Commission Decision

of 23 April 2007

fixing for the marketing year 2007/2008 the amounts of the aid for diversification and the additional aid for diversification to be granted under the temporary scheme for the restructuring of the sugar industry of the Community

(notified under document number C(2007) 1717)

(Only the Spanish, Czech, Greek, Italian, Latvian, Hungarian, Portuguese, Slovak, Slovenian, Swedish and Finnish texts are authentic)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2007/278/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 320/2006 of 20 February 2006 establishing a temporary scheme restructuring of the sugar industry in the Community and amending Regulation (EC) No 1290/2005 on the financing of the common agricultural policy [1],

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 968/2006 of 27 June 2006 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 320/2006 establishing a temporary scheme for the restructuring of the sugar industry in the Community [2], and in particular Article 13(1) thereof,

Whereas:

(1) By 31 March 2007, the Commission has to fix the amounts attributed to each Member State concerned for the aid for diversification provided for in Article 6 of Regulation (EC) No 320/2006, the additional aid for diversification provided for in Article 7 of that Regulation and the transitional aid to certain Member States as provided for in Article 9 of that Regulation.

(2) The amounts of the aid for diversification and additional aid for diversification are calculated on the basis of the tonnes of sugar quota renounced in the 2007/2008 marketing year in the Member State concerned, as provided for in Article 13(2) of Regulation (EC) No 968/2006,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The amounts per Member State concerned of the aid for diversification and the additional aid for diversification provided for in Articles 6 and 7 of Regulation (EC) No 320/2006 respectively, as fixed in respect of the quotas renounced in the 2007/2008 marketing year, are set out in the Annex to this Decision.

Article 2

This Decision is addressed to the Czech Republic, the Hellenic Republic, the Kingdom of Spain, the Italian Republic, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Hungary, the Portuguese Republic, the Republic of Slovenia, the Slovak Republic and the Republic of Finland.

Done at Brussels, 23 April 2007.

For the Commission

Mariann Fischer Boel

Member of the Commission

[1] OJ L 58, 28.2.2006, p. 42.

[2] OJ L 176, 30.6.2006, p. 32.

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ANNEX

Amounts per Member State of the aid for diversification and the additional aid for diversification 2007/2008 marketing year

Member State | Aid for diversification | Additional aid for diversification |

Czech Republic | EUR 11220770,83 | — |

Greece | EUR 17388600,00 | EUR 8694300,00 |

Spain | EUR 1826328,60 | — |

Italy | EUR 2722224,64 | EUR 1361112,32 |

Latvia | EUR 7282297,50 | EUR 7282297,50 |

Hungary | EUR 11836183,50 | — |

Portugal | EUR 2135250,00 | EUR 2565530,25 |

Slovakia | EUR 7679563,50 | — |

Slovenia | EUR 5800543,50 | EUR 5800543,50 |

Finland | EUR 6141526,50 | — |

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