title: Proposta di regolamento del Consiglio relativo all'organizzazione comune dei mercati nel settore del lino e della canapa destinati alla produzione di fibre

text: 29. 2. 2000 IT Gazzetta ufficiale delle Comunit(cid:224) europee C 56 E/19 Proposta di regolamento (CE) del Consiglio relativo all’organizzazione comune dei mercati nel settore del lino e della canapa destinati alla produzione di fibre (2000/C 56 E/07) COM(1999) 576 def. (cid:151) 1999/0237(CNS) (Presentata dalla Commissione il 15 novembre 1999) IL CONSIGLIO DELL’UNIONE EUROPEA, visto il trattato che istituisce la Comunit(cid:224) europea, in partico- lare gli articoli 36 e 37, vista la proposta della Commissione, visto il parere del Parlamento europeo, visto il parere del Comitato economico e sociale, visto il parere del Comitato delle regioni, considerando quanto segue: fibre ottenute; affinchØ il fibre corte di lino e delle fibre di canapa, occorre diffe- renziare l’aiuto in funzione di ognuna delle due categorie di livello totale del sostegno consenta alla produzione tradizionale delle fibre lunghe di lino di sussistere in condizioni simili a quelle previste dal regolamento (CEE) n. 1308/70 del Consiglio, del 4 luglio 1970 (2), relativo all’organizzazione comune dei mercati nel settore del lino e della canapa, occorre au- mentare progressivamente l’importo dell’aiuto concesso al primo trasformatore in modo da tener conto della ridu- zione graduale del sostegno per ettaro concesso al pro- duttore in base al regolamento (CE) n. 1251/1999 e della soppressione, a termine, dell’aiuto per le fibre corte di lino; per quanto riguarda le fibre corte di lino e le fibre di canapa, occorre concedere al primo trasformatore un aiuto di entit(cid:224) tale da consentire, per un certo periodo, un reciproco adeguamento dei nuovi prodotti ottenuti e dei potenziali mercati che si aprono. (1) Al funzionamento e allo sviluppo del mercato comune dei prodotti agricoli deve accompagnarsi l’instaurazione di una politica agricola comune; tale politica deve compor- tare in particolare un’organizzazione comune dei mercati agricoli, la quale pu(cid:242) assumere forme diverse secondo i prodotti. (6) Al fine di evitare aumenti fraudolenti dei quantitativi che possono beneficiare dell’aiuto, Ł opportuno che gli Stati membri fissino il massimale dell’aiuto stesso in funzione delle superfici per le quali Ł stato concluso un contratto di acquisto della paglia. (2) La politica agricola comune ha lo scopo di attuare gli obiettivi dell’articolo 33 del trattato; nel settore del lino e della canapa destinati alla produzione di fibre, oltre alle disposizioni relative ai pagamenti per superficie previste dal regolamento (CE) n. 1251/1999 del Consiglio, del 17 maggio 1999, che istituisce un regime di sostegno a fa- vore dei coltivatori di taluni seminativi (1), occorre preve- dere misure relative al mercato interno, che comprendano aiuti ai primi trasformatori delle paglie di lino e di canapa. (3) Per garantire un’effettiva trasformazione delle paglie di lino e di canapa, Ł opportuno subordinare la concessione dell’aiuto a determinate condizioni, in particolare un rico- noscimento dei primi trasformatori e l’obbligo di un con- tratto di acquisto della paglia da parte dei trasformatori stessi. (4) Al fine di evitare una destinazione scorretta dei fondi comunitari, occorre escludere dall’aiuto i primi trasforma- tori che abbiano creato artificialmente le condizioni ri- chieste per beneficiarne e per approfittare in tal modo di un vantaggio non conforme agli obiettivi del regime di sostegno destinato alla trasformazione della paglia. (5) Tenuto conto delle specificit(cid:224) inerenti, da un lato, al mer- cato delle fibre lunghe di lino e, d’altro lato, a quello delle (1) GU L 160 del 26. 6. 1999, pag. 1. (7) Per limitare le spese derivanti dall’applicazione del pre- sente regolamento, occorre creare un meccanismo stabi- lizzatore per ogni tipo di fibra ottenuto, a seconda che si tratti di fibre lunghe di lino, da una parte, o di fibre corte di lino e fibre di canapa, dall’altra; per favorire un livello ragionevole di produzioni interessate in ognuno degli Stati membri, Ł necessario fissare un quantitativo massimo ga- rantito per ogni categoria di fibra e ripartire tali quanti- tativi tra gli Stati membri sotto forma di quantitativi na- zionali garantiti; tuttavia, i quantitativi nazionali garantiti per le fibre corte di lino e per le fibre di canapa sono limitati a un periodo tale da consentire che i nuovi pro- dotti ottenuti si adeguino al mercato; i quantitativi nazio- nali garantiti sono fissati tenendo conto delle superfici medie piø recenti di lino tessile e canapa, eventualmente adeguate in funzione della loro percentuale realmente produttiva, nonchØ delle relative rese medie in fibre. (8) Per consentire ad ogni Stato membro di effettuare adegua- menti tra i quantitativi di fibre ottenuti, occorre prevedere condizioni per il trasferimento tra i quantitativi nazionali garantiti ad esso attribuiti; tale trasferimento Ł eseguito in funzione di un coefficiente che garantisca l’equivalenza dal punto di vista del bilancio. (2) GU L 146 del 4. 7. 1970, pag. 1. Regolamento modificato da ultimo dall’atto di adesione dell’Austria, della Finlandia e della Svezia e dal regolamento (CE) n. 3290/94 (GU L 349 del 31. 12. 1994, pag. 105). C 56 E/20 IT Gazzetta ufficiale delle Comunit(cid:224) europee 29. 2. 2000 (9) Gli Stati membri produttori devono adottare le disposi- zioni necessarie per garantire il corretto funzionamento delle misure previste per la concessione dell’aiuto; inoltre, a causa dei tempi necessari affinchØ sia trasformata tutta la paglia prodotta nella campagna di commercializzazio- ne, Ł istituito, in quanto misura di controllo, un sistema di anticipi sull’aiuto. (10) Tutte le misure relative al regime di scambi con i paesi terzi devono consentire di rinunciare all’applicazione di ogni restrizione quantitativa alle frontiere esterne della Comunit(cid:224); in casi eccezionali, tale meccanismo pu(cid:242) tutta- via rivelarsi il mercato comunitario senza difesa contro le turbative che possono derivarne, Ł opportuno permettere alla Co- munit(cid:224) di adottare rapidamente tutte le misure necessarie; tali misure devono essere conformi agli obblighi derivanti dagli accordi dell’Organizzazione Mondiale del Commer- cio in materia di agricoltura (1). inoperante; per non lasciare in tali casi (11) AffinchØ l’organizzazione comune del mercato della ca- napa destinata alla produzione di fibre non sia perturbata da coltivazioni illecite, occorre prevedere un controllo delle importazioni di canapa e di sementi di canapa, in in questione offrano modo da garantire che i prodotti tenore in determinate garanzie per quanto riguarda il tetraidrocannabinolo; i semi di canapa diversi da quelli destinati alla semina possono essere importati purchØ messi in stato di non germinazione. (12) Nel corso dell’evoluzione dei mercati del lino e della ca- napa destinati alla produzione di fibre, gli Stati membri e la Commissione devono comunicarsi reciprocamente le informazioni necessarie all’applicazione del presente rego- lamento. (13) PoichØ le misure necessarie per attuare il presente regola- mento costituiscono misure di gestione ai sensi dell’arti- colo 2 della decisione 1999/468/CE del Consiglio, del 28 giugno 1999, recante modalit(cid:224) per l’esercizio delle com- petenze di esecuzione conferite alla Commissione (2), oc- corre che tali misure siano adottate secondo la procedura di gestione di cui all’articolo 4 di tale decisione. (14) Le spese sostenute dagli Stati membri a causa degli obbli- ghi derivanti dall’applicazione del presente regolamento devono essere finanziate dalla Comunit(cid:224) in base al rego- lamento (CE) n. 1258/1999 del Consiglio, del 17 maggio 1999, relativo al finanziamento della politica agricola co- mune (3). (15) L’organizzazione comune dei mercati nel settore del lino e della canapa, definita nel regolamento (CEE) n. 1308/70, Ł stata oggetto di numerose modifiche, ma non corrisponde (1) GU L 336 del 23. 12. 1994, pag. 22. (2) GU L 184 del 17. 7. 1999, pag. 23. (3) GU L 160 del 26. 6. 1999, pag. 103. in tali piø ai profondi cambiamenti subiti dal settore; circostanze, Ł opportuno abrogare il suddetto regola- mento (CEE) n. 1308/70; il regolamento (CEE) n. 619/71 del Consiglio, del 22 marzo 1971, che fissa le norme generali per la concessione dell’aiuto per il lino e la ca- napa (4), il regolamento (CEE) n. 620/71 del Consiglio, del 22 marzo 1971, che stabilisce disposizioni-quadro per i contratti relativi alla vendita della paglia di lino e di ca- napa (5), il regolamento (CEE) n. 1172/71 del Consiglio, del 3 giugno 1971, che stabilisce le norme generali rela- tive agli aiuti all’ammasso privato di fibre di lino e di canapa (6), il regolamento (CEE) n. 1430/82 del Consiglio, del 18 maggio 1982, che prevede misure restrittive all’im- portazione di canapa e di semi di canapa e che modifica il regolamento (CEE) n. 1308/70 per quanto riguarda la canapa (7) e il regolamento (CEE) n. 2059/84 del Consi- glio, del 16 luglio 1984, che fissa le norme generali rela- tive alle misure restrittive all’importazione di canapa e di semi di canapa e che modifica il regolamento (CEE) n. 619/71 per quanto riguarda la canapa (8), che di conse- guenza si fondono con i regolamenti (CEE) n. 1308/70 e n. 619/71, sono sostituiti dalle nuove disposizioni previste dal presente regolamento e sono abrogati. (16) Il passaggio dalla disciplina del regolamento (CEE) n. 1308/68 a quella introdotta dal presente regolamento po- trebbe dar luogo a difficolt(cid:224) non previste dal presente la Com- regolamento; per affrontare questa eventualit(cid:224), missione deve poter adottare le necessarie misure transi- torie; la Commissione dev’essere inoltre autorizzata a ri- solvere specifici problemi pratici, HA ADOTTATO IL PRESENTE REGOLAMENTO: Articolo 1 1. L’organizzazione comune dei mercati nel settore del lino e della canapa destinati alla produzione di fibre comprende un regime del mercato interno e un regime degli scambi con i paesi terzi. Essa disciplina i prodotti seguenti: Codice NC 5301 5302 Descrizione Lino greggio e preparato, ma non filato; stoppe e cascami di filati e gli sfilacciati) lino (compresi i cascami di Canapa (Cannabis sativa L. ) greggia e preparata, ma i non filata; stoppe e cascami di canapa (compresi cascami di filati e gli sfilacciati) (4) GU L 72 del 26. 3. 71, pag. 2. Regolamento modificato da ultimo dal regolamento (CE) n. 1420/98 (GU L 19 del 4. 7. 1998, pag. 7). (5) GU L 72 del 26. 3. 1971, pag. 4. Regolamento modificato da ultimo dal regolamento (CE) n. 713/97 (GU L 73 del 1. 4. 1995, pag. 16). (6) GU L 123 del 5. 6. 1971, pag. 7. (7) GU L 162 del 12. 6. 1982, pag. 27. Regolamento modificato da ul- timo dall’atto di adesione dell’Austria, della Finlandia e della Svezia e dal regolamento (CE) n. 3290/94. (8) GU L 191 del 19. 7. 1984, pag. 6. Regolamento modificato da ultimo dall’atto di adesione dell’Austria, della Finlandia e della Svezia e dal regolamento (CE) n. 3290/94. 29. 2. 2000 IT Gazzetta ufficiale delle Comunit(cid:224) europee C 56 E/21 Ai fini del presente regolamento, valgono le seguenti de- 2. finizioni a) «agricoltore»: l’agricoltore quale definito all’articolo 10, let- tera a), del regolamento (CE) n. 1259/1999 del Consiglio del 17 maggio 1999, che stabilisce norme comuni relative ai regimi di sostegno diretto nell’ambito della politica agricola comune (1); b) «primo trasformatore riconosciuto»: la persona fisica o giu- ridica, o l’associazione di persone fisiche o giuridiche, indi- pendentemente dallo stato giuridico conferito secondo il diritto nazionale all’associazione e ai suoi membri, che Ł stato riconosciuto dall’autorit(cid:224) competente dello Stato mem- impianti per la bro sul cui territorio sono situati produzione di fibre di lino e di canapa o per la trasforma- zione di altri prodotti della canapa non utilizzati per l’ali- mentazione umana. i suoi Il presente regolamento si applica fatte salve le misure 3. previste dal regolamento (CE) n. 1251/1999. TITOLO I MERCATO INTERNO Articolo 2 I limiti di cui al primo comma sono fissati dagli Stati membri in modo da rispettare i quantitativi nazionali garantiti di cui all’articolo 3. 4. Su domanda del primo trasformatore riconosciuto, viene versato un anticipo sull’aiuto in funzione dei quantitativi di fibre ottenute. Articolo 3 1. ¨ stabilito un quantitativo massimo garantito di 75 500 tonnellate per campagna di commercializzazione per le fibre lunghe di lino. Tale quantitativo Ł ripartito come segue tra gli Stati membri, sotto forma di quantitativi nazionali garantiti: (cid:151) 13 800 tonnellate per il Belgio, (cid:151) 300 tonnellate per la Germania, (cid:151) 55 800 tonnellate per la Francia, (cid:151) 4 800 tonnellate per i Paesi Bassi, (cid:151) 150 tonnellate per l’Austria, (cid:151) 200 tonnellate per la Finlandia, ¨ istituito un aiuto alla trasformazione della paglia di lino 1. e di canapa destinati alla produzione di fibre. (cid:151) 50 tonnellate per ogni altro Stato membro. L’aiuto Ł concesso al primo trasformatore riconosciuto in fun- zione della quantit(cid:224) di fibre effettivamente ottenute dalla paglia per la quale Ł stato stipulato un contratto di acquisto con un agricoltore. Non sar(cid:224) versato alcun aiuto a favore di primi trasformatori che abbiano creato artificialmente le condizioni richieste per beneficiarne e per ottenere in tal modo un vantaggio non conforme agli obiettivi del regime. L’importo dell’aiuto alla trasformazione, per tonnellata di 2. fibre, Ł il seguente: a) per le fibre lunghe di lino: 2. ¨ stabilito un quantitativo massimo di 119 250 tonnellate per campagna di commercializzazione per le fibre corte di lino e per le fibre di canapa contenenti al massimo il 5 % di impu- rit(cid:224) e di canapuli o capecchi. Tale quantitativo Ł ripartito come segue tra gli Stati membri, sotto forma di quantitativi nazionali garantiti: (cid:151) 10 350 tonnellate per il Belgio, (cid:151) 100 tonnellate per la Danimarca, (cid:151) 6 300 tonnellate per la Germania, (cid:151) 18 700 tonnellate per la Spagna, (cid:151) 60 EUR per 2000/2001, (cid:151) 120 EUR per 2001/2002, la campagna di commercializzazione (cid:151) 61 350 tonnellate per la Francia, la campagna di commercializzazione (cid:151) 100 tonnellate per l’Italia, (cid:151) 5 550 tonnellate per i Paesi Bassi, (cid:151) 180 EUR per le campagne di commercializzazione (cid:151) 1 750 tonnellate per l’Austria, 2002/2003, 2003/2004 e 2004/2005, (cid:151) 200 EUR a decorrere dalla campagna di commercializ- zazione 2005/2006; b) per le fibre corte di lino e per le fibre di canapa, contenenti impurit(cid:224) e di canapuli o capecchi: le campagne di commercializzazione da al massimo il 5 % di 40 EUR per 2000/2001 a 2004/2005. I quantitativi di fibre che possono beneficiare dell’aiuto in funzione delle superfici per le quali Ł stato 3. sono limitati stipulato un contratto di acquisto della paglia. (1) GU L 160 del 26. 6. 1999, pag. 113. (cid:151) 650 tonnellate per il Portogallo, (cid:151) 1 000 tonnellate per la Finlandia, (cid:151) 1 150 tonnellate per la Svezia, (cid:151) 12 100 tonnellate per il Regno Unito, (cid:151) 50 tonnellate per ogni altro Stato membro. I quantitativi nazionali garantiti per le fibre corte di lino e per le fibre di canapa, eventualmente ridotti conformemente al paragrafo 3, non sono piø applicabili a partire dalla campagna 2005/2006. C 56 E/22 IT Gazzetta ufficiale delle Comunit(cid:224) europee 29. 2. 2000 Ogni Stato membro pu(cid:242) trasferire una parte del suo 3. quantitativo nazionale garantito di cui al paragrafo 1 al suo quantitativo nazionale garantito di cui al paragrafo 2 o vice- versa. I trasferimenti di cui al primo comma sono effettuati in fun- zione di un’equivalenza di 1 tonnellata di fibra lunga di lino per 5 tonnellate di fibre corte di lino e di fibre di canapa. importi degli aiuti alla trasformazione sono concessi al Gli massimo per i quantitativi di cui, rispettivamente, ai paragrafi 1 e 2, adeguati conformemente ai primi due commi del pre- sente paragrafo. TITOLO II SCAMBI CON I PAESI TERZI Articolo 4 1. Il presente articolo si applica fatte salve eventuali dispo- sizioni piø restrittive adottate dagli Stati membri nel rispetto del trattato e degli obblighi derivanti dagli accordi dell’Orga- nizzazione Mondiale del Commercio in materia di agricoltura. 2. Le importazioni di canapa in provenienza da paesi terzi sono subordinate al rilascio di un titolo, alle seguenti condi- zioni: (cid:151) la canapa greggia di cui al codice NC 5302 10 00 e prove- niente dai paesi terzi dev’essere conforme alle condizioni di cui all’articolo 5 bis del regolamento (CE) n. 1251/1999, (cid:151) le sementi destinate alla semina di variet(cid:224) di canapa, di cui al codice NC 1207 99 10, devono essere scortate dalla prova che il loro tasso di tetraidrocannabinolo non Ł supe- riore a quello fissato conformemente all’articolo 5 bis del regolamento (CE) n. 1251/1999, (cid:151) i semi di canapa diversi da quelli destinati alla semina, di cui al codice NC 1207 99 91, devono essere stati messi nell’impossibilit(cid:224) di germinare. L’importazione nella Comunit(cid:224) dei prodotti di cui al primo e secondo trattino Ł soggetta a un sistema controllo che consenta di verificare il rispetto delle condizioni di cui al presente arti- colo. Articolo 5 Salvo disposizione contraria prevista dal presente regolamento o adottata in virtø di una delle sue disposizioni, negli scambi con i paesi terzi sono vietate: (cid:151) la riscossione di qualsiasi tassa avente effetto equivalente a un dazio doganale, (cid:151) l’applicazione di qualsiasi restrizione quantitativa o misura di effetto equivalente. ticolo 1, paragrafo 1, subisca o rischi di subire gravi perturba- zioni, tali da compromettere il conseguimento degli obiettivi enunciati all’articolo 33 del trattato, si possono applicare mi- sure appropriate negli scambi con i paesi terzi, fintantochØ sussista la suddetta perturbazione o la minaccia di perturbazio- ne. Il Consiglio, che delibera a maggioranza qualificata su proposta della Commissione, adotta le modalit(cid:224) generali di applicazione del presente paragrafo e definisce i casi e i limiti in cui gli Stati membri possono prendere misure cautelative. Quando si presenti la situazione prevista al paragrafo 1, 2. la Commissione, a richiesta di uno Stato membro o di propria iniziativa, decide le misure necessarie, che vengono comunicate agli Stati membri e che sono immediatamente applicabili. Se la Commissione riceve la richiesta di uno Stato membro, essa decide in proposito entro tre giorni lavorativi dalla ricezione. 3. Ogni Stato membro pu(cid:242) deferire al Consiglio la decisione presa dalla Commissione, entro tre giorni lavorativi dalla data della sua comunicazione. Il Consiglio si riunisce senza indugio e, deliberando a maggioranza qualificata, pu(cid:242) modificare o annullare la misura in questione entro un mese dalla data in cui la decisione gli Ł stata deferita. 4. Il presente articolo si applica tenendo conto degli obbli- ghi che scaturiscono dagli accordi conclusi a norma dell’arti- colo 300, paragrafo 2, del trattato. TITOLO III DISPOSIZIONI GENERALI Articolo 7 Fatte salve disposizioni contrarie del presente regolamento, gli articoli 87, 88 e 89 del trattato si applicano alla produzione e al commercio dei prodotti di cui all’articolo 1, paragrafo 1. Articolo 8 Le misure di esecuzione del presente regolamento sono stabilite secondo la procedura prevista all’articolo 9, paragrafo 2, del presente regolamento. In particolare, possono essere stabilite (cid:151) le condizioni per il riconoscimento dei primi trasformatori, escludendo in particolare i trasformatori di prodotti della canapa utilizzati per l’alimentazione umana, (cid:151) le condizioni da rispettare per i contratti di acquisto della paglia da parte dei primi trasformatori riconosciuti, Articolo 6 1. Qualora, per effetto delle importazioni o delle esportazio- ni, il mercato comunitario di uno o piø prodotti di cui all’ar- (cid:151) i criteri da rispettare, da un lato, per le fibre lunghe di lino e, dall’altro, per le fibre corte di lino e per le fibre di canapa, contenenti al massimo il 5 % di impurit(cid:224) e di ca- napuli o capecchi, 29. 2. 2000 IT Gazzetta ufficiale delle Comunit(cid:224) europee C 56 E/23 (cid:151) le condizioni per la concessione dell’aiuto e dell’anticipo, TITOLO IV (cid:151) le condizioni da rispettare per la determinazione dei limiti di cui all’articolo 2, paragrafo 3, (cid:151) le condizioni per il trasferimento tra i quantitativi nazionali garantiti di cui all’articolo 3, paragrafo 3. DISPOSIZIONI TRANSITORIE E FINALI Articolo 11 (CEE) n. 1308/70, I regolamenti (CEE) n. 620/71, (CEE) n. 1172/71, (CEE) n. 1430/82 e (CEE) n. 2059/84 sono abrogati. (CEE) n. 619/71, Le misure possono inoltre riguardare qualsiasi misura di con- trollo necessario per proteggere gli finanziari delle Comunit(cid:224) europee contro le frodi ed altre irregolarit(cid:224). interessi La Commissione adotta, secondo la procedura di cui all’articolo 9, paragrafo 2: Articolo 12 Articolo 9 ¨ istituito un comitato di gestione delle banane, in ap- 1. presso denominato «comitato». 2. Nei casi in cui si fa riferimento al presente paragrafo, si applica la procedura di gestione di cui all’articolo 4 della de- cisione 1999/468/CE. Il periodo di cui all’articolo 4, paragrafo 3, della suddetta de- cisione Ł fissato a un mese. 3. Il comitato pu(cid:242) prendere in esame ogni problema solle- vato dal presidente, sia su iniziativa di quest’ultimo, sia su richiesta del rappresentante di uno Stato membro. Articolo 10 (cid:151) le misure necessarie per agevolare la transizione dalla disci- plina prevista dai regolamenti (CEE) n. 1308/70 e (CEE) n. 619/71 a quella definita dal presente regolamento, (cid:151) le misure necessarie per risolvere specifici problemi pratici. Tali misure, se debitamente giustificate, possono derogare a talune parti del presente regolamento. Articolo 13 Il presente regolamento entra in vigore il settimo giorno suc- cessivo alla pubblicazione nella Gazzetta ufficiale delle Comunit(cid:224) europee. Esso Ł applicabile a decorrere dal 1o luglio 2000. I regolamenti (CEE) n. 1308/70 e (CEE) n. 619/71 restano d’ap- plicazione in riferimento alle campagne di commercializza- zione 1998/1999 e 1999/2000. Il regolamento (CE) n. 1258/1999 e le relative norme d’attua- zione si applicano ai prodotti di cui all’articolo 1. Il presente regolamento Ł obbligatorio in tutti i suoi elementi e direttamente applicabile in ciascuno degli Stati membri


