2003/161/EC: Commission Decision of 7 March 2003 fixing for the year 2003 an indicative allocation between the Member States of the financing under the Community Tobacco Fund of the measures referred to in Articles 13 and 14 of Regulation (EC) No 2182/2002 (notified under document number C(2003) 704)
Date: 2003-03-07
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: agricultural guidance, agronomic research, financing, fund (EU), redirection of production, tobacco

8.3.2003

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Official Journal of the European Union

L 65/31

COMMISSION DECISION

of 7 March 2003

fixing for the year 2003 an indicative allocation between the Member States of the financing under
the Community Tobacco Fund of the measures referred to in Articles 13 and 14 of Regulation (EC)
No 2182/2002

(notified under document number C(2003) 704)

(2003/161/EC)

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 14a thereof,

(4)

The measures provided for in this Decision are in accor-
dance with the opinion of the Management Committee
for Tobacco,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Whereas:

Article 1

(1)

(2)

(3)

Articles 13 and 14 of Commission Regulation (EC) No
2182/2002 of 6 December 2002 laying down detailed
rules for the application of Council Regulation (EEC) No
2075/92 with regard to the Community Tobacco
Fund (3), provide for measures to promote a switch of
tobacco production. Those measures are to be financed
by the Community Tobacco Fund set up by Article 13
of Regulation (EEC) No 2075/92.

The total amount available to the Community Tobacco
Fund for 2003 is EUR 19 million, half of which should
be used to finance specific measures to help tobacco
growers to switch to other crops or to other economic
activities that create employment, and to fund related
studies.

is therefore necessary to fix the allocation to the
It
Member States concerned of the available amount in
accordance with Article 17(2) of Regulation (EC) No
2182/2002.

the indicative allocations between the
For the year 2003,
Member States of the financing under the Community Tobacco
Fund of the measures referred to in Articles 13 and 14 of Regu-
lation (EC) No 2182/2002 shall be as set out in the Annex.

Article 2

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 7 March 2003.

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 331, 7.12.2002, p. 16.

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Official Journal of the European Union

8.3.2003

ANNEX

The indicative allocations to Member States of the financing under the Community Tobacco Fund for the year
2003

Member State

Basis

Indicative allocation for 2003

(Euro)

90 % on the quantities irrevocably bought
back under the quotas

10 % on the national guarantee threshold

Italy

Greece

Spain

Portugal

France

Germany

Belgium

Austria

Value

4 858 080

3 366 035

0

195 277

0

0

59 197

71 411

Total

8 550 000

Value

360 415

346 290

117 466

16 838

71 418

31 657

4 400

1 518

950 000