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På regionalt plan er CBB opdelt i tre koordinationskomiteer, som omfatter roeproducenterne i hver af landets tre roedyrkningsområder : iii) Fordelingen af fabrikkernes leverandører kan kun ændres, når roe- og sukkerproducenterne er enige om det, og når CBB og SGFSB har givet deres tilslutning, således at roeproducenternes leveringsrettigheder overholdes (artikel 4).
(iii) Changes in the allocation of the clientele of the factories may be carried out only after consultations between the growers and manu facturers concerned and agreement by the CBB and SGFSB with due regard to the delivery rights of the growers (Article 4).
De generelle betingelser omfatter desuden :
The general conditions then lay down a series of rules concerning :
— beregning af godtgørelse og rabat i forhold til roernes sukkerindhold
These committees are in particular responsible for drawing up, in agreement with the sugar refineries concerned, and for monitoring a fair allocation of the clientele constituted by the growers between the various sugar refineries established in the region.
Disse komiteer skal bl.a. efter aftale med de pågældende sukkerfabrikker, foretage en ligelig fordeling af roeproducenterne på de forskellige sukkerfabrikker i området og påse, at denne fordeling over holdes.
— calculation of quality increases and reductions on the basis of the sugar content of the beet,
— betingelser for tilbagelevering af roeaffald — beregning af transportudgifter — betalingsbetingelser.
— conditions governing pulp recovery, — calculation of transport costs, — conditions governing payment.
Siden 1988 har der kun været ni, idet Sucrerie-Raffinerie de Donstiennes er blevet overtaget af Raffinerie Tirlemontoise (RT).
Since 1988, this number has fallen to nine, the Sucrerie-Raffinerie de Donstiennes having been taken over by the Raffinerie Tirlemontoise.
Som svar på Kommissionens anmodning om oplysninger meddelte Raffinerie Tirlemontoise den 3. december 1987, at den belgiske landbrugsminister ved »Arrête ministériel« af 14. oktober 1987 og i overensstemmelse med forordning (EØF) nr. 1516/74 havde godkendt de belgiske brancheaftaler af 23. december 1985 og den 17. marts 1987.
On 3 December 1987, in response to a request for information sent by the Commission, the Raffinerie Tirlemontoise informed the Commission that, by Ministerial Decree of 14 October 1987, the State Secretary for Agriculture had, in accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 1516/74, approved the Belgian inter-trade agreements signed on 23 December 1985 and 17 March 1987.
Brancheforeningerne og virksomhederne
Inter-trade concerned
Nedenstående liste indeholder de sukkerfabrikker, der er medlemmer af SGFSB, med angivelse af deres maksimalkvoter indtil 1988 (i 1989 blev Sucrerie Raffinerie de Donstiennes og dermed også dens kvoter overtaget af RT).
The following list shows the sugar undertakings which were members of the SGFSB and their maximum sugar quotas up to 1988 (as from 1989, the Sucrerie Raffinerie de Donstiennes was taken over by the Raffinerie Tirlemontoise and its quotas added to those of the Raffinerie Tirlemontoise) :
Confédération des Betteraviers Belges omfatter samtlige roeproducenter i Belgien, som leverer deres roehøst til belgiske sukkerfabrikker.
The Confédération des Betteraviers Belges comprises all the beet growers established in Belgium that supply their beet harvest to the Belgian sugar refineries.
For øjeblikket har den ca. 20 000 medlemmer. CBB har også medlemmer, som leverer roer, der ikke er
At present, its membership
RT tegner sig for ca. 70 % af den belgiske sukker produktion.
R.T. produces around 70 % of Belgian sugar production.
RT havde indtil 1987 fem fabrikker til forarbejdning af roer, og disse fabrikker, der havde moderne og højtydende anlæg, var beliggende i :
Up to 1987, R.T. had five beet processing factories equipped with modern and efficient plant, which were situated at :
I overensstemmelse med konventionen om individuelle kvoter (jf. nr. 28) fordelte de belgiske sukker fabrikker efter den 23. december 1985 de mængder roer, der var nødvendige, for at de kunne nå op på deres maksimalkvote, mellem deres sædvanlige leverandører.