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text: C 339/6 FI Euroopan yhteis(cid:246)jen virallinen lehti 26. 11. 1999 Euratomin perustamissopimuksen 37 artiklan mukainen KOMISSION LAUSUNTO, tehty 10 p(cid:228)iv(cid:228)n(cid:228) marraskuuta 1999, Saksan liittotasavallassa Baijerissa sijaitsevan Kahlin koeydinvoimalan k(cid:228)yt(cid:246)st(cid:228)poistosta aiheutuvan radioaktiivisen j(cid:228)tteen h(cid:228)vitt(cid:228)mist(cid:228) koskevasta suunnitelmasta (1999/C 339/03) (Ainoastaan saksankielinen teksti on todistusvoimainen) Euroopan komissio sai 5 toukokuuta 1999 Saksan liittotasavallan hallitukselta Euratomin perustamissopi- muksen 37 artiklan mukaisesti yleisi(cid:228) tietoja Baijerissa sijaitsevan Kahlin koeydinvoimalan k(cid:228)yt(cid:246)st(cid:228)poistosta aiheutuvan radioaktiivisen j(cid:228)tteen h(cid:228)vityssuunnitelmasta. N(cid:228)iden tietojen, Saksan hallituksen sittemmin toimittamien selvennysten ja asiantuntijaryhm(cid:228)n kanssa k(cid:228)ytyjen keskustelujen perusteella komissio antaa seuraavan lausunnon: a) Laitoksen et(cid:228)isyys l(cid:228)himp(cid:228)(cid:228)n valtion rajaan on 140 km (Ranska). b) Neste- ja kaasumaisten j(cid:228)tteiden p(cid:228)(cid:228)st(cid:246)t eiv(cid:228)t tavanomaisissa toimintaolosuhteissa altista toisen j(cid:228)sen- valtion v(cid:228)est(cid:246)(cid:228) terveyden kannalta merkitt(cid:228)v(cid:228)sti. c) K(cid:228)yt(cid:246)st(cid:228)poisosta aiheutuva radioaktiivinen j(cid:228)te varastoidaan tai sijoitetaan toimiluvan saaneisiin laitok- siin Saksassa. Muuta kuin radioaktiivista kiinte(cid:228)(cid:228) j(cid:228)tett(cid:228) sek(cid:228) j(cid:228)temateriaalia ja materiaaleja, jotka vapa- uttamisrajojen perusteella on vapautettu valvonnasta, voidaan k(cid:228)sitell(cid:228) tavanomaisena j(cid:228)tteen(cid:228), k(cid:228)ytt(cid:228)(cid:228) uudelleen tai kierr(cid:228)tt(cid:228)(cid:228). Kaikissa tapauksessa noudatetaan perusnormeja (direktiivi 96/29/Euratom). d) Jos yleisiss(cid:228) tiedoissa tarkastellun tyyppisen ja laajuisen onnettomuuden seurauksena ymp(cid:228)rist(cid:246)(cid:246)n p(cid:228)(cid:228)- sisi radioaktiivisia j(cid:228)tteit(cid:228) ennalta-arvaamattomasti, muiden j(cid:228)senvaltioiden mahdollisesti saamat s(cid:228)teily- m(cid:228)(cid:228)r(cid:228)t eiv(cid:228)t olisi terveyden kannalta merkitt(cid:228)vi(cid:228). Komissio katsoo, ett(cid:228) Kahlin koeydinvoimalan k(cid:228)yt(cid:246)t(cid:228)poistosta ja purkamisesta aiheutuvan radioaktiivisen j(cid:228)tteen h(cid:228)vitt(cid:228)mist(cid:228) koskevan suunnitelman toteuttaminen tavanomaisen toiminnan yhteydess(cid:228) tai yleisiss(cid:228) tiedoissa tarkastellun tyyppisess(cid:228) ja laajuisessa onnettomuustilanteessa ei todenn(cid:228)k(cid:246)isesti aiheuta terveyden ilman radioaktiivista saastumista toisen j(cid:228)senvaltion alueella. kannalta merkitt(cid:228)v(cid:228)(cid:228) veden, maaper(cid:228)n tai Yhteenveto yhteis(cid:246)n p(cid:228)(cid:228)t(cid:246)ksist(cid:228) l(cid:228)(cid:228)kkeiden markkinoille saattamista koskevien lupien osalta 15 p(cid:228)iv(cid:228)st(cid:228) lokakuuta 1999 15 p(cid:228)iv(cid:228)(cid:228)n marraskuuta 1999 (Neuvoston asetuksen (ETY) N:o 2309/93 (1) 12 ja 34 artiklan mukaisesti julkaistu ilmoitus) (1999/C 339/04) (cid:151) Luvan my(cid:246)nt(cid:228)minen (asetuksen (ETY) N:o 2309/93 12 artikla): hyv(cid:228)ksytty P(cid:228)(cid:228)t(cid:246)ksen p(cid:228)iv(cid:228)m(cid:228)(cid:228)r(cid:228) L(cid:228)(cid:228)kkeen nimi Luvan haltija Numero yhteis(cid:246)n l(cid:228)(cid:228)kerekisteriss(cid:228) Ilmoitus- p(cid:228)iv(cid:228)m(cid:228)(cid:228)r(cid:228) 26. 10. 1999 Mirapexin Pharmacia & Upjohn 52, route d’Esch L-1470 Luxembourg EU/1/99/051/011-012 27. 10. 1999 (1) EYVL L 214, 24. 8. 1993, s. 1


title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 2383/1999 of 10 November 1999 altering the export refunds on white sugar and raw sugar exported in the natural state

eurovoc_concepts:
export refund
raw sugar
white sugar

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text: L 288/6 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 11. 11. 1999 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2383/1999 of 10 November 1999 altering the export refunds on white sugar and raw sugar exported in the natural state THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2038/1999 of 13 September 1999 on the common organisation of the markets in the sugar sector (1), and in particular the third subparagraph of Article 18(5) thereof, (1) Whereas the refunds on white sugar and raw sugar exported in the natural state were fixed by Commission Regulation (EC) No 2334/1999 (2); (2) Whereas it follows from applying the detailed rules contained in Regulation (EC) No 2334/1999 to the information known to the Commission that the export refunds at present in force should be altered to the amounts set out in the Annex hereto, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Article 1 The export refunds on the products listed in Article 1(1)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 2038/1999, undenatured and exported in the natural state, as fixed in the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 2334/1999 are hereby altered to the amounts shown in the Annex hereto. This Regulation shall enter into force on 11 November 1999. Article 2 This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 10 November 1999. For the Commission Franz FISCHLER Member of the Commission (1) OJ L 252, 25. 9. 1999, p. 1. (2) OJ L 281, 4. 11. 1999, p. 9. 11. 11. 1999 EN Official Journal of the European Communities L 288/7 to the Commission Regulation of 10 November 1999 altering the export refunds on white sugar and raw sugar exported in its unaltered state ANNEX Product code 1701 11 90 9100 1701 11 90 9910 1701 11 90 9950 1701 12 90 9100 1701 12 90 9910 1701 12 90 9950 Amount of refund — EUR/100 kg — 43,22 42,10 43,22 42,10 (1) (1) (2) (1) (1) (2) 1701 91 00 9000 0,4698 — EUR/1 % of sucrose × 100 kg — 1701 99 10 9100 1701 99 10 9910 1701 99 10 9950 — EUR/100 kg — 46,98 48,23 46,02 1701 99 90 9100 0,4698 — EUR/1 % of sucrose × 100 kg — (1) Applicable to raw sugar with a yield of 92 %; if the yield is other than 92 %, the refund applicable is calculated in accordance with the provisions of Article 19 (4) of Regulation (EC) No 2038/1999. (2) Fixing suspended by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2689/85 (OJ L 255, 26. 9. 1985, p. 12), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3251/85 (OJ L 309, 21. 11. 1985, p. 14)


title: Mitteilung der Kommission vom 10. November 1999 über die Berechnung der durchschnittlichen Gemeinschaftsquote für die Öffnung des Elektrizitätsmarkts, bestimmt durch die Richtlinie 96/92/EG betreffend gemeinsame Vorschriften für den Elektrizitätsbinnenmarkt (Text von Bedeutung für den EWR)

eurovoc_concepts:
electrical energy
energy consumption
energy distribution
energy production
single market

text: C 330/6 DE Amtsblatt der Europ(cid:228)ischen Gemeinschaften 18. 11. 1999 Mitteilung zu den Antidumpingma(cid:223)nahmen gegen(cid:252)ber den Einfuhren von Bettw(cid:228)sche aus Baum- wolle mit Ursprung in ˜gypten, Indien und Pakistan: ˜nderung des Firmennamens eines dem Antidumpingzoll unterliegenden Unternehmens (1999/C 330/05) F(cid:252)r die Einfuhren von Bettw(cid:228)sche aus Baumwolle mit Ursprung in ˜gypten, Indien und Pakistan gelten endg(cid:252)ltige Antidum- pingma(cid:223)nahmen, die mit der Verordnung (EG) Nr. 2398/97 des Rates (1) eingef(cid:252)hrt wurden. Das indische Unternehmen (cid:132)Vigneshwara Exports Pvt. Ltd, Mumbai (Bombay)(cid:147), dessen Ausfuhren von Bettw(cid:228)sche aus Baumwolle in die Gemeinschaft gem(cid:228)(cid:223) der vorgenannten Verordnung einem Zoll von 11,6 % unterliegen, hat die Kom- mission davon unterrichtet, da(cid:223) es fortan den Namen (cid:132)Vigneshwara Exports Ltd, Mumbai (Bombay)(cid:147) tr(cid:228)gt. Es bean- tragte bei der Kommission eine entsprechende ˜nderung der vorgenannten Verordnung, um sicherzustellen, da(cid:223) f(cid:252)r das Un- ternehmen ungeachtet dieser Namens(cid:228)nderung weiterhin der Zollsatz gilt, dem es zuvor als (cid:132)Vigneshwara Exports Pvt. Ltd, Mumbai (Bombay)(cid:147) unterlag. (1) ABl. L 332 vom 4. 12. 1997, S. 1. Die Kommission pr(cid:252)fte die (cid:252)bermittelten Angaben, aus denen hervorgeht, da(cid:223) die ˜nderung des Firmennamens die T(cid:228)tigkei- ten des Unternehmens im Zusammenhang mit der Herstellung, dem Verkauf und der Ausfuhr von Bettw(cid:228)sche aus Baumwolle nicht beeinflu(cid:223)t. Sie kam daher zu dem Schlu(cid:223), da(cid:223) die Na- mens(cid:228)nderung die Feststellungen in der Verordnung (EG) Nr. 2398/97 in keiner Weise ber(cid:252)hrt. Da sich die Umst(cid:228)nde nicht wesentlich ge(cid:228)ndert haben, h(cid:228)lt die Kommission eine ˜nderung der Verordnung (EG) Nr. 2398/97 nicht f(cid:252)r erforderlich. Demnach gelten Bezugnahmen auf (cid:132)Vigneshware Exports Pvt. Ltd, Mumbai (Bombay)(cid:147) in Anhang I der Verordnung (EG) Nr. 2398/97 k(cid:252)nftig als Bezugnahmen auf (cid:132)Vigneshwara Exports Ltd, Mumbai (Bombay)(cid:147). Der (cid:132)Vigneshwara Exports Pvt. Ltd, Mumbai (Bombay)(cid:147) zuge- wiesene Taric-Zusatzcode 8042 gilt k(cid:252)nftig f(cid:252)r (cid:132)Vigneshwara Exports Ltd, Mumbai (Bombay)(cid:147). MITTEILUNG DER KOMMISSION vom 10. November 1999 (cid:252)ber die Berechnung der durchschnittlichen Gemeinschaftsquote f(cid:252)r die (cid:214)ffnung des Elektrizit(cid:228)ts- markts, bestimmt durch die Richtlinie 96/92/EG betreffend gemeinsame Vorschriften f(cid:252)r den Elektrizit(cid:228)tsbinnenmarkt (1999/C 330/06) (Text von Bedeutung f(cid:252)r den EWR) Nach den von der Kommission nach Artikel 19 Absatz 1 Unterabs(cid:228)tze 2 und 3 der Richtlinie 96/92/EG (1) angestellten Berechnungen bel(cid:228)uft sich die im Jahre 2000 anwendbare durchschnittliche Gemeinschafts- quote der (cid:214)ffnung des Elektrizit(cid:228)tsmarktes auf 30,27 %. Dieser Wert wurde ermittelt durch Berechnung einerseits des Elektrizit(cid:228)tsverbrauchs der Endverbraucher mit einem Jahresverbrauch von (cid:252)ber 20 GWh in allen Mitgliedstaaten der Gemeinschaft, andererseits des gesamten Nettoverbrauchs in allen Mitgliedstaaten sowie schlie(cid:223)lich durch Division des ersten durch den zweiten Wert. (1) ABl. L 27 vom 30. 1. 1997, S. 20


