CELEX: 51993PC0387
Language: en
Date: 1993-09-01
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) laying down special measures to encourage the processing of certain citrus fruits

No C 259 / 8                                Official Journal of the European Communities                                    23 . 9 . 93
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              Proposal for a Council Regulation (EEC) laying down special measures to encourage the
                                                     processing of certain citrus fruits
                                                              (93 /C 259 /07)
                                                             COM(93) 387 final
                                         (Submitted by the Commission on 1 September 1993)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                                  situation during those two periods shows that the
                                                                          incentives for processing should be reintroduced for
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                     those products and continued for oranges ;
Economic Community, and in particular Article 43
thereof,
                                                                          Whereas the production of oranges and mandarins
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,                        continues to be affected by serious marketing difficulties
                                                                          due in particular to the varieties produced and to over­
                                                                          production ; whereas the production of Clementines has
Having regard to the opinion of the European                              increased appreciably in recent years to the extent also of
Parliament,                                                               creating surpluses ; whereas, lastly, satsumas, which are
                                                                          replaced by Clementines on the market in fresh fruit, are
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and                          also in surplus ;
Social Committee,
Whereas mandarins, Clementines and satsumas were                          Whereas the processing support scheme which is thus
eligible during the 1989/90 to 1991 /92 marketing years                   applied pursuant to this Regulation must be capable of
for a processing support scheme which has not been                        promoting the processing of the citrus fruits concerned
continued in 1992/93 ; whereas a comparison of the                        respectively both into juice and into segments under
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  contracts concluded between processors and producers                The contracts shall specify the quantities covered by
  guaranteeing the latter a minimum price and regular                 them, the phasing of deliveries to processors and the
  supplies for industry ;                                             prices to be paid to producers .
 Whereas, in order to encourage producers to present
                                                                      Once they have been concluded, contracts shall be sent
 their products for processing rather than for withdrawal,            to the competent authorities in the Member States
 provision should be made for the minimum processing                  concerned responsible for carrying out quantitative and
 price to be fixed at the level of the highest withdrawal             qualitative checks on deliveries to processors.
 price for each product applicable during the period when
 withdrawals are heavy ;
                                                                                                Article 3
 Whereas, in order to prevent distortions ôf competition,
 provision should be made for the financial compensation              Financial compensation shall be granted to processors in
 granted for the processing of mandarins and Clementines              respect of the quantities delivered by producers under
 to be fixed at a level such that, for each of those                  the contracts referred to in Article 2 and if the processor
 products, the difference between the minimum price and               has paid the producer, in respect of the raw material, a
 the financial compensation, i.e. the 'burden on the                  price at least equal to the minimum price, which shall be
 industry', is identical with that for the purchase of                fixed for each product concerned at the level of the
 oranges, taking into consideration the difference in juice           highest withdrawal price applicable during heavy with­
 yields ;                                                             drawal periods . The minimum price shall be fixed before
                                                                      the beginning of each marketing yéar.
 Whereas the production of satsumas is affected by
 structural shortcomings in relation to marketing which
                                                                                                Article 4
 can be seen in the wide dispersal of supplies ; whereas
 provision should be made to that end therefore for the               1 . For oranges, the financial compensation may not
 grant of special aid to citrus fruit producers' organiz­             exceed the difference between the minimum price
 ations which conclude contracts with processors and for              referred to in Article 3 and the prices applied for the raw
 financial compensation for the latter ; whereas the                  material in the producer third countries.
 breakdown of the         amounts     into  aid   and  financial
 compensation is justified by the need to allocate the
 funds mainly to supply ;                                            2.      For mandarins and Clementines, the financial
                                                                     compensation shall be fixed at a level such that, for each
Whereas, in order to ensure the effectiveness of the thre­           of these products, the burden on the industry is equi­
 sholds applicable in the citrus fruit sector pursuant to            valent to that for oranges, taking into consideration the
 Regulation (EEC) No 1035 /72 ('), account must be                   difference in juice yields .
 taken when establishing those thresholds of the quan­
 tities delivered for processing pursuant to this Regu­              3 . The financial compensation shall be paid to the
 lation ;
                                                                     processor at his request when the control authorities in
                                                                     the Member State in which processing is carried out have
Whereas Regulations (EEC) No 2601 /69 (2) and (EEC)                  established that the products which are covered by
 No 1 1 23 / 89 (3) should be repealed,                              contracts have been processed .
 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
                                                                     4 . The amount of financial compensation shall be
                            TITLE I                                  fixed before the beginning of each marketing year.
