Proposal for a Council Regulation (EC) amending Regulation (EC) No 2201/96 on the common organisation of the markets in processed fruit and vegetable products
26. 10. 1999 EN Official Journal of the European Communities C 307 E/31 Proposal for a Council Regulation (EC) amending Regulation (EC) No 2201/96 on the common organisation of the markets in processed fruit and vegetable products (1999/C 307 E/04) COM(1999) 376 final - 1999/0161(CNS) (Submitted by the Commission on 20 July 1999) THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Union, and in particular Article 37 thereof, (4) Whereas this Regulation 1999/2000 marketing year; whereas this marketing year started on 15 June 1999; whereas this Regulation should apply from that date, concerns the Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament, Article 1 The following paragraph 3a is added to Article 6 of Regulation (EC) No 2201/96: Having regard to the opinion of Committee, the Economic and Social 3a. (1) Whereas Article 6 of Council Regulation (EC) No 2201/96 of 28 October 1996 (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2199/97 (2), lays down that the quota fixed for granting production aid for products processed from tomatoes is to be shared out each year among the Member States; whereas for the 1999/2000 marketing year this apportionment is to be calculated on the basis of the average quantities produced in compliance with minimum prices during 1997/1998 and 1998/1999; whereas from 2000/2001 onwards to be based on the average quantities produced during the three marketing years preceding the marketing year for which the allocation is made; is it (2) Whereas in Portugal the 1997/1998 marketing year was characterised by extremely unfavourable weather conditions which led to an unusually sharp fall in production; whereas an allocation of quotas on the basis of this unusually low production in Portugal would not the production potential in this Member State under normal weather conditions; take account of (3) Whereas, for the exceptionally, two marketing years concerned by the unusual fall in production of tomatoes for processing - 1999/2000 and 2000/2001 - only, the Portugal should be given an additional quota for production of tomato concentrates to make up for the loss of quota resulting from the abnormal conditions in 1997/1998 without in the other Member States; whereas this additional quantity should be fixed at 83 468 tonnes for 1999/2000 and calculated, for 2000/2001, by replacing the quantity actually processed during the 1997/1998 marketing year by the quantity of 884 592 tonnes originally allocated to Portugal; injuring producers (1) OJ L 297, 21. 11. 1996, p. 29. (2) OJ L 303, 6. 11. 1997, p. 1. Notwithstanding paragraph 3, an additional quantity of fresh tomatoes intended for the production of concentrate for 1999/2000 and allocated to Portugal shall be 2000/2001. This quantity shall be: - 83 468 tonnes for 1999/2000, and - for 2000/2001, the difference between the quantity calculated in accordance with paragraph 3 and that calculated fresh by quantity the production of tomatoes used in Portugal concentrate in the 1997/1998 marketing year by 884 592 tonnes. replacing the for of fresh tomatoes intended for The volume of fresh tomatoes referred to in paragraph 1 and the quantity of the production of concentrate referred to in the first indent of the second subparagraph of paragraph 2 shall be increased, for these two marketing years concerned, by the additional quantity allocated to Portugal. í Article 2 This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publi- cation in the Official Journal of the European Communities. It shall apply from 15 June 1999. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States