CELEX: 51989PC0054
Language: en
Date: 1989-03-10
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) amending Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 on the common organization of the market in cereals#Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) setting general rules on the production aid for high quality flint maize #Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) fixing the production aid for sowings in the 1988/89 marketing year of certain varieties of high quality flint maize#(presented by the Commission)

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                              Proposal for a
                        COUNCIL REGULATION     ( EEC )
  amending Regulation ( EEC ) No 2727 / 75 on the common organization of
                          the market in cereals
                              Proposal for a
                        COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC )
            setting general rules on the production aid for
                        high quality flint maize
                              Proposal for a
                         COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC )
  fixing the production aid for sowings in the 1988/89 marketing year
                  of certain varieties of high quality
                                flint maize
                      (presented by the Commission)
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                                EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
 Aid for production of flint maize
 The Council agreed as part of the 1988 / 89 package of prices and related
 measures that production aid for high quality flint maize to be turned into
 groats and meal ( grits ) would be introduced in order to help laucn this crop ,
 not at present grown in the Community , in the most suitable areas for its
 cultivation . Where natural conditions permit it is an alternative to ordinary
 maize . It is in increasing demand for milling into grits to be swollen or
 roasted to produce corn flakes and similar foodstuffs .   Ordinary maize cannot
 be satisfactorily used for this purpose .
 It is proposed to make the granting of aid conditional on a guarantee of such
 industrial processing as confirmed by cultivation contract between farmer and
 processor . Encouragement of cultivation will be successful only if          te
 compensation is given for the lower return per hectare compared with normal
 maize . It should amount to 155 ECU / ha of flint maize sown and harvested .
-The Commission proposes to restrict the scheme to certain varieties meeting
 the qualitative and technological requirements of processers . A Regulation
 has been drawn up determining :
     the actual qualities required for the specific use intended .
The scheme should last for the three years needed as a lauching phase for the
 crop and to permit adaptation of varieties to Community weather conditions so
 that they will be productive enough to compete with the maize varieties at
 present grown .
                                                                               г
 ---pagebreak---                                              Proposai
                       for a Council Regulation ( EEC ) No       / 89
                                            of
            amending Regulation ( EEC ) No 2727 / 75 on the common organization
                               of the market in cereals
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community , and
in particular Article 43 thereof ,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ( 1 ),
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament ( 2 ),
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee ( 3 ),;
Whereas high quality flint maize is not grown in the Community ; whereas the
present mechanism of the common organization of the market makes its price
unattractive ; whereas there is substantial demand for these varieties by
producers of swollen or roasted cereal products ; whereas in view of the
existence of these outlets the growing of these varieties should be encouraged
by means of a temporary production aid scheme ;
Whereas such a scheme must engender neither development of production in
excess of actual requirements nor an excessive charge to the Community budget ;
whereas the scheme should therefore be restricted to production in areas
suited to the varieties in question that under the terms of cultivation
contracts is to go for the particular uses for which these varieties are
demanded ;
( 1 ) OJ No L
( 2 ) O.J No L
( 3 ) OJ No L
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HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
                                      Article 1
The following Article is inserted in Regulation ( EEC ) No 2727 / 75 .
                                   " Article 10a
1.  Aid shall be granted for the production of certain varieties of high
    quality flint maize in the most suitable areas of the Community .
2.  The granting of the aid shall be conditional on
       the conclusion of a cultivation contract including an undertaking by
       the purchaser to process the maize into products of combined
       nomenclature subheading 1904 10 10 ,
       the lodging of security against failure to meet the aforesaid
       commitment .
3.  The aid shall be set per hectare of area cultivated .
    The aid shall be gdranted for three years , for the first time for high
    quality flint maize sown during the 1988 /89 marketing year .
4 . The aid rate shall be fixed using the procedure specified in Article 43(2 )
    of the Treaty .
5 . The Council , acting by qualified majority on a proposal from the
    Commission , shall adopt general rules for the application of this Article
    and in particular                                                    4 t*ie
    quality standards to be used for determining for which varieties the aid
    is to be granted .
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6.  Detailed rules for the application of this Article , specifying in
    particular further terms required in cultivation contracts , shall be
    adopted using the procedure set out in Article 26 ."
                                    Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its
publication in the Official Journal of the Euroepan Communities .
It shall apply with effect from 1 September 1988 .
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in
all Member States .
Done at Brussels ,
                                                                5Г
 ---pagebreak---                                         Proposai for CL
                          COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) No      / 89
                                             of
      setting general rules on the production aid for high auality flint maize
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community ,
Having regard to Council Regulation ( EEC ) No 2727 / 75 of 29 October 1975 on the
common organization of the market in cereals ( 1 ), as last amended by
Regulation ( EEC ) No           ( 2 ), and in particular Article 10a(5 ) thereof ,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ,
Whereas Article 10a of Regulation ( EEC ) No 2727 / 75 states that aid is to be
granted for the production in certain areas of the Community of certain
varieties of high quality flint maize ; whereas under these provisions the
quality standards for selection of these varieties should, be determined ;
Whereas the specific utilization of the product requires 15% moisture content
to be obtained by pre-reaping drying ; whereas such natural drying can be
effected only in areas with suitable weather conditions ; whereas the aid
scheme should therefore be restricted to such areas ;
Whereas if the aid scheme is to operate satisfactorily Member States must
ensure that the terms on which aid is granted are respected ; whereas to this
end arrangements should be made for areas sown to be declared and for the
exercise of supervision by the Member States ,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
( 1 ) 0J No L 281 , 1.11.1975 , p. 1 .