After 23 December 1985, the Belgian sugar under takings, acting in accordance with the rule laid down by the agreement setting individual quotas (see paragraph 28 above), allocated the beet quantities necessary for the production of their maximum quota between their usual suppliers.
Denne fordeling blev foretaget i forhold til leverandørernes gennemsnitlige årlige leverancer i de sidste seks år ; RT foretog dog kun denne fordeling mellem de roeproducenter, der var etableret i Belgien, og udelukkede således sine leve randører i Bavay-Maubeugeområdet.
The allocation was carried out amongst all the suppliers in proportion to the annual average of their deliveries over the previous six years, except for R.T., which carried out the allocation only between its supplying growers established in Belgium, excluding its supplying growers in the Bavay-Maubeuge region.
For de enkelte virksomheder ser fordelingen således ud :
For each of the undertakings, the allocation was carried out as follows :
RT forarbejder årligt mellem tre og 3,3 mio tons roer, og fremstiller heraf 450 000 til 500 000 tons hvidt sukker.
Each year, R.T. processes between 3 and 3,3 million tonnes of beet, allowing it to produce 450 000 to 500 000 tonnes of white sugar.
RT har en markedsandel i Belgien på ca. [... ] (') for husholdningssukker og [... ] for industrisukker, samt en omsætning på [... ] bfr. RT har majoritetsandele i to andre belgiske sukkerfabrikker, nemlig i Suikerfabriek van Veurne (67,95 %) og Raffinerie Notre Dame (93,34 %).
R.T.'s shares of the Belgian sugar market are some [...](') in the case of sugar for human consumption and [ · ·. ] in the case of sugar intended for industry.
Endvidere har RT datterselskaber inden for den industri, der bruger sukker som råmateriale : Suikers G. Lebbe SA (flydende sukker, kandis, karamel), Candico SA (kandis, brunt sukker, rørsukker), Neuhaus-Mondose SA (chokolade), ligesom virksomheden har betydelige interesser inden for andre dele af levnedsmiddelindustrien og den bioteknologiske sektor.
In addition, R.T. owns subsidiaries in the sugar products industry, namely Suikers G. Lebbe SA (liquid and candy sugar, caramel), Candico SA (candy sugar, brown sugar, cane sugar), Neuhaus-Mondose SA (chocolates), and important interests in other sectors of the food industry and biotechnology industry.
— 97 % fra belgiske roeproducenter — 2,5 % fra nederlandske roeproducenter — 0,5 % fra franske roeproducenter
— in the case of Suikerfabrieken van Vlanderen, out of a total in excess of 500 000 tonnes of beet :
— Suikerfabriek van Veurne fordelte sine ca. 400 000 tons roer således :
— in the case of Suikerfabriek van Veurne, out of a total of some 400 000 tonnes of beet :
— 98 % fra belgiske roeproducenter — 2 % fra franske roeproducenter.
— 98 % for the growers operating in Belgium, the growers operating in
(52) iii) En enkelt virksomhed, nemlig RT, der regel mæssigt får leverancer fra belgiske roeproducenter, men som også i en halv snes år har modtaget leverancer fra franske roeproducenter i Bavay-Maubeuge-området, fordelte kun sin maksimalkvote mellem sine belgiske leverandører. rer.
(iii) One undertaking, R.T., which had consistently been supplied by Belgian growers, but also for some 10 years, by growers established in France in the Bavay-Maubeuge region, allocated its maximum quota only between its Belgian growers.
RT overtog i 1988 Sucreries-Raffinerie de Donstiennes og indstillede ligeledes denne virksomheds sukkerproduktion.
In 1988, R.T. purchased Sucrerie-Raffinerie de Donstiennes and terminated its sugar producing activities as well.
Virksomhedens kvote blev fordelt mellem RT's øvrige fire fabrikker.
