CELEX: 51994PC0285
Language: en
Date: 1994-06-24
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) fixing the basic price and the buying-in price for cauliflowers, peaches, nectarines, lemons, tomatoes, apricots, pears and aubergines for July 1994

COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMVIUNITIES
                                       C0MC94) 285 final
                                       Brussels, 24.06.1994
                                       94/0157 (CNS)
                         Proposal for a
                    COUNCIL REGULATION (EC)
        fixing the basic price and the buying-in price for
       cauliflowers, peaches, nectarines, lemons, tomatoes,
           apricots, pears and aubergines for July 1994
                 (presented by the Commission)
 ---pagebreak---                            EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
A basic price and a buylng-ln price must be fl*ed, under Article 16(1) of
Council Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72, for each of the products listed in
Annex II to the said Regulation for each marketing year. Only the slack
marketing periods at the beginning and end of the marketing year are
exempted from this requirement.
To date, the Council has not decided on the basic price   and buying-in price
for the fruit and vegetables in question (except         for the price for
cauliflowers fixed for the period 1 to 31 May 1994        by Regulation (EC)
No 969/94 and the prices for cauliflowers, peaches,      nectarines, lemons,
tomatoes and apricots fixed for June 1994 by Regulation  (EC) No 1234/94).
To ensure price continuity and the possibility of intervention in respect of
 these products, it Is necessary to fix their basic price and buying-in price
 for July 1994 pending a decision for the 1994/95 marketing year.
 The basic price and buying-in price for cauliflowers, peaches, nectarines,
 lemons, tomatoes, apricots, pears and aubergines should accordingly be fixed
 for the period 1 to 31 July 1994.
 The financial consequences were taken Into account last January In volume II
 of the 1994/95 price package.
 ---pagebreak---                            COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No
                                   Of      1994
               fixing the basic price and the buying-in price for
              cauliflowers, peaches, nectarines, lemons, tomatoes,
                  apricots, pears and aubergines for July 1994
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 of 18 May 1972 on the
common    organization  of  the market   in  fruit and  vegetables(*),  and  in
particular Article 16(1) thereof,
 Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
 Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament( 2 ),
 Whereas pursuant to Article 16(1) of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72, a basic
 price and a buying-in price must be fixed for each marketing year for each
 of the products listed in Annex II to that Regulation; whereas the products
 harvested during a given crop year are marketed from January to December of
 each year in the case of tomatoes and aubergines, from May to August of each
 year in the case of apricots, from May to October of each year in the case
 of peaches and nectarines, from May to April of the following year in the
 case of cauliflowers and from June to May of the following year in the case
 of   lemons  and  pears;  whereas,   however,  in accordance  with  the  third
 subparagraph of Article 16(1) of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72, no basic price
 or buying-in price need be fixed for the slack marketing periods at the
 beginning and end of the marketing year;
  (1)  OJ No L 118, 20.5.1972, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation
        (EC) No 3669/93 (OJ No L 338, 31.12.1993, p. 26).
  (2)  OJ No C 128, 9.5.1994.
 ---pagebreak--- Whereas to ensure continuity of prices for cauliflower, tomatoes, apricots,
peaches, nectarines and lemons and the possibility of intervention in the
case of pears and aubergines from 1 July 1994, the basic price and the
buying-in price for these products must be fixed for the period 1 to 31 July
1994, pending a decision for the 1994/95 marketing year,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
                                  Article 1
For the period 1 to 31 July 1994, the basic price and the buying-in price
for cauliflowers, peaches, nectarines, lemons, apricots, tomatoes, pears and
aubergines, expressed in ECU per 100 kilograms net, shall be as follows:
                                          Basic price    Buying-in price
        Cauliflowers                          21,79              9,38
        Peaches                               42,38            23,74
        Nectarines                            53,99            25,91
        Lemons                                42,99            25,29
        Apricots                              41,16            23,44
        Tomatoes                              23,08              8,56
        Pears                                 28,27             14,54
        Aubergines                            17,55              7,04
 These prices refer to the following packed products:
      trimmed cauliflowers of quality class I, put up in packaging,
 -    packed   peaches  of the Amsden, Cardinal, Charles     Ingouf, Dixired,
      Jerinomo, J.H. Hale, Merril Gemfree, Michelini, Red Haven, San Lorenzo,
      Springcrest and Springtime varieties of quality Class I, size 61 to
      67 mm,
      packed   nectarines  of the Armking,   Crimsongold,  Early   Sun Grand,
      Fantasia, Independence, May Grand, Nectared, Snow Queen and Stark Red
      Gold varieties of quality class I, size 61 to 67 mm,
 ---pagebreak---      packed lemons of quality Class.I, size 53 to 62 mm,
     packed apricots of quality Class I of a size over 30 mm,
     packed  'round' and  'ribbed' tomatoes of quality Class I, size 57 to
     67 mm,
     pears of the Beurré Hardy, Bon Chrétien Williams, Conférence, Coscia
     (Ercolini),   Crystallis   (Beurré   Napoléon, Blanquilla,   Tsakonika),
     Dr. Jules Guyot (Limonera) and Rocha varieties, Quality Class I, size
     6 0 mm or more and pears of the Empereur Alexandre     (Kaiser Alexandre
     Bosc), variety, Quality Class I, size 70 mm or more.
