CELEX: 51984PC0192(02)
Language: en
Date: 1984-05-07
Title: PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL REGULATION ON INCREASING THE STAFF OF THE DEPARTMENTS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE QUALITY CONTROL OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS IN GREECE

No C 135/6                           Official Journal of the European Communities                              23.5.84
                                                            II
                                                    (Preparatory Acts)
                                              COMMISSION
              Proposal for a Council Regulation on increasing the staff of the departments responsible
                               for the quality control of agricultural products in Greece
                                                   COM(84) 192 final
                            (Submitted by the Commission to the Council on 10 May 1984)
                                                     (84/C 135/08)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN                                     20 % for the fifth year of the expenditure incurred by
COMMUNITIES,                                                    Greece in remunerating and training staff recruited as
                                                                from the entry into force of this Regulation in order
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the                    to strengthen the work force of the departments
European Economic Community, and in particular                  responsible for checking:
Articles 42 and 43 thereof,
                                                                — compliance with the common quality or marketing
                                                                    standards for agricultural products marketed on
Having regard to the Act of Accession of 1979, and
                                                                    Greek territory, withdrawn from the market or
in particular paragraph 9 of Protocol 4 on cotton,
                                                                    consigned outside territory,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,              — compliance with the minimum quality standards
                                                                    laid down for agricultural produce offered for
Having regard to the opinion of the European Par-                   intervention,
liament,
                                                                — compliance       with  the    Community    veterinary
                                                                    Directives,
Whereas the common organizations of agricultural
markets and the rules on cotton make the national               — compliance with the health and quality rules
authorities responsible for carrying out a large                    applying to production in Greece of milk and milk
number of controls on the quality of produce                        products,
marketed or offered for intervention;
                                                                — the quality classification of cotton delivered for
                                                                    ginning.
Whereas experience has shown that in some fields the
Greek authorities do not have enough staff to carry
out such controls satisfactorily; whereas this situation                                Article 2
does not make it easier to apply the Community rules            1.     The Community financial contribution shall be
correctly or to obtain a better return on Greek                 confined to expenditure on remunerating and
products;                                                       training:
Whereas, in order to remedy this situation, the                 (a) 125      inspectors   responsible  for    checking
Community should encourage an increase in the staff                  compliance with the common quality or
of the Greek departments responsible for quality                     marketing standards, particularly in the case of
control by bearing, for a limited period and on                      fruit and vegetables marketed on Greek territory
a degressive basis, part of the costs incurred in                    or withdrawn from the market;
recruiting and training additional staff,
                                                                (b) 80 inspectors responsible for checking compliance
                                                                     with the quality standards for products offered
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:                                         for intervention;
                                                                (c) 100 inspectors responsible for checking the
                        Article 1                                    application    of the Community         veterinary
                                                                     Directives;
For a five-year period from the date of entry into
force of this Regulation the Community shall bear               (d) 20 inspectors responsible for checking compliance
80 % for the first year, 60 % for the second year,                   with the health and quality rules applying to
50 % for the third year, 40 % for the fourth year and                production in Greece of milk and milk products;
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(e) 30 inspectors responsible for checking the quality                                        Article 5
    classification of cotton delivered for ginning.
                                                                 The annual amount of expenditure borne by the
                                                                 Community shall be decided by the Commission on
                                                                 the basis of information supplied by Greece.
                         Article 3
                                                                                              Article 6
For the purposes of this Regulation, the inspectors'             Detailed rules for the application of this Regulation
remuneration means their salaries and the travel                 shall be adopted where necessary, in accordance with
expenses necessary for the discharge of their duties.            the procedure laid down in Article 26 of Council
                                                                 Regulation (EEC) N o 2727/75 ( l ) or, as appropriate,
                                                                 in the corresponding Articles of the other Regulations
                         Article 4                               on the common organization of agricultural markets.
                                                                                              Article 7
1.    The inspectors' training must enable the persons
concerned to acquire sufficient knowledge for the                This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 July 1984.
performance of their duties.
                                                                 This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and
                                                                 directly applicable in all Member States.
2.    The basic courses must comprise at least three
months of theoretical and practical training:                    0) O J N o L 2 8 1 , 1. 11. 1975, p. 1.
              Proposal for a Council Regulation authorizing Greece to grant aid for the transport of
                                          means of production to certain islands
                                                    COM(84) 192 final
                             (Submitted by the Commission to the Council on 10 May 1984)
                                                      (84/C 135/09)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN                                      Whereas, in order to remedy these holdings' natural
COMMUNITIES,                                                     handicaps, provision should be made, pending the
                                                                 development of transport infrastructure and the
                                                                 implementation of structural measures to be adopted
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the                     by the Council, for the grant, on a temporary and
European Economic Community, and in particular                   degressive basis, of aid to cover part of the cost of
Articles 42 and 43 thereof,                                      transporting certain means of agricultural production
                                                                 to the islands; whereas, however, such aid should not
                                                                 be for transport to Crete or Euboea; whereas these
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
                                                                 islands, one of them because of its size and the other
                                                                 because of its proximity to the mainland, do not have
Having regard to the opinion of the European Par-                the natural handicaps referred to above;
liament,
                                                                 Whereas the measures envisaged are of Community
Whereas the territory of Greece is split up into a               interest and are designed to achieve the objectives set
great number of islands; whereas this situation is not           out in Article 39 (1) (a) of the Treaty; whereas they
as a whole comparable to that of the other Member                therefore constitute a common measure within the
States;                                                          meaning of Article 6 of Council Regulation (EEC)
                                                                 No 729/70 of 21 April 1970 on the financing of the
                                                                 common agricultural policy (*), as last amended by
Whereas the configuration of Greek territory imposes
                                                                 Regulation (EEC) No 3509/80 (2),
on agricultural producers in the islands additional
costs which affect the productivity of their holdings
and in particular prevent an improvement in agri-                0) OJ No L 94, 28. 4. 1970, p. 13.
cultural practices;                                              O OJ No L 367, 31.12. 1980, p. 87.