31976R1779

No L 199 / 8 Official Journal of the European Communities 24 . 7. 76

COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 1779/76 of 20 July 1976 amending Regulation (EEC) No 1930/75 laying down special provisions appli­ cable to trade in tomato concentrates between the Community as originally constituted and the new Member States

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Article 1 Economic Community, and in particular Article 43 thereof, In Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 1930/75, the words 'and peeled tomatoes' shall be inserted after Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, ' tomato concentrates'.

Having regard to the opinion of the European Parlia­ ment ('), Article 2

Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 1 930/75 (2) established Article 4 of Regulation (EEC) No 1930/75 is hereby amended to read as follows : a system of compensatory amounts between the Community as originally constituted and the new Article 4 Member States ;

Whereas, despite the introduction of that system , it 1 . The compensatory amount for tomato has not been possible for the Community as originally concentrates shall be equal to 50 % of the export constituted to maintain its former volume of consign­ refund referred to in Article 1 . The compensatory ments to the new Member States ; whereas this state of amount shall be reduced in two stages . affairs results from a widening of the difference The two reductions shall be such as to reduce the between non-member countries' offer prices and the Community cost price ; whereas the compensatory level of the compensatory amounts to 25 % and amounts should therefore be increased in order to 0 % respectively of the said refunds and shall be protect the competitive position on the markets of the made on 1 July 1977 and 1 January 1978 . new Member States of producers in the Community as When the first reduction is made, the compensa­ originally constituted ; tory amount, based on the level of the export refunds, shall in no case be fixed at a level such as Whereas, as a result of market trends in recent years, large stocks of Community-produced peeled tomatoes to allow exportation to the new Member States at a still remain to be disposed of ; whereas at the end of price below the special minimum price referred to the present marketing year Community stocks of in Article 2 (3) of Council Regulation (EEC) No about 200 000 metric tons may well have to be carried 1927/75 of 22 July 1975 concerning the system of trade with third countries in the market in over ; whereas offer prices on the market of the three new Member States are lower than the price obtaining products processed from fruit and vegetables ( J). on markets in the Community as originally consti­ tuted ; whereas, since the markets of the new Member 2. The compensatory amount for peeled toma­ States are an important traditional outlet for Commu­ toes shall be equal to 25 % of the export refund nity peeled tomatoes, this difference in prices could referred to in Article 1 . The compensatory amount harm the competitive position on those markets of shall be reduced in two stages. producers in the Community as originally consti­ The two reductions shall be such as to reduce the tuted ; level of the compensatory amounts to 12-50 % Whereas, under these circumstances, the system of and 0 % respectively of the said refunds and shall compensatory amounts should be extended to apply be made on 1 July 1977 and 1 January 1978 . to peeled tomatoes to safeguard the competitive posi­ tion of the said producers ; whereas those amounts (•) OJ No L 198 , 29 . 7. 1975, p. 7.' should be fixed at a level such as to facilitate the sale of peeled tomatoes on the markets of the new Article 3 Member States, This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its (') Opinion delivered on 8 July 1976 (not yet published in the Official Journal) publication in the Official Journal of the European ■ (2) OJ No L 198 , 29 . 7. 1975, p. 15. Communities. i

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

Done at Brussels, 20 July 1976. For the Council

The President A. P. L. M. M. van der STEE