L68/4 Official Journal of the European Communities 12.3.2002 (Acts whose publication is obligatory) COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 442/2002 of 18 February 2002 amending Regulation (EEC) No 2019/93 introducing specific measures for the smaller Aegean islands concerning certain agricultural products THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Articles 36 and 37 thereof, Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ('), Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (%), Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee (%), Whereas: (1) Under Article 15 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2019/ 93 (* the Commission must submit an annual report to the European Parliament and the Council on the imple- mentation of the measures and, at the end of the third year of application of the specific supply arrangements, a general report on the economic situation of the Aegean islands, showing the impact of the measures taken. These reports are to be accompanied, where necessary, by appropriate proposals for amendments and changes to the measures provided for in that Regu- lation. (2)  Analysis of the implementation of these measures points to the need for appropriate adjustments and changes, taking into account the results and experience gathered and the evolution of the context in which these meas- ures have been applied. Regulation (EEC) No 2019/93 should therefore be amended accordingly. (3)  In particular, the specific supply arrangements have proved to be poorly suited to the milk products (yoghurt) and sugar sectors, especially as regards passing on the advantages to the end-user, while in the fruit and vegetables sector the arrangements expired at the end of 1997. These products should therefore be removed from the specific supply arrangements. On that basis the list of products referred to in the specific supply arrange- () Proposal of 7 November 2001 (not yet published in the Official Journal). (%) Opinion delivered on 5 February 2002 (not yet published in the Official Journal). (*) Opinion delivered on 16 January 2002 (not yet published in the Official Journal). (*) OJ L 184, 27.7.1993, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regula- tion (EC) No 12571999 (O] L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 80). ments should be reviewed, taking into account the real needs of the islands concerned. The groups of islands should also be redefined on the basis of their distance from the usual ports of shipment in mainland Greece, taking into account supplies to the islands of final desti- nation from islands of transit and of loading. The economic advantages of the specific supply arrange- ments must not provoke deflections of trade in the products concerned. Re-dispatching or re-exporting these products from the islands concerned should there- fore be prohibited. In the case of processing, this prohi- bition should not apply to traditional exports and consignments. The support measures for local products for the private storage of certain local cheeses, programmes of initia- tives for fruit, vegetables and flowers, and the ageing of locally produced liqueur wines have been shown to be poorly suited to the situation in these sectors on the Aegean islands due in particular to the short storage periods for the cheeses and liqueur wines and thus the negligible impact of the aid, and to the complexity of procedures and the way the proposed aid for fruit, vegetables and flowers was structured. This aid should not therefore be renewed. In order to continue to support traditional cattle farming in these islands, on the one hand, the stability of the special premium should be ensured for a specific number of male bovines also in receipt of the supple- ment to the special premium and the grant of the supplement to the suckler cow premium should be continued and, on the other, reference should be made to the new regulatory framework for the common organisation of the market in this sector since 1999. As regards the continued grant of aid for the cultivation of vines for the production of quality wines psr in the traditional areas of production, the references to the legislation on the common organisation of the market in this sector since 1999 should be updated.