                           shall not exceed 15 % for the 1989 to 1991 harvests,
                                                                           and 30 % for the 1992 harvest.'
should be amended in anticipation of the introduction of
the new arrangements for the 1993 harvest ;
                                                                                                 Article 2
Whereas the 15 % ceiling on the reduction in prices and
premiums if the maximum guaranteed quantity was                        This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its
exceeded was provided for a limited period ; whereas                   publication in the Official Journal of the European
                                                                       Communities.
experience has shown that this ceiling made the
reductions in prices and premiums ineffective for certain
varieties ; whereas, therefore, it should be raised to a               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and
level which would allow substantial reductions in prices               directly applicable in all Member States .
C) COM(91 ) 339 final, OJ No C 295, 14. 11 . 1991 , p. 10.
O OJ No L 94, 28 . 4 . 1970, p. 1 .
O OJ No L 163 , 26 . 6 . 1991 , p. 11 .