Commission Regulation (EC) No 987/97 of 30 May 1997 amending Regulation (EC) No 1066/95 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2075/92 as regards the raw tobacco quota system for the 1995, 1996 and 1997 harvests

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 987/97 of 30 May 1997 amending Regulation (EC) No 1066/95 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2075/92 as regards the raw tobacco quota system for the 1995, 1996 and 1997 harvests
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
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Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2075/92 of 30 June 1992 on the common organization of the market in raw tobacco (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2444/96 (2), and in particular Article 9 (5) thereof,
Whereas Article 9 of Regulation (EEC) No 2075/92 introduces a quota system for the various groups of tobacco varieties; whereas the individual quotas have been distributed among producers on the basis of the guarantee thresholds for 1997 fixed by Article 1 of Council Regulation (EC) No 415/96 (3); whereas under Article 9 (5) of Regulation (EEC) No 2075/92 the Commission may authorize Member States to transfer guarantee threshold quantities; whereas these quantities remain available in some Member States following distribution of the quotas pursuant to Article 8 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1066/95 (4), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 585/97 (5); whereas the proposed transfers do not give rise to additional expenditure for the EAGGF and do not entail an increase in the total guarantee threshold for each Member State;
Whereas this Regulation should apply before the deadline for the conclusion of contracts following the allocation of the additional quantities set in the second subparagraph of Article 3 (1) of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3478/92 (6), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 585/97;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Tobacco,