Commission Regulation (EC) No 2267/1999 of 27 October 1999 fixing the definitive aid for mandarins, clementines and satsumas for the 1998/99 marketing year
Date: 1999-10-27
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU aid, agro-industry, citrus fruit, producer organisation, production aid, tropical fruit

28. 10. 1999

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

L 277/9

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2267/1999

of 27 October 1999

fixing the definitive aid for mandarins, clementines and satsumas for the 1998/99 marketing year

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,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

Article 5(1) of Regulation (EC) No 2202/96 establishes a
processing threshold of 320 000 tonnes for mandarins,
clementines and satsumas. Article 5(2) of that Regula-
tion provides that, for each marketing year, any overrun
of the processing threshold is to be assessed on the basis
of the average quantity processed with benefit of the aid
during the last
including the
three marketing years,
current marketing year. Article 5(3) of that Regulation
provides that where an overrun has been established, the
aid fixed for the current marketing year in the Annex to
that Regulation is to be reduced by 1 % per 3 200
tonnes of the overrun;

in accordance with Article 22(1)(b) of Commission
Regulation (EC) No 1169/97 of 26 June 1997 laying
down detailed rules for the application of Council Regu-
lation (EC) No 2202/96 introducing a Community aid
scheme for producers of certain citrus fruits (3), as last
amended by Regulation (EC) No 1082/1999 (4),
the
Member States have notified the Commission of the
quantities of mandarins, clementines and satsumas deliv-

ered for processing in respect of the 1998/99 marketing
year under Regulation (EC) No 2202/96. On the basis of
those figures and of the quantities processed with aid in
the 1996/97 and 1997/98 marketing years, an overrun
of the processing threshold 38 173 tonnes has been
established. The aid for mandarins, clementines and
satsumas laid down in the Annex to Regulation (EC) No
2202/96 for the 1998/99 marketing year should accord-
ingly be reduced by 11 %;

(3)

the measures provided for in this Regulation are in
accordance with the opinion of
the Management
Committee for Fruit and Vegetables,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

For the 1998/99 marketing year, the aid for mandarins, clem-
entines and satsumas laid down in the tables in the Annex to
Regulation (EC) No 2202/96 is reduced by 11 %.

When the aid is paid, account shall be taken of advances paid
in accordance with Article 15 of Regulation (EC) No 1169/97.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter
into force on the third day
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, 27 October 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. 4.