CELEX: 51990PC0407(16)
Language: en
Date: 1990-10-04
Title: PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) INTRODUCING TRANSITIONAL MEASURES GOVERNING THE COMMON ORGANIZATION OF THE MARKET IN CEREALS AND RICE IN PORTUGAL

No C 297/28                                Official Journal of the European Communities                                      27. 11. 90
                                                             Proposal for a
                                             COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No . . .
                                                                 of . . .
                      laying down transitional measures governing the common organization of the market in
                                                      cereals and rice in Portugal
                                                             (90/C 297/16)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                                  aid, alignment cannot be achieved in one single operation;
                                                                          whereas a price higher than the common price must
                                                                          therefore be set in respect of this product and its alignment
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                     on the common price must be programmed over several
 Economic Community,                                                      marketing years;
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and
Portugal, and in particular Article 234 (3) thereof,                      Whereas, in the case of rice, a product in respect of which
                                                                          the difference between Portuguese prices and the
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,                        Community price does not warrant the provision of aid, a
                                                                         price based on that applicable in Portugal at the end of
                                                                          the first stage should be applied at the beginning of the
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parlament,                   second stage and this price subsequently aligned on the
                                                                          Community price;
Whereas the price policy followed by the Community since
accession and in particular the system of stabilizers makes
impossible the process provided for in Article 285 of the
                                                                          Whereas, in the case of both common wheat and rice, the
Act of Accession as regards alignment of cereals prices in
                                                                          Community's recent policy makes it unlikely that alignment
Portugal on the Community price; whereas the European
                                                                         can be achieved via an increase in common prices as
Council in February 1988 recognized that the recent
                                                                          stipulated in Article 285 of the Act of Accession; whereas
adjustments to the common agricultural policy create
                                                                          the method and timing of future alignments should
difficulties which were not foreseen and which necessitate
                                                                         therefore be determined, with particular reference to the
an amplification of the transitional arrangements,
                                                                          difference between the prices of such products and the
particularly as regards aid and timetables;
                                                                         common prices;
Whereas providing aid which is temporary and reduced in
phases, the initial amount of which is determined on the
basis of the income guaranteed to Portuguese producers at                Whereas, as regards the phased reduction of aid, a system
the end of the first stage, would make it possible to reduce              should be introduced enabling account to be taken of
feed-grain prices in Portugal to the level of Community                  variations in the buying-in price from one marketing year
prices and thereby facilitate the integration of the                     to the next and, in particular, of reductions due to the
Portuguese market into the common organization of the                     stabilizers; whereas this phased reduction should also be
markets;                                                                  spread over a sufficiently long period and aligned on that
                                                                          envisaged for the alignment of common wheat prices;
Whereas, in the case of durum wheat,, the same result can
be achieved by granting to Portuguese producers the total
aid provided for in Council Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75                  Whereas, with regard to the provision of aid, the length of
of 29 October 1975 on the common organization of the                      the marketing year should be fixed with reference to the
market in cereals (*), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)               time of the harvest in Portugal;
No 1340/90 ( 2 ), which, under Article 323 of the Act of
Accession, was to be progressively introduced as from the
beginning of the second stage;
                                                                          Whereas the Community's interest in a rapid integration of
                                                                          the Portuguese cereals market into the common
Whereas, in the case of common wheat, the difference                      organization of the market justifies a partial financing of
between the price applicable in Portugal and the                          the aid by the EAGGF, Guarantee Section, the remainder
Community price is such that, in spite of the provision of                being financed by Portugal;
(!) O J N o L 2 8 1 , 1. 11. 1975, p. 1.                                  Whereas the application of common prices for the majority
(2) OJ No L 134, 28. 5. 1990, p. 1.                                       of cereals makes it appropriate to apply to Portuguese
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 producers the supplementary co-responsibility           levy       3. The intervention price for paddy rice shall be:
 applicable to the other Member States;
                                                                   — fixed at ECU 344,57 per tonne for the period 1 January
                                                                        1991 to the beginning of the 1991/92 marketing
                                                                        year,
 Whereas in order to ease the transition from the
 intervention system existing in Portugal prior to the             — aligned on the common price at the beginning of each
 beginning of the second stage to the system based on the              marketing year from 1991/92 to 1994/95, successively
 common organization of markets, it is appropriate that, for           by 1/5, 1/4, 1/3 and 1/2 of the difference between
 the marketing year 1991/92, intervention in Portugal                  these two prices.
 should take place from the beginning of the marketing year
 and that triticale, an important cereal in the context of
 Portuguese agriculture, should be eligible for intervention                     II. Aid for Portuguese producers
 over a three-year period;
                                                                                             Article 3
 Whereas, in view of the problems of the processing
 industry in Portugal, 10 years is an appropriate period for       1. Up to the end of the 1999/2000 marketing year, aid
 the progressive abolition of the measures intended to             shall be granted to producers of common wheat, maize,
 ensure the protection of that industry as referred to in          barley, rye, triticale and grain sorghum, as referred to in
 Article 286 (3) of the Act of Accession,                          Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75, and placed on
                                                                   the market by the producer or sold by the producer to an
                                                                   intervention agency in accordance with Articles 7 and 8 of
                                                                   that Regulation.
