CELEX: 51973PC2177
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Date: 1974-01-09
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL DIRECTIVE supplementary to Council Directive No. 71/286/EEC, dated 26 July 1971, concerning statistical surveys to be carried out by Member Countries to determine the production capacity of plantings of certain tree fruits. (submitted to the Council by the Commission)

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                             Proposal for a
                           COUNCIL DIRECTIVE
   supplementary to Council Directive No . 71/286/EEC , dated 26 July 1971 »
   concerning statistical surveys to "be carried out "by Member Countries to
   determine the production capacity of plantings of certain tree fruits .
               ( submitted to the Council by the Commission)
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                                 MFMORAHDT.IM
Council Directive No . 71/236/EEC , dated 26 July 1971 » instructed the member
countries
- to c.?,rry out surveys of certain fruit-tree plantations in their territories
   in 1972 and
- to report the rusults of these surveys to the Commission "by 1 September 1973
   at latest .
Because of unforeseeable and unsurmountable technical difficulties , the final
dates laid do™ in Directive No . 71/2O6 /EEC could not be met in some member
countries , which is to say that either the survey was not carried out or that
the results were not processed and reported .
The fruit market ist characterised by lack cf balance between supply and demand .
Information is therefore needed on the future development of the production
capacity of particular fruit-tree plantations so that regulations can be
introduced ?-t the Community level to improve the situation of fruit growers
by improving the stability of the markets .
Therefore , the Commission , the responsible authorities of member countries and
the grower^ and retailers' representatives are greatly interested both in the
carrying out and in the evaluation of the fruit tree surveys , and also in the
financing of these surveys by tho Community . In these circumstances , an
addition is necessary to Council Directive No . 71/286/EEC regarding the
final dates .
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                                 DRAFT COUNCIL DIRECTIVE
supplementary to Council Directive No . 71/286/EEC , dated 26 July 1971 »
concerning statistical surveys to be carried out bv Member - Countries to
determine the production capacity of plantings of certain tree fruits .
THE COUNCIL CP THE EUROPEAN CUMMUNITIES -
pursuant to the Treaty of Establishment of the European Community , and in
particular Article 43 ,
at the suggestion of the Commission ,
and after seeking the advice of the European Parliament ,
and taking the following into considerations
1 . - Council Directive No . Tl/286/EEC , dated 26 July 1971 ( l° ) instructing
       Member States to carry out statistical 'surveys iri 1972 and thereafter in
    ■  spring 'at ' five-yearly intervals , on plantations of eating apples , dessert
       pears , peaches , and oranges in their territories .
2 . - Because of unforeseeable and un surmount able difficulties , some Member
       Countries were unable to meet the final dates laid down in Directive
       No . 71/286/EEC , either because they could not carry out' the survey in
       1972 , or because they were unable to submit the results of the survey to
       the Commission before 1 September 1973 .
3 . - However , the results of the surveys are urgently needed , because they
       will form the basis of forecasts of the development of production capacity
       of these fruit crops , and because they are indispensable for medium-term
       estimation of production and market supply .
4 . - Steps must therefore be taken to ensure that the survey and reports
       produces by individual Member Countries after the original final dates
       are also taken into account .
( 1° ) ABL . EG No . L 179 v . 9.8.71 , Page 21 .
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HAS ISSUED THE FOLLOWING DIRECTIVE :
                                     Article   1
The following instruction is to be inserted in Council Directive No . 71/ 286/EEC ,
 dated 26 July .1971 ?              -     •  -    • .
                                     Article - 9a
(l ) "Member countries which were unable to meet the final date for the carrying
      out of the survey provided for under Article 1 , or for the submission -
      of the results to the Commission , cans
      a) carry out this survey by Spring 1974 at latest ;
      b ) submit the results of this survey to the Commission by at latest
          12 months after carrying out the survey , but not later than 31 December
          1974 .
( 2)  If a Member country makes use of paragraph Is
      a) then , for that country , the final dates given under Articles 5 and 6
          are postponed by 1 year in each case ,, provided that the survey provided
          for in Article I is carried out ;
      b) the proposal provided for under Article 9 paragraph 4 must be submitted
          by 31 December 1974 at latest . "
                                    Article    2
In Article 8 , sentence I of Council Directive 71/286/EEC the following changes
of dates are to be made s
          - "1 January 1975 " to read "1 January 1976 "
          - "1 January 1976 " to read "1 January 1977 ".
                                    Article    3
This Directive is addressed to the Member countries .
This day of
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