Commission Regulation (EC) No 1756/2003 of 3 October 2003 amending Regulation (EC) No 98/2003 as regards the forecast supply balance for the French overseas departments and Madeira in the processed fruit and vegetables sector
Date: 2003-10-03
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU aid, French overseas department and region, Madeira, fruit product, supply balance sheet, vegetable product

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1756/2003

of 3 October 2003

amending Regulation (EC) No 98/2003 as regards the forecast supply balance for the French over-
seas departments and Madeira in the processed fruit and vegetables sector

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1452/2001 of 28
June 2001 introducing specific measures for certain agricultural
products for the French overseas departments, amending Direc-
tive 72/462/EEC and repealing Regulations (EEC) No 525/77
and (EEC) No 3763/91 (Poseidom) (1), and in particular Article
3(6) thereof,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1453/2001 of 28
June 2001 introducing specific measures for certain agricultural
products for the Azores and Madeira and repealing Regulation
(EEC) No 1600/92 (Poseima) (2), and in particular Article 3(6)
thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

Part 3 of Annex I to Commission Regulation (EC) No
98/2003 of 20 January 2003 establishing the supply
balances and Community aid for the supply of certain
essential products for human consumption, for proces-
sing and as agricultural inputs and for the supply of live
animals and eggs
regions under
Council Regulations (EC) No 1452/2001, (EC) No 1453/
2001 and (EC) No 1454/2001 (3), as last amended by
Regulation (EC) No 1493/2003 (4), lays down a forecast
supply balance and fixes Community aid for the supply
of products processed from fruit and vegetables for the
French overseas departments.

to the outermost

The forecast supply balance provides for an annual
quantity of 300 tonnes of fruit pulp falling within CN
code 2008 and 170 tonnes of concentrated fruit juice
falling within CN code 2009 for all the French overseas
departments. The current state of implementation of the
balance in those regions and the anticipated supply
requirements for the second half of 2003 show that the
quantities fixed for the supply of these two product cate-
gories fall short of requirements.

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

(7)

(8)

By letter dated 8 July 2003, therefore, the French autho-
rities submitted a request for adjustment of the balance
in order to meet the supply needs of the overseas depart-
ments.

Part 4 of Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 98/2003 lays
down the forecast supply balance and fixes the Commu-
nity aid for the supply of products processed from fruit
and vegetables for Madeira and the Azores.

The forecast supply balance provides for an annual
quantity of 400 tonnes of fruit falling within CN code
2008 for Madeira. The current state of implementation
of the balance in Madeira shows that the quantity fixed
for the supply of this product category falls short of
requirements.

By letter dated 6 August 2003, therefore, the Portuguese
authorities submitted a request for adjustment of the
balance for Madeira in order to meet Madeira's supply
needs.

Regulation (EC) No 98/2003 should therefore be
amended accordingly.

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Regulation (EC) No 98/2003 is hereby amended as follows:

1. In Annex I, part 3 is replaced by the text in Annex I hereto.

2. In Annex III, part 4, the table covering Madeira is replaced

by the table in Annex II hereto.

Article 2

(1) OJ L 198, 21.7.2001, p. 11.
(2) OJ L 198, 21.7.2001, p. 26.
(3) OJ L 14, 21.1.2003, p. 32.
(4) OJ L 214, 26.8.2003, p. 10.

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

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

Done at Brussels, 3 October 2003.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

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ANNEX I

‘Part 3

Products processed from fruit and vegetables

For ec a st sup ply ba lanc e a nd Community a i d for the su pply of Commu ni ty pr odu c ts pe r c ale ndar
y e a r

Description

CN codes

Department

Quantity
(in tonnes)

All

0

450

Guyana

Guadeloupe

Martinique

Réunion

300

Guyana

Martinique

Réunion

Guadeloupe

Fruit purée obtained by cooking,
whether or not containing added
sugar or other sweetening matter,
for processing:

— citrus fruit

ex 2007 91

— other not

including tropical

ex 2007 99

fruit

Fruit pulp otherwise prepared or
preserved,
not
whether
containing added sugar or other
sweetening matter or spirit, not
elsewhere specified or
included,
for processing:

or

— citrus fruit

— pears

— apricots

— cherries

— peaches

— strawberries

ex 2008 30

ex 2008 40

ex 2008 50

ex 2008 60

ex 2008 70

ex 2008 80

— mixtures,

not

including

ex 2008 92

tropical fruit

— other not

including tropical

ex 2008 99

fruit

Concentrated fruit juice (including
grape must), unfermented and not
containing added spirit, whether
or not containing added sugar or
other
for
sweetening matter,
processing:

— orange juice

— grapefruit juice

— grape juice

— apple juice

— pear juice

ex 2009 11 11, ex 2009 11 19,
ex 2009 19 11, ex 2009 19 19

ex 2009 20 11, ex 2009 20 19

ex 2009 60 11, ex 2009 60 19,
ex 2009 60 51, ex 2009 60 71

ex 2009 70 11, ex 2009 70 19

ex 2009 80 11, ex 2009 80 19

— other fruit juice not including

ex 2009 80 35, ex 2009 80 38

tropical fruit juice

— mixtures of apple and pear

ex 2009 90 11, ex 2009 90 19

Aid
(EUR/tonne)

II

395

586

408

408

456

727

311

311

311

I

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

III

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

(1)

juice

— other mixtures not
tropical fruit juice

including

ex 2009 90 21, ex 2009 90 29

Total

—

—

—

—

(1) The amount shall be equal to the amount of the refund for products falling within the same CN code granted under Article 16 of Regulation (EC) No 2201/96.’

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ANNEX II

‘MADEIRA

Description

CN code

Quantity
(in tonnes)

Aid
(EUR/tonne)

I

II

III

fruit

jellies, marmalades,

fruit
Jams,
purée and fruit pastes, obtained by
cooking, whether or not containing
added
sweetening
matter:

sugar

other

or

— preparations other

than homoge-
nised, containing fruit other than
citrus fruit

2007 99

100

227

245

prepared

Fruit and other edible parts of plants,
preserved,
otherwise
whether or not containing added sugar
or other sweetening matter or spirit,
not elsewhere specified or included:

or

580

193

211

—

—

2008 20

2008 40

2008 60

2008 70

2008 92

2008 99

— pineapples

— pears

— cherries

— peaches

— other,

including mixtures, other

than those of subheading 2008 19

— mixtures

— other

than

palm hearts

and

mixtures

— Concentrated fruit

juice (including
grape must), unfermented and not
containing added spirit, whether or
not containing added sugar or other
sweetening matter:

— juice for processing

ex 2009

100

294

—’