CELEX: 51988PC0120(55)
Language: en
Date: 1988-04-05
Title: PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) AMENDING REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 525/77 ESTABLISHING A SYSTEM OF PRODUCTION AID FOR TINNED PINEAPPLE

No C 139/64                               Official Journal of the European Communities                                  30. 5. 88
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,                   ings 2008 70 61, 2008 70 69, 2008 70 71, and 2008 70 79 of
                                                                     the Combined Nomenclature for each marketing year for
Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 426/86 introduces a system               the Community with the exception of Spain.
of production aid for certain processed fruit and vegetable
products; whereas, where the situation provided for in
Article 2(3) of that Regulation arises, suitable measures            2. Where the guarantee threshold is exceeded, the aid for
may be taken;                                                        the following marketing year shall be reduced in propor-
                                                                     tion to the amount by which the threshold is exceeded.
Whereas the production of peaches in syrup in the most
recent marketing years has risen substantially despite the           The amount by which the threshold is exceeded in question
fall in the unit aid; whereas an imbalance between                   shall be calculated on the basis of the average quantities
production and possibilities of disposal is liable to arise;         produced in the three marketing years preceding the
whereas a guarantee threshold, any exceeding of which                marketing year for which the aid must be fixed.
leads to a reduction in the aid, should be fixed for such
products;
Whereas it should be stated that that guarantee threshold                                       Article 2
does not apply to Spain; whereas it should be pointed out
that Article 118(6) of the Act of Accession provides that the
granting of aid in that country is limited to 80 000 tonnes of       Detailed rules for the application of this Regulation shall be
the finished product; whereas that threshold should also be          adopted, as the need arises, in accordance with the
fixed taking account of the average Community production             procedure laid down in Article 22 of Regulation (EEC)
in the last three years, for which exact figures are available;      No 426/86.
whereas the characteristics of production of peaches in
syrup make it suitable to express the threshold in question
in terms of a quantity of finished products in net weight;                                      Article 3
whereas the reduction in the aid should the threshold be
exceeded is to be made on aid granted in the following
marketing year in the Community, with the exception of               This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
Spain,                                                               following its publication in the Official Journal of the
                                                                     European Communities.
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
                                                                     It shall apply from the beginning of the 1988/1989
                            Article 1                                marketing year.
1. A guarantee threshold of 502 000 tonnes net weight is             This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly
hereby fixed for peaches in syrup falling within subhead-            applicable in all Member States.
                      Proposal for a Council Regulation (EEC) amending Regulation (EEC) No 525/77
                                   establishing a system of production aid for tinned pineapple
                                                           (88/C 139/55)
 THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                             Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 525/77 (*), as last
                                                                      amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1699/85 (2), establishes
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                a special system of production aid for tinned pineapple
 Economic Community, and in particular Article 43 thereof,            taking into account the particular geographical location
                                                                      and characteristics of such production; whereas the current
                                                                      provisions must be amended, in view of experience gained
 Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,                   regarding that product, in particular as regards the trend in
                                                                      the aid as compared with the cost of the raw material;
 Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament,
 Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social              (!) OJ No L 73, 21. 3. 1977, p. 46.
 Committee,                                                           (2) OJ No L 163, 22. 6. 1985, p. 12.
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Whereas the particular geographical location and charac-               2008 20 59,2008 20 71 and 2008 20 79 of the Combined
teristics of that product justify the maintenance of the               Nomenclature and for pineapple juice falling within
system for calculating the aid and the possibility of granting         subheadings 2009 40 30 and 2009 40 99 of the
advances on the aid;                                                   Combined Nomenclature and processed from fresh
                                                                       pineapples harvested in the Community.'
Whereas the cost of the Community raw material necessary
for the processing of the abovementioned products is
higher than that in third countries; whereas, with a view to       2. Article 2 is replaced by the following:
guaranteeing the Community processor a supply of fresh
                                                                       'Article 2
pineapples produced in those regions under conditions
enabling a position of competition to be maintained with
                                                                       1. Production aid shall be granted by the Member
regard to third countries producing tinned pineapples,
                                                                       State on whose territory the production of tinned
provision should be made for production aid to be
                                                                       pineapple and pineapple juice takes place.
calculated so as to cover at most the net cost of the raw
material borne by the processor as a result of the obligation          2. A guarantee threshold expressed in net weight is
to pay a minimum price to the producer;                                hereby fixed for each marketing year for the following
Whereas, to maintain agricultural production at a level                finished products falling within the Combined Nomen-
sufficient to ensure both regular supplies to processing               clature subheadings referred to in Article 1:
undertakings and an adequate income to pineapple
                                                                       tinned pineapple: 11 000 tonnes,
producers, fuller utilization of production harvested should
be ensured in addition by granting specific aid to enable
                                                                       pineapple juice equivalent to 12° BRIX: 3 000 tonnes.
pineapples of inferior quality to be used for the production
of juice;                                                              3. Where the average of the quantities produced in the
Whereas, as part of the policy to stabilize agricultural               last three marketing years exceeds the guarantee
expenditure applied by the Community, aid for certain                  threshold for any of the products referred to in
quantities of products processed from fresh pineapples                 paragraph 2, the aid shall be reduced for the marketing
should be limited; whereas such guarantee thresholds have              year concerned in proportion to the amount by which
been established on the basis of the average production in             that threshold is exceeded.'
the last few marketing years;
                                                                   3. Article 5(1) is replaced by the following:
Whereas any exceeding of the guarantee thresholds,
assessed on the basis of production in the three previous              ' 1 . Production aid for tinned pineapple and pineapple
marketing years, entails a proportional reduction in the aid           juice shall be fixed at a level enabling fresh pineapples
to be fixed for the coming marketing year;                             produced in the Community to be used by the
                                                                       processing industry.'
Whereas, with effect on 1 January 1988, Council
Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 (l) introduces, on the basis
of the Nomenclature of the Harmonized System, a                    4. The following subparagraph is added to Article 5(5):
Combined Nomenclature of goods which will meet the
requirements of both the Common Customs Tariff and of                  'However, the aid may not be greater than the actual
the Community's external trade statistics,                             cost of the raw material used by the processor, having
                                                                       regard to the coefficients referred to in paragraph 6.'
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
                                                                   5. In Article 5(6), 'the 1984/1985 marketing year' is
                           Article 1                                   replaced by 'the 1987/1988 marketing year'.
Regulation (EEC) No 525/77 is hereby amended as
follows:                                                                                      Article 2
1. Article 1 is replaced by following:                             This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
                                                                   following its publication in the Official Journal of the
    'Article 1
                                                                   European Communities.
    A system of production aid is hereby instituted for
    tinned pineapple falling within subheadings 2008 20 51,        It shall apply from 1 June 1988.
                                                                   This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly
(!) OJ No L 256, 7. 9. 1987, p. 1.                                 applicable in all Member States.