The quota allocated to Sucrerie de Donstiennes was incorporated into that of R.T., which then reallocated it between its four operative factories.
b) Ændring af de individuelle rettigheder der blev
(b) Adjustment of individual rights
(') I den offentliggjorte udgave af denne beslutning udelades visse af tallene herefter i medfør af bestemmelserne i artikel 21 i forordning nr. 17 om bevarelse af forretningshemmelig heder.
(') In the published version of the Decision, some information has hereinafter been omitted, pursuant to the provisions of Atticle 21 of Regulation No 17 concerning non-disclosure of business secrets.
Når den oprindelige fordeling af leveringsrettighedeme skal ændres, fordi visse roeproducenters leve rancer konstant er for lave, gælder ovennævnte grundregel (28) for sukkerfabrikkerne i Hesbayeområdet (samt Quevy og Brugelette), dvs. for RT, Notre-Dame, Naveau og Donstiennes. Leverings-
As regards the rules concerning changes in the initial allocation of rights, as a result of continual delivery shortfalls for certain growers, the basic rule
Nr. L 31/39 som omfatter dels de generelle betingelser, det er vedtaget eller vedtages mellem confédération des Betteraviers Belges og Fabricants de sucre de Belgique, dels Quévy's egne regler (artikel 2).
No L 31/39 applied to Belgian growers, such conditions being defined, firstly, by the general conditions agreed or to be agreed between the Confédéra­tion des Betteraviers Belges and the Fabricants de sucre de Belgique and, secondly, by Quévy's own usage (Article 2).
rettighederne er ikke blevet ændret i dette område siden den oprindelige fordeling i 1986.
No redistribution of delivery rights has taken place in that region since the initial allocation carried out in 1986.
Ifølge de oplysninger, Kommissionen indhentede under sin undersøgelse af sagen, tildeles de rettigheder, der er blevet disponible på grund af manglende leverancer, næsten udelukkende roeproducenter, som er stødt på særlige vanskeligheder, eller som tidligere er blevet forfordelt.
In addition, according to the information obtained by the Commission in examining the case, it appears that the possibility of allocating some of the rights made available by any shortfalls in order to solve special cases covers essentially only growers who have had to cope with particular difficulties or who have been placed at a disadvantage under a previous allocation.
c) Det præciseres, at importen af disse roer på ingen måde kan ændre den pris, der betales til Quévy's nuværende leverandører ; til gengæld et de nye leverandører garanteret den samme pris (artikel 3).
(d) The contract is concluded for an idefinite period. The grower may terminate it after each marketing year without having to justify his decision to the sugar refinery.
Roeproducenten kan ophæve den efter hvert produktionsår uden at give sukkerfabrikken nogen begrundelse for sin beslutning.
The contract may not be broken by SRQP unless the French and/or Belgian governments or a supranational Community authority prevent the free movement of beet by embargo measures and/or the closure of frontiers (Article 4)·
Kontrakten kan kun ophæves af SRQP, hvis den franske og/eller den belgiske regering eller en overnational fællesskabsmyndighed hindrer fri handel med roer gennem import- eller eksport forbud og/eller lukning af grænserne (artikel 4).
(e) Lastly, Article 5 of the contract specifies for each marketing year the number of hectares sewn with beet by the grower for delivery after harvest to SRQP.
I roedyrkningsområdeme i Flandern og Hainaut anvendes derimod mere fleksible regler, som dels giver mulighed for hyppigere at ændre fordelingen af roeproducenternes individuelle rettigheder og dels giver mulighed for at omfordele nogle af de disponible rettigheder til nye leverandører.
The beet­growing regions of Flanders and Hainaut have, by contrast, adopted less rigid rules allowing more frequent changes to be made in the allocation of growers' individual rights and some rights to be reallocated to new growers.
Tre sukkerfabrikker i disse områder (Frasnes-les-Buisse-nal, Van Veurne og Van Vlaanderen) kunne derfor foretage en omfordeling af rettighederne i 1987; i 1988 foretog fire sukkerfabrikker en omfordeling (de tre foregående plus Warcoing).
