Commission Regulation (EC) No 1373/1999 of 25 June 1999 amending Regulation (EC) No 2848/98 in the raw tobacco sector and fixing the guarantee threshold quantities which may be transferred to another group of varieties for the 1999 harvest
Date: 1999-06-25
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: guarantee threshold, product quality, tobacco

26. 6. 1999

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Official Journal of the European Communities

L 162/47

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1373/1999

of 25 June 1999

amending Regulation (EC) No 2848/98 in the raw tobacco sector and fixing the
guarantee threshold quantities which may be transferred to another group of
varieties for the 1999 harvest

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2075/92
of 30 June 1992 on the common organisation of the
market in raw tobacco (1), as last amended by Regulation
(EC) No 660/1999 (2), and in particular Articles 7 and 9(4)
thereof,

(1) Whereas point C of Annex V to Commission
Regulation (EC) No 2848/98 of 22 December 1998
laying down detailed rules for the application of
Council Regulation (EEC) No 2075/92 as regards
the premium scheme, production quotas and the
specific aid to be granted to producer groups in the
raw tobacco sector (3), as last amended by Regula-
tion (EC) No 731/1999 (4), excludes from the vari-
able premium batches sold for a price between the
minimum price and the minimum price plus 40 %
for each group of varieties grown by the producer
group;

(2) Whereas it has been brought to the attention of the
Commission that
there is tobacco of very low
commercial value which will not be eligible for the
variable part of the premium as laid down in point
C of Annex V to Regulation (EC) No 2848/98;
whereas, in view of this low commercial value, it
should be possible to exclude other poor-quality
categories of
tobacco with a commercial price
above the minimum price plus 40 % from entitle-
ment to the variable premium; whereas the afore-
mentioned point C of Annex V should be amended
to allow each Member State, for the 1999 harvest, to
raise the threshold at which tobacco is excluded
from the variable premium in order better to meet
the need to improve the quality of tobacco in each
Member State;

vidual quotas were divided between producers on
the basis of the guarantee thresholds for 1999 fixed
in Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 660/1999;
whereas pursuant
to Article 9(4) of Regulation
(EEC) No 2075/92 the Commission may authorise
Member States to transfer parts of their guarantee
threshold allocations
variety groups;
whereas these transfers do not give rise to addi-
tional costs to the EAGGF and do not involve any
in Member States’ overall guarantee
increase
threshold allocations;

to other

(4) Whereas this Regulation should apply before the
deadline for the conclusion of cultivation contracts
laid down in Article 55(3) of Regulation (EC) No
2848/98;

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

For the 1999 harvest, in accordance with Article 22(4) of
Regulation (EC) No 2848/98, Member States shall be
authorised to transfer the guarantee threshold quantities
laid down in the Annex to this Regulation from one
group of varieties to another.

Article 2

The following sentence is added to point C of Annex V to
Regulation (EC) No 2848/98:

‘However, for the 1999 harvest each Member State
may, before 30 July, set a rate of more than 40 % to
add to the minimum price.'

(3) Whereas Article 9 of Regulation (EEC) No 2075/92
introduced production quotas
the different
groups of varieties of tobacco; whereas the indi-

for

Article 3

(1) OJ L 215, 30.7.1992, p. 70.
(2) OJ L 83, 27.3.1999, p. 10.
(3) OJ L 358, 31.12.1998, p. 17.
(4) OJ L 93, 8.4.1999, p. 20.

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

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Official Journal of the European Communities

26. 6. 1999

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

Done at Brussels, 25 June 1999.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

ANNEX

Guarantee threshold quantities which each Member State is authorised to transfer from one group
of varieties to another

Member State

Group of varieties from which
transfer is made

Group of varieties to which
transfer is made

Italy

Greece

Spain

Portugal

Germany

114,6 t of Katerini
(Group VII)

193 t of Katerini
(Group VII)

144,4 t of Katerini
(Group VII)

114,6 t of flue-cured
(Group I)

193 t of light air-cured
(Group II)

144,4 t of dark air-cured
(Group III)

27 t of Kaba Koulak
(Group VIII)

22,7 t of flue-cured
(Group I)

3 191 t of dark air-cured
(Group III)

84 t of dark air-cured
(Group III)

3 191 t of light air-cured
(Group II)

67,2 t of flue-cured
(Group I)

200 t of light air-cured
(Group II)

160 t of flue-cured
(Group I)

1 317 t of light air-cured
(Group II)

196 t of dark air-cured
(Group III)

1 234 t of flue-cured
(Group I)

165 t of flue-cured
(Group I)