CELEX: 51990PC0407(21)
Language: en
Date: 1990-10-04
Title: PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) AMENDING REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 3774/85 CONCERNING CERTAIN NATIONAL AIDS IN THE AGRICULTURAL SECTOR WHICH ARE INCOMPATIBLE WITH THE COMMON MARKET BUT WHICH THE PORTUGUESE REPUBLIC IS AUTHORIZED TO MAINTAIN ON A TRANSITIONAL BASIS

No C 297/36                               Official Journal of the European Communities                                     27. 11. 90
                                                           Proposal for a
                                            COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No . . .
                                                               of . . .
                  amending Regulation (EEC) No 3774/85 concerning certain national aids in the agricultural
                  sector which are incompatible with the common market but which the Portuguese Republic
                                         is authorized to maintain on a transitional basis
                                                          (90/C 297/21)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                                (Ait the progress made during each financial year and to
                                                                        send it to the Commission,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community,
                                                                        HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and
Portugal, and in particular Articles 234 (2) and 247                                               Article 1
thereof,
                                                                        Regulation (EEC) No 3774/85 is hereby amended as
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,                      follows:
                                                                        1. The following Article 3a is inserted:
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 3774/85 (*), as
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1890/87 ( 2 ), lists,                         'Article 3a
pursuant to Article 247 of the Act of Accession, the aids in
                                                                            The rate at which the aids set out in points IV and V.l
the agricultural sector which Portugal is authorized to
                                                                            of the Annex are to be progressively reduced shall be
maintain on a transitional basis and lays down the
                                                                            determined in accordance with the procedure laid down
arrangements to apply thereto;
                                                                            in Article 5 on the basis of the outcome of the structural
                                                                            measures brought in by the Portuguese authorities,
Whereas, with a view to the beginning of the second stage,                  including those carried out under Community
the said Regulation should be supplemented as regards aids                  programmes.
in respect of the products covered by Article 259 of the Act
of Accession to which, in accordance with Article 286, the                  For this purpose, an annual report setting out the
arrangements laid down in Article 247 only apply with                       progress made in the course of each financial year shall
effect from the second stage;                                               be drawn up by the Portuguese authorities and sent to
                                                                            the Commission during the first two months of the
                                                                            following year.'
Whereas the rate at which the aids set out in points IV and
V.l of the Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 3774/85 are to                  2. The Annex         is replaced    by the Annex to       this
be progressively reduced can be determined only on the                  Regulation.
basis of the outcome of the structural measures brought in
by the Portuguese authorities for the period 1991 to 1995,
including those carried out under Community programmes;                                             Article 2
whereas it would seem appropriate for this purpose for the
Portuguese authorities to draw up an annual report setting              This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 1991.
                  This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                  States.
                  Done at Brussels, . . .
                                                                                               For the Council
0) OJ No L 362, 31. 12. 1985, p. 37.
(2) OJNoL182, 3.7. 1987, p. 4.
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                                                                   ANNEX
                                                            Initial amount of aid      Rate of reduction of aid, applicable on 1 January for the
                   Description of aid                       = maximum amount               following years, as a percentage of the initial amount
                                                          during the period up to
                                                       the date of the first reduction 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996
I.  Sugar :
    1. Aid granted in the Azores for transporting
        sugar-beet from the place of production to
        factory                                        ECU 2,38/tonne/km                                          10    20    40     60     80  100
    2. Aid for the consumption of sugar in the
       Azores                                          ECU 0,2124/kg                    — — — — 10                      20    40     60     80  100
II. Vegetable oils:
    1. Aid for the safflower crushing industry         ECU 29,80/tonne                                                  20    40     60     80  100
    2. Aid for the consumption of olive oil            ECU 0,1490/litre                 10     20   30     40    50     60    70     80     90  100
HI. Seeds :
    1. Aid for the purchase of hybrid maize seeds      — ECU 0,1118/kg for
                                                           mainland Portugal                                           20     40    60      80  100
                                                       — ECU 0,4471/kg for
                                                           the Azores                                                  20     40    60      80  100
    2. Aid for the purchase of imported seed
       potatoes for propagation                        ECU 0,2270/kg                    10     20   30    40     50    60     70    80      90  100
IV. Wheat:
    — Aid granted in the Azores for transporting
       flour from island production centres to         ECU 174 546
       islands with no mills                           (total annual budget)                                                                    100
V.  Milk:
    1. Aid for collecting and concentrating milk on
       Madeira                                         ECU 0,1364/litre                                                                         100
    2. Aid for the consumption of milk in the
       Azores:
       Sao Miguel                                      ECU 0,1038/litre                                                20    40     60      80  100
       Terceira                                        ECU 0,1255/litre                                          — 20        40     60      80  100
       Faial                                           ECU 0,0928/litre                                                20    40     60      80  100