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Commission Regulation (EC) No 1534/2000 of 13 July 2000 determining the sensitive production areas and/or the groups of high-quality varieties exempt from application of the quota buyback programme in raw tobacco
Date: 2000-07-14
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: common organisation of markets, production quota, tobacco

L 175/78

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

14.7.2000

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1534/2000

of 13 July 2000

determining the sensitive production areas and/or the groups of high-quality varieties exempt from
application of the quota buyback programme in raw tobacco

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 1336/
2000 (2), and in particular Article 14a thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

Under Article 34(2) 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 1249/2000 (4),
the Commission
must determine, on the basis of proposals from the
Member States, which sensitive production areas and/or
groups of high-quality varieties, up to a maximum of
25 % of each Member State's guarantee threshold, are to
the quota buyback
be exempt
programme.

from application of

(2)

(3)

At the request of certain Member States, these groups of
high-quality varieties should be determined.

Article 35(2) of Regulation (EC) No 2848/98 stipulates
that the Member State must make public its intention to
sell from 1 September so that other producers may buy

the quota before it is actually bought back. Therefore
this Regulation must apply from 31 August 2000.

(4)

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

The quantities of groups of high-quality varieties exempt from
quota buyback for the 2000 harvest are as follows:

in Portugal:
Group I
Group II

in France:
Group I
Group II
Group III

1 321 tonnes,
291 tonnes.

1 438 tonnes,
2 237,219 tonnes,
1 302,793 tonnes.

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 from 31 August 2000.

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

Done at Brussels, 13 July 2000.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 215, 30.7.1992, p. 70.
(2) OJ L 154, 27.6.2000, p. 2.
(3) OJ L 358, 31.12.1998, p. 17.
(4) OJ L 142, 16.6.2000, p. 3.