Council Regulation (EC) No 962/2002 of 27 May 2002 amending Regulation (EC) No 1868/94 establishing a quota system in relation to the production of potato starch
Date: 2002-05-27
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: agricultural guidance, agricultural production, agricultural quota, marketing year, minimum price, potato, starch

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COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 962/2002

of 27 May 2002

amending Regulation (EC) No 1868/94 establishing a quota system in relation to the production of
potato starch

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

(6)

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community, and in particular Articles 36 and 37 thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (1),

The amendment of Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 (5) by
Council Regulation (EC) No 1253/1999 (6)
involved
changes to the payment terminology in Article 8; this
Regulation should therefore be brought into line with
that terminology,

Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (2),

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social
Committee (3),

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

Article 2(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1868/94 (4) fixes the
potato starch quotas for producer Member States for the
2000/2001 and 2001/2002 marketing years.

Under Article 3(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1868/94 the
quota is to be allocated between producer Member
States at three-yearly intervals on the basis of the report
from the Commission to the Council. The quotas
currently fixed for
the 2001/2002 marketing year
should therefore be extended for three years.

The Commission reserves the right to make other appro-
priate legislative proposals for the potato starch system
in the light of the ongoing evaluation of the sector.

Producer Member States should allocate their quotas for
a period of three years between all potato starch manu-
facturers on the basis of the quotas adopted for the
2001/02 marketing year.

Quantities used in excess of the subquotas available in
the 2001/2002 marketing year must be deducted for the
2002/2003 marketing year in accordance with Article
6(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1868/94.

(1) OJ C 51 E, 26.2.2002, p. 368.
(2) Opinion delivered on 15 May 2002 (not yet published in the

Official Journal).

(3) OJ C 80, 3.4.2002, p. 46.
(4) OJ L 197, 30.7.1994, p. 4. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 1252/1999 (OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 15).

Article 1

Regulation (EC) No 1868/94 is hereby amended as follows:

1. Article 2 shall be replaced by the following:

‘Article 2

1.
The potato starch producer Member States listed
below are hereby allocated the following quotas for the
2002/2003, 2003/2004 and 2004/2005 marketing years:

(tonnes)

Denmark

Germany

Spain

France

Netherlands

Austria

Finland

Sweden

168 215

656 298

1 943

265 354

507 403

47 691

53 178

62 066

Total

1 762 148

(5) OJ L 181, 1.7.1992, p. 21. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 1666/2000 (OJ L 193, 29.7.2000, p. 1).

(6) OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 18.

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Each producer Member State shall allocate the quota
2.
referred to in paragraph 1 between potato starch manufac-
turers for use in the 2002/2003, 2003/2004 and 2004/
2005 marketing years in proportion to the subquotas avail-
able to each manufacturer for the 2001/2002 marketing
year before application of a possible correction under
Article 6(2).
The subquotas available for each manufacturer for the
2002/2003 marketing year
shall be adjusted to take
account of any amount used in excess of quota during the
2001/2002 marketing year in accordance with Article 6(2).’

2. Article 3 shall be replaced by the following:

‘Article 3
On or before 30 September 2004, and thereafter at
1.
three-yearly intervals, the Commission shall present to the
Council a report on the allocation of quota within the
Community, accompanied by appropriate proposals. This
report
in the
payments to potato producers and of developments on the
potato starch and cereal starch markets.
2.
On or before 31 December 2004, and thereafter at
three-yearly intervals, the Council, acting on the basis of
Article 37 of the Treaty, shall allocate the quota between

take account of possible changes

shall

Member States on the basis of the report referred to in
paragraph 1 for use in the following three marketing years.

3.
On or before 31 January 2005, and thereafter at three-
yearly intervals, Member States shall notify those concerned
of the details of quota allocations for the following three
marketing years.’

3. Article 7 shall be replaced by the following:

‘Article 7

This Regulation shall not cover production of potato starch
by undertakings which neither purchase potatoes which
have benefited from the payment referred to in Article 8 of
Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 nor benefit from the refund
referred to in Article 7 of that Regulation.’

Article 2

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

It shall apply from 1 July 2002.

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

Done at Brussels, 27 May 2002.

For the Council

The President

M. ARIAS CAÑETE