Commission Regulation (EC) No 1148/2000 of 29 May 2000 reducing, for the 2000/01 marketing year, the amount of aid for lemons delivered for processing following an overrun of the processing threshold
Date: 2000-05-29
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: agro-industry, aid system, citrus fruit, guarantee threshold, producer organisation

L 129/18

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

30.5.2000

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1148/2000

of 29 May 2000

reducing, for the 2000/01 marketing year, the amount of aid for lemons delivered for processing
following an overrun of the processing threshold

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 for lemons of 444 000 tonnes.
Article 5(2) of that Regulation lays down that, for a
given marketing year, overrunning of
the processing
threshold is to be assessed on the basis of the average of
the quantities processed under the aid shceme during the
three marketing years preceding the marketing year in
question, or during an equivalent period. When an
overrun has been established,
the aid fixed for the
marketing year in question in the Annex to that Regula-
tion is to be reduced by 1 % per tranche of the overrun
equal to 4 440 tonnes.

The Member States, 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 Regulation (EC) No 2202/96 introducing a
Community aid scheme for producers of certain citrus
fruits (3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2729/

1999 (4), have communicated the quantities of lemons
processed under the aid scheme. Based on this informa-
tion, a processing threshold overrun of 162 745 tonnes
has been established. The amounts of aid for lemons laid
down in the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 2202/96 for
the 2000/01 marketing year must therefore be reduced
by 36 %.

(3)

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

For the 2000/01 marketing year, in accordance with Article
5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 2202/96, the amount of aid for
lemons delivered for processing shall be:

— multiannual contracts: EUR 6,78/100 kg,
— contracts covering one marketing year EUR 5,89/100 kg,
— individual producers: EUR 5,30/100 kg.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the 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, 29 May 2000.

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 328, 22.12.1999, p. 35.