CELEX: 52004PC0665
Language: sl
Date: 2004-10-14
Title: Predlog za sklep Sveta o vzpostavitvi stališča Skupnosti glede podaljšanja Mednarodnega sporazuma o oljčnem olju in namiznih olivah, 1986 (predložena s strani Komisije)

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 ---pagebreak---                 KOMISIJA EVROPSKIH SKUPNOSTI

                                                  Bruselj, 14.10.2004
                                                  KOM(2004) 665 končno

                                                  2004/0236 (ACC)

                                     Predlog za

                                  SKLEP SVETA

     o vzpostavitvi stališča Skupnosti glede podaljšanja Mednarodnega sporazuma
                          o oljčnem olju in namiznih olivah, 1986

                            (predložena s strani Komisije)

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 ---pagebreak---                           OBRAZLOŽITVENI MEMORANDUM

     1.   The International Agreement on Olive Oil and Table Olives of 1986, of which the
          Community is a member, entered into force on 1 July 1986. It was amended in 1993
          and its application prolonged to 1998. It has been extended for further periods until
          31 December 2004, when. it will expire. However, under Article 61 of the
          International Agreement on Olive Oil and Table Olives of 1986 and Article 9 of the
          Protocol amending and extending the Agreement, the International Olive Oil Council
          (IOOC) may decide either to prolong the Agreement for successive periods not
          exceeding two years on each occasion or to put an end to that Agreement.

     2.   The IOOC members are now negotiating a new Agreement. However, it is not yet
          clear if consensus of all current IOOC members on the new text will be achieved
          before expiry of the existing Agreement. On the other hand, there is not yet consensus
          of IOOC members on the adoption of a package of measures proposed by the EC and
          intended to finally solve management problems identified at the Secretariat of this
          organization. A decision in the course of its 91st session to either prolong the
          Agreement for a further period of one year, until 31 December 2005, or to put an end
          to this Agreement will have therefore to take place in December 2004.

     3.   The budgetary implications are as follows:
          The European Community participation share pertaining to the IOOC Administrative
          Budget amounts to 750/1000, i.e. 75 %, which is paid under budget-item 05 06 01.
          The Community share of the IOOC-budget for 2004 as foreseen in the Draft General
          Budget of the European Commission for the financial year 2004 has been estimated at
          € 3 923 000. Starting from the assumption of an increase of a maximum of 4 % for
          the year 2005 the Community share could, at the most, increase to € 4 080 000 for
          that financial year.
          Moreover, the Agreement foresees an obligatory contribution of € 500 000/year to the
          Promotion Fund to be paid under budget line 05 08 05. The European Community
          share is 802.8/1000, i.e. 80.28 % and, therefore, amounts to € 401 400/year. This
          amount is fixed and will stay the same for the years 2004 and 2005.

     4.   The purpose of this proposal is to authorise the Commission on behalf of the
          Community to either vote in favour of the prolongation of the Agreement until
          31 December 2005 if IOOC Members achieve consensus on the need to sufficiently
          improve the functioning of the IOOC Secretariat or to reject further extensions of the
          current Agreement, pending the results of ongoing negotiations on both a new
          Agreement and a package of management measures proposed by the EC. The
          Commission does, however, reserve the right to alter this proposal once these results
          are available.

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 ---pagebreak---                                                            2004/0236 (ACC)

                                              Predlog za

                                            SKLEP SVETA

           o vzpostavitvi stališča Skupnosti glede podaljšanja Mednarodnega sporazuma
                                o oljčnem olju in namiznih olivah, 1986

     SVET EVROPSKE UNIJE JE –

     ob upoštevanju Pogodbe o ustanovitvi Evropske skupnosti in zlasti člena 133, v povezavi z
     drugim pododstavkom člena 300(2) Pogodbe,

     ob upoštevanju predloga Komisije ,

     ob upoštevanju naslednjega:

     (1)    Mednarodni sporazum o oljčnem olju in namiznih olivah, 1986 (v nadaljnjem besedilu
            Sporazum) je Skupnost sklenila s Sklepom Sveta 87/401/EGS1, spremenjenim s
            Sklepom Sveta 93/622/ES leta 19932. Pozneje je bil podaljšan za dodatno obdobje dveh
            let in velja do 31. decembra 2004, razen če se Mednarodni svet za oljčno olje (v
            nadaljnjem besedilu IOOC) odloči za daljše obdobje podaljšanja ali se sklene nov
            sporazum pred tem datumom.

