2006/472/EC: Commission Decision of  4 July 2006  definitively allocating between the Member States for 2006 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(2006) 3030)
Date: 2006-07-04
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU Member State, EU financing arrangements, aid to agriculture, fund (EU), redirection of production, tobacco

8.7.2006

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Official Journal of the European Union

L 187/33

COMMISSION

COMMISSION DECISION

of 4 July 2006

definitively allocating between the Member States for 2006 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(2006) 3030)

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

(2006/472/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,

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)
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

from the amount

Total resources available from the Community Tobacco
Fund for 2006 amount to EUR 29,2 million, slightly
different
indicated before, 50 % of
which is to be allocated to specific measures relating to
switching by tobacco growers to other crops or other
economic
activities generating employment, and to
studies on these topics.

2006 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

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The definitive allocation for 2006 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, 4 July 2006.

(3)

Under Article 17(4) of Regulation (EC) No 2182/2002,
the amount available for 2006 should therefore be
allocated between the Member States before 30 June

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 1679/2005 (OJ L 271, 15.10.2005, p. 1).

(2) OJ L 331, 7.12.2002, p. 16. Regulation amended by Regulation (EC)

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

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ANNEX

Definitive allocation for 2006 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

(EUR)

Definitive allocation

100 % of the national guarantee threshold

Basis

Belgium

Germany

Greece

Spain

France

Italy

Austria

Portugal

Value

62 350

499 597

5 255 417

1 853 806

1 127 090

5 542 586

0

259 154

Total

14 600 000