CELEX: 51978PC0065
Language: en
Date: 1978-02-15
Title: Amendment to the amended proposal for a Council Regulation concerning producer groups and associations thereof (Presented to the Council by the Commission pursuant to the second paragraph of Article 149 of the EEC Treaty)

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                                                              COM(78)65 final.
                                                              Brussels ,  16 February 1978 .
                                          Amendment
                      to the amended proposal for a Council Regulation
                                  concerning producer groups
                                   and associations thereof
                     ( Presented to the Council by the Commission pursuant to
                       the second paragraph of Article 149 of "the EEC Treaty)
COM ( 78 ) 65 final .
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EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM .
On 1 June 1977 the Commission forwarded to "the Council "the amended pro-
ponal for a Council Regulation concerning producer groups and associations
thereof .
At its session on 20 January 1978 , the European Parliament , consulted by
the Council , adopted a Resolution giving its opinion on the proposal and
requesting the Commission to adopt certain amendments to the provisions
of this Regulation , in accordance with the second paragraph of Article
149 of the EEC Treaty.
The proposed amendment annexed hereto includes most of the changes sugges­
ted "by the European Parliament .
 Poi nt 1
This amendment is needed to cover the potato sector pending the
Council 's adoption of the Regulation on the common organization of the
market in potatoes .    According to the Commission 's proposal , that Regu­
 lation should also encourage the formation of groups and associations .
Point 2
The Commission considers that the European Parliament should he consulted
 on any amendments to the Annex.    It has therefore deleted paragraph 2 of
 Article 3 ; the procedure applicable will therefore be that laid down in
the third sub-paragraph of Article 43(2 ) of the EEC Treaty (which provides
for consultation of the European Parliament ).
Point 3
The purpose of the amendment to Article 5 is "to solve two problems :
 a) to illustrate the concept of "producers" in the text of the Regulation
     itself ( and not in the explanatory part ) ;
b ) to affirm the principle that not only individual producers but also
     associations of producers can belong to producer groups.
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Point 4
The Commission wishes "to ensure through this amendment that the aid pro­
vided for in the Regulation will "be paid "by the Member States within a
reasonable period.
Point 5
This amendment is to enable the Commission to oarry out more efficient
cheoks when reimbursing aid to Member States*
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                                 Amendement
             to the amended proposal for a Council Regulation
            concerning producer groups and associations thereof
1 . The text of the fourth indent of Article 2 is deleted.
2 . Paragraph 2 of Article 3 is deleted.
3 . Article 5 is amended as follows :
                                  Article 5
    1 . Producer groups shall :
        - be set up for the purpose of jointly adapting their members'
          produce and output to market requirements ;
        - consist of :
          a. individual producers or
          b. individual producers and organizations engaged in the
              production or marketing of agricultural produce and composed
              exclusively of producers .
        A producer shall be understood to be any person farming and agri ¬
        cultural holding located within the Community :
        . who produces the products referred to in Article 2 , or
        . who , as a producer of basic products , produces the -processed
          products referred to in Article 3(l ) »
    2 . Persons other than those described in paragraph 1 may also belong
        to producer groups on condition that these take a legal form
        which ensures under national law that producers , whether individual­
        ly or collectively, retain control of the groups and their decisions .
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3. Associations shall consist of recognized producer groups end
   shall pursue , on a larger scale , the objective referred to in
   the first indent of paragraph 1 .
4» The last sentence of Article 10(l ) is amended as follows :
   "However , the aid provided for in the previous sub-paragraph
     must be paid in its entirety within a period not exoeeding
     five years",
5. The following sentence is added to Article I5 ( l ) !
   " The supporting documents relating to these applications shall
     be kept at the Commission 's disposal ".