Commission Regulation (EC) No 1820/2002 of 11 October 2002 amending Regulation (EEC) No 2958/93 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2019/93 as regards the specific arrangements for the supply of certain agricultural products

Commission Regulation (EC) No 1820/2002
of 11 October 2002
amending Regulation (EEC) No 2958/93 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2019/93 as regards the specific arrangements for the supply of certain agricultural products
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2019/93 of 19 July 1993 introducing specific measures for the smaller Aegean islands concerning certain agricultural products(1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 442/2002(2), and in particular Article 3a thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Council Regulation (EEC) No 2019/93 stipulates that products benefiting from the specific supply arrangements may not be re-exported to third countries or re-dispatched to the rest of the Community. However, it provides for derogation in case of traditional exports or traditional shipments to the rest of the Community of processed products.
(2) Article 4 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2958/93 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2019/93 as regards the specific arrangements for the supply of certain agricultural products(3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1020/2002(4), establishes that the Commission is to determine the limits of the annual quantities of processed products containing raw materials that have benefited from the specific supply arrangement that are allowed to be exported or shipped to the rest of the Community.
(3) Those quantities should be determined on the basis of the average of exports and shipments to the rest of the Community during 1991, 1992 and 1993, before this regime entered into force, as established by the competent authorities.
(4) In order to incorporate those annual quantities, it is necessary to amend Regulation (EEC) No 2958/93 accordingly.
(5) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinions of all the Management Committees concerned,