With regard to the third paragraph, it should be noted that in accordance with the case law of the European Court of Human Rights, provision should be made for legal aid where the absence of such aid would make it impossible to ensure an effective remedy (ECHR Judgment of 9. 10. 1979, Airey, Series A, Volume 32, 11).

The primary aid shall be paid on the basis of the volume of table wine and wine suitable for yielding table wine which is destilled.

whereas exceptions to that rule should only be permitted in the case of processed products not listed in Annex II to the Treaty, to which volume limits do not apply, and in the case of food-aid operations, which are exempt from any limit;

Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament(2), Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee(3), Whereas: (1) Article 3(2) of Regulation (EEC) No 2358/71(4) provides that the amount of aid must be fixed taking into account inter alia the need to ensure a balance between the volume of production required in the Community and the amount that can be marketed.

This aid shall be paid up to a limit of a volume of 10 000 tonnes per product per year.

This aid shall be paid up to a limit of a volume of trade of 3 000 tonnes per product per year and per department.

Whereas the volume of Community aid for the period after 1995 should be determined in accordance with existing procedures;

The request shall in particular indicate the nature and the anticipated volume of trade, which would benefit from the aid.

whereas, however, aid should also be provided for private storage since such aid least disturbs the normal marketing of products and can help to reduce the volume of buying in by intervention agencies;

- in the absence of specific investment or job creation objectives the total volume of aid a beneficiary may receive must not be more than ECU 200 000.

Where the aid is applied for in respect of containers of less than one litre, a reduction coefficient shall be applied to take account of the volume of the bottle.

However, in respect of melons falling within CN code ex 0807 1900 and pineapples falling within CN code ex 0804 30 00, aid may be granted in a department for a quantity exceeding 3 000 tonnes provided that the total volume eligible for aid for all the FOD is not exceeded.

The competent authorities shall take the measures necessary to ensure that the annual quantities for which the aid is granted do not exceed the volume fixed in Article 27 of Regulation (EC) No 1453/2001.

The amount of the aid referred to in Article 34(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 shall be fixed as follows, by potential alcoholic strength by volume (% vol.) per hectolitre, for the following categories of products:

As a result, the volume of milk for which the aid provided for in Regulation (EC) No 1453/2001 paid to dairies for all products resulting from the processing of milk produced locally should be limited to a quantity of 4000 tonnes.

Exceptions to that rule can only be permitted in the case of processed products not listed in Annex I to the Treaty, to which volume limits do not apply, and in the case of food-aid operations which are exempt from any limitation.

Rules should also be laid down on the use of fresh cows' milk produced in Madeira for which the aid for human consumption is granted and the minimum volume that must be incorporated into reconstituted UHT milk intended for local consumption.

Where during a marketing year the volume of dried fodder for which aid as provided for in Article 4(2) is claimed exceeds the guaranteed maximum quantity set out in Article 5(1), the aid to be paid in that marketing year shall be reduced in each Member State in which production exceeds the guaranteed national quantity by a percentage proportionate to that excess.

Community aid shall be granted for the conclusion of annual contracts concerning the disposal and marketing in Guadeloupe, Martinique and the rest of the Community of rice harvested in French Guiana, within the limit of an annual volume of 12 000 tonnes of wholly milled rice equivalent.

Whereas the mechanism for reducing, by region and producer, the quantities of bananas marketed for which aid is granted should be determined, to provide for the situation where the volumes indicated in applications exceed the quantities laid down pursuant to Article 12 of Regulation (EEC) No 404/93;

where the total quantity covered by aid applica tions exceeds 12000 tonnes and the quantity of rice disposed of or marketed elsewhere in the Community outside Guadeloupe and Martinique exceeds the maximum volume of 4 000 tonnes, the coefficient ζ obtained from the following formula shall be applied:

where the total quantity covered by aid applica tions exceeds 12000 tonnes and the quantity of rice disposed of or marketed elsewhere in the Community outside Guadeloupe and Martinique exceeds the maximum volume of 4 000 tonnes, the coefficient Δ‡ obtained from the following formula shall be applied:

For the purposes of granting the flat-rate aid to recognized producers' organizations as provided for in Article 2 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1991/92, the volume of produce marketed means the quantity actually sold for processing during the first marketing year following the date of specific recognition.

where the total quantity covered by aid applications exceeds 12000 tonnes but the quantity of rice disposed of or marketed elsewhere in the Community outside Guadeloupe and Martinique is less the maximum volume of 4 000 tonnes, the coefficient j obtained from the following formula shall be applied to all quantities:

where the total quantity covered by aid applications is less than 12000 tonnes but the quantity of rice disposed of or marketed elsewhere in the Community outside Guadeloupe and Martinique exceeds the maximum volume of 4 000 tonnes, the coefficient i obtained from the following formula shall be applied to the latter quantities only:

Where the quantities covered by aid applications for a given product exceed the volume laid down in Article 15(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1452/2001 or, in the case of melons falling within CN code ex 0807 10 90 and pineapples falling within CN code 0804 30 00, the limit laid down in paragraph 6 of that Article or the limits laid down in Article 10(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1454/2001, the competent authorities shall determine a standard percentage reduction to be applied to all aid applications.

