CELEX: 51989PC0068
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Date: 1989-02-21
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) amending Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 on the common organization of the market in fruit and vegetables (presented by the Commission)

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                                                     COM ( 89 ) 68  final
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                              Proposai for a
                         COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC )
             amending Regulation ( EEC ) No 1035 / 72 on the common
             organization of the market in fruit and vegetables
                     ( presented by the Commission )
I
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                                  EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
  The purpose of this proposai for an amendment to Council Régulation ( EEC ) No
  1035 / 72 on the conimon organization of the market in fruit and vegetables is :
  1.   to provide for the possibility of disposing of nectarines withdrawn from
       the market by processing them into alcohol ,
  2.   to provide for the possibility of establishing quality standards for
      kiwif ruit .
 Title I.     Disposal of nectarines withdrawn from the market by processing them
              into alcohol
 Under Regulation ( EEC ) No 1035 / 72 , nectarines have been covered by the price
 and intervention system since the beginning of the 1988 / 89 marketing year .
 Article 21(l)(b ) of that Regulation authorizes the processing into alcohol of
 peaches withdrawn from the market .
 Since nectarines are similar to peaches , provision should be made for the same
 option for the disposal of nectarines withdrawn from the market .      A derogation
 was already provided for to this effect by Regulation ( EEC ) No 2181 / 88 for the
 1988 / 89 marketing year . This possibility should not be made permanent .
‘Title II . Quality standards for kiwifruit
&
 The laying down of standards for fruit and vegetables was the first measure
 proposed in 1962 when the Community was laying the foundations of a market
 organization .
 The Council decides , in accordance with the procedure provided for in Article
 43(2 ) of the Treaty , which products must be the subject of common quality        T
 standards .
 The quality standards are adopted by the Commission after Consulting the
 Management Commit tee .
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 In 1972 , the year of the adoption of Council Regulation ( EEC ) No 1035 / 72 on
 the common organization of the market in fruit and vegetables , the products
 for delivery fresh to the consumer and subject to common quality standards
consisted of 16 vegetables and eight fruits or fruit groups ( cf . Annex I. a ).
In view of their economic importance , the volume of trade in them both within
the Community and with third countries , or , in some cases , the fact that they
are covered by the price and intervention system , several vegetables were
subsequently added to the list by the Council ( cf . Annex I.B ).
Since 1980 kiwifruit have experienced an upsurge in output and trade .       The
Community of Twelve currently produces about 100 000 tonnes of kiwifruit a
year . The marketing of Community produce takes place from November to May .
In 1990 plantations should cover 31 300 ha and it is estimated that output
will then be 255 250 tonnes ( Table 1 ).
For such an output to be absorbed , consumption will hâve to rise dramatically
and the quality of the produce will hâve to be maintained or even improved .
New Zealand is the Community's major supplier ( 67 000 tonnes in 1987)(Table
2 ). Imports from New Zealand start in June and end in December .
The existence of standards laid down by the United National Economic
Commission for Europe and applicable in international trade for products such
as kiwifruit , for which there are no Community standards , is also a factor
which should prompt the European Community to enlarge the scope of application
of the common quality standards to include this product .
Against this background , the Commission prjposes to the Council a draft
Régulation amending Regultion ( EEC ) No 1035 / 72 with the aim of extending the
list of products subject to common quality standards to include kiwifruit
( Actinidia chinensis ( Planch .)).
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                                    KIWI   SURFACE    AREA   AND PRODUCTION     BY   MEMBER  STATE
                                         Surface ( ha )                      Production ( tonnes )
                                  1980         1987         1990        1986           1987         1990
 1 tal ie                       12.000       14.000       20.000     50.000         75.000      170.000
Grèce                                -        1.600        2.300      5.000          3.000         8.000
France                           4.000        4.200        5.500     16.000         20.000       60.000
Espagne                              -          800        2.500           -
                                                                                        730        2.250
Portugal                             -          440        1.000           -
                                                                                        500        1500
Total CEE                       16.000      21.040        31.300     71.000        103.730     255.250
U. S. A.                         3.320        3.500        3.900     22.800         26.200       45.700
Japon                            2.260        2.640        3.900     28.200         35.500       65.000
Autres                               -
                                                960        1.800           -
                                                                                     2.070        6.050
Total hémisphère Nord                -      28.140       40.900            -       167.500     372.000
Nouve i 1 e-Zé 1 ande           17.050      17.000        18.500    120.500        191.900     308.000
Chi 1 i                          3.000        5.000       14.000      2.100          3.500      28.000
Austral ie                         916        1.000        1.500      3.500          8.400       19.600
Autres                             477          600          850           -           700        6.400
Total hémi sphère Sud                -      24.000       34.850            -      204.500     362.000
'o tal fronde                        _      51.700       74.750                   371.500     734.000
   T C E : Bureau Interprofessionnel du Kiwi .
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                                                        IMPORTS OF EEC 12           ( TON )
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                                     FR .    B+Lx   P. B.    R. F. A.       IT .        R. U.   IRL .   D.N.   GR .    PO .    ES .   :
                          12
                                    11.532   4.765 16.710    18.472         6.891       3.680     616     720       15   95   3.294 :
   N. Zélande           66.790
                                               107  1.260        461             28         499            14               -       - !
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    Etats-Uni s          2.488                                                                        -
                                               249  1 . 073      592          488            49                             -       - !
   Chili                 2.668         216                                                            -      -       -
                                                         54        52                        32                             -       - !
