Commission Regulation (EC) No 1148/2000 of 29 May 2000 reducing, for the 2000/01 marketing year, the amount of aid for lemons delivered for processing following an overrun of the processing threshold

Commission Regulation (EC) No 1148/2000
of 29 May 2000
reducing, for the 2000/01 marketing year, the amount of aid for lemons delivered for processing following an overrun of the processing threshold
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2202/96 of 28 October 1996 introducing a Community aid scheme for producers of certain citrus fruits(1), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 858/1999(2), and in particular Article 6 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Article 5(1) of Regulation (EC) No 2202/96 establishes a processing threshold for lemons of 444000 tonnes. Article 5(2) of that Regulation lays down that, for a given marketing year, overrunning of the processing threshold is to be assessed on the basis of the average of the quantities processed under the aid shceme during the three marketing years preceding the marketing year in question, or during an equivalent period. When an overrun has been established, the aid fixed for the marketing year in question in the Annex to that Regulation is to be reduced by 1 % per tranche of the overrun equal to 4440 tonnes.
(2) The Member States, in accordance with Article 22(1)(b) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1169/97 of 26 June 1997 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 2202/96 introducing a Community aid scheme for producers of certain citrus fruits(3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2729/1999(4), have communicated the quantities of lemons processed under the aid scheme. Based on this information, a processing threshold overrun of 162745 tonnes has been established. The amounts of aid for lemons laid down in the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 2202/96 for the 2000/01 marketing year must therefore be reduced by 36 %.
(3) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Fresh Fruit and Vegetables,