CELEX: 51988PC0670
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Date: 1988-11-24
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) amending Regulation (EEC) No 315/68 fixing quality standards for flowering bulbs, corms and tubers (presented by the Commission)

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 ---pagebreak--- COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
                                                 COM(88 ) 670 final
                                                 Brussels , 24 November 1988
                           Proposal for a
                      COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC )
  amending Regulation ( EEC ) No 315 /68 fixing quality standards
              for flowering bulbs , corms and tubers
                   (presented by the Commission )
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 ---pagebreak---                                  EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
 Subject :  Proposai for a Council Régulation amending Régulation ( EEC )
            No 315 / 68 fixing quality standards for flowering bulbs , corms and
            tubers
The present wording of Article 2 of Regulation ( EEC ) No 315 / 68 permits the
export of flowering bulbs to non-member countries only where they meet the
same conditions as those laid down for the supply of such bulbs to consumers
for their personal requirements within the Community .
In 1981 , specific quality standards were laid down for the relevant products
intended for propagation as they are traded in major quantities within the
Community .
The development of external trade points to the need for bulbs not authorized
for sale to the consumer for his personal needs to be exported also to
non-member countries .
The aim of the abovementioned proposal for a Regulation is to adapt the
provisions concerning the export of flowering bulbs to non-member countries in
order to make such exports possible and thereby to harmonize the provisions
governing trade in such products both within the Community and to non-member
countries .
This measure entails no financial consequences for the Community budget .
 ---pagebreak---                                         Proposai for a
                             COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC )
         amending Regulation ( EEC ) No 315 / 68 fixing quality standards for
                          flowering bulbs , corms and tubers
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community ,
Having regard to Council Regulation ( EEC ) No 234 / 68 of 27 February 1968 on the
establishment of a common organization of the market in live trees and other
plants , bulbs , roots and the like , cut flowers and ornamental foliage ( 1 ), as
Last amended by Regulation ( EEC ) No 3991 / 87 ( 2 ) , and in parti cu tar Article 3 thereof ,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ,
Whereas Council Regulation ( EEC ) No 315 / 68 ( 3), as last amended by
Regulation ( EEC ) No 1733/ 84 ( 4 ), lays down quality standards for flowering
bulbs , corms and tubers intended for sale to consumers for their personal
needs within the Community or for export to third countries ;
Whereas the tariff description of the products concerned should be adapted to
take account of the implementation of the tariff nomenclature introduced by
Council Regulation ( EEC ) No 2658/ 87 of 23 July 1987 on the tariff and
statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff ( 5 ), as amended by
Regulation ( EEC ) No            ( 6 );
Whereas the second subparagraph of Article 2(1 ) of Regulation ( EEC ) No 315 / 68
lays down marketing conditions within the Community for products intended for
a use or destination other than those set out in the first subparagraph of
that paragraph ; whereas , in view of experience gained , the marketing rules
existing in the case of export to third countries should be applied for those
products not intended for sale to consumers ,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
( 1 ) OJ No L 55 ,   2.3.1968 , p . 11 .             ( 5 ) OJ No L 256 , 7.7.1987 , p . 1 .
( 2 ) OJ No L 377 , 31.12.1987 , p . 19 .            ( 6 ) OJ No L
( 3 ) OJ No L 71 , 21.3.1968 , p. 1 .
( 4 ) OJ No L 164 , 22.6.1984 , p. 1 .
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                                         Artide 1
Regulation ( EEC ) No 315/ 68 is hereby amended as follows :
1.  Article 1 is replaced by the following :
    " Article 1                                                                   '
    Quality standards shall be fixed for bulbs , tubers , tuberous roots , conns ,
    crowns and rhizomes , dormant , covered by CN code 0601 10 .
    Those quality standards are defined in the Annex hereto ".
2.  Article 2(1 ) is replaced by the following :
    "1 . If products listed in Article 1 do not conform to the quality
         standards , they may not :                              *
         - within the Community :
             ( i ) be held or transported with a view to sale , at any marketing
                   stage , in packs intended for the consumer for his personal needs ;
           ( ii ) be displayed for sale , offered for sale , sold or delivered to
                   the consumer , by a trader or directly by a producer ;
         - be exported to a third country for sale to the consumer for his
             personal needs .
         The products listed in Article 1 and intended for purposes other than
         those set out in the first subparagraph may not be marketed within the
         Community or exported to a third country unless :
         ( a ) they comply with the provisions set out in the first paragraph of
                 Title II of the Annex hereto ;
         ( b ) each package bears the following particulars , legibly and indelibly
                 marked :
                 - identification of the seller :
                   name and address or code mark ,
                 - nature of produce :
                   "Not for sale to the consumer for his personal needs ", to which
                   shall be added , as appropriate , " produce for propagation ".
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 ---pagebreak---     ( c ) the packaging is clearly different from that used for sales to the
          consumer for his personal needs ."
                                     Artide 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following that of its
publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities .
It shall apply from
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in
all Member States .
Done at Brussels ,                                 For the Council
 ---pagebreak---     1 . LIGNE BUDGETAIRE ;            /                                         CREDITS :  /
   2. INTITULE DE LA MESURE : Proposition de règlement du Conseil modifiant le règlement
        (CEE ) n° 315 / 68 fixant les normes de qualité pour les bulbes , les oignons et
        les tubercules à fleurs .
   3. BASE JURIDIQUE : Règlement (CEE ) n° 234 / 68 du Conseil
  A. OBJECTIFS DE LA MESURE : Adaptation des dispositions concernant l' exportation des
       bulbes à fleurs aux pays tiers en vue de rendre possible ces exportations
  S. INCIDENCES FINANCIERES                       PERIODE DE 12 MOIS   EXERCICE EN COURS ( 8%   EXERCICE SUIVANT ( ÇQ )
  5.0 DEPENSES A LA CHARGE
        - DU BUDGET DES CE
           ( RESTITUTIONS / INTERVENTIONS )
        - DES BUDGETS NATIONAUX
        - D' AUTRES SECTEURS
 5.1 RECETTES
        - RESSOURCES PROPRES DES CE
           ( PRELEVEMENTS / DROITS DE DOUANE )
        - SUR LE PLAN NATIONAL
                                                     1991             1992
 5.0.1      PREVISIONS DES DEPENSES
 5.1.1      PREVISIONS DES RECETTES
 5.2     MODE DE CALCUL :
4.0     FINANCEMENT POSSIBLE PAR CREDITS INSCRITS AU CHAPITRE CONCERNE DU BUDGET EN COURS D' EXECUTION      fifcfcG&fc
6.1     FINANCEMENT POSSIBLE PAR VIREMENT ENTRE CHAPITRES DU BUDGET EN COURS D'.EXECUTION
6.2     NECESSITE D' UN BUDGET SUPPLEMENTAIRE                                                               tokfcbtfli
6.3     CREDITS A INSCRIRE DANS LES BUDGETS FUTURS                                                         bfc&fcbk
OBSERVATIONS :
                      Ce règlement étant une mesure de fixation des normes de qualité, il
                      n' y a pas d' incidences financières .