Commission Regulation (EC) No 1007/98 of 14 May 1998 fixing the compensatory aid for bananas produced and marketed in the Community in 1997, the deadline for payment of the balance of that aid and the unit amount of advances for 1998 (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 1998-05-14
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU production, advance payment, aid to agriculture, financial loss, marketing, tropical fruit

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Official Journal of the European Communities

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1007/98

of 14 May 1998

fixing the compensatory aid for bananas produced and marketed in the
Community in 1997, the deadline for payment of the balance of that aid and the
unit amount of advances for 1998

(Text with EEA relevance)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 404/93 of
13 February 1993 on the common organisation of the
market in bananas (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC)
No 3290/94 (2), and in particular Articles 12(6) and 14
thereof,

Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1858/93 (3),
as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 796/95 (4), lays
down detailed rules for applying Regulation (EEC) No
404/93 as regards the aid scheme to compensate for loss
of income from marketing in the banana sector;

Whereas, pursuant to Article 12 of Regulation (EEC) No
404/93, the compensatory aid is calculated on the basis of
the difference between the flat-rate reference income and
the average production income from bananas produced
and marketed in the Community in a given year; whereas
supplementary aid is granted in one or more producer
regions where average income from production is signific-
antly lower than the average Community income;

Whereas prices for bananas produced and marketed in
the Community in 1997 were such that the average price
for delivery to the first port of unloading in the rest of the
Community, less the average costs of transport and deliv-
ery fob, is less than the flat-rate reference income fixed in
Article 2(2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1858/93; whereas the
compensatory aid for 1997 should be fixed accordingly;

Whereas the annual average production income from
marketing bananas produced in Portugal proved signi-
ficantly lower than the Community average in 1997;
whereas supplementary aid should accordingly be granted
in the producer regions of Portugal;

for the preceding year pursuant to Article 4(2) and (4) of
Regulation (EEC) No 1858/93;

Whereas, since all the data required were not available,
the compensatory aid for 1997 could not be determined
earlier; whereas provision should be made for payment of
the balance of the aid within two months of the date of
publication of this Regulation; whereas, given the above,
the Regulation should enter into force on the day follow-
ing its publication;

Whereas the Management Committee for Bananas has
not delivered an opinion within the time limit laid down
by its chairman,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

1.
The compensatory aid provided for in Article 12 of
Regulation (EEC) No 404/93 for bananas covered by CN
code
excluding plantains, produced and
marketed fresh in the Community in 1997 shall be ECU
24,81 per 100 kg.

ex 0803,

2.
The aid fixed in paragraph 1 shall be increased by
ECU 2,82 per 100 kg for bananas produced in the
producer regions of Portugal.

3.
Advances for bananas marketed from January to
October 1998 shall be ECU 17,37 per 100 kg. The corres-
ponding security shall be ECU 8,68 per 100 kg.

Article 2

Notwithstanding Article 10 of Regulation (EEC) No
1858/93, the competent authorities of the Member States
shall pay the balance of the compensatory aid in respect
of 1997 within two months of the entry into force of this
Regulation.

Whereas, furthermore, the unit amounts of advances and
the corresponding security depend on the rate of aid fixed

Article 3

(1) OJ L 47, 25. 2. 1993, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 349, 31. 12. 1994, p. 105.
(3) OJ L 170, 13. 7. 1993, p. 5.
(4) OJ L 80, 8. 4. 1995, p. 17.

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

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

Done at Brussels, 14 May 1998.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission