Commission Regulation (EC) No 1063/1999 of 21 May 1999 fixing the compensatory aid for bananas produced and marketed in the Community in 1998, the time limit for payment of the balance of the aid and the unit value of the advances for 1999
Date: 1999-05-21
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU production, aid system, marketing, monetary compensatory amount, tropical fruit

22. 5. 1999

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Official Journal of the European Communities

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1063/1999

of 21 May 1999

fixing the compensatory aid for bananas produced and marketed in the
Community in 1998, the time limit for payment of the balance of the aid and the
unit value of the advances for 1999

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 1637/98 (2), and in particular Articles 12(6) and 14
thereof,

(1) Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1858/
93 (3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No
1062/1999 (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;

(2) Whereas, pursuant

to Article 12 of Regulation
(EEC) No 404/93, the compensatory aid is calcu-
lated on the basis of the difference between the
flat-rate reference income and the average produc-
tion income from bananas produced and marketed
in the Community during the year in question;
whereas supplementary aid is granted in one or
more producer regions where average income from
production is significantly lower than the average
for the Community;

(3) Whereas Article 2(2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1858/
93 fixes the flat-rate reference income at EUR
62,25 per 100 kilograms net weight of green
bananas ex-packing shed for the aid to be calcu-
lated in respect of 1998;

(4) Whereas the prices for bananas produced and
marketed in the Community in 1998 were such
that the average price for delivery at the first port of
unloading in the rest of the Community, less the
average costs of transport and delivery fob, is less
than the flat-rate reference income fixed for 1998;
whereas the compensatory aid to be granted in
respect of 1998 should be fixed accordingly;

(5) Whereas the annual average production income
from the marketing of bananas produced in
Portugal has proved to be significantly lower than

(1) OJ L 47, 25.2.1993, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 210, 28.7.1998, p. 28.
(3) OJ L 170, 13.7.1993, p. 5.
(4) See page 24 of this Official Journal.

the Community average during 1998; whereas, as a
result, supplementary aid should be granted to the
producer regions in Portugal pursuant to Article
12(6) of Regulation (EEC) No 404/93; whereas, in
accordance with the Commission’s undertaking
when the Council adopted decisions concerning
various
the 1998/99
marketing year, that supplementary aid must cover
75 % of the difference between the average income
recorded in those regions and the average for the
Community;

agricultural products

for

(6) Whereas

the Commission also undertook to
increase the unit value of the advances on the
compensatory aid to be granted in respect of 1998;
whereas the unit value of
the advances to be
granted on the compensatory aid for 1999 should
also be adapted,
in view of the undertkaing to
review the flat-rate reference income when the
compensatory aid is fixed for bananas marketed
from 1999 on;

(7) Whereas, given the lack of all the data necessary, it
has not hitherto been possible to determine the
compensatory aid for 1998; whereas provision
should be made for the balance of the aid to be
paid within two months of the publication of this
Regulation; whereas, in view of the latter points,
provision should be made for this Regulation to
enter into force on the day following its publica-
tion;

(8) Whereas the measures provided for in this Regula-
tion are in accordance with the opinion of the
Management Committee for Bananas,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

1.
The compensatory aid provided for in Article 12 of
Regulation (EEC) No 404/93 for fresh bananas falling
within CN code ex 0803, excluding plantains, produced
and marketed in the Community in 1998 shall be equal
to EUR 24,42 per 100 kilograms.

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22. 5. 1999

The aid fixed in paragraph 1 shall be increased by
2.
EUR 3,19 per 100 kilograms for bananas produced in
producer regions in Portugal.

Article 2

Article 3

Notwithstanding Article 10 of Regulation (EEC) No
1858/93, the competent authorities of the Member States
shall pay the balance of the compensatory aid to be
granted in respect of 1998 within two months of the entry
into force of this Regulation.

Notwithstanding Article 4(2) of Regulation (EEC) No
1858/93, the unit value of advances for bananas marketed
from January to October 1999 shall be equal to EUR
18,34 per 100 kilograms. The relevant security shall be
EUR 9,17 per 100 kilograms.

Article 4

into force on the day
This Regulation shall enter
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, 21 May 1999.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission