COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2432/96 of 18 December 1996 amending Regulation (EC) No 3254/93 as regards the specific supply arrangements for certain fruits and vegetables for the benefit of the smaller Aegean islands for 1997

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2019/93 of 19 July 1993 introducing specific measures for the smaller Aegean islands concerning certain agricultural products (1), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 2417/95 (2), and in particular Article 4 thereof,

Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2958/93 (3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1802/95 (4), lays down common detailed rules for the application of the arrangements for supplying the smaller Aegean islands with certain agricultural products and determines, pursuant to Article 3 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 2019/93, the amount of the aid for such supply according to the island-group which includes the island in which the product is disposed of; whereas, pursuant to Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 2019/93, the forecast supply balances for the smaller Aegean islands for fruit and vegetables from the rest of the Community should be established for 1997;

Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 3254/93 (5), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2995/95 (6), should therefore be amended;

Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Fruit and Vegetables,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Regulation (EC) No 3254/93 is amended as follows:

1. the first subparagraph of Article 2 is replaced by the following:

'The aid fixed in the first indent of Article 1 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 2958/93 shall also be granted up to the maximum quantities laid down in Annexes I and II to this Regulation for mandarins harvested on the island of Khios, potatoes for human consumption falling within CN codes 0701 90 51, 0701 90 59 and 0701 90 90 harvested on the island of Naxos and tomatoes and courgettes harvested on the island of Syros which are dispatched to either of the groups of islands set out in Annexes I and II to this Regulation under the forecast supply balance.`

2. Annexes I and II are replaced by the Annex to this Regulation.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 1997.

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

Done at Brussels, 18 December 1996.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ No L 184, 27. 7. 1993, p. 1.

(2) OJ No L 248, 14. 10. 1995, p. 39.

(3) OJ No L 267, 28. 10. 1993, p. 4.

(4) OJ No L 174, 26. 7. 1995, p. 27.

(5) OJ No L 293, 27. 11. 1993, p. 34.

(6) OJ No L 312, 23. 12. 1995, p. 28.

ANNEX

'ANNEX I

Forecast supply balance for 1997 for the smaller Aegean islands belonging to Group A (1)>TABLE>

(1) The smaller islands belonging to Group A are defined in Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No 2958/93.

ANNEX II

Forecast supply balance for 1997 for the smaller Aegean islands belonging to Group B (1)

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(1) The smaller islands belonging to Group B are defined in Annex II to Regulation (EEC) No 2958/93.`