Commission Regulation (EC) No 24/98 of 7 January 1998 laying down detailed rules for granting the aid provided for in Article 3 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 3763/91 for the supply of products for animal feed to French Guiana for the period 1 July 1994 to 30 April 1996
Date: 1998-01-07
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: French Guiana, aid system, animal nutrition, cereal product, supply

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 24/98

of 7 January 1998

laying down detailed rules for granting the aid provided for in Article 3 (1) of
Regulation (EEC) No 3763/91 for the supply of products for animal feed to
French Guiana for the period 1 July 1994 to 30 April 1996

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3763/91
of 16 December 1991 introducing specific measures in
respect of certain agricultural products for the benefit of
the French overseas departments (1), as last amended by
Regulation (EC) No 2598/95 (2), and in particular Article 3
(5) thereof,

Whereas Regulation (EC) No 2598/95 provides that, from
1 July 1994 and until such time as the corresponding
in the department of French
manufacturing plants
Guiana actually commence production, products falling
within CN codes 2309 90 31, 2309 90 33, 2309 90 41,
2309 90 43, 2309 90 51 and 2309 90 53 which are used
there for animal feed are to be covered by the supply
arrangements under the conditions laid down in Articles
3 (1) and 2 (1) and (3) to (6) of Regulation (EEC) No
3763/91; whereas, in view of the retroactive application of
those provisions, the quantities of the products concerned
supplied to the department of French Guiana and likely
to qualify for aid for supply and the amount of such aid
must be determined;

Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 795/96 of 30
April 1996 establishing the forecast supply balance and
Community aid for the supply to French Guiana of
products falling within CN codes 2309 90 31, 2309 90 33,
2309 90 41, 2309 90 43, 2309 90 51 and 2309 90 53 used
in feedingstuffs for the period 1 May to 31 December
1996 (3)
lays down the quantities likely to qualify for
supply aid and the amount of such aid during that period;
whereas, as from 1 January 1997, the same measures were
adopted for 1997 by Commission Regulation (EC) No
2415/96 (4); whereas the supply situation regarding the
products concerned during the period 1 July 1994 to 30
April 1996 should accordingly be settled;

Whereas, at the Commission’s request, the French au-
thorities have communicated the quantities of products as
referred to in Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 3763/91

(1) OJ L 356, 24. 12. 1991, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 267, 9. 11. 1995, p. 1.
(3) OJ L 108, 1. 5. 1996, p. 35.
(4) OJ L 329, 19. 12. 1996, p. 25.

those

authorities have

sent to French Guiana and eligible for the aid for the
period 1 July 1994 to 30 April 1996 and the delivery
periods and supporting documents required for the quan-
tities declared; whereas
also
declared that the selling price, as a precautionary measure,
to the aid and have
reflects an amount equivalent
communicated the
and controls
checks
of
conducted; whereas the quantities eligible for the aid
communicated by the French authorities for the period in
question amounted to 6 692,36 tonnes as regards products
covered by CN codes 2309 90 31, 2309 90 41 and
2309 90 51 and 56,70 tonnes as regards products covered
by CN codes 2309 90 33, 2309 90 43 and 2309 90 53;

types

Whereas,
in accordance with Regulation (EEC) No
3763/91 and until 30 June 1994, the method for calcu-
lating the aid for the supply of the products concerned
was set out in Article 2 of Commission Regulation (EEC)
No 646/92 (5), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No
1670/93 (6); whereas, in accordance with those provisions,
the aid is equal in amount to the export refund applicable
on the products in question on the day of application for
the aid certificate, plus ECU 20/tonne; whereas, according
to the French authorities, pending the adoption by the
Council of the Commission proposal extending those aid
importers have actually passed on an
arrangements,
amount equal to the aid thus calculated during the period
1 July 1994 to 30 April 1996; whereas Regulation (EC)
No 795/96 re-established that calculation method with
effect from 1 May 1996;

Whereas, since the relevant provisions were lacking, no
aid certificate could be applied for in respect of the period
1 July 1994 to 30 April 1996 with a view to the supply of
the products in question; whereas, as a consequence, the
aid should be maintained as laid down in Article 2 of
Regulation (EEC) No 646/92 for supplies during the
period in question, by replacing the date of application of
the licence by that of supply, for the purposes of calcu-
lating the aid applicable;

Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
the Management
in accordance with the opinion of
Committee for Cereals,

(5) OJ L 69, 14. 3. 1992, p. 29.
(6) OJ L 158, 30. 6. 1993, p. 30.

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HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Products used for animal feed and supplied to the depart-
ment of French Guiana in the period 1 July 1994 to 30
April 1996 shall be eligible for the aid pursuant to Article
3 (1) and (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 3763/91 subject to
the following limits:

(a) 6 692,36 tonnes as regards products covered by CN

codes 2309 90 31, 2309 90 41 and 2309 90 51;

(b) 56,70 tonnes as regards products covered by CN codes

2309 90 33, 2309 90 43 and 2309 90 53.

Article 2

1.
The aid for the supply of animal feed as referred to
in Article 1 and manufactured from cereals processed in

the rest of the Community shall be equal to the export
refund applicable to such products on the day they are
actually delivered to French Guiana, plus ECU 20 per
tonne.

2.
The competent French authorities shall pay the aid,
on application from the operators, up to the limits laid
down in Article 1; they shall pay the aid only in respect
of the quantities covered by proof provided to their satis-
faction to the effect
they been delivered in the
department of French Guiana and that an amount equi-
valent to the aid has been passed on, as a precaution, in
the selling price.

that

Article 3

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its
publication in the Official Journal of the European
Communities.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
States.

Done at Brussels, 7 January 1998.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission