By derogation from Article 17(3), the notification deadline for the financing plans for the measures for which assistance has been applied for under the buy-back programme for the 2002 harvest shall be put back from 31 March 2003 to 31 May 2003, and, consequently, by derogation from Article 17(4), the deadline of 31 May 2003 shall be put back to 30 June 2003.
The amount of the premium to be paid to producers and the reimbursement to be made by the Member States to the processors, in accordance with Articles 18 and 20 respectively of Commission Regulation (EC) No 2848/98 of 22 December 1998 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2075/92 as regards the premium scheme, production quotas and the specific aid to be granted to producer groups in the raw tobacco sector(8) shall be reduced, at the time of payment, by the deduction referred to in Article 13(1) of Regulation (EEC) No 2075/92.
The amount thus reduced shall be declared by the Member States as expenditure under the Guarantee Section of the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund.
Regulation (EC) No 1648/2000 is hereby repealed. However, its provisions shall continue to apply to projects approved before the entry into force of this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 6 December 2002.
For the Commission
Franz Fischler
Member of the Commission
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