# C_2007277EN.01000801.xml

| 20.11.2007 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 277/8 |
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20.11.2007

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 277/8

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Extension of the rules governing producer organisations in the fresh fruit and vegetable sector

(Communication pursuant to Article 18(5) of Council Regulation (EC) No 2200/96)

(Communication pursuant to Article 18(5) of Council Regulation (EC) No 2200/96)

(2007/C 277/06)

In accordance with Article 18(5) of Regulation (EC) No 2200/96, France has notified the Commission of rules governing producer organisations in the fresh fruit and vegetables sector which it has made binding for marketing years 2004/2005, 2005/2006 and 2006/2007 on all producers in economic areas approved by the Commission under Article 18(7). These are rules laid down by the regional Comités économiques agricoles (producer organisations) for the economic areas approved by the Commission by its Decision of 28 January 1999, the list of which was published in OJ C 359, 11.12.1999, p. 32.

Comités économiques agricoles

Further information on these rules may be obtained from:

| European Commission |
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| Directorate-General for Agriculture |
| Unit AGRI C/4 |
| B-1049 Brussels |

European Commission

Directorate-General for Agriculture

Unit AGRI C/4

B-1049 Brussels

or the competent national authority:

| Ministère de l'agriculture et de la pêche |
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| Bureau des groupements de producteurs |
| 3, rue Barbet de Jouy |
| F-75749 Paris 07SP |

Ministère de l'agriculture et de la pêche

Bureau des groupements de producteurs

3, rue Barbet de Jouy

F-75749 Paris 07SP

This communication is without prejudice to any comments which the Commission may make on the rules as extended, the further information it may seek from the Member States concerned about these rules and their extension or the decisions which it may take pursuant to Article 18(5) of Regulation (EC) No 2200/96.

EXTENSION OF THE RULES

France — Fresh fruit and vegetables — Marketing years 2004/2005, 2005/2006 and 2006/2007

The rules below were extended for 2004/2005, 2005/2006 and 2006/2007 by ministerial orders of 29 March 2005. This summary is based on the French notification dated 23 October 2006.

| Economic area concerned | Association of producer organisations concerned | Products | Areas covered by the extension of the rules | Type of rules extended
  (reference to Annex III of Regulation (EC) No 2200/96) |
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| Bassin du Nord | Comité économique agricole Fruits et Légumes du nord de la France | Apples and pears | Whole economic area | Rules on:






  — | production information
  (point 1 of Annex III) |

Economic area concerned

Association of producer organisations concerned

Products

Areas covered by the extension of the rules

Type of rules extended

(reference to Annex III of Regulation (EC) No 2200/96)

Bassin du Nord

Comité économique agricole Fruits et Légumes du nord de la France

Apples and pears

Whole economic area

Rules on:

—

production information

(point 1 of Annex III)

| — | production
  (point 2 of Annex III) |
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—

production

(point 2 of Annex III)

| — | marketing
  (point 3 of Annex III) |
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—

marketing

(point 3 of Annex III)

| — | protection of the environment
  (point 4 of Annex III) |
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—

protection of the environment

(point 4 of Annex III)

| — | withdrawals
  (point 5 of Annex III) |
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—

withdrawals

(point 5 of Annex III)

Endives and cauliflowers

Normandie

Comité économique agricole Fruits et Légumes de Normandie

Carrots, leeks and cauliflowers

Whole economic area

Bretagne

Comité économique agricole régional Fruits et Légumes de Bretagne

Leeks, endives, lettuce (iceberg variety), tomatoes, artichokes, cauliflowers, shallots, broccoli and cabbage

Whole economic area

Carrots

Canton of Pleine-Fougères and municipality of Cherrueix (Ille-et-Vilaine)

Bassin du Val de Loire

Comité économique agricole Fruits et Légumes du Val de Loire

Dessert apples and pears, blackcurrants

Whole economic area

Tomatoes, cucumbers

Early corn salad/lamb's lettuce and leeks

Departments of Loire-Atlantique, Maine-et-Loire and Vendée

Bassin du grand Sud-Ouest

Comité économique agricole Fruits et Légumes du bassin du grand Sud-Ouest

Melons

Whole economic area except for Charente and Charente Maritime

Apples, pears, strawberries and plums

Whole economic area

Tomatoes

Bassin Rhône Méditerranée

Comité économique agricole Fruits et Légumes du bassin Rhône Méditerranée

Apples, pears, peaches-nectarines and apricots

Whole economic area

Table grapes

Departments of Bouches-du-Rhône, Gard and Vaucluse

Chestnuts

Departments of Ardèche and Gard

Asparagus, cucumbers, lettuce, tomatoes and artichokes

Departments of Aude, Gard, Hérault, Lozère and Pyrénées-Orientales

Corse

Comité économique agricole Fruits et Légumes de Corse

Clementines

Whole economic area

N.B.: The economic areas were defined in
  Official Journal of the European Communities C 34 of 9.2.1999, p. 4 (first column).

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