Commission Regulation (EC) No 601/2001 of 28 March 2001 fixing the guarantee threshold quantities which may be transferred to another group of varieties for the 2001 harvest in the raw tobacco sector
Date: 2001-03-28
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Germany, Greece, Italy, production aid, production quota, tobacco

L 89/14

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Official Journal of the European Communities

29.3.2001

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 601/2001

of 28 March 2001

fixing the guarantee threshold quantities which may be transferred to another group of varieties
for the 2001 harvest in the raw tobacco sector

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 9(4) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

Article 9 of Regulation (EEC) No 2075/92 introduced
production quotas for the different groups of varieties of
tobacco. The individual quotas were divided between
producers on the basis of the guarantee thresholds for
the 2001 harvest fixed in Article 3 of Council Regula-
tion (EC) No 660/1999 of 22 March 1999 amending
Regulation (EEC) No 2075/92 and fixing the premiums
and guarantee thresholds for leaf tobacco by variety
group and Member State for the 1999, 2000 and 2001
harvests (3). Under Article 9(4) of Regulation (EEC) No
2075/92 the Commission may authorise Member States
to transfer parts of their guarantee threshold allocations
between groups of varieties. These transfers do not give
rise to additional costs between groups of varieties for
the EAGGF and do not involve any increase in Member
States' overall guarantee threshold allocations.

This Regulation should apply as soon as possible, well
before the deadline for the conclusion of cultivation
contracts laid down in Article 10(1) 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 (4),
as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 385/2001 (5).

(3)

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

For the 2001 harvest, before the deadline for the conclusion of
cultivation contracts laid down in Article 10(1) of Regulation
(EC) No 2848/98, Member States shall be authorised to transfer
guarantee threshold quantities from one group of varieties to
another in accordance with the Annex to 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, 28 March 2001.

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 83, 27.3.1999, p. 10.

(4) OJ L 358, 31.12.1998, p. 17.
(5) OJ L 57, 27.2.2001, p. 18.

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Official Journal of the European Communities

L 89/15

Guarantee threshold quantities which each Member State is authorised to transfer from one group of varieties to
another

ANNEX

Member State

Group of varieties from which transfer is made

Group of varieties to which transfer is made

Greece

1 518 t Kaba Koulak classic (group VIII)

920 t Basmas (group VI)

1 211 t Kaba Koulak classic (group VIII)

865 t Katerini (group VII)

1 279 t Kaba Koulak classic (group VIII)

1 074 t flue-cured (group I)

2 840 t sun-cured (group V)

2 271 t flue-cured (group I)

Italy

1 467,3 t dark air-cured (group III)

1 467,3 t light air-cured (group II)

498,6 t fire-cured (group IV)

498,6 t light air-cured (group II)

605,3 t sun-cured (group V)

605,3 t light air-cured (group II)

447 t fire-cured (group IV)

393,2 t flue-cured (group I)

Germany

1 416,7 t light air-cured (group II)

1 326 t flue-cured (group I)

577,6 t dark air-cured (group III)

486,6 t flue-cured (group I)