title: COMMUNICATION FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE COUNCIL AND THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT - PROGRESS REPORT ON THE EURO- MEDITERRANEAN PARTNERSHIP AND PREPARATIONS FOR THE SECOND CONFERENCE OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS MINISTERS

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cooperation policy
free-trade agreement
summit meeting

text: COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES Brussels, 19. 02 1997 COM(97) 68 final COMMUNICATION FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE COUNCIL AND THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PROGRESS REPORT ON THE EURO-MEDITERRANEAN PARTNERSHIP AND PREPARATIONS FOR THE SECOND CONFERENCE OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS MINISTERS 2- 3 Communication from the Commission to the Council and the European Parliament PROGRESS REPORT ON THE EURO-MEDITERRANEAN PARTNERSHIP AND PREPARATIONS FOR THE SECOND CONFERENCE OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS MINISTERS 1. INTRODUCTION This Communication has two aims: (i) to review the first fifteen months of the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership and (ii) to prepare the Union's position and propose, within the Community framework, guidelines for the conclusions of the second Euro-Mediterranean Conference of Foreign Affairs Ministers. 1. 1. The Euro-Mediterranean Conference in Barcelona The Euro-Mediterranean Partnership, established in Barcelona on 27 and 28 November 1995, brings together the European Union, its fifteen Member States and the twelve Mediterranean Partners. The latter set themselves three objectives at the Conference: - the establishment of a common area of peace and stability; - the creation of a shared zone of prosperity through the establishment of a free trade area and a substantial increase in financial support from the European Union; - the development of human resources, the promotion of understanding between different cultures and exchanges at the level of civil society. The Partnership was created in a spirit of equality, cooperation and solidarity, the aim being to bring the Partners closer together and so reduce sources of conflict. On the Union's part, the Partnership is a sign of its willingness to play an increasingly active role in the region on the political, economic and social front. The European Union's strategic approach to these activities and initiatives was defined in the context of the Barcelona Process, which is seen as an indispensable instrument for the achievement of a common area of peace and stability. The Ministers participating at the Conference adopted the Barcelona Declaration and a work programme to give it concrete effect. The Declaration provides for a meeting of Foreign Affairs Ministers to be held in one of the Mediterranean Partner countries during the first half of this year. 1. 2. The objectives of the second Ministerial Conference The second Euro-Mediterranean Conference of Foreign Affairs Ministers will be held It will in Malta on 15 and 16 April, seventeen months after the Barcelona Conference provide an opportunity, at political level, to carry out an initial review of the Partnership and to set the pace for the next eighteen months. After its initial teething problems, the Process should advance at a more regular and swifter speed. The Commission has defined three general objectives for the second Conference. - to build upon and endorse the results already achieved in the framework of the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership. Here it is appropriate to highlight the results achieved under each of the Partnership's three pillars and to identify any delays or failures. Consistency in these results, in particular the complementarity between the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership's bilateral (Association Agreements) and regional pillars must be established; - to confirm, in the light of the review, the strategy and objectives adopted at the inaugural Conference in November 1995, perhaps modifying certain areas or expanding others. In this context, one of the major objectives of the Partnership, i. e. the establishment of free trade between the European Community and its Mediterranean Partners, will be accomplished primarily through the implementation of the Euro-Mediterranean Association Agreements and the ability of the Partners to cope with the problems involved in the process of transition to a more open economy. In the Commission's view, the Conference should provide fresh impetus in this direction and define the measures required to underpin free trade at regional and subregional level. The general aim is to move on to a phase where regional cooperation is efficiently organized to ensure the Partnership's global objectives are achieved and the Euro-Mediterranean Partners' priorities are met; - to adopt additional measures for the period leading up to the next Ministerial Conference. A number of areas of mutual interest and fields in which the Mediterranean Partners expect concrete progress to be made have been identified in the months since the Barcelona Conference. At the next meeting, in the spirit of partnership forged in Barcelona, the Union will be able to discuss with its Mediterranean Partners the areas in which it feels that further progress is possible or in which other objectives may be set. 2. BILATERAL ASPECTS 2. 1. The objectives of the Association Agreements The Association Agreements are intended to bring the Mediterranean Partners and the Union closer together through the gradual establishment of free trade, the provision of EU support for the economic transition process, cooperation in a whole range of areas, the opening up of cooperation to civil society and the undertakings entered into with regard to human rights and democracy. (i) to establish The Association Agreements have two main objectives which are interdependent and complimentary: trade area throughout the region and (ii) to take full account of the specific characteristics of each of the Partners. Priority will be given to the improvement of competitiveness, economic restructuring, administrative reform, the establishment of economic infrastructure or scientific cooperation depending on the needs of the individual Partners. the Euro-Mediterranean free In the economic field, free trade is not an end in itself, but a means of improving competitiveness and integrating the Partners into international trade thereby improving living standards. However, as the partner countries are at different stages of development, progress towards free trade will be gradual, and will require programmes to support economic transition and structural adjustment by cushioning any negative social effects, speeding up economic modernization and promoting sustainable development. The Euro-Mediterranean free trade area will be established via the Euro- Mediterranean Association Agreements and the free trade agreements between the Mediterranean Partners. It will be a gradual process and should be facilitated by economic adjustment policies based on market economy principles. It should be stressed that, in the Commission's view, economic modernization, social progress and support for the democratic process are interdependent of a closer relationship with the Union. 2. 2. Negotiation of the Association Agreements Considerable progress has been made in the conclusion of the bilateral association agreements between the Union and the Mediterranean Partners. The signing of the Association Agreements with Tunisia, Morocco and Israel will enable full account to be taken, in the framework of the Mediterranean policy, of the specific characteristics and needs of these three countries. The Commission welcomes the signature of an Interim Association Agreement on Trade and Cooperation with the Palestine Liberation Organization for the benefit of the Palestinian Authority which will enter into force soon, confirming the Palestinians' status as a full Mediterranean Partner Negotiations with Jordan, Egypt and Lebanon have reached their final stages; the Commission considers that the successful conclusion of these agreements is now within reach. Negotiations are due to open in the coming weeks with Algeria. The Commission hopes that exploratory talks in progress with Syria will prepare the way for the early conclusion of an Association Agreement with that country. At the same time, the customs union agreement with Turkey entered into force on 31 December 1995. Since that date, the customs union has functioned satisfactorily on the whole. In particular, customs duties and charges having equivalent effect have been abolished, as have quantitative restrictions. Turkey has adopted the Common Customs Tariff as well as an external commercial policy substantially similar to that of the Community. The creation of a free trade area by the target date of 2010, agreed at Barcelona, is an essential instrument to further approximation and to raise the prosperity level of the Partners. Since the Agreements are crucial in this perspective, a major effort will be required on all sides to ensure that they are effectively implemented. This will also constitute a strong signal to foreign private investors of the irreversibility of the process and will contribute to increasing their activities in favour of Mediterranean partners. Aside from the actual implementation of the Euro-Mediterranean bilateral agreements, it is also appropriate to underline the importance of facilitating the free movement of goods within the Euro-Mediterranean area by adopting appropriate measures on rules of origin, certification, the protection of intellectual property rights and competition and by fostering free trade agreements between the Mediterranean Partners. 2. 