CELEX: 51989PC0660(51)
Language: en
Date: 1990-01-11
Title: PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) AMENDING REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1035/77 LAYING DOWN SPECIAL MEASURES TO ENCOURAGE THE MARKETING OF PRODUCTS PROCESSED FROM LEMONS AND AMENDING THE RULES FOR APPLYING THE INTERVENTION THRESHOLD FOR LEMONS

No C 49/80                                Official Journal of the European Communities                                        28. 2. 90
                                                             Proposal for a
                                             COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No . . .
                                                                 of . . .
                      amending Regulation (EEC) No 1035/77 laying down special measures to encourage the
                      marketing of products processed from lemons and amending the rules for applying the
                                                   intervention threshold for lemons
                                                             (90/C 49/51)
  THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                               Whereas, in order to ensure that the intervention threshold
                                                                         for lemons is effective, the rules for applying that threshold
  Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                  should be amended to take account of quantities delivered for
  Economic Community, and in particular Article 43                       processing as a result of the amendments introduced by this
  thereof,                                                               Regulation in the system of aid for the processing of
                                                                         lemons,
 Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and Portugal,
  and in particular Articles 89 (2) and 234 (3) thereof,
                                                                         HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
 Having regard to the proposal from the Commission
 Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament,                                           Article 1
                                                                         Article 1 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/77 is hereby
 Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social                 replaced by the following:
 Committee,
                                                                             '3.    A minimum price to be paid to producers by
                                                                            processors for deliveries under contracts shall be fixed.
 Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 1035/77 (»), as last                    That minimum price shall be fixed before the start of each
 amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1124/89 ( 2 ), lays down                     marketing year. It shall be equal to:
 special measures to encourage the marketing of products
 processed from lemons by means of contracts ensuring                       — 120% of the average withdrawal price calculated in
 regular supplies to the processing industries at a minimum                      accordance with the first indent of Article 18 (1) (a) of
 price to be paid to the producer for the raw materials;                         Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 for the 1990/91
                                                                                 marketing year,                                  \ ^
 Whereas the minimum price is calculated on the basis of the                — 105 % of the average withdrawal price calculated in
 buying-in price for quality class II plus 5 % of the basic                      accordance with abovementioned Article 18, from the
 price;                                                                          1991/1992 marketing year.'
 Whereas, pursuant to Articles 16 (4), 18 (1) and 19 (1)
 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 of 18 May 1972                                              Article 2
 on the common organization of the market in fruit
 and vegetables ( 3 ), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)               Quantities of lemons delivered for processing under
 No . . . (4), the withdrawal price for lemons is that of the            Regulation (EEC) No 1035/77 shall be added to the
 product in bulk in a means of transport, mixed sizings;                quantities bought in for the purposes of assessing the overrun
 whereas the minimum price applying for a marketing year                in the intervention threshold fixed for that product pursuant
 should be calculated on the basis of the average withdrawal            to Article 16b of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72. To that
price for that marketing year;                                          end, the threshold shall be increased by a quantity equal to
                                                                        the average quantities of lemons delivered for processing
                                                                        during the 1984/85 to 1988/89 marketing years and paid
Whereas, in order to encourage producers to deliver their               for at a price at least equal to the minimum price.
products for processing rather than withdrawal, the
minimum price should be fixed at 105% of the average
withdrawal price; whereas, however, that adjustment should
be made progressively during the two forthcoming marketing                                          Article 3
years;
                                                                        This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
(')  OJ No L 125, 19. 5. 1977, p. 3.                                    following its publication in the Official Journal of the
(2)  OJ No L 118, 29. 4. 1989, p. 28.                                   European Communities.
(3)  OJNol 118,20. 5. 1972, p. 1.
(4)  See page . . of this Official Journal.                             It shall apply from the 1990/91 marketing year.
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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