Commission Regulation (EC) No 485/2007 of 30 April 2007 fixing the compensatory aid for bananas produced and marketed in the Community in 2006
Date: 2007-04-30
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Greece, Guadeloupe, Martinique, financial loss, marketing, monetary compensatory amount, tropical fruit

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 485/2007

of 30 April 2007

fixing the compensatory aid for bananas produced and marketed in the Community in 2006

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

2006. The compensatory aid to be granted in respect of
2006 should be fixed accordingly.

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 the first subparagraph
of Article 12(6) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

Under Article 12(3) of Regulation (EEC) No 404/93,
compensatory aid to Community producers for any
loss of income is calculated on the basis of the difference
between the flat-rate reference income and the average
production
and
marketed in the Community during the year in question.

from bananas

produced

income

As from 1 January 2007, Regulation (EEC) No 404/93 as
amended by Regulation (EC) No 2013/2006 no longer
provides for the compensatory aid scheme for bananas.
However, pursuant to the second indent of Article 4(1)
of Regulation (EC) No 2013/2006, Article 12 of Regu-
lation (EEC) No 404/93 continues to apply in respect of
the compensatory aid scheme for 2006.

Article 2(2) of Commission Regulation (EEC) No
1858/93 of 9 July 1993 laying down detailed rules for
applying Council Regulation (EEC) No 404/93 as regards
the aid scheme to compensate for loss of income from
marketing in the banana sector (2)
fixes the flat-rate
reference income at EUR 64,03 per 100 kilograms net
weight of green bananas ex-packing shed.

at

first

the average of

In 2006, the average production income, calculated on
the basis of
the prices for bananas
marketed outside the producer regions at the stage of
(goods not
of
delivery
unloaded), on the one hand, and the selling prices on
local markets for bananas marketed in their producer
region, on the other,
less the flat-rate amounts laid
down in Article 3(2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1858/93,
was less than the flat-rate reference income fixed for

unloading

port

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

(EC) No 2013/2006 (OJ L 384, 29.12.2006, p. 13).

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

lation (EC) No 1913/2006 (OJ L 365, 21.12.2006, p. 52).

(5)

(6)

(7)

(8)

Under the second subparagraph of Article 12(6) of Regu-
lation (EEC) No 404/93, supplementary aid is granted in
one or more producer regions where the average income
from production is significantly lower than the average
for the Community.

of

annual

bananas

produced

average production income

from the
The
marketing
in Martinique,
Guadeloupe and Crete and Lakonia has proved to be
significantly lower than the Community average during
2006. As a result, supplementary aid should be granted
in the producer regions of Martinique, Guadeloupe and
Crete and Lakonia. In view of the data for 2006, which
point to difficult marketing conditions, supplementary
aid covering 75 % of
the difference between the
average income in the Community and the average
income recorded on selling products in those regions
should be fixed.

Given that not all the necessary data were available, it has
not hitherto been possible to determine the compen-
satory aid for 2006. Provision should be made for the
the aid for 2006 to be paid within two
balance of
months of the entry into force of this Regulation.

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in
accordance with the opinion of
the Management
Committee for Fresh Fruit and Vegetables,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The compensatory aid provided for in Article 12 of Regu-
1.
lation (EEC) No 404/93 for
falling within
CN code ex 0803, excluding plantain bananas, produced and
marketed in the Community in 2006 shall be EUR 18,56 per
100 kilograms.

fresh bananas

The aid fixed in paragraph 1 shall be increased by
2.
EUR 13,95 per 100 kilograms
for bananas produced in
Martinique, by EUR 15,42 per 100 kilograms for bananas
produced in Guadeloupe and by EUR 3,58 per 100 kilograms
for bananas produced in Crete and Lakonia.

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Article 2

Notwithstanding Article 10 of Regulation (EEC) No 1858/93, the competent authorities of the Member
States shall pay the balance of the compensatory aid to be granted in respect of 2006 within two months of
the entry into force of this Regulation, after the verifications provided for in that Article 10.

This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following 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, 30 April 2007.

For the Commission

Mariann FISCHER BOEL
Member of the Commission