CELEX: 51984PC0020(36)
Language: en
Date: 1984-01-24
Title: PROPOSAL FOR COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) OF AMENDING REGULATION ( EEC ) N. 1469/70 FIXING THE PERCENTAGES AND QUANTITIES OF TOBACCO TAKEN OVER BY THE INTERVENTION AGENCIES AND THE PERCENTAGE OF COMMUNITY TOBACCO PRODUCTION ABOVE WHICH THE PROCEDURE LAID DOWN IN ARTICLE 13 OF REGULATION ( EEC ) N. 727/70 APPLIES

No C 62/58                           Official Journal of the European Communities                               5.3.84
              Proposal for a Council Regulation amending Regulation (EEC) No 1469/70 fixing the
              percentages and quantities of tobacco taken over by the intervention agencies and the
              percentage of Community tobacco production above which the procedure laid down in
                                    Article 13 of Regulation (EEC) No 727/70 applies
                                                      (84/C 62/34)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN                                     lation of the absolute quantities mentioned in
COMMUNITIES,                                                    Article 13 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 727/70 must
                                                                be on the basis of a lower percentage, namely 10 %,
                                                                of the average of the three reference harvests; wher-
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro-
                                                                eas in the case of the varieties with the serial num-
pean Economic Community,
                                                                bers 3 (Virgin D), 11 (a) (Forchheimer Havanna II
                                                                C), 11 (b) (Nostrano del Brenta), 11 (c) (Resistente
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                     142) and 11 (d) (Gojano), the absolute quantities
727/70 of 21 April 1970 on the common organ-                    must, because of the increase in production over the
ization of the market in raw tobacco ('), as last               last few years, be maintained at their present level;
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1461/82 (2), and
in particular Article 13 (3) and (6) thereof,
                                                                Whereas the percentage of Community production
                                                                above which the market management measures are
Having regard to the proposal from the Commis-                  implemented was fixed at 120 %; whereas in view of
sion,                                                           the overall production level and the outlets foresee-
                                                                able this percentage should now be reduced to
                                                                 115%; whereas it appears that at 15 % increase in
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 1469/70 (3),                production is large enough to allow for the effect of
as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No                          weather conditions on the quantities produced,
 1536/81 (4), fixed the percentages and quantities of
tobacco taken over by the intervention agencies and
the percentage of Community production above
 which market management measures for tobacco are               HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
 implemented;
                                                                                         Article 1
 Whereas the percentages and quantities applying to
 each variety of tobacco taken over by the interven-
tion agencies were fixed on the basis of average                 Regulation (EEC) No 1469/70 is hereby amended
 production for the 1978, 1979 and 1980 harvests;                as follows:
 whereas, since then the production of certain
 varieties has changed in response to market require-            1.  Article 2 shall be replaced by the following:
 ments; whereas when prices and premiums were
 fixed for the 1983 harvest the Elassona variety was
 given the serial number 19 (b) because of its great                  'Article 2
 similarity to Kaba Koulak classic;
                                                                     The percentage referred to in Article 13 (5) of
                                                                      Regulation (EEC) No 727/70 shall be 115 %.'
 Whereas these percentages and quantities were
 determined using varying criteria; whereas, in order            2.   The Annex shall be replaced by the Annex to
 to achieve better market management and prevent                      this Regulation.
 the creation of large stocks, the percentage beyond
 which an adjustment of production to demand is to
 be sought should be restricted to 15 % of the average
 of the 1981, 1982 and 1983 harvests; whereas, on the
 other hand, in order to permit more rapid imple-                                        Article 2
 mentation of the co-responsibility measures that are
 liable to be taken to cope with excess supply, calcu-           This Regulation shall enter into force on the third
                                                                 day following its publication in the Official Journal
                                                                 of the European Communities.
 (') OJ No L 94, 28. 4. 1970, p. 1.
 O3 OJ No L 164, 14. 6. 1982, p. 27.
 (4) OJ No L 164, 27. 7. 1970, p. 35.                            This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and
 ( ) OJ No L 156, 15. 6. 1981, p. 21.                            directly applicable in all Member States.