3. Financial instruments For the five years from 1995 to 1999, the European Union agreed to set aside ECU 4,685 million in Community budget funds for its Mediterranean partners. This major increase in financial assistance to the Mediterranean partners agreed at the Cannes European Council and confirmed at the Barcelona Conference constitutes a major instrument to raise prosperity levels in the region. During 1996, the Commission committed all the available funds from the Community budget on assistance to the partners, principally on support for economic transition, structural adjustment and raising the level of the socio-economic infrastructure. The Commission will continue to take the necessary measures to fulfil the undertakings given in the Cannes agreement and the Barcelona Declaration. As agreed at Cannes and Barcelona, EIB (European Investment Bank) lending is also an essential element in the Union's support for economic modernization in the region, and the EIB should continue to be closely involved in future Euro-Mediterranean cooperation through increased loans. Implementation of the free trade agreements and a significant increase in financial assistance will not be enough to ensure the success of the Partnership if they are not accompanied by a comparable increase in the rate of modernization and economic structural adjustment in the Mediterranean partner countries. Talks between the Mediterranean Partners themselves should be stepped up and financial support from the Union, whether from budget funds or via the European Investment Bank, should be fully exploited by the Mediterranean Partners in order to quicken the pace of reform. 3. REGIONAL ASPECTS 3. 1. Political and security partnership 3. 1. 1. Review Five meetings were held in 1996 in the context of political and security dialogue. Progress was steady despite the many political problems. The results are still somewhat tenuous but the dialogue has become an unequalled forum for the discussion of political and strategic problems between the whole of the region and the Union. Progress has been achieved in three areas: - a list of confidence-building measures, many of which are already operational or have been formally approved for implementation, has been drawn up. Tangible results are expected on two fronts this year: the network of foreign policy institutes (EuroMesCo) will produce an independent analysis of the political and security aspects of the region and a mechanism for cooperation in the event of natural and human disasters will be set up to ensure there is effective liaison between the disaster prevention and relief services in the region. The establishment of a network of defence institutes and the organization of a seminar on the deployment of armed forces for humanitarian work will also be discussed; - a regularly updated Action Plan will serve as a blueprint for the group's work. Drawn up on the basis of a progressive working method, the Plan will be discussed and appear on the agenda of each meeting. It will cover six sectors of activity: strengthening of democracy, preventive diplomacy, security and confidence-building measures, disarmament, terrorism and organized crime; - work has begun on a Euro-Mediterranean Charter for Peace and Stability, an institutional mechanism for dialogue and crisis prevention. The draft charter is now seen as the cornerstone of the Partnership's political and security pillar. Two meetings have been organized in Malta, one in October 1996 and the other in March this year, to disseminate information to the diplomats of the 27 partner countries and to help them get to know each other. They have resulted in the creation of a "Euromed Internet Forum", a site where all documents relating to the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership are available for consultation. 3. 1. 2. Strategy The political and security dialogue launched in Barcelona is one of the Partnership's most promising projects: it represents an entirely new area of cooperation between the European Union and its Mediterranean Partners, providing a forum for discussion long sought-after by the states concerned. Within a matter of months it was working well in terms of both content and organization. The Commission sees the Conference of Foreign Affairs Ministers in Malta as an opportunity to endorse the achievements of the political dialogue, in particular the list of confidence-building measures and guidelines for the Charter for Peace and Stability. If a document is signed by Ministers there must also be a commitment to gradually deepen its content. In this context, the European Union should confirm its practical support for existing and future confidence-building measures. It should also be noted that the political dialogue covers, inter alia, respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms, which is at the heart of the EU's international policy. The Union feels that the adoption and implementation of international standards in the field of human rights are essential for lasting social and political stability. In this context, all the Mediterranean Partners should be encouraged to sign all international instruments relating to human rights and to implement them fully. The Union should also point out that it supports the efforts made by the Partners to establish a civil society based on the rule of law, in accordance with the declarations and action programmes of the world conferences on human rights, population, social development and women, which the Union and the Mediterranean Partners helped to organize. The risk of the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction is a factor of instability in the region. Joint reflection could be initiated on the implementation of the international non-proliferation arrangements pertaining to nuclear, balistic, chemical and biological weapons. Consideration could also be given to adapting these arrangements at regional level. In this context, it would be appropriate to improve the visibility of national efforts to control the export of sensitive products through the exchange of information. Finally, the Partners should be encouraged to step up their efforts to to prevent and combat terrorism within the Euro-Mediterranean framework, in particular by acceding to international conventions in the field. 3. 2. Economic and financial partnership 3. 2. 1. Review There has been intensive government and private sector activity under the economic pillar of the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership. Participation by the Mediterranean Partners has been extremely good, regular and at a high level. In the Union's case, ministerial participation has been more difficult to achieve: the prolusion of meetings led the Euro-Mediterranean Committee to impose a limit of seven per six-month period (two ministerial meetings and five at expert level) from April 1996 in an effort to improve efficiency. Priorities have not, however, been properly focused and the content of the dialogue has proved difficult to define. At government level, the method used to implement the Barcelona Declaration has involved facilitating the harmonization of sectoral policies, organizing exchanges of know-how and helping identify the common policies required for the creation of the Euro-Mediterranean economic area. Six sectoral ministerial meetings were held in 1996 as well as expert meetings. Each of these meetings culminated in some form of agreement on common sectoral policy principles. This has been a considerable achievement in terms of economic rapprochement and modernization, especially in the following fields: industry and SMEs, energy, water management, the information society, tourism, fisheries, and sea transport. The meeting of Ministers of Tourism emphasised the importance of strengthening cooperation in this sector and of carrying out a series of joint actions in the future. Activities in these fields have launched a process of significant convergence between the Partners. Similarly, the regional statistical cooperation programme, MEDSTAT, is aimed at consolidating the Partners' statistical systems and harmonizing the statistics gathered by the Union and its Partners. In the private sector, meetings were also organized, at the initiative of economic operators, between comparable bodies from the various partner countries (industrial federations, banks, chambers of commerce, economic institutes, trade fairs, etc. ). Mutual recognition, institutional capacity building and the transfer of know-how have been facilitated in every case. 3. 2. 2. Strategy The next few months should see the completion of negotiations for the association agreements. The Partners' fundamental objective should then be to set up the Euro-Mediterranean economic area, chiefly through regional operations. All activities must be conducted with a view to guaranteeing interaction and synergies between bilateral and regional schemes. Care must be taken to ensure that the Partnership develops evenly, which will in particular involve gauging its economic and social impact on the region. The Commission feels that the first objective of the Conference of Foreign Affairs Ministers should be to emphasize the will and desire of the 27 Partners to set up an area of shared prosperity and to give firm impetus to the establishment of free trade in order to improve living standards and reduce inequalities by 2010. A range of accompanying measures should be agreed upon at regional level to permit greater harmonisation and greater compatibility with the Union's internal market. Areas such as: cumulation of rules of origin, customs cooperation, standards, intellectual property, taxation and competition, should be encouraged in particular Training initiatives will also be encouraged. A second objective should be the adoption of a targeted approach to intensify the harmonization of policies in areas crucial to the objective of setting up a joint economic area. In the light of progress achieved to date, cooperation will be concentrated in the first instance on areas earmarked as priorities by the Mediterranean Partners and where cooperation has been successful in the past: industrial policy and SMEs, energy policy, environment and water policy, information society, sea transport. Action will be taken in other areas in due course. Support should be given to the establishment of Euro-Mediterranean networks of similar economic organizations. Such networks will enable those organizations which are interested to develop ongoing work programmes and to make a crucial non-governmental contribution to the establishment of an area of shared prosperity. A third objective should consist of actively preparing the Mediterranean Partners for the changes under way in the Union, to enable them, as our Partners, to adjust their economic policies accordingly, should they so wish, and to air their views. The economic dimension of the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership is taking shape at a time when the European Union itself is undergoing a further transformation with enlargement to the east, the introduction of the Euro and the setting-up of the European Central Bank. This transformation will have a considerable impact on the Mediterranean Partners, as most of their trade is with the EU and the Union also provides most of their private investment. This preparation could take the form of meetings and exchanges between government representatives, private operators, university and cultural circles, etc. , and would require support from the MEDA programme. The Commission also proposes to support those Mediterranean Partners wishing to initiate or strengthen their trade and financial links with the countries of Central and Eastern Europe. A systematic effort should be made to promote European private investment in the region, over and above initiatives already taken (business centres, cooperation and information networks and conferences for small businesses, computerized networks). Action in this area should be undertaken primarily by European and Mediterranean private operators with the support of the MEDA Programme. Business financing will depend on the effective use of risk capital to prime the pump. The introduction of modern instruments in this area will be a major priority. The London conference on private investment on 6 March must give renewed impetus to these activities. 