Council Regulation (EEC) No 1196/90 of 7 May 1990 on the stabilization of the Community production of mandarins

COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) N° 1196/90
of 7 May 1990
on the  stabilization of the Community production of mandarins
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN  COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article  43 thereof,
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and Portugal, and in particular Article 234 (3)  thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (1),
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (2),
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee (3),
Whereas a feature of the Community market for mandarins is imbalance between supply and demand;  whereas that situation stems from falling demand for the product from consumers;
Whereas market stabilization measures alone are not likely to remedy such difficulties; whereas  action should also be taken in respect of the production potential in order to take account of the  fact that consumers are turning away from the product, such action needing to be taken for a period  of three marketing years;
Whereas, in order to help achieve that end, producers should be encouraged to refrain from  producing mandarins; whereas, to that end, provision should be made for a premium, to be paid once  only, to be granted to producers who undertake to grub up their mandarin orchard and not to replant  mandarin trees; whereas this obligation should be varied depending upon the area of the holdings;
Whereas the premium must be determined taking account of both the cost of grubbing-up and the loss  of income;
Whereas the aim of the grubbing-up premium is to achieve the objectives laid down in Article 39 of  the Treaty; whereas provision should be made for Community financing of this measure by the  Guarantee Section of the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund,
Whereas this action should be implemented in Portugal as from the beginning of the 1990/91  marketing year,