CELEX: 51982PC0526
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Date: 1982-09-09
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) amending Regulation (EEC) No 2194/81 laying down the general rules for the system of production aid for dried figs and dried grapes (submitted to the Council by the Commission)

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                                              COM ( 82 ) 526 final
                                              Brussels , 9 September 1982
                                  Proposal tor a
                             COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC )
             amending Regulation ( EEC ) No 2194 / 81 laying down the
              general rules for the system of production aid for
                            dried figs and dried grapes
                  ( submitted to the Council by the Commission )
  C0M(82 ) 526 final
 ---pagebreak---                               EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
Regulation ( EEC ) No 2194/81 provided that the production aid would not he
granted to processors who had not refrained from processing into currants for
the market at least 15^ of the ourrant grapes covered by their purchase
contracts .  The purpose of this provision is to guarantee the       quality of
the finished product .
Experience in the present marketing year has shown that in order to guarantee
      quality standards for sultanas an analogous requirement must       be
imposed on processors .   The purpose of this Regulation is to require producers
to refrain from processing into sultanas for the market at least 6% of the
sultana grapes they purchase .
 ---pagebreak---                                  PROPOSAL FOR A
                          COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC )
            amending Regulation ( EEC ) No 2194 / 81 laying down the
             general rules for the system of production aid for
                           dried figs and dried grapes
 THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community ,
 Having regard to Council Regulation ( EEC ) No 516/77 of 14 March 1977 on the
 common organization of the market in products processed from fruit and
vegetables ( l ), as last amended by Regulation ( EEC ) No 1118/81 ( 2 ), and in
particular the second paragraph of Article 3d          thereof ,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ,
Whereas Article 9 of Council Regulation ( EEC ) No 2194/81 ( 3 ) provides that the
production aid is to be granted to processors           of currants who have not
 processed into currants for the market at least 15$ of the quantities
covered by the contract ; whereas the purpose of this provision is to guarantee
     the   quality of the finished product ;
Whereas experience has shown that an analogous requirement , based on the
specific qualities of sultanas , should be imposed in order to guarantee the
quality of this product also ,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
                                        Article 1
Article 9 of Regulation ( EEC ) No 2194 /81 is hereby replaced by the following :
" Article 9
1 . Production aid shall be granted to processors who have concluded contracts
     meeting the requirements of Articles 2 and 6 and have not processed into
     currants for the market at least 15$ of the currant grapes covered by their
     contracts and into sultanas for the market at least 8% of the sultana
     grapes covered by their contracts .
( 1 ) OJ No L 73 , 21 . 3.1977 , p. 1
( 2 ) OJ No L 118 , 30 . 4.1981 , p. 10
( 3 ) OJ No L 214 , 1 . 8.1981 , p. 1
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2 . Aid shall be paid , on application, to the interested parties as soon as the
    body designated by the Member State in which the processing is carried out
    has established that :
    - the processor has for the quantities shown in the contract paid the
      grower or the storage agency      at least the minimum price for the
      qualities actually delivered or has paid the storage agency the price
      shown in a contract concluded as a result of a tendering procedure or
      at prices fixed in advance ,
       the
    - / product under contract has been processed or disposed of for other uses
      in accordance with the requirements of paragraph 1
    - the processed products comply with quality standards to be determined .
3 . Aid shall be paid only for those quantities of dried grapes covered by
    contracts which have been processed into dried grapes for the market ."
                                     Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force      on the day of its
publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities .
It shall    apply        from 1 September 1982 .
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in
all Member States .
Done at Brussels ,
 ---pagebreak---                  FINANCIAL               STATEMENT
                                                                              Date
                                                                                          8 July 1982
1 . BUDGET HEADING :        item 1512                                         APPROBIATIONS : 1 982    133 m ECU
                            Regulation amending Regulation ( EEC ) No 219^ /Sl oil the system
2. TITLE .           prod.uc-tion aid for dried figs and dried grapes
3. LEGAL BASIS :          516 /77
4 . AIMS OF PROJECT :
                               Improvement of the quality of sultanas
5 . FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS                  PERIOD OF 12 MONTHS CURRENT FINANCIAL YEAR   FOLLOWING FINANCIAL YEAR
                                                                                               i         2
5.0 EXPENDITURE
     - CHARGED TO THE EC BUDGET
        ( REFUNDS / INTERVENTIONS )            token entry       token entry                 token entry
     - NATIONAL ADMINISTRATION
     - OTHER
5.1 RECEIPTS
     - OWN RESOURCES OF THE EC
        ( LEVIES / CUSTOMS DUTIES )
     - NATIONAL
5.0.1 ESTIMATED EXPENDITURE
5.1.1 ESTIMATED RECEIPTS
5.2 METHOD OF CALCULATION
                                    This measure has no financial impact .              Its sole
                                    purpose is to improve product quality
6.0 CAN THE PROJECT BE FINANCED FROM APPROBATIONS 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 BUOGET BE NECESSARY ?
                                                                                                             YES / NO
6.3 WILL FUTURE BUDGET APPROBATIONS BE NECESSARY ?
                                                                                                             YES / NO
OBSERVATIONS :