CELEX: 51979PC0365
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Date: 1979-07-06
Title: PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL REGULATION AMENDING REGULATION (EEC) N° 273/72 LAYING DOWN GENERAL RULES FOR THE FINANCING OF INTERVENTION EXPENDITURE IN RESPECT OF THE INTERNAL MARKET IN FRUIT AND VEGETABLES (submitted to the Council by the Commission)

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                                           COM ( 79 ) 365 final
                                           Brussels , 6th July 1979
                       PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL REGULATION
                      AMENDING REGULATION ( EEC ) N° 273 / 72
                 LAYING DOWN GENERAL RULES FOR THE FINANCING
                   OF INTERVENTION EXPENDITURE IN RESPECT OF
                THE INTERNAL MARKET IN FRUIT AND VEGETABLES
                 ( submitted to the Council by the Commission )
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 ---pagebreak---                      EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
The basic Regulation for the fruit and vegetables sector , ( EEC ) No 1035/ 72,
provides in Article 21 , inter alia , for free distribution to certain
categories of consumers , of products withdrawn from the market by producer
organizations or bought in by Intervention agencies , by way of their
disposal . Council Regulation ( EEC ) No 273 /72 on the financing of this
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sector , provides for flat-rate finance from the Guarantee section of the
EA66F for the cost of the transport involved in such distribution . These
amounts were fixed at the beginning of 1972 and have . not been altered
since . It is necessary to adapt these amounts in view of the increased
cost of transport .
 ---pagebreak---                             Proposal for a
                 COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC )
      amending Regulation ( EEC ) No 273 /72 laying down general rules for
      the financing of intervention expenditure in respect of the internal
                            market in fruit and vegetables
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation ( EEC ) No 729 /70 of 21 April 1970 on
the financing of the common agricultural policy ( 1 ), as last amended by
Regulation ( EEC ) No 929 / 79 ( 2 ), and in particular Article 3(2 ) thereof .
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ,
Whereas Article 2 of Council Regulation ( EEC ) No 273 /72 ( 3 ) fixes on a
flat-rate basis the transport costs to be financed by the Guarantee section
of the EAGGF for the free distribution of fruit and vegetables withdrawn
from the market by producer organizations or brought ia by intervention
agencies ; whereas these costs were fixed in 1972 and they should be adapted
to take account of the subsequent evolution of transport costs ,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
                                     Article 1
Article 2(A ), ( b ) of Regulation ( EEC ) No 273/ 72 is hereby
amended to read as follows :
b ) The total cost of the free distribution of fresh or processed products ,
    determined as shown below on the basis of the distance between the place
    of warehousing and the distribution point ;
    - distance less than 25 kg : 0.77 ECU / 100 kg gross ,
    - distance not less than 25 km but less than 200 km : 1.56 ECU / 100 kg
      gross ,
    - distance not less than 200 km but less than 350 km : 2.14 ECU / 100 kg
      gross ,
    - distance not less than 350 km : 3.50 ECU / 100 kg gross ,
    this rate being increased by 0.36 ECU / 100 kg gross in the case of trans­
    port by refrigerated wagon or other refrigerated vehicle ;
 ---pagebreak---                               - 2 -
                            Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following
     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 .
Done at
                                                    For the Counci l
( 1 ) OJ No L 94 , 28 Apri l 1970 , p. 13
( 2 ) OJ No L 117, 12 May 1979, p. 4
( 3 ) 0J No L 35 , 9 February 1972 , p. 3
 ---pagebreak---                   FINANCIAL                    STATEMENT
                                                                                     0ate : 20 . June 1979
1 . BUDGET HEADING :
                                                                                     APPROBATIONS :     4.4 M EUA
2. TITLE : Proposal for a Regulation amending Regulation ( EEC ) 273 /72 on the
                financing of intervention expenditure in respect of fruit and vegetables
3 LEGAL BASIS :          Regulation ( EEC ) 729 / 70 Art 3 ( 2 )
4 . AIMS OF PROJECT         to bring up to date the flat-rate amounts for financing
                            expenditure in connection with the distribution free of charge
                            of fruit and vegetables withdrawn from the market or bought in
                            by Intervention agencies .
5 . FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS                         PERIOD OF 12 MONTHS  CURRENT FINANCIAL YEAR   FOLLOWING FINANCIAL YEAR
                                                                               1 1979 )                t_JL9&LLJ
 5.0 EXPENDITURE
      - CHARGED TO THE EC BUDGET
        XX5fX*aî / I NTERVENTI0NS '                  + 11,000 EUA         + 11,000 EUA             + 11,000 EUA
      - xxoot
 5.1  RECEIPTS
      - OWN RESOURCES OF THE EC
         ( LEVIES / CUSTOMS DUTIES )
      - NATIONAL
                                                         1980            1981             1982
 5.0.1 ESTIMATED EXPENDITURE
                                                     + 11,000          + 11,000        + 11,000
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                                     njL At-» iuub
 5.2 METHOD OF CALCULATION
            In the course of the last three years the expenditure in this heading
            has amounted on average to 15,000 EUA . By increasing by 75 % the current
            flat rates , which have been in force since 1972 , the result should be
            an increase in expenditure of 11,000 EUA .
 6.0 CAN THE PROJECT BE FINANCED FROM APPROBATIONS ENTERED IN THE RELEVANT CHAPTER OF THE CURRENT BUDGET ?
                                                                                                                     YES / KV
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  6.3 WILL FUTURE BUDGET APPROBATIONS BE NECESSARY ?
                                                                                                                     YES / KX
  OBSERVATIONS     2