CELEX: 51992PC0129
Language: en
Date: 1992-04-03
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) establishing a special scheme for raspberries intended for processing

No C 113 / 8                          Official Journal of the European Communities                                     1 . 5 . 92
                                                              II
                                                      (Preparatory Acts)
                                                COMMISSION
              Proposal for a Council Regulation (EEC) establishing a special scheme for raspberries intended
                                                        for processing
                                                       (92 / C 113 / 09)
                                                     COM(92) 129 final
                                      (Submitted by the Commission on 7 April 1992)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,                          implemented by the producers' organization(s) in a
                                                                   single production zone should be laid down and at the
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European              same time cooperation with competent technical or
Economic Community, and in particular Article 43                   scientific institutes and/or bodies or with processors
thereof,                                                           should be provided for ;
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
                                                                   Whereas the programme is to be approved , with the
                                                                   agreement of the Commission, by the national auth­
Having regard to the opinion of the European                       orities for a maximum period which is equal to a normal
Parliament,                                                        planting cycle of eight years and its implementation is to
                                                                   be facilitated by the grant of joint financial assistance
Whereas the situation with regard to Community                     from the Member States concerned and the Commission ;
production of raspberries for processing has worsened ;            whereas , however, the amount of such aid should be
whereas this is not only the result of a growth in compe­          limited for certain measures ;
tition from third countries but also , to a large extent, a
result of structural deficiencies in production and
marketing in regions where such production plays an                Whereas this Regulation is intended to safeguard the
important role ;                                                   interests of producers in a sector facing difficulties and
                                                                   to maintain or increase their market access ; whereas ,
Whereas the formation of producers' organizations and              therefore , the measures laid down should be considered
the definition of their role must be a prior condition for         as intervention intended to stabilize the market,
any measures to overcome deficiencies in production and
marketing ; whereas recognition must be subject to
compliance with certain special rules intended to                  HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
reinforce their stability and increase their role ; whereas
after recognition such organizations can make an
effective contribution to the adjustment of the sector by
submitting a programme of various measures ; whereas                                         Article 1
the drafting of such programmes involves considerable
expenditure ; whereas, therefore, a special one-off grant          The measures provided for in this Regulation shall apply
should be provided for the said organizations ;                    to Community producers of raspberries falling within
                                                                   CN code ex 0810 20 10 intended for processing.
Whereas , to ensure the effectiveness of the measures
provided for, a minimum threshold of production
marketable by each producers' organization should be                                         Article 2
laid down ;
                                                                   1 . Producers' organizations involved in the production
                                                                   and marketing of raspberries as referred to in Article 1
Whereas the programme to improve the competitiveness               which comply with rules to be laid down intended to
of the sector producing raspberries for processing is to           reinforce their stability and increase their role shall be
promote the disposal of production and reduce                      recognized by the competent authorities of the Member
production costs ; whereas in order to achieve these               States under this Regulation provided that their members
objectives individual measures to be implemented by each           produce more than 1 000 tonnes in the marketing year
producers' organization and other measures to be                   preceding the application for recognition .
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 The marketing year shall run from 1 June to 31 May.                 a) measures intended to mechanize the harvest ;
 Application for recognition shall be made to the                    b) measures relating to existing plantations with a view
 competent national authorities within a time limit to be               to cultural and/or varietal improvement ;
 determined from the entry into force of this Regulation.
 2 . Member States shall pay a one-off flat-rate grant to           c) measures providing technical advice              for the
 recognized producers' organizations which have                         implementation of the above measures .
 submitted , pursuant to this Regulation, a programme to
 improve the competitiveness of the sector producing
 raspberries for processing which is approved by the                 2.    The measures referred to in Article 4 ( 1 ) (b) shall
                                                                    be as follows :
 competent national authorities .
 3 . The aid provided for in paragraph 2 shall be fixed              (a) measures for the scientific preparation and dissemi­
 at ECU 50 per tonne of raspberries marketed for                         nation of measures to overcome weaknesses in
 processing by the producers' organization , normally                    production structures through varietal improvement,
 during the first marketing year following special recog­                disease control, the suitability of harvested products
 nition . A total of 50 % of the aid granted shall be reim­              for processing and the tailoring of their charac­
 bursed by the EAGGF Guarantee Section .                                 teristics to the needs of the processing industry.
 4 . Member States shall notify the Commission of                        These measures shall be submitted and implemented
 producers' organizations recognized pursuant to                         in cooperation with competent institutes and bodies ;
paragraph 1 , the size of their membership and the
volume of produce marketed by each organization
 during the first marketing year following recognition .            (b) measures for the development of new products
                                                                         and/or new uses for processed products.
                           Article 3
                                                                         These measures shall be submitted and implemented
 1 . The programme to improve the competitiveness of                     in cooperation with one or more processors ;
the sector producing raspberries for processing,
presented by the recognized producers' organizations,
must be designed to improve the disposal of raspberries             (c) the carrying-out of an economic study into the
for processing and to reduce production costs .                          development potential of the market for fresh
                                                                         raspberry products with the aim of examining the
                                                                         possibilities of redirecting a proportion of the
2 . The programme must be submitted within 12                            region's production of raspberries towards the fresh
months following the date of recognition of the                          fruit market.
producers ' organizations at the latest.
                                                                    3.     The programme shall include at least two of the
                           Article 4
                                                                   measures referred to in paragraph 1 or, where appro­
 1.      To achieve these objectives , the programme shall         priate, two of the measures referred to in paragraph 1
include :                                                          and two of the measures referred to in paragraph 2 .
(a) measures to be submitted and implemented by each
                                                                                               Article 6
      producers' organization and ;
                                                                    1 . The programme shall run for a maximum of eight
(b) measures to be submitted and implemented jointly by            years from the 1992/93 marketing year.
      producers' organizations representing producers in a
      single production zone .
                                                                   2 . Member States shall notify the Commission of the
2 . The measures set out in (b) may also be submitted              programmes submitted by producers' organizations. The
and implemented by a single producer's organization                Commission may, within 60 days, request amendments
                                                                   or reject the plans .
where the producers in a single production zone are
represented by a single organization .
                                                                   3 . Programmes accepted or amended by the
                          Article 5                                Commission shall be approved by the competent
                                                                   authority of the Member State. The programmes
1.       The measures referred to in Article 4 ( 1 ) (a) shall     approved shall be granted Community aid of 40 % of
be as follows :                                                    the expenditure incurred provided that producers' organ­
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izations and the Member State finance 35 % and 25 %                                        Article 8
respectively of the said expenditure .
                                                                 The Commission shall adopt detailed rules for
Member State and Community aid shall be limited to               application of this Regulation in accordance with the
ECU 1 1 00 per hectare per year in total over three years        procedure laid down in Article 33 of Regulation (EEC)
from the year of implementation for measures relating to         No 1035 /72. The rules shall include appropriate
plantations with a view to cultural and/or varietal              measures to ensure control of the use of Community
improvement.                                                     financial assistance and special provisions to guarantee
                                                                 the correct functioning of producers' organizations.
                         Article 7
                                                                                           Article 9
The aid provided for in this Regulation shall be
considered as intervention intended to stabilize the agri­       This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh day
cultural markets within the meaning of Article 3 (4) of          following its publication in the Official Journal of the
Council Regulation (EEC) No 729/70 of 21 April 1970              European Communities.
on the financing of the common agricultural policy, as
last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2048 / 88 . It shall         This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and
be financed by the EAGGF Guarantee Section .                     directly applicable in all Member States.