Commission Regulation (EC) No 477/2000 of 2 March 2000 fixing the guarantee threshold quantities which may be transferred to another group of varieties for the 2000 harvest in the raw tobacco sector
Date: 2000-03-02
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: agricultural guidance, common organisation of markets, guarantee threshold, producer organisation, tobacco

3. 3. 2000

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Official Journal of the European Communities

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 477/2000

of 2 March 2000

fixing the guarantee threshold quantities which may be transferred to another group of varieties
for the 2000 harvest in the raw tobacco sector

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 Article 9(4) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

Article 9 of Regulation (EEC) No 2075/92 introduced
production quotas for the different groups of varieties of
tobacco. The individual quotas were divided between
producers on the basis of the guarantee thresholds for
the 2000 harvest fixed in Article 3 of Regulation (EC)
No 660/1999. Under Article 9(4) of Regulation (EEC)
No 2075/92 the Commission may authorise Member
States to transfer parts of their guarantee threshold allo-
cations between groups of varieties. These transfers do
not give rise to additional costs between groups of vari-
eties to the EAGGF and do not involve any increase in
Member States' overall guarantee threshold allocations.

(2)

This Regulation should apply as soon as possible, well
before the deadline for the conclusion of cultivation
contracts laid down in Article 10(1) of 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 Regulation (EC) No 2637/1999 (4).

(3)

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in
accordance with the opinion of
the Management
Committee for Tobacco,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

For the 2000 harvest,
in accordance with Article 22(4) of
Regulation (EC) No 2848/98, Member States shall be author-
ised to transfer guarantee threshold quantities from one group
of varieties to another in accordance with the Annex to this
Regulation.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publica-
tion 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, 2 March 2000.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(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 323, 15.12.1999, p. 8.

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

ANNEX

Member
State

Group of varieties from which transfer
is made

Group of varieties from which transfer
is made

Greece

1 005 t sun-cured (Group V)

804 t flue-cured (Group I)

615 t sun-cured (Group V)

418 t Katerini (Group VII)

France

1 623 t dark air-cured (Group III)

520 t flue-cured (Group I)

Italy

470,3 t fire-cured (Group IV)

413,7 t flue-cured (Group I)

834,3 t light air-cured (Group II)

467,3 t fire-cured (Group IV)

467,3 t light air-cured (Group II)

160,6 t sun-cured (Group V)

160,6 t light air-cured (Group II)

58,8 t sun-cured (Group V)

58,8 t dark air-cured (Group III)

Germany

1 341 t light air-cured (Group II)

1 593 t flue-cured (Group I)

400 t dark air-cured (Group III)