CELEX: 51993PC0315
Language: en
Date: 1993-07-06
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) concerning specific measures for dried grapes

Official Journal of the European Communities                                  5 . 8 . 93
No C 211 / 20
                                                             II
                                                     (Preparatory Acts)
                                                COMMISSION
                    Proposal for a Council Regulation concerning specific measures for dried grapes
                                                       (93/C 211 / 13)
                                                     COM(93) 315 final
                            \
                                       (Submitted by the Commission on 7 July 1993)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                         the system of production aid for processed fruit and
                                                                 vegetables (x),
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community, and in particular Article 43                  HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
thereof,
                                                                                             Article 1
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,                Specific measures relating to the quality and the
                                                                  promotion of dried grapes produced in the Community
Having regard to the opinion of the European                      and falling within CN codes 0806 20 11 , 0806 20 12,
Parliament,                                                       0806 20 91 and 0806 20 92 shall be adopted in
                                                                  accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 4
                                                                  below.
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and
Social Committee,                                                 They shall comprise :
Whereas dried grapes are faced with marketing diffi­              — in relation to quality
culties in spite of the production aid and border                     (a) occupational training measures ;
protection measures applicable to them ; whereas these
difficulties are attributable mainly to the gradual de­               (b) measures to improve transport and storage
terioration in the competitiveness of the product;                         conditions ;
whereas in order to remedy the situation measures
should be implemented for improving its quality and                   (c) measures for the technical development of new
marketing ;                                                                quality and classification parameters and for the
                                                                           development of effective procedures for carrying
Whereas, in view of the production, storage and
                                                                           out drying, cleaning, sorting and storage oper­
                                                                           ations on the holding or at the plant;
processing conditions in the main region producing dried
grapes, the first of these objectives can be achieved only        — in relation to promotion
by means of occupational training for those employed in
the sector and by developing more effective procedures                 (d) a study of the European market ;
for carrying out the operations which take place after the
product is harvested ; whereas, moreover, a better under­              (e) an information programme focusing on the
standing of the marketing channels will help pinpoint the                  specific nature of the Community programme
checks on the increase in the sales of dried grapes                        and based on the results of the abovementioned
produced in the Community;                                                 measures .
Whereas the aim of the measures thus envisaged is to                                         Article 2
 achieve the objectives of Article 39 of the Treaty;              1.     The measures referred to in Article 1 shall be
whereas they should be regarded therefore as inter­
vention measures designed to regularize the market;               carried out by representative groups with members in
whereas the occupational training and promotion                   various branches of the industry and offering assurances
 measures are to be financed out of the savings made as a         that the proposed measures will be properly
result of the application of the withholding rates referred       implemented. The representativeness of groups will be
to in Article 1 ( 1 ) of Council Regulation (EEC) No
 1206/90 of 7 May 1990 laying down general rules for              (') OJ No L 119, 11 . 5 . 1990, p. 74.
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judged in terms of the objective pursued. However, the                                           Article 4
measures referred to in points (d) and (e) may be carried
out by the Commission.                                                 Detailed rules for the application of this Regulation shall
                                                                       be laid down in accordance with the procedure provided
2. The Community shall contribute up to 70 %                           for in Article 22 of Council Regulation (EEC) No
towards the financing of the measures referred to in                   426/86 of 24 February 1986 on the common organ­
Article 1 . However, in the case of the measures referred              ization of the market in products processed from fruit
to in points (a), (d) and (e) of Article 1 , this contribution         and vegetables (J), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)
may be increased to 90, 100 and 100 % respectively.                    No 1569/92 (4).
                           Article 3                                                             Article 5
Expenditure arising from the measures referred to in                   This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
Article 1 shall be regarded as intervention expenditure                following its publication in the Official Journal of the
 designed to regularize the agricultural markets within the            European Communities.
 meaning of Article 3 ( 1 ) of Council Regulation (EEC)
 No 729/70 of 21 April 1970 on the financing of the
 common agricultural policy (*), as last amended by                    This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and
 Regulation (EEC) No 2048 /88 (2). It shall be financed                directly applicable in all Member States.
by the Guarantee Section of the EAGGF.
 o OJ No L 94, 28 . 4. 1970, p. 13.                                    O OJ No L 49, 27. 2. 1986, p. 1 .
 (l) OJ No L 185, 15 . 7. 1988 , p. 1 .                                (4) OJ No L 166, 20. 6. 1992, p. 5 .
              Proposal for a Council Decision laying down the groups of additives used in animal nutrition
                being the subject of an authorization linked to the person responsible for marketing them
                                                            (93 /C 211 / 14)
                                                         COM(93) 250 final
                                            (Submitted by the Commission on 8 July 1993)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                               Whereas these groups cover high-technology additives
                                                                       with a very specific composition ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community, and in particular Article 43                       Whereas, in order to make it possible to adapt this
thereof,                                                               Decision, provision should be made for a procedure
                                                                       introducing close cooperation between the Member
                                                                       States and the Commission within the Standing
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,                     Committee for Feedingstuffs established by Decision
                                                                       70/372/EEC,
Having regard to the opinion of the European
Parliament,
                                                                       HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and                                                 Article 1
Social Committee,
                                                                      Additives belonging to the groups set out in the Annex
Whereas      Council     Directive      70 / 524 /EEC   of    23       to this Decision shall be governed by the procedure laid
November 1970 concerning additives in feedingstuffs (1),               down in Directive 70/524/EEC for the purposes of
as last amended by Directive . ./. ./EEC, provides for a               obtaining an authorization linked to the person
definition of the additives which must be granted an                   responsible for marketing them.
authorization linked to the person responsible for
marketing them ; whereas the groups of additives subject                                         Article 2
to such authorization must be specified ;
                                                                      Amendements to be made to the Annex as a result of
                                                                       advances in scientific and technical knowledge shall be
                                                                       adopted in accordance with the procedure laid down in
O OJ No L 270, 14. 12 . 1970, p. 1 .                                  Article 3 .