Commission Regulation (EC) No 1931/2001 of 1 October 2001 reducing, for the 2001/02 marketing year, the amount of aid for grapefruit and pomelos delivered for processing following an overrun of the processing threshold in certain Member States
Date: 2001-10-01
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: France, Spain, agro-industry, citrus fruit, market intervention, production aid

L 262/4

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

2.10.2001

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1931/2001

of 1 October 2001

reducing, for the 2001/02 marketing year, the amount of aid for grapefruit and pomelos delivered
for processing following an overrun of the processing threshold in certain Member States

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2202/96 of 28
October 1996 introducing a Community aid scheme for
producers of certain citrus fruits (1), as last amended by Regula-
tion (EC) No 2699/2000 (2), and in particular Article 6 thereof,

Whereas:

overrun of the threshold for Spain and France has been
established. The amounts of aid for grapefruit and
pomelos laid down in Annex I to Regulation (EC) No
2202/96 for the 2001/02 marketing year must therefore
be reduced by 8,16 % in Spain and 18,46 % in France.

(3)

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in
the Management
accordance with the opinion of
Committee for Fresh Fruit and Vegetables,

(1)

(2)

Article 5(1) of Regulation (EC) No 2202/96 establishes a
Community processing threshold for grapefruit and
pomelos, distributed among the Member States
in
accordance with Annex II thereto. Article 5(2) of that
Regulation lays down that, when there is an overrun of
this threshold, the aid fixed in Annex I thereto shall be
reduced in each Member State in which the threshold
has been overrun. The overrun of
the processing
threshold is assessed on the basis of the average of the
quantities processed under the aid scheme during the
three marketing years preceding the marketing year in
question, or during an equivalent period.

The Member States, in accordance with Article 22(1)(b)
of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1169/97 of 26 June
1997 laying down detailed rules for the application of
Regulation (EC) No 2202/96 introducing a Community
aid scheme for producers of certain citrus fruits (3), as
last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2729/1999 (4), have
communicated the quantities of grapefruit and pomelos
processed under the aid scheme. Based on this informa-
tion, a Community processing threshold overrun of 178
tonnes has been established. Within that overrun, an

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

For the 2001/02 marketing year, in accordance with Regula-
tion (EC) No 2202/96, the amounts of aid for grapefruit and
pomelos delivered for processing shall be amended as follows:

(EUR/100 kg)

Multiannual
contracts

Contracts covering
one marketing
year

Individual
producers

Spain

France

9,66

8,58

8,40

7,46

7,56

6,71

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the 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 October 2001.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 297, 21.11.1996, p. 49.
(2) OJ L 311, 12.12.2000, p. 9.
(3) OJ L 169, 27.6.1997, p. 15.
(4) OJ L 328, 22.12.1999, p. 35.