L 131/24 Official Journal of the European Communities 27.5.1999 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1082/1999 of 26 May 1999 amending Regulation (EC) No 1169/97 laying down detailed rules for the applica- tion of Council Regulation (EC) No 2202/96 introducing a Community aid scheme for producers of certain citrus fruits THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Article 1 Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2202/96 of Regulation (EC) No 1169/97 is hereby amended as 28 October 1996 introducing a Community aid scheme follows: for producers of certain citrus fruits (!), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 858/1999 (%, and in particular > 1. the following paragraph 3 is added to Article 2: Atrticles 2(2), 3(4), 6 and 8 thereof, 3. In a given marketing year, “the equivalent (1)  Whereas Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 2202/ period” referred to in Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) 96, lays down that the financial consequences of No 2202/96 shall run from: exceeding the processing thresholds laid down in paragraph 1 of that Article are postponed to the marketing year following that in which the overrun occurs; whereas the detailed rules for the applica- — 1 October to 30 June of the current marketing tion of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1169/ year for mandarins, clementines and satsumas, 97 (%), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1145/ 98 (*), should be amended to reflect this new situa- tion; — 1 August of the preceding marketing year to 31 July of the current marketing year for oranges, — 1 August of the preceding marketing year to 31 July of the current marketing year for grapefruit and pomelos, — 1 April of the preceding marketing year to 31 2 Whereas the equivalent period of 12 consecutive . ) @ d P March of the current marketing year for lemons.’; months referred to in Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 2202/96, used to assess whether or not there . . c - c > > 2. Article 3(7), 1 laced by ‘1 July’; has been an overrun of the processing threshold, in Article 3(7) June” is replaced by "1 July must be laid down; 3. Article 5§ is amended as follows: (3)  Whereas, in order to make the administration of — paragraph 1(b) is replaced by the following: multiannual contracts more flexible, the transfer should be permitted of a limited percentage of the quantity to be delivered in a delivery period to the previous or the subsequent delivery period in the same marketing year, provided that the total quantity provided for in the contract for that marketing year is respected; (40 Whereas experience with processing contracts has shown that, in order to achieve the objectives of the scheme, financial penalties need to be imposed where producer organisations do not supply the quantities provided for in a contract and, in partic- ular, where they cancel a contract or fail to make any deliveries at all; (5)  Whereas the measures provided for in this Regula- tion are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Fresh Fruit and Veget- ables, 297, 21.11.1996, p. 49. 108, 27.4.1999, p. 8. 169, 27.6.1997, p. 15. 159, 3.6.1998, p. 29. 0000 S | ol ol ol o ‘(b) 1 July for lemons; in paragraph 2, the first subparagraph is replaced by the following: 2. In the case of contracts covering one marketing year, the quantity for each delivery period, within the meaning of Article 3(3)(d), may be amended by means of a written amendment, except for the quantity for the first delivery period, paragraph 3 is replaced by the following: ‘3. In the case of multiannual contracts, the quantity for each marketing year, within the meaning of Article 3(3)(c), may be amended by means of a written amendment. Such amend- ments shall show the identification number of the contract to which they relate. They shall be concluded before 1 July of the marketing year in question in the case of lemons and before 1 November of the marketing year in question in the case of other products. The quantities to be delivered in each marketing year as stipulated in such amendments may not differ by more than