CELEX: 51997PC0529
Language: en
Date: 1997-10-22
Title: Proposal for a Council Regulation (EC) amending Regulation (EEC) No 2075/92 on the common organization of the market in raw tobacco

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51997PC0529

Proposal for a Council Regulation (EC) amending Regulation (EEC) No 2075/92 on the common organization of the market in raw tobacco  /* COM/97/0529 final - CNS 97/0286 */  

Official Journal C 350 , 19/11/1997 P. 0025

Proposal for a Council Regulation (EC) amending Regulation (EEC) No 2075/92 on the common organization of the market in raw tobacco (97/C 350/04) COM(97) 529 final - 97/0286(CNS) (Submitted by the Commission on 24 October 1997)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 the proposal from the Commission,Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament,Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee,Whereas Article 26 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2075/92 of 30 June 1992 on the common organization of the market in raw tobacco (1) requires the Commission to submit proposals on the premium and quota arrangements to be used in the organization of this market;Whereas because of the time needed for the required procedures it is impossible to implement from the 1998 harvest the reform envisaged by the Commission in its report to the Council and Parliament (2);Whereas the market organization arrangements in force since the 1993 crop should apply up to the 1998 crop so that a reform in depth can apply from the 1999 crop,HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:Article 1 Regulation (EEC) No 2075/92 is hereby amended as follows:1. Article 3 (1) is replaced by:'1. A premium scheme shall apply to tobacco of the 1993 to 1998 crops. Within each variety group the premium rate shall be the same for all varieties`.2. Article 9 (1) is replaced by:'1. To ensure observance of the guarantee thresholds, production quotas shall be imposed for the 1993 to 1998 crops`.Article 2 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.(1) OJ L 215, 30. 7. 1992, p. 70.(2) COM(96) 554 final.