CELEX: 51988PC0607
Language: en
Date: 1988-11-03
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) amending Regulation (EEC) No 3247/81 on the financing by the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund, Guarantee Section, of certain intervention measures, particularly those involving the buying in, storage and sale of agricultural products by intervention agencies#Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) amending Regulation (EEC) No 1883/78 laying down general rules for the financing of interventions by the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund, Guarantee Section#(presented by the Commission)

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 ---pagebreak--- COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
                                                   COM(88 ) 607 final
                                                   Brussels , 3 November 1988
                                Proposal for a
                           COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC )
 amending Regulation ( EEC ) No 3247 / 81 on the financing by the European
     Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund , Guarantee Section , of
       certain intervention measures , particularly those involving
        the buying in , storage and sale of agricultural products
                          by intervention agencies
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                                Proposai for a
                           COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC )
 amending Regulation ( EEC ) No 1883 / 78 laying down general rules for the
    financing of interventions by the European Agricultural Guidance
                  and Guarantee Fund , Guarantee Section
                       ( presented by the Commission )
 ---pagebreak---                                    EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
Amendments to Council Regulations ( EEC ) Nos 1883 / 78 and 3247 / 81 as regards the
payment by the EAGGF Guarantee Section of certain standard amounts ( Article 6 of
Régulation ( EEC ) No 1883 / 78 and Annex I to Régulation ( EEC ) No 3247 / 81 )
1 . Following the judgment of Court of Justice of 4 February 1988 in Case 256 / 85
    ( Italian Republic v. Commission ), the Commission was sentenced to reimburse at
    their actual level and not by means of standard amounts certain colouring costs
    relating to the public storage of cereals .
    In its judgment the Court noted the absence of a legal basis justifying the use
    od such standard amounts for operations to ensure the destination and
    utilization of products after removal from storage .
2 . In order to permit the reimbursement of such costs on the basis of standard
    amounts , the Commission therefore proposes to supplement the two Regulations in
    question as follows :
    - Article 6 of Council Regulation ( EEC ) No 1883 / 78 , which constitutes the legal
        basis for the system of standard amounts , by providing for the possibility of
        carrying out reimbursement by such amounts , it being understood that the
        operations are intended to ensure the destination and utilization of the
        products concerned ;
    - Council Regulation ( EEC ) No 3247 / 81 , which lays down the detailed rules for
        applying the system , in particular in its Annex setting out the material
        operations which are the subject of reimbursement on the basis of standard
        amounts , by providing for this method in the list of material operations .
3 . When adapting the latter Regulation , the Commission proposes a second amendment
    of a technical nature to Article 4(3 ).
    Following amendments to Articles 7 and 8 of Regulation ( EEC ) No 1883 / 78
     introducing a standing system for depreciating products bought in , it is no
     longer correct to refer to the carry-over price through reimbursement to the
     EAGGF Guarantee Section for products suffering deterioration or destruction
     during storage is no longer appropriate .
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    In view of depreciation occurring during the past year and to occur in future
    intervention , such a solution would result in the EAGGF 's assuming financial
    responsibility for part of the loss or deterioration occurring when the product
    is stored under the responsibility of the storage bodies
    In view of the new provisions on depreciation , the new price to be reimbursed
    should be specified .
4 . These proposed amendments have a very limited financial impact since they relate
    only to very specific ( standard amounts ) or accidental operations ( reimbursement
    in case of destruction or deterioration ).
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 ---pagebreak---                                       Proposal for a
                               COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC )
         amending Regulation ( EEC ) No 3247 / 81 on the financing by the European
            Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund , Guarantee Section , of
      certain intervention measures , particularly those involving the buying in ,
          storage and sale of agricultural products by intervention agencies
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community ,
Having regard to Council Regulation ( EEC ) No 1883 / 78 of 2 August 1978 laying
down general rules for the financing of interventions by the European
Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund , Guarantee Section ( 1 ), as last
amended by Regulation ( EEC ) No              ( 2 ), and in particular Article 4(3 )
thereof ,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ,
Whereas , as a result of the amendment of Article 8 of Regulation ( EEC )
No 1883 / 78 providing for depreciation of the purchase value of products bought
into public intervention , the carryover prices specified in Article 4(3 ) of Council
Regulation ( EEC ) No 3247 / 81 ( 3 ), as last amended by Regulation ( EEC ) No 2632 /85 (4 ) ,
no longer correspond to the prices to be repaid to the EAGGF Guarantee Section
should the product taken into storage have deteriorated or been destroyed ; whereas
a new reference price applicable in such cases must be determined ;
( 1 ) OJ No L 216 , 05.08.1978 , p. 1
( 2 ) OJ No L
( 3 ) OJ No L 327 , 14.11.1981 , p. 1
( 4 ) OJ No L 251 , 20.09.1985 , p. 1
 ---pagebreak---  Whereas the Annex to Regulation ( EEC ) No 3247 / 81 should also be adapted to
 take account of the financing , according to the system of standard amounts, of
 special measures to guarantee the utilization and / or destination of products
 held by intervention agencies for given purposes , pursuant to Article 6 of
 Regulation ( EEC ) No 1883 / 78 ,
 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
                                        Article 1
 Regulation ( EEC ) No 3247 / 81 is hereby amended as follows :
1 . The first indent of Article 4(3 ) is replaced by the following :
    "- the price to be entered in the accounts shall be the basic intervention
         price applicable for the standard quality on the first day of the
        marketing year beginning during the financial year , or the purchase
         price if such a price is fixed for the product concerned . The
         conversion rate applicable shall be that applying on the same day ."
