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Contents

1. Preamble
2. 1. Article 1
   2. Article 2
3. ANNEX
4. ANNEX Guarantee threshold quantities which each Member State is authorised to transfer from one group of varieties to another

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2075/92 of 30 June 1992 on the common organisation of the market in raw tobacco, and in particular Article 9(4) thereof,

Whereas:

(1) Article 9 of Regulation (EEC) No 2075/92 introduces production quotas for the different groups of varieties of tobacco. The individual quotas are divided among producers on the basis of the guarantee thresholds for the 2004 harvest laid down in Annex II to Council Regulation (EC) No 546/2002 of 25 March 2002 fixing the premiums and guarantee thresholds for leaf tobacco by variety group and Member State for the 2002, 2003 and 2004 harvests and amending Regulation (EEC) No 2075/92. Pursuant to Article 9(4) of Regulation (EEC) No 2075/92, the Commission may authorise Member States to transfer parts of their guarantee threshold quantities between groups of varieties provided that such transfers do not give rise to additional costs for the EAGGF and do not involve any increase in the Member State's overall guarantee threshold allocations.

(2) Since these conditions have been met, transfers should be authorised in the Member States which have made application to do so.

(3) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Tobacco,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

For the 2004 harvest, before the deadline for the conclusion of cultivation contracts laid down in Article 10(1) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 2848/98, Member States are hereby authorised to transfer quantities from one group of varieties to another in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation.

Article 2

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

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 25 May 2004. For the Commission Franz Fischler Member of the Commission

ANNEX

ANNEX Guarantee threshold quantities which each Member State is authorised to transfer from one group of varieties to another

Member state Group of varieties from which transfer is made Group of varieties to which transfer is made GERMANY 744,8 t dark air-cured (group III) 489,4 t flue cured (group I) 147,1 t light air cured (group II) SPAIN 2458,5 t dark air-cured (group III) 1187,4 t flue cured (group I) 974,1 t light air-cured (group II) FRANCE 2593,5 t dark air-cured (group III) 1364,7 t flue cured (group I) 763,7 t light air cured (group II) GREECE 1662 t light air cured (group II) 10111 t flue cured (group I) 4361 t sun cured (group V) 6718 t Kabak Koulak (group VIII) 1204 t Katerini (group VII) 1941 t Basmas (group VI) 1518 t Kabak Koulak (group VIII) ITALY 200,0 t sun cured (group V) 71,9 t flue cured (group I) 90,0 t light air cured (group II) 100,0 t fire cured (group IV) 87,9 t flue cured (group I) PORTUGAL 50,0 t light air-cured (group II) 39,9 t flue cured (group I)

Versions

1. 2004-05-25

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  Commission Regulation (EC) No 1018/2004 of 25 May 2004 fixing the quantities of raw tobacco which may be transferred to another group of varieties in Germany, Spain, France, Greece, Italy and Portugal under the guarantee threshold for the 2004 harvest (OJ L 187, 26.05.2004, p. 5-6) Obsolete as the acts is of temporary nature relating to 2004