Commission Regulation (EC) No 1578/2005 of 29 September 2005 reducing, for the 2005/06 marketing year, the amount of aid to producers of certain citrus fruits following an overrun of the processing threshold in certain Member States
Date: 2005-09-29
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Cyprus, Italy, Portugal, agro-industry, citrus fruit, production aid

30.9.2005

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1578/2005

of 29 September 2005

reducing, for the 2005/06 marketing year, the amount of aid to producers of certain citrus fruits
following an overrun of the processing threshold in certain Member States

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(4)

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2202/96 of 28
October 1996 establishing a support system for producers of
certain citrus fruits (1), and in particular Article 6 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

Article 5(1) of Regulation (EC) No 2202/96 establishes a
Community processing threshold for certain citrus fruits,
distributed among the Member States in accordance with
Annex II thereto.

Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 2202/96 provides that
when this threshold is overrun the amounts of aid
indicated in Annex I thereto are to be reduced in each
Member State in which the threshold has been overrun.
The overrun of the processing threshold is assessed on
the basis of the average quantities processed under the
aid scheme during the three marketing years preceding
the marketing year for which the aid is to be fixed, or
during an equivalent period.

The Member States have communicated the quantities of
oranges processed under the aid scheme in accordance
with Article 39(1)(c) of Commission Regulation (EC)
No 2111/2003 of 1 December 2003 which lays down
detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation
(EC) No 2202/96 introducing a Community aid scheme
for producers of certain citrus fruits (2). Based on this
the
been
information,
Community processing threshold has been overrun by
151 420 tonnes. Within that overrun,
and
Portugal have overrun their threshold. The amounts of
aid for oranges indicated in Annex I to Regulation (EC)
No 2202/96 for the 2005/06 marketing year should
therefore be reduced by 21,69 % in Italy and 20,64 %
in Portugal.

established

Italy

that

has

it

The Member States have communicated the quantities of
small citrus fruits processed under the aid scheme in
accordance with Article 39(1)(c) of Regulation (EC)
No 2111/2003. Based on this information, it has been
established that the Community processing threshold has
been overrun by 54 460 tonnes. Within that overrun,
Italy, Cyprus and Portugal have overrun their threshold.
The amounts of aid for mandarins, clementines and
satsumas
to Regulation (EC)
No 2202/96 for the 2005/06 marketing year should
therefore be reduced by 44,26 % in Italy, 17,83 % in
Cyprus and 47,02 % in Portugal.

indicated in Annex I

(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

Where Italy and Portugal are concerned, and for the 2005/06
marketing year, the amounts of aid to be granted under Regu-
lation (EC) No 2202/96 for oranges delivered for processing
shall be as indicated in Annex I to this Regulation.

Article 2

Where Italy, Cyprus and Portugal are concerned, and for the
2005/06 marketing year, the amounts of aid to be granted
under Regulation (EC) No 2202/96 for mandarins, clementines
and satsumas delivered for processing shall be as indicated in
Annex II to this Regulation.

Article 3

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

its publication in the Official

Journal of

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

Done at Brussels, 29 September 2005.

For the Commission

Mariann FISCHER BOEL
Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 297, 21.11.1996, p. 49. Regulation last amended by the 2003

Act of Accession.

(2) OJ L 317, 2.12.2003, p. 5.

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ANNEX I

Multiannual contracts

Contracts covering
a single marketing year

Individual producers

(EUR/100 kg)

Italy

Portugal

8,83

8,94

7,67

7,78

6,91

7,00

ANNEX II

Multiannual contracts

Contracts covering a single
marketing year

Individual producers

(EUR/100 kg)

Italy

Portugal

Cyprus

5,84

5,55

8,60

5,07

4,82

7,48

4,57

4,34

6,73