CELEX: 51995PC0592
Language: en
Date: 1995-11-27
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) amending Regulation (EEC) No 2075/92 on the common organisation of the market in raw tobacco, and fixing the guarantee thresholds for leaf tobacco by group of tobacco varieties for the 1996 and 1997 harvests

COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
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                                                 Brussels, 27.11.1995
                                                 COM(95) 592 final
                                                 95/02% (CNS)
                                  Proposal for a
                       COUNCIL REGULATION (EC)
    amending Regulation (EEC) No 2075/92 on the common organisation
     of the market in raw tobacco, and fixing the guarantee thresholds
               for leaf tobacco by group of tobacco varieties
                       for the 1996 and 1997 harvests
                         (presented by the Commission)
 ---pagebreak---  ---pagebreak---                            EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
The Council is requested to adopt this proposal for a Regulation which amends Council
Regulation (EEC) No 2075/92 on the common organisation of the market in raw tobacco and
fixes the guarantee thresholds for leaf tobacco by group of varieties for the 1996 and 1997
harvests.
Fixing the guarantee thresholds for the 1996 and 1997 harvests in advance of the fixing of the
premiums is intended to allow producers to plan their production for those harvests in good
time.
The purpose of amending Regulation (EEC) No 2075/92 is to allow Member States to transfer
their guarantee threshold quantities from one group of varieties to other groups of varieties
without financial consequences.
This measure introduces a degree of flexibility into the administration of guarantee thresholds,
and this may prove vital given the unpredictability of trends in market conditions.
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 ---pagebreak---                                             Proposal for a
                            COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No
                                           of
           amending Regulation (EEC) No 2075/92 on the common organisation
             of the market in raw tobacco, and fixing the guarantee thresholds
                           for leaf tobacco by group of tobacco varieties
                                   for the 1996 and 1997 harvests
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Articles 42
and 43 thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2075/92 of 30 June 1992 on the common
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organisation of the market in raw tobacco , as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 711/95 , and
in particular the second paragraph of Article 8 and Article 9(2) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ,
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament,
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee5,
Whereas the second paragraph of Article 8 and Article 9(2) of Regulation (EEC) No 2075/92
provide for the annual allocation among producer Member States of guarantee thresholds for
each group of varieties; whereas the level of those thresholds should be fixed for the 1996 and
 1997 harvests taking particular account of market conditions and socio-economic and agronomic
conditions in the production areas concerned; whereas fixing should be effected in good time
in order to allow producers to plan their production for the above harvests;
            OJNo L215, 30.7.1992, p. 70.
            O J N o L 7 3 , 1.4.1995, p. 13.
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 ---pagebreak--- Whereas, for certain groups of varieties, guarantee threshold quantities may remain available
after allocation in accordance with Article 9(3) of Regulation (EEC) No 2075/92 is completed;
whereas, on the other hand, guarantee threshold quantities for other groups of varieties may not
be sufficient to cover market demand; whereas, therefore, provision should be made for Member
States to transfer quantities from the guarantee threshold for one group of varieties to other
groups of varieties, while ensuring that an increase in the guarantee threshold for one group of
varieties as a result of the transfer does not generate additional expenditure for the European
Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund (EAGGF); whereas Regulation (EEC) No 2075/92
should therefore be amended,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
                                               Article
For the 1996 and 1997 harvests, the guarantee thresholds referred to in Articles 8 and 9 of
Regulation (EEC) No 2075/92 by group of varieties and by Member State shall be those fixed
in the Annex hereto.
                                               Article 2
Article 9 of Regulation (EEC) No 2075/92 is hereby amended as follows:
 1.      The first sentence of paragraph 3 is replaced by the following:
         "3.     On the basis of the quantities fixed pursuant to paragraph 2 and without prejudice
                 to the application of paragraphs 4 and 5, Member States shall distribute
                 production quotas to producers in proportion to the average quantities delivered
                 for processing during the three years preceding the year of the last harvest,
                 broken down by group of varieties."
 ---pagebreak--- 2.    The following paragraph is added:
      "5.     Before the deadline laid down for the conclusion of cultivation contracts Member
              States shall be authorised to transfer guarantee threshold quantities remaining
              available after the distribution of quotas in accordance with paragraph 3 above to
              another group of varieties.
              Without prejudice to the application of paragraph 3 above, a reduction of one
              tonne in the threshold quantity for one group of varieties shall give rise to an
              increase of one tonne in the other group of varieties.
