Commission Regulation (EC) No 1246/2001 of 26 June 2001 establishing a forecast balance for the supply to the Azores and Madeira of cereal products covered by the specific measures provided for in Articles 2 to 10 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1600/92
Date: 2001-06-26
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Azores, EU aid, Madeira, cereals, supply balance sheet, suspension of customs duties

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1246/2001

of 26 June 2001

establishing a forecast balance for the supply to the Azores and Madeira of cereal products covered
by the specific measures provided for in Articles 2 to 10 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1600/92

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1600/92 of 15
June 1992 concerning specific measures for the Azores and
Madeira, with regard to certain agricultural products (1), as last
amended by Regulation (EC) No 2826/2000 (2), and in partic-
ular Article 10 thereof,

Whereas:

(3)

(4)

may result in the establishment of a separate forecast
supply balance.

Pending the entry into force of the reform of the specific
supply arrangements and in order to avoid any break in
the application of the specific supply arrangements in
force, the supply balance should be established for the
period 1 July to 31 December 2001.

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

(1)

(2)

The quantities of products eligible for the specific supply
arrangements are determined by means of periodic fore-
cast balances which may be revised according to the
essential requirements of the market taking into account
local production and traditional trade flows.

In accordance with Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No
1600/92 these arrangements include requirements for
direct human consumption, and for processing and
packaging in the Islands of products listed in the Annex
to the aforementioned Regulation. An assessment of
these requirements is made annually in the context of a
forecast supply balance which can be revised in the
course of the year in the light of developments in the
the
requirements of
requirements of the processing and packaging industries,
as regards products intended for the local market or
traditionally dispatched to the rest of the Community,

the Islands. The assessment of

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

For the purpose of Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 1600/92
the quantities in the forecast supply balance which shall
benefit, as appropriate, from exemption from import charges
in the case of products coming from third countries, or from
payment of Community aid in the case of products coming
from the Community market, are as indicated in the Annex.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publica-
tion in the Official Journal of the European Communities.

It shall apply with effect from 1 July 2001.

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

Done at Brussels, 26 June 2001.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 173, 27.6.1992, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 328, 23.12.2000, p. 2.

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Forecast supply balance for the Azores and Madeira for the period 1 July to 31 December 2001

ANNEX

Region

Breadmaking
common wheat

Feed wheat

Durum wheat

Barley

Maize

Malt

Total

Azores

Madeira

17 500

12 500

Total

30 000

—

—

—

250

2 500

2 750

8 750

1 250

50 000

17 500

10 000

67 500

500

1 250

1 750

77 000

35 000

112 000