Commission Regulation (EC) No 1809/2004 of 18 October 2004 amending Regulation (EC) No 2848/98 laying down detailed rules for the application of the quota buy-back programme in the raw tobacco sector
Date: 2004-10-18
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: common organisation of markets, production quota, regulation of agricultural production, tobacco

L 318/18

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

19.10.2004

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1809/2004

of 18 October 2004

amending Regulation (EC) No 2848/98 laying down detailed rules for the application of the quota
buy-back programme in the raw tobacco sector

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

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)

Article 36 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 2848/98
of 22 December 1998 laying down detailed rules for the
application of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2075/92 as
regards the premium scheme, production quotas and the
specific aid to be granted to producer groups in the raw
tobacco sector (2) set the amounts payable to producers
whose quotas were bought under the quota buy-back
programme during the 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002 and
2003 harvests.

The planned objectives of rationalising production should
be pursued since producers are continuing to have
difficulty in selling their production of certain groups
of tobacco varieties and/or can secure only extremely
low prices for those varieties.

For quotas under the 2004 harvest, the buy-back price
should be fixed on the basis of the minimum level of aid
which the farmer can receive under the direct payment
set up by Council Regulation (EC) No
scheme
establishing
1782/2003

September

2003

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of

common rules for direct support schemes under the
common agricultural policy and establishing certain
support schemes for farmers (3). Moreover, with a view
to the implementation of the single payment scheme, the
payment period for the buy-back price should be kept to
a minimum.

Regulation (EC) No 2848/98 should be
accordingly.

amended

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

(4)

(5)

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The following subparagraph is hereby added to Article 36(1) of
Regulation (EC) No 2848/98:

‘Producers whose quotas have been bought back under the
2004 harvest shall be entitled to receive an amount equal to
40 % of the premium in 2005. That amount shall be paid
before 31 May 2005.’

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh 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, 18 October 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 358, 31.12.1998, p. 17. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

(3) OJ L 270, 21.10.2003, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 1983/2002 (OJ L 306, 8.11.2002, p. 8).

lation (EC) No 864/2004 (OJ L 161, 30.4.2004, p. 48).