CELEX: 52004PC0665
Language: cs
Date: 2004-10-14
Title: Návrh rozhodnutí Rady o postoji Společenství k prodloužení Mezinárodní dohody o olivovém oleji a stolních olivách z roku 1986 (předložená Komisí)

KOMISE EVROPSKÝCH SPOLEČENSTVÍ
                                       V Bruselu dne 14.10.2004
                                       KOM(2004) 665 v konečném znění
                                       2004/0236 (ACC)
                              Návrh
                    ROZHODNUTÍ RADY
   o postoji Společenství k prodloužení Mezinárodní dohody
         o olivovém oleji a stolních olivách z roku 1986
                      (předložená Komisí)
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 ---pagebreak---                                      ODŮVODNĚNÍ
   1. The International Agreement on Olive Oil and Table Olives of 1986, of which the
      Community is a member, entered into force on 1 July 1986. It was amended in 1993
      and its application prolonged to 1998. It has been extended for further periods until
      31 December 2004, when. it will expire. However, under Article 61 of the
      International Agreement on Olive Oil and Table Olives of 1986 and Article 9 of the
      Protocol amending and extending the Agreement, the International Olive Oil Council
      (IOOC) may decide either to prolong the Agreement for successive periods not
      exceeding two years on each occasion or to put an end to that Agreement.
   2. The IOOC members are now negotiating a new Agreement. However, it is not yet
      clear if consensus of all current IOOC members on the new text will be achieved
      before expiry of the existing Agreement. On the other hand, there is not yet consensus
      of IOOC members on the adoption of a package of measures proposed by the EC and
      intended to finally solve management problems identified at the Secretariat of this
      organization. A decision in the course of its 91st session to either prolong the
      Agreement for a further period of one year, until 31 December 2005, or to put an end
      to this Agreement will have therefore to take place in December 2004.
   3. The budgetary implications are as follows:
      The European Community participation share pertaining to the IOOC Administrative
      Budget amounts to 750/1000, i.e. 75 %, which is paid under budget-item 05 06 01.
      The Community share of the IOOC-budget for 2004 as foreseen in the Draft General
      Budget of the European Commission for the financial year 2004 has been estimated at
      € 3 923 000. Starting from the assumption of an increase of a maximum of 4 % for
      the year 2005 the Community share could, at the most, increase to € 4 080 000 for
      that financial year.
      Moreover, the Agreement foresees an obligatory contribution of € 500 000/year to the
      Promotion Fund to be paid under budget line 05 08 05. The European Community
      share is 802.8/1000, i.e. 80.28 % and, therefore, amounts to € 401 400/year. This
      amount is fixed and will stay the same for the years 2004 and 2005.
   4. The purpose of this proposal is to authorise the Commission on behalf of the
      Community to either vote in favour of the prolongation of the Agreement until
      31 December 2005 if IOOC Members achieve consensus on the need to sufficiently
      improve the functioning of the IOOC Secretariat or to reject further extensions of the
      current Agreement, pending the results of ongoing negotiations on both a new
      Agreement and a package of management measures proposed by the EC. The
      Commission does, however, reserve the right to alter this proposal once these results
      are available.
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 ---pagebreak---                                                            2004/0236 (ACC)
                                                  Návrh
                                             ROZHODNUTÍ RADY
                      o postoji Společenství k prodloužení Mezinárodní dohody
                             o olivovém oleji a stolních olivách z roku 1986
   RADA EVROPSKÉ UNIE,
   s ohledem na Smlouvu o založení Evropského společenství, a zejména na článek 133
   ve spojení s druhým pododstavcem čl. 300 odst. 2 této smlouvy,
   s ohledem na návrh Komise,
   vzhledem k těmto důvodům:
   (1)    Rozhodnutím Rady 87/401/EHS1 uzavřelo Společenství Mezinárodní dohodu
          o olivovém oleji a stolních olivách z roku 1986 (dále jen „dohoda“), změny této
          dohody byly schváleny v roce 1993 rozhodnutím Rady 93/622/ES2. Tím byla dohoda
          prodloužena o další dvouleté období a platí do 31. prosince 2004, pokud Mezinárodní
          rada pro olivový olej (dále jen „IOOC“) nerozhodne o jejím prodloužení o další
          období, nebo pokud před tímto datem nebude přijata nová dohoda.
