Explanatory Memorandum to COM(1999)704 - Proposal for a Council Regulation correcting Regulation No 2075/92 on the common organisation of the market in raw tobacco

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dossier COM(1999)704 - Proposal for a Council Regulation correcting Regulation No 2075/92 on the common organisation of the market in raw tobacco.
source COM(1999)704 EN
date 17-12-1999
The purpose of this proposal for a Council Regulation is to correct the text of Article 9(4) of Regulation (EEC) No 2075/92 on the common organisation of the market in raw tobacco.

This correction is necessary because the current wording of the paragraph, which allows the Member States to transfer guarantee threshold quantities still available for one varietal group to another group before the deadline for concluding cultivation contracts, contains the phrase 'in accordance with paragraph 3'. This reference to paragraph 3 must be deleted because it relates to the procedure for allocating the production quotas and not to the transfer measure, whose purpose is to give the Member States some leeway to respond to market developments.

The measure must apply from the 1999 harvest.