Council Regulation (EC) No 1679/2005 of 6 October 2005 amending Regulation (EEC) No 2075/92 on the common organisation of the market in raw tobacco
Date: 2005-10-06
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: common organisation of markets, tobacco

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COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 1679/2005

of 6 October 2005

amending Regulation (EEC) No 2075/92 on the common organisation of the market in raw tobacco

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

(4)

It is therefore necessary to amend Regulation (EEC) No
2075/92 accordingly,

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

establishing the European

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Article 1

Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament

(1),

Regulation (EEC) No 2075/92 is hereby amended as follows:

Having regard to the opinion of the European Economic and
Social Committee (2),

1. Article 1 shall be replaced by the following:

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

Titles I and II of Regulation (EEC) No 2075/92 (3)
establish a premium as well as a production limitation
system for tobacco production.

the

Article 152 of Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 (4), which
has established common rules for direct support schemes
under
common agricultural policy and certain
support schemes for farmers, provides for the deletion
of Titles I and II of Regulation (EEC) No 2075/92 as of 1
January 2005 but specifies that they shall continue to
apply in respect of
the 2005 harvest. The premium
and production limitation schemes provided for in Regu-
lation (EEC) No 2075/92 expire as from the end of the
2005 harvest.

(3)

Consequently a number of Articles of Regulation (EEC)
No 2075/92 become obsolete and should be deleted for
reasons of legal clarity and transparency.

(1) Opinion delivered on 6 September 2005 (not yet published in the

Official Journal).

(2) Opinion delivered on 28 September 2005 (not yet published in the

Official Journal).

(3) OJ L 215, 30.7.1992, p. 70. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

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

(4) OJ L 270, 21.10.2003, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by
Commission Regulation (EC) No 118/2005 (OJ L 24, 27.1.2005,
p. 15).

‘Article 1

The common organisation of the market in raw tobacco
shall cover raw or non-manufactured tobacco and tobacco
refuse falling within CN heading 2401.’;

2. Articles 2, 12, 19, 25, 26 and 27 and the Annex shall be

deleted;

3. Article 13(2)(b) shall be replaced by the following:

‘(b) specific measures to help tobacco growers to switch to
other crops or other economic activities that create
employment
for
tobacco growers to do so,’;

and studies of

the possibilities

4. Article 14 shall be deleted;

5. Article 14a shall be replaced by the following:

‘Article 14a

Detailed rules for the application of Article 13 shall be
adopted in accordance with the procedure referred to in
Article 23.’;

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6. Article 17 shall be replaced by the following:

Article 2

‘Article 17

1. Member States shall take all the necessary action to
ensure and verify compliance with Community provisions
concerning raw tobacco.

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

Article 1(1), (2) and (6) shall apply from 1 January 2006.

2.
Detailed rules for the application of this Title shall be
adopted in accordance with the procedure referred to in
Article 23.’

However, the provisions necessary for the management and
the premium system shall continue to apply in
control of
respect of the 2005 harvest.

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

Done at Luxembourg, 6 October 2005.

For the Council
The President

A. DARLING