Commission Regulation (EC) No 2132/2002

of 29 November 2002

amending Regulation (EC) No 21/2002 establishing the supply balances and Community aid for the outermost regions under Council Regulations (EC) No 1452/2001, (EC) No 1453/2001 and (EC) No 1454/2001

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1452/2001 of 28 June 2001 introducing specific measures for certain agricultural products for the French overseas departments, amending Directive 72/462/EEC and repealing Regulations (EEC) No 525/77 and (EEC) No 3763/91(Poseidom)(1),

Whereas:

(1) Commission Regulation (EC) No 21/2002(2), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2101/2002(3), establishes the supply balances and Community aid for the outermost regions under Council Regulations (EC) No 1452/2001, (EC) No 1453/2001(4) and (EC) No 1454/2001(5).

(2) In order to ensure the renewal of the breeding-rabbit stock and to keep a good standard of health and genetic level of the breeding stock, it is necessary to increase the number of parent rabbits originally foreseen in the supply balance for Reunion in 2002. Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 21/2002 should therefore be amended accordingly.

(3) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Poultrymeat and Eggs,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Part 8 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 21/2002 shall be replaced as set out in the Annex to this Regulation.

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, 29 November 2002.

For the Commission

Franz Fischler

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 198, 21.7.2001, p. 11.

(2) OJ L 8, 11.1.2002, p. 15.

(3) OJ L 324, 29.11.2002, p. 8.

(4) OJ L 198, 21.7.2001, p. 26.

(5) OJ L 198, 21.7.2001, p. 45.

ANNEX

"Part 8

Eggs, poultry, rabbits

Forecast supply balance and Community aid for the supply of Community products per calendar year

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