CELEX: 51987PC0480(01)
Language: en
Date: 1987-10-09
Title: PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) AMENDING REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1035/72 ON THE COMMON ORGANIZATION OF THE MARKET IN FRUIT AND VEGETABLES

28. 10. 87                                   Official Journal of the European Communities                             No C 288/9
                        — the importance of exchanges between the Community and non-member States on the
                             route involved in the project,
                        — the extent of the project's contribution to the creation of a homogeneous and balanced
                             network within the Community framework, geared to existing and future transport
                             needs;
                   (b) the socio-economic return on the project;
                   (c) whether the project is consistent with other Community measures under the common
                        transport policy or other Community policies and with other national measures given
                        priority in national transport infrastructure plans and projects;
                   (d) the complementarity of the project with other projects undertaken at the national level.'
               3. Add an additional Article 4a which is to read as follows:
                    'Article 4a
                    1.    Each year, no later than the date of submission of the preliminary draft general budget
                   for the next financial year, the Commission shall submit to Parliament and the Council a
                   communication describing the projects in respect of which applications have been received in
                   accordance with Article 4 and which qualify for financial support under the medium-term
                   programme and in the light of the objectives set out in Article 1 and criteria laid down in
                   Article 2.
                   2.     The description referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article includes at least:
                   — the main grounds for qualification under Articles 1 and 2,
                   — the probable scale and nature of the financial support, and
                   — the background information referred to in Article 4.'
               Proposal for a Council Regulation amending Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 on the common
                                           organization of the market in fruit and vegetables
                                                            COM(87)     480final
                                  (Submitted by the Commission to the Council on 15 October 1987)
                                                              (87/C 288/12)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                                 provides for a system of prices and intervention for a
                                                                         number of products in the fruit and vegetables sector;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community, and in particular Article 43
thereof,
                                                                         Whereas producers and their organizations should be
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and                       made aware of the real needs of the fruit and vegetables
Portugal, and in particular Articles 89 (2) and 234 (3)                  market; whereas this should be achieved, where appro-
thereof,                                                                 priate, by defining a maximum volume of intervention
                                                                         beyond which financial liability should be borne by the
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,                       producers and their organizations;
Having regard to the opinion of the European Par-
liament,
                                                                         Whereas, the consequence of the liability of the
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) N o 1035/72 (*), as                     producers and their organizations must be that,
last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2275/87 (2),                         whenever intervention exceeds the threshold, the basic
                                                                         and buying-in prices or the financial compensation or
(') O J N 0 L H 8 , 20. 5. 1972, p. 1.                                   indemnity which is paid in respect of the quantities
O OJ No L 209, 31. 7. 1987, p. 4.                                        bought in are reduced;
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Whereas, to the extent that in Spain, during the 'veri-               the procedure laid down in paragraph 3, shall fix an
fication of convergence' phase, such products are bought              intervention threshold for Spain beyond which
in and give rise to Community financing in accordance                 financial liability shall be borne by the producers and
with Article 133 (3) of the Act of Accession, provision               their organizations under conditions which it will lay
should be made for fixing a maximum quantity of                       down.
intervention beyond which financial liability will be                 Any price reductions decided in accordance with
borne by the producers and their organizations;                       paragraph 1 for the Community as constituted at 31
Whereas, having regard to the specific provisions of the              December 1985 shall not be taken into consideration
Act of Accession and in particular Article 265 thereof, no            for the application, in Spain and Portugal, of the
provision need be made for the application of similar                 price discipline provided for in Articles 135 (1) and
measures in Portugal during the first stage of transition;            265 (1) of the Act of Accession.
Whereas satsumas, Clementines and nectarines are of                    3.    The Council, acting by a qualified majority on a
particular importance for the income of certain cat-                  proposal from the Commission, shall lay down:
egories of producers; whereas, therefore, these products              — the rules for applying this Article,
should also be included in the prices and intervention                — the criteria for fixing the intervention thresholds,
system,
                                                                      — the financial consequences of exceeding the
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:                                               thresholds for each of the products concerned.
                                                                      4.     The Commission shall adopt, as necessary,
                           Article 1                                  measures for the application of this Article in
Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 is hereby amended as                      accordance with the procedure laid down in Article
follows:                                                               33. These may include measures to ensure the
                                                                      transition from the arrangements applicable during
 1. The following Article is inserted:                                the "verification of convergence" phase or the first
                                                                      stage to the second phase or stage.
     'Article 19c
    1.     Where, on the market for a product listed in                5.    The provisions of this Article shall not apply to
    Annex II,' there are or are liable to be disequilibria            tomatoes during the period of application of Article
    which give rise or might give rise to a large volume of            16 (3) (b).'
    intervention under Articles 15, 15a, 15b, 19 and 19a,
    an intervention threshold shall be fixed before the            2. Annex II is replaced by the following:
    beginning of the marketing year and, if intervention               'ANNEX II
    exceeds the said threshold by a quantity assessed                  Products covered by the price and intervention system
    according to product on the basis of the quantity
    bought in during a previous marketing year or on the               Cauliflowers
    average quantity bought in over a period of several               Tomatoes
    marketing years, financial liability shall be borne by            Aubergines
    the producers and their organizations.                             Peaches (including nectarines)
    The consequence of intervention in excess of the                  Apricots
    threshold shall be, under conditions to be adopted for             Lemons
    each product and in accordance with the procedure
                                                                       Pears (other than perry pears)
    laid down in paragraph 3, as follows:
                                                                      Table grapes
    — reduction of the basic buying-in prices for the
         following marketing year, or                                 Apples (other than cider apples)
    — reduction of the financial compensation paid to                  Mandarins
         producers' organizations pursuant to Article 18,              Satsumas
         and where appropriate the indemnity granted                  Clementines
         pursuant to Articles 18a, 19 and 19a, during the              Sweet oranges.'
         marketing year concerned.
    2.     Where, during the "verification of convergence"                                    Article 2
    phase referred to in Article 131 of the Act of                 This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
    Accession, a threshold is fixed pursuant to paragraph          following its publication in the Official Journal of the
    1 for a product for the Community as constituted at            European Communities.
    31 December 1985 and quantities of the same product
    are bought in in Spain in accordance with the                  This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and
    provisions in force, the Council, in accordance with           directly applicable in all Member States.