Commission Regulation (EC) No 2112/2004 of 10 December 2004 amending Regulation (EC) No 634/2004 laying down transitional measures for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 2202/96 and Regulation (EC) No 2111/2003 by reason of the accession of the Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia to the European Union
Date: 2004-12-10
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: accession to the European Union, aid system, citrus fruit, producer organisation, production aid

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2112/2004

of 10 December 2004

amending Regulation (EC) No 634/2004 laying down transitional measures for the application of
Council Regulation (EC) No 2202/96 and Regulation (EC) No 2111/2003 by reason of the accession
of the Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia and
Slovakia to the European Union

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(4)

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to the Treaty of Accession of the Czech Republic,
Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland,
Slovenia and Slovakia,

Having regard to the Act of Accession of the Czech Republic,
Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland,
Slovenia and Slovakia, and in particular the first paragraph of
Article 41 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

Latvia,

Lithuania, Hungary, Malta,

Producer organisations in the Czech Republic, Estonia,
Cyprus,
Poland,
‘the new Member
Slovenia and Slovakia (hereafter
States’) should benefit from the provisions of Council
Regulation (EC) No 2202/96 of 28 October 1996 intro-
ducing a Community aid scheme for producers of certain
citrus fruits (1).

The Community aid scheme for producers of certain
citrus fruits is based on contracts between, on the one
hand, producer organisations recognised or provisionally
admitted under Council Regulation (EC) No 2200/96 of
28 October 1996 on the common organisation of the
market in fruit and vegetables (2) and on the other hand,
processors.

Commission Regulation (EC) No 634/2004 (3) laid down
transitional measures for the application of Regulation
(EC) No 2202/96 and of Commission Regulation (EC)
No 2111/2003 of 1 December 2003 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 (4).

(5)

(6)

(7)

Article 13 of Regulation (EC) No 2111/2003 provides
that producer organisations and processors wishing to
participate
inform the
competent authorities of the Member States in which
their head office is situated, no later than 20 days
before the start of the marketing year.

in the

scheme

shall

aid

Due to different administrative constraints observed in
the new Member States, certain producer organisations
could not be recognised or provisionally admitted under
Regulation (EC) No 2200/96 by the competent autho-
rities in time to be in a position to inform those autho-
rities of their wish to participate in the aid scheme within
a time limit set by Article 13 of Regulation (EC) No
2111/2003.

In order to give, as far as possible, such producer orga-
nisations the opportunity to benefit from the provisions
of Council Regulation (EC) No 2202/96, while ensuring
that the aid scheme is properly applied, provisions should
be made for the 2004/2005 marketing year as regards
the deadline by which producer organisations in the new
Member States should inform the competent authorities
of their wish to participate in the aid scheme.

located in their

Article 10(1) of Regulation (EC) No 2111/2003 provides
that the Member States have the possibility to decide,
the
within a certain deadline fixed by that Article,
date(s) by which short-term contracts
should be
concluded by producer organisations that have their
head office
if
producer organisations in the new Member States are
to inform the competent authorities of their wish to
participate in the aid scheme at a later
the
deadline for the conclusion of short-term contracts that
cover at least eight complete and consecutive months
any
be
should
revision of
jeopardise the
necessary checks to be carried out by the competent
authorities of the Member States concerned.

revised
that deadline should not

accordingly. Nevertheless,

territory. However,

stage,

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

2003 Act of Accession.

(2) OJ L 297, 21.11.1996, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by
Commission Regulation (EC) No 47/2003 (OJ L 7, 11.1.2003, p.
64).

(3) OJ L 100, 6.4.2004, p. 19.
(4) OJ L 317, 2.12.2003, p. 5.

(8)

Regulation (EC) No 634/2004 should therefore be
amended accordingly.

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(9)

started on 1
Since the 2004/2005 marketing year
October 2004, and contracts between producer organi-
sations and processors have already been arranged,
amendments should apply from 10 September 2004.

(10)

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

In Regulation (EC) No 634/2004 the following Articles 3a and
3b are inserted:

inform the competent
Regulation (EC) No 2202/96 shall
authorities of the Member State in which their head office
is situated no later than 120 days after they have been
recognised or provisionally admitted under Council Regu-
lation (EC) No 2200/96 (*), but in any case no later than
21 January 2005.

Article 3b

By way of derogation from Article 10(1)(a) of Regulation
(EC) No 2111/2003, for the 2004/05 marketing year, and
for the new Member States only, short-term contracts that
cover at least eight complete and consecutive months shall
be concluded no later than 1 February 2005.
___________
(*) OJ L 297, 21.11.1996, p. 1.’

‘Article 3a

Article 2

By way of derogation from Article 13 of Regulation (EC) No
2111/2003, for the 2004/2005 marketing year, and for the
new Member States only, producer organisations wishing to
participate in the aid scheme provided for in Article 3 of

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

It shall apply from 10 September 2004.

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

Done at Brussels, 10 December 2004.

For the Commission

Mariann FISCHER BOEL
Member of the Commission