2005/397/EC: Commission Decision of 23 May 2005 definitively allocating between the Member States for 2005 Community Tobacco Fund resources for financing the measures indicated in Articles 13 and 14 of Regulation (EC) No 2182/2002 (notified under document number C(2005) 1513)   (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2005-05-23
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU Member State, agricultural guidance, fund (EU), redirection of production, tobacco

27.5.2005

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 134/47

COMMISSION DECISION

of 23 May 2005

definitively allocating between the Member States for 2005 Community Tobacco Fund resources
for financing the measures indicated in Articles 13 and 14 of Regulation (EC) No 2182/2002

(notified under document number C(2005) 1513)

(Only the Dutch, French, German, Greek, Italian, Portuguese and Spanish versions are authentic)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2005/397/EC)

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,

2005 on the basis of the provisional plans notified by
them for funding the measures in the applications for
aid.

(4)

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

in this Decision are in
the Management

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

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)
to promote switching of
production. These
financed from the
Community Tobacco Fund set up under Article 13 of
Regulation (EEC) No 2075/92.

specify measures

to be

are

Total resources available from the Community Tobacco
Fund for 2005 amount to EUR 28,8 million, 50 % of
which is to be allocated to specific measures relating to
switching by tobacco growers to other crops or other
activities generating employment, and to
economic
studies on these topics.

Under Article 17(4) of Regulation (EC) No 2182/2002,
the amount available for 2005 should therefore be
allocated between the Member States before 31 May

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The definitive allocation for 2005 between the Member States
of the Community Tobacco Fund resources for financing the
measures indicated in Articles 13 and 14 of Regulation (EC)
No 2182/2002 is annexed hereto.

Article 2

This Decision is addressed to the Kingdom of Belgium, the
the
Federal Republic of Germany,
Kingdom of Spain, the French Republic, the Italian Republic,
the Republic of Austria and the Portuguese Republic.

the Hellenic Republic,

Done at Brussels, 23 May 2005.

For the Commission

Mariann FISCHER BOEL
Member of the Commission

(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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Definitive allocation for 2005 between Member States of the Community Tobacco Fund resources for financing
the measures indicated in Articles 13 and 14 of Regulation (EC) No 2182/2002

ANNEX

Basis

Member State

Belgium

Germany

Greece

Spain

France

Italy

Austria

Portugal

Total

90 % of the quantities irrevocably bought back
under the quotas

10 % of the national guarantee threshold

Definitive allocation

(EUR)

Value

99 062

0

8 972 907

0

0

1 961 308

0

379 265

11 412 542

Value

3 260

48 876

388 757

184 000

120 000

662 236

0

25 069

1 432 198