Commission Regulation (EC) No 1247/2001 of 26 June 2001 establishing a forecast balance for the supply to the Canary Islands of cereal products covered by the specific measures provided for in Articles 2, 3, 4 and 5 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1601/92
Date: 2001-06-26
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Canary Islands, EU aid, cereals, glucose, supply balance sheet, suspension of customs duties

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Official Journal of the European Communities

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1247/2001

of 26 June 2001

establishing a forecast balance for the supply to the Canary Islands of cereal products covered by
the specific measures provided for in Articles 2, 3, 4 and 5 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1601/92

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1601/92 of 15
June 1992 concerning specific measures for the Canary Islands
with regard to certain agricultural products (1), as last amended
by Regulation (EC) No 2826/2000 (2), and in particular Articles
2 and 3(4) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

The measures, introduced by Regulation (EEC) No 1601/
92 intended to offset as regards the supply of certain
cereal products, the geographical situation of the Canary
exemption from import duties
Islands, consist of
(customs duties and agricultural levies), and the grant of
aid to encourage the delivery of cereal products from the
Community.

In accordance with Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No
1601/92 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
requirements of
the
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

(3)

(4)

(5)

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

In order
the supply
to facilitate administration of
balance, a certain margin of flexibility in the allocation
of the quantities fixed in the supply balance should be
permitted.

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,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

For the purpose of Articles 2 and 3 of Regulation (EEC) No
1601/92 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.

This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 July 2001.

Article 2

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. 13.
(2) OJ L 328, 23.12.2000, p. 2.

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FORECAST SUPPLY BALANCE FOR THE CANARY ISLANDS FOR THE PERIOD 1 JULY TO 31 DECEMBER
2001 (1)

ANNEX

CN code

Product

1001 90
1001 10
1003
1004
1005
1103 11 50
1103 13
1103 19
1103 21 to 1103 29
1107
ex 1702 (2)

Soft wheat
Durum wheat
Barley
Oats
Maize
Durum wheat-groats and meal
Maize flour-groats and meal
Other groats and meal
Pellets
Malt
Glucose

(tonnes)

Quantity

77 500
0
15 000
2 000
90 000
3 000
2 000
0
0
9 500
750

(1) The quantities fixed may be exceeded, up to a maximum of 25 %, provided that the combined quantity for the products concerned is not

exceeded.

(2) Other than products from CN codes 1702 30 10, 1702 40 10, 1702 60 10 and 1702 90 30.