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                                                         ANNEX
                 Percentages and quantities referred to in Article 13 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 727/70
     Serial                                                                                                Quantity
      No                                        Variety                                        Percentage  (tonnes)
        1   Badischer Geudertheimer                                                                15           550
        2   Badischer Burley E                                                                     15           460
        3   Virgin D                                                                               15           100
        4   (a) Paraguay and hybrids thereof
            (b) Dragon vert and hybrids thereof, Philippin, Petit Grammont (Flo-
                becq), Semois, Appelterre
                                                                                                   15         4 100
        5       Nijkerk
        6   (a) Misionero and hybrids thereof
            (b) Rio Grande and hybrids thereof
        7   Bright                                                                                 15         2 700
        8   Burley I                                                                               15         5 200
        9   Maryland                                                                               15           190
      10    (a) Kentucky and hybrids thereof
            (b) Moro di Cori                                                                       15           960
            (c) Salento
      11    (a) Forchheimer Havanna II c
            (b) Nostrano del Brenta
                                                                                                   15         1 100
            (c) Resistente 142
            (d) Gojano
       12   (a) Beneventano                                                               1
                                                                                                   15            30
            (b) Brasile Selvaggio and similar varieties                                   J
       13   Xanti-Yaka                                                                             15           920
       14   (a) Perustitza
                                                                                                   15           840
            (b) Samsun                                                                    I
       15   Erzegovina and similar varieties                                                       15           740
       16   (a) Round Tip
            (b) Scafati                                                                            15             20
            (c) Sumatra I
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                                                  Variety                                     Percentage    Quantity
      No                                                                                                    (tonnes)
      17        Basmas                                                                            15           2 050
      18        Katerini and similar varieties                                                    15            1 330
      19        (a) Kaba Koulak classic                                                1
                                                                                                  15           2 450
                (b) Elassona                                                           J
      20        (a) Kaba Koulak non-classic                                             j
                                                                                                  15              970
                (b) Myrodata Smyrne, Trapezous and Phi I                               J
      21        Myrodata Agrinion                                                                 15              600
      22        Zichnomyrodata                                                                    15              120
      23        Tsebelia                                                                          15            1 900
      24        Mavra                                                                             15              750
      25        Burley GR                                                                         15           2 360
      26        Virginia GR                                                                       15               10
             Proposal for a Council Regulation laying down special measures for certain varieties of
                                raw tobacco in respect of the 1984, 1985 and 1986 crops
                                                        (84/C 62/35)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN                                     (EEC) No 1536/81 (4), as the threshold for activat-
COMMUNITIES,                                                    ing the procedures provided for in Article 13 of
                                                                 Regulation (EEC) No 727/70;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro-              Whereas the quantities fixed have been exceeded
pean Economic Community,                                        only in the case of the 1982 crop, and whereas the
                                                                figures for the 1983 crop, more particularly those
Having regard to Council              Regulation (EEC)          relating to areas under tobacco, do not indicate that
No 727/70 of 21 April 1970 on        the common organ-          the quantities delivered into intervention from the
ization of the market in raw          tobacco ('), as last       1983 crop will be less than those delivered from the
amended by Regulation (EEC)          No 1461/82 (2), and         1982 crop;
in particular the second               subparagraph of
Article 13 (8) thereof,                                          Whereas, as regards these varieties, the quantities of
                                                                 the 1982 crop bought in by the intervention agencies
                                                                 are less than the percentage fixed by Regulation
Having regard to the proposal from the Commis-                  (EEC) No 1469/70; whereas; however, the measures
sion,                                                            provided for in Article 13 of Regulation (EEC)
                                                                 No 727/70 may be activated when only the said
                                                                 quantities are found to have been or are in danger of
Whereas it appears from the report of the Commis-                being exceeded, in order to facilitate control over
sion provided for in Article 13 (1) of Regulation                the market before excessively large intervention
(EEC) No 727/70 that the quantities of tobacco of                stocks are formed;
the Tsebelia and Mavra varieties from the 1982 crop
bought in by the intervention agencies are greater
                                                                 Whereas, in these circumstances, appropriate mea-
than the quantities fixed by Regulation (EEC)
                                                                 sures should be taken immediately to prevent the
No 1469/70 (3), as last amended by Regulation
                                                                 situation experienced in 1982 from recurring as
                                                                 regards the 1984 crop;
(')
 2
     OJNoL94, 28.4. 1970, p. 1.
( ) OJ No L 164, 14. 6. 1982, p. 27.
(3) OJ No L 164, 27. 7. 1970, p. 35.                             («) OJ No L 156, 15.6. 1981, p. 21.