Commission Regulation (EC) No 170/2005 of 31 January 2005 fixing the aid for tomatoes for processing for the 2005/06 marketing year
Date: 2005-01-31
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: aid system, fruit vegetable, vegetable product

1.2.2005

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 170/2005

of 31 January 2005

fixing the aid for tomatoes for processing for the 2005/06 marketing year

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

No 2201/96 and Regulation (EC) No 1535/2003 by
reason of the accession of the Czech Republic, Estonia,
Cyprus,
Poland,
Slovenia and Slovakia to the European Union (3).

Lithuania, Hungary, Malta,

Latvia,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

(4)

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2201/96 of 28
October 1996 on the common organisation of the markets in
processed fruit and vegetable products (1), and in particular
Article 6(1) thereof,

The quantity of tomatoes processed under the aid scheme
to be considered when examining compliance with the
national and Community thresholds is 128 640 tonnes
above the Community threshold. In the case of those
Member States which have exceeded their processing
threshold, the aid for tomatoes for processing for the
thus be adjusted in
2005/06 marketing year must
relation to the level set in Article 4(2) of Regulation
(EC) No 2201/96,
in accordance with Article 5(2) and
(4) of that Regulation and Article 3(2) of Regulation (EC)
No 416/2004.

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

of

3(3)

Regulation

Article
(EC)
Commission
No 1535/2003 of 29 August 2003 laying down
detailed rules for the implementation of Regulation (EC)
No 2201/96 as regards the aid scheme for products
processed from fruit and vegetables (2) stipulates that
the Commission is to publish the amount of the aid
for tomatoes for processing before 31 January.

For the Member States of the Community as constituted
on 30 April 2004, compliance with the national and
Community thresholds for processing tomatoes referred
to in Article 5(1) of Regulation (EC) No 2201/96 is
examined on the basis of the quantities aided in the
three preceding marketing years for which definitive
data are available for all the Member States in question.

In the case of the Member States which acceded to the
European Union on 1 May 2004, compliance with
national and Community thresholds for tomatoes for
processing is examined on the basis of the quantities
for which aid applications for the 2004/05 marketing
year were submitted under Article 4 of Regulation (EC)
No 416/2004 of 5 March 2004 laying down transitional
measures for the application of Council Regulation (EC)

(1) OJ L 297, 21.11.1996, p. 29. Regulation as last amended by
Commission Regulation (EC) No 386/2004 (OJ L 64, 2.3.2004,
p. 25).

(2) OJ L 218, 30.8.2003, p. 14. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 2169/2004 (OJ L 371, 18.12.2004, p. 18).

(5)

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in
accordance with the opinion of
the Management
Committee for Products Processed from Fruit and Vege-
tables,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

For the 2005/06 marketing year, the aid for tomatoes under
Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 2201/96 shall be:

(a)

in Greece, France, Portugal, Italy, Czech Republic, Cyprus,
Hungary, Malta, Poland and Slovakia, EUR 34,50 per tonne;

(b) in Spain:

(i) EUR 34,50 per tonne for tomatoes for processing into

whole peeled tomatoes,

(ii) EUR 31,29 per tonne for tomatoes intended for other

processing.

Article 2

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

its publication in the Official

Journal of

(3) OJ L 68, 6.3.2004, p. 12.

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

Done at Brussels, 31 January 2005.

For the Commission

Mariann FISCHER BOEL
Member of the Commission