COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1013/1999

of 12 May 1999

amending Regulation (EC) No 411/97 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 2200/96 as regards operational programmes, operational funds and Community financial assistance

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to the Council Regulation (EC) No 2200/96 of 28 October 1996 on the common organisation of the market in fruit and vegetables(1), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 857/1999(2), and in particular Article 48 thereof,

(1) Whereas Article 8(1) second subparagraph of Commission Regulation (EC) No 411/97(3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1647/98(4), sets a ceiling for the total advance payments to cover foreseeable expenditure in a given year arising from operational programmes;

(2) Whereas, on grounds of consistency, this ceiling should be increased to 2,5 % from 1999 in order to correspond to the ceiling on financial assistance specified in Article 10 second subparagraph;

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

"and, from 1999, 2,5 %", shall be inserted into the third sentence of Article 8(1) second subparagraph of Regulation (EC) No 411/97, after "2 %".

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh day following 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, 12 May 1999.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 297, 21.11.1996, p. 1.

(2) OJ L 108, 27.4.1999, p. 7.

(3) OJ L 62, 4.3.1997, p. 9.

(4) OJ L 210, 28.7.1998, p. 59.