CELEX: 51979PC0482
Language: en
Date: 1979-09-05
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) on the transfer to the Italian intervention agency of common wheat held by the German intervention agency and on the conditions for bringing such wheat back onto the market (submitted to the Council by the Commission)

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 ---pagebreak--- COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
                                          COM(79 ) 482 final
                                          Brussels , 5 September 1979
                         Proposal for a
                    COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC )
     on the transfer to the Italian intervention agency of
   common wheat held by the German intervention agency and
        on the conditions for bringing such wheat back
                         onto the market
         ( submitted to the Council by the Commission)
 ---pagebreak---                                    EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
At the request of the Italian Government , and on a proposal from the
Commission , the Council of Ministers of Agriculture held at Luxembourg from 18
to 21 June 1979 agreed to the transfer of 200 000 tonnes of wheat from
intervention stocks in other Member States to Italy .
The Commission was instructed to set out the decision and , subsequently , to
adopt detailed provisions by means of the Management Committee procedure .
That is the object of this draft .
The proposal again employs the system adopted for earlier transfers .       Article
2 has been amended on request by Italy (monthly accounts ).
The German Intervention Agency is the only one to hold the quantities
necessary for carrying out the transfer .
With regard to finance , the Council should renew the declaration it made on
the occasion of earlier transfers £ Doc . R. 2187 F 77 ( AGRI 601 ) ( FIN 559 ),
P. 3-7 :
" The Council agrees that , should a cash flow problem arise for the EAGGF under
the system of advances following transfers of intervention products from one
intervention agency to another , particularly towards the end of the financial
year , the appropriate measures will be taken along the lines indicated in the
second sentence of Article 2(2 ) of the Commission Proposal ^" See R/ 562 /77
( AGRI 146 ) ( FIN 109 ) -7 , namely entry of the quantity supplied in the accounts
at intervention price ."
 ---pagebreak---                           COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC )
on the transfer to the Italian intervention agency of common wheat held by
the German intervention agency and on the conditions for bringing such wheat
                                   baok onto the market
THE COUNCIL OP THE EUROPEAN C0MMIT1ITIES ,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community ,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC ) No 2727/75          29 October 1975 on the
common organization of the market in oereals            as last amended by Regulation
(EEC ) No 1547 /79          and in particular Article 7 ( 4) thereof ,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC ) No 729/70 of 21 April 1970 on the
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financing of the coram on agricultural policy        , as last amended by Regulation
(EEC ) No 2788/72        , and in particular Article 3 ( 2 ) thereof ,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC ) No 2738/75 °f 29 October 1975 laying
                                                                      (5)
down general rules for intervention on the market xa cereals              % an(* in parti­
cular Article 4 thereof ,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission }
Whereas the Italian market in common wheat runs the risk of experiencing supply
difficulties j    whereas high market prices have been recorded in that country }
Whereas , in order to deal with this situation , a part of the common wheat of
bread-making qualiij which is still available in intervention in the rest of
the Community should be made available to the Italian intervention agency j
Whereas detailed rules should subsequently be laid down for taking over the product
and for transferring responsibility for it 5
Whereas provisions covering the accounting side of this operation should be aligned
on the arrangements laid down in Council Regulation (EEC ) No 787/69 °f 22 April
1969 on the financing of intervention expenditure in respect of the domestic market
in oereals and in rice            as last amended by Regulation (EEC ) ¥0 354/78
 ( 1 ) OJ No L 281 , 1*11.1975 , p. 1
 ( 2 ) OJ No L 188 , 26 . 7*1979 » P. 1
 ( 3 ) OJ No L 94 » 28 . 4.1970 , p. 13
 ( 4 ) OJ No L 295 » 30« 12.1972 , p. 1                                            V.
 ( 5 ) OJ No L 281 ,  1.11.1975 , ?• 49
 ( 6 ) OJ No L 105 , 2 « 5*1969j P» 4                             I '
 ( 7 ) OJ Ho L 50 , 22. 2.1978 , p . 4
 ---pagebreak--- Whereas such measures imply that the European Agricultural Guidance and
Guarantee Fund, Guarantee Section, should bear the cost of transport ,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
                                    Article 1
1 . The German intervention agency shall hold 200 000 tonnes of common wheat
     of bread-making quality at the disposal of the Italian intervention agency,
     which shall take delivery thereof from 1 October 1979 and shall ensure
     transportation to Italy before the end of the 1979/ 80 marketing year .
