Commission Regulation (EC) No 892/2002 of 29 May 2002 setting, for the 2002/03 marketing year, the amount of the aid for peaches and pears for processing under Council Regulation (EC) No 2201/96

Commission Regulation (EC) No 892/2002
of 29 May 2002
setting, for the 2002/03 marketing year, the amount of the aid for peaches and pears for processing under Council Regulation (EC) No 2201/96
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
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Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
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), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1239/2001(2), and in particular Article 6(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Article 2(3) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 449/2001 of 2 March 2001 laying down detailed rules for applying Council Regulation (EC) No 2201/96 as regards the aid scheme for products processed from fruit and vegetables(3), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1343/2001(4), stipulates that the Commission is to publish the amount of the aid for peaches and pears after verification of compliance with the thresholds fixed in Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 2201/96.
(2) The average quantity of peaches processed under the aid scheme during the three previous marketing years is lower than the Community threshold. The aid to be applied for the 2002/03 marketing year in each Member State concerned is the amount fixed in Article 4(2) of Regulation (EC) No 2201/96.
(3) The average quantity of pears processed under the aid scheme during the three previous marketing years is higher than the Community threshold. The aid to be applied for the 2002/03 marketing year is the amount fixed in Article 4(2) of Regulation (EC) No 2201/96 in the Member States in which the threshold was not exceeded and, for the other Member States concerned, that amount less the overrun of the threshold in each of them, after allocation of the quantities not processed in accordance with the third subparagraph of Article 5(2) of that Regulation.
(4) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Products Processed from Fruit and Vegetables,