8.6.2006 Official Journal of the European Union L 1547 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 840/2006 of 7 June 2006 fixing the aid for peaches for processing under Council Regulation (EC) No 2201/96 for the 2006/07 marketing year THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2201/96 of 28 October 1996 on the common organisation of the markets in processed fruit and vegetable products ('), and in particular Article 6(1) thereof, Whereas: (1)  Article 3(3) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1535/2003 of 29 August 2003 laying down detailed rules for applying Council Regulation (EC) No 2201/96 as regards the aid scheme for products processed from fruit and vegetables (%) stipulates that the Commission is to publish the amount of the aid for peaches after verifying compliance with the thresholds fixed in Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 2201/96. (2)  The average quantity of peaches processed under the aid scheme over the previous three marketing years is below the Community threshold. The aid to be applied for the 2006/07 marketing year in each Member State concerned must therefore be the amount set in Article 4(2) of Regulation (EC) No 2201/96. (3)  The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Processed Fruit and Vegetables, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Article 1 For the 2006/07 marketing year the aid provided for in Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 2201/96 for peaches shall be EUR 47,70 per tonne. Article 2 This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union. It shall apply for the 2006/07 marketing year. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 7 June 2006. () O] L 297, 21.11.1996, p. 29. Regulation last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 386/2004 (O] L 64, 2.3.2004, p. 25). (3 OJ L 218, 30.8.2003, p. 14. Regulation last amended by Regulation (EQ) No 1663/2005 (O] L 267, 12.10.2005, p. 22). For the Commission Mariann FISCHER BOEL Member of the Commission