Commission Regulation (EC) No 634/2004 of 5 April 2004 laying down transitional measures for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 2202/96 and Regulation (EC) No 2111/2003 by reason of the accession of the Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia to the European Union

Article 1

For the 2004/05 marketing year, for the Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia (hereafter ‘the new Member States’) only, the amount of aid fixed in Article 3(2) of Regulation (EC) No 2202/96 and indicated in Tables 1, 2 and 3 in Annex I to that regulation shall be fixed as indicated in Tables 1, 2 and 3 in the Annex to this Regulation, respectively.

Article 2

The additional amount referred to in the first subparagraph shall be based on the amount by which the national threshold concerned has been exceeded, up to a maximum of 25 % of the aid fixed in Article 3(2) of Regulation (EC) No 2202/96.

Article 3

In examining compliance with the national processing thresholds for oranges, lemons and grapefruit and for the product group comprising mandarins, clementines and satsumas, for the new Member States only, the calculation shall be based:

(a) for the 2005/06 marketing year, on a comparison between the national processing threshold and the quantities processed with aid during the marketing year or equivalent period preceding that marketing year;

(b) for the 2006/07 marketing year, on a comparison between the national processing threshold and the average quantities processed with aid during the two marketing years or equivalent periods preceding that marketing year;

The amount obtained when examining compliance with the national processing threshold for each of the products concerned shall be added to the amounts for all the other Member States for the purposes of examining compliance with the Community threshold.

Article 3a

By way of derogation from Article 13 of Regulation (EC) No 2111/2003, for the 2004/2005 marketing year, and for the new Member States only, producer organisations wishing to participate in the aid scheme provided for in Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 2202/96 shall inform the competent authorities of the Member State in which their head office is situated no later than 120 days after they have been recognised or provisionally admitted under Council Regulation (EC) No 2200/96 (³), but in any case no later than 21 January 2005.

Article 3b

By way of derogation from Article 10(1)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 2111/2003, for the 2004/05 marketing year, and for the new Member States only, short-term contracts that cover at least eight complete and consecutive months shall be concluded no later than 1 February 2005.

Article 4

This Regulation shall enter into force subject to and on the date of entry into force of the Treaty of Accession of the Czech Republic, the Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of Hungary, the Republic of Malta, the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Slovenia and the Slovak Republic.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

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