title: Kommissionens forordning (EF) nr. 2389/1999 af 10. november 1999 om ændring af de korrektionsbeløb, der skal anvendes på eksportrestitutionerne for korn

eurovoc_concepts:
cereals
export refund
third country

text: 11. 11. 1999 DA De Europæiske Fællesskabers Tidende L 288/25 KOMMISSIONENS FORORDNING (EF) Nr. 2389/1999 af 10. november 1999 om ændring af de korrektionsbeløb, der skal anvendes på eksportrestitutionerne for korn KOMMISSIONEN FOR DE EUROPÆISKE FÆLLESSKABER HAR — under henvisning til traktaten om oprettelse af Det Europæiske Fællesskab, (3) under henvisning til Rådets forordning (EØF) nr. 1766/92 af juni 1992 om den fælles markedsordning for korn (1), 30. senest ændret ved Kommissionens forordning (EF) nr. 1253/ 1999 (2), særlig artikel 13, stk. 8, og ud fra følgende betragtninger: korrektionsbeløb, der skal anvendes på den for tiden gældende restitution for korn; samme korrektionsbeløbet procedure som restitutionen; det kan ændres inden for tidsrummet mellem to fastsættelser — fastsættes efter skal UDSTEDT FØLGENDE FORORDNING: Artikel 1 (1) (2) Det korrektionsbeløb, der skal anvendes på restitutioner for korn, er fastsat i Kommissionens forordning (EF) nr. 2195/1999 (3) senest ændret ved forordning (EF) nr. 2350/1999 (4); De korrektionsbeløb, der forudfastsatte eksportrestitutioner for produkter omhandlet i artikel 1, stk. 1, litra a), b) og c), med undtagelse af malt i forordning (EØF) nr. 1766/92, ændres i overensstemmelse med bilaget. anvendes på de på grundlag af dagens cif-priser og dagens cif-priser for terminskøb og under hensyntagen til den forventede markedsudvikling er det nødvendigt at ændre det Denne forordning træder i kraft den 11. november 1999. Artikel 2 Denne medlemsstat. forordning er bindende i alle enkeltheder og gælder umiddelbart i hver Udfærdiget i Bruxelles, den 10. november 1999. På Kommissionens vegne Franz FISCHLER Medlem af Kommissionen (1) EFT L 181 af 1. 7. 1992, s. 21. (2) EFT L 160 af 26. 6. 1999, s. 18. (3) EFT L 267 af 15. 10. 1999, s. 49. (4) EFT L 281 af 4. 11. 1999, s. 69. L 288/26 DA De Europæiske Fællesskabers Tidende 11. 11. 1999 til Kommissionens forordning af 10. november 1999 om ændring af de korrektionsbeløb, der skal anvendes på eksportrestitutionerne for korn BILAG Produktkode Bestemmelse (1) Løbende måned 11 1. termin 2. termin 3. termin 4. termin 5. termin 6. termin 12 1 2 3 4 5 (EUR/t) 1001 10 00 9200 1001 10 00 9400 1001 90 91 9000 1001 90 99 9000 1002 00 00 9000 1003 00 10 9000 1003 00 90 9000 1004 00 00 9200 1004 00 00 9400 1005 10 90 9000 1005 90 00 9000 1007 00 90 9000 1008 20 00 9000 1101 00 11 9000 1101 00 15 9100 1101 00 15 9130 1101 00 15 9150 1101 00 15 9170 1101 00 15 9180 1101 00 15 9190 1101 00 90 9000 1102 10 00 9500 1102 10 00 9700 1102 10 00 9900 1103 11 10 9200 1103 11 10 9400 1103 11 10 9900 1103 11 90 9200 1103 11 90 9800 — 01 — 03 02 01 — 01 — 01 — 01 — — — 01 01 01 01 01 — — 01 — — 01 01 — 01 — — 0 — 0 0 0 — 0 — 0 — 0 — — — 0 0 0 0 0 — — 0 — — 0 0 — 0 — — –1,00 — 0 0 0 — 0 — 0 — 0 — — — 0 0 0 0 0 — — 0 — — 0 0 — 0 — — –2,00 — 0 0 0 — 0 — 0 — 0 — — — 0 0 0 0 0 — — 0 — — 0 0 — 0 — — –3,00 — –2,50 –2,50 0 — 0 — 0 — 0 — — — –3,43 –3,20 –2,95 –2,73 –2,55 — — 0 — — 0 0 — 0 — — –4,00 — –3,50 –3,50 0 — 0 — 0 — 0 — — — –4,80 –4,48 –4,13 –3,82 –3,57 — — 0 — — 0 0 — 0 — — — — –3,50 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — –3,50 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — (1) Bestemmelserne er følgende: 01 alle tredjelande 02 andre tredjelande 03 Mauretanien, Mali, Niger, Senegal, Burkina Faso, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Kap Verde, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, Togo, Tchad, Den Centralafrikanske Republik, Benin, Cameroun, Ækvatorialguinea, São Tomé og Príncipe, Gabon, Congo-Brazzaville, Den Demokratiske Republik Congo, Rwanda, Burundi, Angola, Zambia, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Lesotho, Swaziland, Seychellerne, Comorerne, Madagaskar, Djibouti, Etiopien, Eritrea og Mauritius. NB: Zonerne er angivet i Kommissionens ændrede forordning (EØF) nr. 2145/92 (EFT L 214 af 30. 7. 1992, s. 20)


title: Règlement (CE) n° 2388/1999 de la Commission, du 10 novembre 1999, fixant le prix du marché mondial du coton non égrené et établissant le montant de l'avance de l'aide

eurovoc_concepts:
EU Member State
Greece
Spain
cotton
production aid
world market price

text: 11. 11. 1999 FR Journal officiel des Communautés européennes L 288/23 RÈGLEMENT (CE) No 2388/1999 DE LA COMMISSION du 10 novembre 1999 fixant le prix du marché mondial du coton non égrené et établissant le montant de l'avance de l'aide LA COMMISSION DES COMMUNAUTÉS EUROPÉENNES, vu le traité instituant la Communauté européenne, vu l'acte d'adhésion de la Grèce, et notamment les paragraphes 3 et 10 du protocole no 4 concernant le coton, modifié en dernier lieu par le règlement (CE) no 1553/95 du Conseil (1), vu le règlement (CE) no 1554/95 du Conseil, du 29 juin 1995, fixant les règles générales du régime d'aide au coton et abro- geant le règlement (CEE) no 2169/81 (2), modifié en dernier lieu par le règlement (CE) no 1419/98 (3), et notamment ses articles 3, 4 et 5, (1) (2) considérant que, suivant l'article 3 du règlement (CE) no 1554/95, un prix du marché mondial du coton non égrené est déterminé périodiquement à partir du prix du marché mondial constaté pour le coton égrené en tenant compte du rapport historique entre le prix retenu pour le coton égrené et celui calculé pour le coton non égrené; que ce rapport historique a été établi à l'article 1er paragraphe 2 du règlement (CEE) no 1201/89 de la Commission, du 3 mai 1989, portant modalités d'appli- cation du régime d'aide pour le coton (4), modifié en dernier lieu par le règlement (CE) no 1624/1999 (5); que dans le cas où le prix du marché mondial ne peut pas être ainsi déterminé, ce prix est établi sur la base du dernier prix déterminé; considérant que, aux termes de l'article 4 du règlement (CE) no 1554/95, le prix du marché mondial du coton égrené est déterminé pour un produit répondant à certaines caractéristiques et en tenant compte des offres et des cours les plus favorables sur le marché mondial entre ceux qui sont considérés comme représentatifs de la tendance réelle du marché; que, aux fins de cette détermination, il est établi une moyenne des offres et des cours constatés sur une ou plusieurs bourses euro- péennes pour un produit caf pour un port de l'Europe du Nord provenant de différents pays fournisseurs consi- dérés comme étant le les plus commerce international; que, toutefois, des adaptations de ces critères pour la détermination du prix du marché représentatifs pour (1) JO L 148 du 30. 6. 1995, p. 45. (2) JO L 148 du 30. 6. 1995, p. 48. (3) JO L 190 du 4. 7. 1998, p. 4. (4) JO L 123 du 4. 5. 1989, p. 23. (5) JO L 192 du 24. 7. 1999, p. 39. (3) (4) mondial du coton égrené sont prévues pour tenir compte des différences justifiées par la qualité du produit livré ou par la nature des offres et des cours; que ces adaptations sont fixées à l'article 2 du règlement (CEE) no 1201/89; considérant que l'application des critères visés ci-dessus conduit à fixer le prix du marché mondial du coton non égrené au niveau indiqué ci-après; considérant que l'article 5, paragraphe 3 bis, deuxième alinéa, du règlement (CE) no 1554/95 prévoit que le montant de l'avance de l'aide est égal au prix d'objectif diminué du prix du marché mondial ainsi que d'une réduction calculée suivant la formule applicable en cas de dépassement de la quantité maximale garantie mais sur la base de la production estimée de coton non égrené majorée de 15 %; que le règlement (CE) no 1870/ 1999 de la Commission (6) a fixé le niveau de produc- tion estimée pour la campagne 1999/2000; que l'appli- cation de cette méthode conduit à établir le montant de l'avance par État membre au niveau indiqué ci-après, A ARRÊTÉ LE PRÉSENT RÈGLEMENT: Article premier Le prix du marché mondial du coton non égrené, visé à à (CE) no 1554/95, 1. l'article 3 du règlement 20,281 EUR/100 kg. fixé est 2. Le montant de l'avance de l'aide visée à l'article 5, para- graphe 3 bis, deuxième alinéa, du règlement (CE) no 1554/95 est de: — 43,286 EUR/100 kg pour l'Espagne, — 42,967 EUR/100 kg pour la Grèce, — 86,019 EUR/100 kg pour les autres États membres. Article 2 Le présent règlement entre en vigueur le 11 novembre 1999. (6) JO L 230 du 31. 8. 1999, p. 3. L 288/24 FR Journal officiel des Communautés européennes 11. 11. 1999 Le présent règlement est obligatoire dans tous ses éléments et directement applicable dans tout État membre. Fait à Bruxelles, le 10 novembre 1999. Par la Commission Franz FISCHLER Membre de la Commission


title: Comunicación de la Comisión al Consejo, al Parlamento Europeo, al Comité Economico y Social y al Comité de las Regiones Hacia un nuevo marco para la infraestructura de comunicaciones electrónicas y los servicios asociados Revisión de 1999 del sector de las comunicaciones

eurovoc_concepts:
competition law
information technology
liberalisation of the market
telecommunications industry
trade licence


title: Interim Agreement on trade and trade-related matters between the European Community, the European Coal and Steel Community and the European Atomic Energy Community, of the one part, and Turkmenistan of the other part

eurovoc_concepts:
Turkmenistan
cooperation policy
interim agreement (EU)
trade agreement (EU)

