Council Regulation (EC) No 858/1999 of 22 April 1999 amending Regulation (EC) No 2202/96 introducing a Community aid scheme for producers of certain citrus fruits
Date: 1999-04-22
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: agro-industry, aid system, citrus fruit, producer organisation, production aid

L 108/8

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

27. 4. 1999

COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 858/1999

of 22 April 1999

amending Regulation (EC) No 2202/96 introducing a Community aid scheme for
producers of certain citrus fruits

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community, and in particular Article 43 thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (1),

Having regard to the opinion of the European Parlia-
ment (2),

Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social
Committee (3),

Whereas Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 2202/96 (4)
introduces processing thresholds; whereas an overrun of
these tresholds is assessed using the average of the quant-
ities processed under the aid scheme in the last three
marketing years, including the current one; whereas the
aid fixed for the current marketing year is reduced where
an overrun has been established; whereas this system of
calculation means that the amount of aid for a given
marketing year
the
marketing year in question; whereas this situation causes
problems for the management of producer organisations;
whereas the effects of an overrun should therefore be
postponed to the following marketing year;

cannot be known until

after

Whereas account needs to be taken of the fact that certain
products are processed during the whole of the marketing
year for those products; whereas, in that case, observance
of the processing threshold should be assessed over a
period equivalent to three marketing years;

Whereas this amendment to Regulation (EC) No 2202/96
should apply from the 1999/2000 marketing year,

Article 1

Regulation (EC) No 2202/96 is hereby amended as
follows:

1. Article 5(2) and (3) shall be replaced by the following:
‘2.
The aid fixed in accordance with Article 3(2) for
a given marketing year for the products in question
shall be reduced by 1 % per tranche of the overrun
referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article where the
average of
the quantities processed under the aid
scheme during the three marketing years proceeding
the marketing year in question, or during an equi-
valent period, exceeds the said threshold.

The overrun tranches shall be equal to 1 % of each of
the thresholds referred to in paragraph 1.'
2. Article 6 shall be replaced by the following:

‘Article 6
Detailed rules for the application of this Regulation, in
particular on the payment of aid, monitoring measures
and penalties, the marketing years, the minimum char-
acteristics of the raw materials delivered for processing,
the equivalent period referred to in Article 5(2) and the
financial consequences of exceeding the thresholds
shall be adopted in accordance with the procedure laid
down in Article 46 of Regulation (EC) No 2200/96.'

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 1999/2000 marketing year.

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

Done at Luxembourg, 22 April 1999.

For the Council

The President

W. M(cid:154)LLER

(1) OJ C 381, 8.12.1998, p. 9.
(2) Opinion delivered on 24 February 1999 (not yet published in

(3) Opinion delivered on 24 February 1999 (not yet published in

the Official Journal).

the Official Journal).

(4) OJ L 297, 21.11.1996, p. 49.