Commission Regulation (EC) No 1164/1999 of 2 June 1999 setting the storage aid for unprocessed dried grapes and figs from the 1998/1999 marketing year
Date: 1999-06-02
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: dried product, grape, marketing, marketing year, pip fruit, storage premium

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3. 6. 1999

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1164/1999

of 2 June 1999

setting the storage aid for unprocessed dried grapes and figs from the 1998/1999
marketing year

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2201/96 of
28 October 1996 on the common organisation of the
market in products processed from fruit and vegetables (1),
as amended by Regulation (EC) No 2199/97 (2), and in
particular Article 9(8) thereof,

and that two rates of aid are to apply to dried
grapes, the first up to the end of February of the
year following that in which the products were
purchased by the storage agency, the second to
storage beyond that period;

(4) Whereas storage aid is calculated taking account of
the technical cost of storage and the financing of
the purchase price paid for the products;

(5) Whereas the measures provided for in this Regula-
tion are in accordance with the opinion of the
Management Committee for Products Processed
from Fruit and Vegetables,

(1) Whereas Article 9(4) of Regulation (EC) No 2201/
96 provides that aid is to be granted to storage
agencies for the quantities of sultanas, currants and
dried figs which they have bought in and for the
actual duration of storage;

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

(2) Whereas Article 2 of Commission Regulation (EC)
No 504/97 of 19 March 1997 laying down detailed
rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC)
No 2201/96 as regards the system of production
aid for products processed from fruit and veget-
ables (3), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 702/
1999 (4), lays down the dates of the marketing years;

(3) Whereas the storage aid for unprocessed dried
grapes and figs from the 1998/1999 marketing year
should be set and whereas, to that end, account
should be taken of the criteria laid down in Article
1 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 627/85 of
12 March 1985 on storage aid and financial
compensation for unprocessed dried grapes and
figs (5), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No
1922/95 (6), which provides that the storage aid is to
be set per day and per 100 kilograms net of
sultanas of category 4 and dried figs of category C

(1) OJ L 297, 21.11.1996, p. 29.
(2) OJ L 303, 6.11.1997, p. 1.
(3) OJ L 78, 20.3.1997, p. 14.
(4) OJ L 89, 31.3.1999, p. 26.
(5) OJ L 72, 13.3.1985, p. 17.
(6) OJ L 185, 4.8.1995, p. 19.

Article 1

For products from the 1998/1999 marketing year, the
storage aid referred to in Article 9(4) of Regulation (EC)
No 2201/96 shall be:

(a) EUR 0,0204 per day per 100 kilograms net until 29
February 2000 and EUR 0,0080 per day and per 100
kilograms net from 1 March 2000 for sultanas of
category 4;

(b) EUR 0,0223 per day per 100 kilograms net for dried

figs of category C.

Article 2

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

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

Done at Brussels, 2 June 1999.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission