Commission Regulation (EC) No 640/2003 of 9 April 2003 fixing the quantities which may be transferred to another group of varieties under the guarantee threshold for the 2003 harvest in the raw tobacco sector

Commission Regulation (EC) No 640/2003
of 9 April 2003
fixing the quantities which may be transferred to another group of varieties under the guarantee threshold for the 2003 harvest in the raw tobacco sector
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
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Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2075/92 of 30 June 1992 on the common organisation of the market in raw tobacco(1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 546/2002(2), and in particular Article 9(4) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Article 9 of Regulation (EEC) No 2075/92 introduces production quotas for the different groups of varieties of tobacco. The individual quotas are divided between producers on the basis of the guarantee thresholds for the 2003 harvest fixed in Annex II to Council Regulation (EC) No 546/2002 of 25 March 2002 fixing the premiums and guarantee thresholds for leaf tobacco by variety group and Member State for the 2002, 2003 and 2004 harvests and amending Regulation (EEC) No 2075/92. Under Article 9 of Regulation (EEC) No 2075/92, the Commission may authorise Member States to transfer parts of their guarantee threshold allocations between groups of varieties on condition that such transfers between groups do not give rise to additional costs for the EAGGF and do not involve any increase in Member States' overall guarantee threshold allocations.
(2) Since this condition has been met, transfers should be authorised in the Member States which have made an application to do so.
(3) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Tobacco,