CELEX: 51988PC0612
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Date: 1988-11-04
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC )setting for the 1988/89 marketing year the percentages mentioned in for Article 3 (1a) of Regulation (EEC) No 426/86 in connection with aid for products processed from tomatoes (presented by the Commission)

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 ---pagebreak--- COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
                                                      COM ( 88 ) 612 final
                                                      Brussels , ^ November 1988
                                Proposal for a
                           COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC )
 setting for the 1988 / 89 marketing year the percentages mentioned in
  Article 3  ( 1a ) of Regulation ( EEC ) No 426 /86 in connection with
                aid for products processed from tomatoes
                                             §§ \ 00 NOV.    NOV. 1988
                                                                     1988
                                                     Sorti du Secrétariat
                       ( presented by the ComnCommission)   Général
                                                     or>) Général
 ---pagebreak---                                    EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
Subject :     Council Regulation ( EEC ) No       /88 setting for the 1987 / 88
              marketing year the percentage mentioned in Article 3(la ) of
              Regulation ( EEC ) No 426 / 86 in connection with the aid for products
              obtained from tomatoes
Article 3(la ) of Regulation ( EEC ) No 426 / 86 provides for the granting of a
premium , equal to 2% of the aid , on finished tomato products obtained from
fresh tomatoes supplied under contracts concluded with producers' groups .
The premium is not paid unless the processor or processors' group
-   has taken over the total quantity of fresh tomatoes covered by such
    contracts , and
          * ■
-   provides evidence that the tomatoes processed under those contracts
    account for a significant percentage of the total quantity of tomatoes
    processed .
The attached Regulation sets these percentages in respect of the 1988 / 89
marketing year . Two percentages are set , one for the EEC of Ten and one for
Spain and Portugal , in order to take account of the role played by producers'
groups in the Community as it stands at present . As compared with the past
marketing year , the "significant " rates set are 17% up on those for the
Community of Ten and 73% up on those for Spain and Portugal , with a view to
stimulating supplies available for fresh tomatoes .
 ---pagebreak---                                                  Proposal for a
                                         COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC )
                setting for the 198 8/8 & marketing year the percentages mentioned in Article 3
                ( la) of Regulation (EEC) No 426/ 86 in connection with aid for products processed
                                                    from tomatoes
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                      Whereas a specific percentage should be set for Spam and
                                                               for Portugal, since the role of producers’ groups in these
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European          two Member States is still limited ,
Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 426/86 of
24 February 1986 on the common organization of the .           HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
market in products processed from fruit and vegetables ('),-
as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No_£^T /’ (*), and                                  Article 1
in particular Article 3 (3) thereof,          /S8
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
                                                               For the 198$/8^ marketing year, the percentages
                                                               mentioned in Article 3 ( la) of Regulation (EEC) No
                                                               426/ 86 shall be :
Whereas, in order to encourage the conclusion of
contracts between groups of tomato producers and proces¬       – for , the Community as constituted on 31 December
sors and groups of processors, Regulation (EEC) No                 1985:fO>/o
426/86 made provision for the granting on certain terms        – for Spain and for Portugal
of an additional processing premium ;
Whereas in order to permit payment of the said premium                                  Article 2
in respect of the 1988/8*3 marketing year the ‘significant
specific percentage’ for the total quantity of processed       This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its
tomatoes covered by contracts concluded with producers’        publication in the Official Journal of the European
groups must be set ;                                            Communities.
                This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                States.
                 Done at Brussels, :
                                                                           For the Council
 (■) OJ No L 49, 22. 2. 1986, p. 1 .
 O oj NO                             jj.2,/
 ---pagebreak---                            FICHE D' IMPACT SUR LA COMPETITIVITE ET L ' EMPLOI
    I. Quelle est la justification principale de la mesure ?
       . Encourager la maîtrise de la production agricole de la tomate destinée
          à l' industrie .
   II . Caractéristiques des entreprises concernées
          En particulier :
              «
          - Y a - t - il un grand nombre de PME ? OUI
          - note t' on des concentrations dans des régions : OUI
            - éligibles aux aides régionales des E.M. ? OUI
            - éligibles au Feder ?         OUI
 III . Quelles sont les obligations imposées directement aux entreprises ?
          Conclure des contrats de transformation avec les . organisations des
          Producteurs agricoles .
  IV . Quelles sont les obligations susceptibles dêtre imposées indirectement
         aux entreprises via les autorités tocales ?
          NEANT
   V - V a -t - il des mesures spéciales pour les PME ?
                   NO
         ~ Lesquelles ?
 VI . Quel est l' effet prévisible ?                        Une légère augmentation de
                                                            l' aide à condition que les
        " sur la compétitivité des entreprises ? -          cpntrats soient conclus avec les
                                                            Organisations de producteurs des
                                                            fruits et légumes .
        - sur l' emploi ?
           NEANT
VII . Les partenaires sociaux ont-ils été consultés ? NON
        - avis des partenaires sociaux
 ---pagebreak---           FINANCIAL               STATEMENT
                                                                 Date : 23.8.1988
 1 . Budget heading : 1511                          Appropriations : 325 million ECU
 2 . Title : Draft Council Regulation setting for the 1988 / 89 marketing year the
              percentage relating to the aid for processed tomatoes .
 3 . Legal basis : Art . 43 of EEC Treaty and Art . 31(a ) of Regulation 426 / 86 .
4 . Aims of project : To set the percentage above which the premium of 2% of the aid
                          for the processing of tomatoes can be paid .
                                                  period of        current           following
                                                  12 months    financial year      financial year
5.     Financial implications                                       ( 1988 )            ( 1989 )
5.0    Expenditure
       - charged to the EC budget
          ( intervention )                        5,2 m ECU           P.M.            5,2 m ECU
5.1    Receipts
       - own resources of the EC
          ( levies / customs duties )
       - national
5.0.1 Estimated expenditure
5.2 Method of calculation :
      Expenditure provided for processed tomatoes in 1989 :
      EUR 10 : 264,5 m ECU , on 90% of which premium applicable                   238,0
      ESP     : 20,4 m ECU , on 25% of which premium applicable                     5,1
      PORT : 19,7 m ECU , on 25% of which premium applicable                        4,9
                                                                                  248,0
      Additional premium = 2% x 248,0 = 5,0 m ECU (A )
                  5,0 m ECU ( A ) x 1,041 ( DT ) = 5,2 m ECU ( B )
6.0 Can the project be financed from appropriations entered in the relevant chapter
      of the current budget ?                                                             yes
6.1 Can the project be financed by transfer between chapters of the current budget ?
6.2 Is a supplementary budget necessary ?
6.3 Will future budget appropriations be necessary ?                                      yes
Observations : This measure forms part of the prices package decided on by the Council
                  on 30.6.1987 .