Commission Regulation (EC) No 1639/2000 of 25 July 2000 amending Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 2636/1999 on the communication of information on tobacco from the 2000 harvest
Date: 2000-07-25
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: disclosure of information, production aid, tobacco

26.7.2000

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Official Journal of the European Communities

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1639/2000

of 25 July 2000

amending Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 2636/1999 on the communication of information on
tobacco from the 2000 harvest

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(2)

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 21 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

Annex I to Commission Regulation (EC) No 2636/1999
of 14 December 1999 on the communication of infor-
mation on tobacco from the 2000 harvest onwards and
repealing Regulation (EEC) No 1771/93 (3)
lays down
the information to be communicated to the Commission
by the Member States by 31 July of the year of harvest
concerned at the latest. This includes, under point 1.2 of
that Annex, the quantity of tobacco (in tonnes) of the
moisture content referred to in Annex IV to Commis-
sion 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 (4),
as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1249/2000 (5),
covered by the contracts.

Article 9(5) of Regulation (EC) No 2848/98 lays down
that, pursuant to Article 10(2) of Regulation (EEC) No
2075/92, the parties to a cultivation contract may, by
means of a written amendment, increase the quantities
initially specified in the contract. Under the Community
rules currently in force, this may take place well beyond
31 July of the year of harvest. The Member States should
therefore be
information
allowed to amend the
requested up to 30 June of the year following that of
harvest, in order to take account of the quantities of raw
tobacco covered by amendments of contracts.

(3)

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

Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 2636/1999 is replaced by the
Annex to this Regulation.

Article 2

into force on the third day
This Regulation shall enter
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, 25 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 323, 15.12.1999, p. 4.
(4) OJ L 358, 31.12.1998, p. 17.
(5) OJ L 142, 16.6.2000, p. 3.

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ANNEX

‘ANNEX I

Information to be communicated to the Commission by 31 July of the year of harvest concerned at the latest

Harvest: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Declarant Member State: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Group of varieties: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Member State of
production
(declarant)

Member
State of production

Member
State of production

Member State of
production

Name:

Name:

Name:

1. CULTIVATION CONTRACTS

1.1. Number of
recorded

cultivation contracts

1.2. Quantity of tobacco (in tonnes) of
the moisture content referred to in
Annex IV of Regulation (EC) No
2848/98 covered by the contracts (1)

1.3. Total area covered by the contracts

(in hectares)

2. PRODUCERS

2.1. Total number of producers

2.2. Number of producers belonging to a
producer group recognised pursuant
to Regulation (EC) No 2848/98

3. FIRST PROCESSING ENTERPRISES

3.1. Number of
prises
contracts

first processing enter-
cultivation

concluding

national

(in
currency)

(2)

(2)

(2)

4. PRICES

4.1. Maximum price per kilogram agreed
in the cultivation contracts, in rele-
vant currency excluding taxes and
other levies. Indicate the reference
quality

4.2. Minimum price per kilogram agreed
in the cultivation contracts, in rele-
vant currency excluding taxes and
other levies. Indicate the reference
quantity

(1) This information may be amended before 30 June of the year following that of harvest in order to take account of quantities covered by

amendments of contracts carried out pursuant to Article 9(5) of Regulation (EC) No 2848/98.
(2) For contracts between two Member States, specify the currency in which they were concluded.’