Commission Regulation (EC) No 1641/2000 of 25 July 2000 on the payment of a supplement to the advances on the compensatory aid in the banana sector for 2000
Date: 2000-07-25
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: aid to agriculture, financial loss, marketing, tropical fruit

L 187/42

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

26.7.2000

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1641/2000

of 25 July 2000

on the payment of a supplement to the advances on the compensatory aid in the banana sector for
2000

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 404/93 of 13
February 1993 on the common organisation of the market in
bananas (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1257/
1999 (2), and in particular Article 14 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1858/93 (3), as last
amended by Regulation (EC) No 1467/1999 (4),
lays
down detailed rules for applying Regulation (EEC) No
404/93 as regards the aid scheme to compensate for loss
of income from marketing in the banana sector. Article
4 of that Regulation lays down the conditions for paying
the advances on the compensatory aid.

for

2000 was

subsequently

The unit amount of each advance on the aid to be
determined
at
EUR 17,81 per 100 kilograms in Commission Regula-
tion (EC) No 1157/2000 of 30 May 2000 fixing the
compensatory aid for bananas produced and marketed
in the Community in 1999, the time limit for payment
of the balance of the aid and the unit value of the
advances for 2000 (5).

set

To take account of the difficult financial situation in
which Community banana producers find themselves as
a result of the marked deterioration of the Community
market, provision should be made for the payment of a
to the advances paid for the quantities
supplement
marketed in the Community from 1 January to 31
October 2000, without prejudice to the level of
compensatory aid to be set subsequently under Article
12 of Regulation (EEC) No 404/93 and Regulation (EEC)

No 1858/93. This supplementary payment should be
conditional on the lodging of a security in accordance
with Regulation (EEC) No 1858/93.

(4)

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

shall pay a supplement

Producer Member States
to the
advances on the compensatory aid provided for in Article 12
of Regulation (EEC) No 404/93, for 2000, of EUR 7,08 per
100 kilograms, for the quantities marketed in the Community
from 1 January to 31 October 2000.

The supplement to the advances shall be paid for marketed
quantities for which applications for advances on the compens-
atory aid have been made for 2000.

Applications for payment of the supplement to the advance
shall be accompanied by proof that a security of EUR 3,54 per
100 kilograms has been lodged.

Payment shall be made within two months of this Regulation
becoming applicable.

Article 2

into force on the third day
This Regulation shall enter
following its publication in the Official Journal of the European
Communities.

It shall apply from 16 October 2000.

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

Done at Brussels, 25 July 2000.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 47, 25.2.1993, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 80.
(3) OJ L 170, 13.7.1993, p. 5.
(4) OJ L 170, 6.7.1999, p. 7.
(5) OJ L 130, 31.5.2000, p. 26.