CELEX: 51985PC0344(02)
Language: en
Date: 1985-08-05
Title: AMENDED PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) AMENDING REGULATION NO 2727/75 ON THE COMMON ORGANIZATION OF THE MARKET IN CEREALS

13.9. 85                                    Official Journal of the European Communities                              No C 234/7
 the production refund under the new arrangements, it is                    2.    During the marketing years 1986/87, 1987/88
 necessary to allow a transitional period during which the                  and 1988/89 the production refund provided for in
 present arrangements are progressively dismantled and                      paragraph 1 may be fixed in respect of a complete
 the new arrangements progressively introduced,                             marketing year.
 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:                                               3.    The production refund provided for in Article 9
                                                                            shall be progressively reduced during the three-year
                              Article 1                                     period commencing in 1986/87.
 The following Article 9a is inserted in Regulation (EEC)                   The amount of payments shall be fixed in accordance
 No 1418/76:                                                                with the procedure laid down in Article 27.
     'Article 9a                                                            4.    Article 9 shall, with effect from 1 August 1989,
     1. (a) A production refund may be granted for the                      be replaced by paragraph 1 of this Article which shall
             manufacture of starch from rice used in the                    become Article 9.'
             manufacture of certain products, on the basis
             of the difference between world and
                                                                                                   Article 2
             community market prices.
       (b)   The Council shall, acting by a qualified                   This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
             majority on a proposal from the Commission,                following its publication in the Official Journal -of the
             establish the general rules required for the                European Communities.
             application of this Article and shall draw up
             the list of products eligible under these                  This Regulation shall be binding in its' entirety arid
             arrangements.                                              directly applicable in all Member States.
               Amended proposal for a Council Regulation amending Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 on the
                                            common organization of the market in cereals
                                                           COM(85) 344 final
                                   (Submitted by the Commission to the Council on 13 August 1985)
                                                             (85/C 234/05)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN                                             mehl intended for bread making, with the aim of
COMMUNITIES,                                                            ensuring that industry has access to basic products at
                                                                        lower prices than would result from               applying
                                                                        Community levies and common prices;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community, and in particular Article 43 (2)
thereof,                                                                Whereas the present arrangements regarding production
                                                                        refunds have proved inappropriate to developments in
                                                                        the starch sector; whereas it appears advisable to restrict
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,                      production refunds to starch from cereals and potatoes
                                                                        intended for the manufacture of products covered by
Having regard to the opinion of the European Par-                       import arrangements which do not involve agricultural
liament,                                                                products subject to a common organization of the
                                                                        market; whereas Article 11 of Regulation (EEC) N o
                                                                        2727/75 should be amended accordingly.
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and
Social Committee,
                                                                        Whereas, to minimize the problems created for those
                                                                        sectors of starch production which will not be eligible for
Whereas Article 11 of Council Regulation (EEC) No                       the production refund under the new arrangements, it is
2727/75 ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No                     necessary to allow a transitional period during which the
1018/84 (2), makes provision for the granting of                        present arrangements are progressively dismantled and
production refunds for starch from cereals, potato                      the new arrangements progressively introduced;
starch, maize groats and meal used by the brewing
industry and for the manufacture of glucose, and quell-                 Whereas, in order to take account of the special situation
                                                                        of the potato starch industry, provision should be made
O O J N o L 2 8 1 , 1. 11. 1975, p. 1.                                  for a procedure allowing the Community to take any
(2) OJ No L 107, 19. 4. 1984, p. 1.                                     measures considered necessary in this sector,
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HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:                                                  from the Commission lay down the measures
                                                                              to be applied.
                          Article 1                                    2.    During the marketing years 1986/87, 1987/88
                                                                       and 1988/89 the production refund provided for in
The following Article 11a is inserted in Regulation
                                                                       paragraph 1 may be fixed in respect of a complete
(EEC) No 2727/75:
                                                                       marketing year.
    'Article 11a                                                       3.    The production refunds and the premium for
    1. (a) A production refund may be granted for the                  potato starch manufacture provided for in Article 11
            manufacture of starch from maize or wheat or               shall be progressively reduced during the three-year
            for potato starch, used in the manufacture of              period commencing in 1986/87.
            certain products, on the basis of the difference           4.    Article 11 shall, with effect from 1 August 1989,
            between world and community market prices.                 be replaced by paragraph 1 of this Article which shall
      (b)   The Council shall, acting by a qualified                   become Article 11.'
            majority on a proposal from the Commission,
            establish the general rules required for the                                      Article 2
            application of this Article and shall draw up
            the list of products eligible under these              This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
            arrangements.                                          following its publication in the Official Journal of the
                                                                   European Communities.
      (c)   If the situation on the market for potato
            starch makes it necessary, the Council shall,          This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and
            acting by a qualified majority on a proposal           directly applicable in all Member States.