Commission Regulation (EC) No 399/2003 of 3 March 2003 amending and correcting Regulation (EC) No 98/2003 establishing the supply balances and Community aid for the supply of certain essential products for human consumption, for processing and as agricultural inputs and for the supply of live animals and eggs to the outermost regions under Council Regulations (EC) No 1452/2001, (EC) No 1453/2001 and (EC) No 1454/2001
Date: 2003-03-03
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU aid, EU production, agricultural product, aid system, egg, live animal, peripheral region, supply, supply balance sheet

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 399/2003

of 3 March 2003

amending and correcting Regulation (EC) No 98/2003 establishing the supply balances and
Community aid for the supply of certain essential products for human consumption, for proces-
sing and as agricultural inputs and for the supply of live animals and eggs to the outermost regions
under Council Regulations (EC) No 1452/2001, (EC) No 1453/2001 and (EC) No 1454/2001

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1452/2001 of 28
June 2001 introducing specific measures for certain agricultural
products for the French overseas departments, amending Direc-
tive 72/462/EEC and repealing Regulations (EEC) No 525/77
and (EEC) No 3763/91 (Poseidom) (1), and in particular Article
6(5) thereof,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1453/2001 of 28
June 2001 introducing specific measures for certain agricultural
products for the Azores and Madeira and repealing Regulation
(EEC) No 1600/92 (Poseima) (2), and in particular Article 3(6)
thereof,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1454/2001 of 28
June 2001 introducing specific measures for certain agricultural
products for the Canary Islands and repealing Regulation (EEC)
No 1601/92 (Poseican) (3), as last amended by Commission
Regulation (EC) No 1922/2002 (4), and in particular Article
4(5) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

The Annexes to Commission Regulation (EC) No 98/
2003 (5) establish the forecast
supply balances and
Community aid for the supply of certain products in
2003.

In order to develop the production potential of
the
French overseas departments and satisfy the increase in
local demand,
female breeding pigs
should be increased.

the number of

The Combined Nomenclature codes for rabbits have
been amended from 1 January 2003 by Commission
Regulation (EC) No 1832/2002 of 1 August 2002
amending Annex I
to Council Regulation (EEC) No
2658/87 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and

(1) OJ L 198, 21.7.2001, p. 11.
(2) OJ L 198, 21.7.2001, p. 26.
(3) OJ L 198, 21.7.2001, p. 45.
(4) OJ L 293, 29.10.2002, p. 11.
(5) OJ L 14, 21.1.2003, p. 32.

(4)

(5)

(6)

(7)

(8)

on the Common Customs Tariff (6). Part 2 of Annex II to
Regulation (EC) No 98/2003 should be amended accord-
ingly.

The Community aid for the supply of milled rice for
direct consumption in Madeira needs to be specified, by
correcting part 2 of Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 98/
2003.

In order that the supply of olive oil to Madeira can start
within the required time, the quantity provided for in
part 3 of Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 98/2003
should be increased and it should be specified that the
quantity is granted without distinction as to category.

The description of meat of domestic swine in part 9 of
Annex V to Regulation (EC) No 98/2003 contains a
factual mistake and should therefore be corrected.

As a result, Regulation (EC) No 98/2003 should be
amended and corrected.

Following the implementation by Commission Regula-
tion (EC) No 20/2002 (7), as last amended by Regulation
(EC) No 1215/2002 (8), of the detailed rules for applying
the specific supply arrangements, Commission Regula-
tion (EC) No 1324/96 of 9 July 1996 establishing the
supply balance for the Azores and Madeira in the rice
products sector and laying down detailed rules for the
adjustment of aid for products coming from the
Community (9), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No
1270/2001 (10), and Commission Regulation (EC) No
1325/96 of 9 July 1996 establishing the supply balance
for the Canary Islands in the rice products sector and
laying down detailed rules for the adjustment of aid for
products coming from the Community (11), as amended
by Regulation (EC) No 1324/1997 (12), have become
obsolete. They should therefore be repealed.

(9)

Since Regulation (EC) No 98/2003 has been applicable
since 1 January 2003, provision should be made for this
Regulation to take immediate effect.

(6) OJ L 290, 28.10.2002, p. 1.
(7) OJ L 8, 11.1.2002, p. 1.
(8) OJ L 177, 6.7.2002, p. 3.
(9) OJ L 171, 10.7.1996, p. 3.
(10) OJ L 175, 28.6.2001, p. 7.
(11) OJ L 171, 10.7.1996, p. 5.
(12) OJ L 182, 10.7.1997, p. 13.

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(10)

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in
accordance with the joint opinion of the Management
Committees for poultrymeat and eggs, pigmeat, cereals
and oils and fats,

Article 2

Regulations (EC) No 1324/96 and (EC) No 1325/96 are hereby
repealed.

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The Annexes to Regulation (EC) No 98/2003 are hereby
amended and corrected as shown in the Annex to this Regula-
tion.

Article 3

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publica-
tion in the Official Journal of the European Union.

Point 2 of the Annex shall apply from 1 January 2003.

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

Done at Brussels, 3 March 2003.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

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1. Annexes II and III to Regulation (EC) No 98/2003 are amended as follows:

(a) in Annex II, part 3, the first table entry is replaced by the following:

ANNEX

Description

CN code

Department

Quantity

Aid
(EUR/animal)

‘Breeding pigs:

— female animals

0103 10 00

ex 0103 91 10

ex 0103 92 19

Total

128

380’

(b) in Annex III, part 3, in the column headed ‘Quantity (tonnes)’ of the table for ‘MADEIRA’, the figure ‘200’ for

virgin olive oil

is replaced by ‘300’.

2. Annexes II, III and V to Regulation (EC) No 98/2003 are corrected as follows:

(a) in Annex II, part 2, the third table entry is replaced by the following:

Description

CN code

Quantity
(number of animals or units)

Aid
(EUR/animal or unit)

‘Breeding rabbits

ex 0106 19 10

670

50’

(b) in Annex III, part 2, the table for milled rice for Madeira is replaced by the following:

‘MADEIRA

Description

CN code

Quantity
(tonnes)

Milled rice

1006 30

4 000

Aid
(EUR/tonne)

I

58

II

76

III

(1)

(1) The amount shall be equal to the refund applicable to products in the rice sector supplied under Community and national food

aid measures.’

(c) in Annex III, part 3, the table for vegetable oil for Madeira is replaced by the following:

‘MADEIRA

Description

CN code

Quantity
(tonnes)

Vegetable oils (except olive oil):

— vegetable oil:

1507 to 1516 (1)

1 900

Aid
(EUR/tonne)

II

70

I

52

Olive oil:

— virgin olive oil

1509 10 90

or

— olive oil

1509 90 00

300

52

—

III

(2)

(2)

(1) Except 1509 and 1510.
(2) The amount shall be equal to the refund for products falling within the same CN code granted under Article 3(3) of Regulation No

136/66/EEC.’

(d) in Annex V, part 9, in the column headed 'Description', the first entry is replaced by 'Meat of domestic swine,

frozen'.