   (2)    Hlavními cíli dohody je podporovat mezinárodní spolupráci v oblasti olivového oleje a
          stolních oliv, podporovat spotřebu olivových produktů ve třetích zemích a
          harmonizovat jakostní normy olivových produktů mezi jejími členy. Prodloužení
          dohody nebo přijetí nové dohody proto může být v zájmu Společenství, pokud by
          v důsledku probíhajících jednání bylo zajištěno řádné vedení sekretariátu IOOC.
   (3)    Členové IOOC v současné době projednávají text nové dohody, jež by měla nahradit
          stávající dohodu, a zároveň projednávají přijetí různých opatření s cílem zajistit řádné
          fungování výkonného sekretariátu IOOC.
   (4)    Jelikož jednání o obou záležitostech, nové dohodě i opatřeních k zajištění řádného
          fungování výkonného sekretariátu, probíhají zároveň, může nastat situace, že zmíněná
          opatření budou připravena ke schválení, ale jednání o nové dohodě bude muset
          pokračovat i po skončení platnosti současné dohody.
   (5)    Komise zastupující Společenství v IOOC by proto měla být zmocněna vyjádřit se buď
          ve prospěch prodloužení, nebo k zamítnutí dalšího prodloužení současné dohody,
   1
          Úř. věst. L 214, 4.8.1987, s. 1.
   2
          Úř. věst. L 298, 3.12.1993, s. 36.
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 ---pagebreak---    ROZHODLA TAKTO:
                                           Jediný článek
   Komise se v závislosti na výsledcích probíhajících jednání mezi členy Mezinárodní rady pro
   olivový olej zřízené dohodou zmocňuje vyjádřit následující postoj, který zastupuje Evropské
   společenství:
   a)      buď se vyjádří ve prospěch prodloužení dohody na období jednoho roku do
           31. prosince 2005 s ohledem na výhledy zlepšení organizace a vedení sekretariátu,
   b)      nebo se vyjádří proti dalšímu prodloužení dohody.
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 ---pagebreak---                            LEGISLATIVE FINANCIAL STATEMENT
   Policy areas: Agriculture and Rural Development
   Activities: External Relations (05 06 01 – ex B 7-8210) and Policy Strategy and
   Coordination of Policy area "Agriculture" (05 08 05 – ex B 1-3811)
   TITLE  OF ACTION:    INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENT ON OLIVE OIL AND TABLE OLIVES, 1986
            (05 06 01 –EX B 7-8210); PROMOTION MEASURES (05 08 05 – EX B 1-3811)
   1.       BUDGET LINES + HEADINGS
            05 06 01 (ex B 7-8210):        International Agricultural Agreements
            05 08 05 (ex B 1-3811):        Promotion measures/Direct payment by the European
            Community
   2.       OVERALL FIGURES
   2.1.     Total allocation for action (Part B): € million for commitment
            (a)   2004:
                  € 3.923 (budget-line 05 06 01 –ex B 7-8210)
                  € 0.401 (budget-line 05 08 05 -ex B 1-3811)
            (b)   2005:
                  € 4.320 (budget-line 05 06 01 -ex B 7-8210)
                  € 0.401 (budget-line 05 08 05 -ex B 1-3811)
   2.2.     Period of application
            Calendar year 2005
   2.3.     Overall multi-annual estimate of expenditure
   (a)      Schedule of      commitment        appropriations/payment       appropriations    (financial
            intervention)
                                                                EUR million (to three decimal places)
                                  2004                         2005                        Total
        Commitments         € 3.923 (05 06 01)           € 4.320 (05 06 01)          € 8.243 (05 06 01)
                            € 0.401 (05 08 05)           € 0.401 (05 08 05)          € 0.803 (05 08 05)
         Payments           € 3.923 (05 06 01)           € 4.320 (05 06 01)          € 8.243 (05 06 01)
                            € 0.401 (05 08 05)           € 0.401 (05 08 05)          € 0.803 (05 08 05)
   (b)      Technical and administrative assistance and support expenditure
        Commitments                N/A                          N/A                         N/A
         Payments                  N/A                          N/A                         N/A
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 ---pagebreak---    2.4.      Compatibility with financial programming and financial perspective
             X     Proposal is compatible with existing financial programming.
