CELEX: 51978PC0034
Language: en
Date: 1978-01-30
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) amending Regulation (EEC) No 3331/74 on the allocation and alteration of the basic quotas for sugar (submitted to the Council by the Commission)

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 ---pagebreak---  COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
                                                  COM(78)34 final.
                                                  Brussels , 30 January 197°
                               Proposal for a
                          COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC )
        amending Regulation (EEC ) No 3331 /74 on the allocation and.
                  alteration of the "basic quotas for sugar
               ( submitted to the Council "by the Commission)
COK(78 ) 34 final .
 ---pagebreak---                                   EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
 1 . Since 1968 sugar production in the French Department of Martinique has been
     declining as a result of poor weather conditions and a decrease in the area
     planted with sugar cane as attempts are made to diversify the crops grown .
     The same circumstances obtain in the Department of Guadeloupe , where production
     first declined and then recovered , before stabilizing at a level below the tonnage
     produced before 1968 .
     The particular importance of the banana in both departments should be mentioned
     in connection with this diversification of crops grown .
     Production in the two departments has never reached the amount of the basic
     quotas for the undertakings established there , despite quota transfers . The
     maximum transferable amount is 5 % of the basic quota of each undertaking . Under
     Regulation ( EEC ) No 3331 / 74 Member States may transfer this amount to other
     undertakings .
2 . In the Department of Reunion , however , the area under sugar cane has increased
     and production has regularly exceeded a      part    of the basic quotas of  the
     undertakings established there .
     In this department there is no possibility of diversifying the crops grown .
     Production of the only other marketable crop , geraniums , is in steady decline and
     the outlook for it is poor , in view of the market trend .
     There is thus a genuine capacity for extending the area under sugar cane and it
     must be taken up if the 15 000 or so cane growers , who work small areas , are to
     have the chance of more reasonable incomes . The incomes of the planters cannot ^<s
     improved , however , unless there is an increase in the basic quotas for the
     undertakings involved .
3 - The Commission considers it right therefore to propose that the Council authorize
     the French Republic , for the period 1 July 1977 to 30 June 1980 , to make changes
     in the basic quotas for undertakings in its overseas departments , subject to a
     limit of 10 X of their basic quota for the 1976/ 1977 sugar marketing year .
     The total transfer between the French Antilles and Reunion would in fact
     amount to roughly 15 000 tonnes of white sugar equivalent .
 ---pagebreak---                     PROPOSAL FOR COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC )
         amending Regulation ( EEC ) No 3331 / 74 on the allocation and alteration
                   of the basic quotas for sugar
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, •
Having regard to Council Regulation ( EEC ) No 3330/ 74 of 19 December 1974 on the
common organization of the market in sugar ( 1 ), as last amended by Regulation ( EEC)
No 2560/ 77 ( 2 ), and in particular Articles 24(3 ) and 34 thereof ,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ,
Whereas , since the common organization of the market in sugar entered into force ,
production in the French Departments of Guadeloupe and Martinique has never reached
the amount of the basic quotas allocated to the undertakings established in these
departments and the area under sugar cane has actually declined on Martinique ;
 whereas the production out look does not indicate , any change in this situation for most
of the undertakings concerned ;
 Whereas in the French Department of Reunion the area given over to sugar cane could
 be extended ; whereas the only alternative crop , that of the geranium, is in steady
 decline and the outlook for it is poor ;
 Whereas in the department of Reunion sugar cane is grown by roughly 15 000 planters
 working small areas ; whereas , therefore , the possibility of extending the areas
 planted should be taken up so that these planters can enjoy a more equitable income ;
 whereas the planters' incomes cannot be improved unless the basic quotas of the sugar
 undertakings for which they produce are increased ;
  Whereas , therefore , it should be made ppssible for Reunion to be allocated a
  part of the French Republic's basic"3/* 1 *7 which is assigned by Regulation ( EEC)
  No 3330/ 74 to its overseas Departments and is not used up in Guadeloupe and
  Martinique ; whereas an increase should therefore be authorized in the percentage
   ( 1 ) 0J No L 359 , 31.12.1974 , p . 1
   ( 2 ) OJ No L 303 , 28.11.1977 , p.' 1
 ---pagebreak--- Limit up to which the French Republic may modify the basic quotas for the
undertakings Located in its overseas Departments ; whereas this wilL require
an amendment of Council Regulation ( EEC ) No 3331 / 74 of 19 December 1974 on
the allocation and alteration of the basic quotas for sugar ,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 ( 1 ) OJ No L 359 , 31.12.1974 , p. 18
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                                    Article 1
The following paragraph 3 is added to Article 2 of Regulation ( ESC ) 1T0 3331/74 :
" 3 . -^y v;ay of derogation from the first , second and third sub–paragraphs of
      Article 24 (?) of Regulation ( SEC ) No 3330/ 74 and paragraph 1 of this
      Article , the French Republic may , under the plans for restructuring the
      sugar-cane and sugar sectors in its Overseas Departments , reduce the
      basic quota for each undertaking established in these departments by a
      quantity not exceeding, for the entire period from 1 July 1977 "to
       30 June I98O , 10 Jo of the basic quota applicable to each undertaking
      during the 1976/77 sugar marketing year .                          .