     Such product must meet the requirements of Regulation ( EEC ) No 1549 / 79 ( 1 ).
2 . Commission Regulation ( EEC ) No 376 / 70 of 27 February 1970 laying down the
     procedure and conditions for the disposal of cereals held by intervention
     agencies ( 2 ), as last amended by Regulation ( EEC)..No 1687 / 76 ( 3 ), shall
     apply to the resale of the product referred to in paragraph 1 ; the
     reference price shall , however , be substituted for the intervention price .
3 . The delivery and transport operations shall be assigned by tender .          The
     mobilization must be carried out under the most favourable conditions
     of transfer .
4 . Detailed rules for the application of this Regulation, and in particular
     the rules concerning the delivery and transport of the product in question,
     shall be adopted in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 26
     of Regulation ( EEC ) No 2727/ 75 .
                                    Article 2
1 . At the end of each month', the German intervention agency shall enter the
     quantities transferred during that month , as a zero debit , in the account
     referred to in Article 3 ( 1 ) of Regulation ( EEC ) No 787/ 69 .
2 . The Italian intervention agency shall , at the same time, enter the quantities
     delivered to it as a zero credit in the account referred to in paragraph 1 .
3 . The costs of transporting the quantities transferred shall be entered in the
     account referred to in paragraph 1 .
4 . Where necessary, detailed rules for the application of this Article shall be
     adopted in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 13 of Regulation
     ( EEC ) No 729 / 70 .
( 1 ) 0J No L 188, 26 . 7.1979, p. 4
( 2 ) 0J No L 47, 28 . 2.1970, p. 49
( 3 ) 0J No L 190, 14 . 7.1976, p. 1
 ---pagebreak---                                  Article 3
This Regulation shall enter into foroe on the third 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
 ---pagebreak---                 FINANCIAL            STATEMENT
                                                                             Date :   9-7.1979
1 . BUDGET HEADING :        6015                                             APPROBATIONS : 65.8 MEUA
2. TITLE :      Proposed Council Regulation on the transfer to the Italian intervention
                agency of common wheat held by the German intervention agency.
3 . LEGAL BASIS : , Article ^ of Council Regulation No 2727/75
«. AIMS OF PROJE s rppgujgfQj.         ^he Italian intervention agency of 200 000 tonnes of
                          common wheat
 5 . FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS                PERIOD OF 12 MONTHS CURRENT FINANCIAL YEAR  FOLLOWING
                                                                                            4ING FINANCI
                                                                                                 FINANCIAL YEAR
                                                                       (  79 )              j     oQ )
5.0 EXPENDITURE
      - CHARGED TO THE EC BUDGET
        f Huaraia / INTERVENTIONS )                                   7.2 MEUA                14.2 MEUA
      - NATIONAL ADMINISTRATION
      - OTHER
                                                                  See notes
 5.1 RECEIPTS
      - OWN RESOURCES OF THE EC
        ( LEVIES / CUSTOMS DUTIES )
      - NATIONAL
 5.0.1 ESTIMATED EXPENDITURE                   The measu res    should "be completed on 31«7.19°0
 5.1.1 ESTIMATED RECEIPTS
 5.2 METHOD OF CALCULATION
            Transport cost 200 000 t » 72 EUA « 14»4 MEUA
            Difference between receipts from sale in Germany and in Italy
            200 000 t x 150 UA/t x 0.235 ( effect of the dual rate ) ■ 7«0 MEUA
                                                                                        21.4 MEUA
           Half the transport will be undertaken in 1979 *
 6.0 CAN THE PROJECT BE FINANCED FROM APPROBATIONS ENTERED IN THE RELEVANT CHAPTER OF  THE CURRENT BUDGET ?         I
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 OBSERVATIONS :                          .
                       xioxe that the alternative , to export cereals from Germany to non–membe
                       countries , would cost 22 MEUA .