# COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 939/2006

of 23 June 2006

setting the amount of the aid for pears for processing for the 2006/07 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 markets in processed fruit and vegetable products [^1] , and in particular Article 6(1) thereof,

Whereas:

**(1)** Article 3(3)(c) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1535/2003 of 29 August 2003 laying down detailed rules for applying Council Regulation (EC) No 2201/96 as regards the aid scheme for products processed from fruit and vegetables [^2] provides that the Commission is to publish the amount of aid applicable to pears for processing no later than 15 June.

**(2)** The average quantity of pears processed under the aid scheme in the last three marketing years is 8 574 tonnes higher than the Community threshold.

**(3)** For those Member States that have overrun their processing threshold, the amount of the aid for pears for processing for the 2006/07 marketing year must therefore be adjusted in relation to the level set in Article 4(2) of Regulation (EC) No 2201/96, in accordance with Article 5(2) of that Regulation.

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

## **Article 1**

For the 2006/07 marketing year, the amount of the aid for pears under Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 2201/96 shall be:

— EUR 161,70 per tonne in the Czech Republic,

— EUR 101,58 per tonne in Greece,

— EUR 150,77 per tonne in Spain,

— EUR 161,70 per tonne in France,

— EUR 148,47 per tonne in Italy,

— EUR 161,70 per tonne in Hungary,

— EUR 41,99 per tonne in the Netherlands,

— EUR 161,70 per tonne in Austria,

— EUR 161,70 per tonne in Portugal.

## **Article 2**

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

## Final provisions

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 23 June 2006. *For the Commission* Mariann FISCHER BOEL *Member of the Commission*

[^1] [OJ L 297, 21.11.1996, p. 29](http://publications.europa.eu/resource/oj/JOL_1996_297_R_TOC) . Regulation last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 386/2004 ( [OJ L 64, 2.3.2004, p. 25](http://publications.europa.eu/resource/oj/JOL_2004_064_R_TOC) ).

[^2] [OJ L 218, 30.8.2003, p. 14](http://publications.europa.eu/resource/oj/JOL_2003_218_R_TOC) . Regulation last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1663/2005 ( [OJ L 267, 12.10.2005, p. 22](http://publications.europa.eu/resource/oj/JOL_2005_267_R_TOC) ).

[^1]: . Regulation last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 386/2004 ().
[^2]: . Regulation last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1663/2005 ().