CELEX: 51988PC0120(59)
Language: en
Date: 1988-04-05
Title: PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) AMENDING REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 727/70 ON THE COMMON ORGANIZATION OF THE MARKET IN RAW TOBACCO

30. 5. 88                                  Official Journal of the European Communities                              No C 139/71
                  Guide price in the                                                            Article 2
     Type     Community as constituted          Guide price
    of wine     on 31 December 1985              in Spain
                                                                      This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
                                                                      following its publication in the Official Journal of the
RI              3,35 ECU/%, vol/hl          2,49 ECU/%, vol/hl        European Communities.
RII              3,35 ECU/%, vol/hl         2,49 ECU/%, vol/hl
R III           52,23 ECU/hl               38,89 ECU/hl               It shall apply from 1 September 1988.
AI               3,11 ECU/%, vol/hl         2,31 ECU/%, vol/hl
All             69,60 ECU/hl               51,78 ECU/hl
                                                                      This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly
A III           79,49 ECU/hl               59,14 ECU/hl               applicable in all Member States.
                      Proposal for a Council Regulation (EEC) amending Regulation (EEC) No 727/70
                                     on the common organization of the market in raw tobacco
                                                            (88/C 139/59)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                              the varieties of tobacco grown in traditional communes of
                                                                      production; whereas, in order to determine those com-
                                                                      munes, account should be taken of whether the tobacco
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                 was harvested during a representative period; whereas,
Economic Community, and in particular Article 43 thereof,             however, with a view to permitting conversion of tobacco
                                                                      production to sought-after varieties, certain varieties
                                                                      should be excluded from the application of this measure;
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
                                                                      Whereas the possibility of offering baled tobacco for
                                                                      intervention must be an exceptional means for processing
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament,
                                                                      and market preparation undertaking of solving difficulties
                                                                      arising from an abnormal market situation; whereas the
                                                                      offering for intervention over several consecutive years of a
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social
                                                                      major percentage of tobacco prepared for market by the
Committee,
                                                                      undertaking accordingly appears to be a practice which
                                                                      does not meet the objectives of the Community rules;
                                                                      whereas systematic recourse to intervention should
Whereas Regulation (EEC) N o ..., amends Council                      accordingly be discouraged by reducing the derived
Regulation (EEC) No 727/70 (l) to introduce arrange-                  intervention price applicable to the quantities offered,
ments providing for the fixing of a maximum guaranteed
quantity for each variety or group of varieties in
Community tobacco production; whereas any exceeding of
that maximum quantity entails a proportional reduction in             HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
the prices and premiums for each variety;
                                                                                                Article 1
Whereas tobacco is grown in specific areas where it often
constitutes a resource vital to the existence of agricultural
holdings; whereas a reduction in the prices and premiums
on account of the maximum guaranteed quantity being                   Regulation (EEC) No 727/70 is hereby amended as
exceeded as a result of production from areas newly given             follows:
over to that crop would lead to serious difficulties for
producers in areas where the crop is grown traditionally;
whereas any extension of tobacco growing outside the                  1. The following Article 7a is inserted:
areas where it is grown should accordingly be discouraged
by limiting the application of the prices and premiums to                 'Article 7a
                                                                          1. Notwithstanding Articles 2, 4 and 6, the prices and
(!) OJ No L 94, 28. 4. 1970, p. 1.                                        premiums shall apply only to varieties of tobacco from
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   communes where that variety has already been grown at                 in the following year by the latter shall be bought in by
   least once in the five years preceding the harvest in                 the intervention agency at a derived intervention price
   question.                                                             minus 10 %. That price shall be adjusted, where
                                                                         appropriate, by the scale of price increases and
   2. However, the Council may determine at the same                     reductions provided for Article 6(7).'
   time as the prices and premiums and in accordance with
   the same procedure, the varieties to which the                    3. In Article 12a(3), 'and l a ' is inserted after 'paragraph 1'.
   provisions of paragraph 1 do not apply.
   3. Detailed rules for the application of this Article                                         Article 2
    shall be adopted, as the need arises, in accordance with
    the procedure laid down in Article 17.'                          This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
                                                                     following its publication in the Official Journal of the
2. The following paragraph is inserted in Article 12a:               European Communities.
    'la. Where an undertaking engaged in the first                   It shall apply from the 1988 harvest. However, Article 1(2)
    processing and market preparation of tobacco offers for          and (3) shall apply from 1 January 1989.
    intervention for a period of three consecutive years
    quantities of Community-grown leaf tobacco treated by            This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly
    that undertaking, all quantities offered for intervention        applicable in all Member States.
              Proposal for a Council Regulation (EEC) fixing for the 1988 harvest the norm and intervention
               prices and the premiums granted to purchasers of leaf tobacco, the derived intervention prices for
               baled tobacco, the reference qualities, the production areas, the maximum guaranteed quantities
               and the varieties excluded from the application of Article 7a of Regulation (EEC) No 727/70 and
                                            amending Regulation (EEC) No 1975/87
                                                            (88/C 139/60)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                             Agricultural Policy and of the contribution which the
                                                                     Community desires to make to the harmonious develop-
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                ment of world trade; whereas the objectives of the
Economic Community,                                                  Common Agricultural Policy are, in particular, to ensure a
                                                                     fair standard of living for the agricultural community, to
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 727/70 of               assure the availability of supplies and to ensure that
21 April 1970 on the common organization of the market in             supplies reach consumers at reasonable prices;
raw tobacco (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)
No ..., and in particular Articles 2(5), 4(4) and (5), 6(8) and
7a(2) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,                   Whereas the norm and intervention prices for leaf tobacco
                                                                      must be fixed in accordance with the criteria laid down in
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament,              Article 2(2) of Regulation (EEC) No 727/70 in order, in
                                                                      particular, to encourage producers to convert to the
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social               cultivation of those varieties which are most competitive,
Committee,                                                            most in demand and least harmful to health;
Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary Committee,
Whereas, when fixing the prices for raw tobacco, account              Whereas it is again desirable to fix, in respect of the 1988
should be taken both of the objectives of the Common                  harvest, derived intervention prices both for the varieties
                                                                      which, before the market organization came into force or,
                                                                      in the case of varieties grown in Greece, Spain and Portugal,
 0) OJ No L 94, 28. 4. 1970, p. 1.                                    prior to accession, qualified for a price guarantee at the