# COMMISSION REGULATION(EC) No 848/2001

of 30 April 2001

fixing the storage aid for unprocessed dried grapes and unprocessed dried figs from the 2000/01 marketing year

## Preamble

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2201/96 of 28 October 1996 on the common organisation of the market in processed fruit and vegetable products [^1] , as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2699/2000 [^2] , and in particular Article 9(8) thereof,

Whereas:

**(1)** Article 9(4) of Regulation (EC) No 2201/96 provides for aid to be granted to storage agencies for the quantities of sultanas, currants and dried figs that they buy in and for the actual duration of storage.

**(2)** Article 2 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 504/97 of 19 March 1997 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 2201/96 as regards the system of production aid for products processed from fruit and vegetables [^3] , as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1607/1999 [^4] , lays down the dates of the marketing years.

**(3)** The storage aid for unprocessed dried grapes and unprocessed dried figs from the 2000/01 marketing year should be fixed and, to that end, account should be taken of Article 7 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1622/1999 of 23 July 1999 laying down detailed rules for applying Council Regulation (EC) No 2201/96 as regards the scheme for the storage of unprocessed dried grapes and unprocessed dried figs [^5] and of the fact that the storage aid is to be calculated on the basis of the technical cost of storage and of financing the buying-in price paid for the products.

**(4)** The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Processed Fruit and Vegetables,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

## **Article 1**

For products from the 2000/01 marketing year, the storage aid provided for in Article 9(4) of Regulation (EC) No 2201/96 shall be:

(a) EUR 0,1446 per day and per tonne net weight until 28 February 2002 and EUR 0,1185 per day and per tonne net weight from 1 March 2002 for dried grapes;

(b) EUR 0,1328 per day and per tonne net weight for dried figs.

## **Article 2**

This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the *Official Journal of the European Communities* .

## Final provisions

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 30 April 2001. *For the Commission* FranzFISCHLER *Member of the Commission*

[^1] [OJ L 297, 21.11.1996, p. 29](http://publications.europa.eu/resource/oj/JOL_1996_297_R_TOC) .

[^2] [OJ L 311, 12.12.2000, p. 9](http://publications.europa.eu/resource/oj/JOL_2000_311_R_TOC) .

[^3] [OJ L 78, 20.3.1997, p. 14](http://publications.europa.eu/resource/oj/JOL_1997_078_R_TOC) .

[^4] [OJ L 190, 23.7.1999, p. 11](http://publications.europa.eu/resource/oj/JOL_1999_190_R_TOC) .

[^5] [OJ L 192, 24.7.1999, p. 33](http://publications.europa.eu/resource/oj/JOL_1999_192_R_TOC) .

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