Community aid scheme for producers of certain citrus fruits

LEGISLATIVE ACT : Commission Regulation 2111/2003/EC laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation 2202/96/EC introducing a Community aid scheme for producers of certain citrus fruits. CONTENT : in the light of experience over recent years, it is necessary to amend Commission Regulation 1092/2001/EC of 30 May 2001 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation 2202/96/EC introducing a Community aid scheme for producers of certain citrus fruits, as amended by Regulation 350/2002/EC. In the interests of clarity and rationality, Regulation 1092/2001/EC should be repealed and replaced by a new Regulation. The marketing years and equivalent periods for citrus fruits harvested within the Community and listed in Article 1 of Regulation 2202/96/EC should be defined with a view to applying uniformly the aid scheme established by that Regulation. The types and duration of contracts and the particulars to be included therein should be specified for the purposes of applying the aid scheme. In order to improve the way the scheme operates, the competent authorities should know of all producer organisations marketing the production of their members, of members of other producer organisations and of individual producers who wish to qualify under the scheme. The competent authorities should also know of the processors signing contracts with such producer organisations and of the processing capacity of their facilities. To this end, processors of citrus fruits wishing to participate in the aid scheme should make a request to the competent authorities before a date to be determined by the latter. In order to assure and reinforce checks by the competent authorities, whenever processing takes place in a Member State different from that in which the head office of the producer organisation signing the contract is situated, Member States concerned should lay down the necessary additional common provisions and administrative procedures as regards the notifications required from producer organisations and delivery certificates. Lastly, so that the Commission can implement and monitor this aid scheme and, if necessary, adapt it swiftly to changing market conditions, the Commission should receive from Member States timely, reliable and updated information. To facilitate the transition from the previous arrangements to those established by this Regulation, transitional provisions should be adopted. ENTRY INTO FORCE : 05/12/2003. This Regulation shall apply from the marketing year 2003/04 for each of the products concerned.