11 The fourth objective which the Union should propose to its Mediterranean Partners at the Conference is the implementation of a policy to strengthen intraregional and subregional cooperation and integration The experience of the Regional Economic Development Working Group (REDWG) will prove useful here. The Commission wishes to see the Union offer support for a whole range of measures; this would take the form of technical support for the negotiation of intraregional economic agreements on trade-related measures and the incentive provided by regional cumulation of rules of origin. The strengthening of links between the Mediterranean Partners themselves through the establishment of free trade should be regarded as a top priority. Progress is largely contingent upon the willingness of the Mediterranean Partners themselves but it is essential that the European Union reaffirm the importance it attaches to such progress. Regional and subregional economic integration and rapprochement are the key catalysts for growth in the region, in particular when it comes to expanding markets and attracting private investment from abroad. 3. 3. Social, cultural and human partnership 3. 3. 1. Review This dimension of the Barcelona Declaration is intended to develop human resources and to promote understanding between different cultures and exchanges between civil societies. The ambitious objectives set out in the work programme concern more than ten sectors of activity in this field. Some had already been developed through the MED decentralized cooperation programmes, while others are entirely new. It has proved impossible to deal with all of the topics during the first fifteen months, despite numerous proposals by the Partners, and joint action was undertaken in the following areas: - cultural heritage: a ministerial meeting was held in April 1996 leading to the establishment of common principles. These principles were put into effect at expert level where agreement was reached on an initial list of 17 projects of joint interest involving both the architectural and intellectual heritage; - a first meeting of high-level officials was held in June on the subject of drugs and organized crime. A draft agenda for a ministerial meeting was also proposed, but the parties failed to finalize the items to be included; - two meetings of the Economic and Social Councils (or the bodies represented therein) have taken place, the first in Madrid in December 1995 and the second in Paris in November 1996, along with a meeting, in Catania, of ministers and senior officials responsible for social affairs; - in the field of youth, senior officials responsible for youth work and representatives of specialized NGOs attended a conference in Amman in June 1996 for the purpose of 12 establishing a coherent, decentralized operational framework programme for young people. for an exchange Other initiatives taken concerned the dialogue between cultures and religions. 3. 3. 2. Strategy the The Commission proposes a more systematic and proactive approach to development of these activities. The promotion of mutual understanding between the peoples of the region is one of the cornerstones of the Barcelona Declaration. The events which have unfolded in the Euro-Mediterranean region since November 1995 only serve to highlight its importance. This is why the Union should encourage the Mediterranean Partners to deepen and intensify action in this area. The Commission plans to recommend six concrete measures to the Partners at the second Ministerial Conference: - to pursue and intensify activities in the field of cultural heritage by adopting an initial set of regional projects, and subsequently expanding on the range of projects covered. Other cultural matters should also be dealt with in the context of the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership and more joint cultural events organized; - to strengthen the dialogue between cultures, in particular through the organization of a public conference to review the work carried out in this area since 1995; - to intensify the Euro-Mediterranean dialogue on human rights, by setting up a group of eminent persons to promote better mutual understanding in this crucial area. The work of this group should build on existing achievements within the framework of the Conference on Good Governance in the Euro-Mediterranean region (March this year) and the EU's MEDA democracy programme; - to continue the dialogue between civil societies, which has found particular expression through the EU's decentralized cooperation programmes and a large number of Euro-Mediterranean conferences, notably the civil forum held in Barcelona in November 1995. A regular Euro-Mediterranean civil forum would provide a channel for lasting dialogue between civil societies; the Union should declare its willingness to provide technical and financial support for any initiative taken by one or more of its Mediterranean Partners. The continuation of the MED decentralized cooperation programmes once the current evaluation exercise has been completed would also help strengthen this dialogue; - to submit as soon as possible to the ministers responsible for youth a practical proposal for Euro-Mediterranean cooperation embracing youth schemes (other than school and university exchanges) and voluntary service within a decentralized operational framework; - to continue and step up education and training activities, developing and strengthening cooperation under the MEDA programme in particular, which could draw, inter alia, on the Union's experience; n - to continue the dialogue on organized crime, drugs and migration, for which the Partners are pressing, in order to encourage cooperation between the responsible authorities. The European Union should also give thought to the matter with a view to submitting proposals, both on the issues to be dealt with and the scope of the measures to be agreed. Issues raised by the Partners, in particular exchanges of persons, should also be examined. 4. INSTITUTIONAL ASPECTS AND INFORMATION The Euro-Mediterranean Committee for the Barcelona Process, consisting of representatives of the EU Troika and of the Mediterranean Partners, was given the task of preparing the next meeting of Ministers of Foreign Affairs, taking stock of and evaluating the follow-up to the Barcelona process and all its aspects and updating the work programme. The Commission is prepared to continue in the role assigned to it at Barcelona of carrying out preparatory and follow-up work for the meetings. The Commission suggests that the Euro-Mediterranean Committee for the Barcelona process carry out regular orientation discussions on the activities of the Partnership and that it monitors carefully the periodicity of the meetings and the subjects covered. The involvement of Parliaments in the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership remains an essential component of the project. Direct dialogue between elected representatives will be fundamental in helping bring peoples closer together. No moves have been made in this direction since the Barcelona Conference and the Commission strongly urges the European Parliament to take the initiative. Dialogue between social partners should also be encouraged. Finally, the success of the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership depends on the general public's understanding of the project. This is particularly important in the light of the misconceptions which frequently circulate between Europe and the Mediterranean. As far as general information is concerned, the Commission has already launched a series of measures (monthly publication of an information note for the governments of the 27 Partners, electronic information sites, preparation of brochures in printed and electronic form, the distribution of information packs for television and radio, support for cultural reviews, etc. ). Community financing has also been given to help set up the Arabic service of the Euronews TV channel due to go on the air in the spring of this year. The Commission urges the Member States to do more to inform the public about the Partnership and to make it more visible. ISSN 0254-1475 COM(97) 68 final DOCUMENTS EN 11 Catalogue number : CB-CO-97-065-EN-C ISBN 92-78-16219-1 Office for Official Publications of the European Communities L-2985 Luxembourg


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monetary compensatory amount
representative rate

text: 'Jll»Htt|iPWi|ll COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES Brussels, 19. 02. 1997 COM(97) 59 final Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) determining measures and compensation relating to appreciable revaluations that affect farm incomes (presented by the Commission) EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM Council Regulation (EEC) No 3813/92 provides for compensation measures when, following a revaluation, the agricultural conversion rate falls below certain thresholds established as a function of past currency developments. In order to enable compensation to be paid, the Member States may request the application of the following provisions: Article 7 of the Regulation, for an increase in the amount of most direct aid to producers as expressed in ecus, to prevent a reduction in terms of revalued national currency; Article 8 of the Regulation, for digressive compensatory aid over a three-year period, with the European Union contributing 50% or 75% of the cost, as the case may be. The cost of applying Article 7 is about ECU 250 million a year for each percentage point of revaluation. The maximum amount of compensatory aid under Article 8 is established by the Council, at least 12 months after the revaluation, on the basis of an estimate of actual income loss. However, under Article 9 of Regulation (EEC) No 3813/92, the Council must take all necessary measures in the event of an appreciable revaluation, which, primarily to comply with obligations under the GATT Agreement and budgetary discipline, may involve derogations from the provisions of the said Regulation concerning aid and the amount by which the monetary gaps are dismantled, without, however, resulting in the five-point threshold being extended. To avoid the financial and international consequences of applying Articles 7 and 8 of Regulation (EEC) No 3813/92, the Council adopted Regulations (EC) No 1527/95 and (EC) No 2990/95; for appreciable reductions in agricultural conversion rates before 31 December 1996, those Regulations replace the measures of Articles 7 and 8 by: a freeze on the agricultural conversion rate applicable to the amounts referred to in Article 7, for the Member State concerned, until 1 January 1999, the date of the planned introduction of the euro; the possibility of digressive compensatory aid over three years, of a maximum amount determined on the basis of a flat-rate forward estimate of future losses of annual incomes. The currencies of eight Member States have been concerned by the provisions referred to. However, no compensatory aid was granted for the 2% reduction in the agricultural conversion rate of the Irish pound on 8 November 1996, since, despite the fact that 0. 3% of this reduction was regarded as "appreciable", the Council did not establish a maximum amount of aid in this case. The impact of all these measures was analysed in the Annual Report on the agri-monetary system for 1995/96. l The approximate cost of freezing agricultural conversion rates is ECU 185 million a year, and that of compensatory aid ECU 200 million in 1996, one third less the following year, and two thirds less the year after that. For the future, despite the various problems arising, the report concludes that care should be taken to ensure similar treatment when appreciable revaluations occur, although the measures should not aggravate the risk of problems that could interfere with the changeover to the euro on 1 January 1999. At present, any further decline in an agricultural conversion rate, except for that of the Greek drachma, would be regarded as "appreciable" under Article 1(e) of Regulation (EEC) No 3813/92. The declines in the rates of the Irish pound and of sterling in January 1997 are "appreciable" reductions comparable to those that occurred in 1995 and 1996. In view of the agri-monetary situation, the United Kingdom would thus be in a position to request the application of Article 7 for an 8. 5% increase in ecus for certain direct aid payments from July 1997, and Ireland that of Article 8 from April 1997. The criteria set out in Article 1(e) do not, in fact, correspond exactly to those for triggering Articles 7 and 8. The level of the Italian lira in January 1997, for example, if maintained, would enable Italy to request the application of Article 8 in March and Article 7 in July. It would thus appear necessary to take measures at Community level to avoid problems, and especially financial problems, in implementing the common agricultural policy. In accordance with the conclusions of the Annual Report on the agri-monetary system, it is proposed to follow the approach determined by Regulations (EC) No 1527/95 and (EC) No 2990/95, taking due account of experience. More specifically, it is proposed to extend the scope of the compensatory measures to all cases that lead to the application of Articles 7 and 8 of Regulation (EEC) No 3813/92. When the appreciable revaluation does not correspond to an appreciable reduction in the agricultural conversion rate within the meaning of Article 1 (e) of the Regulation, the conditions for applying Articles 7 and 8 would be fulfilled, for example, following one or more reductions in the rate over the previous twelve months that were not offset by devaluations occurring in the same period. For such cases, a date must be determined to be deemed to be that of the appreciable revaluation. It is proposed to take the first date on which the conditions for applying either Article 7 or Article 8 are fulfilled, with the exception of the request by the Member State concerned. Experience has shown that the principle of freezing agricultural conversion rates for the amounts referred to in Article 7 may lead to very wide monetary gaps. These gaps have very little short-term impact on the markets; and although they could over the longer term Report from the Commission to the Council and the European Parliament on the agri-monetary system for the single market; 1 July 1995 to 30 June 1996. COM(96) 636 final. create difficulties of a structural nature between Member States or between production sectors in the same Member State the freeze is limited to 1 January 1999. On the other hand, large monetary gaps may lead to major problems when they have to be closed up in order to substitute the euro for national currency. Consequently, it is proposed to limit the size of these monetary gaps. The gap between the frozen agricultural conversion rate and the agricultural conversion rate which it replaces should never exceed 7%. The choice of a threshold value of 7% takes account of the fact that in July 1996, for the Swedish krona, the gaps were 14. 7% for per hectare aid for arable crops and 6. 9% for beef and veal premiums, ewe premiums and structural aid. If necessary, the loss of income due to a decline in the agricultural conversion rate for the amounts referred to in Article 7 could be taken in to account when granting compensatory aid. Compensatory aid, like the aid granted under Regulations (EC) No 1527/95 and (EC) No 2990/95, would not be linked to current production, would be digressive in three annual tranches, could be extended for a limited period, and would be eligible for Community financing to cover 50% of the maximum amount. The amounts of the second and third tranches would be reconsidered in the case of a devaluation affecting incomes, but experience has also shown that the maximum amount of the first tranche can and must be revised if there is a devaluation in the first six months of the first year, since in that case the full amount of aid would no longer be justified. At all events, the first aid payments are made only after the national arrangements for granting the aid have been drafted, notified and approved, a process that takes at least six months. When the "appreciable" fraction of the revaluation is small, the amount of compensatory aid per holding does not correspond to a notable and significant loss of income. It is proposed to introduce a minimum of ECU 150 per existing holding, below which aid is not granted. In the past, the smallest amounts paid in aid corresponded to a maximum amount possible of about ECU 200 per holding. In fact, the method of calculating the amount of aid was approved by the Council under Regulations (EC) No 1527/95 and (EC) No 2990/95. It is proposed to formalize this method so that the Commission may apply it, through the management committee procedure, whenever necessary, and as a function of the latest available economic and financial data. This method is based on determining the extent to which a given revaluation is appreciable in terms of a percentage (the "appreciable part"), and determining the expected flat-rate income loss for each percentage point of appreciable revaluation. The appreciable part of a revaluation corresponding to an appreciable reduction in the agricultural conversion rate as defined in Article 1(e) of Regulation (EEC) No 3813/92 derives directly from that définition. In other cases of appreciable revaluation, the problem is more complex, since the difference between the level of the conversion rate obtaining on average and the level beyond which a revaluation is regarded as appreciable varies both upwards and downwards over time. In such cases, the proposal takes the average over twelve months of the reductions that would have made it possible to request the application of Article 8 of Regulation (EEC) No 3813/92. The assessment of income loss by percentage point of appreciable revaluation is based on the economic accounts for agriculture and on documents relating to the budget of the European Union. It is assumed, on a flat-rate basis, that the effects of the reduction in agricultural conversion rates are passed on in full in: , (i) (ii) the value of products where an intervention price usually effectively influences market prices: cereals and rice, sugar beet, milk and milk products, beef and veal; products subject to a minimum price, aid or premiums paid direct to farmers, to the extent that the said reduction in the agricultural conversion rate is actually applied. However, for the amounts referred to in point (ii), losses affecting, in the sector concerned, less than 0. 01% of the value of total agricultural production by percentage point of appreciable revaluation are regarded as not being significant, and no account is taken of them. It is also assumed, on a flat-rate basis, that the income loss will be reduced by the impact of the agricultural conversion rate on the value of feedingstuffs and on tax payments, since they may be expected to decline as a function of cereal prices, on the one hand, and gross value added on the other. Finally, in accordance with the agreement established under Regulations (EC) No 1527/95 and (EC) No 2990/95, a deduction is applied for budgetary reasons, in particular to contribute to financing the freeze on agricultural conversion rates for the amounts referred to in Article 7 of Regulation (EEC) No 3813/92. The provisions of this Regulation will help to prevent the main adverse effects of currency revaluations on farm incomes, while limiting the risk of possible problems when national currencies are phased out. It will provide optimum protection for the financial interests of the Community, without leading to discrimination between Member States. It should be regarded as a transitional stage pending reform and simplification of the agri- monetary arrangements that will be possible after the introduction of the euro on 1 January 1999. COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No. /97 of determining measures and compensation relating to appreciable revaluations that affect farm incomes THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3813/92 of 28 December 1992 on the unit of account and the conversion rates to be applied for the purposes of the common agricultural policy,2 and in particular Article 9 thereof, Whereas appreciable revaluations have occurred for the Irish pound, the pound sterling and the Italian lira; whereas it is necessary to take steps at Community level to prevent distortions in the implementation of the common agricultural policy due to monetary causes; Whereas Article 9 of Regulation (EEC) No 3813/92 provides for the Council to take all necessary measures in the event of an appreciable revaluation, which, primarily to comply with obligations under the GATT Agreement and budgetary discipline, may involve derogations from the provisions of the said Regulation concerning aid and the amount by which the monetary gaps are dismantled, without, however, resulting in the threshold being extended; whereas the measures provided for in Articles 7 and 8 of the said Regulation cannot be applied as they stand; OJL387, 31. 