CELEX: 51988PC0741
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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 (presented by the Commission)

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                                               COM(88 ) 741 final
                                               Brussels , 8 December 1988
                              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
                    ■ (presented by the Commission )
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                                                                        "fht
1 . During the winter of 1986 /87 exceptionally hard frosts damaged farm produc­
    tion and plantations , including citrus plantations , in certain regions of
    Italy , especially Sicily , Apulia and Calabria .
2 . The Italian plan for improving citrus production , as approved by the Commis­
    sion on 21 November 1983 under Regulation ( EEC ) N * 2511 /69, amended by Regu­
    lation ( EEC ) Nd 1204 /82 , was delayed in its implementation by the bad weather,
    with the result that its targets will not be achieved before 31 December 1988 ,
    by which date the work of converting and restructuring citrus orchards must
    have been started in order to qualify for aid under the EA66F Guidance Section .
3 . The frost damage and crop losses created financial problems for citrus growers
    wishing to start operations before the specified date . Furthermore , frost de­
    stroyed seme of the young trees in the nurseries and orchards where conversion
    and restructuring work had already begun . The situation must therefore be reme­
    died by appropriate adjustments to the Community scheme .
4 . Proposed amendments , consisting in the adjustment of some of the provisions
    cf Regulation ( EEC ) N° 2511 / 69 , including the extension of the deadline by
    two years from 31 December 1988 , should ensure that operations which have
    suffered delays can be completed and work can be resumed in the case of com­
    pleted schemes which were affected by frost damage . The amendment is thus
    limited to conversion , restructuring and the production of citrus propagating
    material in the regions of Sicily , Apulia and Calabria where frost Jai..age was
    the most severe .
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5 . The proposed amendment requires no adjustment of the estimated cost given
     in Article 3 of Regulation ( EEC ) N6 1204 /82 amending Regulation ( EEC )
     N * 2511 /69 , which will not be exceeded .
6 . The proposed amendment represents a further effort by the Community to find
     approprisate solutions to problems arising in regions suffering the effects
     of unforeseen events . On the same front , the Council has already adopted
     a proposal by the Commission        concerning a simitar problem in Greece ,
     where the winter of 1986 / 87 was equally severe . Although these two proposals
     have not been submitted simultaneously , they form part of a common effort to
     find suitable solutions to broadly similar problems .
( 1 ) 0J L 288 , 21.10.1988 , p. 5
                                                                                ./.
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                                       Proposal for a
                                 COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC )
                            amending Regulation ( EEC ) N * 2511 /69
                                laying down special measures
                        for improving the production and marketing
                        _____of Community citrus fruit_____
THE    COUNCIL     OF   THE   EUROPEAN   COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community ,
and in particular Article 43 thereof ,
                                                            1
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ,
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament ,^
Whereas , pursuant to Council Regulation ( EEC ) No 2511 /69,^
as last amended by Regulation ( EEC) N* 3223/88,^ Italy has implemented
its    plan    for    special   measures   to  improve   the   production and marketing of
citrus fruit in accordance with the programme approved by the Commission on
21 November 1983 ;
( 1 ) OJ N * C
( 2 ) OJ N * C
(3 ) OJ Nô L 318, 18.12.1969 , p. 1
(4 ) OJ Nô L 288 , 21.10.1988, p. 5                                            ./.
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Whereas frosts of exceptional severity during the winter of 1986 / 87 , particular­
 ly in the regions of Sicily , Apulia and Calabria , have seriously undermined the
achievements to date and the state of progress of operations in hand ;
Whereas some citrus fruit growers in regions particularly affected by frost
have been prevented from starting on the conversion and restructuring operations
provided for in the plan approved by the Commission ; whereas , therefore , they
should be given the requisite time to start those operations ;
Whereas frost has destroyed trees already included in conversion schemes or new
plantations established as a result of restructuring , trees included in operations
which are still in hand , and a proportion of young citrus seedlings in the nurse­
ries and whereas , in some cases , work under new schemes must be recommenced ; where­
as , therefore , the aid granted in respect of these operations must be adjusted to
take account of the damage ;
Whereas , in order to remedy the situation created by the frost , provision should
be made for an emergency measure , involving a two-year extension cf the deadline
and subsequent adjustments to the plan implemented in Italy for the regions of Si­
cily , Apulia and Calabria ,
HAS   ADOPTED   THIS  REGULATION :
                                   Article  1
Regulation ( EEC ) Nd 2511 /69 is hereby amended as follows :
                                                                                    /
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  1 . In Article 1 :
      (i )    The following subparagraph is added tc paragraph 4 :
              " In Italy , for the regions of Sicily, Apulia and Calabria :
              (a ) the aids referred to in the first subparagraph of paragraph 1 and
                    in paragraph 3 may be granted in respect of operations as referred
                    to in paragraph 1(a ), (c ) and (d ) on which a start has been made
                    up to 31 December 1990 ;
              (b ) in the case of citrus plantations which were the subject , up to
                    the winter of 1986 /87 , of operations as referred to in paragraph
                    ( c ) ana (d ), the aids referred to in the first subparagraph of para–
                    graphe 1 and in paragraph 3 may be granted again where such opera*
                    tions must be recommenced as a result of the winter frosts in question
                    and up tc 31 December 1990 ."
