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Document 31997R2595

    Council Regulation (EC) No 2595/97 of 18 December 1997 amending Regulation (EEC) No 2075/92 on the common organization of the market in raw tobacco and fixing the guarantee thresholds for leaf tobacco by group of tobacco varieties for the 1998 harvest

    EÜT L 351, 23.12.1997, p. 11–11 (ES, DA, DE, EL, EN, FR, IT, NL, PT, FI, SV)

    Legal status of the document No longer in force, Date of end of validity: 31/12/1998; mõjud tunnistatud kehtetuks 398R1636

    ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/1997/2595/oj

    31997R2595

    Council Regulation (EC) No 2595/97 of 18 December 1997 amending Regulation (EEC) No 2075/92 on the common organization of the market in raw tobacco and fixing the guarantee thresholds for leaf tobacco by group of tobacco varieties for the 1998 harvest

    Official Journal L 351 , 23/12/1997 P. 0011 - 0011


    COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 2595/97 of 18 December 1997 amending Regulation (EEC) No 2075/92 on the common organization of the market in raw tobacco and fixing the guarantee thresholds for leaf tobacco by group of tobacco varieties for the 1998 harvest

    THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

    Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Articles 42 and 43 thereof,

    Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (1),

    Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (2),

    Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee (3),

    Whereas Article 26 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2075/92 of 30 June 1992 on the common organization of the market in raw tobacco (4), requires the Commission to submit proposals on the premium and quota arrangements to be used in the organization of this market;

    Whereas the market organization arrangements in force since the 1993 crop should apply up to the 1998 crop so that a reform in depth can apply from the 1999 crop,

    HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

    Article 1

    Regulation (EEC) No 2075/92 is hereby amended as follows:

    1. Article 3 (1) shall be replaced by:

    '1. A premium scheme shall apply to tobacco of the 1993 to 1998 crops. Within each variety group the premium rate shall be the same for all varieties.`

    2. Article 9 (1) shall be replaced by:

    '1. To ensure observance of the guarantee thresholds, production quotas shall be imposed for the 1995 to 1998 crops.`

    Article 2

    For the 1998 harvest, the guarantee thresholds referred to in Articles 8 and 9 of Regulation (EEC) No 2075/92 and fixed by Regulation (EC) No 415/96 (5) shall apply by variety group and by Member State for the 1996 and 1997 harvests.

    Article 3

    This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.

    This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

    Done at Brussels, 18 December 1997.

    For the Council

    The President

    F. BODEN

    (1) OJ C 350, 19. 11. 1997, p. 25.

    (2) Opinion delivered on 16 December 1997 (not yet published in the Official Journal).

    (3) Opinion delivered on 10 December 1997 (not yet published in the Official Journal).

    (4) OJ L 215, 30. 7. 1992, p. 70. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2444/96 (OJ L 333, 21. 12. 1996, p. 40).

    (5) OJ L 59, 8. 3. 1996, p. 3.

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