Commission Regulation (EC) No 888/2003 of 22 May 2003 fixing the quantities which may be transferred to another group of varieties in Germany, Spain and Portugal under the guarantee threshold for the 2003 harvest in the raw tobacco sector
Date: 2003-05-22
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Germany, Portugal, Spain, guarantee threshold, production quota, tobacco

23.5.2003

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Official Journal of the European Union

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 888/2003

of 22 May 2003

fixing the quantities which may be transferred to another group of varieties in Germany, Spain
and Portugal under the guarantee threshold for the 2003 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,

Whereas:

(1)

Article 9 of Regulation (EEC) No 2075/92 introduced
production quotas for the different groups of varieties of
tobacco. The individual quotas are divided among
producers on the basis of the guarantee thresholds for
the 2003 harvest laid down in Annex II to Council
Regulation (EC) No 546/2002 of 25 March 2002 fixing
the premiums and guarantee thresholds for leaf tobacco
by variety group and Member State for the 2002, 2003
and 2004 harvests and amending Regulation (EEC) No
2075/92. Pursuant to Article 9 of Regulation (EEC) No
2075/92, the Commission may authorise Member States
to transfer parts of their guarantee threshold quantities
between groups of varieties provided that such transfers
do not give rise to additional costs for the EAGGF and
do not involve any increase in Member States' overall
guarantee threshold allocations.

(2)

(3)

Since these conditions have been met, transfers should
be authorised in the Member States which have made
application to do so.

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

For the 2003 harvest, before the deadline for the conclusion of
cultivation contracts laid down in Article 10(1) of Commission
Regulation (EC) No 2848/98 (3), Member States are hereby
authorised to transfer 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
Union.

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

Done at Brussels, 22 May 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 358, 31.12.1998, p. 17.

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

ANNEX

Member State

Group of varieties from which transfer is made

Group of varieties to which transfer is made

GERMANY

5,6 t: dark air-cured (group III)

5,0 t: light air-cured (group II)

SPAIN

2 516,0 t: dark air-cured (group III)

789,7 t: flue-cured (group I)

PORTUGAL

160,0 t: light air-cured (group II)

128,0 t: flue-cured (group I)

1 528,7 t: light air-cured (group II)