              Oranges, mandarins and Clementines
                                                                                                TITLE II
                            Article 1
                                                                                                Satsumas
A financial compensation scheme for processing into
juice shall be applied to mandarins, Clementines and                                            Article 3
oranges harvested in the Community.
                                                                     An aid scheme shall be applied to satsumas harvested in
                           Article 2                                 the Community and processed into segments. It shall
                                                                     comprise the grant of :
The scheme referred to in Article 1 shall be based on
contracts between producers and processors .                         — aid to recognized citrus fruit producers' organiz­
                                                                          ations within the meaning of Article 13a of Regu­
                                                                          lation (EEC) No 1035 /72 ,
O OJ No L 118 , 20. 5 . 1972 , p. 1 .
(2) OJ No L 324, 27. 12. 1969, p. 21 .                               — financial compensation to processors of satsumas into
(') OJ No L 118 , 29 . 4. 1989 , p. 25 .                                 segments .
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                         Article 6                             2. For the purposes of implementing Article 16a ( 1 )
The scheme referred to in Article 5 shall be based on
                                                               and (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72, the quantities
                                                               of mandarins and Clementines delivered for processing
contracts concluded between producers and processors           pursuant to this Regulation shall be treated as :
on the terms referred to in Article 2 .
                                                               — production intended for consumption as fresh fruit
                         Article 7                                   for the purpose of fixing the intervention thresholds,
The financial compensation shall be granted and the            — a quantity qualifying for an intervention measure for
minimum price fixed in accordance with Article 3 .                   the purpose of ascertaining an overrun, if any, of the
                                                                     intervention thresholds .
                         Article 8
1 . The amount of the aid may not exceed 75 % of the            3.     The quantities of satsumas delivered for processing
average financial compensation granted to processors of         pursuant to this Regulation shall be added to the quan­
satsumas into segments during the 1989/90, 1990/91 and          tities placed in intervention for the purpose of assessing
1991 / 92 marketing years.                                      the overrun of the threshold fixed for this product
                                                                pursuant to Article 16a of Regulation (EEC) No
2. The aid shall be paid to the producers' organiz­             1035/72. To that end the threshold shall be increased by
ations referred to in Article 5 at their request when the       a quantity equal to the average of the quantities of
control authorities in the Member State in which
                                                                oranges for which financial compensation was paid
processing is carried out establish that the satsumas           during the marketing years 1989/90 to 1991 /92
which are covered by contracts have been delivered to           inclusive .
the processing industry.
3 . The financial compensation may not exceed 25 %                                        Article 10
of the average financial compensation granted to
processors of satsumas into segments during the                 Detailed rules for the application of this Regulation and
1989/90, 1990/91 and 1991 /92 marketing years.                  in particular for fixing the minimum prices, the financial
                                                                compensation and the aid for producers' organizations
4. The financial compensation shall be paid to the              shall be adopted in accordance with the procedure laid
processor at his request when the control authorities in        down in Article 33 of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72.
the Member State in which processing is carried out
establish that the satsumas which are covered by                                          Article 11
contracts have been processed into segments.
                                                                The measures provided for in this Regulation shall be
5. The amounts of the financial compensation and the            regarded as intervention intended to stabilize the agri­
aid shall be fixed for a period of three marketing years.       cultural markets within the meaning of Article 3 of
On completion of that period and following a review of          Council Regulation (EEC) No 729/70 of 21 April 1970
the situation in the sector and on the basis of that
                                                                on the financing of the common agricultural policy (*).
situation, in particular as regards the concentration of        They shall be financed by the Guarantee Section of the
supply, the Commission may determine the amounts                European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund
applicable for subsequent marketing years in accordance         (EAGGF).
with the procedure referred to in Article 10 of this Regu­
lation .
                                                                                          Article 12
                         TITLE III                              Council Regulations (EEC) No 2601 /69 and (EEC) No
                    General provisions                          1123 / 89 are hereby repealed.
                         Article 9                                                        Article 13
1 . The quantities of oranges delivered for processing          This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh day
pursuant to this Regulation shall be added to those             following its publication in the Official Journal of the
placed in intervention for the purpose of assessing the         European Communities.
overrun of the threshold fixed for this product pursuant
to Article 16b of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 . To that         This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and
end the threshold shall be increased by a quantity equal        directly applicable in all Member States .
to the average of the quantities of oranges for which
financial compensation was paid during the marketing
years 1984/ 85 to 1988 / 89 inclusive.                          0) OJ No L 94, 28 . 4. 1970 .