# COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1206/2006

of 9 August 2006

setting, for the 2005/2006 marketing year, the storage aid for unprocessed dried grapes and unprocessed dried figs

## 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 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)** The storage aid for unprocessed dried grapes and unprocessed dried figs from the 2005/2006 marketing year should be set in accordance with 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 [^2] .

**(3)** 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 products from the 2005/2006 marketing year, the storage aid provided for in Article 9(4) of Regulation (EC) No 2201/96 shall be:

| (a) | (i): EUR 0,1108 per day and per tonne net weight until 28 February 2007; | (i) | EUR 0,1108 per day and per tonne net weight until 28 February 2007; | (ii) | EUR 0,0848 per day and per tonne net weight from 1 March 2007; |
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| (i) | EUR 0,1108 per day and per tonne net weight until 28 February 2007; |  |  |  |  |
| (ii) | EUR 0,0848 per day and per tonne net weight from 1 March 2007; |  |  |  |  |

(b) for dried figs: EUR 0,0934 per day and per tonne.

## **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, 9 August 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 as 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 192, 24.7.1999, p. 33](http://publications.europa.eu/resource/oj/JOL_1999_192_R_TOC) . Regulation as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1051/2005 ( [OJ L 173, 6.7.2005, p. 5](http://publications.europa.eu/resource/oj/JOL_2005_173_R_TOC) ).

[^1]: . Regulation as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 386/2004 ().
[^2]: . Regulation as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1051/2005 ().