Commission Regulation (EC) No 2351/2002 of 20 December 2002 fixing the amount of the carry-over aid and the flat-rate aid for certain fishery products for the 2003 fishing year
Date: 2002-12-20
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU aid, fishery product, storage, storage premium, withdrawal from the market

28.12.2002

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Official Journal of the European Communities

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2351/2002

of 20 December 2002

fixing the amount of the carry-over aid and the flat-rate aid for certain fishery products for the
2003 fishing year

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Commu-
nity,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 104/2000 of 17
December 1999 on the common organisation of the markets
in fishery and aquaculture products (1),

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 2814/2000
of 21 December 2000 laying down detailed rules for applying
Council Regulation (EC) No 104/2000 relating to the grant of
carry-over aid for certain fishery products (2), and in particular
Article 5 thereof,

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 939/2001 of
14 May 2001 laying down detailed rules for the application of
Council Regulation (EC) No 104/2000 relating to the grant of
flat-rate aid for certain fishery products (3), and in particular
Article 5 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

Regulation (EC) No 104/2000 provides that aid may be
granted for quantities of certain fresh products with-
drawn from the market and either processed to stabilise
them and stored or preserved.

The purpose of this aid is to give suitable encourage-
ment to producers' organisations to process or preserve
products withdrawn from the market so that
their
destruction can be avoided.

(3)

(4)

(5)

The aid level should not be such as will disturb the
balance of the market for the products in question or
distort competition.

The aid level must not exceed the technical and financial
costs associated with the operations essential to stabi-
lising and storage recorded in the Community during
the fishing year preceding the year in question.

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

For the 2003 fishing year, the carry-over aid referred to in
Article 23 of Regulation (EC) No 104/2000 and the flat-rate
aid referred to in Article 24(4) of that Regulation shall be as
indicated in the Annex to this Regulation.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 2003.

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

Done at Brussels, 20 December 2002.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 17, 21.1.2000, p. 22.
(2) OJ L 326, 22.12.2000, p. 34.
(3) OJ L 132, 15.5.2001, p. 10.

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ANNEX
1. Amount of the carry-over aid for products listed in Annex I(A) and (B) and for sole (Solea spp.) listed in
Annex I(C) to Regulation (EC) No 104/2000

Processing methods listed in Article 23
of Regulation (EC) No 104/2000

Aid
(EUR/tonne)

I. Freezing and storage of whole products, gutted and with head, or cut-up products

1

— Sardines of the species Sardina pilchardus
— Other species

II. Filleting, freezing and storage

III. Salting and/or drying and storage of whole products, gutted and with head, or cut-up or

filleted products

IV. Marinating and storage

2

310
250

320

280

240

2. Amount of the carry-over aid for products listed in Annex I(C) to Regulation (EC) No 104/2000

Processing and/or preservation methods listed in
Article 23 of Regulation (EC) No 104/2000

1

Products

2

I. Freezing and storage

Norway lobster (Nephrops norvegicus)

Norway lobster tails (Nephrops norvegicus)

II. Removing the head, freezing and storage

Norway lobster (Nephrops norvegicus)

III. Cooking, freezing and storage

Norway lobster (Nephrops norvegicus)

Edible crabs (Cancer pagurus)

IV. Pasteurisation and storage

Edible crabs (Cancer pagurus)

V. Live storage in fixed tanks or cages

Edible crabs (Cancer pagurus)

Aid
(EUR/tonne)

3

280

210

260

280

210

320

210

3. Amount of the flat-rate aid for products listed in Annex IV to Regulation (EC) No 104/2000

Processing methods

I. Freezing and storage of whole products, gutted and with head, or cut-up products

II. Filleting, freezing and storage

Aid
(EUR/tonne)

250

320