Council Regulation (EC) No 1252/1999 of 17 May 1999 amending Regulation (EC) No 1868/94 establishing a quota system for the production of potato starch
Date: 1999-05-17
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: marketing, marketing year, potato, starch, tariff quota

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COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 1252/1999

of 17 May 1999

amending Regulation (EC) No 1868/94 establishing a quota system for the production of
potato starch

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular
Articles 36 and 37 thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (1),

(1) Whereas Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 1868/94 (2), fixes the potato starch quotas
for producer Member States for the 1998/1999, 1999/2000 and 2000/2001 marketing
years;

(2) Whereas Article 8(2) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 (3) of 30 June 1992
on the common organisation of market in veal fixes the amount of the compensatory
payment for producers of potatoes intended for the manufacture of potato starch;
whereas this amount is increased by the Council for the 2000/2001 marketing year as
the quotas fixed by
well as the following marketing years on condition that
Regulation (EC) No 1868/94 are decreased for the Member States having a quota
greater than 100 000 tonnes by 2,81 % in the 2000/2001 marketing year and by
5,74 % in the 2001/2002 marketing year, and the current quota for the Member
States having a quota lower than 100 000 tonnes must be reduced by 1,41 % in the
2000/2001 marketing year and by 2,87 % in the 2001/2002 marketing year;

(3) Whereas the quotas established for the 2000/2001 marketing year should be amended
and the quotas for the 2001/2002 marketing year should be fixed; whereas the
producer Member States should allocate their quotas for the period 2000/2001 and
2001/2002 between all the undertakings producing potato starch on the basis of the
quotas for the marketing year 1999/2000; whereas it must be made clear that
quantities used in excess of sub-quotas during the marketing year 1999/2000 will be
deducted in the 2000/2001 marketing year in accordance with Article 6(2) of
Regulation (EC) No 1868/94;

(4) Whereas at the end of the period the Commission should make a report to the
Council on quota allocations accompanied, if necessary, by appropriate proposals
taking account of possible changes in the compensatory payment,

(1) Opinion delivered on 7 May 1999 (not yet published in the Official Journal).
(2) OJ L 197, 30.7.1994, p. 4. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1284/98 (OJ L 178,

23.6.1998, p. 3).

(3) OJ L 181, 1.7.1992, p. 21. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1253/1999

(See page 18 of this Official Journal).

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HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Regulation (EC) No 1868/94 is amended as follows:

1.

in Article 2:

(a) in paragraphs 1 and 2 references to the 2000/2001 marketing year shall be deleted;

(b) the following paragraphs shall be added:

(cid:28)3.
The producer Member States set out below shall be allocated the following
quotas for the production of potato starch for the 2000/2001 and 2001/2002
marketing years:

Denmark

Germany

Spain

France

The Netherlands

Austria

Finland

Sweden

2000/2001

2001/2002

173 439 tonnes

676 680 tonnes

1 972 tonnes

273 595 tonnes

523 161 tonnes

48 409 tonnes

53 980 tonnes

63 001 tonnes

168 215 tonnes

656 298 tonnes

1 943 tonnes

265 354 tonnes

507 403 tonnes

47 691 tonnes

53 178 tonnes

62 066 tonnes

TOTAL

1 814 237 tonnes

1 762 148 tonnes

Each producer Member State shall allocate the quota referred to in
4.
paragraph (3) between undertakings producing potato starch for use in the 2000/
2001 and 2001/2002 marketing years in proportion to the sub-quotas available to
each undertaking for the 1999/2000 marketing year before application of a possible
correction under Article 6(2).

The sub-quotas of each undertaking for the 2000/2001 marketing year shall be
adjusted to take account of any amount used in excess of quota during the 1999/
2000 marketing year in accordance with Article 6(2).’;

2. Article 3 shall be replaced by the following text:

(cid:28)Article 3

1. On or before 31 October 2001 and thereafter at three-yearly intervals, the
Commission shall present to the Council a report on the allocation of quota within the
Community, accompanied if necessary by appropriate proposals. This report shall take
account of possible changes
the
development of the potato and cereal-starch market.

in the compensatory payment as well as of

2. On or before 31 December 2001 and thereafter at three-yearly intervals, the
Council, acting on the basis of Article 37 of the Treaty, shall allocate the quota between
Member States on the basis of the report referred to in paragraph 1, for use in the
following three marketing years.

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3. On or before 31 January 2002 and thereafter at three-yearly intervals, Member
States shall notify those concerned of the details of quota allocations for the following
three marketing years.’

Article 2

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

It shall apply from 1 July 2000.

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

Done at Brussels, 17 May 1999.

For the Council

The President

K.-H. FUNKE