Commission Regulation (EC) No 1144/2001 of 11 June 2001 fixing, for the purposes of Regulation (EC) No 411/97, the ceiling for Community financial assistance granted to producer organisations setting up operational funds for 2000

Commission Regulation (EC) No 1144/2001
of 11 June 2001
fixing, for the purposes of Regulation (EC) No 411/97, the ceiling for Community financial assistance granted to producer organisations setting up operational funds for 2000
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
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Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 411/97 of 3 March 1997 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 2200/96 as regards operational programmes, operational funds and Community financial assistance(1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1923/1999(2), and in particular Article 10 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Article 15(1) of Council Regulation (EC) No 2200/96(3), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 911/2001(4), provides for the granting of Community financial assistance to producer organisations setting up operational funds. Paragraph 5 of that Article provides that from 1999, financial assistance is to be capped at 4,5 % of the value of the marketed production of each producer organisation, provided that the total financial assistance represents less than 2,5 % of the total turnover of all producer organisations.
(2) According to information forwarded to the Commission by the Member States pursuant to Article 10 of Regulation (EC) No 411/97, the financial assistance applied for in respect of 2000 by producer organisations amounts to EUR 342,46 million against a total turnover of all producer organisations of EUR 12753,69 million. The ceiling for the abovementioned Community financial assistance should therefore be set at 3,4780 % of the value of marketed production of each producer organisation,