Commission Regulation (EC) No 385/2001 of 26 February 2001 amending Regulation (EC) No 2848/98 in the raw tobacco sector as regards the moisture content allowed on delivery of certain varieties of tobacco and the recognised production areas
Date: 2001-02-26
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: agricultural guidance, aid system, location of production, producer organisation, product quality, tobacco

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 385/2001

of 26 February 2001

amending Regulation (EC) No 2848/98 in the raw tobacco sector as regards the moisture content
allowed on delivery of certain varieties of tobacco and the recognised production areas

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 7 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

The first subparagraph of Article 15(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),
lays down that the fixed part of the premium and the
quantity to be set off against the production quota state-
ment are to be calculated on the basis of the weight of
leaf tobacco. The second subparagraph of that Article
lays down that the weight is to be adjusted on the basis
of the moisture content laid down in Annex IV for the
variety concerned up to a maximum of 4 %. Certain
varieties of tobacco in groups II and III, cured by tradi-
tional air-drying methods
in traditional dryers, are
produced in regions which can have high levels of
precipitation during the delivery period. Under these
circumstances it is difficult to monitor the moisture
content in traditional air-cured tobacco on delivery. The
maximum moisture content
those varieties of
tobacco should therefore be amended.

for

(2)

Article 8 of Regulation (EC) No 2848/98 lays down that
the production areas referred to in Article 5(a) of Regu-
lation (EEC) No 2075/92 are as laid down in Annex II to
Regulation (EC) No 2848/98. Portugal has asked the
Commission to include the region of Beiras in the list of
traditional recognised production areas for the produc-

tion of tobaccos in group I. Beiras is a recognised tradi-
tional production area for varieties in group II. Annex II
to Regulation (EC) No 2848/98 should therefore be
amended to included this region as a recognised produc-
tion area for group I.

(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

Regulation (EC) No 2848/98 is amended as follows:

1. Article 15(2) is replaced by the following:

‘2.
The fixed part of the premium to be paid either to
producer groups for distribution in full to each member of
the group or to individual producers who are not members
of a group and the quantity to be set off against
the
production quota statement of the party concerned shall be
calculated on the basis of the weight of leaf tobacco of the
group of
to the
minimum quality required and taken over by the first
processor.

concerned corresponding

varieties

Where the moisture content differs from the level laid down
in Annex IV for the variety concerned, the weight shall be
adjusted for each percentage point of difference, within the
tolerances laid down in that Annex.’

2. Annex II is replaced by Annex I to this Regulation.

3. Annex III is replaced by Annex II to this Regulation.

4. Annex IV is replaced by Annex III to this Regulation.

Article 2

(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.

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

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

Done at Brussels, 26 February 2001.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

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ANNEX I

‘ANNEX II

RECOGNISED PRODUCTION AREAS

Group of varieties in accordance with the
Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 2075/92

Member State

Production areas

I.

Flue cured

Germany

Greece

France

Italy

Spain

Portugal

Schleswig-Holstein, Lower Saxony, Bavaria, Rheinland-
Pfalz, Baden-Württemberg, Hessen, Saarland, Branden-
burg, Mecklemburg-Pomerania, Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt,
Thuringia

Thrace, Eastern Macedonia, Central Macedonia, Western
Macedonia, Thessaly, Epirus, Eastern Sterea Hellas, Pelo-
ponnese

Aquitaine, Midi-Pyrénées, Auvergne, Limousin, Cham-
pagne-Ardenne, Alsace, Lorraine, Rhône-Alpes, Franche-
Comté,
Loire Region,
Centre, Poitou-Charentes, Brittany, Languedoc-Rous-
sillon,
Nord-pas-de-Calais,
Burgundy,
Normandy,
Picardy, Île-de-France

Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur,

Friuli, Veneto, Lombardy, Piedmont, Tuscany, Marche,
Umbria, Lazio, Abruzzi, Molise, Campania, Basilicata,
Apulia, Calabria

Extremadura, Andalusia, Castile-Leon, Castile-La Mancha

Beiras, Ribatejo Oeste, Alentejo, Autonomous Region of
the Azores

II.

Light air-cured

III.

