CELEX: 51991PC0456
Language: en
Date: 1991-11-18
Title: Amendment to the proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) amending Regulation ( EEC ) No 1799/87 on special arrangements for imports of maize and sorghum into Spain from 1987 to 1990

COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN CCSSMDNÏTÏES
                                          COM (S 1)456   final
                                          Brussels,   18 November 1991
                     Amendment t o the proposai for a
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                               amend i ng
   Regulation (EEC) No 1799/87 on special arrangements for imports o
   maize and sorghum into Spain frora 1987 to 1990
          (presented by the Commission pursuant to Article 149(3)
                             of the EEC-Treaty)
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                 EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
On the 7 May 1991, the Commission submited to the Council a Proposal
for a Council Regulation (EEC) amending Regulation (EEC) No 1799/87 on
special arrangements for imports of maize and sorghum into Spain from
1987 to 1990<'>.
As a consequence of the Opinion expressed by the European Parliament in
its session of 25 October 1991< 2 ), the Commission decided to modify
its original Proposal, in application of article 149 (3) of the Treaty.
(1)  Doc C0M(91) 155 final,  7 May 1991.
(2)  OJ No C.......
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    amendment of the Proposal for a Council Regulation (EEC) amending
    Regulation (EEC) No 1799/87 on special arrangements for imports of
    maize and sorghum into Spain from 1987 to 1990
         (Presented by the Commission by virtue of article 149 (3) of
              the EEC Treaty)
On the 7 May 19,91, the Commission submited to the Council the Proposa
mentioned above. As a consequence of the Opinion expressed by the
European Parliament in its session of 25 October 1&91, the initial
Proposal Is the object of the following amendment :
- The following Article 1b is inserted:
                      " Article 1b
The first Recital of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1799/87 is replaced by
the fol lowing text :
    "Whereas, under agreements between the European Economic Community
    and the United States of America concerning the conclusion of the
    négociations under Article XXIV.6 of the General Agreement on
    Tariffs and Trade (GATT), approved by Decisions 87/224/EEC (1) and
    91/30/EEC (2), the Community undertook, in respect of the years
    1987 to 1^91, to open annual quotas for imports into Spain of two
    million tonnes of maize and 300.000 tonnes of sorghum, minus the
    quantities of certain grain substitutes imported into that country
    during the same year, either directly or indirectly; whereas the
    quantities of maize and sorghum imported wust be used and processed
     in Spain;"
(1) OJ No L 98, 10.4.1987, p.1
(2) OJ NO L 17, 23.1.1991, P-17
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