Commission Regulation (EC) No 950/2003 of 28 May 2003 setting for the marketing year 2003/04 the aid for peaches and pears for processing under Council Regulation (EC) No 2201/96
Date: 2003-05-28
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: aid system, aid to agriculture, food processing, pip fruit, stone fruit

29.5.2003

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 133/81

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 950/2003

of 28 May 2003

setting for the marketing year 2003/04 the aid for peaches and pears for processing under Council
Regulation (EC) No 2201/96

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2201/96 of 28
October 1996 on the common organisation of the markets in
processed fruit and vegetable products (1), as last amended by
Commission Regulation (EC) No 453/2002 (2), and in particular
Article 6(1) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

Article 2(3) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 449/
2001 of 2 March 2001 laying down detailed rules for
applying Council Regulation (EC) No 2201/96 as regards
the aid scheme for products processed from fruit and
vegetables (3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No
1426/2002 (4), requires the Commission to publish the
aid rates to be applied for peaches and pears after
checking compliance with the thresholds set in Annex
III to Regulation (EC) No 2201/96.

The average quantity of peaches processed under the aid
scheme over the past three marketing years is below the
Community threshold. The aid rate to be applied for
2003/04 in each Member State must therefore be that
set in Article 4(2) of Regulation (EC) No 2201/96.

The average quantity of pears processed under the aid
scheme over the last three marketing years is above the
Community threshold. The aid rate to be applied for
2003/04 in Member States that have not overrun their
national threshold must therefore be that given in Article
4(2) of Regulation (EC) No 2201/96. In each of the other
Member States that rate must be reduced according to

the individual threshold overrun as adjusted by alloca-
tion of the unprocessed quantities as specified in the
third subparagraph of Article 5(2) of that Regulation.

(4)

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in
accordance with the opinion of
the Management
Committee for Processed Fruit and Vegetables,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

For the marketing year 2003/04 the aid under Article 2 of
Regulation (EC) No 2201/96 shall be:

(a) peaches: EUR 47,70/tonne

(b) pears:

— EUR 79,07/tonne in Greece,
— EUR 161,70/tonne in Spain,
— EUR 156,15/tonne in France,
— EUR 122,28/tonne in Italy,
— EUR 161,70/tonne in the Netherlands,
— EUR 161,70/tonne in Austria,
— EUR 161,70/tonne in Portugal.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter
into force on the third day
following its publication in the Official Journal of the European
Union.

It shall apply to the marketing year 2003/04.

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

Done at Brussels, 28 May 2003.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 297, 21.11.1996, p. 29.
(2) OJ L 72, 14.3.2002, p. 9.
(3) OJ L 64, 6.3.2001, p. 16.
(4) OJ L 206, 3.8.2002, p. 4.