Commission Regulation (EC) No 1193/2002 of 3 July 2002 fixing the quantities which may be transferred to another group of varieties under the guarantee threshold for the 2002 harvest in the raw tobacco sector
Date: 2002-07-03
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: guarantee threshold, producer organisation, production aid, production quota, tobacco

4.7.2002

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1193/2002

of 3 July 2002

fixing the quantities which may be transferred to another group of varieties under the guarantee
threshold for the 2002 harvest in the raw tobacco sector

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2075/92 of 30
June 1992 on the common organisation of the market in raw
tobacco (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 546/
2002 (2), and in particular Article 9(4) thereof,

scheme, production quotas and the specific aid to be
granted to producer groups in the raw tobacco sector (3),
as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1005/2002 (4).

(3)

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

Whereas:

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

(1)

(2)

Article 9 of Regulation (EEC) No 2075/92 introduces
production quotas for the different groups of varieties of
tobacco. The individual quotas are divided between
producers on the basis of the guarantee thresholds for
the 2002 harvest fixed in Annex II to Regulation (EC)
No 546/2002.

This Regulation should apply as soon as possible, well
before the deadline for the conclusion of cultivation
contracts laid down in Article 55(2) of Commission
Regulation (EC) No 2848/98 of 22 December 1998
laying down detailed rules for the application of Council
Regulation (EEC) No 2075/92 as regards the premium

Article 1

For the 2002 harvest, Member States shall be authorised to
transfer, under the guarantee threshold and before 30 June
2002, quantities from one group of varieties to another in
accordance with the Annex to this Regulation.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the third 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, 3 July 2002.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 215, 30.7.1992, p. 70.
(2) OJ L 84, 28.3.2002, p. 4.

(3) OJ L 358, 31.12.1998, p. 17.
(4) OJ L 153, 13.6.2002, p. 3.

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ANNEX

Guarantee threshold quantities which each Member State is authorised to transfer from one group of varieties to
another

Member State

Group of varieties from which transfer is made

Group of varieties to which transfer is made

Germany

87,8 t light air-cured (group II)

78,8 t flue-cured (group I)

160,5 t dark air-cured (group III)

138,6 t flue-cured (group I)

Spain

1 323,2 t dark air-cured (group III)

440,5 t flue-cured (group I)

772,5 t light air-cured (group II)

France

1 090,3 t dark air-cured (group III)

538,8 t flue-cured (group II)

358,3 t light air-cured (group II)

Greece

159 t light air-cured (group II)

127 t flue-cured (group I)

3 757 t sun-cured (group V)

2 704 t flue-cured (group I)

340 t Katerini (group VII)

340 t flue-cured (group I)

3 796 t Kaba Koulak classic (group VIII)

1 651 t flue-cured (group I)

1 110 t Basmas (group VI)

Italy

2 604,2 t dark air-cured (group III)

398,3 t flue-cured (group I)

2 106,3 t light air-cured (group II)

425,8 t fire-cured (group IV)

374,6 t flue-cured (group I)

1 610,9 t sun-cured (group V)

1 449,8 t light air-cured (group II)

55 t Katerini (group VII)

55 t flue-cured (group I)