Commission Regulation (EC) No 1794/2004 of 15 October 2004 reducing, for the 2004/05 marketing year, the amount of aid to producers of certain citrus fruits following an overrun of the processing threshold in certain Member States
Date: 2004-10-15
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Greece, Italy, Portugal, Spain, agro-industry, citrus fruit, production aid

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1794/2004

of 15 October 2004

reducing, for the 2004/05 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,

aid for oranges indicated in Annex I to Regulation (EC)
No 2202/96 for the 2004/05 marketing year should
therefore be reduced by 0,64 % in Greece, 14,95 % in
Italy and 0,29 % in Portugal.

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2202/96 of 28
October 1996 introducing a Community aid scheme for
producers of certain citrus fruits (1), and in particular Article 6
thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

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) of Regulation (EC) No 2202/96 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 during the three marketing years preceding
the marketing year for which the aid is to be fixed, or
during an equivalent period.

The Member States have communicated the quantities of
oranges processed under the aid scheme in accordance
with Article 39(1)(c) of Commission Regulation (EC) No
2111/2003 (2), which lays down detailed rules for the
application of Regulation (EC) No 2202/96. Based on
this
the
Community processing threshold has been overrun by
100 380 tonnes. Within that overrun, Greece, Italy and
Portugal have overrun their threshold. The amounts of

it has been established that

information,

(1) OJ L 297, 21.11.1996, p. 49. Regulation as last amended by the Act

of Accession of 2003.
(2) OJ L 317, 2.12.2003, p. 5.

(4)

The Member States have communicated the quantities of
grapefruit and pomelos processed under the aid scheme
in accordance with Article 39(1)(c) of Regulation (EC) No
2111/2003. Based on this information, it has been estab-
lished that the Community processing threshold has been
overrun by 380 tonnes. Within that overrun, Greece and
Spain have overrun their thresholds. The amounts of aid
for grapefruit and pomelos indicated in Annex I to Regu-
lation (EC) No 2202/96 for the 2004/05 marketing year
should therefore be reduced by 7,00 % in Greece and
16,45 % in Spain.

(5)

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 Greece, Italy and Portugal are concerned, and for the
2004/05 marketing year, the amounts of aid to be granted
under Regulation (EC) No 2202/96 for oranges delivered for
processing shall be as indicated in Annex I to this Regulation.

Article 2

Where Greece and Spain are concerned, and for the 2004/05
marketing year, the amounts of aid to be granted under Regu-
lation (EC) No 2202/96 for grapefruit and pomelos delivered
for processing shall be as indicated in Annex II to this Regu-
lation.

Article 3

This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following
that of
the European
Union.

its publication in the Official

Journal of

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

Done at Brussels, 15 October 2004.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER
Member of the Commission

ANNEX I

Multiannual contracts

Contracts covering a single
marketing year

Individual producers

(EUR/100 kg)

11,20

9,59

11,24

9,74

8,33

9,77

8,76

7,50

8,79

ANNEX II

(EUR/100 kg)

Multiannual contracts

Contracts covering a single
marketing year

Individual Producers

9,74

8,75

8,46

7,60

7,62

6,84

Greece

Italy

Portugal

Greece

Spain