2 . In Annex I the following point is added under " I. Costs of material
    operations " :
    "( g ) by special measures to guarantee the utilization and / or destination of
           the product ."
                                        Article 2
 This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the
 Official Journal of the European Communities .
 Article 1(1 ) shall apply to expenditure incurred from 1 October 1988 and
 Article 1(2 ) to expenditure incurred from 1 January 1987 .
 This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in
 all Member States .
Done at Brussels ,                                    For the Council ,
 ---pagebreak---                         FICHE D' IMPACT SME
  I. Quelle est la justification principale de la mesure ?
       - Aménager le cadre juridique du règlement ( CEE ) n° 3247 / 81 afin de tenir
          compte de l' arrêt de la Cour de Justice dans l' affaire 256 / 85 concernant
          le remboursement de frais de coloration sur base de montants forfaitaires .
       - Modifier la règle de calcul du prix des marchandises en cas de destruction
         ou de détérioration dans les stocks , suite à une modification intervenue
         dans le règlement n° 32VT /81 .
  II . Caractéri stiques des entreprises concernées .
       En part i culi er :
       - Y a- t - il un grand nombre de PME ?                           sans objet
       - Note -on des concentrations dans des régions :
         - éligibles aux aides régionales des E.M. ?
         - éligibles au FEDE3 ?
 III . Quelles sont les obligations imposées directement aux entreprises ?
                                    Néant
 IV . Quelles sont les obligations susceptibles d' être imposées indirecte¬
        ment aux entreprises via les autorités locales ?
                                    Néant
   V. Y a -t - il des mesures spéciales pour le PME ?    NON
        Lesquelles ?
 VI . Quel est l' effet prévisible ?
        - sur la compétitivité des entreprises ?                      NEANT
        - sur l' emploi ?
VII . Les partenaires sociaux ont -ils été consultés ?                NON
      - avis des partenaires sociaux
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 ---pagebreak---                                      Proposai for a
                               COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC )
    agendina    Reaulat / on    ( ESCI   No   1883 / 78 _/ a v i no  O'J     nere'' a /   ru ! s s
   for   the  financing      of  interventions        by  t h e_Eu'TXfiS’iLO_A n r i c u / r   ■- a '
               Guidance     and Qua r an t ee Fund .     Gu       U1 £ e Sect < c -?
THE    COUNCIL    OF   THE  EUROPEAN      COMMUNITIES .
Having     regard    to Council      Regulation       ’EEC )   No   729 / 70  o x 21    April
 1970 on the financing of the common agricultural policy ^ 1 ' , as
 last amended by Regulation ( EEC ) No 2048 / 68i-'> , and in particular
 Article 3(2 ) thereof ,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ,
Whereas Article 6 of Counci l Regulation ( EEC ) No 1883 / 78 ^^, as last amended by
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Renulati on ( EEC ) No 2050 / 88     , stipulates that material operations pertaining
to the storage and , where appropriate , processing of                          intervention
products      are  to   be  financed by       means    of   standard      amounts      uniform
throughout       the Community        ; whereas     the   same     rules    should     apply        to
financing by       the EAGGF Guarantee Section of costs                     arising from
special      measures    to   guarantee      the utilization          and / or destination
of products held by           intervention agencies            for given purposes
specified by Community            rules ,
( 1 ) OJ No L 94 ,      28.4.1970 ,     p.  13
( 2 ) OJ No L     185 ,  15.7.1983 ,     p.   1
( 3 ) O J No L 216 ,     5.8.1978 ,     p.  1
( 4 ) OJ No L     185 ,  15.7.1938 ,     p.   6
 ---pagebreak---                                             2
HAS    ADOPTED     THIS  REGULAT / ON
                                      Article    1
The following third paragraph is hereby added to Article 6 of Regulation
( EEC ) No 1883 / 78 :
" Costs    arising from special       measures     to guarantee   the utilization
and / or destination of products held by             intervention    agencies        for
given purposes ,        determined under      the market   organizations ,       the
costs    of which      are borne by   the EAGGF Guarantee Section           shall
aiso be     financed by     standard amounts uniform         throughout     the
Community .       The standard amounts        shall  be determined      in
accordance with the procedure            laid down    in the first paragraph ."
                                      Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the
Official Journal of the European Communities .
It   shall    apply    to expenditure    Incurred from     1  January     1987 .
This Regulation shall be binding              In its entirety and directly
applicable      in   all  Member   States .
Done    at  Brussels                                 For the   Counc i I
 ---pagebreak---                         FICHE D' IMPACT SME
  I. Quelle est la justification principale de la mesure ?
       - Aménager le cadre juridique du règlement ( CEE ) n° 1883 /78 de tenir compte
          de l' arrêt de la Cour de Justice dans l' affaire 256 / 85 concernant le
          remboursement de frais de coloration sur base de montants forfaitaires .
 II . Caractéristiques des entreprises concernées .
      En particulier :
      - Y a -t - i l un grand nombre de PME ?
                                                . .                 sans objet
      - Note-on des concentrations dans des régions :
         - éligibles aux aides régionales des E.M. ?
        - éligibles au FEDER ?
 III . Quelles sont les obligations imposées directement aux entreprises ?
                           NEANT
 IV . Quelles sont les obligations susceptibles d' être imposées indirecte¬
       ment aux entreprises via les autorités locales ?
                             NEANT
   V. Y a -t - il des mesures spéciales pour lesPME ?    NON
       Lesquelles ?
 VI . Quel est l' effet prévisible ?
       - sur la compétitivité des entreprises ?
                                                                     NEANT
       - sur l' emploi ?
VII . Les partenaires sociaux ont -ils été consultés ?               NON
      - avis des partenaires sociaux