Commission Regulation (EC) No 1350/2003 of 30 July 2003 amending Regulation (EC) No 97/95 as regards the 2003/2004 marketing year for the production of potato starch
Date: 2003-07-30
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: agricultural guidance, crop production, marketing, potato, production aid, starch

31.7.2003

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 192/7

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1350/2003

of 30 July 2003

amending Regulation (EC) No 97/95 as regards the 2003/2004 marketing year for the production
of potato starch

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 of 30
June 1992 on the common organisation of the market in
cereals (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1104/
2003 (2), and in particular Article 8(5) thereof,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1868/94 of 27
July 1994 establishing a quota system in relation to the produc-
tion of potato starch (3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No
962/2002 (4), and in particular Article 8 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

The amounts applicable for the 2001/2002 marketing
year as regards the minimum price and the payment to
the producer, fixed by Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92,
and the premium for potato starch producers, fixed by
Regulation (EC) No 1868/94, are unchanged for the
2002/2003 and 2003/2004 marketing years.

Annex II to Commission Regulation (EC) No 97/95 of
17 January 1995 laying down detailed rules for the
application of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 as
regards the minimum price and compensatory payment
to be paid to potato producers and of Council Regula-
tion (EC) No 1868/94 establishing a quota system in
relation to the production of potato starch (5), as last
amended by Regulation (EC) No 1425/2002 (6), estab-
lishes the minimum price, the premium to be paid to
the starch producer and the payment to be paid to the
producer for potatoes based on their starch content and

the underwater weight of 5 050 g of potato up to the
2002/2003 marketing year. That Annex should there-
fore be amended with a view to applying it to the 2003/
2004 marketing year using the same amounts as those
applied in the 2001/2002 and 2002/2003 marketing
years.

To ensure the continuity of the marketing years, the
measures provided for in this Regulation must apply
from 1 July 2003.

Regulation (EC) No 97/95 must be amended accord-
ingly.

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

(3)

(4)

(5)

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

In Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 97/95 the subheading ‘Part
B: 2001/2002 and 2002/2003 marketing years’ is replaced by
‘Part B: 2001/2002, 2002/2003 and 2003/2004 marketing
years’.

Article 2

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

It shall apply from 1 July 2003.

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

Done at Brussels, 30 July 2003.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 181, 1.7.1992, p. 21.
(2) OJ L 158, 27.6.2003, p. 1.
(3) OJ L 197, 30.7.1994, p. 4.
(4) OJ L 149, 7.6.2002, p. 1.
(5) OJ L 16, 24.1.1995, p. 3.
(6) OJ L 206, 3.8.2002, p. 3.