Commission Regulation (EC) No 21/2002
of 28 December 2001
establishing the supply balances and Community aid for the outermost regions under Council Regulations (EC) No 1452/2001, (EC) No 1453/2001 and (EC) No 1454/2001
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1452/2001 of 28 June 2001 introducing specific measures for certain agricultural products for the French overseas departments, amending Directive 72/462/EEC and repealing Regulations (EEC) No 525/77 and (EEC) No 3763/91 (Poseidom)(1), and in particular Article 3(6) thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1453/2001 of 28 June 2001 introducing specific measures for certain agricultural products for the Azores and Madeira and repealing Regulation (EEC) No 1600/92 (Poseima)(2), and in particular Article 3(6) thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1454/2001 of 28 June 2001 introducing specific measures for certain agricultural products for the Canary Islands and repealing Regulation (EEC) No 1601/92 (Poseican)(3), and in particular Article 3(6) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Detailed rules for the application of Regulations (EC) Nos 1452/2001, 1453/2001 and 1454/2001 as regards the specific arrangements for the supply to the French overseas departments, Madeira, the Azores and the Canary Islands (hereinafter called the outermost regions) of certain agricultural products have been laid down in Commission Regulation (EC) No 20/2002(4).
(2) For the purposes of applying Article 2 of Regulations (EC) Nos 1452/2001, 1453/2001 and 1454/2001, supply balances must be drawn up for the products covered by specific supply arrangements. These balances must allow interchangeability of the quantities provided for certain of the products concerned.
(3) To take account of the special features of the various products in each sector, detailed arrangements for granting aid and establishing quantities for the supply of Community products to the outermost regions, as provided for in Article 3 of Regulations (EC) Nos 1452/2001, 1453/2001 and 1454/2001 respectively, should be laid down as required.
(4) In order to clarify the specific supply arrangements for the outermost regions, the provisions on the supply balances and on aid for all these regions, which until now have been split among various Commission regulations, should be combined in a single regulation and the regulations in question should be repealed.
(5) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the joint meeting of the Management Committees for cereals, pigmeat, poultrymeat and eggs, milk and milk products, beef and veal, sheepmeat and goatmeat, oils and fats, sugar, processed fruit and vegetables, hops, seeds and dried fodder,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
The quantities of the forecast supply balance for products which benefit from exemption from duties on imports of products from third countries or which benefit from Community aid, and the amounts of aid granted for the supply of Community products, shall be as set out, for each product, in:
(a) Annex I for the French overseas departments;
(b) Annex II for Madeira and the Azores;
(c) Annex III for the Canary Islands.
Article 2
Regulations (EEC) Nos 1725/92(5), 1726/92(6), 1727/92(7), 1912/92(8), 1913/92(9), 1961/92(10), 1962/92(11), 1983/92(12), 2026/92(13), 2027/92(14), 2168/92(15), 2173/92(16), 2177/92(17), 2219/92(18), 2224/92(19), 2225/92(20), 2254/92(21), 2255/92(22), 2257/92(23), 2312/92(24), 2547/92(25), 2826/92(26), 2989/92(27), 2999/92(28), 1148/93(29) and (EC) Nos 2940/94(30), 2993/94(31), 3010/94(32), 1487/95(33), 1797/95(34), 1261/96(35), 1771/96(36), 1772/96(37) and 28/97(38) are hereby repealed.
In Regulation (EC) No 1524/98, Chapter I and Annex I are hereby deleted.
Article 3
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
It shall apply from 1 January 2002.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 28 December 2001.