( 2 ) 0J No L
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                                      Article 1
The aid provided for in Article 10a of Regulation ( EEC ) No 2727 / 7 5 shall be
granted by Member States for the production of high quality flint maize .      The
requirements set out below must be met .
                                      Article 2
The area sown must be tended in the normal way and following ripening the crop
must be left standing in the field for a period long enough to allow natural
drying to a moisture content not exceeding 15% .
                                      Article 3
1.  For the purposes of this Regulation high quality maize shall be defined as
    the maize varieites entered in a national seed catalogue _ that display the
    following characteristics :
    -  kernel type : horny
    -  kernel tip colour : orange , orange-red , red or dark red
    -  flotation test : a maximum of 15% by weight of the sample floats .
2.  The list of varieties meeting the definition set out in paragraph 1 and
    the suitable areas for the production shall be adopted using the procedure
    set out in Article 26 of Regulation ( EEC ) No 2727 / 75 .
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                                      Article 4
Member States shall introduce the administrative arrangements , including
physical inspection , necessary to ensure that the qualifying requirements for
the aid are met .   These arrangements shall include :
( a ) an obligation to declare areas sown and the certified seed varieties
      used . The declaration shall count as an application for aid provided that
      it is accompanied by the crop contract ,
( b ) systematic field checks on the accuracy of declarations ,
( c ) any other procedures determined where appropriate using the procedure set
      out in Article 26 of Regulation ( EEC ) No 2727 / 75 .
                                      Article 5
The aid to be paid shall be calculated on the area cultivated .
                                      Article 6
Member States shall notify to the Commission the action taken in application
of this Regulation and the areas in respect of which aid has been given .
                                      Article 7
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the
Official Journal of the European Communities .
 It shall apply with effect from 1 September 1988 .
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in
all Member States .
 Done at Brussels ,
                                                                            ?
 ---pagebreak---                                          proposai for CL
                          COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) No       / 89
                                              of
       fixing the production aid for sowings in the 1988 / 89 marketing year of
                     certain varieties of high quality flint maize
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community , and
in particular Article 43 thereof ,
Having regard to Council Regulation ( EEC ) No 2727 / 725 of 29 October 1975 on
the common organization of the market in cereals ( 1 ), as last amended by
Regulation ( EEC ) No       / 88 ( 2 ), and in particular Article 10a(4 ) thereof ,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ( 3 ),
Having regard to the opinion of the Europan Parliament ( 4 ),
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee ( 5 ),
Whereas the purpose of the production aid is to encourage the growing of high
quality flint maize ; whereas the aid must be set at a level that will afford
an expansion of the crop but not to a volume out of proportion with the actual
requiements of the Community market ,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
( 1 ) OJ No L 281 , 1.11.1975 , p. 1 .
(2)   OJ No L
(3)   OJ No L
(4)   OJ No L
(5 )  OJ No L
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 ---pagebreak---                                         Artide 1
The production aid for high quality fling maize provided for in Article 10A of
Regulation ( EEC ) No 2727 / 75 shall be 155 ecu per hectare for maize sown during
the 1988 / 89 marketing year .
                                        Artide 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its
publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities .
It shall apply with effect from 1 September 1988 .
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in
all Member States .
Done at Brussels ,
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 ---pagebreak---         FINANCIAL               S T A T K M E N T
                                                                Date :
l . Budget heading : L029 Cereals :                 Appropriations : 96m ECU
                        other interventions
2 . Title : Draft Council Regulation
            - amending R. ( EEC ) No 2727 / 75 on the common organization of the market in
              in cereals
            - laying down general rules for the production of aid for certain high
              quality varieties of flint maize
            - setting the production aid for certain high quality varieties of flint
              maize
3 . Legal basis : Art . A3 of Treaty
A. Aims of project : Introduction of a production aid for flint maize
                                                                                            m ECU
                                                  period of        current         following
                                                  12 months    financial year    financial year
      Financial implications                                        ( 89 )           ( 90 )
      Expenditure
      - charged to the EC budget                    + 9.6             + 9.6             + 9.6
        ( intervention )
      - own resources of the EC
        ( levies / cus toms duties )
      - national
5.0.1 Estimated expenditure
5.1.1 Estimated receipts
5.2 Method of calculation :
                       50 000 ha x 1 55 ECU / ha = 7,8m ECU ( A ) x 1.133 = 8,8m ECU ( B )
6.0 Can 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 / no
6.2 Is a supplementary budget necessary ?                                              yes / no
6.3 Will future budget appropriations be necessary ?                                   yes / no
Observations : The 1989 budget has an appropriation of 11.3m ECU ( B ) for this aid ,
                 decided on as part of the 1988 / 89 prices package
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                           FICHE P.M.E.
      OBLIGATIONS ADMINISTRATIVES DECOULANT      DE L' APPLICATION DE LA
     LEGISLATION POUR LES ENTREPRISES         /
     AVANTAGES POUR L' ENTREPRISE
     - OUI /MU
    . LESQUELLES     Possibilité de s' approvisionner  en matière première
                     sur le marché communautaire
3.  INCONVENIENTS POUR L' ENTREPRISE
    ( coût supplémentaires ) •
    - Bill / NON
    - CONSEQUENCES       NON
    EFFETS SUR L' EMPLOI         NON    *                          »
   Y A-T-IL EU CONCERTATION PREALABLE AVEC LES PARTENAIRES
   SOCIAUX ?
   -JiWJW/ NON
   - AVIS DES PARTENAIRES SOCIAUX
                 4 '          •
   Y A- T- IL UNE APPROCHE ALTERNATIVE MOINS CONTRAIGNANTE ?
                                                                          1
     NON
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                                                          1 *.