2004/148/EC: Commission Decision of 18 February 2004 fixing for the year 2004 an indicative allocation between the Member States of the financing under the Community Tobacco Fund of the measures referred to in Articles 13 and 14 of Regulation (EC) No 2182/2002 (notified under document number C(2004) 493)
Date: 2004-02-18
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: agricultural guidance, agronomic research, consumer information, financing, fund (EU), redirection of production, tobacco

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Official Journal of the European Union

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COMMISSION DECISION

of 18 February 2004

fixing for the year 2004 an indicative allocation between the Member States of the financing
under the Community Tobacco Fund of the measures referred to in Articles 13 and 14 of Regu-
lation (EC) No 2182/2002

(notified under document number C(2004) 493)

(2004/148/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2075/92 of 30
June 1992 on the common organisation of the market in raw
tobacco (1), and in particular Article 14(a) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

Articles 13 and 14 of Commission Regulation (EC) No
2182/2002 of 6 December 2002 laying down detailed
rules for the application of Council Regulation (EEC) No
2075/92 with regard to the Community Tobacco
Fund (2), provide for measures to promote a switch of
tobacco production. Those measures are to be financed
by the Community Tobacco Fund set up by Article 13
of Regulation (EEC) No 2075/92.

The total amount available to the Community Tobacco
Fund for 2004 is EUR 28,8 million, 50 % of which
should be used to finance specific measures to help
tobacco growers to switch to other crops or to other
economic activities that create employment, and to fund
related studies.

It is therefore necessary to fix an indicative allocation of
the available amount between the Member States
concerned in accordance with Article 17(2) of Regu-
lation (EC) No 2182/2002.

(4)

The measures provided for in this Decision are in
accordance with the opinion of
the Management
Committee for Tobacco,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

the year 2004,

For
the indicative allocation between the
Member States of the financing under the Community Tobacco
Fund of the measures referred to in Articles 13 and 14 of Regu-
lation (EC) No 2182/2002 shall be as set out in the Annex.

Article 2

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 18 February 2004.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 215, 30.7.1992, p. 70. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 2319/2003 (OJ L 345, 31.12.2003, p. 17).

(2) OJ L 331, 7.12.2002, p. 16.

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ANNEX

The indicative allocations to Member States of the financing under the Community Tobacco Fund of the
measures referred to in Articles 13 and 14 of Regulation (EC) No 2182/2002 for the year 2004

Member State

Basis

Indicative allocation

(EUR)

90 % on the quantities irrevocably
bought back under the quotas

10 % of the national guarantee
threshold

Italy

Greece

Spain

Portugal

France

Germany

Belgium

Austria

Value

11 362 565

748 442

0

263 284

0

0

324 762

260 947

Value

538 446

529 755

180 009

25 481

109 443

48 512

6 346

2 008

Total

12 960 000

1 440 000