CELEX: 51989PC0108
Language: en
Date: 1989-03-14
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) amending Regulations (EEC) No 2240/88 and (EEC) No 2285/88 in respect of the rules for applying the intervention threshold for lemons (presented by the Commission)

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                                             COM(89 ) 108 final
                                             Brussels , 14 March 1989
                                  Proposai for a
                             COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC )
   amending Regulations ( EEC ) No 2240 / 88 and ( EEC ) No 2285 / 88 in respect of
              the rules for applying      the intervention threshold
                                    for lemons
                         ( presented by the Commission )
 ---pagebreak---                                    EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
1 . . Council Régulation ( EEC ) No 2240 / 88 ( 1 ) introduced an intervention
       threshold for lemons for the Community of Ten .      This threshold is subject
       to Article 16b of Regulation ( EEC ) No 1035 / 72 .
2.     The marketing year for lemons runs from 1 June to 31 May , and the basic
       and buying-in prices are in force throughout that period . In principle ,
       the said prices must therefore be fixed before 1 June of each year for the
       marketing year beginning on that date . Withdrawals , on the other hand ,
       may occur throughout the marketing year and their total volume cannot
       therefore be known before 1 June .
3.     In practical terms , this is not possible . It is therefore proposed that
       any overrun of the threshold fixed for a given marketing year should be
       calculated on the basis of the quantities of lemons withdrawn over a
       period of 12 consecutive months overlapping with the marketing year
       concerned .
4.     The same problem arises with the threshold fixed for lemons in Spain for
       the 1988 / 89 marketing year . Since the criteria used for the fixing of
       that threshold and for determining the consequences of any overrun are
       those applied for the threshold in force in the Community of Ten , it is
       proposed that they should be amended along the lines described above .
 ( 1 ) 0J No L 198 ,   26.7.1988 .
 ---pagebreak---                              Proposai for a
                           COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC )
              amending Regulations ( EEC ) No 2240 / 88 and ( EEC ) No 2285 / 88 in
               respect of the rules for applying the intervention threshold
                              for lemons'
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community ,
Having regard to Council Regulation ( EEC ) No 1035 / 72 of 18 May 1972 on the
common organization of the market in fruit and vegetables ( 1 ), as last amended
by Regulation ( EEC ) No          ( 2 ), and in particular Article 16b(3 ) thereof ,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ( 3 ),
Whereas Council Regulation ( EEC ) No 2240 / 88 of 19 July 1988 fixing , for
peaches , lemons and oranges , the rules for applying Article 16b of Regulation
( EEC ) No 1035 / 72 on the common organization of the market in fruit and
vegetables ( 4 ), establishes an intervention threshold for lemons for the
Community as constituted at 31 December 1985 ;
Whereas the said Regulation lays down that if , during a marketing year , the
quantities of lemons bought in exceed the threshold laid down , the basic price
and the buying-in price for the following marketing year are to be reduced ;
whereas Article 16b(4 ) of Regulation ( EEC ) No 1035 / 72 lays down that
the Commission is to establish , in good time before the beginning
of the period laid down for withdrawals , whether the threshold has been
exceeded ;
( 1 ) 0J No L 118 , 20.5.1972 , p. 1 .
( 2 ) OJ No L
( 3 ) OJ No C
( 4 ) OJ No L 198 , 26.7.1988 , p. 9 .
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                                            - 2 -
Whereas the basic and buying-in prices for lemons apply from 1 June to 31 May
and whereas withdrawals may be made throughout that period ;
Whereas it is necessary to have sufficient time to establish whether the
intervention threshold for lemons has been exceeded and to draw the
consequences thereof for the basic and buying-in prices applicable during the
following marketing year ; whereas , pursuant to the last sentence of Article
16b Cl ) of Regulation ( EEC ) No 1035 / 72 , any overrun of the threshold should
consequently be established over a period of 12 consecutive months overlapping
with the marketing year ;
Whereas Council Regulation ( EEC ) No 2285 /88 of 19 July 1988 fixing an
intervention threshold for the 1988 /89 marketing year for lemons in Spain ( 5 )
follows the criteria applied to the Coranunity of Ten for the purposes of
determining the consequences of any overrun of the threshold ; whereas ,
therefore , that Regulation should also be amended along the same lines ,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
                                          Article 1
Article 2 of Régulation ( EEC ) No 2240 /88 is hereby amended as follows :
1.     The existing text becomes paragraph 1 .
2.     The following paragraph is added :
       "2 .  However , for lemons , any overrun of the intervention threshold shall
             be established , for a given marketing year , on the basis of the
             quantities bought in during a consecutive twelve month period
             overlapping with the marketing year ."
 ( 5 ) 0J No L 201 , 27.7.1988 , p. 1 .
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                                        Artide 2
  Article 2 of Regulation ( EEC ) No 2285 /88 is hereby replaced by the following :
                                       " Artide 2
   If the quantities of lemons offered for intervention in Spain during a
   consecutive twelve month period exceed the threshold laid down in Article 1 ,
   the institutional prices applying in Spain for the 1989 / 90 marketing year
   shall be reduced by 1% for each 4 300 tonnes by which that threshold is
   exceeded ".
                                        Artide 3
   This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following that of its
   publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities .
   This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in
.. all Member States .
   Done at   Brussels                                 For the Council
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          FINANCIAL              STATEMENT
                                                          : Date :
 1 . Budget heading : 150                      Appropriations : 644 million ECU
 2 . Title : Proposai for a Council Régulation altering the rules for applying the
     intervention threshold for lemons
3 . Legal basis : Article 16b(3 ) of Régulation ( EEC ) No 1035 / 72
4 . Aims of project : Alteration of the withdrawal period used for recording an
     overshoot
                                           : period of        current        following
                                           : 12 months     financial year  financial year
       Financial implications                                   ( 1989 )        ( 1990 )
5.0    Expenditure
       - charged to the EC budget
         ( refunds / intervention )
       - national administration
       - other
5.1    Receipts
       - own resources of the EC
         ( levies / customs duties )
       - national
5.0.1 Estimated expenditure
5.1.1 Estimated receipts
5.2 Method of calculation :
6.0 Can the project be financed from appropriations entered in the relevant chapter
      of the current budget ?                                                    Yes /no
6.1 Can the project be financed by transfer between chapters of the current budget ?
                                                                                   xxxxx
6.2 Is a supplementary budget necessary ?                                        xxxxxx
6.3 Will future budget appropriations be necessary ?                             Yes /no
Observations :
This technical adjustment in itself has no financial imoplications
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