The maximum volume of the above products to be brought to Madeira should be fixed having regard to the methods traditionally used to produce Madeira wine. The amount of the aid should be fixed taking account of the costs of supply to Madeira resulting from its geographical situation and the price of products in the Community and on the world market.

These quantities shall be determined with the aid of a balance drawn up by the Commission, based on a comparison between the required available funds and the forecast refund requirements, and taking account, in particular, of the estimated volume of exports of the goods concerned and the internal and external market situation of the relevant basic products.

Notwithstanding Article 28(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1257/1999, the total value of the aid, expressed as a percentage of the volume of eligible investments, shall not exceed 65 % for investments in enterprises engaged in processing and marketing agricultural products consisting mainly of local produce in sectors to be defined in the programme complement referred to in Article 18(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1260/1999. The total value of the aid for small and medium-sized enterprises, under the same conditions, shall not exceed 75%.

Notwithstanding Article 28(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1257/1999, the total value of the aid, expressed as a percentage of the volume of eligible investments, shall not exceed 65 % for investments in enterprises engaged in processing and marketing agricultural products consisting mainly of local produce in sectors to be defined in the programming complement referred to in Article 19(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1260/1999. The total value of the aid for small and medium-sized enterprises, under the same conditions, shall not exceed 75 %.

Aid as referred to in Article 34(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 shall be granted to producers of table wines or quality wines produced in specified regions (quality wines psr) who use concentrated grape must and rectified concentrated grape must produced in the Community to increase the natural alcoholic strength by volume of the products referred to in Annex V(C) to Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999.

Whereas, in order to facilitate the marketing of fodder for processing and to enable the competent authorities to carry out the checks necessary for verifying entitlement to aid, contracts between processing undertakings and farmers should be concluded before delivery of the raw materials and lodged with the competent authorities before a certain date to enable them to know the expected volume of production;

In the context, with reference to Article 6 of the Agreement, the Community reaffirms its intention to give priority assistance to regional projects and declares itself willing to ensure that the total volume of aid, in all forms, granted to the region of the Central American Isthmus is increased substantially during the initial period of the Agreement within the framework of the relevant Community procedures.

Notwithstanding Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 1257/1999, the total value of the aid, expressed as a percentage of the volume of eligible investments, shall not exceed 75 % for investments intended in particular to encourage diversification, restructuring or a shift towards sustainable agriculture on agricultural holdings of small economic size to be defined in the programme complement referred to in Article 18(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1260/1999.

Notwithstanding Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 1257/1999 of 17 May 1999, the total value of the aid, expressed as a percentage of the volume of eligible investments, shall not exceed 75 % for investments intended in particular to encourage diversification, restructuring or a shift towards sustainable agriculture on agricultural holdings of small economic size to be defined in the programming complement referred to in Article 19(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1260/1999.

The reduction in aid shall be proportional to the volume of overrun relative to the relevant threshold.

This aid shall be paid up to a limit of a volume of 3000 tonnes per product per year for each of the two regions.

The production aid shall be limited to a volume of processed products corresponding to a weight of 6 836 262 tonnes of fresh tomatoes.

in the absence of specific investment or job creation objectives the total volume of aid a beneficiary may receive must not be more than ECU 200 000.

However, in respect of melons falling within CN code ex 0807 19 00 and pineapples falling within CN code ex 0804 30 00, aid may be granted in a department for a quantity exceeding 3000 tonnes provided that the total volume eligible for aid for all the FOD is not exceeded.

The aid provided for in Article 28(5)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 shall be fixed, in terms of alcoholic strength by volume per hectolitre of product obtained from distillation, as follows:

Exceptions to that rule should only be permitted in the case of processed products not listed in Annex I to the Treaty, to which volume limits do not apply, and in the case of food-aid operations which are exempt from any limitation.

where Community output of a product accounts for a substantial share of the market, movements in external trade volumes and in the prices obtaining in such trade, where the latter criterion results in a reduction in the amount of the aid.

whereas exceptions to that rule can only be permitted in the case of processed products not listed in Annex II to the Treaty, to which volume ceilings do not apply, and in the case of food-aid operations, which are exempt from any limitation;

where Community production of a product accounts for a substantial share of the market, trends in the volume of external trade and in the prices obtaining in such trade, where the latter criterion results in a reduction in the amount of the aid.