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title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 2381/1999 of 10 November 1999 fixing the maximum export refund for white sugar for the 15th partial invitation to tender issued within the framework of the standing invitation to tender provided for in Regulation (EC) No 1489/1999

eurovoc_concepts:
egg
egg product
poultrymeat
representative price

text: 11. 11. 1999 EN Official Journal of the European Communities L 288/3 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2381/1999 of 10 November 1999 fixing the maximum export refund for white sugar for the 15th partial invitation to tender issued within the framework of the standing invitation to tender provided for in Regulation (EC) No 1489/1999 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2038/1999 of 13 September 1999 on the common organisation of the markets in the sugar sector (1), and in particular the second subpara- graph of Article 18(5) thereof, and world markets in sugar, for the partial invitation to tender in question; (3) (4) following an examination of the tenders submitted in response to the 15th partial invitation to tender, the provisions set out in Article 1 should be adopted; the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Sugar, Whereas: (1) (2) Commission Regulation (EC) No 1489/1999 of 7 July 1999 on a standing invitation to tender to determine levies and/or refunds on exports of white sugar (2), requires partial invitations to tender to be issued for the export of this sugar; pursuant to Article 9(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1489/ 1999 a maximum export refund shall be fixed, as the case may be, account being taken in particular of the state and foreseeable development of the Community HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Article 1 For the 15th partial invitation to tender for white sugar issued pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1489/1999 the maximum amount of the export refund is fixed at EUR 51,850/100 kg. This Regulation shall enter into force on 11 November 1999. Article 2 This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 10 November 1999. For the Commission Franz FISCHLER Member of the Commission (1) OJ L 252, 25. 9. 1999, p. 1. (2) OJ L 172, 8. 7. 1999, p. 27


title: Verordnung (EG) Nr. 2380/1999 der Kommission vom 10. November 1999 zur Festlegung pauschaler Einfuhrwerte für die Bestimmung der im Sektor Obst und Gemüse geltenden Einfuhrpreise

eurovoc_concepts:
agri-monetary policy
citrus fruit
fruit vegetable
grape
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text: 11. 11. 1999 DE Amtsblatt der Europäischen Gemeinschaften L 288/1 I (Veröffentlichungsbedürftige Rechtsakte) VERORDNUNG (EG) Nr. 2380/1999 DER KOMMISSION vom 10. November 1999 zur Festlegung pauschaler Einfuhrwerte für die Bestimmung der im Sektor Obst und Gemüse geltenden Einfuhrpreise DIE KOMMISSION DER EUROPÄISCHEN GEMEINSCHAFTEN — gestützt auf den Vertrag zur Gründung der Europäischen Gemeinschaft, (2) ihrem Anhang angeführten Erzeugnisse und Zeiträume festgelegt. In Anwendung der genannten Kriterien sind die im Anhang zur vorliegenden Verordnung ausgewiesenen pauschalen Einfuhrwerte zu berücksichtigen — gestützt auf die Verordnung (EG) Nr. 3223/94 der Kommission vom 21. Dezember 1994 mit Durchführungsbestimmungen zur Einfuhrregelung für Obst und Gemüse (1), zuletzt geändert durch die Verordnung (EG) Nr. 1498/98 (2), insbesondere auf Artikel 4 Absatz 1, in Erwägung nachstehender Gründe: (1) Die in Anwendung der Ergebnisse der multilateralen Handelsverhandlungen der Uruguay-Runde von der Kommission festzulegenden, zur Bestimmung der pauschalen Einfuhrwerte zu berücksichtigenden Krite- rien sind in der Verordnung (EG) Nr. 3223/94 für die in HAT FOLGENDE VERORDNUNG ERLASSEN: Artikel 1 Die in Artikel 4 der Verordnung (EG) Nr. 3223/94 genannten pauschalen Einfuhrwerte sind in der Tabelle im Anhang zur vorliegenden Verordnung festgesetzt. Diese Verordnung tritt am 11. November 1999 in Kraft. Artikel 2 Diese Verordnung ist in allen ihren Teilen verbindlich und gilt unmittelbar in jedem Mitglied- staat. Brüssel, den 10. November 1999 Für die Kommission Franz FISCHLER Mitglied der Kommission (1) ABl. L 337 vom 24. 12. 1994, S. 66. (2) ABl. L 198 vom 15. 7. 1998, S. 4. L 288/2 DE Amtsblatt der Europäischen Gemeinschaften 11. 11. 1999 zu der Verordnung der Kommission vom 10. November 1999 zur Festlegung pauschaler Einfuhrwerte für die Bestimmung der im Sektor Obst und Gemüse geltenden Einfuhrpreise ANHANG KN-Code Drittland-Code (1) (EUR/100 kg) Pauschaler Einfuhrpreis 0702 00 00 0707 00 05 0709 90 70 0805 20 30, 0805 20 50, 0805 20 70, 0805 20 90 0805 30 10 0806 10 10 0808 10 20, 0808 10 50, 0808 10 90 0808 20 50 052 204 999 052 628 999 052 999 052 464 999 052 388 528 600 999 052 400 999 060 400 404 804 999 052 064 400 999 80,5 49,1 64,8 64,1 134,8 99,5 67,1 67,1 55,6 102,0 78,8 56,5 55,9 60,3 78,6 62,8 169,6 305,1 237,4 35,2 80,3 71,4 23,6 52,6 94,1 67,0 89,3 83,5 (1) Nomenklatur der Länder gemäß der Verordnung (EG) Nr. 2645/98 der Kommission (ABl. L 335 vom 10. 12. 1998, S. 22). Der Code „999“ steht für „Verschiedenes“


title: 2000/286/EC: Commission Decision of 10 November 1999 concerning aid which the Region of Tuscany (Italy) intends to grant in the livestock sector in favour of the Chianina cattle breed (notified under document number C(1999) 3866) (Only the Italian text is authentic)

