Commission Regulation (EC) No 1164/1999 of 2 June 1999 setting the storage aid for unprocessed dried grapes and figs from the 1998/1999 marketing year

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1164/1999
of 2 June 1999
setting the storage aid for unprocessed dried grapes and figs from the 1998/1999 marketing year
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
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 market in products processed from fruit and vegetables(1), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 2199/97(2), and in particular Article 9(8) thereof,
(1) Whereas Article 9(4) of Regulation (EC) No 2201/96 provides that aid is to be granted to storage agencies for the quantities of sultanas, currants and dried figs which they have bought in and for the actual duration of storage;
(2) Whereas Article 2 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 504/97 of 19 March 1997 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 2201/96 as regards the system of production aid for products processed from fruit and vegetables(3), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 702/1999(4), lays down the dates of the marketing years;
(3) Whereas the storage aid for unprocessed dried grapes and figs from the 1998/1999 marketing year should be set and whereas, to that end, account should be taken of the criteria laid down in Article 1 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 627/85 of 12 March 1985 on storage aid and financial compensation for unprocessed dried grapes and figs(5), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1922/95(6), which provides that the storage aid is to be set per day and per 100 kilograms net of sultanas of category 4 and dried figs of category C and that two rates of aid are to apply to dried grapes, the first up to the end of February of the year following that in which the products were purchased by the storage agency, the second to storage beyond that period;
(4) Whereas storage aid is calculated taking account of the technical cost of storage and the financing of the purchase price paid for the products;
(5) Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Products Processed from Fruit and Vegetables,