CELEX: 51989PC0054(01)
Language: en
Date: 1989-03-10
Title: PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) AMENDING REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2727/75 ON THE COMMON ORGANIZATION OF THE MARKET IN CEREALS

No C 87/8                            Official Journal of the European Communities                                      8. 4. 89
                                                            II
                                                     (Preparatory Acts)
                                                COMMISSION
              Proposal for a Council Regulation (EEC) amending Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 on the
                                     common organization of the market in cereals
                                                     COM(89) H final
                                    (Submitted by the Commission on 16 March 1989)
                                                       (89/C 87/09)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                              Article 10a
                                                                      1.    Aid shall be granted for the production of
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                 certain varieties of high quality flint maize in the
Economic Community, and in particular Article 43                      most suitable areas of the Community.
thereof,
                                                                      2.    The granting of the aid shall be conditional on:
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,                    — the conclusion of a cultivation contract including
                                                                          an undertaking by the purchaser to process the
Having regard      to  the   opinion   of   the  European                 maize into products of CN code 1904 10 10,
Parliament,                                                           — the lodging of security against failure to meet the
                                                                          aforesaid commitment.
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and
                                                                      3.    The aid shall be set per hectare of             area
Social Committee,
                                                                      cultivated.
Whereas high quality flint maize is not grown in the                  The aid shall be granted for three years, for the first
Community; whereas the present mechanism of the                       time for high quality flint maize sown during the
common organization of the market makes its price                     1988/89 marketing year.
unattractive; whereas there is substantial demand for
                                                                      4.     The aid rate shall be fixed using the procedure
these varieties by producers of swollen or roasted cereal
                                                                      specified in Article 43 (2) of the Treaty.
products; whereas in view of the existence of these
 outlets the growing of these varieties should be                     5.     The Council, acting by qualified majority on a
 encouraged by means of a temporary production aid                    proposal from the Commission, shall adopt general
 scheme;                                                              rules for the application of this Article and in
                                                                      particular the quality standards to be used for deter-
 Whereas such a scheme must engender neither devel-                   mining for which varieties the aid is to be granted.
 opment of production in excess of actual requirements
 nor an excessive charge to the Community budget;                     6.     Detailed rules for the application of this Article,
 whereas the scheme should therefore be restricted to                 specifying in particular further terms required in
 production in areas suited to the varieties in question              cultivation contracts, shall be adopted using the
 that under the terms of cultivation contracts is to go for           procedure set out in Article 26.
 the particular uses for which these varieties are
 demanded,                                                                                   Article 2
                                                                 This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
                                                                  following its publication in the Official Journal of the
 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
                                                                  European Communities.
                          Article 1                               It shall apply with effect from 1 September 1988.
 The following Article is inserted in Regulation (EEC)            This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and
 No 2727/75.                                                      directly applicable in all Member States.