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text: 19. 4. 2000 EN Official Journal of the European Communities L 98/1 II (Acts whose publication is not obligatory) COMMISSION COMMISSION DECISION of 10 November 1999 concerning aid which the Region of Tuscany (Italy) intends to grant in the livestock sector in favour of the Chianina cattle breed (notified under document number C(1999) 3866) (Only the Italian text is authentic) (2000/286/EC) THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular the first subparagraph of Article 88(2) thereof, Having called on interested parties to submit their comments to the aforementioned provisions (1), and having pursuant regard to those comments, Whereas: (4) By letter dated 29 September 1998, the Commission informed Italy of its decision to initiate the procedure laid down in Article 88(2) of the EC Treaty in respect of this aid. The Italian Permanent Representation was informed of the Commission decision to initiate the procedure by letter SG(98) 035729 dated 16 September 1998. (5) The Commission decision to initiate the procedure was published European Communities. The Commission invited interested parties to submit their comments. in the Official Journal the of I. Procedure (6) By letters dated 23 October and 11 December 1998, the Italian authorities submitted to the Commission their comments with respect to the opening of the procedure. (1) By letter dated 5 December 1997, the Italian Permanent Representation to the European Union notified the Commission under Article 88(3) of the Treaty of an aid scheme in the livestock sector in favour of the Chianina cattle breed. (7) The Commission also received comments from interested third parties by letters dated 14 and 15 January 1999. It forwarded given the them to Italy, which was opportunity to express its views. Comments were sent by the Italian authorities by letter dated 12 May 1999. (2) By letters dated 4 March 1998, received on 5 March 1998, and 7 July 1998, received on 13 July 1998, Italy supplementary furnished information. Commission with the II. Description of the scheme and implementation period Description (3) By letter of 28 August 1998, the Commission asked the in view of the summer break, for a Italian authorities, five-working-day extension of the term within which it was due to adopt a decision on the aid concerned. (1) OJ C 390, 15. 12. 1998, p. 15. (8) The aid scheme notified provides for a three-year programme (1997 to 1999) to protect and improve the Chianina cattle breed, a local breed which derives its name from the Chiana Valley, in Tuscany, from which it originated. L 98/2 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 19. 4. 2000 (9) The scheme aims at countering the steady decline which has characterised this breed by preserving and possibly improving its genetic base and by helping stockfarmers to bear the additional costs resulting from rearing this breed as opposed to more productive and viable ones. These data show that, after more than doubling between the numbers of head and cows 1967 and 1990, registered have decreased at annual average rates of 2,7 % and 2,9 % respectively since 1990, from 35 873 and 17 134 in 1990 to 30 021 and 13 635 in 1996. data submitted by to the the overall population of Italian (10) According authorities, this breed has decreased by over 80 % in Italy as a whole in the past 40 years, from 510 000 head in 1954 to 100 000 at present (2). The following table shows how figures in the herd books have developed over the past 30 years: the Table 1 Number of cows and head of cattle registered in the herd book in Italy Year 1967 1968 1974 1976 1978 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 Cows registered Head of cattle registered 6 981 7 562 12 307 15 335 14 471 11 030 12 362 13 046 11 583 11 093 12 125 13 677 14 511 15 759 16 412 17 134 16 199 15 551 14 228 13 959 14 072 13 635 14 395 15 592 25 376 31 620 29 838 22 744 25 490 26 899 23 884 22 873 25 002 28 200 29 921 32 246 34 168 35 873 33 528 31 801 29 298 29 767 30 622 30 021 (2) Source: Chianina Association (Associazione di razza). and the strength and resistance (11) The original dramatic decrease witnessed by the breed in the 1950s and 1960s was primarily due to the advent of consequent mechanised farming practices reduction in the number of Chianinas used as draft animals, a purpose to which they are particularly suited owing to their to difficult working conditions. The current decline is essentially due to the high costs sustained by stockfarmers in rearing Chianinas and the low income from this breed compared to other more profitable types of cattle. Most of the holdings are small and located in difficult hilly or mountain areas, which means that there is no scope for economies of to survive, stockfarmers tend to slaughter as many animals as possible before the females reach first calving. This approach results in a reduction of the genetic base and the genetic variability of selection process and the future genetic improvement of the breed. The Italian authorities fear that in the long run this decline might endanger the breed’s actual prospects of survival. the breed and jeopardises scale or cost reductions. In order (12) The measures planned to counter this trend are as follows: M e a s u r e 1: Aid for the establishment of an artificial the insemination following pilot projects: programme with financing for (a) embryos with high genetic the production of potential (taking oocytes from five-month-old heifers and fertilising them in vitro with semen from the best breeding bulls); and (b) implanting the fertilised embryos into breeding cows. The resulting females will be used as a source of oocytes and then as breeding cows and the males as breeding bulls (after genetic testing). the measure is URATA (Unione The beneficiary of the Regionale delle Associazioni Toscane Allevatori), Regional Union of the Associations of Stockfarmers of the Tuscany Region, which will carry out the pilot projects. M e a s u r e 2: Aid for the purchase of breeding bulls of the Chianina breed from holdings listed in the herd book. The aid is in the form of a grant covering 40 % of the investment cost. 19. 4. 2000 EN Official Journal of the European Communities L 98/3 The aid will be granted to stockfarmers rearing the Chianina breed, registered in herd books and located in the region, who will buy certified breeding bulls. Implementation period of the aid scheme M e a s u r e 3: Aid for the maintenance until first calving of adult female animals of the Chianina breed which: (15) According to the information contained in the original notification sent by the Italian authorities, this scheme involved a three-year programme to run from 1997 to 1999. (a) were born on a holding listed in the herd book; (b) are themselves listed in a herd book; (16) The notified proposal for a Decision by the Regional Council presented by the Regional Executive (Giunta) on 10 November 1997 provided for a budget allocation of ITL 500 000 000 for 1997. For the subsequent years, reference was made to the 1998 and 1999 budgets. (c) calved for the first time on a holding listed in the same herd book. the The aid would take form of a premium of ITL 350 000 (approximately EUR 175) per head. By means of this premium, the Italian authorities hope to encourage stockfarmers to use females as breeding animals rather than selling them or fattening them for slaughter, operations which so far have proven to be more profitable and less risky. By limiting the aid to animals meeting the abovementioned requirements, the Italian authorities aim at increasing the female genetic base of the breed. The aid could be granted to all stockfarmers with registered animals complying with the requirements. (13) In its decision to initiate proceedings under Article 88(2) of the Treaty the Commission expressed strong doubts about the compatibility of Measure 3 with the common market since, on the basis of the information provided by the Italian authorities, the measure seemed to be merely operating aid, the costs day-to-day normally management of their activities, without any proven favourable structural effect on the development of the sector. intended to relieve stockfarmers of associated with the (14) With respect to Measures 1 and 2, on the other hand, the Commission clearly stated that, from the substantive point of view, both measures were in principle eligible for the derogation provided for in Article 87(3)(c) of the Treaty. The Commission decided however to initiate the Article 88(2) procedure with respect to these two measures also, in view of the serious suspicion that the entire applied retrospectively; if this were the case, it would invalidate any positive assessment of the two measures concerned. The entire aid scheme would then in fact lack the element of necessity which guides the Commission in its assessment of State aid cases and it would become nothing more therefore aid operating than incompatible with the common market. notified might scheme and aid be (17) The allocation of ITL 500 000 000 for 1997 to finance measures under the scheme seemed to imply that projects carried out in 1997, prior to presentation to the Regional Council by the Regional Executive of the proposal for a Decision providing for the aid scheme and the relevant funding, could benefit from the measures. In cases be paid aid could in some other words, retrospectively, the expenditure for potential beneficiary was legally entitled to apply for the aid. Under those circumstances, the aid would have lost its character of necessity (3), since the operations assisted would still have been carried out in the absence of aid (or of a legal undertaking by the public authorities to pay aid); constituted operating aid (4) without any structural effect on the sector as a whole and, as such, incompatible with the common market. the aid would have incurred before consequently, (18) To clarify this point, the Commission asked the Italian authorities in a letter dated 9 January 1998 to specify whether the measures in the programme had already been the implementation period specified in the programme notified on 5 December had been amended in the mean time. or whether implemented 1997 in (19) By letter dated 4 March 1998, (cid:145)the aid measures provided for the Italian authorities in the replied that programme were not implemented in 1997 and the implementation period initially laid down has not been amended(cid:146). (20) The Commission understood this to mean that no aid had yet been paid but that aid could be paid for expenditure incurred before the potential beneficiaries were legally entitled to aid; the Commission therefore (3) See Judgement of the Court of Justice of 17 September 1980 in Case 730/79 (Philip Morris Holland v. Commission [1980] ECR 2671). (4) See Judgement of the Court of First Instance of 8 June 1995 in Case T-459/93 (Siemens SA v. Commission [1995] ECR 1675). L 98/4 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 19. 4. 2000 decided to initiate the procedure with respect to all three measures in the scheme notified, in view of the possible retrospective nature of the aid. limit within which, according to the case law of the Court of Justice (5), it must make known its position on an aid measure notified under Article 88(3) of the EC Treaty. III. Comments from interested parties (21) The Commission received comments from two parties: Toscane URATA (Unione Allevatori), which is also a beneficiary of Measure 1, by letter of 14 January 1999; and COPA (Committee of Agricultural Organisations of the European Union) by letter of 15 January 1999. Regionale Associazioni (22) The position of the two parties is identical. In their letters, both parties stressed the unique qualities of the Chianina cattle breed, the importance of this breed in the economy of marginal areas where stockfarmers are faced with difficult living and working conditions, and the negligible impact of the aid on competition and trade between Member States. Both parties expressed their full support for the initiative undertaken by Italy to protect the breed and counter its decline. these considerations, they called upon the Commission to revise its position and to authorise the programme in its entirety, so that action is taken before it is too late and the Chianina breed becomes endangered. In light of IV. Comments from Italy (23) By letter of 23 October 1998, the Italian authorities sent the Commission Delibera della Giunta Regionale the Regional Executive) No 1205 of 19 (Decision of October 1998 incorporating some of the comments and information requested under the procedure initiated pursuant to Article 88(2) of the EC Treaty. In the same letter, Italy also asked the Commission for an extension of submission of comments. Further comments were submitted by letter of 11 December 1998. the one-month period for the (24) The comments submitted by the Italian authorities in letter of 23 October 1998 focus on four their first points. (25) First, Italy raises an objection of procedure, arguing that the Commission has failed to respect the two-month time the letter validity of Italy maintains that the Commission should have i. e. within two expressed its position by 5 May 1998, months from 4 March 1998, the date of Italy’s reply to the Commission’s request of 9 January 1998 for information. The Italian authorities question additional sent by the additional the Commission on 23 April 1998 asking for written confirmation of the decision not to withdraw Measure 3 from the notified aid scheme, arguing that the letter is not a request for additional information since it merely reiterates a request already made in the letter of 9 January, to which the Italian authorities had clearly replied by letter of 4 March 1998. The 23 April letter does not have the effect of suspending the two-month time limit (expiring on 5 May 1998), and was sent by the Commission only in order to artificially extend the normal deadline. (26) Secondly, the Italian question authorities the Commission’s interpretation of the aid the premium granted for heifers listed in Measure 3: in the herd book and calving for the first time on a holding listed in the same herd book is defined by the Commission as aid for the (cid:145)maintenance(cid:146) of the animal. the nature of According to the Italian authorities the aid is an (cid:145)incentive(cid:146) to extension of the female genetic base of the breed on holdings listed in the herd book, encouraging those female farmers to rear for (cid:145)breeding purposes(cid:146) genetic for features animals with improvement of the breed. necessary the the possibility (27) Thirdly, the Italian authorities dispute the Commission’s view of the period of implementation of the programme granted and retrospectively for expenditure incurred in 1997. They the first year of claim that 1997 was chosen as implementation of the funding necessary for the first year, reference was made to the 1997 regional budget, that is the budget of the the programme because, aid might that for be (5) Judgements of the Court of Justice in Case 120/73 Lorenz v. Germany [1973] ECR 1471 and Case 84/82 Germany v. Commission [1984] ECR 1451. 19. 4. 