CELEX: 51988PC0741
Language: en
Date: 1988-12-08
Title: PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) AMENDING REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2511/69 LAYING DOWN SPECIAL MEASURES FOR IMPROVING THE PRODUCTION AND MARKETING OF COMMUNITY CITRUS FRUIT

No C 6/6                                Official Journal of the European Communities                                     7. 1. 89
              Proposal for a Council Regulation (EEC) amending Regulation (EEC) No 2511/69 laying down
                 special measures for improving the production and marketing of Community citrus fruit
                                                      COM(88)    741 final
                                     (Submitted by the Commission on 19 December 1988)
                                                          (89/C 6/04)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                           measure, involving a two-year extension of the deadline
                                                                   and subsequent adjustments to the plan implemented in
                                                                   Italy for the regions of Sicily, Apulia and Calabria,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community, and in particular Article 43
thereof,                                                           HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
                                                                                                Article 1
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
                                                                   Regulation (EEC) No 2511/69 is hereby amended as
                                                                   follows:
Having regard       to   the   opinion   of   the  European
Parliament,                                                        1. In Article 1:
                                                                       (i) The following subparagraph is added to para-
Whereas pursuant to Council Regulation (EEC) No                             graph 4:
2511/69 0 as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No
3223/88 (2) Italy has implemented its plan for special                      'In Italy, for the regions of Sicily, Apulia and
measures to improve the production and marketing of                         Calabria:
citrus fruit in accordance with the programme approved
by the Commission on 21 November 1983;                                      (a) the aid referred to in the first subparagraph of
                                                                                  paragraph 1 and in paragraph 3 may be
                                                                                  granted in respect of operations as referred to
Whereas frosts of exceptional severity during the winter                          in paragraph 1 (a), (c) and (d) on which a
of 1986/87, particularly in the regions of Sicily, Apulia                         start has been made up to 31 December 1990;
and      Calabria,    have    seriously   undermined      the
achievements to date and the state of progress of oper-                     (b) in the case of citrus plantations which were
ations in hand;                                                                   the subject, up to the winter of 1986/87, of
                                                                                  operations as referred to in paragraph 1 (a),
                                                                                  (c) and (d), the aid referred to in the first
Whereas some citrus fruit growers in regions particularly                         subparagraph of paragraph 1 and in paragraph
 affected by frost have been prevented from starting on                           3 may be granted again where such operations
 the conversion and restructuring operations provided for                         must be recommenced as a result of the winter
 in the plan approved by the Commission; whereas,                                 frosts in question and up to 31 December
 therefore, they should be given the requisite time to start                       1990.'
 those operations;
                                                                       (ii) Paragraph 5 is replaced by the following:
Whereas frost has destroyed trees already included in
                                                                             '5.    The aid tor the schemes referred to in the
 conversion schemes or new plantations established as a
                                                                             first subparagraph of paragraph 4 and in point (b)
 result of restructuring, trees included in operations which
                                                                            of the second subparagraph of paragraph 4 shall
 are still in hand, and a proportion of young citrus
                                                                            be eligible under the EAGGF only where the area
 seedlings in the nurseries and whereas, in some cases,
                                                                             of citrus trees damaged by frost represents at least
 work under new schemes must be recommenced;
                                                                             20 % of the area of the holding on which citrus
 whereas, therefore, the aid granted in respect of these
                                                                             trees were grown prior to the frost.'
 operations must be adjusted to take account of the
 damage;
                                                                    2. In Article 2:
 Whereas, in order to remedy the situation created by the               (a) The first sentence of the third paragraph is
 frost, provision should be made for an emergency                             replaced by the following:
  (') OJ No L 318, 18. 12. 1969, p. 1.                                        'The Member States concerned shall, by 30 April
  (2) OJ No L 288, 21. 10. 1988, p. 5.                                        1983 at the latest and for the implementation of
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        the provisions laid down in the first subparagraph                  the subject of those schemes, and the control
        of Article 1 (4) by 31 December 1988 at the latest                  measures for ensuring that the aid granted to
        for Greece, and for those laid down in the second                   citrus growers whose plantations suffered damage
        subparagraph of Article 1 (4) by 31 March 1979                      as a result of the frost meet the requirements laid
        at the latest for Italy, draw up a plan to include                  down in Article 1 (5).'
        the measures which they consider most suitable
        for carrying out the work referred to in Article 1         3. In Article 4 (1), the third subparagraph is replaced by
        or adjust existing plans.'                                      the following:
    (b) The fifth paragraph is replaced by the following:               'However, for the implementation of points (a) and
                                                                        (b) of the first subparagraph and (b) of the second
        'The plan drawn up in accordance with the                       subparagraph of Article 1 (4), the figure given in the
        provisions of the first subparagraph of Article 1               second indent of the first subparagraph shall be
        (4) and point (b) of the second subparagraph of                 reduced to 20 %.'
        Article 1 (4) and Article 1 (5) shall specifiy in
        particular, in addition to the particulars referred                                   Article 2
        to in the third and fourth paragraphs, the location
        of the areas particularly affected by the severe           This Regulation shall en:er into force on the third day
        weather, the extent of the damage caused, the              following its publication in the Official Journal of the
        number of holdings affected, the extent of the             European Communities.
        areas for which aid may be granted for the
        schemes referred to in Article 1 (4), including the        This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and
        varieties cultivated on the plantations which are          directly applicable in all Member States.
               Proposal for a Council Regulation (EEC) instituting an exceptional emergency measure for
                                                less-favoured areas in Portugal
                                                       COM(88)   774 final
                                    (Submitted by the Commission on 19 December 1988)
                                                          (89/C 6/05)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITES,                            in the immediate future; whereas, in view of Portugal's
                                                                   budgetary difficulties, provision should be made for
                                                                   intervention from the Community to implement that
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
                                                                   measure;
Economic Community, and in particular Article 43
thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
                                                                   Whereas, on account of the weak administrative
                                                                   structures of that Member State, a supplement to the
Having regard        to  the   opinion  of   the    European       compensatory allowances provided for in Title III of
Parliament,                                                        Council Regulation (EEC) No 797/85 of 12 March 1985
                                                                   on improving the efficiency of agricultural structures (2)
                                                                   would provide a suitable means of allocating the aid
Whereas the bad weather conditions affecting farmers in            without incurring expenditure and administrative delays;
 1988 in the less-favoured areas in Portugal defined in            whereas, as a consequence, Portugal should be exempted
Directive 86/467/EEC (Portugal) (') have aggravated                from complying with the provision of Article 15 (4) of
the natural handicap of those areas and caused liquidity           that Regulation limiting the maximum eligible amount of
problems for those farmers;                                        the compensatory allowance to 50 % of the reference
                                                                   income per MWU so that this scheme may be
Whereas, by way of an exception, an emergency measure              implemented in compliance with the extremely low
is required to raise the income of farmers in those areas           reference income in Portugal;
(') OJ No L 273, 24. 9. 1986, p. 173.                               (') OJ No L 93, 30. 3. 1985, p. 1.