Considerations on 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.
document COM(1999)704 EN
date June 22, 2000
 
(1) Article 9(3) of Regulation (EEC) No 2075/92(3) assigns production quotas to producers in proportion to the average quantity delivered over the three years preceding that of the most recent harvest.

(2) Article 9(4) of that Regulation stipulates that, before the final date for the conclusion of cultivation contracts, Member States may be authorised to transfer parts of their guarantee threshold allocations to other variety groups, in accordance with paragraph 3. The words 'in accordance with paragraph 3' were taken over from a provision that preceded the adoption of the transfer measure. The reference to paragraph 3 in paragraph 4 should therefore be deleted in view of the fact that transfers cannot occur under paragraph 3 without adversely affecting producers who, having already received production quotas in proportion to the average quantity delivered in the three years preceding the year of the most recent harvest, apply to cultivate other varieties responding to market demand. Application of the reference to paragraph 3 would mean in effect that the quantities transferred would be assigned to the producers in proportion to the average quantities delivered by them in the three years preceding the year of the most recent harvest, without taking account of the acquired right of the producer applying for the transfer.

(3) The measure in question should apply from the 1999 harvest.