CELEX: 51992PC0051
Language: en
Date: 1992-02-21
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) amending Regulation ( EEC ) No 1035/72 on the common organization of the market in fruit and vegetables

COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
                                      C0M(92) 51 final
                                      Brussels, 21 February 1992
                          Proposal for a
                     COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC)
           amending Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 on the
    common organization of the market in fruit and vegetables
                   (presented by the Commission)
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                              EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
Subject;  Draft Regulation amending Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 on the common
          organization of the market in fruit and vegetables
Fruit and vegetables produced and marketed in the Community and products imported
from third countries are checked for conformity with Community quality standards.
The checks on fruit and vegetables produced in the Community as well as those
imported are made by sampling.
Experience has shown that currently a number of third countries are able to have
the checks necessary to ensure conformity with Community quality standards made
by their authorities prior to exportation of the products.
Consequently, provision should be made to grant approval allowing these
authorities to make conformity checks on fruit and vegetables as if they had been
carried out within the Community. The purpose of this draft Regulation is to
create the legal basis necessary for the Commission to grant such authorization.
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                                Proposal for a
                           COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC)
                   amending Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 on the
            common organization of the market in fruit and vegetables
THE 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 proposal from the Commission,
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament,
Whereas Article 8 of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 on the common organization of
the market in fruit and vegetablest 1 ), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No
....(2), provides that the conformity of fruit and vegetables with the quality
standards laid down is to be checked by sampling; whereas Article 9 of that
Regulation extends this provision to imported products;
Whereas experience has shown that a number of third countries' own inspection
authorities can carry out these product conformity checks under satisfactory
conditions; whereas, as a result, and for the sake of sound administration and
commercial management, provision should be made for the authorization of such
authorities to carry out conformity checks as if they had been carried out in a
place of shipment in the Community;
Whereas, to this end, Article 10 of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 should be
supplemented;
(1) OJ No L 118, 20.5.1972, p. 1
(2) OJ No L
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HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
                                    Article 1
The following second subparagraph is hereby added to Article 10(1) of Regulation
(EEC) No 1035/72:
"For products imported into the Community, these measures may consist in the
authorization of the official inspection authorities of the exporting third
country.
The costs incurred in implementing the preceding subparagraph shall be borne by
the community."
                                    Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all
Member states.
Done at                                          For the Council
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                       F I N A N C I A L      S T A T E M E N T
                                         for:
           Draft council Regulation amending Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72
         on the common organization of the market in fruit and vegetables
1.   Budget heading: B8-25       Item: B8-2511      Title: other controls in
     agriculture, support and promotion expenditure
2.   Legal basis: Article 43 of the Treaty
3.   Classification: Non-compulsory expenditure
4.   Objectives of the measure and description of action:
     To approve the official inspection authorities of third countries exporting
     fruit and vegetables; on-the-spot visit by commission officials to verify
     control procedures prior to approval.
5.   Method of calculation:
5.1. Nature of expenditure: Travel and mission expenses
5.2. Community financial contribution: Operating expenses 100%
5.3. Calculation: Based on 12 inspection trips every two years to the main
                   exporting countries, i.e. 6 trips per year.
                   Estimate for 12 trips: ECU 148 000 (travel ECU 101 000, mission
                   expenses ECU 47 000), i.e. ECU 74 000 per year.
6.   Financial consequences for operating appropriations:
6.1. Timetable for commitment and payment appropriations (ECU m)
          Financial year                   Commitment        Payment
                                           appropriations    appropriations
             1993                              0,074             0,074
             1994                              0,074             0,074
             1995                              0,074             0,074
          Subsequent financial                                         Probably no
          years:                                                       change
                          TOTAL (93-95)        0,222             0,222
6.2. Financing during current financial year: None
7.   comments :
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