      ( ii )  Paragraph      5 is replaced by the following :
              " 5 . The aids for the schemes referred to in the first subparagraph of
                    paragraph 4 and in point ( b ) of the second subparagraph of para­
                    graph 4 shall be eligible under the EAG6F only where the area of ci­
                    trus trees damaged by frost represents at least 20 % of the area ©f
                    the holding on which citrus trees were grown prior to the frost ."
2 . In Article 2 :
     (i )    The first sentence of the third        paragraph is   replaced by the follow­
             ing :
             "The Member States concerned shall, by 30 April 1983 at the latest , and
              for the implementation of the provisions laid down in the first subpa­
              ragraph of Article 1(4) by 31 December 1988 at the latest for Greece,
              and for those laid down in the second subparagraph of Article 1(4 ) by
              31 March 1979 at the latest for Italy , draw up a plan to include the
              measures which they consider most suitable for carrying out the work
              referred to in Article 1 or adjust existing plans ."
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      ( ii )  The fifth    paragraph   is replaced by the following :
              " The plan drawn up in accordance with the provisions of the first subpara­
              graph of Article 1(4 ) and point ( b ) of the second subparagraph of Article
              1(4 ) and Article 1(5 ) shall specify in particular , in addition to the par­
              ticulars referred to in the third and fourth      paragraphs , the location
              of the areas particularly affected by the severe weather , the extent of
              the damage caused , the number of holdings affected , the extent of the
              areas for which aid may be granted for the schemes referred to in Article
              1(4 ), including the varieties cultivated on the plantations which are the
              subject of those schemes , and the control measures for ensuring that the
              aid granted to citrus growers whose plantations suffered damage as a re­
              sult of the frost meet the requirements laid down in Article 1(5 )."
3 . In Article 4(1 ), the third subparagraph is replaced by the following :
    " However , for the implementation of points ( a ) and ( b ) of the first subparagraph
    and ( b ) of the second subparagraph of Article 1(4 ), the figure given in the second
    indent of the first subparagraph shall be reduced to 20 % ."
                                             Article   2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication
in the Official Journal of the European Communities .
           This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable
           in all Member States .
           Done at Brussels ,                              For the Council
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FINANCIAL                STATEMENT concerning :
Propose I for o Council Regulation amending Regulation ( EEC) No 2911/89 laying down epeclol meaeures for Improving the
production and marketing of Community citrus fruit .
1 . Budget heading : 1 1 IB       Item : 300         Title : Specific etrueturol measures related to morket policy .
2 . Legal basis : Article 43 of the Treaty .
3 . Classification : Compulsory expenditure
4 . Purpose / description of the measure :
Extension of the duration of the measure by two years * for Calobrlo , Sicily and Apulia , because of frost In these
areas in 1986/87 .
5.    Method of calculation :
5.1 Form of expenditure : Reimbursement of eligible national expenditure .
5.2 Community contribution : SOX of eligible national expenditure .
5.3 Calculation : See Annex .
6 . Financial implications os regards intervention appropriations :
6.1 Schedule of commitment eppropr lot lone and payment appropriations ( In ECU ):
                    Year          Commitment appropr lot tons/Payment appropriations    of which reimbursements
                                                                                        proposed • xt.ndon :
Beginning of measure to 1987                    53.4                                                   -
                    1988                        20.0                                                   -
                    1989                        29.0                                                 ■ -
                    1990                        42.0                                               10.0
                    1991                        42.0                                               16.0
                    later years .              106.1                                               99.9
                    Total                      290.9                                               89.9
6.2 Financing during current year : –                                        c ·
 7 . Obc.rvattonc :
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                                                     ANNEX TO FINANCIAL STATEMENT
                                concerning a proposal for the amendment of Regulation ( EBC) No 2511 /69
                                                                                                           BCU ’OOO 000
                         Operations started       Estimates for operations    Total       Cost to          Reimbursements
                           up to 31 . 12.87          to be started up to       cost        EAGGF       Effected           Not yet
                                                           end 1990                                up to 31.12.87        effected
                            ha           Cost         ha          Cost
                               1             2           3             4    5 - 2+4
a)Italian progr arane
   . Conversion and
     nurseries          13 500            60       4 800            29        89         44.5         11.7         32.8
   . Restructuring       9 500            60      12 000            97       157         78.5          3.3         75.2
   .Marketing                             81                         -        60d )      22.5        26.3          - 3.8
   . Additional aid      2 900            14       4 400            53        67         33.5          4.7         28.8
   . Operations to
     be recomnenced
     because of frost                              3 500            33        33         16.5            -         16.5
   Total Italy          25 900           215      24 700          212        406       195.5         46.0         149.5
b)French prograrane                                                           21         10.0          2.5           7.5
cXxreek prograrane                                                           172(2 )       83 ( 2)     4.9         78.1
Total citrus fruit measure                                                   599       288.5         53.4         235.1
(^Eligible     cost on the basis of the provision that estimated cost may not exceed 15% of total .
( 2)jaking account of proposed extension .
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