CELEX: 51978PC0061
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Date: 1978-02-14
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) amending Regulation (EEC) No 878/77 as regards the exchange rates to be applied in respect of tomato concentrates and isoglucose (submitted to the Council by the Commission)

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                                                Brussels , 14 February 1978
                              Proposal for a
                         COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC )
           amending Regulation (EEC ) No 878/77 as regards the
           exchange rates to "be applied in respect of tomato
                       concentrates and isoglucose
              ( submitted to the Council by the Commission )
COK(78 ) 61 final
 ---pagebreak---                                EXPLANATORY 1-33 'ORAKFJrl
1.   The new representative rate for the Italian lira fixed "by Regulation ( 23G ) l.'o
17^ /78 ( OJ No L 26 , 31.1.73 , P « l ) anplies to reeled tomatoes from 1 February 1973 .
Thr rev r-vtc does not apply to tomato concentrates until 10 July 1978 ( start : of the
marketing year ).
At the meeting of the Special Committee on Agriculture on 7 February 1973 , "the
Italian Delegation asked that the date of application of the new rate for tomato
concentrates be brought closer to that for peeled tomatoes so as not to distort
competition between the two products .
The other delegations were in favour of this request , and the Commission is therefore
proposing to the Council that Regulation (EEC ) No 878/77 "be amended along these
linos with immediate effect .
2.   Unlike the sugar sector , the isoglucose sector has no marketing year .     The new
representative rate for the pound sterling, as fixed by Regulation (SSC ) No 179/73
( OJ Ho L 26 , 31.1.1973 , n . 3 ), would therefore apply in the United Kingdom from tho
entry into force of prices for the 1978/79 milk year , but would anply to the sugar
sector from 1 July 1978 .
In order to avoid this economically unjustified distinction between two closely-
linked sectors , the Commission proposes that the new representative rate for t.ie
pound sterling also apply to the isogluoose sector from 1 July 1978 .
3.   The effect of these proposed measures on the budget is negligible .
 ---pagebreak---                     COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC )
                    amending Regulation (EEC ) No 878/77
                    as regards the exchange rates to "be
                    applied in respect of tomato concen­
                    trates and isoglucose
THE COUNCIL OP THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community ,
Having regard to Council Regulation No 125     on "the value of the unit of account
and of the exchange rates to be applied for the purpose of the common agricultural
policy^\ as last amended "by Regulation (EEC ) No 2543/73^\ and in particular
Article 3 thereof ,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC ) No 878/77 of 26 April 1977 on the exchange
rates to be applied in agriculture^"^, as last amended by Regulation (EEC ) No
179/78      fixed a new " representative rate for the Italian lira; whereas
pursuant to Article 2(5 ) of the said Regulation the new rate applies to
skinned tomatoes in Italy with effect from 1 February 1978 ; whereas , however ,
in the case of tomato concentrates for which a marketing year exists , the new
rate would apply only from the beginning of the said marketing year , that is
from 1 January 1978 ;
Whereas this differential treatment of products in the same sector is contrary
to the sound management of the markets of these products ; whereas to avoid this
                 the new rate for tomato concentrates should be applied from a
date which is as close as possible to that adopted for skinned tomatoes ;
Whereas , as regards the minimum price to be observed on         importation , such
measures should not be applied to operations in respect of which import licences
have already been applied for before the entry into force of this Regulation ;
  1 ) OJ No 106 , 30.10.1962 , p. 2553/62
  2 ) OJ No L 263 , 19.9.1973 » p. 1
  3 ) OJ No L 106 , 29.4.1977 , p. 27
 4 ) OJ No L 26 , 31.1.1978 , p. 3
 ---pagebreak--- Whereas the isoglucose sector is closely linked with the sugar sector ; whereas ,
however , no marketing year exists in respect of the former ; whereas , in view of
the current wording of Article 2(6 ) of the aforementioned Regulation , it
would follow that in the absence of a marketing year , the new representative
rate fixed for the pound sterling would not apply to the two abovementioned
sectors from the same date ; whereas such differentiation should "be avoided ;
Whereas the Monetary Committee will be consulted , and whereas , in view of
the urgency involved , the envisaged measures should be adopted in accordance
with the conditions laid down in Article 3(2 ) of Regulation No 129 ,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
                                 Article 1
In Article 2(5 ) of Regulation ( EEC ) No 878/ 77 points d ) and e ) are amended
and the point f ) is added , as follows :
"d ) subject to the provisions laid down under e ) and f), the beginning of the
     1978/79 marketing year for the other products for which the marketing
     year has not yet commenced on the day of the entry into force of this
     Regulation ;
e)   . .... February 1978 for tomato concentrates ;
f)   the date of the entry into force of this Regulation
     -   for milk and milk products , beef and veal and pigmeat , and sugar ;
     - for the additional aid referred to in Article l(2 ) of Regulation
          (EEC ) No 2511/69(1 )?
     -   in all other oases not mentioned above ".
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                              Article 2
Article 2(6 ) of Regulation (EEC ) ITo 878/ 77 is amended to read as follows :
"6 .   The representative rate for the pound sterling, as fixed "by Regulation
       (EEC ) Ho 179/78 » shall apply with effect from
       a)  1 July 1973 for isoglucose ;
       b)   1 August 1978 f°r eggs , poultry , ovalbumin and lactalbumin ;
       c)   16 December 1978 for wine ; however , other dates may be laid down
           for distillation operations ;        .
       d)  1 January 1979 for fishery products ;
       e)   subject to the provisions laid down under f ), the beginning of the
           1978/79 marketing year for the other products for which the
           marketing year has not yet commenced on the day of the entry into
           force of this Regulation ;
       f) the date of application of the prices for the 1978/79 marketing year
           for beef and veal and for milk and milk products , and the date
           applicable to milk and milk products for pigmeat and for all other
           cases not mentioned above ".
                               Article 3
This Regulation shall enter into force on                1978 .
However , as regards the minimum price on importation fixed for tomato concent­
rates , this Regulation shall apply only to operations carried out under
cover of an import licence for which an application is lodged, within the
meaning of Article 6 of Regulation (EEC ) Ho 193/75 of 17 January 1975 laying
down common detailed rules for the application of the system of import and
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export licences and advance fixing certificates for agricultural products        ,
as last amended by Regulation (EEC ) No 1470/77^, on or after .... February
1978 .
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable m
all Member States .
Done at Brussels ,                                          For the Council
( 5 ) OJ ïïo L 25 , 31.1.1975 , P. 10
( 6 ) 0J No L 162 , 1.7.1977 , P. 11