    J apon                 151             -    13                                -
                                                                                                      -      -       -
                                                                   79            25          47
                           345         111      50       33
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                                                                                                             -       -
   Austral i e
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                                   12.120    5.195 19.172    19.706         7.495       4.354     616     742       16  103   3.312 :
   TOTAL               72.831
   EXTRA CEE
    SOURCE             £     ^ o 4*       L
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a) Products subject to standards at the time of the drawing-up of regulation
   ( EEC ) N° 1035 / 72
           Vege tab les                         Fruit
           Cauliflowers                         Citrus fruit
           White cabbages                       Table grapes
           Brussels sprouts                     Dessert apples and pears
           Spinach                              Apricots
           Lettuces , curled-leaved and         Peaches
           broad-leaved ( Batavian ) endives    Cherries
           Witloof chicory                      Plums
           Peas , unschelled                    Strawberries
           Beans ( of the species Phaseolus )
           Carrots
           Onions
           Garlic
           Asparagus
           Ar ichokes
           Tomatoes
           Cucumbers
           Ribbed celery
b) Products subsequently added to the list
           Sweet peppers
           Leeks
           Aubergines
           Courgettes
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                                  COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC )
                  amending Regulation ( EEC ) No 1035 / 72 on the common
                  organization of the market in fruit and vegetables
THE COUNCIL 0F THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community , and
in particular Article 43 thereof ,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ( 1 ),
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament ( 2 ),
Whereas Article 21(1 ) of Council Regulation ( EEC ) No 1035 / 72 of 18 May 1972
( 3 ), as last amended by Regulation ( EEC ) No 2238 / 88 ( 4 ), lists the ways in
which products withdrawn from the market under Articles 15b and 18 or bought
in under Articles 19 and 19a of the said Regulation may be disposed of ;
Whereas nectarines were added to the list of products covered by the price and
intervention system by Regulation ( EEC ) No 223 / 88 ( 5 ), amending the aforesaid
Regulation ( EEC ) No 1035 / 72 ;
Whereas it should be possible for nectarines withdrawn from the market or
bought in under Regulation ( EEC ) No 1035 / 72 to be disposed of in the same way
as peaches by processing into alcohol ;      whereas , to this end , the first
subparagraph of Article 21(l)(b ) of the said Regulation should be amended ;
( 1 ) OJ No C
( 2 ) OJ No C
( 3 ) OJ No L 118 , 20.5.1972 , p. 1 .
( 4 ) OJ No L 198 , 26.7.1988 , p. 1 .
( 5 ) 0J No L 23 , 28.1.1988 , p. 1 .
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Whereas Article 2 of Regulation ( EEC ) No 1035 / 72 provides for the fixing of
common quality standards for a number of products marketed within the
Community or exported to third countries ; whereas kiwifruit already account
for a substantial volume of trade within the Community and with third
countries ; whereas it is therefore desirable that common quality standards
should be laid down for this product ; whereas application of the standards
should have the effect of keeping products of unsatisfactory quality off the
market , guiding production to meet consumers' requirements and facilitating
trade relations based on fair competition , thus helping to improve the
profitability of production ; whereas , to this end , kiwifruit should be added
to the list in Annex I to Regulation ( EEC ) No 1035 / 72 ,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
                                       Article 1
1.  In the first subparagraph of Article 21(1 )( b ) of Régulation ( EEC ) No
    1035 / 72 , after the word "peaches ", the word "nectarines " is added .
2.  In Annex I to Regulation ( EEC ) No 1035 / 72 the word " kiwifruit " is added
    under the heading " Fruit ".
                                       Article 2
This Régulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the
Official Journal of the European Communities .
This Régulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in
ail Member States .
Done at Brussels                                     For the Council
                                                     The President
 ---pagebreak---                        FINANCIAL                 STATEMENT
                                                                                            Date :    29.11.1989
                                                                                                             445 MECU ( correcting
 1 1 . BUDGET HEADING :           1501                                                      APPROBATIONS : .           _     „„„„ a
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 I 2 . TITLE : Council Regulation amending Regulation                              ( EEC ) No 1035 / 72 on         the common
 I                   organization of the market in fruit and                         vegetables
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     3 . LEGAL BASIS : Article 43 of the EEC Treaty
     4 . AIMS OF PROJECT :
          Disposai of nectarines withdrawn from the market by using them for the
          manufacture of alcohol
    5 . FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS                       PERIOD OF 12 MONTHS      CURRENT FINANCIAL YEAR    FOLLOWING FINANCIAL YEAR
                                                                                     c 1989 )                 ( 1990_)
    5.0 EXPENOITURE
          - CHARGED TO THE EC BUDGET
             ( RE FUNDS / INTERVENTIONS )
                                                               P.m .                p.m .                       p.m .
          - NATIONAL ADMINISTRATION
          - OTHER
    5.1 RECEIPTS
          - OWN RESOURCES OF THE EC
            ( LEVIES / CUSTOMS DUTIES )
          - NATIONAL
    5.0.1 ESTIMATED EXPENDITURE
    5.1.1 ESTIMATED RECEIPTS
    5.2 METHOD OF CALCULATION
[ 6.0    CAN    THE PROJECT BE    FINANCED FROM APPROB I AT I ONS ENTERED IN THE RELEVANT CHAPTER OF   THE CURRENT BUDGET ?         j
                                                                                                                          Bum
   6.1   CAN   THE  PROJECT BE    FINANCED BY TRANSFER BETWEEN CHAPTERS OF     THE CURRENT BUDGET ?
                                                                                                                          mm
   6.2   IS A    SUPPLEMENTARY BUDGET BE NECESSARY    ?
                                                                                                                          inm
   6.3 WILL      FUTURE BUDGET APPROBIA T I ONS BE NECESSARY     ?
                                                                                                                          mm
   OBSERVATIONS A neglig–able amount would be received from the sale by tender of
    quantifies of fruit withdrawn from the market to distillation industries .