Commission Regulation (EC) No 1350/96 of 11 July 1996 amending Regulation (EEC) No 3478/92 laying down detailed rules for the application of the premium system for raw tobacco
Date: 1996-07-11
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: agricultural guidance, contract, producer organisation, production quota, tobacco













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Commission Regulation (EC) No 1350/96 of 11 July 1996 amending Regulation (EEC) No 3478/92 laying down detailed rules for the application of the premium system for raw tobacco  


Official Journal L 174 , 12/07/1996 P. 0015 - 0016 





COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1350/96 of 11 July 1996 amending Regulation (EEC) No 3478/92 laying down detailed rules for the application of the premium system for raw tobacco THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2075/92 of 30 June 1992 on the common organization of the market in raw tobacco (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 415/96 (2), and in particular Article 7 thereof,Whereas, in accordance with Article 5 (a) of Regulation (EEC) No 2075/92, premiums are granted solely on leaf tobacco from specified production areas;Whereas, pursuant to Article 1 (2) of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3478/92 (3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 259/96 (4), such production areas are to be reviewed each year and adapted, where necessary, to quantitative and qualitative developments on the market;Whereas such production areas are recognized on the basis of traditional tobacco-producing areas; whereas the Member States concerned may, with a view to sound management of production of a particular group of varieties and within their guarantee thresholds, apply for such traditional production areas to be included on the list of recognized production areas;Whereas, following an application from Germany and in view of the fact that the three areas concerned are traditional production areas, Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No 3478/92 listing the recognized production areas should be amended;Whereas, in the wake of Austria's accession, the production areas and the moisture content for dark air-cured tobacco produced in Austria should be determined; whereas Annexes I and III to Regulation (EEC) No 3478/92 should therefore be amended;Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Tobacco,HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:Article 1 Regulation (EEC) No 3478/92 is hereby amended as follows:1. Part III (Dark air-cured) of Annex I is replaced by the Annex hereto.2. Point III of Annex III is replaced by the following:>TABLE>Article 2 This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.It shall apply from the 1996 harvest.This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.Done at Brussels, 11 July 1996.For the CommissionFranz FISCHLERMember of the Commission(1) OJ No L 215, 30. 7. 1992, p. 70.(2) OJ No L 59, 8. 3. 1996, p. 3.(3) OJ No L 351, 2. 12. 1992, p. 17.(4) OJ No L 34, 13. 2. 1996, p. 14.ANNEX 'ANNEX IRECOGNIZED PRODUCTION AREAS>TABLE>