Council Regulation (EC) No 941/2005 of 30 May 2005 amending Regulation (EC) No 1868/94 establishing a quota system in relation to the production of potato starch
Date: 2005-05-30
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: agricultural quota, potato, production quota, starch

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(Acts whose publication is obligatory)

COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 941/2005

of 30 May 2005

amending Regulation (EC) No 1868/94 establishing a quota system in relation to the production of
potato starch

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

(4)

Having regard to the Treaty
Community, and in particular Article 37 thereof,

establishing the European

Quantities used by potato starch manufacturers in excess
of the sub-quotas available in the 2004/2005 marketing
year are to be deducted in the 2005/2006 marketing
year in accordance with Article 6(2) of Regulation (EC)
No 1868/94.

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

(5)

Regulation (EC) No 1868/94 should therefore be
amended accordingly.

Having regard to the Opinion of the European Parliament (1),

(6)

The European Economic and Social Committee has given
its opinion (3),

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

Article 2(1) of Council Regulation (EC) No 1868/94 (2)
fixes the potato starch quotas for producer Member
States for the 2002/2003, 2003/2004 and 2004/2005
marketing years.

Under Article 3(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1868/94 the
three-yearly quotas are to be allocated to producer
from the
Member States on the basis of a report
Commission to the Council. The recent changes in the
common agricultural policy and production in the
Member States which joined the Community on 1 May
2004 should be taken into account to this end. Pending
indication of the initial effects on the sector, the existing
quotas
should
the 2004/2005 marketing year
therefore be rolled over for a further two years.

for

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Articles 2 and 3 of Regulation (EC) No 1868/94 are hereby
replaced by the following:

‘Article 2

The potato starch producing Member States shall be
the 2005/2006 and 2006/2007

1.
allocated quotas
marketing years in accordance with the Annex hereto.

for

(3)

Producer Member States should allocate their quotas for
a period of two years among all potato starch manufac-
turers on the basis of the quotas for the 2004/2005
marketing year.

(1) Opinion delivered on 11 May 2005 (not yet published in the Official

Journal).

2.
Each producer Member State referred to in the Annex
shall allocate its quota among potato starch manufacturers
for use in the 2005/2006 and 2006/2007 marketing years
on the basis of the sub-quotas available to each manufacturer
in 2004/2005, subject to application of the second subpar-
agraph.

(2) OJ L 197, 30.7.1994, p. 4. Regulation as last amended by the 2003

(3) Opinion delivered on 9 March 2005 (not yet published in the

Act of Accession.

Official Journal).

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the
The sub-quotas available to each manufacturer
2005/2006 marketing year
adjusted to take
account of any amount used in excess of quota during the
2004/2005 marketing year in accordance with Article 6(2).

shall be

for

Article 3

1.
No later than 30 September 2006, the Commission
shall present to the Council a report on the allocation of
quota within the Community, accompanied by appropriate
proposals. The report shall take account of any changes in
the payments to potato producers and of developments on
the potato starch and cereal starch markets.

proposals from the Commission on the basis of the report
referred to in paragraph 1.

3.
No later than 31 January 2007, the Member States shall
notify those concerned of the detailed rules adopted for the
sector.’

Article 2

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

No later than 31 December 2006, the Council, acting
2.
on the basis of Article 37 of the Treaty, shall decide on the

It shall apply from 1 July 2005.

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

Done at Brussels, 30 May 2005.

For the Council
The President

F. BODEN

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QUOTAS FOR THE 2005/06 AND 2006/07 MARKETING YEARS

ANNEX

(tonnes)

Czech Republic

Denmark

Germany

Estonia

Spain

France

Latvia

Lithuania

Netherlands

Austria

Poland

Slovakia

Finland

Sweden

33 660

168 215

656 298

250

1 943

265 354

5 778

1 211

507 403

47 691

144 985

729

53 178

62 066

Total

1 948 761