Commission Regulation (EC) No 1236/2003 of 10 July 2003 amending Regulation (EC) No 950/2003 as regards the aid for pears for processing for the marketing year 2003/04
Date: 2003-07-10
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: aid system, aid to agriculture, food processing, marketing year, pip fruit

11.7.2003

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1236/2003

of 10 July 2003

amending Regulation (EC) No 950/2003 as regards the aid for pears for processing for the
marketing year 2003/04

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,

in the third subparagraph of Article 5(2) of Regulation
(EC) No 2201/96 for each of
the Member States
concerned.

(5)

(6)

Regulation (EC) No 950/2003 should be amended
following the new calculation of the level of aid.

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

Whereas:

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

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.

for

The aid for peaches and pears
the 2003/04
marketing year was fixed and published in 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 (5).

After the publication of Regulation (EC) No 950/2003, a
Member State authorities have notified to the Commis-
sion that the data provided as regards the amount of
pears for processing during the 2002/03 marketing year
were not complete. They have since provided the
complete data.

The aid for pears for the 2003/04 should be recalculated
according to the correct data taking into account that
the aid rate to be applied for 2003/04 must be reduced
according to the individual threshold overrun as adjusted
by allocation of the unprocessed quantities as specified

(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.
(5) OJ L 133, 29.5.2003, p. 81.

Article 1

Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 950/2003 is replaced by the
following:

‘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 71,55/tonne in Greece,

— EUR 158,08/tonne in Spain,

— EUR 151,00/tonne in France,

— EUR 116,09/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 that of its publication in the Official Journal of the
European Union.

It shall apply to the marketing year 2003/04.

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

Done at Brussels, 10 July 2003.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission