25.10.2000 Official Journal of the European Communities L272/17 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2359/2000 of 24 October 2000 amending Regulation (EC) No 28/97 and assessing requirements for the supply of certain vegetable oils (other than olive oil) for the processing industry in the French overseas departments THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 376391 of 16 December 1991 introducing specific measures in respect of certain agricultural products for the benefit of the French over- seas departments ('), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1257/1999 (3, and in particular Article 2(6) thereof, Whereas: (1)  Commission Regulation (EC) No 28/97 of 9 January 1997 laying down detailed rules for implementation of the specific measures for the supply of certain vegetable oils for the processing industry in the French overseas departments and assessing supply requirements (), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2681/1999 (%), establishes the supply requirements for those products for 2000. (2)  For 2000 the supply requirements of the department of Réunion are assessed at 9 200 tonnes in the case of vegetable oils (other than olive oil). The information supplied by the French authorities indicates that this quantity will be insufficient to cover the requirements of Réunion's processing industry. It should therefore be increased to 10 500 tonnes. The Annex to Regulation (EC) No 28/97 should therefore be amended. (3)  The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Qils and Fats, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Article 1 The Annex to Regulation (EC) No 28/97 is replaced by the Annex to this Regulation. Article 2 This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publica- tion 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, 24 October 2000. () O] L 356, 24.12.1991, p. 1. () O] L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 80. () O L 6, 10.1.1997, p. 15. (% O] L 326, 18.12.1999, p. 18. For the Commission Franz FISCHLER Member of the Commission