25. 3. 93 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 72/1 (Acts whose publication is obligatory) COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 668/93 of 17 March 1993 on the introduction of a limit to the granting of production aid for processed tomato products THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 426/86 of 24 February 1986 on the common organization of the - market in products processed from fruit and vegetables ('), and in particular Article 2 (3) thereof, Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (2), Having regard to the opinion of the European Par- liament (%), Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social ~Committee (*), Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 989/84 (%) intro- duced, as from the 1985/86 marketing year, a system of guarantee thresholds for certain processed fruit and vege- table products ; whereas it also appeared necessary, from the 1985/86 marketing year, to limit the granting of production aid in producer Member States to certain quantities of fresh tomatoes intended for processing; whereas these limitation arrangements were last extended in respect of the 1990/91 and 1991/92 marketing years by Council Regulation (EEC) No 1203/90 of 7 May 1990 on () OJ No L 49, 27. 2. 1986, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1569/92 (O] No L 166, 20. 6. 1992, p. S): : (® OJ No C 328, 12. 12. 1992, p. 6. (®) Opinion delivered on 12 March 1993 (not yet published in the Official Journal). () Opinion delivered on 24 February 1993 (not yet publsihed in the Official Journal). () OJ No L 103, 16. 4. 1984, p. 19. Regulation as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1755/92 (OJ No L 180, 1. 7. 1992, p. 25). temporary measures relating to production aid for processed tomato products (%) ; Whereas on the expiry of the application of Regulation (EEC) No 1203/90, the system of guarantee thresholds in respect of the 1992/93 marketing year has again sponta- neously produced its effects ; whereas, however, in view of the situation in the sector, it appears preferable for the arrangements restricting the granting of the aid to be reapplied from the 1993/94 marketing year ; Whereas the quantities of fresh tomatoes which may qualify for the production aid should be fixed for each producer Member State ; whereas, in view of the produc- tion target and the market situation, such quantities should be fixed at the same levels as those which were applied for the 1991/92 marketing year; Whereas those quantities of fresh tomatoes should be broke¢n down between the processing undertakings on the basis of the total quantities which they processed in the last three marketing years preceding the marketing year for which the aid is fixed ; Whereas the undertakings which started production after the beginning of the second marketing year preceding the marketing year for which the aid is fixed have only parti- ally benefited from the production aid scheme ; whereas, under the new scheme, they should be granted a quota based on a suitable reference period ; whereas, in order to permit some development in the production structures in the sector, a percentage of the overall quantities allocated (% OJ No L 119, 11. 5. 1990, p. 68. Regulation as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3577/90 (OJ No L 353, 17. 12. 1990, p. 23).