Accordingly, three sugar refineries established in these regions (Fras­nes­les­Buissenal, van Veurne and van Vlaanderen) were able to redistribute rights in 1987, and four sugar refineries (the above three plus Warcoing) carried out a redistribution at the beginning of 1988.
D. RT's køb af franske roer e) Endelig fastsættes i kontraktens artikel 5 det antal hektar, som roeproducenten hvert produktionsår skal tilså med roer, der efter høst skal leveres til SRQP.
D. Purchases of French beet by R.T.
I 1970'erne, og især fra 1975 til 1978, var den belgiske roeproduktion generelt for lav til, at de belgiske sukkerfabrikker kunne opfylde de maksimalkvoter, de havde fået tildelt.
During the 1970s, and in particular in the period 1975 to 1978, beet production in Belgium was generally insufficient to allow Belgian sugar under­takings to produce all of the maximum sugar quotas allocated to them.
For at øge produktionen begyndte RT i 1975 at udvide sine forsyningsmuligheder og ønskede derfor at indgå leve ringskontrakter for sin Quévy-fabrik med franske roeproducenter i Bavay-Mabeuge-området, dvs. ikke langt fra Quévy-fabrikken (der ligger fem kilometer fra den franske grænse).
So as to increase its production, R.T. began in 1975 to broaden its beet supply sources.
Den belgiske roeproduktion, der var steget konstant i en periode så syv til otte år, begyndte i 1982/83 at blive tilstrækkelig til at dække de belgiske sukker fabrikkers og navnlig RT's behov.
For this purpose, it offered delivery contracts for its Quévy plant to French growers established in the Bavay­Maubeuge region, i.e. not far from the Quévy refinery (the Quévy refinery is only 5 kilometres from the French frontier).
De første kontrakter blev indgået i 1975, 1976 og 1977, dernæst steg antallet kraftigt i 1978 og fortsatte med at stige indtil 1981.
The first contracts were concluded in 1975, 1976 and 1977, then their number increased rapidly in 1978 and continued to increase up to 1981.
På dette tidspunkt havde 80 franske roeproducenter indgået leveringskontrakt med RT's datterselskab, SA des Sucreries Reunies de Quévy-Péronnes, og leverede tilsammen mellem 30 000 og 45 000 tons roer til denne virksomhed. somhed.
In 1981, more than 80 French growers had delivery contracts with SA des Sucreries Réunies de Quévy­Péronnes, (SRQP), a R.T. subsidiary, and together supplied between 30 000 and 45 000 tonnes of beet to it.
Kontrakterne roeproducenter
The contracts between SRQP and the French growers
De vigtigste bestemmelser i disse aftaler er anført nedenfor : a) SRQP forpligter sig til at forarbejde alle de roer, der leveres af roeproducenten, som til gengæld forpligter sig til at levere SRQP alle sine roer (artikel 1).
(a) SRQP undertakes to process all the beet supplied by the grower and the grower under­takes to supply all the best harvested (Article 1).
Dette gjaldt netop RT, der måtte søge at begrænse sine opkøb.
This was the case with R.T., which sought to reduce its purchases.
Virksomheden stod således over for to alternativer : for det første at lade leverancerne fra Bavay-Maubeuge-området indgå i den belgiske ordning — for at disse leverancer også kunne indkalkuleres i den gennemsnitlige købspris for roer og således påvirke denne gennemsnitspris i nedadgående retning — for det andet at få de franske leverancer indstillet ved at ophæve de kontrakter, der var indgået med Bavay-Maubeuge-producenterne.
In order to do so, R.T. was faced with the alternative of integrating into the Belgian system deliveries from the growers in the Bavay-Maubeuge region (allowing such deliveries to be taken into account in calculating the average purchase price of beet and thus exerting a down­ward influence on the level of the average purchase price) or of ending French deliveries by termina­ting the contracts concluded with the Bavay-Maubeuge growers.
