Commission Regulation (EC) No 2651/2000 of 1 December 2000 on the payment of a second supplement to advances on the compensatory aid in the banana sector for 2000
Date: 2000-12-01
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: aid to agriculture, financial loss, marketing, producer organisation, tropical fruit

L 303/8

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

2.12.2000

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2651/2000

of 1 December 2000

on the payment of a second supplement to 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:

compensatory aid to be set subsequently in accordance
with Article 12 of Regulation (EEC) No 404/93 and
Regulation (EEC) No 1858/93. Provision should be made
for such supplements to be paid subject to the lodging
of a security pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No 1858/93.

(4)

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

(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 the
payment of advances on the compensatory aid.

The unit amount of advances on the aid, to be deter-
mined subsequently for 2000, was set at EUR 17,81 per
100 kilograms
in Commission Regulation (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). In July, owing to the deterioration in prices on
the Community market, a supplement to the advance
equal to EUR 7,08 per 100 kilograms was approved by
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1641/2000 (6).

To take account of the continuing deterioration of prices
on the Community market and accordingly of the diffi-
cult
financial situation in which Community banana
producers find themselves, provision should be made for
the payment of a second supplement to advances to be
paid on quantities marketed in the Community from 1
January to 31 October 2000, without prejudice to the

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Producer Member States shall pay a second supplement,
amounting to EUR 4,80 per 100 kilograms, to advances on
compensatory aid as provided for in Article 12 of Regulation
(EEC) No 404/93 in respect of 2000 on quantities marketed in
the Community from 1 January to 31 October 2000.

Such supplements to advances shall be paid on quantities
marketed and covered by applications for advances on the
compensatory aid in respect of 2000.

Applications for payment of the supplement to advances shall
be accompanied by proof that a security of EUR 2,40 per 100
kilograms has been lodged.

Payment shall be made within two months of the entry into
force of this Regulation.

Article 2

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, 1 December 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.
(6) OJ L 187, 26.7.2000, p. 42.