                                /                                  .  basic
      Further , for the 1977/ 78 marketing year , the reduction in the/ quota may
      not exceed the difference between the basic quota originally applicable
      for this marketing year and the production achieved within this basic
       quota .
       The French Republic shall allocate the amended quotas before the end of the
       marketing year preceding that of their application . However , for the
       1977/78^'marketing year , the amended qufctas shall be allocated before the
       end of the said marketing year .
       The restructuring plans and the resultant measures affecting the basic
       quotas shall be communicated forthwith to the Commission . .
                                     Article 2
       This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication
        in the Official Journal of the European Communities . It shall
        apply with effect from 1 July 1977 *
 This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in
 all Member otates .
 Done at Brussels ,                                            •^'or   Council
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    i . LIGNE BUDGÉTAIRE CONCERNES i       Chapitre 11 du Budget .
    2. INTITULE SE L A          i  Proposition de règlement ( CEE ) du Conseil modifiant le règle­
    ment ( CEE ) n° 3331 / 74 relatif à l' attribution et à la modification des quotas de
    base dans le secteur du sucre .
    3 . BASE JURIDIQUE I
                            Article 24 paragraphe 3 du . règlement ( CEE ) n° 3330/ 74
    4 . OBJECTIFS DE L ACTION i /\(Jg ment at i on de la " masse de manoeuvre" permettant à la                                    1
      République française de modifier le quota des entreprises établies dans les                                                 Jj
      DOM français .                                                                                                              h
    5 . INCIDENCES FINANCIERES                      PENDANT LA CAKPAGSE i EXERCICE EN COURS ( jg )    EXERCICE SUIVANT ( je
    5.0 DEFENSES
         . AU CHARGE DU TODCCT DE LA CS
            ( RESTITUTIONS/INTERVESTIOSS )
         - A LA CHARGE ADMINISrR . NATIONALES
         - A LA CHASSE D' AUTRES SECTEURS NATKHADX
    5.1 RECETTES
         - RESSOURCES PROPRES CE                      - 15 mio uc I - 1,5 mio uc                       ■ 1,5 mio uc
         - SUR LE PLAN NATIONAL
                                                   ANNEE                   ANNEE.                       ÀNVEB +<m %
    5.0.1 ECHEANCIER PUJRIANNUEL DEPQTSES                  0,8 mio uc
    5.1.1 ECHEANCIER PLURIANNUEL RECETTES
    5.2     MODE DE CALCUL
               Cotisation à la production 9,85 ùc/ 100 kg;quantité concernée 15.000'tonnes
               de sucre " B " devenant sucre " A "
               Campagne sucrière 1977/ 1978 : 15.000 x 98,5                   =   1,42mio uc
               Campagnes sucrières 1978/ 1979 et 1979/ 1980 : respectivement en < ■                         on 1,5 Mue
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          FINANCEMENT POSSIBLE PAR CREDITS INSCRITS AU CHAPITRE CONCERNE DANS     BUDGET EN COURS D' EXECUTION
Η7        FINANCQQNT POSSIBLE PAR TIREHOTT ENTRE CHAPITRES DU BUDGET EN COURS D' EXECUTION
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   OBSERVATIONS l
 I'         Cette mesure n' était pas prévue lors de l' établissement du Budget 1978 .
            Toutefois , la moindre recette y découlant et représentant seulement 0,4X du
 !          chapitre concerné ne nécessitera pas un budget supplémentaire .