Council Regulation (EEC) No 1755/92 of 30 June 1992 amending Regulation (EEC) No 989/84 introducing a system of guarantee thresholds for certain processed fruit and vegetable products

COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 1755/92 of 30 June 1992 amending Regulation (EEC) No 989/84 introducing a system of guarantee thresholds for certain processed fruit and vegetable products
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
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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),
Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 989/84 (3) introduces a system of guarantee thresholds for certain processed fruit and vegetable products and in particular for processed tomato products;
Whereas the threshold for the latter should be adjusted to take account of production in the new German Laender and the breakdown of the overall quantity into categories of finished products should be adjusted accordingly;
Whereas Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 989/84 provides that if the guarantee threshold for processed tomato products is exceeded in a marketing year, the production aid for the following marketing year is to be reduced; whereas in addition the overrun  in the threshold is to be calculated on the basis of the average quantity produced in the three marketing years preceding the marketing year in respect of which the aid is to be fixed; whereas, pursuant to those provisions, on the one hand there should  be no financial consequences in the 1992/93 marketing year whatever the quantity processed and on the other hand there should be such consequences in the 1993/94 marketing year only if a quantity approximately one million tonnes over the threshold fixed  for the 1992/93 marketing year is processed; whereas this is an undesirable side effect of the switchover from one system to another;
Whereas, given that a policy to control production has been applied to these products for several years, this situation appears to be clearly at variance with the objective of that policy, which is familiar to operators, to bring production into line  with possibilities of disposal; whereas, since the quota system has lapsed, the provisions in force should accordingly be adapted to maintain some discipline and thereby prevent serious imbalance on the market,