2000 EN Official Journal of the European Communities L 98/5 in which the programme was year approval to the Regional Council. submitted for V. Assessment The Italian authorities maintain that, even though it was evident that the programme could not be implemented in 1997, it was not advisable to amend it at that stage, so as the to avoid delaying assessment procedures at Commission. Their intention was to await completion of the procedure initiated by notification to the Commission and, once the Commission had reached a decision, to the implement initial three-year period (i. e. in 1999) and to extend the duration of the implementation period, by Decision of the Regional Council, for the time necessary to reach the three years initially envisaged. It was planned to notify the extension in accordance with the Commission of Article 88(3) of the Treaty. the programme for the remainder of (28) Finally, the Italian authorities question the approach followed by the Commission in assessing the measure, arguing that the Commission should assess the aid as a whole in the light of Article 87(3)(c), and not merely compare the measures with the existing legislation and previous cases. They also recall that a similar measure in the Chianina breed was approved by the favour of Commission in the Integrated Mediterranean Programme for Tuscany (6). Measure 1. 5 of that Programme provided for a premium of ECU 190/200 for each animal born on specific stockfarms upon reaching a certain age. The Chianina was one of the breeds eligible for this aid. The measure was adopted to encourage genetic to improvement projects. framework of stockfarmers take part the in (29) the letter of 11 December 1998, In their additional Italian authorities again drew the attention of the Commission to the specific qualities of Chianina cattle, the economic disadvantages connected to the rearing of this breed, its genetic decline, the limited amount of the aid and the negligible extent of trade in this breed at Community level. (30) The comments sent by the Italian authorities in reaction to the observations from third parties do not add anything new to the observations already sent to the Commission. (6) Decision No 336 of 26 July 1988 (cid:145)Procedures and provisions implementing Regulation (EEC) No 2088/85 IMP for Tuscany(cid:146). Procedure (31) The comments made by the Italian authorities concerning the Commission’s failure to comply with the two-month time limit appear unfounded. spirit normal stated categorically that in which the Italian The letter of 4 March 1998, authorities they were not prepared to withdraw Measure 3 from the notified aid scheme, was in fact followed by a series of telephone contacts between Commission and Italian officials. During the telephone conversations, which took place in characterising the of Commission relationships with Member States, the possibility of amending the programme along the lines suggested by the Commission was discussed, and the possibility of withdrawal of Measure 3 left open by the Italian authorities. Reference to these conversations is made both in the letter sent by the Commission to the Italian authorities on 23 April 1998 (7) and in the reply sent by the Italian authorities on 7 July 1998 (8). cooperation the last (32) As pointed out in the Commission’s letter of 23 April 1998, only in the telephone course of conversation did the Italian authorities clearly exclude withdrawal of the measure concerned. In the light of this the development, it was perfectly Commission to ask for written confirmation of Italy’s final position, which had remained ambivalent till that moment. If the Italian authorities were really convinced that the letter sent by the Commission on 23 April 1998 had no suspensive effect, they should have informed the Commission upon expiry of for a Commission decision (i. e. , in their view, 5 May 1999) of their decision to put the measure into effect as provided for by the case law of the Court of Justice (9) and then the time limit legitimate for did in a (7) It is explicitly stated in this letter that the Italian authorities were asked by telex of 9 January 1998 to provide further information, which they Italian Permanent Representation dated 4 March 1998, and that after this exchange of correspondence, telephone conversations took place between Commission departments and the competent national departments, in the course of which the possibility of amending the programme notified on 5 December 1997 was mentioned. from the letter (8) The position was confirmed in conversations between Commission and Italian officials. (9) Judgements of the Court of Justice in Case 120/73 Lorenz v. Germany [1973] ECR 1471 and Case 84/82 Germany v. Commission [1984] ECR 1451. L 98/6 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 19. 4. 2000 waited for the Commission’s final decision on the aid (10). In fact, the Italian authorities preferred to wait till 7 July 1998 before replying to the Commission’s letter of 23 April 1998, i. e. they waited two months to provide an answer which, according to them, had already been made clear in their letter of 4 March 1998. The Commission never authorised the aid, nor did it give grounds for legitimate expectation that it would do so, nor was this ever an existing system within the meaning the Treaty. The Italian Permanent of Article 88(1) of Representation was the the Article 88(3) Commission’s decision to initiate procedure by letter SG(98) D 035729 dated 16 September 1998, as stated in point 4 above. informed therefore of Substance (33) Article 87(1) of the EC Treaty provides that any aid granted by a Member State or through State resources in any form whatsoever which distorts or threatens to distort competition by favouring certain undertakings or the production of certain goods shall, in so far as it affects trade between Member States, be incompatible with the common market. (34) Article 24 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 of 27 June 1968 on the common organisation of the market in beef and veal (11) lays down that, save as otherwise provided in the Regulation, Articles 87, 88 and 89 of the Treaty shall apply to the production and trade of the products listed in Article 1, which includes the products covered by the measure at issue. to public specific resources, (35) The notified programme provides for the granting of aid, through agricultural undertakings which will undeniably be granted an undue economic and financial advantage to the detriment of other agricultural undertakings not receiving the same contribution. According to the case law of the Court of Justice, improvement in the competitive position of an undertaking as a result of State financial aid leads to possible distortion of competition compared with other (10) Under Article 4(6) of Council Regulation (EC) No 659/1999 of 22 March 1999 laying down detailed rules for the application of the Article 93 of Commission has 15 working days following receipt of the notice in which to take a decision. the EC Treaty (OJ L 83, 27. 3. 1999, p. 1), (11) OJ L 148, 28. 6. 1968, p. 24. This Regulation was repealed and replaced by Council Regulation (EC) No 1254/1999 of 17 May 1999 (OJ L 160, 26. 6. 1999, p. 21). competing undertakings not receiving such assistance (12). The Italian authorities claim that the amount of the aid is very low and therefore not likely to distort competition. It should be borne in mind, however, that neither the relatively low level of the aid nor the relatively modest the size of possibility of trade between Member States being distorted (13). In the agricultural sector, this is reflected in the Commission communication on de minimis aids (14) which excludes agriculture from the application of the de minimis rule. the beneficiary undertakings rules out (36) The measures do affect trade between Member States: there is in fact substantial intra-Community trade in beef. In 1998, Italy’s imports of beef (15) from all EU Member States totalled 2 372 245 tonnes, while its exports to all In the same other EU states totalled 180 757 tonnes. of value year, ECU 3 226 000, while the value of output for the EU as a whole was ECU 21 465 000 (17). produced cattle (16) Italy to a (37) No specific data are available at Community level on trade in the breed concerned by the aid. In order to demonstrate that the aid would have no influence at all on trade between Member States, the Italian authorities refer to Chianina beef production of around 3 312 tonnes, but without mentioning the year to which this figure relates. (38) The relevant market which has to be taken into account in the specific case at issue is however the EU beef market as a whole, including all types of beef with which Chianina beef competes or may compete as well as the market in substitute products that could replace Chianina beef in consumers’ buying patterns. Moreover, the Court of Justice has held that aid to an undertaking may be such as to affect trade between the Member States and distort competition where that undertaking competes with products coming from other Member States even if it does not itself export its products. Where a Member State grants aid to an undertaking, domestic production may for that reason be maintained or increased with the result that undertakings established in other Member States have less chance of exporting their products to the (12) See footnote 3. (13) Court of Justice Judgements of 21 March 1990, Case C-142/87, Belgium v. Commission; ECR [1990] I-959, and of 14 September 1994, Joined Cases C-272/92, C-279/92 and C-280/92, Spain v. Commission, ECR [1994] I-4103. (14) OJ C 68, 6. 3. 1996, p. 9. (15) Including live cattle. (16) Includes calves. (17) Source: Eurostat. 19. 4. 2000 EN Official Journal of the European Communities L 98/7 market in that Member State. Such aid is therefore likely trade between Member States and distort to affect competition (18). framework of that Article and of the specific provisions applicable to the case at issue. (39) The Commission therefore concludes that the measures are caught by the prohibition in Article 87(1) of the EC Treaty. (40) The prohibition in Article 87(1) is followed by exemptions in Article 87(2) and (3). (41) The exemptions listed in Article 87(2) are manifestly the aid measure in Italy has not inapplicable given the nature of Indeed, question and its objectives. submitted that Article 87(2) is applicable. (42) Article 87(3) specifies the circumstances under which State aid may be considered to be compatible with the common market. Compatibility with the common market must be assessed from the point of view of the Community and not that of an individual Member State. In the interest of the functioning of the common market, the exemptions from the ban on State aid must be interpreted restrictively. (43) Article 87(3)(a) is manifestly inapplicable since the aid is not intended to promote the development of areas where the standard of living is abnormally low or where there is serious underemployment. (44) With regard to Article 87(3)(b), the aid in question is not intended to promote the execution of an important project of common European interest or to remedy a serious disturbance in Italy’s economy. (45) This aid is not intended to achieve or be suitable for achieving the objectives referred to in Article 87(3)(d). Measures 1 and 2 (cid:151) Aid for the implementation of projects for the genetic improvement of the breed and for the purchase of pure-bred male breeding stock (47) (48) In its decision to initiate the procedure in Article 88(3) of the EC Treaty, the Commission stressed that in principle it could have adopted a favourable approach with respect to these two measures since, judged on their merits, they both seemed compatible with the common market and could therefore benefit from the derogation provided for by Article 87(3)(c). It is in fact consistent Commission practice, as set out in its letter to the Member States S 75/29416 dated 19 September 1975 (19), to authorise aid of up to 100 % of eligible expenditure for the implementation of artificial insemination programmes of a maximum duration of six years and aid of up to 40 % of the cost of the animal for the purchase of pure-bred male breeding animals listed in herd books. The two measures do not exceed the duration and the aid rate set in that letter and could therefore be considered in principle compatible with the common market. the entire aid scheme. (49) The Commission decided however to initiate the Article 88(3) procedure with respect to these two measures since it had strong doubts as to the possible retrospective the nature of retrospective aspect of the aid would have invalidated any positive assessment of the two measures concerned and the aid would have become nothing more than operating aid, is aid which produces no lasting structural effect on the development of the sector and which, as such, cannot be considered compatible with the common market. If confirmed, that (46) Under Article 87(3)(c) of certain economic the Treaty aid designed to facilitate the development of certain economic activities or of considered compatible with the common market provided that such aid does not adversely affect trading conditions to an extent contrary to the common interest. The notified aid to be assessed within the scheme needs areas may be therefore (50) The information provided by the Italian authorities in their letter of 23 October 1998 (20) has dispelled the Commission’s doubts on the possible retrospective nature of the notified aid scheme, by excluding the possibility that aid will be paid for expenditure incurred before prospective aid; moreover, the authorities have undertaken to notify to the the implementation period. Commission beneficiaries amending decision became eligible the for (18) Judgement of the Court of Justice of 13 July 1988 in Case 102/87 French Republic v. Commission of the European Communities ECR [1988] 4067. (19) Proposals for appropriate measures relating to aids granted by Member States in the livestock and livestock products sector. (20) See point 27. L 98/8 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 19. 4. 