Commission Regulation (EC) No 2437/98 of 12 November 1998 fixing the definitive aid for mandarins, clementines and satsumas for the 1997/98 marketing year
Date: 1998-11-12
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: agro-industry, aid system, citrus fruit, production aid, quantitative restriction

13. 11. 98

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

L 303/11

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2437/98

of 12 November 1998

fixing the definitive aid for mandarins, clementines and satsumas for the 1997/98
marketing year

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2202/96 of
28 October 1996 introducing a Community aid scheme
for producers of certain citrus fruits (1), and in particular
Article 6 thereof,
Whereas Article 5(1) of Regulation (EC) No 2202/96
establishes a processing threshold of 320 000 tonnes for
mandarins, clementines and satsumas; whereas Article
5(2) of that Regulation provides that, for each marketing
year, overrunning of the processing thresholds is to be
assessed on the basis of the average quantity processed
with benefit of the aid during the last three marketing
including the current marketing year; whereas
years,
Article 5(3) of that Regulation provides that where an
overrun has been established, the aid fixed for the current
marketing year in the Annex to that Regulation is to be
reduced by 1 % per 3 200 tonnes of the overrun;
to Article 22(1)(b) of Commission
Whereas, pursuant
Regulation (EC) No 1169/97 of 26 June 1997 laying
down detailed rules for the application of Council Regula-
tion (EC) No 2202/96 introducing a Community aid
scheme for producers of certain fruits (2), as last amended
by Regulation (EC) No 1145/98 (3), the Member States
have notified the Commission of
the quantities of
and satsumas delivered for
mandarins,
clementines
processing in respect of
the 1997/98 marketing year
pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 2202/96; whereas, on the

basis of those figures and of the quantities processed with
benefit of the aid in the 1995/96 and 1996/97 marketing
years, an overrun in the processing threshold of 23 024
tonnes has been established; whereas
aid for
mandarins, clementines and satsumas fixed in the Annex
to Regulation (EC) No 2202/96 for
the 1997/98
marketing year should accordingly be reduced by 7 %;

the

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

For the 1997/98 marketing year, the aid for mandarins,
clementines and satsumas fixed in the tables in the
Annex to Regulation (EC) No 2202/96 shall be reduced
by 7 %.

When the aid is paid, account shall be taken of advances
paid in accordance with Article 15 of Regulation (EC) No
1169/97.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
following 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, 12 November 1998.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 297, 21. 11. 1996, p. 49.
(2) OJ L 169, 27. 6. 1997, p. 15.
(3) OJ L 159, 3. 6. 1998, p. 29.