12. 1992, p. 1; last amended by Regulation (EC) No 150/95 (OJL 22, 31. 1. 1995, p. 1). 6 Whereas compensation for appreciable reductions in the agricultural conversion rates before 1 January 1997 was regulated by Council Regulations (EC) No 1527/953 and (EC) No 2990/954; whereas equality of treatment requires that new cases should be dealt with in the same way, while taking account of experience; whereas on the basis of the information available it is impossible to know what the situation will be for more than twelve, months ahead; Whereas problems could arise, in particular upon the introduction of the euro, if the conversion rates applicable to the amounts referred to in Article 7 of Regulation (EEC) No 3813/92 were maintained until 1 January 1999, the planned date for the implementation of the third stage of Economic and Monetary Union; whereas the monetary gap for the agricultural conversion rate applicable to the amounts in question should consequently be limited; Whereas the rules for granting compensatory aid should be amplified on the basis of experience; whereas the amplification should involve iaking account of currency developments in the months following appreciable revaluation, and introducing an amount per holding below which the grant of aid makes little economic sense; Whereas the amount of compensatory aid should be established in each case as a function of the latest known economic and financial data; whereas this amount should be determined by the Commission by the management committee procedure, as a function of the methods devised and applied under Council Regulations (EC) No 1527/95 and (EC) No 2990/95; whereas these methods lead to calculation, on a flat-rate basis, of a forward estimate of annual income loss related to the appreciable revaluation, with a deduction for budgetary purposes; 3 4 OJL 148, 30. 6. 1995, p. l. OJ L 312, 23. 12. 1995, p. l; amended by Regulation (EC) No 1451/96 (CJ L 187, 26. 7. 1996, p. l). Whereas the appreciable revaluation of the Irish pound on 8 November 1996 did not lead to the granting of compensatory aid; whereas aid should be authorized in this case in accordance with the conditions of this Regulation, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Article 1 1. This Regulation shall apply in the event of appreciable revaluations occurring from 1 January 1997 until the end of the twelfth month following that of its publication. 2. For the purposes of this Regulation, an appreciable revaluation shall mean a reduction in the agricultural conversion rate leading to the application of Articles 7 and 8 of Regulation (EEC) No 3813/92, and any other reduction as defined in Article 1(e) of that Regulation. 3. The appreciable revaluation shall be deemed to have occurred: where applicable, on the date of the appreciable reduction in the agricultural conversion rate, as defined in Article 1(e) of Regulation (EEC) No 3813/92, or in other cases, on the earliest date on which all the conditions for applying Articles 7 or 8 of Regulation (EEC) No 3813/92, with the exception of the request from the Member State concerned, are fulfilled. Article 2 Articles 7 and 8 of Regulation (EEC) No 3813/92 shall not be applicable in cases of revaluation as referred to in Article 1. Article 3 1. The agricultural conversion rate applied to one of the amounts referred to in Article 7 of Regulation (EEC) No 3813/92, on the day preceding that on which the conditions for applying that Article are fulfilled, except for the request from the Member State concerned, shall remain unchanged until 1 January 1999. However, without prejudice to Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 1527/95-or to Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 2990/95, in cases where the agricultural conversion rate referred to in the first subparagraph exceeds by more than 7% the agricultural conversion rate it replaces, the rate applied until 1 January 1999 shall be the rate replaced increased by 7%. 2. The agricultural conversion rate referred to in paragraph 1 shall apply to the amount in question and to any additions or changes to the value of that amount decided before 2 January 1999. Article 4 1. The Member State affected may make compensatory payments to farmers in three successive tranches lasting twelve months each, starting with the month following the appreciable revaluation. These compensatory payments shall not take the form of aid linked to production, other than production during a stipulated period prior to introduction of the compensation scheme; they shall not favour any particular type of production or be dependent on production subsequent to the period stipulated. 2. The maximum amount of the first tranche of compensatory aid shall be established, for the Member State concerned as a whole, by multiplying: the appreciable part of the revaluation, as a percentage, determined in accordance with Article 5 by the flat-rate income loss for each percentage point of appreciable revaluation, determined in accordance with Article 6. To the sum resulting from these calculations shall be added the part of the aid referred to in Article 7 of Regulation (EEC) No 3813/92 for which the agricultural conversion rate has been reduced in accordance with Article 3. 3. The maximum amount referred to in paragraph 2 shall be reduced or cancelled if necessary as a function of the effect on income of the development of agricultural conversion rates until the end of the sixth month following that of the appreciable revaluation. However, no aid shall be granted when the amount calculated in accordance with paragraph 2 and the first subparagraph of this paragraph corresponds to an average of less than ECU 15. 0 per agricultural holding in the Member State concerned. 4. The amounts paid out under the second and third tranches shall each be reduced, vis-à-vis the previous tranche, by at least a third of the amount paid out in the first tranche. The amounts paid out under the second and third tranches of compensatory aid shall be reduced or cancelled as a function of the effect on incomes of the development of agricultural conversion rates until the beginning of the month preceding the first month of the relevant tranche. 5. The Community contribution to financing these compensatory payments shall be 50 % of the amounts that may be paid out. 10 For the purposes of the financing of the common agricultural policy, this contribution shall be considered to form part of the assistance designed to regularize agricultural markets. The Member State may withdraw from national participation in financing the aid. Article 5 1. The appreciable part of the revaluation, expressed as a percentage, referred to in the first indent of Article 4(2) shall: (a) in cases of appreciable reduction of the agricultural conversion rate within the meaning of Article 1(e) of Regulation (EEC) No 3813/92, be equal to the difference between, on the one hand, the threshold beyond which a reduction becomes appreciable and, on the other, the new agricultural conversion rate, expressed as a percentage of that threshold; (b) in other cases, be equal to the average, over the twelve months following that of the appreciable reduction, of the reductions in average agricultural conversion rates below the thresholds triggering the possible application of Article 8 of Regulation (EEC) No 3813/92; such reductions shall be established on the first day of each month, and expressed as a percentage of the said thresholds. 2. Where several successive appreciable revaluations occur, the reductions in the agricultural conversion rates taken into account for determining the appreciable part leading to the grant of aid may not be taken into account more than once. Article 6 1. The flat-rate income loss referred to in the second indent of Article 4(2) shall be equal to: 11 (a) the sum of 1%: of final agricultural production of cereals including rice, sugar beet, milk and milk products and beef and veal, and and of the value of the quantities of products supplied under a contract imposing, in accordance with Community rules, a minimum price to the producer, for products not referred to in the first indent, of aid or premiums paid to farmers, with the exception of those referred to in Article 7 of Regulation (EEC) No 3813/92; (b) after subtraction of: 0. 5% of the value of intermediate consumption in the form of animal feed, and and the impact on tax of the reduction in gross value added at market prices resulting from the operations concerning point (a) and the first indent of point (b), a deduction corresponding to 1% of forecast EAGGF expenditure on the following items: 12 the full amount of flat-rate per hectare aid, half the amount of structural or environmental aid, and 130% of ewe premiums. 2. The amounts referred to in the second and third indents of paragraph 1(a) shall not be taken into account when their sum is less than 0. 01% of the final agricultural production of the relevant Member State in the product sector concerned. For the purposes of this Regulation, the product sectors shall be those set out in the Annex. 3. The flat-rate income loss shall be determined on the basis of information relating to: (a) economic accounts for agriculture available from Eurostat for the last calendar year ending before the date of the appreciable revaluation, for the first indent of paragraph 1(a) and the first and second indents of paragraph 1(b); (b) the budget outturn, or, failing that, the budgets or draft budgets or preliminary draft budgets relating to: income for the year referred to in (a), for the second and third indents of paragraph 1(a), the budget year beginning during the marketing year for cereals in which the appreciable revaluation occurred, for the third indent of paragraph 1(b). 13 For the purposes of applying paragraph 2 in marginal cases, consideration of the information referred to in point (a) above shall take account of the relevant figures for the preceding two years also. The increase referred to in the second indent of Article 4(2) shall be calculated as a function of the data referred to in the first indent of point (b) above. Article 7 The Commission shall, in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 12 of Regulation (EEC) No 3813/92, adopt detailed rules for applying this Regulation, and in particular the amounts of the aid tranches referred to in Article 4 and the factors for calculating them referred to in Articles 5 and 6. Article 8 Before the end of the third period during which the compensatory aid is granted, the Commission shall examine the effects on agricultural income of the appreciable revaluation concerned. Where it is found that income losses are likely to continue, the Commission may, in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 12 of Regulation (EEC) No 3813/92, extend the possibility of granting compensatory aid as provided for in Article 4 by a maximum of two additional 12-month tranches, the maximum amount per tranche being equal to that granted in the third tranche. Article 9 This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. 14 Articles 4 to 8 shall apply to the reduction in the agricultural conversion rate of the Irish pound that occurred on 8 November 1996. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member < States. Done at Brussels, For the Council 15 The production sectors correspond to the statistical aggregates identified in the economic accounts for agriculture, drawn up by Eurostat, or to groups of aggregates, as listed ANNEX below: 1. Cereals and rice 2. Sugar beet 3. Milk and milk products 4. Beef and veal 5. Oilseeds and olive oil 6. Fresh fruit 7. Fresh vegetables 8. Potatoes 9. Wines and musts 10. Flowers and nursery plants 11. Pigmeat 12. Sheepmeat and goatmeat 13. Eggs and poultry 14. Other 16 FINANCIAL STATEMENT BUDGET HEADING:390 APPROPRIATIONS:ECU 140. 9 m 2. TITLE: Council Regulation determining measures and compensation relating to appreciable revaluations that affect farm incomes LEGAL BASIS: Article 9 of Regulation 3813/92 4. AIMS OF PROJECT:To define measures and degressive aid financed from the Community Budget to offset loss of farm income following a decline in the agricultural conversion rate FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS PERIOD OF 12 MONTHS CURRENT FINANCIAL YEAR FOLLOWING FINANCIAL YEAR 5. 0. 5. 1. EXPENDITURE - CHARGED TO THE EC BUDGET (REFUNDS/INTERVENTION) - NATIONAL ADMINISTRATION OTHER REVENUE OWN RESOURCES OF THE EC (LEVIES/CUSTOMS DUTIES) NATIONAL 5. 0. 1. ESTIMATED EXPENDITURE 5. 1. 1. ESTIMATED REVENUE (97) 263 (98) 369 1999 306 2000 2001 2002 5. 2. 6. 0. 6. 1. 6. 2. 6. 3. METHOD OF CALCULATION: CAN THE PROJECT BE FINANCED FROM APPROPRIATIONS ENTERED IN THE RELEVANT CHAPTER OF THE CURRENT BUDGET? CAN THE PROJECT BE FINANCED BY TRANSFER BETWEEN CHAPTERS OF THE CURRENT BUDGET? IS A SUPPLEMENTARY BUDGET NECESSARY? WILL FUTURE BUDGET APPROPRIATIONS BE NECESSARY? Y-ES/NO YES/NO* YES/NO YES/NO OBSERVATIONS: The lack of appropriations is due to the abatement of ECU 1 000 million in the draft Budget for 1997. If sufficient global appropriations are available under heading 1, the Commission will transfer funds to the relevant headings in this chapter. If global appropriations are insufficient, the Commission will propose a SAB to provide the necessary funds, as agreed in the joint declaration of the Council and the Commission of 21 July 1996. 17 ANNEX Measures have become necessary as a consequence of recent revaluations of the Irish pound, the pound sterling and the Italian lira. The proposed measure avoids the application of Articles 7 and 8 of Regulation 3813/92, which could have a financial impact on the budget in 1998 and subsequent years of the order of ECU 1 800 million. The cost of the measure is based on the monetary situation on 21. 1. 1997. The maximum amounts of compensatory aid were established on the basis of the latest forecasts available at the time. Cost of the measure (ECU million) 1997 - Compensatory aid 1998 - Compensatory aid - freeze on green rate TOTAL 1999 - Compensatory aid - freeze on green rate TOTAL IRL UK IT TOTAL 62 41 41 21 21 104 97 263 69 143 212 35 167 202 65 51 116 32 51. 83 175 194 369 88 218 306 ISSN 0254-1475 COM(97) 59 final DOCUMENTS EN 03 oi Catalogue number : CB-CO-97-049-EN-C ISBN 92-78-15664-7 Office for Official Publications of the European Communities L-2985 Luxembourg


title: Ehdotus neuvoston asetukseksi (EY) maataloustuloihin vaikuttavaa huomattavaa revalvaatiota koskevien toimenpiteiden ja hyvitysten määrittämisestä

text: EUROOPAN YHTEISÖJEN KOMISSIO Bryssel, 19. 02. 1997 KOM(97) 59 lopull. Ehdotus NEUVOSTON ASETUKSEKSI ŒY) maataloustuloihin vaikuttavaa huomattavaa revalvaatiota koskevien toimenpiteiden ja hyvitysten määrittämisestä (komission esittämä) PERUSTELUT Neuvoston asetuksessa (ETY) N:o 3813/92 säädetään hyvityksistä silloin kun maatalouden muuntokerroin revalvaation seurauksena alittaa aiemman valuuttakehityksen perusteella vahvistetut tietyt rajat. Hyvityksinä jäsenvaltiot voivat pyytää, että sovelletaan: kyseisen asetuksen 7 artiklaa, jolloin useimpia tuottajan saamia suoria tukia korotetaan ecuissa, jotta vältytään tukien vähentymiseltä revalvoidussa kansallisessa valuutassa, kyseisen asetuksen 8 artiklaa, jolloin kolmen vuoden ajan maksetaan määrältään vähenevää tukea, jonka rahoitukseen Euroopan unioni osallistuu 50- 75 prosentilla. Kyseisen 7 artiklan soveltamiskustannukset ovat yhden prosentin revalvaation osalta 250 miljoonaa ecua vuodessa. Neuvoston on määritettävä 8 artiklassa tarkoitetun tasaustuen enimmäismäärä todettujen tulonmenetysten arvioiden perusteella viimeistään 12 kuukauden kuluttua kyseisestä revalvaatiosta. Asetuksen (ETY) N:o 3813/92 9 artiklassa kuitenkin säädetään, että kun kyseessä on huomattava revalvaatio, neuvosto antaa kaikki tarvittavat toimenpiteet, jotka etenkin GATT-sopimuksen ja talousarvion kurinalaisuudesta johtuvien velvoitteiden noudattamiseksi saattavat merkitä poikkeamista kyseisen asetuksen säännöksistä, jotka koskevat tukea ja valuuttapoikkeaman poistamiseksi tarkoitettuja summia; nämä poikkeukset eivät kuitenkaan saa johtaa sallitun poikkeaman kasvuun 5 prosenttiyksiköllä. Jotta vältettäisiin asetuksen (ETY) N:o 3813/92 7 ja 8 artiklan soveltamisesta aiheutuvat erityisesti rahoitukseen liittyvät ja kansainväliset seuraukset, neuvoston on antanut asetukset (EY N:o 1527/95 ja (EY) N:o 2990/95, joilla korvataan kyseisissä 7 ja 8 artiklassa tarkoitetut toimenpiteet ennen 31. 12. 1996 tapahtuvien maatalouden muuntokertoimien huomattavien alennusten osalta seuraavasti: asianomaisen jäsenvaltion osalta 7 artiklassa tarkoitettuihin määriin sovellettavat maatalouden muuntokurssit säilytetään ennallaan 1 päivään tammikuuta 1999, jolloin euro on suunniteltu käyttöönotettavaksi, on mahdollista maksaa kolmen vuoden ajan määrältään vähenevää tukea, jonka enimmäismäärä määritetään tulevien kiinteämääräisten vuositulonmenetysten arvioiden perusteella. Edellä mainitut säännökset ovat koskeneet kahdeksan jäsenvaltion valuuttoja. Kuitenkin kun Irlannin punnan maatalouden muuntokurssi 8 päivänä marraskuuta 1996 aleni 2 prosenttia , tasaustukea ei myönnetty lainkaan. Vaikka 0,3 prosenttia kyseisestä alenemisesta pidetään huomattavana, neuvosto ei ole tässä tapauksessa vahvistanut tuen enimmäismäärää. A Kaikkien kyseisten toimenpiteiden vaikutus on tutkittu ajanjaksoa 1995/96 koskevassa maatalouden valuuttajärjestelmää koskevassa vuosikertomuksessa1. Maatalouden muuntokurssien ennallaan säilyttämisen kustannukset ovat vuosittain noin 185 miljoonaa ecua, ja vuonna 1996 kyseiset kustannukset olivat tasaustuen osalta 200 miljoonaa ecua, josta vähennettiin kolmannes ja kaksi kolmannesta seuraavina vuosina. Monista ilmenneistä ongelmista huolimatta kertomuksessa päädytään siihen, että uusia huomattavia revalvaatioita on tulevaisuudessa käsiteltävä samalla tavalla ja pyrittävä siihen, että kyseiset toimenpiteet eivät lisää vaaraa ongelmista, jotka voivat ilmaantua siirryttäessä euroon 1 päivänä tammikuuta 1999. Tällä hetkellä maatalouden muuntokurssien uusia alenemisia on Kreikan drakmaa lukuunottamatta pidettävä "huomattavina" asetuksen (ETY) N:o 3813/92 1 artiklan e alakohdan mukaisesti. Vuoden 1997 tammikuussa Irlannin puntaa ja Englannin puntaa koskeneet alenemiset ovat "huomattavia" alenemisia, jotka vastaavat vuosina 1995 ja 1996 tapahtuneita muuntokurssien alenemisia. Ottaen huomioon kyseisten valtioiden maatalouden valuuttajärjestelmän tilanteet Yhdistynyt kuningaskunta voisi siis pyytää 7 artiklan soveltamista, jotta tiettyjä ecuina maksettavia suoria tukia korotettaisiin 8,5 prosenttia vuoden 1997 heinäkuusta alkaen, ja Irlanti voisi pyytää 8 artiklan soveltamista vuoden 1997 huhtikuusta alkaen. Lisäksi 1 artiklan e alakohdassa esitetyt edellytykset eivät vastaa täysin niitä edellytyksiä, joilla 7 ja 8 artiklaa voidaan soveltaa. Näin ollen Italian liiran säilyessä vuoden 1997 tammikuun tasolla Italia voi pyytää 8 artiklan soveltamista maaliskuussa ja 7 artiklan soveltamista vuoden 1997 heinäkuussa. Näyttää siis olevan tarpeen toteuttaa yhteisössä toimenpiteitä, jotta vältettäisiin erityisesti rahoitukseen liittyvät ongelmat yhteistä maatalouspolitiikkaa toteutettaessa. Maatalouden valuuttajärjestelmää koskevassa kertomuksessa tehtyjen päätelmien mukaisesti ehdotetaan asetuksissa (EY) N:o 1527/95 ja (EY) N:o 2990/95 määritettyjen suuntaviivojen noudattamista ottaen samalla huomioon saadut kokemukset. Tarkemmin ilmaistuna ehdotetaan korvaavien toimenpiteiden soveltamisalan laajentamista koskemaan kaikkia tapauksia, joissa asetuksen (ETY) N:o 3813/92 7 ja 8 artiklaa olisi sovellettava. Silloin kuin huomattava revalvaatio ei ole kyseisen asetuksen 1 artiklan e alakohdassa tarkoitettua maatalouden muuntokurssin huomattavaa alenemista, 7 ja 8 artiklan soveltamista koskevat edellytykset voivat täyttyä esimerkiksi, jos kyseinen muuntokurssi alenee kerran tai useammin edeltävien 12 kuukauden aikana ja jos samana ajanjaksona ei ole tapahtunut devalvaatiota. Tällaisissa tapauksissa olisi määritettävä tarkka päivämäärä, jota pidetään huomattavan revalvaation päivämääränä. Ehdotetaan, että huomioon otetaan päivämäärä, jona täyttyvät joko 7 tai 8 artiklan soveltamista koskevat edellytykset, pois lukien asianomaisen jäsenvaltion pyynnöt. 1 Komission kertomus neuvostolle ja Euroopan parlamentille yhteismarkkinoiden maatalouden valuuttajärjestelmästä. Ajanjakso 1 päivästä heinäkuuta 1995 30 päivään kesäkuuta 1996. KOM(96)636 lopullinen Kokemus on osoittanut, että 7 artiklassa tarkoitettuja määriä koskevien muuntokurssien säilyttäminen ennallaan voi johtaa hyvin huomattaviin valuuttapoikkeamiin. Näillä poikkeamilla ei juurikaan ole vaikutusta markkinoihin lyhyellä aikavälillä. Pitkällä aikavälillä ne voisivat aiheuttaa jäsenvaltioiden välisiä tai jäsenvaltion tuotannonalojen välisiä rakenteellisia vaikeuksia, mutta ennallaan säilyttämiselle on asetettu rajaksi 1 päivä tammikuuta 1999. Sitä vastoin poikkeamat saattavat johtaa vaikeisiin ongelmiin, jotka on poistettava euron soveltamiseksi kansallisten valuuttojen sijasta. Näin ollen valuuttapoikkeamien suuruutta ehdotetaan rajoitettavaksi. Ennallaan säilytettävän maatalouden muuntokurssin ja sillä korvattavan muuntokurssin välinen poikkeama ei saisi koskaan olla yli 7 prosenttia. Kyseistä 7 prosentin poikkeamaa ehdotetaan ottaen huomioon, että vuoden 1996 heinäkuussa Ruotsin kruunun kyseiset poikkeamat olivat 14,7 prosenttia viljelymaiden hehtaarituen osalta, 6,9 prosenttia naudasta ja lampaasta maksettavan palkkion sekä rakenteellisten tukien osalta. Tarvittaessa 7 artiklassa tarkoitettuja määriä koskevien maatalouden muuntokurssien alenemisesta johtuvat tulonmenetykset otetaan huomioon tasaustuen yhteydessä. Esimerkiksi asetusten (EY N:o 1527/95 ja (EY) N:o 2990/95 yhteydessä myönnettävät tasaustuet, joita ei sidota nykyiseen tuotantoon, ovat määrältään väheneviä ja ne maksetaan kolmessa vuosittaisessa erässä. Lisäksi niitä voidaan rajoitetusti pidentää, ja Euroopan unionin rahoittaa niitä 50 prosentilla enimmäismääristä. Kahden viimeisen erän määrät tutkitaan uudelleen, jos devalvaatio vaikuttaa tuloihin, mutta saatujen kokemusten perusteella on välttämätöntä ja mahdollista tarkistaa tuen ensimmäisen erän enimmäismäärä devalvaation tapahtuessa kyseisen erän ensimmäisten kuuden kuukauden aikana. Tällaisen valuuttakehityksen tapahtuessa ennakoidun tuen kokonaismäärän myöntäminen ei ole enää perusteltua. Lisäksi tuen ensimmäiset maksut maksetaan vasta kansallisten yksityiskohtaisten myöntämissääntöjen valmistelun, tiedoksiantamisen ja hyväksymisen jälkeen, mikä vie vähintään kuusi kuukautta. Jos huomattava revalvaatio on vähäinen, tasaustuen tilakohtainen määrä ei vastaa huomattavaa ja merkittävää tulonmenetystä. Ehdotetaan käyttöönotettavaksi kiinteä 150 ecun vähimmäisraja kutakin olemassaolevaa tilaa kohti; kyseisen rajan alittavalta osalta mitään tukea ei myönnetä. Aiemmin pienin maksettava tuki vastasi mahdollista enimmäismäärää, joka oli noin 200 ecua tilaa kohti. Neuvosto on hyväksynyt tuen määrän laskumenetelmän asetuksissa (EY) N:o 1527/95 ja (EY) N:o 2990/95. Ehdotetaan kyseisen menetelmän virallistamista, jotta komissio soveltaisi sitä hallintokomiteamenettelyä noudattaen aina tarvittaessa ja viimeisten käytettävissä olevien taloudellisten ja rahoitukseen liittyvien tietojen perusteella. Kyseinen menetelmä perustuu kyseisen huomattavan revalvaation prosenttiosuuden määrittämiseen sekä ennakoidun kiinteämääräisen tulonmenetyksen määrittämiseen huomattavan revalvaation prosenttiosuutta kohti. Huomattavan revalvaation prosenttiosuus asetuksen (ETY) N:o 3813/92 1 artiklan e alakohdassa määritetystä maatalouden muuntokurssin alennuksesta seuraan suoraan kyseisestä määritelmästä. Muissa huomattavan revalvaation tapauksissa ongelma on monimutkaisempi, sillä keskimääräisen muuntokurssin ja sen tason välinen erotus, josta lähtien revalvaatiota voidaan pitää huomattavana, vaihtelee ajan mittaan sekä ylös- että alaspäin. Tällaisissa tapauksissa ehdotetaan otettavaksi huomioon 12 kuukauden ajalta niiden alennusten keskiarvo, joiden perusteella olisi voinut pyytää asetuksen (ETY) N:o 3813/92 8 artiklan soveltamista, Tulonmenetyksen määrittäminen huomattavan revalvaation prosenttiosuutta kohti perustuu maataloustilinpitoon ja Euroopan unionin talousarvioita koskeviin asiakirjoihin. Maatalouden muuntokurssin pienenemisen arvioidaan vaikuttavan: sellaisten tuotteiden arvoon, joiden osalta interventiohinta tosiasiallisesti vaikuttaa markkinahintoihin eli vilja ja riisi, sokerijuurikas, maito ja maitotuotteet, naudanliha; tuotteisiin, joille on asetettu vähimmäishinta tai joiden osalta tuki tai palkkiot maksetaan suoraan viljelijälle, siinä määrin kuin maatalouden muuntokurssin pienentämistä todella sovelletaan niihin. Edellä toisessa luetelmakohdassa tarkoitettujen määrien osalta ei ole otettu huomioon merkityksettömiksi katsottuja tulonmenetyksiä, jotka vaikuttavat kyseisellä alalla alle 0,01 prosenttiin maatalouden kokonaistuotannosta huomattavan revalvaation prosenttiosuutta kohti. Lisäksi arvioidaan, että kyseessä olevaa tulonmenetystä vähentää maatalouden muuntokurssin vaikutus eläinrehuihin ja kannettuihin veroihin ja maksuihin, joiden pitäisi vähetä yhtäältä viljanhinnan ja toisaalta bruttoarvonlisän johdosta. Lopuksi asetusten (EY) N:o 1527/95 ja (EY) N:o 2990/95 puitteissa tehtyjen sopimusten mukaisesti sovelletaan talousarvioon liittyvää perusvähennystä, erityisesti asetuksen (ETY) N:o 3813/92 7 artiklassa tarkoitettuja määriä koskevien maatalouden muuntokurssien ennallaan säilyttämisen rahoittamisen helpottamiseksi. Näin laaditun asetuksen avulla voidaan välttää olennaisesti valuutan revalvaatioista johtuvat negatiiviset seuraukset ja samalla rajoittaa niitä ongelmia, jotka voivat syntyä kansallisista valuutoista luovuttaessa. Sen avulla voidaan paremmin suojata yhteisön rahoitukselliset edut syrjimättä jäsenvaltioita. Sitä on pidettävä siirtymäsäännöksenä ennen maatalouden valuuttajärjestelmän uudistamista ja yksinkertaistamista, joka mahdollistaa euron käyttöönoton 1 päivänä tammikuuta 1999. NEUVOSTON ASETUS (EY) N:o /97 annettu maataloustuloihin vaikuttavaa huomattavaa revalvaatiota koskevien toimenpiteiden ja hyvitysten määrittämisestä EUROOPAN UNIONIN NEUVOSTO, joka ottaa huomioon Euroopan yhteisön perustamissopimuksen, ottaa huomioon komission ehdotuksen, ottaa huomioon yhteisessä maatalouspolitiikassa sovellettavista muuntokursseista ja laskentayksiköstä 28 päivänä joulukuuta 1992 annetun neuvoston asetuksen (ETY) N:o 3813/922 ja erityisesti sen 9 artiklan, sekä katsoo, että Irlannin punta, Englannin punta ja Italian liira ovat huomattavasti revalvoituneet; on tarpeen toteuttaa yhteisössä toimenpiteet valuuttatilanteesta johtuvien vääristymien välttämiseksi yhteistä maatalouspolitiikkaa toteutettaessa, asetuksen (ETY) N:o 3813/92 9 artiklassa säädetään, että kun kyseessä on huomattava revalvaatio, neuvosto antaa kaikki tarvittavat toimenpiteet, jotka etenkin GATT- sopimuksen ja talousarvion kurinalaisuudesta johtuvien velvoitteiden noudattamiseksi saattavat merkitä poikkeamista kyseisen asetuksen säännöksistä, jotka koskevat tukea ja valuuttapoikkeaman poistamiseksi tarkoitettuja summia; nämä poikkeukset eivät kuitenkaan saa johtaa sallitun poikkeaman kasvuun; tämän vuoksi kyseisen asetuksen 7 ja 8 artiklaa ei voida soveltaa sellaisinaan, asetuksessa (EY) N:o 1527/953 ja asetuksessa (EY) N:o 2990/954 määritetään ennen 1 tammikuuta 1997 tapahtuvaan maatalouden muuntokurssin huomattavaan päivää alenemiseen liittyvät hyvitykset; oikeudenmukaisuuden vuoksi olisi käsiteltävä uusia tapauksia samalla tavalla saatujen kokemusten perusteella; tällä hetkellä käytettävissä olevien tietojen perusteella ei voida ennakoida seuraavien 12 kuukauden jälkeistä tilannetta, asetuksen (ETY) N:o 3813/92 7 artiklassa tarkoitettuihin määriin sovellettavien maatalouden muuntokurssien säilyttäminen ennallaan 1 päivään tammikuuta 1999, jolloin talous- ja rahaunionin kolmannen vaiheen pitäisi toteutua, voisi aiheuttaa vaikeuksia 2 EYVL N:o L 387, 31. 12. 1992, s. 1. Asetus on viimeksi muutettu asetuksella (EY) N:o 150/95 (EYVL N:o L 22, 31. 1. 1995, s. 1). 3 EYVL N:0 L 148, 30. 6. 1995, s. 1 4 EYVL N:o L 312, 23. 12. 1995, s. 1. Asetus on muutettu asetuksella (EY) N:o 1451/96 (EYVL N:o L 187, 26. 7. 1996, s. 1). erityisesti euron käyttöönoton yhteydessä; olisi näin ollen rajattava kyseisiin määriin sovellettavan maatalouden muuntokurssin valuuttapoikkeama, tasaustuen myöntämistä koskevia sääntöjä on täydennettävä saatujen kokemusten perusteella; tätä varten olisi otettava huomioon valuuttakurssien kehittyminen huomattavaa revalvaatiota seuraavina kuukausina ja otettava käyttöön tilakohtainen enimmäismäärä, jonka ylittävältä osuudelta tuen myöntämisellä ei juurikaan ole taloudellista merkitystä, perusteella; tasaustuen määrä on vahvistettava viimeisimpien taloudellisten ja rahoitukseen liittyvien kyseinen määrä tietojen hallintokomiteamenettelyä noudattaen neuvoston asetuksissa (EY) N:o 1527/95 ja (EY) N:o 2990/95 esitetyn ja käytetyn menetelmän mukaisesti; kyseistä menetelmää noudattaen voidaan laskea kiinteät määrät, jolloin ennakoidaan huomattavaan revalvaatioon liittyvät vuositulojen menetykset, joihin sisältyvät talousarviosta johtuvat vähennykset, ja olisi määritettävä komission 8 päivänä marraskuuta 1996 tapahtuneen Irlannin punnan huomattavan revalvaation jälkeen ei myönnetty tasaustukea; olisi myönnettävä kyseisessä tapauksessa tämän asetuksen edellytysten mukainen tuki, ON ANTANUT TÄMÄN ASETUKSEN: 1 artikla 1. 2. Tätä asetusta sovelletaan, jos huomattava revalvaatio tapahtuu ennen 1 päivää tammikuuta 1997 ja 12 kuukauden kuluessa tämän asetuksen julkaisemisesta. Tässä asetuksessa 'huomattavalla revalvaatiolla' tarkoitetaan maatalouden muuntokurssien alenemista, joka johtaa asetuksen (ETY) N:o 3813/92 7 ja 8 artiklan soveltamiseen, sekä kaikkia kyseisen asetuksen 1 artiklan e alakohdassa määritettyjä alenemisia. 3. Huomattavan revalvaation katsotaan tapahtuneen: tarvittaessa päivänä, jona asetuksen (ETY) N:o 3813/92 1 artiklan e alakohdassa määritetty maatalouden muuntokurssi alenee huomattavasti, tai muissa tapauksissa päivänä, jona asetuksen (ETY) N:o 3813/92 7 tai 8 artiklan soveltamista koskevat edellytykset ensimmäisen kerran täyttyvät, lukuun ottamatta asianomaisen jäsenvaltion pyyntöä. 2 artikla Asetuksen (ETY) N:o 3813/92 7 ja 8 artiklaa ei sovelleta 1 artiklassa tarkoitettuihin revalvaatioihin. 