2000 (51) The two measures considered compatible with the common market in accordance with Article 87(3)(c) of the EC Treaty. therefore can be Measure 3 (cid:151) Aid for the maintenance until first calving of female breeding animals meeting specific requirements (52) The aid covered by the measure concerned is a premium for the maintenance until first calving of female animals of the Chianina breed meeting specific requirements. The aid, which is in the form of a (cid:145)one-off(cid:146) premium (ITL 350 000) per livestock unit, is a function of the unit of production and as such is in principle incompatible with the common market. Like aids based on the the quantity produced or marketed, on the price of product or on the means of production (animal feed, etc. ), this type of aid is regarded as operating aid (21), that is aid which simply confers a short-term economic advantage. The objective of this aid is merely to cut beneficiaries’ production costs for the duration of the aid, relieving them of the business costs they normally sustain in the day-to-day management of their business. This aid has no structural effect on the development of the sector and cannot be considered to facilitate the economic development of certain economic activities or of certain economic areas. Furthermore, the payment of such aid is likely to interfere with the operation of the mechanisms established by the common market organisations in the framework of agricultural policy to the disadvantage of producers who are not in receipt of aid. (53) An exception to the strict rule prohibiting this type of aid is however provided for by the Commission letter to the Member States S 75/29416 (see point 48), which authorises the granting of aid at a rate of 30 % for the retention of pure-bred male breeding animals if this is justified by special considerations, particularly of a regional nature (22). (54) The exception clearly refers to the granting of aid for the maintenance of (cid:145)male(cid:146) breeding animals. (cid:145)Female(cid:146) breeding to which Measure 3 is addressed, are not animals, covered. (21) See footnote 4. (22) See the following aid schemes: N 490/96; N 636/97; N 573/98. It could be argued that the exception should apply (cid:145)by analogy(cid:146) to female animals, in line with the Commission’s practice in other cases. However, the very fact that this provision is an exception to the strict rule which prohibits aid based on the unit of production, regarded as operating aid by definition, means that it must be interpreted strictly. The reason for the different approach to male and female breeding animals lies in the totally different nature of the two types of aid: the rearing of high-quality male breeding animals is a major factor in the process of genetic development and therefore in the overall qualitative improvement of the livestock sector. However, the decision to use high-quality male animals, registered in a herd book, for breeding purposes prevents their use for the more lucrative business of meat production. Thus in deciding to use these animals for breeding instead of for meat production the stockfarmer has chosen a costly, high-risk investment that will pay off only in the long term, if at all. It is very expensive to maintain breeding bulls, and their slaughter price is usually extremely low, and insufficient to offset the costs of maintenance. Stockfarmers therefore tend to reduce the number of breeding bulls as far as possible, and to long as possible, with consequent use them for as In eventual deterioration of providing for an exception in the case of these animals, the Commission considered, in the light of all the above considerations, the distortive impact of an aid measure based on the unit of production was more than counterbalanced by the positive effect of such a measure on the structural development of the livestock sector. genetic heritage. that the the to cover livestock unit (55) This reasoning cannot be applied in the same way to female breeding animals. Stockfarmers do not have to choose between two different and mutually exclusive uses. The same female animal can be (cid:151) and usually is (cid:151) for breeding and later for milk and meat used first production, with no reduction in value. In this case, a premium per cost of maintenance would constitute aid to stockfarmers to reduce the normal operating costs of their business. Such a premium is caught by the definition of operating aid, which, as explained in point 52, is incompatible with the common market and cannot therefore benefit from the exception provided for by Article 87(3)(c). That is why the exception referred to in point 53 relates exclusively to male breeding animals, and why in this case it must be interpreted strictly, and cannot be applied (cid:145)by analogy(cid:146), in line with the Commission’s practice in other cases, to female breeding animals. The premium for female breeding animals of the Chianina breed is caught by the general prohibition on operating aid which, the reasons outlined in point 52, incompatible by definition with the common market and cannot therefore benefit from the exception provided for by Article 87(3)(c). for is 19. 4. 2000 EN Official Journal of the European Communities L 98/9 (56) The Italian authorities have contested the Commission’s interpretation of the measure as aid for the maintenance of the animals, as described above. They have stressed that the aid should be rather seen as an (cid:145)incentive(cid:146) designed to (cid:145)orient(cid:146) producers towards rearing female than for meat animals for breeding purposes rather production. In this connection, it is worth recalling that orientation of production, as well as income support, is one of common organisation of the markets which, as repeatedly held by the Court of Justice, are complete and exhaustive systems excluding any power on the part of the Member State to take measures to jeopardise them (23). In this respect, any aid interfering with the mechanism of the market organisations automatically excludes the applicability of the exceptions provided for in Article 87(3). likely to derogate from them or the objectives and tasks of the Applicability of Regulation (EEC) No 2078/92 in accordance with Community criteria. (57) A derogation from the above prohibition could have been claimed by the Italian authorities if the aid was granted for animals belonging to a breed in danger of extinction, In this case, the aid would fall within the scope of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2078/92 of 30 June 1992 on agricultural production methods compatible with the requirements of the protection of the environment and the maintenance of the countryside (24). The protection of endangered breeds is recognised as one of the actions which may contribute the purposes of the Regulation, namely the protection and improvement of genetic diversity. Measures of this type may therefore be eligible for part-financing or for State aid within the meaning of Article 10 of the Regulation, which authorises Member States to implement additional aid measures where the aid is granted on different terms from those laid down in the Regulation or the amounts exceed the limits stipulated therein, provided that the aid measures comply with the objectives of the Regulation and with Articles 87, 88 and 89 of the Treaty. achievement of to the (58) Compatibility with the objectives of the Regulation is to the same criteria set at be assessed on the basis of Community level to establish whether the breed is in danger of extinction for part-financing purposes. The Commission regards a breed as being in danger of of Regulation (EEC) extinction for No 2078/92 whenever the number of breeding female animals is below the ceilings listed below (25): the purposes (23) See Judgement of the Court of Justice of 18 May 1977 in Case C-111/76 (Officier van Justitie v. Beert van den Hazel, [1977] ECR 901). (24) OJ L 215, 30. 7. 1992, p. 85. (25) See Commission document VI/3768/98 on (cid:145)Programmes to protect genetic diversity of endangered breeds of farm animals and plant varieties under Regulation (EEC) No 2078/92(cid:146). Table 2 Breeding females per breed Bovines Equidae Sheep Pigs Breeds with stable populations 5 000 5 000 7 500 2 000 Breeds with decreasing populations Breeds with increasing populations 7 500 7 500 9 000 9 000 4 000 4 000 6 000 6 000 and when in addition the total number of breeding females is below the following: registered in the herd books Table 3 Breeding females registered in herd books Bovines Equidae 1 000 1 300 Sheep 2 000 Pigs 600 (59) According to the data submitted by the Italian authorities and reported in Table 1, in 1996 the number of female breeding animals registered in the herd book was thirteen times the Commission ceiling. Even if all female breeding animals were registered and therefore if this figure were representative of the entire female breeding population, the figure for 1996 would be twice that set to define endangered breeds. The Chianina breed is therefore not in danger of extinction and does not fall within the scope of Regulation (EEC) No 2078/92. if the current (60) The Italian authorities do not dispute that the breed is not yet in danger of extinction. They maintain, however, trend continues unabated and no that action is taken now to counter it, there is a risk that it may subsequently be in danger. That is why they believe that the Commission should not merely examine the scheme in the light of existing legislation and precedents, but rather assess it on a broader view on the basis of Article 87(3)(c) and regard this measure as one to facilitate the development of the sector without affecting trade to an extent contrary to the common interest. (61) With respect to the fears expressed by the Italian authorities about possible extinction of the breed, data submitted by the Italian authorities and reported in L 98/10 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 19. 4. 2000 that Table 1 show (as mentioned in point 10) the Chianina population has decreased since 1990 at a yearly average rate of around 2 %. However, the same table also indicates that this decline followed some 30 years of dramatic increase of the breed, whose population almost doubled from 1967 to 1990. To support their argument, the Italian authorities have also submitted projections (26), showing that, if the current downward trend continues at the same pace, in the year 2004 the number of registered females will drop to 10 780 (from the current 13 635). Italian In making authorities do not take into account the effect of the two aid measures on which the Commission has already expressed a favourable opinion in principle, nor do they mention that their figure would, in any case, still be 10 times the Community ceiling. calculation, however, this the (62) As to the observations concerning the Commission’s approach in assessing the measure, it should be recalled that Article 87(3)(c) is itself an exception to the general prohibition of State aid laid down in Article 87(1). It must therefore be interpreted strictly and applied only when the Commission is fully satisfied that all the criteria laid down in the Article are met. Measures 1 and 2 of the notified aid scheme, which pursue the same objective as Measure 3, meet all these requirements and have in fact been authorised by the Commission. Operating aid such as that provided by Measure 3, however, does not meet the criteria, by definition, and cannot therefore be authorised. (66) or costs(cid:146) losses incurred (63) The Italian authorities have not provided any sound argument to refute the Commission’s assessment of the aid as operating aid. They have never quantified (cid:145)additional by income stockfarmers, nor have they indicated any proportional relation between such costs and the planned premium. In the original notification, the Italian authorities simply defined the amount of the premium as (cid:145)appropriate(cid:146); in their letter of 11 December 1998 they make a general reference to the fact that the aid would cover at least 50 % of the aforementioned additional costs. No further detail is given. The Commission can only note that the premium of EUR 180,76 envisaged by the Italian authorities for a breed which is not clearly in danger of extinction would be almost 50 % higher than the premium provided for by Regulation (EEC) No 2078/92 (EUR 120,8) for endangered breeds. (64) Moreover, the economic arguments submitted to explain the difficulties faced by Chianina stockfarmers and justify the granting of the premium are of a very general nature (general weakness of the livestock sector at national level, environmental structural factors, lack of quality assurance systems and of strategies for the commercial (cid:145)discriminatory(cid:146) system of promotion of Chianina beef, lack of economies of stockfarms, scale, conditions of aid within the framework of the 1992 CAP reform). They depict a situation of structural weakness in the livestock sector at national and regional level which cannot be invoked by the Italian authorities as a reasonable justification for granting aid under a scheme whose favourable impact on the sector as a whole they have been unable to demonstrate, and which they cannot prove will not have a distortive effect vis-(cid:224)-vis those stockfarmers who are obliged, faced with the same difficult living and working conditions, to survive with their own means and skills. (65) Finally, the aid, to justify the granting of the Italian authorities mention a similar scheme authorised by the Commission within the framework of the Integrated Mediterranean Programme for Tuscany in 1988 to 1992. In that case, a contribution of ECU 190/200 per livestock unit was authorised for a certain number of local breeds, including Italian authorities there is no reason why a different approach should be adopted in the case at issue. the Chianina. According to the a specific establishing It will be remembered that the aid scheme concerned was authorised by the Commission on the basis of a specific Regulation (27) part-financed programme in favour of specific regions within the framework of the common agricultural policy and not on the basis of the competition rules laid down in Article 87 to 89 of the EC Treaty. In the present case, however, the scheme was notified by the Italian authorities to the Commission pursuant to Article 88(3) of the EC Treaty and is therefore to be assessed solely on the basis of Articles 87 to 89 of the Treaty. Consequently, it could be authorised only if it were considered compatible with the common market according to the articles in question, not on the basis of other provisions not applicable to the specific case at issue. VI. Conclusions the compatible with (67) The above considerations lead to the conclusion that Measures 1 and 2 of the notified aid scheme may be common market considered according to Article 87(3)(c) of the Treaty, since the doubts on the retrospective nature of the aid scheme that had induced the Commission to initiate the Article 88(3) procedure two measures have been dispelled by the Italian authorities. Those authorities must notify the Commission of the decision amending the programme implementation. against these (26) Letter from the Italian authorities of 11 December 1998 (see point 29). (27) Council Regulation (EEC) No 2088/85 of 23 July 1985 concerning the Integrated Mediterranean Programme (OJ L 197, 27. 7. 1985, p. 1). 19. 4. 2000 EN Official Journal of the European Communities L 98/11 (68) Measure 3 of the aid scheme is incompatible with the common market and cannot therefore benefit from any of the exceptions to Article 87(1) of the Treaty, HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION: Article 1 The premium of ITL 350 000 (approximately EUR 175) first 1. per livestock unit granted for the maintenance until calving of adult female animals of the Chianina breed which: (a) were born on a holding listed in the herd book; (b) are themselves listed in the herd book; The aid for the purchase of breeding bulls of 3. the Chianina breed listed in a herd book, in the form of a grant to cover 40 % of the cost of the investment, is compatible with the common market subject to the amendment of the period of to avoid the payment of any retrospective aid. implementation referred to in Article 3, Article 2 Italy may not implement the aid scheme described in Article 1(1). Article 3 Italy shall amend the period of the aid measures referred to in Article 1(2) and (3) so that no aid is granted for expenditure incurred before the date of notification of the aid to the Commission. implementation of (c) calved for the first time on a holding listed in the same herd book, Article 4 is incompatible with the common market. The aid for the establishment of an artificial insemination 2. programme providing for the financing of the following pilot projects: (a) the production of embryos with high genetic potential (taking oocytes from five-month old heifers and fertilising them in vitro with semen from the best breeding bulls); Italy shall inform the Commission, within two months following notification of this decision, of the measures taken to comply with it. Article 5 This Decision is addressed to the Republic of Italy. (b) implanting the fertilised embryos into breeding cows, Done at Brussels, 10 November 1999. is compatible with the common market to the amendment of the period of implementation referred to in Article 3, to avoid the payment of any retrospective aid. subject For the Commission Franz FISCHLER Member of the Commission


