CELEX: 51983PC0313
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Date: 1983-05-31
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) amending Regulation (EEC) No 2036/82 adopting general rules concerning special measures for peas and field beans (submitted to the Council by the Commission)

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                                         Proposal f o ra
                               COUNCIL REGULATION ( E E C )
        amending  Regulation        ( E E C ) No 2036/82 a d o p t i n g g e n e r a l  rules
            concerning  s p e c i a l measures f o r peas and f i e l d            beans
                 (submitted     t o t h e C o u n c i l by t h e Commission)
  COM(83) 313  final
 ---pagebreak---                                    EXPLANATORY     MEMORANDUM
On 16 M a y 1 9 8 3       the  Council   amended R e g u l a t i o n    ( E E C ) No 1 4 3 1 / 8 2  laying   down
special      measures       for   peas and   field    beans     in    order       to  adjust     the  aid   payable
in certain          cases   where   the  peas and     field     beans a r e         used as    animal    feed
without      further       processing*
This   proposal         is  designed    to  amend R e g u l a t i o n   ( E E C ) No 2 0 3 6 / 8 3  accordingly*
It is     proposed        that  at  the  same t i m e  the   requirement             whereby     the   production
declaration          must   be   countersigned     by  the   producer           should be d i s p e n s e d  with
since     it   has    led   to  difficulties     of   an a d m i n i s t r a t i v e  nature     in  the   Member
States.
Since     the     proposal     is  a natural   follow-up       to     the    amendment      to     Regulation
(EEC)     No 1 4 3 1 / 8 2  which   the  Council    has a l r e a d y     adopted      and which      will   lead to
an e s i t m a t e d  reduction     in  expenditure     of   1,25      million        ECU p e r    year,  no  new
financial         implications      are   involved*
 ---pagebreak---                                                           Proposal f o r a
                                                  COUNCIL       REGULATION         (EEC)
                            amending R e g u l a t i o n (EECJ No 2036/82 a d o p t i n g g e n e r a l
                       r u l e s concerning s p e c i a l measures f o r peas and f i e l d beans
   THE     COUNCIL OP THE             EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
  Having regard to the Treaty e s t a b l i s h i n g the European Economic Community,
  Having regard to C o u n c i l R e g u l a t i o n           (EEC) No 1431/82 o f 18 May                   1982   laying
  down s p e c i a l measures f o r peas and                field     beans ( l ) , as amended by               Regulation
  (EEC) No           1225 /83       (2),and i n p a r t i c u l a r A r t i c l e 3(5) and       A r t i c l e 4 thereof,
  Having regard to the p r o p o s a l from the                    Commission,
  Whereas         Article        4(1)   of  Council      Regulation        (EEC)    No  2036/82 (3)            lays   down t h a t in
 cases where the products are s o l d by the producer                                the f i r s t purchaser must
 lodge with the agency appointed                        by the Member S t a t e a d e c l a r a t i o n
 countersigned               by the producer        certifying       the q u a n t i t y a c t u a l l y d e l i v e r e d by
 the l a t t e r ; whereas experience                 has  shown t h a t some agencies are e x p e r i e n c i n g
 d i f f i c u l t i e s on account        of the requirement               that      the d e c l a r a t i o n s b e
 countersigned               by the producer;        whereas t h a t requirement              should t h e r e f o r e be
 dispensed           with;
Whereas under A r t i c l e 4(2) the agency appointed                             by the Member S t a t e i s
r e q u i r e d to v e r i f y t h a t the producer           has o b t a i n e d a t l e a s t     the minimum p r i c e ;
whereas, i n the i n t e r e s t s o f sound management and                         i n o r d e r to a v o i d     any
misunderstanding,                 the   date   to   be   used    for   calculating         the    minimum        price
 should        be     specified;
Whereas         Regulation          (EEC)   No  1225/83 a m e n d s      the     conditions       for     entitlement       to
Community           aid;      whereas     Regulation      (EEC)    No   2036/82 s h o u l d      be     amended
accordingly,
(1) 0J No L 162,                12.6.1982, p. 28.             (3) 0J No L 219,           28.7-82, p.            1.
(2) 0J No L 131,                 20.5.1983, p.         1.
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 HAD   ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
                                                               Article 1
 Regulation          (EEC) No 2036/82 i s hereby amended as f o l l o w s :
 1. A r t i c l e 4        i s replaced by the f o l l o w i n g :
      "Article         4
     1. In cases where the products are s o l d by the producer, the                                         first
          purchaser s h a l l lodge the c o n t r a c t made with the producer with the
          agency appointed by the Member State i n which the product i s harvested.
          He s h a l l a l s o lodge a d e c l a r a t i o n c e r t i f y i n g the q u a n t i t y a c t u a l l y
          d e l i v e r e d by the producer.
     2. The agency appointed by the Member State, a f t e r v e r i f y i n g the content o f
         the c o n t r a c t and           the d e c l a r a t i o n , s h a l l d e l i v e r to the f i r s t buyer a
         certificate             c o n f i r m i n g that the producer has obtained a t l e a s t                  the
         minimum p r i c e f o r the q u a n t i t y he has d e l i v e r e d .                  The minimum p r i c e
         s h a l l be that a p p l i c a b l e          on the day the contract i s concluded."
2. A r t i c l e    5(2)      i s replaced by the f o l l o w i n g :
     "2. For the purposes                   o f t h i s A r t i c l e , a product s h a l l have a c t u a l l y been
           used      i f i t has been :
         (a) m i l l e d and i n c o r p o r a t e d i n t o animal feed;
                 or
         (b) marketed a f t e r having b e e n put up f o r consuinp I' i on
                 unprocessed;
                 or
         (c)     processed f o r the manufacture of p r o t e i n c o n c e n t r a t e s ;
                 or
         (d) processed f o r use i n f o o d s t u f f s .
        A d d i t i o n a l c o n d i t i o n s may     be s p e c i f i e d in'accordance with the procedur
        l a i d down i n A r t i c l e 12 of Regulation (EEC) No 1117/78.".
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  3· A r t i c l e     6(2)        is    replaced     by the f o l l o w i n g   :
         "2. The a i d to be p a i d s h a l l be :
                (a) f o r the products r e f e r r e d t o i n A r t i c l e 5(2)(a) and ( c ) , the amount
                       f i x e d i n A r t i c l e 3(1) o f R e g u l a t i o n     (EEC) No 1431/82;
                (b) f o r the p r o d u c t s r e f e r r e d t o i n A r t i c l e 5(2)(b) and ( d ) , the amount
                      f i x e d i n A r t i c l e 3(2) o f R e g u l a t i o n     (EEC) No 1431/82.".
                                                                 Article 2
 This R e g u l a t i o n       s h a l l e n t e r i n t o f o r c e on the t h i r d day f o l l o w i n g i t s
 p u b l i c a t i o n i n the O f f i c i a l      J o u r n a l o f the European Communities.
 This R e g u l a t i o n       s h a l l be b i n d i n g i n i t s e n t i r e t y and d i r e c t l y a p p l i c a b l e i n
a l l Member S t a t e s .
Done a t B r u s s e l s ,                                                           For the C o u n c i l