Commission Regulation (EC) No 1130/1999 of 28 May 1999 reducing, for the 1999/2000 marketing year, the amount of aid for lemons delivered for processing following an overrun of the processing threshold
Date: 1999-05-28
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: agro-industry, aid system, citrus fruit, guarantee threshold, production aid

29. 5. 1999

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

L 135/59

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1130/1999

of 28 May 1999

reducing, for the 1999/2000 marketing year, the amount of aid for lemons deliv-
ered for processing following an overrun of the processing threshold

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), as amended by
Regulation (EC) No 858/1999 (2), and in particular Article
6 thereof,
(1) Whereas Article 5(1) of Regulation (EC) No 2202/
96 establishes a processing threshold for lemons of
444 000 tonnes; whereas Article 5(2) lays down that,
for a given marketing year, overrunning of
the
processing threshold is to be assessed on the basis
of the average of the quantities processed under the
aid scheme during the three marketing years
preceding the marketing year
in question, or
during an equivalent period; whereas, when an
overrun has been established, the aid fixed for the
marketing year in question in the Annex to that
Regulation is to be reduced by 1 % per tranche of
the overrun equal to 4 400 tonnes;

(2) Whereas the Member States, in accordance with
Article 22(1)(b) of Commission Regulation (EC) No
1169/97 laying down detailed rules for the applica-
tion of Council Regulation (EC) No 2202/96 intro-
ducing a Community aid scheme for producers of
certain citrus fruits (3), as last amended by Regula-
tion (EC) No 1082/1999 (4), communicated the
the aid
quantities of

lemons processed under

scheme; whereas, based on this information, a
processing threshold overrun of 171 987 tonnes
was established; whereas, therefore, the amounts of
aid for lemons laid down in the Annex to Regula-
tion (EC) No 2202/96 for the 1999/2000 marketing
year must be reduced by 38 %;

(3) Whereas the measures provided for in this Regula-
tion are in accordance with the opinion of the
Management Committee for Fresh Fruit and Veget-
ables,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

For the 1999/2000 marketing year, in accordance with
Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 2202/96, the amount
of aid for lemons delivered for processing shall be:

(cid:190) multiannual contracts
(cid:190) contracts covering one

marketing year
(cid:190) individual producers

EUR 6,60 per 100 kg,

EUR 5,74 per 100 kg,
EUR 5,16 per 100 kg.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter
into force on the day
following that of 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, 28 May 1999.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 297, 21.11.1996, p. 49.
(2) OJ L 108, 27.4.1999, p. 8.
(3) OJ L 169, 27.6.1997, p. 15.
(4) OJ L 131, 27.5.1999, p. 24.