CELEX: 51986PC0167
Language: en
Date: 1986-04-03
Title: PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) AMENDING REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 3626/82 ON THE IMPLEMENTATION IN THE COMMUNITY OF THE CONVENTION ON INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN ENDANGERED SPECIES OF WILD FAUNA AND FLORA

25. 4. 86                                  Official Journal of the European Communities                                 No C 97/7
Whereas experience has shown that the rules laid down                        — satisfy the necessary conditions for entitlement to
on the grant of the flat-rate and additional aids provided                       aid, and
for in Council Regulation (EEC) No 1117/78 ('), as last
 amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3768/85 (2), are not                         either
 suited to the structure and resources of certain under-
takings producing dried fodder which have difficulty in                      (a) conclude contracts with producers of fodder for
concluding contracts directly with numerous producers;                           drying; or
whereas for the sake of sound administration of the                          (b) process their own crops or, in the case of groups,
market the undertakings should be permitted to draw                              those of their own members; or
their supplies from middlemen providing certain safe-
guards who have concluded contracts with producers of                        (c) draw their supplies from natural or legal persons
fodder for drying,                                                               providing certain safeguards to be determined
                                                                                 who have concluded contracts with producers of
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:                                                     fodder for drying.
                             Article 1                                       The aid shall be paid by the Member State in which
Article 6 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 1117/78 is hereby                       the dried fodder has been produced.'
replaced by the following:
                                                                                                   Article 2
     '1.    The aid provided for in Articles 3 and 5 shall
     be granted only to undertakings processing the                     This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
     products listed in Article 1 which:                                following its publication in the Official Journal of the
                                                                         European Communities.
     — produce dried fodder of a minimum quality to be
         determined,
                                                                        It shall apply from 1 July 1986.
(') O J N o L 142, 30. 5. 1978, p. 1.                                   This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and
(2) OJ No L 362, 31. 12. 1985, p. 8.                                    directly applicable in all Member States.
               Proposal for a Council Regulation (EEC) amending Regulation (EEC) No 3626/82 on the
               implementation in the Community of the Convention on international trade in endangered
                                                     species of wild fauna and flora
                                                           COM(86) 167 final
                                   (Submitted by the Commission to the Council on 10 April 1986)
                                                              (86/C 97/06)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                                Community are prohibited if they are for primarily
                                                                        commercial purposes;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community, and in particular Article 235
thereof,                                                                Whereas ranching operations involving birdwing but-
                                                                        terflies are generally considered beneficial to the conser-
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,                      vation of these species by contributing to the increase of
                                                                        their populations in the wild;
Having regard to the opinion of the European Par-
liament,
                                                                        Whereas the success of such ranching operations in
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and                        developing countries heavily depends on the availability
Social Committee,-                                                      of commercial outlets for their products;
Whereas the present inclusion of all species of birdwing
butterflies in Part 1 of Annex C to Council Regulation                  Whereas it is therefore necessary to allow imports of
(EEC) No 3626/82 on the implementation in the                           ranched specimens of birdwing butterflies; whereas their
Community of the Convention on international trade in                   transfer from Part 1 to Part 2 of Annex C to Regulation
endangered species of wild fauna and flora ('), implies                 (EEC) No 3626/82 opens that possibility whilst main-
that imports of specimens of these species into the                     taining adequate safeguards for the prevention of
                                                                        imports of specimens of endangered species and popu-
0) OJ No L 384, 31. 12. 1982, p. 1.                                     lations of birdwing butterflies,
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HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:                                         3. In Annex A, the text under the heading Lepidoptera is
                                                                        replaced by:
                          Article 1                                     LEPIDOPTERA
                                                                        Butterflies and moths
Regulation (EEC) No 3626/82 is hereby amended as
                                                                        Papilionidae      Omitboptera spp. = 356          (C 2)
follows:
                                                                        Swallowtails     Birdwing butterflies
1. In Part 1 of Annex C, under the heading Lepidoptera,                                  Parnassius apollo                 (Cl)
    Omitboptera spp. = 356, Trogonoptera spp. = 356                                      Apollo butterfly or mountain apollo
    and Troides spp. = 356 are deleted.
                                                                                          Trogonoptera spp. = 356         (C 2)
2. In Part 2 of Annex C, the following text shall be                                     Birdwing butterflies
    included before the heading Anthozoa:                                                 Troides spp. = 356              (C 2)
                                                                                         Birdwing butterflies
                           'INSECTA
                                                                                                Article 2
    LEPIDOPTERA
                                                                     This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its
    Papilionidae,
                                                                     publication in the Official Journal of the European
    Onithoptera spp. = 356,                                           Communities.
     Trogonoptera spp. = 356,                                        This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and
     Troides spp. = 356'.                                            directly applicable in all Member States.
               Proposal for a Council Directive amending Directive 66/403/EEC on the marketing of seed
                                                              potatoes
                                                        COM(86) 176 final
                                 (Submitted by the Commission to the Council on 11 April 1986)
                                                           (86/C 97/07)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                             period of validity of equivalences which they had already
                                                                     determined in respect of certain countries not covered by
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
                                                                     the Community equivalences;
Economic Community, and in particular Article 43
thereof,                                                             Whereas the said work is still incomplete and the said
                                                                     final date should be deferred to 31 March 1986;
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
                                                                     Whereas this measure does not affect Member States'
Having regard to the opinion of the European Par-                    obligations under the common rules on plant health laid
liament,                                                             down by Council Directive 77/93/EEC of 21 December
                                                                      1976 on protective measures against the introduction
Whereas Directive 66/403/EEC ('), as last amended by                 into the Member States of organisms harmful to plants
Council Regulation (EEC) No 3768/85 (2), provides that               or plant products (3), as last amended by Regulation
in principle from 1 July 1975 onwards Member States                  (EEC) No 3768/85,
may no longer determine for themselves the equivalence
of seed potatoes harvested in third countries with basic             HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE:
seed potatoes or certified seed potatoes harvested within
the Community and complying with that Directive;                                                Article 1
Whereas, however, since work to establish Community                  In Article 15 (2a) of Directive 66/403/EEC, '31 January
equivalence for all the third countries concerned had not             1984' is hereby replaced by '31 March 1986'.
yet been completed, Article 15 (2a) of that Directive                                           Article 2
permits Member States to extend to 31 January 1984 the
                                                                     This Directive is addressed to the Member States.
(') OJ No 125, 11. 7. 1966, p. 2320/66.
O OJ No L 362, 31. 12. 1985, p. 8.                                   O OJ No L 26, 31. 1. 1977, p. 20.