Commission Regulation (EC) No 561/2000 of 15 March 2000 amending Regulation (EC) No 1322/1999 establishing a forecast balance for the supply to the Azores and Madeira of cereal products covered by the specific measures provided for in Articles 2 to 10 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1600/92
Date: 2000-03-15
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Azores, Madeira, aid system, cereals, import, supply balance sheet

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 561/2000

of 15 March 2000

amending Regulation (EC) No 1322/1999 establishing a forecast balance for the supply to the
Azores and Madeira of cereal products covered by the specific measures provided for in Articles 2
to 10 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1600/92

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

(3)

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1600/92 of 15
June 1992 concerning specific measures for the Azores and
Madeira, with regard to certain agricultural products (1), as last
amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1257/1999 (2),
and in particular Article 10 thereof,

Whereas:

may result in the establishment of a separate forecast
supply balance.

Pursuant to Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 1600/92
the forecast supply balance of cereal products to the
Azores and Madeira for the 1999/2000 marketing year
was established by Commission Regulation (EC) No
1322/1999 (3). To meet the needs of this region, amend-
ments must be made to this forecast supply balance.
Subsequently, Regulation (EC) No 1322/1999 should be
amended.

(1)

(2)

The quantities of products eligible for the specific supply
arrangements are determined by means of periodic fore-
cast balances which may be revised according to the
essential requirements of the market taking into account
local production and traditional trade flows.

In accordance with Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No
1600/92 these arrangements include requirements for
direct human consumption, and for processing and
packaging in the Islands of products listed in the Annex
to the aforementioned Regulation. An assessment of
these requirements is made annually in the context of a
forecast supply balance which can be revised in the
course of the year in the light of developments in the
the
requirements of
requirements of the processing and packaging industries,
as regards products intended for the local market or
traditionally dispatched to the rest of the Community,

the Islands. The assessment of

(4)

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The Annex to Regulation (EC) No 1322/1999 is replaced by
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.

It shall apply with effect from 1 July 1999.

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

Done at Brussels, 15 March 2000.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 173, 27.6.1992, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 80.

(3) OJ L 157, 24.6.1999, p. 27.

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ANNEX

‘ANNEX

Forecast supply balance for the Azores and Madeira for the 1999/2000 marketing year

Region

Breadmaking
common wheat

Feed wheat

Durum wheat

Barley

Maize

Malt

Total

Azores

Madeira

35 000

25 000

Total

60 000

—

—

—

500

5 000

5 500

12 500

2 500

105 000

35 000

1 000

2 500

154 000

70 000

15 000

140 000

3 500

224 000’