     (2)    Glavni cilji Sporazuma so spodbujati mednarodno sodelovanje na področju
            pridelovanja oljčnega olja in namiznih oliv, spodbujati porabo oljčnih proizvodov v
            tretjih državah in uskladiti kriterije za kakovost oljčnih proizvodov med svojimi člani.
            Zato je podaljšanje Sporazuma ali sklenitev novega sporazuma lahko v interesu
            Skupnosti, če se kot zaključek tekočih pogajanj lahko zagotovi pravilno vodenje
            Sekretariata IOOC.

     (3)    Člani IOOC se trenutno pogajajo o besedilu novega sporazuma, ki bi nadomestil
            obstoječi sporazum in istočasno o sprejetju različnih ukrepov z namenom zagotovitve
            pravilnega delovanja Izvršilnega sekretariata IOOC.

     (4)    Tako pogajanja o novem sporazumu kot tudi ukrepi, usmerjeni v zagotovitev
            pravilnega delovanja Izvršilnega sekretariata, potekajo vzporedno, zato bi lahko nastal
            položaj, v katerem bi bili pripravljeni za sprejetje samo zadnji ukrepi, medtem ko bi se
            pogajanja o novem sporazumu nadaljevala še po izteku veljavnosti sedanjega
            sporazuma.

     (5)    Komisija, ki v IOOC predstavlja Skupnost, bi zato morala biti pooblaščena, da se
            izreče za podaljšanje ali zavrnitev nadaljnjega podaljšanja sedanjega sporazuma –

     1
            UL L 214, 4.8.1987, str. 1.
     2
            UL L 298, 3.12.1993, str. 36.

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 ---pagebreak---      SKLENIL:

                                             Edini člen

     Komisija je glede na izide pogajanj v teku med člani Mednarodnega sveta za oljčno olje,
     ustanovljenega s Sporazumom, pooblaščena, da v imenu Evropske skupnosti izrazi naslednja
     stališča:

     a)      ali je za podaljšanje Sporazuma za obdobje enega leta do 31. decembra 2005, ob
             upoštevanju možnosti izboljšanja organizacije in vodenja Sekretariata,

     b)      ali je proti novemu podaljšanju Sporazuma.

     V Bruslju,

                                               Za Svet
                                               Predsednik

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 ---pagebreak---                                 LEGISLATIVE FINANCIAL STATEMENT

     Policy areas: Agriculture and Rural Development
     Activities: External Relations (05 06 01 – ex B 7-8210) and Policy Strategy and
     Coordination of Policy area "Agriculture" (05 08 05 – ex B 1-3811)

     TITLE OF ACTION: INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENT ON OLIVE OIL AND TABLE OLIVES, 1986
            (05 06 01 –EX B 7-8210); PROMOTION MEASURES (05 08 05 – EX B 1-3811)

     1.        BUDGET LINES + HEADINGS

               05 06 01 (ex B 7-8210):         International Agricultural Agreements
               05 08 05 (ex B 1-3811):         Promotion measures/Direct payment by the European
               Community

     2.        OVERALL FIGURES

     2.1.      Total allocation for action (Part B): € million for commitment

               (a)      2004:
                        € 3.923 (budget-line 05 06 01 –ex B 7-8210)
                        € 0.401 (budget-line 05 08 05 -ex B 1-3811)

               (b)      2005:
                        € 4.320 (budget-line 05 06 01 -ex B 7-8210)
                        € 0.401 (budget-line 05 08 05 -ex B 1-3811)

     2.2.      Period of application

               Calendar year 2005

     2.3.      Overall multi-annual estimate of expenditure

     (a)       Schedule of        commitment          appropriations/payment        appropriations     (financial
               intervention)
                                                                      EUR million (to three decimal places)
                                       2004                          2005                            Total
            Commitments          € 3.923 (05 06 01)            € 4.320 (05 06 01)            € 8.243 (05 06 01)
                                 € 0.401 (05 08 05)            € 0.401 (05 08 05)            € 0.803 (05 08 05)
             Payments            € 3.923 (05 06 01)            € 4.320 (05 06 01)            € 8.243 (05 06 01)
                                 € 0.401 (05 08 05)            € 0.401 (05 08 05)            € 0.803 (05 08 05)

     (b)       Technical and administrative assistance and support expenditure
            Commitments                N/A                           N/A                             N/A
             Payments                  N/A                           N/A                             N/A

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 ---pagebreak---      2.4.      Compatibility with financial programming and financial perspective

               X     Proposal is compatible with existing financial programming.

