CELEX: 51989PC0660(48)
Language: en
Date: 1990-01-11
Title: PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) ON THE STABILIZATION OF THE COMMUNITY MARKET FOR MANDARINS

No C 49/74                                Official Journal of the European Communities                                    28. 2. 90
                                                           Proposal for a
                                            COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No . . .
                                                                of...
                                  on the stabilization of the Community market for mandarins
                                                            (90/C 49/48)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                                                        Article 2
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                 The premium shall be granted subject to an undertaking in
Economic Community, and in particular Article 43                      writing from the recipient:
thereof,
                                                                      (a) to grub up or have grubbed up, at one time, before 1
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,                         April of a given year all the mandarin trees on his
                                                                           holding;
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament,              (b) to refrain from planting any mandarin trees.
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social
Committee,                                                                                      Article 3
Whereas a feature of the Community market for mandarins is            The premium shall be fixed account being taken in particular
imbalance between supply and demand; whereas that                     of grubbing-up costs and the loss of income to producers
situation stems from falling demand for the product from              carrying out grubbing-up operations.
consumers;
Whereas market stabilization measures alone are not likely to
                                                                                                Article 4
remedy such difficulties; whereas action should also be taken
in respect of the production potential in order to take account
                                                                      The Member States shall check whether recipients of the
of the fact that consumers are turning away from the
                                                                      premium have fulfilled the undertakings laid down in
product, such action needing to be taken for a period of three
                                                                      Article 2. They shall take any further measures in particular
marketing years;
                                                                      to ensure compliance with the provisions of the premium
                                                                      scheme. They shall inform the Commission of the measures
Whereas, in order to help achieve that end, producers should
                                                                      taken.
be encouraged to refrain from producing mandarins;
whereas, to that end, provision should be made for a
premium, to be paid once only, to be granted to producers
who undertake to grub up their whole mandarin orchard and                                       Article S
not to replant mandarin trees;
                                                                      The measures provided for in this Regulation shall be deemed
Whereas the premium must be determined taking account of              intervention intended to stabilize the agricultural markets
both the cost of grubbing-up and the loss of income;                  within the meaning of Article 3 of Council Regulation (EEC)
                                                                      No 729/70 ( J ). They shall be financed by the EAGGF
Whereas the aim of the grubbing-up premium is to achieve              Guarantee Section.
the objectives laid down in Article 39 of the Treaty; whereas
provision should be made for Community financing of this
measure by the Guarantee Section of the European                                                Article 6
Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund,
                                                                      The premium shall be determined and the detailed rules for
                                                                      the application of this Regulation shall be adopted in
                                                                      accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 33 of
                                                                      Council Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 ( 2 ).
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
                            , . , .,                                                             Article 7
                           Article 1
                                                                      This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
During the 1990/91, 1991/92 and 1992/93 marketing                     following its publication in the Official Journal of the
years, Community mandarin producers shall qualify, on                 European Communities.
application and under the conditions laid down below, for a
premium, to be granted once only, for the grubbing-up of              (») OJ No L 94, 28. 4. 1970, p. 13.
mandarin trees.                                                       (2) OJ No L 118, 20. 5. 1972, p. 1.
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          This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
          States.
          Done at Brussels, . . .
                                                                            For the Council