Det første alternativ, der bestod i at tildele de franske producenter en del af RT's kvote (A 4- B), som traditionelt blev opfyldt af de belgiske leverandører, bortfaldt, fordi CBB konstant og systematisk nægtede at afgive nogen af de garanterede afsætningsmarkeder i Hesbayeområdet, som CBB mente var forbeholdt belgiske producenter — området har normalt overskud af roer.
The first alternative, which involved allocating to the French growers part of R.T.'s quota (A4-B) traditionally supplied by Belgian growers, came up against the constant and systematic refusal of the CBB to share within the Hesbaye region (which normally had a beet surplus) guaranteed outlets which it felt should be reserved for Belgian growers.
RT tog til efterretning, at CBB nægtede at lade Bavay-Maubeuge-producenterne være omfattet af de belgiske kvoter og besluttede til sidst at ophæve kontrakterne.
In the face of this refusal by the CBB to integrate the Bavay-Maubeuge growers into the Belgian quota alloca­tion system, R.T., taking account of the CBB's posi­tion, finally opted for the solution of terminating the contracts.
b) Betingelserne for køb og levering af roer er på alle punkter identiske med de betingelser, der anvendes over for belgiske roeproducenter, og
(b) The conditions governing purchase and accep­tance of beet are identical to the conditions
RT's beslutning fremgår klart af en skrivelse af 1. juli 1985 fra formanden for CBB til den franske sammenslutning af roeproducenter (CGB) :
This new position adopted by R.T. in the light of the CBB's refusal to integrate the Bavay­Maubeuge growers into the Belgian quota system is clearly expressed in a letter dated 1 July 1985 sent by the President of the CBB to the French Confédération générale des planteurs de betteraves (CGB) in which it is stated :
De 30 andre, der nægtede at undertegne den og rejste indsigelse mod den, modtog den 9. og 11. april skrivelse om, at kontrakten var ophævet ; og under trussel om, at man ikke ville acceptere roele­veranceme for det indeværende produktionsår, fik de herved påtvunget en kontrakt om køb af 29 % af gennemsnitsleverancerne, men kun for et produktionsår.
On 9 and 11 April, the thirty others who refused to sign and raised objections received letters termina­ting their contracts and, under threat of not accep­ting delivery of beet during the current marketing year, imposing on them of purchasing contract for quantities still reduced to 29 % of the reference production data, but valid for only one marketing year.
Disse 30 producenter undertegnede til sidst de pågældende kontrakter for et produk­tionsår, idet de dog udtrykkeligt tog forbehold med hensyn til deres gyldighed og betvivlede, at op­hævelsen af de tidligere kontrakter var forenelig med fællesskabsretten.
These thirty growers finally signed the contracts proposed for one marketing year, but made clear their express reservations as to their validity and the compatibility of the terminations of the previous contracts with Community law.
Som De ved, betyder denne holdningsændring, at der ikke længere kan modtages franske roer, fordi de ikke indgår i en særskilt kvote.
'We have the honour to draw your attention to the problem of the processing of French beet at Quévy following the change in attitude of the majority shareholder of the Quévy refinery.
Som det også er Dem bekendt, er CBB af den opfattelse, at den belgiske kvote udelukkende skal opfyldes af nationale roeproducenter·.
As has been pointed out to you, this change in atti­tude means that French beet would no longer in future be accepted since it is not covered by a quota of its own.
I et notat af 14. oktober 1985 om problemet med de franske roer i Quévy, der er vedlagt skrivelse af 15. oktober 1985 fra CBB's direktør til direktøren for CGB, anføres desuden følgende under afsnittet ■Beslutning truffet af SRQP's bestyrelse· :
Similarly, in a memo dated 14 October 1985 setting out the problem of French beet at Quévy and annexed to a letter dated 15 October 1985 sent by the Director of the CBB to the Director of the CBB, it is stated under the heading 'Decision of the SRQP board' :
Efter at have undertegnet kontrakterne for et produktionsår indbragte de 30 roeproducenter i juli 1986 sagen for førsteinstansdomstolen i Mons i Belgien og anmodede i august 1986 i henhold til artikel 3 i forordning nr. 17 Kommissionen om at fastslå, at der forelå en overtrædelse af EØF­Trakta­tens konkurrenceregler.