     packed elongated aubergines of quality class I of a size over 40 mm and
     packed globus aubergines of quality class I of a size over 70 mm.
These prices do not include the cost of the packaging in which the product
is presented.
                                   Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 July 1994.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in
all Member States.
Done at Brussels,                                      For the Council
 ---pagebreak---          FINANCIAL                        STATEMENT
1. BUDGET HEADING: 1501                                                         APPROPRIATIONS: ECU 390 million
2. TITLE: Proposal for a    Council Regulation fixing the basic price and the buying-in price for cauliflowers,
           peaches, nectarines, lemons, tomatoes, apricots and aubergines for July 1994.
3. LEGAL BASIS: Article 16 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72
4. AIMS OF PROJECT: To fix the basic price and the buying-in price for July 1994,
5. FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS                    PERIOD OF 12 MONTHS       CURRENT FINANCIAL       FOLLOWING FINANCIAL
                                                                              YEAR                     YEAR
                                                                              (94)                     (95)
 5.0. EXPENDITURE
      - CHARGED TO THE EC BUDGET
         (REFUNDS/INTERVENTION)                                         ECU 86,8 million
      - NATIONAL ADMINISTRATION
      - OTHER
 5.1. REVENUE
    - OWN RESOURCES OF THE EC
      (LEVIES/CUSTOMS DUTIES)
    - NATIONAL
                                                  1996               1997                1998             1999
 5.0.1. ESTIMATED EXPENDITURE
 5.1.1. ESTIMATED REVENUE
 5.2. METHOD OF CALCULATION:
      See Annex
 6.0. CAN THE PROJECT BE FINANCED FROM APPROPRIATIONS ENTERED IN THE RELEVANT CHAPTER OF THE CURRENT BUDGET?
                                                                                                               YES
 6.1. CAN THE PROJECT BE FINANCED BY TRANSFER BETWEEN CHAPTERS OF THE CURRENT BUDGET?                          YES
 6.2. IS A SUPPLEMENTARY BUDGET NECESSARY?                                                                     NO
 6.3. WILL FUTURE BUDGET APPROPRIATIONS BE NECESSARY?                                                          NO
 COMMENTS :
       The amount specified does not take into account the effect of any threshold overruns.
 ---pagebreak---                                                                           ANNEX
                                                  ESTIMATE  OF FINANCIAL  CONSEQUENCES OF THE MEASURE
                  COST FACTORS                    Cauliflower*       Feeeho*    Nectarine*    lemon*   Aprlaats Tamataa*  Aubergines
   •  Buy1ng-1n prie» fixa* for July   (ECU/t)             • 9.0         197.4        ?<S.1     2S2.9     294.4     Of.S         70.4
     Withdrawal* In 1094/91 marketing yaar    (t)        •0,900       700,000      100,000     01.000    OS,000   08,000            0
     % withdrawals  in July  (average)                        7%           92*          49%         9%      47*      10%   negligible
   b Estimated withdrawal*   (Ju1y)(t)                    i.OQO       294,000       70,400      7,OS0    44.0S0    0.900
   e Technical  Coafflelant                               1.Of•         0.009        0.97S      0.416     0.007    0.001
   d Oaubla Rata                                          1.207         1.207        1.207      1.207     1.207    1.207
                                                                                                                                      ECU million B
     Ceet per product  In ECU million 0 (axbxcxd)          0.S7         SI .09       21 .41      1 .09    10.09     0. 70       0.00      00.79
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