              Transfers of guarantee threshold quantities from one group of varieties to another
              shall not give rise to additional expenditure for the EAGGF.
               Detailed rules for the application of this Title shall be adopted in accordance with
              the procedure laid down in Article 23. They shall include the definition of the
              quantities referred to in subparagraph 1."
                                             Article 3
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of 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                                                                        For the Council
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 ---pagebreak---                                              ANNEX
                             GUARANTEE THRESHOLDS FOR 1996
              I          11          III        IV      V                 Other
            Flue-   Light air-   Dark air-    Fire-   Sun-                                      Total
           cured      cured        cured     cured    cured       VI        VII       VIII
                                                                Basmas   Katerini  K. Koulak
Italy    48 000    46 500       17 400     6 900    14 000                                   132 800
Greece   30 700    12 400                           15 700    26 100     22 250   19 550     126 700
Spain    29 000      2 470      10 800        30                                              42 300
Portugal   5 500     1 200                                                                      6 700
France     8 430     7 000      12 170                                                        27 600
Germany    3 000     4 500       4 500                                                         12 000
Belgium                200        1 700                                                         1 900
Austria         30     470          100                                                           600
         124 660   74 740       46 670     6 930    29 700    26 100     22 250   19 550     350 600
                             GUARANTEE THRESHOLDS FOR 1997
              I           II         III       IV       V                  Other
            Flue-    Light-air   Dark air-   Fire-  Sun-cured                                   Total
            cured      cured       cured     cured                 VI       VII       VIII
                                                                 Basnias Katerini  K.Koulak
 Italy   48 000    46 500        17 400    6 900    14 000                                   132 800
Greece   30 700     12 400                          15 700     26 100    22 250   19 550     126 700
Spain    29 000      2 470       10 800       30                                              42 300
Portugal   5 500      1 200                                                                      6 700
France     8 430     7 000       12 170                                                        27 600
Germany    3 000     4 500         4 500                                                       12 000
 Belgium                200        1 700                                                         1 900
 Austria        30      470          100                                                           600
          124 660   74 740       46 670    6 930    29 700     26 100     22 250  19 550     350 600
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 ---pagebreak---        FINANCIAL STATEMENT                                                            DATErCaaÛfcïI^
       BUDGET HEADING: 171 and 175                                                    APPROPRIATIONS:
                                                                                      ECU I 040 i 9 m
       TITLE:
       Proposal for a Council Regulation amending Council Regulation (EEC) No 2075/92 on the common organization of the
       market in raw tobacco and fixing the guarantee thresholds for leaf tobacco by group of tobacco varieties for the 1996
       and 1997 harvests
       LEGAL BASIS: Articles 42 and 43 of the Treaty
       AIMS OF PROJECT:
       To fix the guarantee thresholds for the 1996 and 1997 harvests
       FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS                                PERIOD OF 12               CURRENT              FOLLOWING
                                                                MONTHS                 FINANCIAL              FINANCIAL
                                                                                          YEAR                   YEAR
                                                                                            (96)                   (97)
                                                                million ecu             million ecu            million ecu
5.0.    EXPENDITURE
       - CHARGED TO THE EC BUDGET
          (REFUNDS/INTERVENTION)                                  I 005.7                    60                      006
       - NATIONAL ADMINISTRATION
          OTHER
5.1.    REVENUE
       - OWN RESOURCES OF THE EC
          (LEVIES/CUSTOMS DUTIES)
        - NATIONAL
                                                                1998              1999              2000              2001
5.0.1.  ESTIMATED EXPENDITURE                                ECU 945m
5.1.1.  ESTIMATED REVENUE
5.2.    METHOD OF CALCULATION:
        See Annex
6.0.    CAN THE PROJECT BE FINANCED FROM APPROPRIATIONS ENTERED IN THE RELEVANT
        CHAPTER OF THE CURRENT BUDGET?                                                                              YES/NO
6.1.    CAN THE PROJECT BE FINANCED BY TRANSFER BETWEEN CHAPTERS OF THE CURRENT
         BUDGET?                                                                                                    YES/NO
6.2.     IS A SUPPLEMENTARY BUDGET NECESSARY?                                                                       YES/NO
 6.3.    WILL FUTURE BUDGET APPROPRIATIONS BE NECESSARY?                                                            YES/NO
 OBSERVATIONS:        The calculation is based on the premiums in force for the 1995 harvest.
                      Around ECU 9m annually will go to the Research Fund.
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