Commission Regulation (EC) No 1749/2003 of 2 October 2003 reducing, for the 2003/04 marketing year, the amount of aid to producers of certain citrus fruits following an overrun of the processing threshold in certain Member States
Date: 2003-10-02
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: France, Greece, Italy, Spain, agro-industry, citrus fruit, production aid

3.10.2003

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1749/2003

of 2 October 2003

reducing, for the 2003/04 marketing year, the amount of aid to producers of certain citrus fruits
following an overrun of the processing threshold in certain Member States

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(3)

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2202/96 of 28
October 1996 introducing a Community aid scheme for produ-
cers of certain citrus fruits (1), as last amended by Commission
Regulation (EC) No 1933/2001 (2), and in particular Article 6
thereof,

Whereas:

The Member States have communicated the quantities of
grapefruit and pomelos processed under the aid scheme
in accordance with Article 23(1)(c) of Regulation (EC)
No 1092/2001. Based on this information, it has been
established that
the Community processing threshold
has been overrun by 2 286 tonnes. Within that overrun,
Greece, Spain, France and Italy have overrun their
thresholds. The amounts of aid for grapefruit and
pomelos indicated in Annex I to Regulation (EC) No
2202/96 for the 2003/04 marketing year must therefore
be reduced by 19,83 % in Greece, 54,14 % in Spain,
26,74 % in France and 33,29 % in Italy.

(1)

(2)

Article 5(1) of Regulation (EC) No 2202/96 establishes a
Community processing threshold for certain citrus fruits,
distributed among the Member States in accordance with
Annex II thereto. Article 5(2) provides that when this
threshold is overrun the amounts of aid indicated in
Annex I thereto are to be reduced in each Member State
in which the threshold has been overrun. The overrun of
the processing threshold is assessed on the basis of the
average quantities processed under
the aid scheme
the
during
marketing year for which the aid is to be fixed, or during
an equivalent period.

three marketing

years preceding

the

The Member States have communicated the quantities of
oranges processed under the aid scheme in accordance
with Article 23(1)(c) of Commission Regulation (EC) No
1092/2001 of 30 May 2001 laying down detailed rules
for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 2202/
96 introducing a Community aid scheme for producers
of certain citrus fruits (3), as amended by Regulation (EC)
No 350/2002 (4). Based on this information, it has been
established that
the Community processing threshold
has been overrun by 101 966 tonnes. Within that
overrun, Italy has overrun its threshold. The amounts of
aid for oranges indicated in Annex I to Regulation (EC)
No 2202/96 for the 2003/04 marketing year must
therefore be reduced by 14,93 % in Italy.

(4)

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Where Italy is concerned, and for the 2003/04 marketing year,
the amounts of aid to be granted under Regulation (EC) No
2202/96 for oranges delivered for processing shall be as indi-
cated in Annex I hereto.

Article 2

Where Greece, Spain, France and Italy are concerned, and for
the 2003/04 marketing year, the amounts of aid to be granted
under Regulation (EC) No 2202/96 for grapefruit and pomelos
delivered for processing shall be as indicated in Annex II
hereto.

Article 3

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, 2 October 2003.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 297, 21.11.1996, p. 49.
(2) OJ L 262, 2.10.2001, p. 6.
(3) OJ L 150, 6.6.2001, p. 6.
(4) OJ L 55, 26.2.2002, p. 20.

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ANNEX I

Multiannual contracts

Contracts covering a single
marketing year

Individual producers

(EUR/100 kg)

Italy

9,59

8,34

7,50

ANNEX II

Multiannual contracts

Contracts covering a single
marketing year

Individual producers

(EUR/100 kg)

8,39

4,80

7,67

6,98

7,30

4,17

6,67

6,07

6,57

3,76

6,00

5,46

Greece

Spain

France

Italy