Judgment_paragraph 26 · Ministero delle Politiche Agricole e Forestali v Consorzio Produttori Pompelmo Italiano Soc. Coop. arl. (COPPI) (C-271/01)

26However, since the financial aid for the programme was sought on 24 June 1991, as the Commission pointed out in its written observations to the Court, Article 19(2) of Regulation No 355/77 did not apply to the programme. In any event, before Ministerial Decrees Nos 485 and 8649 had even been adopted, the transitional regime had come to an end on the entry into force, on 3 August 1993, of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2085/93 of 20 July 1993 amending Regulation No 4256/88 (OJ 1993 L 193, p. 44).