Commission Regulation (EC) No 1045/2000 of 18 May 2000 fixing the guarantee threshold quantities that can be transferred to other groups of varieties in the raw tobacco sector for the 2000 harvest
Date: 2000-05-18
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: guarantee threshold, production aid, production quota, tobacco

L 118/18

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Official Journal of the European Communities

19.5.2000

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1045/2000

of 18 May 2000

fixing the guarantee threshold quantities that can be transferred to other groups of varieties in the
raw tobacco sector for the 2000 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 Article 9(4) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

Article 9 of Regulation (EEC) No 2075/92 introduces a
system of quotas for the various groups of tobacco
varieties. The individual quotas were allocated to the
producers on the basis of the guarantee thresholds for
the 2000 harvest fixed in Article 3 of Regulation (EC)
No 660/1999. Article 9(4) of Regulation (EEC) No
the Commission to authorise the
2075/92 allows
Member States to transfer guarantee threshold quantities
between groups of varieties. The transfers between
groups of varieties contemplated do not give rise to any
additional expenditure to the EAGGF and do not entail
any increase in the overall guarantee threshold of each
Member State.

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 the granted to producer groups in the raw
tobacco sector (3), as last amended by Regulation (EC)
No 909/1999 (4).

(3)

The measures laid down in this Regulation are in accord-
ance with the opinion of the Management Committee
for Tobacco,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

in accordance with Article 22(4) of
For the 2000 harvest,
Regulation (EC) No 2848/98, the Member States are hereby
authorised to transfer quantities between groups of varieties as
set out in the Annex hereto.

Article 2

(2)

This Regulation must apply as soon as possible and, at
all events, well before the time limit for the conclusion
of cultivation contracts laid down in Article 10(1) of

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, 18 May 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 105, 3.5.2000, p. 18.

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Official Journal of the European Communities

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ANNEX

THRESHOLD GUARANTEE QUANTITIES THAT CAN BE TRANSFERRED BETWEEN GROUPS OF VARIETIES
BY THE MEMBER STATES

Member State

Group of varieties
from which transfer is made

Group of varieties
to which transfer is made

Greece

1 270 t of Kaba Koulak classic (group VIII)

770 t of Basmas (group VI)

318 t of Kaba Koulak classic (group VIII)

227 t of Katerini (group VII)

569 t of Kaba Koulak classic (group VIII)

478 t of flue-cured (group I)

15 t of sun-cured (group V)

12 t of flue-cured (group I)

70 t of light air-cured (group II)

56 t of flue-cured (group I)

Spain

3 592,3 t of dark air-cured (group III)

3 592,3 t of light air-cured (group II)

263,3 t of dark air-cured (group III)

210,6 t of flue-cured (group I)

Germany

53,1 t of dark air-cured (group III)

31,4 t of flue-cured (group I)

Italy

1 000 t of Katerini (group VII)

270 t of fire-cured (group IV)

14,1 t of light air-cured (group II)

220 t of sun-cured (group V)

355 t of light air-cured (group II)

155 t of flue-cured (group I)