CELEX: 51993PC0502
Language: en
Date: 1993-10-15
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) setting for the 1993/94 marketing year the percentage referred to in Article 3(1) (a) of Regulation (EEC) No 426/86 in connection with the premium granted for products processed from tomatoes

COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
                                           COM(93) 502 final
                                           Brussels, 15 October 1993
                            Proposal for a
                      COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC)
         setting for the 1993/94 marketing year the percentage
     referred to in Article 3(1)(a) of Regulation (EEC) No 426/86
               in connection with the premium granted for
                    products processed from tomatoes
                    (presented by the Commission)
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                            EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
  Re:
      Proposal for a Council Regulation (EEC) No ...,/93 setting for
       the 1993/94 marketing year the percentage referred to in Article
      3(1)(a) of Regulation (EEC) No 426/86 in connection with the
      premium granted for products processed from tomatoes.
This measure must be taken at Community level, since this is an area in
which only the Community has power to act. Its intensity and
proportionality are described in detail below.
Article 3(1)(a) of Regulation (EEC) No 426/86 provides for the grant of a
premium equivalent to 2% of the aid payable in respect of those quantities
of finished products produced from tomatoes obtained from the quantity of
fresh tomatoes supplied under contracts concluded with producers'
associations.
The premium is only paid if the processors or their associations:
-   have accepted all the fresh tomatoes covered by the contracts;
    can prove that the tomatoes processed under the said contracts
    represent a significant percentage of the total quantity of processed
    tomatoes.
The purpose of this proposal is to set the percentage applicable to the
1993/94 marketing year at the same level as for the previous year, taking
into account the role currently played by producers' associations in the
Community.
It should be recalled that the aim of the measure is to encourage
concentration of the supply of fresh tomatoes in order to achieve a better
administration of the quantities to be produced and the possible outlets,
in particular those quantities going to processing.
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                                 Proposal for a
                      COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) NO ..,./93
                               Of            1993
            setting for the 1993/94 Marketing year the percentage
        referred to in Article 3(l)(a) of Regulation (EEC) No 426/86
                  in connection with the premium granted for
                       products processed from tomatoes
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 426/86 of 24 February 1986 on
the common organization of the market in products processed from fruit and
vegetables,(*) as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1569/92,<2) and in
particular Article 3(3) thereof.
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas, in order to encourage the conclusion of contracts between groups
of tomato producers on the one hand and associations of processors or
processors on the other, Regulation (EEC) No 426/86 provides for the grant
on certain terms of an additional premium.;
Whereas the "significant specific percentage" for the total quantity of
processed tomatoes covered by contracts concluded with producers' groups
must be set for the 1993/94 marketing year;
(1) OJ No L 49, 27.2.1986, p. 1.
(2) OJ No L 166, 20.6.1992, p. 5
 ---pagebreak--- Whereas, in view of the important role played by tomato producers' groups
in the producer Member States, it is desirable to maintain at the same
level as for the 1992/93 marketing year the percentaiji* of the quantities of
tomatoes covered by contracts concluded with producers' associations in
relation to the total quantity of processed tomatoes,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
                                 Article 1
For the 1993/94 marketing year the percentage mentioned in Article 3(1)(a)
of Regulation (EEC) No 426/86 shall be 80%.
                                 Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh day following its
publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in
all Member states.
Done at Brussels,
                                                 For the Council
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          FINANCIAL                                                STATEMENT
                                                                                                                                 DATE: I l S. |.t iMU!MM                 I '»•» t
 1. BUDGET HEADING: 1511                                                                                                         APPROPR I AT IONS : ECU 4 3 3 mi 1 1 i on
 2. TITLE:
      Proposal for a Council Regulation fixing, for the 1993/94 marketing year, the percentages referred to in
      Article 3(la) of Regulation (EEC) No 426/86 concerning the grant of aid for products processed from
      tomatoes.
 3. LEGAL BASIS: Regulation (EEC) No 426/86
4. AIMS OF PROJECT:
      To encourage this conclusion ot cont m c l s Let.ween «(roups «>| producers and processors,
                                                               I'crioil ot        i2     months            Current Financial Ye.ir                           Following Financial Year
S.      FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS                                                                                              19V 3                                             1 99 4
•>.» EXPENDITURE
        - CHARGED TO THE EC BUDGET
        - (REFUNDS/INTERVENTION)                                 ECU 6.8 million                                                                                       ECU 6.8 mill ion
        - NATIONAL ADMINISTRATION
        - OTHER
5.1 REVENUE
        - OWN RESOURCES OF THE EC
            (LEVIES/CUSTOMS DUTIES)
        - NATIONAL
                                                                        199*J                                        1996                                1997                        1998
t>. 0 . 1 ESTIMATED          EXPEND1TURE
b . 1.I    ESTIMATED          REVENUE
*.>•. 2 METHOD OF CALCULATION:
        Expenditure for the processing ol tomatoes lor tin: 1993/94 marketing yoai is estimated at ECU 383.8
        mill ion (A).
        Given tli.it t ho t net ••.•:;•• in .ixl is .''*. ot th.il sum, tin- cost ol the m.-.ism .• 1:4:
        ECU 3S3.3 million (A) x /'*> x MO* x !./»/ ( DT )                                            ECU 1. . H million
6.0 CAW THE PROJECT BE FINANCED FROM APPROPRIATIONS ENTERED IN THE RELEVANT CHAPTER OF THE CURRENT BUDGET?
                                                                                                                                                                                        YES
6.1 CAN THE PROJECT BE FINANCED BY TRANSFER BETWEEN CHAPTERS OF THE CURRENT BUDGET?
                                                                                                                                                                                        YES
6.2 IS A SUPPLEMENTARY BUDGET NECESSARY?
6.3 WILL FUTURE BUDGET APPROPRIATIONS BE NECESSARY?
                                                                                                                                                                                        YES
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