2006/134/EC: Commission Decision of  13 February 2006  fixing for the year 2006 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(2006) 347)
Date: 2006-02-13
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU Member State, distribution of EU funding, fund (EU), redirection of production, tobacco

23.2.2006

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 52/39

COMMISSION DECISION

of 13 February 2006

fixing for the year 2006 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(2006) 347)

(2006/134/EC)

concerned in accordance with Article 17(2) of Regulation
(EC) No 2182/2002.

(4)

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 2006,

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, 13 February 2006.

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 2006 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
economic activities
that create employment, and to
fund related studies.

(3)

It is therefore necessary to fix an indicative allocation of
amount between the Member States
the

available

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

lation (EC) No 1679/2005 (OJ L 271, 15.10.2005, p. 1).

(2) OJ L 331, 7.12.2002, p. 16. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 1881/2005 (OJ L 301, 18.11.2005, p. 3).

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Official Journal of the European Union

23.2.2006

ANNEX

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 2006

(EUR)

Basis

Belgium

Germany

Greece

Spain

France

Italy

Austria

Portugal

Member State

Indicative allocation

100 % of the national guarantee threshold

Value

62 357

488 758

5 236 572

1 813 585

1 102 636

5 422 333

20 227

253 531

Total

14 400 000