CELEX: 31990R1196
Language: en
Date: 1990-05-07 00:00:00
Title: Council Regulation (EEC) No 1196/90 of 7 May 1990 on the stabilization of the Community production of mandarins

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31990R1196

Council Regulation (EEC) No 1196/90 of 7 May 1990 on the stabilization of the Community production of mandarins  

Official Journal L 119 , 11/05/1990 P. 0055 - 0056

COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) N° 1196/90of 7 May 1990on the  stabilization of the Community production of mandarinsTHE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN  COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article  43 thereof, Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and Portugal, and in particular Article 234 (3)  thereof, Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (1), Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (2), Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee (3), Whereas a feature of the Community market for mandarins is imbalance between supply and demand;  whereas that situation stems from falling demand for the product from consumers; Whereas market stabilization measures alone are not likely to remedy such difficulties; whereas  action should also be taken in respect of the production potential in order to take account of the  fact that consumers are turning away from the product, such action needing to be taken for a period  of three marketing years; Whereas, in order to help achieve that end, producers should be encouraged to refrain from  producing mandarins; whereas, to that end, provision should be made for a premium, to be paid once  only, to be granted to producers who undertake to grub up their mandarin orchard and not to replant  mandarin trees; whereas this obligation should be varied depending upon the area of the holdings; Whereas the premium must be determined taking account of both the cost of grubbing-up and the loss  of income; Whereas the aim of the grubbing-up premium is to achieve the objectives laid down in Article 39 of  the Treaty; whereas provision should be made for Community financing of this measure by the  Guarantee Section of the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund, Whereas this action should be implemented in Portugal as from the beginning of the 1990/91  marketing year, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Article 1During the 1990/91, 1991/92 and 1992/93 marketing years, Community  mandarin producers shall qualify, on application and under the conditions laid down in this  Regulation, for a premium, to be granted once only, for the grubbing-up of mandarin trees. Article 2The premium shall be granted subject to an undertaking in writing from the recipient: (a)  to grub up or have grubbed up, at one time, before 1 April of a given year: - all the mandarin trees on his holding if the latter's mandarin grove covers less than 10  hectares, - at least half the mandarin trees on his holding if the latter's mandarin grove covers 10 hectares  or more; (b)  to refrain from planting any mandarin trees. Article 3The premium shall be fixed account being taken in particular of grubbing-up costs and  the loss of income to producers carrying out grubbing-up operations. Article 4The Member States shall check whether recipients of the premium have fulfilled the  undertakings laid down in Article 2. They shall take any further measures in particular to ensure  compliance with the provisions of the premium scheme. They shall inform the Commission of the  measures taken. Article 5The measures provided for in this Regulation shall be deemed intervention intended to  stabilize the agricultural markets within the meaning of Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 729/70 of  the Council of 21 April 1970 on the financingof the common agricultural policy (1), as last  amended byRegulation (EEC) N° 2048/88 (2). They shall be financed by the EAGGF Guarantee Section. Article 6The premium shall be determined and the detailed rules for the application of this  Regulation shall be adopted in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 33 of Regulation  (EEC) No 1035/72 of the Council of 18 May1972 on the common organization of the market in  fruitand vegetables (3) as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1193/90 (4). Article 7This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official  Journal of the European Communities. It shall apply in Portugal as from its entry into force. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all  Member States. Done at Brussels, 7 May 1990. For the CouncilThe PresidentG. COLLINS(1) OJ N° C 49, 28. 2. 1990, p.  74. (2) OJ N° C 96, 17. 4. 1990. (3) OJ N° C 112, 7. 5. 1990, p. 34. (1) OJ N° L 94, 28. 4. 1970, p. 13. (2) OJ N° L 185, 15. 7. 1988, p. 1. (3) OJ N° L 118, 20. 5. 1972, p. 1. (4) See page 43 of this Official Journal.