     3.        BUDGET CHARACTERISTICS (WITH REGARD TO BUDGET-LINE 05 06 01)
                 Type of                     EFTA         Contributions from    Heading in financial
                                 New
               expenditure                contribution    applicant countries      perspective
                                                                                         No 4
              Comp     Diff      NO           NO                 NO
                                                                                   External Relations

               BUDGET CHARACTERISTICS (WITH REGARD TO BUDGET-LINE 05 08 05)

                 Type of                     EFTA        Contributions from     Heading in financial
                                    New
               expenditure                contribution   applicant countries       perspective
                                                                                         No 1a
              Comp   Non-diff       NO        NO                 NO
                                                                                   Agric. Expenditure

     4.        LEGAL BASIS

     Article 133 in conjunction with the second paragraph of Article 300(2) of the Treaty
     establishing the European Community

     5.        DESCRIPTION AND GROUNDS

     5.1.      Need for Community intervention

     5.1.1.    Objectives pursued
     Due to its economic importance in the agricultural sector the Community should be
     represented in international agricultural organisations. Being a member of the International
     Olive Oil Council, in particular, enables the Community to pursue the developments of the
     markets for olive oil and table olives and, thus, to defend its interest with regard to these
     products. The International Agreement on Olive Oil and Table Olives 1986 supports
     international co-operation and contributes to the development and the stability of the markets
     for these products.

     5.1.2.    Measures taken in connection with ex ante evaluation
               N/A

     5.1.3.    Measures taken following ex post evaluation
               N/A

     5.2.      Action envisaged and budget intervention arrangements
     The Community pays its annual membership contribution as fixed in accordance with the
     International Agreement and the obligatory contribution to the Promotion Fund of the IOOC
     as fixed in the International Agreement. These obligations continue as long as the Community
     is a signatory of the International Agreement.

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 ---pagebreak---      The Commission, representing the Community, as well as the other members of the IOOC
     participates actively in the IOOC-activities and profits fully of the advantages of being a
     member of the IOOC.

     6.          FINANCIAL IMPACT

     6.1.        Total financial impact on Part B - (over the entire programming period)

     6.1.1.      Financial intervention
                                                             Commitments (in EUR million to three decimal places)
               Breakdown                         2004                        2005                    Total
     Action 1 (05 06 01)                         € 3.923                     € 4.320               € 8.243
     Action 2 (B 1-3811)                         € 0.401                     € 0.401               € 0.803
                 TOTAL                           € 4.324                     €4.721                € 9.046

     7.          IMPACT ON STAFF AND ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENDITURE

     7.1.        Impact on human resources
                                   Staff to be assigned to management
                                                                                           Description of tasks deriving
                                    of the action using existing and/or
                                                                                                 from the action
                                            additional resources
            Types of post                                                       Total
                                    Number of                Number of
                                  permanent posts          temporary posts
                            A                                                                            .
     Officials or
                            B
     temporary staff
                            C
     Other human resources
     Total

     7.2.        Overall financial impact of human resources
                       Type of human resources                         Amount (€)            Method of calculation *
     Officials
     Temporary staff

     Other human resources
                                                           Total

     The amounts are total expenditure for twelve months.

     7.3.        Other administrative expenditure deriving from the action
                  Budget line (number and heading)                        Amount €              Method of calculation
     Overall allocation (Title A7)
     A0701 – Missions

                                                           Total

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 ---pagebreak---      The amounts are total expenditure for twelve months.

     I.     Annual total (7.2 + 7.3)
     II.    Duration of action                                1 year (2005)
     III.   Total cost of action (I x II)

     8.       FOLLOW-UP AND EVALUATION

     8.1.     Follow-up arrangements
     The IOOC-activities are closely followed by its members and there are regular meetings which
     are attended by Commission staff.

     8.2.     Arrangements and schedule for the planned evaluation
     Activity reports are regularly distributed by the IOOC which allows an evaluation of the
     activities. Commission staff reports back to the PROBA-group of the Council and the IOOC
     activities are followed up in that context, too.

     9.       ANTI-FRAUD MEASURES
     Articles 17(10) and 24 of the International Agreement on Olive Oil and Table Olives 1986 and
     Article 28, lit (d) of the Internal Rules of the IOOC provide for control and audit mechanisms.
     The accounts have to be certified by an independent account commissioner.
     With regard to the contributions to the Promotion Fund the Commission carries out controls of
     the accounts by own staff, as the case may be, on-the spot, and monitors the contracts.

     Moreover, the IOOC-members have recently agreed upon an in-depth reform of the overall
     financial management of the IOOC.

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