Article 1 
For the 2002, 2003, 2004 and 2005 harvests, the premium amounts for each of the groups of raw tobacco and the supplementary amounts referred to in Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 2075/92 shall be as shown in Annex I to this Regulation.
Article 2 
For the 2002, 2003, 2004 and 2005 harvests, the guarantee thresholds referred to in Articles 8 and 9 of Regulation (EEC) No 2075/92 by variety group and by Member State shall be as shown in Annex II to this Regulation.
Article 3 
Regulation (EEC) No 2075/92 is amended as follows: 1. Article 6(5) shall be replaced by the following: ‘5. The Member State may, if its structures makes it appropriate, apply to the producer groups which wish to participate in it a cultivation contract auction scheme as referred to in paragraph 1 for a particular variety group where it is concluded before the date on which delivery of the tobacco commences.’ 2. Article 9(5) shall be replaced by the following: ‘5. Producer Member States shall be entitled to create a national quota reserve, the rules of operation of which shall be adopted in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 23.’ 3. Article 13 shall be replaced by the following: 
‘Article 13
1. A Community Tobacco Fund (hereinafter “Fund”) shall be set up, financed by a deduction of:
— 2 % of the premium for the 2002 harvest,
— 2 % of the premium for the 2002 harvest,
— 3 % of the premium for the 2003 harvest,
— 3 % of the premium for the 2003 harvest,
The Commission shall submit before 31 December 2003 a report on the use of the appropriations from the Fund, which could be accompanied, if necessary, by a proposal for the percentage of the deduction for the Fund to be increased by up to 5 % for the 2004 harvest.
2. The Fund shall finance action in the following areas:
(a) improving public awareness of the harmful effects of all forms of tobacco consumption, in particular through information and education, support for the collection of data to establish tobacco consumption patterns and to conduct epidemiological studies on nicotinism in the Community, and a study on preventing nicotinism;
(a) improving public awareness of the harmful effects of all forms of tobacco consumption, in particular through information and education, support for the collection of data to establish tobacco consumption patterns and to conduct epidemiological studies on nicotinism in the Community, and a study on preventing nicotinism;
(b) as part of the programme referred to in Article 14(1), specific measures to help tobacco growers to switch to other crops or other economic activities that create employment and studies of the possibilities for tobacco growers to do so.’
(b) as part of the programme referred to in Article 14(1), specific measures to help tobacco growers to switch to other crops or other economic activities that create employment and studies of the possibilities for tobacco growers to do so.’
Article 4 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities . It shall apply from the 2002 harvest. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.