   3.        BUDGET CHARACTERISTICS (WITH REGARD TO BUDGET-LINE 05 06 01)
              Type of                       EFTA         Contributions from   Heading in financial
                                New
            expenditure                  contribution     applicant countries     perspective
                                                                                      No 4
          Comp        Diff       NO          NO                  NO
                                                                               External Relations
             BUDGET CHARACTERISTICS (WITH REGARD TO BUDGET-LINE 05 08 05)
              Type of                       EFTA         Contributions from   Heading in financial
                                 New
            expenditure                  contribution    applicant countries      perspective
                                                                                     No 1a
          Comp      Non-diff      NO         NO                  NO
                                                                               Agric. Expenditure
   4.        LEGAL BASIS
   Article 133 in conjunction with the second paragraph of Article 300(2) of the Treaty
   establishing the European Community
   5.        DESCRIPTION AND GROUNDS
   5.1.      Need for Community intervention
   5.1.1.    Objectives pursued
   Due to its economic importance in the agricultural sector the Community should be
   represented in international agricultural organisations. Being a member of the International
   Olive Oil Council, in particular, enables the Community to pursue the developments of the
   markets for olive oil and table olives and, thus, to defend its interest with regard to these
   products. The International Agreement on Olive Oil and Table Olives 1986 supports
   international co-operation and contributes to the development and the stability of the markets
   for these products.
   5.1.2.    Measures taken in connection with ex ante evaluation
             N/A
   5.1.3.    Measures taken following ex post evaluation
             N/A
   5.2.      Action envisaged and budget intervention arrangements
   The Community pays its annual membership contribution as fixed in accordance with the
   International Agreement and the obligatory contribution to the Promotion Fund of the IOOC
   as fixed in the International Agreement. These obligations continue as long as the Community
   is a signatory of the International Agreement.
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 ---pagebreak---    The Commission, representing the Community, as well as the other members of the IOOC
   participates actively in the IOOC-activities and profits fully of the advantages of being a
   member of the IOOC.
   6.         FINANCIAL IMPACT
   6.1.       Total financial impact on Part B - (over the entire programming period)
   6.1.1.     Financial intervention
                                                          Commitments (in EUR million to three decimal places)
            Breakdown                         2004                       2005                    Total
   Action 1 (05 06 01)                       € 3.923                    € 4.320                 € 8.243
   Action 2 (B 1-3811)                       € 0.401                    € 0.401                 € 0.803
             TOTAL                           € 4.324                    €4.721                  € 9.046
   7.         IMPACT ON STAFF AND ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENDITURE
   7.1.       Impact on human resources
                                 Staff to be assigned to management
                                                                                       Description of tasks deriving
                                  of the action using existing and/or
                                                                                             from the action
                                          additional resources
        Types of post                                                       Total
                                  Number of               Number of
                               permanent posts          temporary posts
                        A                                                                            .
   Officials or
                        B
   temporary staff
                        C
   Other human resources
   Total
   7.2.       Overall financial impact of human resources
                   Type of human resources                          Amount (€)           Method of calculation *
   Officials
   Temporary staff
   Other human resources
                                                       Total
   The amounts are total expenditure for twelve months.
   7.3.       Other administrative expenditure deriving from the action
               Budget line (number and heading)                       Amount €              Method of calculation
   Overall allocation (Title A7)
   A0701 – Missions
                                                       Total
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 ---pagebreak---    The amounts are total expenditure for twelve months.
   I.      Annual total (7.2 + 7.3)
   II.     Duration of action                                1 year (2005)
   III.    Total cost of action (I x II)
   8.        FOLLOW-UP AND EVALUATION
   8.1.      Follow-up arrangements
   The IOOC-activities are closely followed by its members and there are regular meetings which
   are attended by Commission staff.
   8.2.      Arrangements and schedule for the planned evaluation
   Activity reports are regularly distributed by the IOOC which allows an evaluation of the
   activities. Commission staff reports back to the PROBA-group of the Council and the IOOC
   activities are followed up in that context, too.
   9.        ANTI-FRAUD MEASURES
   Articles 17(10) and 24 of the International Agreement on Olive Oil and Table Olives 1986 and
   Article 28, lit (d) of the Internal Rules of the IOOC provide for control and audit mechanisms.
   The accounts have to be certified by an independent account commissioner.
   With regard to the contributions to the Promotion Fund the Commission carries out controls of
   the accounts by own staff, as the case may be, on-the spot, and monitors the contracts.
   Moreover, the IOOC-members have recently agreed upon an in-depth reform of the overall
   financial management of the IOOC.
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