title: Regolamento (CE) n. 2386/1999 della Commissione, del 10 novembre 1999, che fissa le restituzioni all'esportazione nel settore delle uova

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text: L 288/18 IT Gazzetta ufficiale delle Comunità europee 11. 11. 1999 REGOLAMENTO (CE) N. 2386/1999 DELLA COMMISSIONE del 10 novembre 1999 che fissa le restituzioni all'esportazione nel settore delle uova LA COMMISSIONE DELLE COMUNITÀ EUROPEE, visto il trattato che istituisce la Comunità europea, visto il regolamento (CEE) n. 2771/75 del Consiglio, del 29 ottobre 1975, relativo all'organizzazione comune dei mercati nel settore delle uova (1), modificato da ultimo dal regolamento (CE) n. 1516/96 della Commissione (2), in particolare l'articolo 8, paragrafo 3, (1) (2) (3) considerando che, ai sensi dell'articolo 8 del regola- mento (CEE) n. 2771/75, la differenza tra i prezzi dei prodotti di cui all'articolo 1, paragrafo 1 di detto regola- mento sul mercato mondiale e i prezzi nella Comunità può essere compensata da una restituzione all'esporta- zione; considerando che l'attuale situazione del mercato in alcuni paesi terzi e la concorrenza per alcune destina- zioni rendono necessario fissare una restituzione diffe- renziata per taluni prodotti del settore delle uova; considerando che l'applicazione di tali norme e criteri all'attuale situazione dei mercati nel settore delle uova induce a fissare la restituzione a un importo che consenta la partecipazione della Comunità al commercio internazionale e tenga conto altresì del carattere delle esportazioni di tali prodotti, nonché dell'importanza che essi hanno attualmente; (4) considerando che il comitato di gestione per le uova e il pollame non ha emesso alcun parere nel termine fissato dal suo presidente, HA ADOTTATO IL PRESENTE REGOLAMENTO: Articolo 1 L'elenco dei codici dei prodotti per la cui esportazione è concessa la restituzione di cui all'articolo 8 del regolamento (CEE) n. 2771/75 e gli importi della restituzione sono fissati in allegato. Articolo 2 Il presente regolamento entra in vigore l'11 novembre 1999. Il presente regolamento è obbligatorio in tutti i suoi elementi e direttamente applicabile in ciascuno degli Stati membri. Fatto a Bruxelles, il 10 novembre 1999. Per la Commissione Franz FISCHLER Membro della Commissione (1) GU L 282 dell'1. 11. 1975, pag. 49. (2) GU L 189 del 30. 7. 1996, pag. 99. 11. 11. 1999 IT Gazzetta ufficiale delle Comunità europee L 288/19 al regolamento della Commissione, del 10 novembre 1999, che fissa le restituzioni all'esportazione nel settore delle uova ALLEGATO Codice prodotto Destinazione (1) Ammontare delle restituzioni 0407 00 11 9000 0407 00 19 9000 0407 00 30 9000 0408 11 80 9100 0408 19 81 9100 0408 19 89 9100 0408 91 80 9100 0408 99 80 9100 02 02 03 04 05 01 01 01 01 01 EUR/100 unità 3,30 1,50 EUR/100 kg 15,00 7,50 16,00 58,00 27,00 27,00 43,00 11,00 (1) Per le destinazioni seguenti: 01 tutte le destinazioni, ad eccezione della Svizzera, 02 tutte le destinazioni, ad eccezione degli Stati Uniti d'America, 03 Kuwait, Bahrein, Oman, Qatar, Emirati Arabi Uniti, Yemen, Hong Kong SAR e Russia, 04 tutte le destinazioni, ad eccezione della Svizzera e delle destinazioni di cui ai punti 03 e 05, 05 Corea del Sud, Giappone, Malaysia, Tailandia, Taiwan, Filippine e Egitto. NB: I codici prodotto e i relativi richiami in calce sono definiti dal regolamento (CEE) n. 3846/87 della Commissione, modificato