Commission Regulation (EC) No 679/2007 of 18 June 2007 fixing the aid for peaches for processing for the 2007/2008 marketing year
Date: 2007-06-18
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: aid system, food processing, marketing, production aid, stone fruit

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 679/2007

of 18 June 2007

fixing the aid for peaches for processing for the 2007/2008 marketing year

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(3)

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to the Treaty of Accession of Bulgaria and
Romania,

(4)

Having regard to the Act of Accession of Bulgaria and Romania,
and in particular Article 41 thereof,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2201/96 of 28
October 1996 on the common organisation of the markets in
processed fruit and vegetable products (1), and in particular
Article 6(1) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

of

3(3)

Regulation

(EC)
Commission
Article
No 1535/2003 of 29 August 2003 laying down
detailed rules for the implementation of Council Regu-
lation (EC) No 2201/96 as regards the aid scheme for
products processed from fruit and vegetables (2) stipulates
that the Commission is to publish the amount of the aid
for peaches for processing before 31 May.

For the Member States of the Community as constituted
on 31 December 2006, compliance with the national
for processing peaches
and Community thresholds
(EC)
referred
No 2201/96 is examined on the basis of the quantities
aided in the three preceding marketing years for which
definitive data are available for all the Member States in
question.

of Regulation

in Article

5(1)

to

(1) OJ L 297, 21.11.1996, p. 29. Regulation as last amended by
Commission Regulation (EC) No 386/2004 (OJ L 64, 2.3.2004,
p. 25).

(2) OJ L 218, 30.8.2003, p. 14. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 1663/2005 (OJ L 267, 12.10.2005, p. 22).

The average quantity of peaches processed under the aid
scheme over the previous three marketing years is below
the Community threshold. The aid to be applied for the
in each Member State
2007/2008 marketing year
concerned must therefore be the amount set in Article
4(2) of Regulation (EC) No 2201/96.

to Bulgaria

The mechanism for examining compliance with the
national processing thresholds provided for in Article 5
of Regulation (EC) No 2201/96 is not
immediately
and Romania. Transitional
applicable
measures for its application should therefore be laid
down. For the 2007/2008 marketing year,
for which
there are no data which can be used to examine
compliance with the national and Community thresholds
for processing peaches in those Member States, and as a
precautionary measure, provision should be made for a
prior reduction in the aid,
the
thresholds have not been exceeded at the end of that
marketing year.

to be reimbursed if

(5)

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in
the Management
accordance with the opinion of
Committee for Products Processed from Fruit and Vege-
tables,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

1.
For the 2007/2008 marketing year the aid provided for in
Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 2201/96 for peaches shall be
EUR 47,70 per tonne in the case of the Member States of the
Community as constituted on 31 December 2006.

2.
In the case of Bulgaria and Romania, the aid provided for
in Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 2201/96 for peaches shall be
EUR 35,78 per tonne.

Article 2

If the Community threshold is not exceeded during exam-
1.
ination of compliance with the threshold for the 2007/2008
marketing year, an additional amount equivalent to 25 % of the
aid fixed in Article 4(2) of Regulation (EC) No 2201/96 shall be
paid in Bulgaria and Romania after the 2007/2008 marketing
year.

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If the Community threshold is exceeded, or if it is not
2.
exceeded or exceeded by less than 25 % in Bulgaria or Romania,
an additional amount shall be paid in those Member States after
the 2007/2008 marketing year.

Examination of compliance with the national processing
3.
thresholds for Bulgaria and Romania shall be based, for the
2007/2008 marketing year, on the quantities actually aided in
the 2007/2008 marketing year.

The additional amount referred to in paragraph 1 shall be fixed
on the basis of
the actual amount by which the national
threshold concerned is exceeded, up to a maximum of 25 %
of the aid fixed in Article 4(2) of Regulation (EC) No 2201/96.

Article 3

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, 18 June 2007.

For the Commission

Mariann FISCHER BOEL
Member of the Commission