31975R1929

29 . 7 . 75 No L 198/ 13 Official Journal of the European Communities

REGULATION ( EEC) No 1929/75 OF THE COUNCIL of 22 July 1975 establishing a system of production aid for tinned pineapple

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN offer price for tinned pineapples and the prices COMMUNITIES, charged by third country supplier countries of these products. Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 43 2. The Council, acting on a proposal from the and 227 thereof ; Commission in accordance with the voting procedure provided for in Article 43(2) of the Treaty, shall fix Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ; the following every year in time for the start of the marketing year : Having regard to the Opinion of the European Parlia­ ment (*) ; (a) the amount of the aid ; (b) the minimum price level referred to in Article 3. Whereas, because of the special conditions affecting the Community market in tinned pineapple, and in Article 5 particular because of the need for the industry to main­ tain prices that are competitive in relation to the The marketing year for tinned pineapples shall begin prices fixed by the main producing third countries, a each year on 1 June and end the following year on 31 system of production aid should be established so that May. tinned pineapple may be produced at a lower price than that which would result if the producers of fresh Article 6 pineapples were paid a remunerative price ; Production aids shall be paid to processors upon appli­ Whereas, because of the importance of pineapple cation by them and upon their furnishing proof : production to the economy of the French Overseas Departments, the provisions concerning the — that they have produced the quantity of tinned Guarantee Section of the European Agricultural Guid­ pineapple indicated in their application, ance and Guarantee Fund should be applied in — that the pineapples used in the production of the respect of those Departments, tinned pineapple originated in the Community, — that they have fulfilled the undertaking referred to in Article 3 . HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :

Article 7 Article 1 Detailed rules for implementing this Regulation shall A system of production aid shall be established for be adopted in accordance with the procedure provided tinned pineapple falling within subheading 20.06 B of for in Article 15 of Council Regulation (EEC) No the Common Customs Tariff and processed from 865/68 (2) of 28 June 1968 on the common organiza­ fresh pineapples harvested in the Community. tion of the market in products processed from fruit and vegetables as last amended by Council Regulation Article 2 ( EEC) No 1420/75(3).

Production aid shall be granted by the Member State Article 8 on whose territory the production of tinned pineapple takes place . As far as the Guarantee Section of the European Agri­ cultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund is concerned, Article 3 Article 40 (4) of the Treaty and the provisions adopted pursuant thereto, shall apply to the French Overseas Production aid shall be paid only to processors who Departments in respect of tinned pineapple. undertake to pay pineapple producers at least the minimum price fixed in accordance with Article 4. Article 9

Article 4 This Regulation shall come into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal 1 . The amount of the production aid shall be such of the European Communities. as to offset the difference between the Community (2) OJ No L 153, 1 . 7. 1968 , p. 8 . (') OJ No C 23, 8 . 3 . 1974, p. 45 . (3) OJ No L 141 , 3 . 6. 1975, p. 1 .

No L 198 / 14 29 . 7 . 75 Official Journal of the European Communities

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States .

Done at Brussels, 22 July 1975.

For the Council

The President

G. MARCORA