CELEX: 51989PC0660(52)
Language: en
Date: 1990-01-11
Title: PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) ON THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE COMMUNITY MARKET FOR APPLES

No C 49/82                                 Official Journal of the European Communities                                     28. 2. 90
                                                            Proposal for a
                                            COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No . . .
                                                                of . . .
                                    on the improvement of the Community market for apples
                                                            (90/C 49/52)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                                                          Article 2
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                   1.    The premium shall be granted subject to a written
 Economic Community, and in particular Article 43                        undertaking by the recipient:
 thereof,                                                                (a) to grub up or have grubbed up the whole of his apple
                                                                             orchard at one time before 1 April of a given year,
 Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
                                                                         (b) to refrain from planting any apple trees other than
 Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament,                    cider-apple trees.
                                                                         2.    For the purposes of this Regulation, 'apple orchard'
 Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social
                                                                        means all parcels on the holding under apple trees less than
 Committee,
                                                                         15 years old with a density of more than 400 trees per
                                                                        hectare.
Whereas a feature of the Community market for apples is
 imbalance between supply and demand; whereas this
 situation is causing in particular a fall in prices and major                                    Article 3
 withdrawals;
                                                                        The premium shall be fixed taking account in particular of
Whereas market stabilization measures alone are not capable             grubbing-up costs and the loss of income suffered by
 of remedying this imbalance; whereas specific measures                 producers carrying out grubbing-up operations. That
 should be taken to adapt production potential to present and           amount may vary by production region.
 foreseeable outlets for Community production;
                                                                                                  Article 4
Whereas that objective may be achieved by introducing
grubbing-up premiums for a period of three years for                    The Member States shall check whether recipients of the
producers who undertake to abandon production of apples                 premium have fulfilled the undertakings laid down in
other than cider apples; whereas, in order to ensure that this          Article 2. They shall take any further measures in particular
grubbing-up measure is effective, only producers with the               to ensure compliance with the provisions of the premium
most productive orchards should qualify for the premium on              scheme. They shall inform the Commission of the measures
condition that they undertake in writing not to replant apple           taken.
trees;
                                                                                                  Article 5
Whereas the premium, to be paid once only, will be
determined taking account of both the cost of grubbing-up               The measures provided for in this Regulation shall be deemed
and the loss of income;                                                 intervention intended to stabilize the agricultural markets
                                                                        within the meaning of Article 3 of Council Regulation (EEC)
Whereas the aim of the grubbing-up premium is to achieve                No 729/70 0). They shall be financed by the EAGGF
the objectives laid down in Article 39 of the Treaty; whereas           Guarantee Section.
provision should be made for the measure to be financed in
full by the Guarantee Section of the European Agricultural
Guidance and Guarantee Fund,                                                                      Article 6
                                                                        The premium shall be determined and the detailed rules for
                                                                        the application of this Regulation shall be adopted in
                                                                        accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 33 of
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
                                                                        Council Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 (2).
                           Article 1                                                              Article 7
                                                                        This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
During the 1990/91, 1991/92 and 1992/93 marketing
                                                                        following its publication in the Official Journal of the
years, apple producers in the Community shall qualify, on
                                                                       European Communities.
application and under the conditions laid down below, for a
premium, to be paid once only, for the grubbing-up of apple             H OJ No L 94, 28. 4. 1970, p. 13.
trees other than cider-apple trees.                                     (2) OJNoL 118,20. 5. 1972, p. 1.
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          This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
          States.
          Done at Brussels, . . .
                                                                            For the Council