Commission Regulation (EC) No 1449/2006 of 29 September 2006 reducing, for the 2006/07 marketing year, the amount of aid to producers of certain citrus fruits following an overrun of the processing threshold in certain Member States
Date: 2006-09-29
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Cyprus, Italy, Portugal, agro-industry, citrus fruit, production aid

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1449/2006

of 29 September 2006

reducing, for the 2006/07 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,

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:

Portugal have overrun their threshold. The amounts of
aid for oranges indicated in Annex I to Regulation (EC)
No 2202/96 for the 2006/07 marketing year should
therefore be reduced by 28,63 % in Italy and 20,68 %
in Portugal.

(4)

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 esta-
blished that
the Community processing threshold has
been overrun by 79 306 tonnes. Within that overrun,
Italy, Cyprus and Portugal have overrun their threshold.
The amounts of aid for mandarins, clementines and
satsumas indicated in Annex I to Regulation (EC) No
2202/96 for
should
therefore be reduced by 64,94 % in Italy, 36,52 % in
Cyprus and 86,80 % in Portugal.

the 2006/07 marketing year

(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.

(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,

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 (2) which lays down detailed rules for the
application of Regulation (EC) No 2202/96. Based on
this
the
Community processing threshold has been overrun by
and
205 989 tonnes. Within that overrun,

it has been established that

information,

Italy

(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.

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Where Italy and Portugal are concerned, and for the 2006/07
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
2006/07 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.

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

Article 3

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

Done at Brussels, 29 September 2006.

For the Commission

Mariann FISCHER BOEL
Member of the Commission

ANNEX I

Multiannual Contracts

Contracts covering a single
marketing year

Individual producers

(EUR/100 kg)

Italy

Portugal

8,04

8,94

6,99

7,77

6,30

7,00

ANNEX II

Multiannual contracts

Contracts covering a single
marketing year

Individual producers

(EUR/100 kg)

Italy

Portugal

Cyprus

3,67

1,38

6,65

3,19

1,20

5,78

2,87

1,08

5,20