CELEX: 51985PC0132(01)
Language: en
Date: 1985-03-28
Title: PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) AMENDING REGULATION (EEC) NO 525/77 ESTABLISHING A SYSTEM OF PRODUCTION AID FOR TINNED PINEAPPLE

No C 112/8                                  Official Journal of the European Communities                                   7. 5. 85
               Proposal for a Council Regulation amending Regulation (EEC) No 525/77 establishing a
                                            system of production aid for tinned pineapple
                                                          COM(85) 132 final
                                    (Submitted by the Commission to the Council on 3 April 1985)
                                                            (85/C 112/08)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                                  Article 4
                                                                           1.    The minimum price payable to the producers
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
                                                                           shall be determined in the light of:
Economic Community, and in particular Article 43
thereof,
                                                                           (a) the minimum price applicable           during    the
                                                                                preceding marketing year;
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
                                                                           (b) the trend of production costs in the fruit and
Having regard to the opinion of the European Par-                               vegetables sector.
liament,
                                                                          2.     The minimum price shall be fixed before the
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 525/77 (x), as                        beginning of each marketing year.
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2990/78 (2),
introduced a special prodution-aid scheme for tinned
pineapples which takes into account both the geo-                         Article 5
graphical location and the characteristics specific to the                 1.    Production aid shall be fixed at a level which
production concerned, which is found only in a                            makes possible the disposal of tinned pineapples
particular French overseas department; whereas that                       produced in the Community.
Regulation should be amended in the light of the
experience gained with that type of production and with
                                                                          2.     For the purposes of calculating the aid, the
the aid schemes introduced for certain Mediterranean
                                                                          following in particular shall be taken into account:
crops pursuant to Council Regulation (EEC) No 516/77
(3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No . . . ;
                                                                          — for the first fixing of the aid: the difference
                                                                               between the minimum price for raw pineapples as
Whereas, in view of the geographical location and                              referred to in Article 3 and the price set by non-
specific characteristics referred to above, the minimum                        member countries, the latter price being
price payable to the producer should reflect the trend of                      converted on a standard basis into its equivalent
costs in the region; whereas the processing costs taken                        for raw pineapples;
into account for the first fixing of the aid should be
determind in the light of the rate of inflation in the                    — for any subsequent fixing of the aid: the aid
production area in question,                                                   applicable in respect of the preceding marketing
                                                                               year, adjusted for changes in the minimum price
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:                                                   referred to in Article 3, the price set by non-
                                                                               member countries and, where applicable, any
                                                                               change in the processing costs, such change being
                            Article 1                                          determined on a standard basis.
Articles 3 to 8 of Regulation (EEC) No 525/77 are
hereby replaced by the following:'                                        3.     The price set by non-member countries shall be
                                                                          determined in particular on the basis of:
     Article 3
                                                                          (a) the prices used by non-member              countries
     Production aid shall be paid to processors who have                        supplying the Community,
    paid pineapple producers at least the minimum price
    specified in the contracts between, on the one hand,                  (b) the prices obtaining in international trade.
    producers or recognized producers' groups or
     associations thereof and, on the other, processors or                4.     For the first fixing of the aid, the standard
    processors' groups or associations thereof which have                 conversion of the price set by non-member countries
    been legally set up in the Community.                                 into its equivalent for raw pineapples shall take
                                                                          account of processing costs in the Community, to be
                                                                          determined on the basis of the situation in 1984/85,
O O J N o L 7 3 , 21.3. 1977, p. 46.                                      adjusted by an amount not exceeding the rate of
O Oj'No L 357, 21. 12. 1978, p. 1.                                        inflation in the pineapple-growing region concerned,
O O J N o L 7 3 , 21.3. 1977, p. 1.                                       due account being taken of the market outlook.
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   5.     For any subsequent fixing of the aid, the                    — the pineapples used in the manufacture of the
   adjustment for changes in processing costs shall be                     tinned pineapples were grown in the Community,
   that required to enable the Community product to
                                                                       — they have paid the pineapple growers at least the
   compete with those of non-member countries,
                                                                           minimum price laid down,
   account being taken of specific characteristics of the
   region of production.                                               — the tinned pineapples produced comply with the
                                                                           quality standards in force.
   6.    The aid shall be fixed in respect of a net weight
   of the processed          product. The         coefficients         2.    However, advances on the aid shall be paid
   representing the ration between the weight of the raw               upon presentation of the contract referred to in
   pineapples used and the net weight of the processed                 Article 3 (in particular in the form of a supply
   product shall be calculated on the basis of the                     commitment) between the grower of fresh pineapples
   quantities of raw pineapples used and the net weight                and the processor, provided that the latter lodges
   of tinned pineapples produced in the Community                      security to the effect that he will fulfil the conditions
   during the 1984/85 marketing year. Where appro-                     laid down in paragraph 1.
   priate, the coefficient shall be adjusted in the light of
   any changes which may subsequently be recorded.                     Article 8
                                                                       The minimum price referred to in Article 4, the
   Article 6                                                           amount of the aid referred to in Article 5 and the
   The marketing year for tinned pineapples shall begin                detailed rules for the application of this Regulation
   on 1 June each year and shall end on 31 May of the                  shall be laid down in accordance with the procedure
   following year.                                                     laid down in Article 20 of Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                       516/77.'
   Article 7
                                                                                              Article 2
   1.    Production aid shall be paid to processors who
   apply therefor and who furnish proof that:                      This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 June 1985.
   — they have manufactured the quantity of tinned                 This Regulation shall be binding in, its entirety and
       pineapples stated in their application for aid,             directly applicable in all Member States.