Council Regulation (EEC) No 668/93 of 17 March 1993 on the introduction of a limit to the granting of production aid for processed tomato products

COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 668/93 of 17 March 1993 on the introduction of a limit to the granting of production aid for processed tomato products
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 426/86 of 24 February 1986 on the common organization of the market in products processed from fruit and vegetables (1), and in particular Article 2 (3) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (2),
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (3),
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee (4),
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 989/84 (5) introduced, as from the 1985/86 marketing year, a system of guarantee thresholds for certain processed fruit and vegetable products; whereas it also appeared necessary, from the 1985/86 marketing year, to  limit the granting of production aid in producer Member States to certain quantities of fresh tomatoes intended for processing; whereas these limitation arrangements were last extended in respect of the 1990/91 and 1991/92 marketing years by Council  Regulation (EEC) No 1203/90 of 7 May 1990 on temporary measures relating to production aid for processed tomato products (6);
Whereas on the expiry of the application of Regulation (EEC) No 1203/90, the system of guarantee thresholds in respect of the 1992/93 marketing year has again spontaneously produced its effects; whereas, however, in view of the situation in the sector,  it appears preferable for the arrangements restricting the granting of the aid to be reapplied from the 1993/94 marketing year;
Whereas the quantities of fresh tomatoes which may qualify for the production aid should be fixed for each producer Member State; whereas, in view of the production target and the market situation, such quantities should be fixed at the same levels as  those which were applied for the 1991/92 marketing year;
Whereas those quantities of fresh tomatoes should be broken down between the processing undertakings on the basis of the total quantities which they processed in the last three marketing years preceding the marketing year for which the aid is fixed;
Whereas the undertakings which started production after the beginning of the second marketing year preceding the marketing year for which the aid is fixed have only partially benefited from the production aid scheme; whereas, under the new scheme, they  should be granted a quota based on a suitable reference period; whereas, in order to permit some development in the production structures in the sector, a percentage of the overall quantities allocated in each Member State should be reserved for  undertakings which start production during the marketing year for which the aid is fixed; whereas, in view of the fact that the quantities available are limited, quantities should only be allocated to those undertakings presenting guarantees as to the  efficiency and durability of their activities;
Whereas, in order to prevent that for the 1992/93 marketing year and while the threshold scheme is in force processing undertakings increase their production in anticipation of the arrangements limiting the aid, which the institutions had announced  would be reintroduced for the 1993/94 marketing year, the latter simultaneously laid down that the quantities produced in 1992/93 would not be taken into account for the application of the rules for the allocation of the national limits between the  processing undertakings; whereas the consequences should be drawn from this for all the undertakings concerned up to the 1995/96 marketing year,