3 artikla 1. Asetuksen (ETY) N:o 3813/92 7 artiklassa tarkoitettuihin määriin sovellettava maatalouden muuntokurssi kyseisen artiklan soveltamista koskevien edellytysten täyttymistä edeltävänä päivänä, lukuun ottamatta asianomaisen jäsenvaltion pyyntöä, pysyy muuttumattomana 1 päivään tammikuuta 1999. Jos ensimmäisessä alakohdassa tarkoitettu maatalouden muuntokurssi on yli 7 prosenttia suurempi kuin maatalouden muuntokurssi, joka sillä korvataan, ensimmäisessä alakohdassa tarkoitettu muuntokurssi mukautetaan korvattua muuntokurssia vastaavaksi ja siihen lisätään 7 prosenttia, sanotun kuitenkaan rajoittamatta asetuksen (EY) N:o 1527/95 3 artiklan ja asetuksen (EY) N:o 2990/95 3 artiklan soveltamista. Edellä 1 kohdassa tarkoitettua maatalouden muuntokurssia sovelletaan kyseessä olevaan määrään ja ennen 2 päivää tammikuuta 1999 päätettyihin kyseisen määrän arvon lisäyksiin ja muutoksiin. 4 artikla Kyseinen jäsenvaltio voi myöntää maanviljelijöille tasaustukea kolmena peräkkäisenä 12 kuukauden eränä huomattavaa revalvaatiota seuraavasta kuukaudesta alkaen. Tasaustuki voidaan myöntää ainoastaan tietyn aikaisemman ajanjakson tuotantoon liittyvänä maksuna. Sitä ei voida suunnata tuotantoon tai sitoa kyseistä tiettyä ajanjaksoa myöhempään tuotantoon. 2. 1. 2. Tasaustuen ensimmäisen erän enimmäismäärä vahvistetaan koko asianomaiselle jäsenvaltiolle kertomalla: 5 artiklan mukaisesti määritetty huomattavan revalvaation prosenttiosuus 6 artiklan mukaisesti määritetyllä kiinteämääräisellä tulonmenetyksellä kutakin huomattavan revalvaation prosenttiosuutta kohti. Ensimmäisessä alakohdassa tarkoitettua laskutulosta korotetaan asetuksen (ETY) N:o 3813/92 7 artiklassa tarkoitetuilla tukiosuuksilla, joiden osalta maatalouden muuntokursseja on pienenetty 3 artiklan nojalla. 3. Tarvittaessa 2 kohdassa tarkoitettua enimmäismäärää vähennetään tai se perutaan sen perusteella, miten maatalouden muuntokurssien kehittymisen todetaan vaikuttaneen tuloihin huomattavaa revalvaatiota seuraavien kuuden kuukauden kuluessa. Tukea ei kuitenkaan myönnetä lainkaan, jos 2 kohdan ja ensimmäisen alakohdan mukaisesti laskettu määrä vastaa keskimäärin vähintään 150 ecua kyseisessä jäsenvaltiossa olevaa maatilaa kohti. 4. Tuen toisen ja kolmannen erän määrää vähennetään suhteessa edelliseen erään vähintään kolmanneksella ensimmäisessä erässä myönnetystä tuesta. Tasaustuen toisen ja kolmannen erän määriä vähennetään tai ne perutaan sen perusteella, miten maatalouden muuntokurssien kehittymisen todetaan vaikuttaneen tuloihin ennen kyseisen erän ensimmäistä kuukautta edeltävän kuukauden alkua. 5. Yhteisö osallistuu tasaustuen rahoittamiseen 50 prosentilla suhteessa tukiin, joita voidaan myöntää. Yhteisen maatalouspolitiikan rahoittamisen osalta kyseisen rahoitusosuuden katsotaan olevan osa maatalousmarkkinoiden säätelemiseen tähtääviä interventioita. Jäsenvaltio voi olla myöntämättä kansallista osuutta tuen rahoittamiseen. 5 artikla 1. Edellä 4 artiklan 2 kohdan ensimmäisessä luetelmakohdassa tarkoitettu huomattavan revalvaation prosenttiosuus vastaa: a) b) maatalouden muuntokurssin arvon aletessa huomattavasti asetuksen (ETY) N:o 3813/92 1 artiklan e alakohdan mukaisesti erotusta, joka on yhtäältä huomattavan ja tavanomaisen arvon alenemisen eron ja toisaalta maatalouden uuden muuntokurssin välillä; kyseinen erotus voidaan ilmaista prosentteina kyseisestä erosta; muissa tapauksissa huomattavaa revalvaatiota seuraavien 12 kuukauden aikana sellaisten maatalouden keskimääräisten muuntokurssien vähennysten keskimäärää, joihin voidaan soveltaa asetuksen (ETY) N:o 3813/92 8 artiklaa; kyseiset vähennykset vahvistetaan kunkin kuukauden ensimmäisenä päivänä ja ne ilmaistaan prosentteina kyseisestä erosta. 2. Jos kyseessä on monta peräkkäistä huomattavaa revalvaatiota, maatalouden muuntokurssien vähennyksiä, jotka on otettu huomioon sellaisen. huomattavan revalvaation prosenttiosuuden määrittämisen yhteydessä, joka on johtanut tuen myöntämiseen, ei voida ottaa uudelleen huomioon. 6 artikla 1. Edellä 4 artiklan 2 kohdan toisessa luetelmakohdassa tarkoitettu kiinteämääräinen tulonmenetys vastaa: a) 1 prosenttia: vilja-alan lopullisesta maataloustuotannosta, mukaan lukien riisi, sokerijuurikkaat, maito ja maitotuotteet sekä naudanliha, ja ja yhteisön säännöstön nojalla vähimmäistuottajahintojen noudattamista koskevan sopimuksen puitteissa toimitettujen tuotteiden määrän arvosta aloilla, joita ei tarkoiteta ensimmäisessä luetelmakohdassa, maanviljelijöiden saamista tuista tai palkkioista, pois lukien asetuksen (ETY) N:o 3813/92 7 artiklassa tarkoitetut tuet ja palkkiot, b) ja siitä vähennetään: 0,5 prosenttia eläinrehujen muodostaman välikulutuksen arvosta, ja ja a alakohtaa ja b alakohdan ensimmäistä luetelmakohtaa koskevista toimista aiheutuva markkinahintojen bruttoarvolisän vähenemisen vaikutus veroihin, perusvähennys, joka vastaa 1 prosenttia EMOTR:n menoista tehtävistä ennakkoarvioista seuraavien kohtien osalta: kiinteämääräisten tukien kokonaismäärä hehtaaria kohti, puolet rakenne- tai ympäristötuista, 130 prosenttia lampaasta maksettavista palkkioista. 2. Edellä 1 kohdan a alakohdan toisessa ja kolmannessa luetelmakohdassa tarkoitettuja määriä ei oteta huomioon, jos kyseisellä tuotealalla niiden summa on alle 0,01 prosenttia kyseisen jäsenvaltion lopullisesta maataloustuotannosta. Tätä asetusta sovellettaessa tuotealat ovat liitteessä tarkoitetut alat. 3. Kiinteämääräinen tulonmenetys määritetään sellaisten tietojen perusteella, jotka liittyvät: a) b) edellä olevan 1 kohdan a alakohdan ensimmäisen luetelmakohdan ja b alakohdan ensimmäisen ja toisen luetelmakohdan osalta Eurostatista saatavilla olevaan maataloustilinpitoon viimeisimmältä kalenterivuodelta, joka päättyy ennen huomattavaa revalvaatiota, sellaisten talousarvion, talousarvioiden, talousarvioesitysten tai alustavien talousarvioesitysten toteuttamiseen, jotka koskevat: edellä olevan 1 kohdan a alakohdan toisen ja kolmannen luetelmakohdan osalta tämän kohdan a alakohdassa tarkoitetun vuoden tuloja, edellä olevan 1 kohdan b alakohdan kolmannen alakohdan osalta sen vilja-alan markkinavuoden aikana alkavaa varainhoitovuotta, jonka aikana huomattava revalvaatio tapahtuu. Edellä olevaa 2 artiklaa sovellettaessa tämän kohdan a alakohdassa tarkoitettujen tietojen yhteydessä otetaan huomioon rajatapauksissa kahtena edeltävänä vuonna todetut samanlaiset tiedot. Edellä 4 artiklan 2 kohdan toisessa alakohdassa tarkoitettu korotus lasketaan tämän kohdan b alakohdan ensimmäisessä luetelmakohdassa tarkoitettujen tietojen perusteella. 7 artikla Komissio vahvistaa asetuksen (ETY) N:o 3813/92 12 artiklassa säädettyä menettelyä noudattaen tämän asetuksen soveltamista koskevat yksityiskohtaiset säännöt ja erityisesti 4 artiklassa tarkoitettujen tukierien määrät sekä 5 ja 6 artiklassa tarkoitetut niiden laskemista koskevat tekijät. 8 artikla Ennen tasaustuen kolmannen myöntämiskauden loppua komissio tutkii kyseessä olevan huomattavan revalvaation vaikutukset tuloihin. Jos todetaan, että tulonmenetykset ovat vaarassa jatkua, komissio voi asetuksen (ETY) N:o 3813/92 12 artiklassa säädettyä menettelyä noudattaen jatkaa 4 artiklassa tarkoitetun tasaustuen myöntämismahdollisuutta enintään kahdella ylimääräisellä 12 10 kuukauden erällä, jolloin kunkin erän enimmäismäärä on saman suuruinen kuin kolmannen erän yhteydessä myönnetty määrä. 9 artikla Tämä asetus tulee voimaan seitsemäntenä päivänä sen jälkeen, kun se on julkaistu Euroopan yhteisöjen virallisessa lehdessä. Edellä olevia 4 -8 artiklaa sovelletaan ennen 8 päivää marraskuuta 1996 tapahtuneeseen Irlannin punnan maatalouden muuntokurssin alenemiseen. Tämä asetus on kaikilta osiltaan velvoittava, ja sitä sovelletaan sellaisenaan kaikissa jäsenvaltioissa. Tehty Brysselissä Neuvoston puolesta 11 LIITE Jäljempänä esitetyt tuotannonalat vastaavat Eurostatin laatiman maataloudenkirjanpidon yhteydessä tunnistettuja tilastollisia yhdistelmiä tai niiden ryhmiä: Viljat ja riisi Sokerijuurikkaat Maito ja maitotuotteet Naudanliha Oljysiemenet ja oliiviöljy Tuoreet hedelmät Tuoreet vihannekset Perunat Viinit ja rypälemehut 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. Kukat ja taimitarhakasvit 11. 12. 13. Munat ja siipikarja 14. Muut Sianliha Lampaan-ja vuohenliha 12 RAHOITUSSELVITYS 1. BUDJETTIKOHTA: 390 MÄÄRÄRAHAT: 140,9 miljoonaa ecua 2. TOIMENPITEEN NIMI: Maataloustuloihin vaikuttavaa huomattavaa revalvaatiota koskevien toimenpiteiden ja hyvitysten määrittämisestä annettu neuvoston asetus OIKEUSPERUSTA: Asetuksen (ETY) N:o 3813/92 9 artikla 4. TOIMENPITEEN TAVOITTEET: Toimenpiteiden ja yhteisön talousarviosta rahoitettavan, maatalouden muuntokertoimen alenemisesta johtuvan maanviljelijöiden tulonmenetystä hyvittävän määrältään vähenevän tuen määrittäminen VAIKUTUKSET TALOUSARVIOON 12 KUUKAUDEN JAKSO KULUVA VARAINHOITOVUOSI (97) SEURAAVA VARAINHOITOVUOSI (98) 5. 0 MENOT - EY:N TALOUSARVIOSTA (INTERVENTIOT) 5. 1 5. 0. 1 MENOARVIO 5. 2 LASKUTAPA: 263 369 1999 306 2000 2001 2002 6. 0 MAHDOLLISUUS RAHOITUKSEEN KULUVAN VUODEN TALOUSARVION KYSEISEEN LUKUUN OTETUISTA MÄÄRÄRAHOISTA 6. 1 MAHDOLLISUUS RAHOITUKSEEN KULUVAN VUODEN TALOUSARVION LUKUJEN VÄLISELLÄ SIIRROLLA EI EI» 6. 2 TÄYDENTÄVÄN LISÄTALOUSARVION TARVE 6. 3 MYÖHEMPIIN TALOUSARVIOIHIN OTETTAVAT MÄÄRÄRAHAT KYLLÄ HUOMAUTUKSIA: * Määrärahojen puute johtuu vuoden 1997 talousarvioesityksessä suoritetusta 1 000 miljoonan ecun perusvähennyksestä. Jos varainhoitovuoden aikana kohdan 1 kokonaismäärärahat ovat riittämättömät,komissio siirtää tämän kohdan budjettikohtaan määrärahoja. Jos määrärahoja ei ole lainkaan, komissio ehdottaa tarvittavien määrärahojen käyttOönottamisestakorjaavan ja täydentävän lisätalousarvion kautta, kuten 21 päivänä heinäkuuta 1996 annetussa neuvoston ja komission yhteisessä julistuksessa on sovittu. 13 LIITE Irlannin punnan, Englannin punnan ja Italian liiran viimeaikaisten revalvaatioiden vuoksi on tarpeen toteuttaa toimenpiteitä. Ehdotetun toimenpiteen avulla vältetään asetuksen (ETY) N:o 3813/92 7 ja 8 artiklan soveltaminen, sillä kyseisten artikloiden soveltamisella saattaisi olla 1 800 miljoonan ecun suuruinen vaikutus vuoden 1998 ja sitä seuraavien vuosien talousarvioihin. Tasaustukien enimmäismäärät vahvistetaan niiden viimeisimpien ennakkoarvioiden perusteella, jotka komissiolla on käytössä vahvistaessaan tasaustukien enimmäismäärät. Toimenpiteen kustannukset (miljoonaa ecua) 1997 - tasaustuki IRL 62 1998 - tasaustuki - pellonpoisto, vihreä kurssi - 41 YHTEENSÄ 41 1999 - tasaustuki - pellonpoisto, vihreä kurssi - 21 YHTEENSÄ 21 II 97 65 51 116 32 51 83 YHTEENSÄ 263 175 194 369 218 306 UK 104 69 143 212 35 167 202 14 ISSN 1024-4492 KOM(97) 59 lopullinen ASIAKIRJAT FI 03 01 Luettelonumero : CB-CO-97-049-FI-C ISBN 92-78-15669-8 Euroopan yhteisöjen virallisten julkaisujen toimisto L-2985 Luxemburg I*


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