Dark air-cured

Austria

Burgenland, Lower Austria, Upper Austria, Styria

Belgium

Germany

Greece

France

Italy

Spain

Portugal

Flanders, Hainaut, Namur, Luxembourg

Rheinland-Pfalz, Baden-Württemberg, Hessen, Saarland,
Bavaria, Brandenburg, Mecklenburg-Pomerania, Saxony,
Saxony-Anhalt, Thuringia

Eastern Macedonia, Central Macedonia, Western Mace-
donia, Thessaly

Midi-Pyrénées,

Aquitaine,
Languedoc-Roussillon,
Auvergne, Limousin, Poitou-Charentes, Brittany, Loire
Region, Centre, Rhône-Alpes,
Provence-Alpes-Côte
d'Azur, Franche-Comté, Alsace, Lorraine, Champagne-
Ardenne, Picardy, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, Upper Normandy,
Lower Normandy, Burgundy, Réunion, Île-de-France

Veneto, Lombardy, Piedmont, Umbria, Emilia-Romagna,
Lazio, Abruzzi, Molise, Campania, Basilicata, Apulia,
Sicily, Friuli, Tuscany, Marche

Extremadura, Andalusia, Castile-Leon, Castile-La Mancha

Beiras, Ribatejo Oeste, Entre Douro e Minho, Trás-os-
Montes, Autonomous Region of the Azores

Austria

Burgenland, Lower Austria, Upper Austria, Styria

Belgium

Germany

France

Flanders, Hainaut, Namur, Luxembourg

Rheinland-Pfalz, Baden-Württemberg, Hessen, Saarland,
Bavaria, Brandenburg, Mecklenburg-Pomerania, Saxony,
Saxony-Anhalt, Thuringia

Midi-Pyrénées,

Languedoc-Roussillon,
Aquitaine,
Auvergne, Limousin, Poitou-Charentes, Brittany, Loire
Region, Centre, Rhône-Alpes,
Provence-Alpes-Côte
d'Azur, Franche-Comté, Alsace, Lorraine, Champagne-
Ardenne, Picardy, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, Upper Normandy,
Lower Normandy, Burgundy, Réunion

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Group of varieties in accordance with the
Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 2075/92

Member State

Production areas

Italy

Spain

Friuli, Trentino, Veneto, Tuscany,
Campania, Apulia, Sicily

Lazio, Molise,

Extremadura, Andalusia, Castile-Leon, Castile-La Mancha,
Valencia (Autonomous Community), Navarre, Rioja,
Catalonia, Madrid, Galicia, Asturia, Cantabria, area of
Compezo in the Basque Country, La Palma (Canary
Islands)

Austria

Burgenland, Lower Austria, Upper Austria, Styria

IV.

Fire-cured

V.

Sun-cured

VI.

Basmas

Italy

Spain

Greece

Italy

Greece

VII. Katerini and similar varieties

Greece

VIII. Kaba Koulak classic, Elassona,
Myrodata Agrinion, Zichnomyro-
data

Italy

Greece

Veneto, Tuscany, Umbria, Lazio, Campania, Marche

Extremadura, Andalusia

Western Macedonia, Thessaly, Epirus, Eastern Sterea
Hellas, Western Sterea Hellas, Peloponnese, Thrace and
islands

Lazio, Abruzzi, Molise, Campania, Basilicata, Apulia,
Sicily

Thrace, Eastern Macedonia, Central Macedonia, Western
Macedonia, Thessaly, Western Sterea Hellas

Eastern Macedonia, Central Macedonia, Western Mace-
donia, Thessaly, Epirus, Eastern Sterea Hellas, Western
Sterea Hellas

Lazio, Abruzzi, Campania, Basilicata, Apulia

Eastern Macedonia, Central Macedonia, Western Mace-
donia, Thessaly, Epirus, Eastern Stera Hellas, Western
Stera Hellas, Peloponnese and islands, Thrace’

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ANNEX II

‘ANNEX III

MINIMUM QUALITY REQUIREMENTS

Tobacco eligible for the prenium referred to in Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 2075/92 must be of sound and fair
mechantable quality having regard to the typical characteristics of the variety concerned and must not contain any of the
following:

(a) pieces of leaf;

(b) leaf badly worn by hail;

(c) leaf with serious damage on more than one third of the surface;

(d) leaf diseased or attacked by insects on more than 25 % of the surface;

(e) leaves marked by pesticides;

(f) leaf which is unripe or distinctly green in colour;

(g) leaf damaged by frost;

(h) leaf attacked by mould or rot;

(i) leaf with uncured veins, moist or attacked by rot or with pulpy or prominent stems;

(j) leaf from suckers or side-shoots;

(k) leaf having an unusual odour for the variety in question;

(l) leaf with soil still adhering;

(m) leaf with a moisture content exceeding the tolerances laid down in Annex IV.’

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ANNEX III

‘ANNEX IV

MOISTURE CONTENT REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 15

Group of varieties

Moisture content
(%)

Tolerances
(%)

I.

II.

Flue-cured

Lighed air-cured

Germany, France, Belgium, Austria, Portugal — Autonomous Region of the
Azores

Other Member States and other recognised production areas in Portugal

III.

Dark air-cured

Belgium, Germany, France, Austria

Other Member States

IV.

V.

VI.

Fire-cured

Sun-cured

Basmas

VII. Katerini

VIII. Kaba Koulak classic, Elassona, Myrodata Agrinion, Zichnomyrodata

16

22

20

26

22

22

16

16

16

16

4

4

6

4

6

4

4

4

4

4’