Article 15
1. The beneficiaries of the measures referred to in Article 13 shall be tobacco producers who have been participating in the buy-back programme provided for in Article 14(1) of Regulation (EC) No 2075/92 since the 2002 harvest and whose quota irrevocably bought back is a quantity equal to or greater than 500 kg. Beneficiaries may apply for assistance from the Fund only in the first year in which they no longer have a quota allocated to them. 2. The beneficiaries of the measures listed in Article 14 shall be: (a) public authorities in the production areas; (b) public research bodies specialising in agronomy and/or rural economy and designated by the Member States.