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:                                       2. Up to the end of the 1991/92 marketing year, the
                                                                   amount of aid for cereals shall be as follows:
                                                                  — common wheat                        ECU 70,74 per tonne,
                           Article 1                              — maize                               ECU 60,00 per tonne,
                                                                  — barley, triticale and rye           ECU 77,49 per tonne,
This Regulation lays down the special transitional
arrangements applicable in Portugal in respect of the             — grain sorghum                       ECU 51,77 per tonne.
common organization of the markets in cereals and rice.
                                                                  3. In subsequent marketing years, the aid shall be fixed by
                                                                  the Council, acting by a qualified majority on a proposal
                                                                  from the Commission, on the basis of the difference
                                                                  between:
                        I. Price system
                                                                  — the amount resulting from the sum of the buying-in
                                                                       price and the aid applicable in Portugal during the
                                                                       previous marketing year, and
                           Article 2                              — the buying-in price applicable in Portugal during the
                                                                       marketing year in question.
1. As from 1 January 1991, the common prices shall
apply in Portugal to all the cereals referred to in               This difference shall, for each marketing year, be reduced
Article 1 (a) and (b) of Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75,             respectively by 1/9, 1/8, 1/7, 1/6, 1/5, 1/4, 1/3 and
with the exception of common wheat.                               1/2.
2. Without prejudice to Article 4b (3) of Regulation                                         Article 4
(EEC) No 2727/75, the intervention price for common
wheat shall be:                                                   In the context of the provision of the aid referred to in
                                                                  Article 3, 'marketing year' shall mean the period 1 June to
— fixed at ECU 210,80 per tonne for the period 1 January          31 May in the case of common wheat, barley, triticale and
    1991 to the beginning of the 1991/92 marketing                rye.
    year,
                                                                                             Article 5
— fixed in accordance with the rules governing the
    common organization of markets and in such a way as
                                                                  The aid disbursed under this Regulation shall be considered
    not to increase the difference between it and the             as intervention within the meaning of Article 1 (2) of
    common prices for the 1991/92 marketing year,                 Council Regulation (EEC) No 729/70 (*); 65 % of the aid
                                                                  shall be financed by the EAGGF, Guarantee Section.
— aligned on the common price at the beginning of each
    marketing year from 1992/93 to 1999/2000,
    successively by 1/9, 1/8, 1/7, 1/6, 1/5, 1/4, 1/3 and
    1/2 of the difference between these two prices.               0) OJ No L 94, 28. 4. 1970, p. 13.
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                           Article 6                                                           Article 9
As from the 1991/92 marketing year, the aid specified in             The fixed components in respect of products referred to
Article 10 of Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 shall be fully             in Article 286 (3) of the Act of Accession shall be
applicable in Portugal.                                              progressively abolished before 1 January 2000 according to
                                                                     a timetable to be determined.
                     III. Other measures
                                                                                  IV. General and final provisions
                           Article 7
                                                                                              Article 10
By derogation from Article 4b of Regulation (EEC)
No 2121115, the supplementary co-responsibility levy
                                                                     The detailed rules for implementing this Regulation shall
applicable in Portugal shall be the same as for the other
                                                                     be adopted in accordance with the procedure specified in
Member States.
                                                                     Article 26 of Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75.
                           Article 8                                 This procedure shall also be used to adopt the transitional
                                                                     arrangements necessary to facilitate the transition from the
By derogation from        Article 7 of Regulation       (EEC)        system existing in Portugal to that resulting from the
No 2121/15:                                                          application of the common organization of markets, under
                                                                     the terms specified in this Regulation and in particular
(a) during the 1991/92 marketing year, buying in of                  those relating to compensation for any stocks of cereals
    cereals harvested in Portugal may take place in Portugal         affected by a late harvest.
    from 1 July to 30 April;
(b) during the 1991/92 to 1993/94 marketing years,
    triticale harvested in Portugal may be bought in in                                       Article 11
    Portugal, the buying-in price being the price applicable
    to barley.                                                       This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 1991.
                  This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                  States.
                  Done at Brussels, . . .
                                                                                          For the Council