Following the signature of the provisional contracts valid for one marketing year, the 30 abovemen­tioned growers brought an action in July 1986 before the Tribunal de 1ère Instance in Mons (Belgium) and, in August 1986, made an applica­tion pursuant to Article 3 of Regulation No 17 asking the Commission to find that there had been infringement of the competition rules laid down in the EEC Treaty.
Medens Kommissionen undersøgte deres klage, fortsatte de 30 producenter i 1987, 1988 og 1989 med at dyrke roer og pålægge RT at modtage deres roehøst.
While their complaint was being examined by the Commission, the thirty growers continued in 1987, 1988 and 1989 to plant beet and to ask R.T. to accept their beet harvests.
Ophævelse af kontrakterne franske roeproducenter
Termination of the contracts between R. Τ and the French growers
Efter at Kommissionen i november 1988 havde sendt CBB, SGFSB og RT en meddelelse af klage­punkter, blev der indledt forhandlinger mellem CBB og RT på den ene side og de 30 producenter på den anden.
In November 1988, the Commission sent a state­ment of objections to the CBB, the SGFSB and R.T., following which negotiations began between the CBB and R.T. on the one hand and the thirty complainants on the other.
Disse forhandlinger førte til en aftale, der blev undertegnet og meddelt Kommis­sionen den 14. juni 1989, og hvorved CBB og RT gav de 30 roeproducenter ret til fra produktionsåret 1989 på ny at levere roer til RT ; mængden (12 818 tons) blev fastsat efter de samme regler, som gælder for de nationale roeproducenter i forbindelse med tildeling af individuelle kvoter.
The negotiations produced an arrangement, signed and communi­cated to the Commission on 14 June 1989, under which the CBB and R.T. undertook as from the 1989 marketing year to restore to the thirty growers concerned delivery rights for supplies to R.T., the amount of which (12 818 tonnes) was established in accordance with the same rules as those applied to national growers in the allocation of individual quotas.
Til gengæld trak de 30 roeproducenter i Bavay­Maubeuge deres klage tilbage fra Kommissionen og retten i Mons.
In return, the 30 Bavay­Maubeuge growers withdrew their complaints from the Commission and the Mons Tribunal.
Den 16. september 1985 meddelte SRQP kontra­henterne i Bavay­Maubeuge­området, at importen af franske roer medførte så store finansielle tab, at fabrikken ikke længere kunne modtage og betale disse roer og derfor i de følgende uger ville frem­sætte forslag om at regulere roeleverancerne i løbet af produktionsåret 1986.
On 16 September 1985, SRQP sent a letter to the contractors in the Bavay­Maubeuge region infor­ming them that, as a result of financial losses brought about by the purchasing of French beet, it could no longer in future accept and pay for such beet as previously and that consequently proposals would be made in the weeks ahead to settle the delivery of beet during the 1986 marketing year.
Disse forslag, der blev meddelt ved skrivelse af 28. februar 1986, bestod i ophævelse af de oprindelige kontrakter og i en toårig forpligtelse til at aftage en mængde roer på 29 % af de gennemsnitlige leve­rancer for de foregående seks år.
The proposals, set out in letters dated 28 January and 14 February 1986, consisted in the termination of the initial contracts and in a commitment limited to two years to purchase a quantity of beet reduced to 29 % of the average deliveries during the previous six years.
De 78 franske roeproducenter fik i marts 1986 forelagt en kontrakt med disse bestemmelser.
A contract incorporating these provisions was submitted to the 78 French gowers concerned in March 1986.
48 producenter accepterede og undertegnede den.
A total of 48 growers agreed to sign it.