CELEX: 51992PC0323
Language: en
Date: 1992-07-22
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) laying down special measures for the transport of certain fresh fruit and vegetables from Greece

No C 222 / 12                             Official Journal of the European Communities                                    29 . 8 . 92
              Proposal for a Council Regulation (EEC) laying down special measures for the transport of
                                           certain fresh fruit and vegetables from Greece
                                                            (92 /C 222 /07)
                                                          COM(92) 323 final
                                          (Submitted by the Commission on 23 July 1992)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,                              HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
                                                                                                Article 1
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community, and in particular Article 43 (2)
                                                                       A special temporary allowance shall be granted, under
thereof,
                                                                       the conditions laid down in this Regulation, on
                                                                       consignments of fresh fruit and vegetables as referred to
                                                                       in Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 1035 / 72 and orig­
                                                                       inating in Greece made by refrigerated lorry, vessel or
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ,                   wagon from Greece to Member States other than Italy,
                                                                       Spain and Portugal .
Having regard to the opinion of the European
Parliament,                                                                                     Article 2
                                                                       1 . The special temporary allowance shall be granted
                                                                       so long as the conflict in the territories of the former
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 525/92 of 25                       Yugoslavia rules out normal use of the traditional road
February 1992 on temporary compensation for the                        and rail routes across those territories for the marketing
consequences of the situation in Yugoslavia on transport               of the fruit and vegetables referred to in Article 1 .
of some fresh fruit and vegetables from Greece (l)
introduced financial compensation for consignments
made in 1991 by refrigerated lorry or wagon from                       2 . The amount of the special temporary allowance
Greece to Member States other than Italy of fresh fruit                shall be determined in such way as to contribute to the
and vegetables as referred to in Article 1 of Council                  additional transport costs arising as a result of the
Regulation (EEC) No 1035 /72 of 18 May 1972 on the                     conflict referred to in paragraph 1 . It may be fixed on a
common organization of the market in fruit and                         flat-rate basis .
vegetables (2) ;
                                                                       3 . The special temporary allowance shall be paid to
Whereas the continuing conflict in the former Yugoslavia               the consignor on presentation to the competent auth­
rules out the likelihood, as regards the crossing of that              orities of documents substantiating his claim .
country by road or rail, of a return to normality in the
very near future ; whereas the operators concerned
should therefore continue to receive temporary assistance                                       Article 3
until such return to normality ;
                                                                       Detailed rules for the application of this Regulation , and
                                                                       in particular :
Whereas a special temporary allowance should therefore
be granted for consignments of fresh fruit and vegetables             — the date from which the special temporary allowance
as referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No                         will no longer be granted,
 1035 /72 and originating in Greece made by refrigerated
lorry, vessel or wagon from Greece to Member States
other than Italy, Spain and Portugal,                                 — the amounts of the special temporary allowance, and
                                                                            the documents required by Article 2 ( 3),
(') OJ No L 58 , 3 . 3 . 1992 , p. 1 .
(2) OJ No L 118, 20. 5. 1972, p. 1 . Last amended by Regulation        shall be adopted in accordance with the procedure laid
    (EEC) No 1156/92 (OJ No L 122, 7. 5 . 1992, p. 3).                 down in Article 33 of Regulation (EEC) No 1035 /72 .
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                            Article 4                                                                Article 5
The measures provided for in this Regulation shall be                     This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
considered as intervention intended to stabilize the agri­                following its publication in the Official Journal of the
cultural markets within the meaning of Article 3 of                       European Communities.
Council Regulation (EEC) No 729/70 of 21 April 1970
on the financing of the common agricultural policy (1).
They shall be financed by the EAGGF Guarantee                             It shall apply with effect from 1 January 1992 .
Section .
(') OJ No L 94, 28 . 4 . 1970 , p. 13 . Last amended by Regulation        This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and
     (EEC) No 2048 / 88 (OJ No L 185 , 15 . 7. 1988 , p. 1 ).             directly applicable in all Member States .
              Proposal for a Council Regulation (EEC) on urgent action for supply of agricultural products
                                                         to the people of Albania
                                                               (92 /C 222 /08)
                                                              COM(92) 361 final
                                             (Submitted by the Commission on 30 July 1992)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                                  Whereas it is necessary to verify that the agricultural
                                                                          products supplied to the country in question under this
                                                                          measure are used as intended ; whereas , apart from the
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                     powers of the Court of Auditors in this regard, the
Economic Community, and in particular Articles 43 and                     Commission must be afforded the opportunity of moni­
235 thereof,                                                              toring the operations in question, with the help, if
                                                                          necessary, of external monitoring bodies ;
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,                        Whereas it is for the Commission to lay down detailed
                                                                          rules for implementing this measure,
Having regard to the opinion of the European
Parliament,
                                                                          HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION
Whereas agricultural products should be made available
to the people of Albania in order to improve the food                                                 Article 1
supply, taking account of the diversity of the local situ­
ations, without jeopardizing progress towards a system                    The Community shall take urgent action to supply the
of supply based on market rules ; whereas the                             people of Albania towns with agricultural products,
Community has agricultural products in storage as a                       hereafter referred to as the 'action'. Expenditure on the
result of intervention measures and, in view of the                       action shall be limited to ECU (budget) 40 million .
situation on the market, priority should be given, in
carrying out this action, to disposing of these products ;
whereas furthermore, provision should be made for                                                     Article 2
mobilizing agricultural products on the Community
market in response to specific requests ; whereas regular­                For the purposes of this action :
ization of the agricultural markets may also be achieved
by supplying such products in processed form ;
                                                                           1 . the Community shall transfer agricultural products
                                                                               available as a result of intervention free of charge . In
Whereas the action proposed is essentially humanitarian                        response to specific requests concerning products not
in its aim and should therefore be based also upon                             available from intervention stocks, products may be
Article 235 of the Treaty ;                                                    mobilized on the Community market ;