CELEX: 51994PC0489
Language: en
Date: 1994-11-16
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) setting for the 1994/95 marketing year the percentages referred to in Article 3(1)(a) of Regulation (EEC) No 426/86 in connection with the premium granted for products processed from tomatoes

ibMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
                                             COM(94) 489 final
                                             Brussels, 16.11.1994
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                             Proposal for a
                        ÇplINCH RFfflILATIQN (EC)
         setting for the 1994/95 marketing year the percentages
      referred to in Article 3(1)(a) of Regulation (EEC) No 426/86
                 in connection with the premium granted
                  for products processed from tomatoes
                     (presented by the Commission)
 ---pagebreak---                           EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
This measure must be taken at Community level, since this is an area in
which only the Community has power to act. Its intensity and
proportionality are described in detail below.
Article 3(1)(a) of Regulation (EEC) No 426/86 provides for the grant of a
premium equivalent to 2% of the aid payable in respect of those quantities
of finished products produced from tomatoes obtained from the quantity of
fresh tomatoes supplied under contracts concluded with producers'
associations.
The premium is only paid if the processors or their associations:
   have accepted all the fresh tomatoes covered by the contracts;
   can prove that the tomatoes processed under the said contracts
   represent a significant percentage of the total quantity of processed
   tomatoes.
The purpose of this proposal is to set the percentage applicable to the
1994/95 marketing year at the same level as for the previous year, taking
into account the role currently played by producers' associations in the
Community.
It should be recalled that the aim of the measure is to encourage
concentration of. the supply of fresh tomatoes in order to achieve a better
administration of the quantities to be produced and the possible outlets,
in particular those quantities going to processing.
 ---pagebreak---                                 Proposal for a
                     COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No.
           setting for the 1994/95 marketing year the percentages
        referred to in Article 3(1)(a) of Regulation (EEC) No 426/86
                    in connection with the premium granted
                     for products processed from tomatoes
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 426/86 of 24 February 1986 on
the common organization of the market in products processed from fruit and
vegetables,<1) as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 549/94,<2) and in
particular Article 3(3) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas, in order to encourage the conclusion of contracts between groups
of tomato producers on the one hand and associations of processors or
processors on the other, Regulation (EEC) No 426/86 provides for the grant
on certain terms of an additional premium;
Whereas the "significant specific percentage" for the total quantity of
processed tomatoes covered by contracts concluded with producers' groups
must be set for the 1994/95 marketing year;
(1) OJ No L 4-9, 27.2.1986, p. 1.
(2) OJ No L 69, 12.3.1994, p. 5.
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Whereas, in view of the important role played by tomato producers' groups
in the producer Member states, it is desirable to maintain at the same
level as for the 1993/94 marketing year the percentage of the quantities of
tomatoes covered by contracts concluded with producers' associations in
relation to the total quantity of processed tomatoes. Whereas, however, the
question of the expediency of the^ measure and whether or not to pursue it
will need to be examined in the context of the reform of the common
organisation of the market in fruit and vegetables,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
                                 Article 1
For the 1994/95 marketing year the percentage mentioned in Article 3(1) (a)
of Regulation (EEC) No 426/86 shall be 80%.
                                 Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh 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 Brussels,
                                                 For the Council
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 ---pagebreak---       FINANCIAL                      STATEMENT
1. BUDGET HEADING: 1511                                                 APPROPRIATIONS: ECU 398 million
2. TITLE:
   Proposal for a Council Regulation fixing, for the 1994/95 marketing year, the percentages referred to in
   Article 3(1a) of Regulation (EEC) No 426/86 concerning the grant of aid for products processed from
   tomatoes.
3. LEGAL BASIS: Regulation (EEC) No 426/86
4. AIMS OF PROJECT:
   To encourage the conclusion of contracts between groups of producers and processors.
                                   Period of 12 months    Current Financial Year     Following Financial Year
5.   FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS                                        1994                       1995
5.0 EXPENDITURE
     - CHARGED TO THE EC BUDGET
     - (REFUNDS/INTERVENTION)       ECU 6.4 million                                       ECU 6.4 mi 11 ion
     - NATIONAL ADMINISTRATION
     - OTHER
5.1 REVENUE
     - OWN RESOURCES OF THE EC
       (LEVIES/CUSTOMS DUTIES)
     - NATIONAL
                                        1995                  1996                 1997                1998
5.0.1 ESTIMATED EXPENDITURE
5.1.1 ESTIMATED REVENUE
5.2 METHOD OF CALCULATION:
    Expenditure for the processing of tomatoes for the 1994/95 marketing year is estimated at ECU 332.5
    mi 11 ion (A).
     Given that the increase in aid is 2% of that sum, the cost of the measure is:
     ECU 332.5 million (A) x 2% x 80% x 1.207 (DT) = ECU 6.4 million
6.0 CAN THE PROJECT BE FINANCED FROM APPROPRIATIONS ENTERED IN THE RELEVANT CHAPTER OF THE CURRENT BUDGET?
                                                                                                           YES
6.1 CAN THE PROJECT BE FINANCED BY TRANSFER BETWEEN CHAPTERS OF THE CURRENT BUDGET?
                                                                                                           YES
6.2 IS A SUPPLEMENTARY BUDGET NECESSARY?
                                                                                                               NO
6.3 WILL FUTURE BUDGET APPROPRIATIONS BE NECESSARY?
                                                                                                           YES
OBSERVATIONS:
The 1995 preliminary draft budget has earmarked an appropriation corresponding to this amount,
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