CELEX: 51987PC0218
Language: en
Date: 1987-06-16
Title: PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) AMENDING REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1940/81 ON AN INTEGRATED DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF LOZERE

No C 175/4                                 Official Journal of the European Communities                                   3.7.87
                                                                  II
                                                          (Preparatory Acts)
                                                    COMMISSION
               Proposal for a Council Regulation (EEC) amending, as regards preventive withdrawals of apples
               and pears, Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 on the common organization of the market in fruit
                                                           and vegetables
                                                         COM(87) 279 final
                                   (Submitted by the Commission to the Council on 15 June 1987)
                                                           (87/C 175/04)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                              preventing surpluses from affecting the market during
                                                                      the marketing years and from damaging it seriously;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                 whereas, however, that system has not provided an
Economic Community, and in particular Article 43                      incentive to the structural overproduction of apples;
thereof,                                                              whereas the system introduced by Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                      325/79 (3) and extended by Regulation (EEC) No 1738/
                                                                      82 (") must accordingly be renewed without any limit on
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
                                                                      its duration; whereas the possibility of using that system
                                                                      must also be renewed for pears although there has been
Having regard to the opinion of the European Par-                     no need to make use of it in the past,
liament,
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and                      HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Social Committee,
                                                                                                  Article 1
"Whereas Article 15a of Council Regulation (EEC) No
1035/72 of 18 May 1972 on the common organization                     Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 is hereby amended as
of the market in fruit and vegetables ('), as last amended            follows:
by Regulation (EEC) No 1351/86 (2), provides that
preventive withdrawals may be authorized for apples and               Paragraphs 3 and 4 of Article 15a are deleted.
pears where the market situation and, in particular, the
size of the crop and the level of prices give reason to fear                                      Article 2
a collapse of the market; whereas that mechanism was
introduced for a temporary period expiring on 30 June                 This Regulation shall enter into force on the day
 1987;                                                                following its publication in the Official Journal of the
                                                                      European Communities.
"Whereas experience gained over eight marketing years
has shown that the system of preventive withdrawals has               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and
fully played the part it was given in stabilizing prices by            directly applicable in all Member States.
 O O J N o L 118,20.5. 1972, p. 1.                                     (3) OJ No L 45, 22. 2. 1979, p. 1.
 (2) O J N o L 119,6. 5. 1986, p. 46.                                  (4) O J N o L 190, 1.7. 1982, p. 7.