Commission Regulation (EC) No 892/2002 of 29 May 2002 setting, for the 2002/03 marketing year, the amount of the aid for peaches and pears for processing under Council Regulation (EC) No 2201/96
Date: 2002-05-29
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: agro-industry, aid system, food processing, pip fruit, production aid, stone fruit

30.5.2002

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

L 140/9

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 892/2002

of 29 May 2002

setting, for the 2002/03 marketing year, the amount of the aid for peaches and pears for processing
under Council Regulation (EC) No 2201/96

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2201/96 of 28
October 1996 on the common organisation of the markets in
processed fruit and vegetable products (1), as last amended by
Regulation (EC) No 1239/2001 (2), and in particular Article
6(1) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

Article 2(3) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 449/
2001 of 2 March 2001 laying down detailed rules for
applying Council Regulation (EC) No 2201/96 as regards
the aid scheme for products processed from fruit and
vegetables (3), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1343/
2001 (4), stipulates that the Commission is to publish
the amount of the aid for peaches and pears after verifi-
cation of compliance with the thresholds fixed in Annex
III to Regulation (EC) No 2201/96.

The average quantity of peaches processed under the aid
scheme during the three previous marketing years is
lower than the Community threshold. The aid to be
applied for the 2002/03 marketing year in each Member
State concerned is the amount fixed in Article 4(2) of
Regulation (EC) No 2201/96.

The average quantity of pears processed under the aid
scheme during the three previous marketing years is
higher than the Community threshold. The aid to be
applied for the 2002/03 marketing year is the amount
fixed in Article 4(2) of Regulation (EC) No 2201/96 in
the Member States in which the threshold was not
exceeded and, for the other Member States concerned,
that amount less the overrun of the threshold in each of

them, after allocation of the quantities not processed in
accordance with the third subparagraph of Article 5(2)
of that Regulation.

(4)

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in
accordance with the opinion of
the Management
Committee for Products Processed from Fruit and Vege-
tables,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

For the 2002/03 marketing year, the aid referred to in Article 2
of Regulation (EC) No 2201/96 shall be:

(a) for peaches: EUR 47,70/tonne;

(b) for pears:

— EUR 54,27 tonne in Greece,
— EUR 161,70 tonne in Spain,
— EUR 135,59 tonne in France,
— EUR 151,52 tonne in Italy,
— EUR 157,56 tonne in the Netherlands,
— EUR 161,70 tonne in Austria,
— EUR 161,70 tonne in Portugal.

Article 2

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

It shall apply to the 2002/03 marketing year.

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

Done at Brussels, 29 May 2002.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 297, 21.11.1996, p. 29.
(2) OJ L 171, 26.6.2001, p. 1.
(3) OJ L 64, 6.3.2001, p. 16.
(4) OJ L 181, 4.7.2001, p. 16.