2005/129/EC: Commission Decision of 11 February 2005 fixing for the year 2005 an indicative allocation between the Member States of the financing under the Community Tobacco Fund of the measures referred to in Articles 13 and 14 of Regulation (EC) No 2182/2002 (notified under document number C(2005) 331)
Date: 2005-02-11
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU Member State, distribution of EU funding, fund (EU), redirection of production, tobacco

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Official Journal of the European Union

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COMMISSION DECISION

of 11 February 2005

fixing for the year 2005 an indicative allocation between the Member States of the financing under
the Community Tobacco Fund of the measures referred to in Articles 13 and 14 of Regulation
(EC) No 2182/2002

(notified under document number C(2005) 331)

(2005/129/EC)

(3)

(4)

available

It is therefore necessary to fix an indicative allocation of
the
amount between the Member States
concerned in accordance with Article 17(2) of Regulation
(EC) No 2182/2002.

The measures provided for
accordance with the opinion of
Committee for Tobacco,

in this Decision are in
the Management

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

the year 2005,

the indicative allocation between the
For
Member States of
the Community
the
Tobacco Fund of the measures referred to in Articles 13 and
14 of Regulation (EC) No 2182/2002 shall be as set out in the
Annex.

financing under

Article 2

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 11 February 2005.

For the Commission

Mariann FISCHER BOEL
Member of the Commission

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 14a thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

Articles 13 and 14 of Commission Regulation (EC)
No 2182/2002 of 6 December 2002 laying down
detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation
(EEC) No 2075/92 with regard to the Community
Tobacco Fund (2) provide for measures to promote a
switch of tobacco production. Those measures are to
be financed by the Community Tobacco Fund set up
by Article 13 of Regulation (EEC) No 2075/92.

The total amount available to the Community Tobacco
Fund for 2005 is EUR 28,8 million, 50 % of which
should be used to finance specific measures to help
tobacco growers to switch to other crops or to other
that create employment, and to
economic activities
fund related studies.

(1) OJ L 215, 30.7.1992, p. 70. Regulation last amended by Regulation

(EC) No 2319/2003 (OJ L 345, 31.12.2003, p. 17).

(2) OJ L 331, 7.12.2002, p. 16. Regulation amended by Regulation

(EC) No 480/2004 (OJ L 78, 16.3.2004, p. 8).

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ANNEX

The indicative allocations to Member States of the financing under the Community Tobacco Fund of the
measures referred to in Articles 13 and 14 of Regulation (EC) No 2182/2002 for the year 2005

Member State

Basis

Indicative allocation

(in EUR)

90 % of the quantities irrevocably bought
back under the quotas

10 % of the national guarantee threshold

Belgium

Germany

Greece

Spain

France

Italy

Austria

Portugal

Value

189 481

0

12 086 531

0

0

300 432

0

383 556

Value

6 236

48 876

523 657

181 358

110 264

542 233

2 023

25 353

Total

12 960 000

1 440 000