Commission Regulation (EC) No 2113/2004 of 10 December 2004 amending Regulation (EC) No 1943/2003 laying down rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 2200/96 as regards aid to producer groups granted preliminary recognition
Date: 2004-12-10
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU financing, aid system, investment aid, producer organisation, production aid

L 366/10

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

11.12.2004

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2113/2004

of 10 December 2004

amending Regulation (EC) No 1943/2003 laying down rules for the application of Council Regu-
lation (EC) No 2200/96 as regards aid to producer groups granted preliminary recognition

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(a) The title is replaced by the following:

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

‘Article 4

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2200/96 of 28
October 1996 on the common organisation of the market in
fruit and vegetables (1), and in particular Article 48 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

4

(EC) No
of Commission Regulation
Article
1943/2003 (2) provides that aid for investments linked
to implementation of the measures in recognition plans
as referred to in Article 14(2)(b) of Regulation (EC) No
2200/96 is to be granted solely in the form of special
loans. In view of the experience gained over the last few
years, and in particular the difficulties encountered by the
Member States in implementing this type of aid while
of
ensuring
that
Community funding for
the
investments provided for in Article 8 of that Regulation,
it should be made possible for direct capital aid to be
paid.

the
level
costs of

beneficiaries

eligible

receive

the

Regulation (EC) No 1943/2003 should be amended
accordingly.

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

Aid for investments required for recognition’

(b) The first subparagraph of paragraph 1 is replaced by the

following:

‘To cover part of the cost of investments linked to imple-
mentation of the measures in recognition plans described
in Article 16 of Regulation (EC) No 1432/2003, aid as
provided for in Article 14(2)(b) of Regulation (EC) No
2200/96 shall be granted:

(a) directly, in capital or

(b) indirectly, through credit institutions, in the form of

special loans.’

2. The first subparagraph of Article 8(2)

is replaced by the

following:

‘The Community contribution towards aid as referred to in
Article 4, expressed in terms of a capital grant or capital-
grant equivalent, shall not exceed, as a percentage of eligible
investment costs as referred to in Article 4:

— 50 % in Objective 1 and 2 regions as referred to in

Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 1260/1999,

— 30 % in other regions.’

Article 2

Regulation (EC) No 1943/2003 is hereby amended as follows:

1. Article 4 is amended as follows:

This Regulation shall enter into force on the third 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, 10 December 2004.

For the Commission

Mariann FISCHER BOEL
Member of the Commission

(1) 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).

(2) OJ L 286, 4.11.2003, p. 5.