Commission Regulation (EC) No 1330/2006 of 8 September 2006 on the payment of a supplement to the advances on the compensatory aid in the banana sector for 2006
Date: 2006-09-08
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: aid system, financial loss, marketing, production aid, tropical fruit

9.9.2006

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 247/9

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1330/2006

of 8 September 2006

on the payment of a supplement to the advances on the compensatory aid in the banana sector
for 2006

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 404/93 of 13
February 1993 on the common organisation of the market in
bananas (1), and in particular Article 14 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

Article 4 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1858/93
of 9 July 1993 laying down detailed rules applying
Council Regulation (EEC) No 404/93 as regards the aid
scheme
from
for
marketing in the banana sector (2)
lays down the
conditions for paying advances on compensatory aid.

to compensate

loss of

income

Article 2 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 833/2006
of 2 June 2006 fixing the compensatory aid for bananas
produced and marketed in the Community in 2005 and
the unit value of
the
amount of each advance for bananas marketed in 2006
at EUR 4,13 per 100 kilograms.

the advances for 2006 (3) set

on

financial

To take account of price movements on the Community
in comparison with 2005 and the impact of
market
these movements
of
the
Community banana producers, provision should be
made for the payment of a supplement to the advances
paid for the quantities marketed in the Community in
2006, without prejudice to the level of compensatory aid
to be set subsequently under Article 12 of Regulation
(EEC) No 404/93 and Regulation (EEC) No 1858/93.

situation

This supplementary payment should be conditional on
the lodging of a security in accordance with Article 4 of
Regulation (EEC) No 1858/93.

(4)

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in
accordance with the opinion of
the Management
Committee for bananas,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Producer Member States shall pay a supplement to the advances
on the compensatory aid provided for in Article 12 of Regu-
lation (EEC) No 404/93,
for 2006, of EUR 7,13 per 100
kilograms, for the quantities marketed in the Community in
2006.

The supplement to the advances shall be paid for marketed
quantities for which applications for advances on the comple-
mentary aid have been made for 2006.

Applications for payment of the supplement to the advance
shall be accompanied by proof that a security of EUR 3,57
per 100 kilograms has been lodged.

Payment for bananas marketed during the first half of 2006
shall be made within two months of this Regulation becoming
applicable.

Article 2

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

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

Done at Brussels, 8 September 2006.

For the Commission

Mariann FISCHER BOEL
Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 47, 25.2.1993, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by the 2003

Act of Accession.

(2) OJ L 170, 13.7.1993, p. 5. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 789/2005 (OJ L 132, 26.5.2005, p. 13).

(3) OJ L 150, 3.6.2006, p. 9.