CELEX: 51988PC0120(54)
Language: en
Date: 1988-04-05
Title: PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) INTRODUCING A GUARANTEE THRESHOLD SYSTEM FOR PEACHES IN SYRUP

30. 5. 88                               Official Journal of the European Communities                              No C 139/63
               Proposal for a Council Regulation (EEC) amending Regulation (EEC) No 989/84 introducing a
                      system of guarantee thresholds for certain processed fruit and vegetable products
                                                          (88/C 139/53)
THE COUNCIL' OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                           1. Article 1(2) is replaced by the following:
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community,                                                    '2. For each marketing year a guarantee threshold is
                                                                       hereby fixed at a quantity of processed dried grapes
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 426/86 of                 corresponding to the following quantities of un-
24 February 1986 on the common organization of the                     processed dried grapes:
market in products processed from fruit and vegetables (*),
as last amended by Regulation (EEC) N o . . . , and in                  (a) 70 000 tonnes of currants,
particular Article 2(3) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,                     (b) 93 000 tonnes of sultanas, and
Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 426/86 provides for the                    (c) 3 500 tonnes of dried grapes of the Moscatel
granting of production aid for dried grapes of the Moscatel                 varieties.'
varieties;
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 989/84 (2), as last             2. Article 3(1) is replaced by the following:
amended by Regulation (EEC) No ..., fixes guarantee
thresholds for sultanas and currants any exceeding of
                                                                       ' 1 . Where the guarantee threshold for sultanas or
which results in a reduction of the minimum price to be
                                                                       currants or dried grapes of the Moscatel varieties is
paid to the producer; whereas, in order to ensure a fair level
                                                                       exceeded, the minimum price to be paid to the producer
of competition within this sector, a guarantee threshold
                                                                       shall be reduced, for the following marketing year,
should be fixed for dried grapes of the Moscatel varieties on          depending on the amount by which each threshold is
the basis of production in the last few marketing years and            exceeded.'
of possibilities of disposal,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
                                                                                              Article 2
                           Article 1
                                                                   This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
Regulation (EEC) No 989/84 is hereby amended as
                                                                   following its publication in the Official Journal of the
follows:
                                                                   European Communities.
(!) OJ No L 49, 22. 2. 1986, p. 1.                                 This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly
(2) OJ No L 103, 16. 4. 1984, p. 19.                               applicable in all Member States.
              Proposal for a Council Regulation (EEC) introducing a guarantee threshold for peaches in syrup
                                                          (88/C 139/54)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                           Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 426/86 of
                                                                   24 February 1986 on the common organization of the
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European              market in products processed from fruit and vegetables (x),
Economic Community,                                                as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No ..., and in
                                                                   particular Article 2(3) thereof,
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and
Portugal,                                                          (*) OJ No L 49, 27. 2. 1986, p. 1.
 ---pagebreak--- No C 139/64                               Official Journal of the European Communities                                  30. 5. 88
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,                   ings 2008 70 61, 2008 70 69, 2008 70 71, and 2008 70 79 of
                                                                     the Combined Nomenclature for each marketing year for
Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 426/86 introduces a system               the Community with the exception of Spain.
of production aid for certain processed fruit and vegetable
products; whereas, where the situation provided for in
Article 2(3) of that Regulation arises, suitable measures            2. Where the guarantee threshold is exceeded, the aid for
may be taken;                                                        the following marketing year shall be reduced in propor-
                                                                     tion to the amount by which the threshold is exceeded.
Whereas the production of peaches in syrup in the most
recent marketing years has risen substantially despite the           The amount by which the threshold is exceeded in question
fall in the unit aid; whereas an imbalance between                   shall be calculated on the basis of the average quantities
production and possibilities of disposal is liable to arise;         produced in the three marketing years preceding the
whereas a guarantee threshold, any exceeding of which                marketing year for which the aid must be fixed.
leads to a reduction in the aid, should be fixed for such
products;
Whereas it should be stated that that guarantee threshold                                       Article 2
does not apply to Spain; whereas it should be pointed out
that Article 118(6) of the Act of Accession provides that the
granting of aid in that country is limited to 80 000 tonnes of       Detailed rules for the application of this Regulation shall be
the finished product; whereas that threshold should also be          adopted, as the need arises, in accordance with the
fixed taking account of the average Community production             procedure laid down in Article 22 of Regulation (EEC)
in the last three years, for which exact figures are available;      No 426/86.
whereas the characteristics of production of peaches in
syrup make it suitable to express the threshold in question
in terms of a quantity of finished products in net weight;                                      Article 3
whereas the reduction in the aid should the threshold be
exceeded is to be made on aid granted in the following
marketing year in the Community, with the exception of               This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
Spain,                                                               following its publication in the Official Journal of the
                                                                     European Communities.
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
                                                                     It shall apply from the beginning of the 1988/1989
                            Article 1                                marketing year.
1. A guarantee threshold of 502 000 tonnes net weight is             This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly
hereby fixed for peaches in syrup falling within subhead-            applicable in all Member States.
                      Proposal for a Council Regulation (EEC) amending Regulation (EEC) No 525/77
                                   establishing a system of production aid for tinned pineapple
                                                           (88/C 139/55)
 THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                             Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 525/77 (*), as last
                                                                      amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1699/85 (2), establishes
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                a special system of production aid for tinned pineapple
 Economic Community, and in particular Article 43 thereof,            taking into account the particular geographical location
                                                                      and characteristics of such production; whereas the current
                                                                      provisions must be amended, in view of experience gained
 Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,                   regarding that product, in particular as regards the trend in
                                                                      the aid as compared with the cost of the raw material;
 Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament,
 Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social              (!) OJ No L 73, 21. 3. 1977, p. 46.
 Committee,                                                           (2) OJ No L 163, 22. 6. 1985, p. 12.