Commission Regulation (EC) No 1213/2007 of 17 October 2007 reducing, for the 2007/2008 marketing year, the amount of aid to producers of certain citrus fruits following an overrun of the processing threshold in certain Member States
Date: 2007-10-17
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Greece, Italy, Portugal, Spain, agro-industry, citrus fruit, production aid

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1213/2007

of 17 October 2007

reducing, for the 2007/2008 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,

therefore be reduced by 55,91 % in Italy, 8,34 % in
Greece and 52,88 % in Portugal.

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

(4)

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2202/96 of 28
October 1996 introducing a Community aid scheme for
producers of certain citrus fruits (1), and in particular Article 6
thereof,

Whereas:

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 estab-
lished that the Community processing threshold has been
overrun by 104 734 tonnes. Within that overrun, Italy,
Spain, Portugal and Cyprus have overrun their threshold.
The amounts of aid for mandarins, clementines and
satsumas indicated in Annex I to Regulation (EC) No
2202/96 for
the 2007/2008 marketing year should
therefore be reduced by 62,30 % in Italy, 12 % in
Spain for small citrus fruits for processing into juice,
80,66 % in Portugal and 53,27 % in Cyprus.

(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 which lays down detailed rules for the appli-
cation of Regulation (EC) No 2202/96 (2). Based on this
information, it has been established that the Community
processing threshold has been overrun by 376 023
tonnes. Within that overrun, Italy, Greece and Portugal
have overrun their threshold. The amounts of aid for
to Regulation (EC) No
oranges indicated in Annex I
the 2007/2008 marketing year should
2202/96 for

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Italy, Greece and Portugal, and for

For
the 2007/2008
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

For Italy, Spain, Portugal and Cyprus, and for the 2007/2008
marketing year, the amounts of aid to be granted under Regu-
lation (EC) No 2202/96 for mandarins, clementines and
satsumas delivered for processing shall be as indicated in
Annex II to this Regulation.

(1) OJ L 297, 21.11.1996, p. 49. Regulation as last amended by the

2003 Act of Accession.
(2) OJ L 317, 2.12.2003, p. 5.

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

Article 3

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

Done at Brussels, 17 October 2007.

For the Commission

Mariann FISCHER BOEL
Member of the Commission

ANNEX I

Italy

Greece

Portugal

Multiannual contracts

Contracts covering a single
marketing year

Individual producers

4,97

10,33

5,31

4,32

8,98

4,62

3,89

8,08

4,16

(EUR/100 kg)

ANNEX II

Multiannual contracts

Contracts covering a single
marketing year

Individual producers

(EUR/100 kg)

Italy
Spain — Small citrus fruits
for processing into juice

Portugal

Cyprus

3,95

9,21

2,03

4,89

3,43

8,01

1,76

4,25

3,09

7,21

1,58

3,83