COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 591/91 of 12 March 1991 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1198/90 establishing a Community register of citrus cultivation
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1198/90 of 7 May 1990 establishing a Community register of citrus cultivation (1), and in particular Article 6 thereof,
Whereas Article 5 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3919/90 of 21 December 1990 laying down general rules for the application of Regulation (EEC) No 1198/90 establishing a Community register of citrus cultivation (2) defines a number of aspects to be dealt with by the detailed rules of application;
Whereas the information obtained from the harvest declaration provided for in Article 19c of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 of 18 May 1972 on the common organization of the market in fruit and vegetables (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3920/90 (4), and the information available from the olive cultivation and vineyard registers introduced respectively by Council Regulations (EEC) No 154/75 (5) and (EEC) No 2392/86 (6) should be used to draw up the said register of citrus cultivation; whereas farmers should confirm that the information collected is true and correct; whereas, in addition, the time limits for certain communications to be sent to the Commission by Member States and the rules governing access to the register should be specified;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Fruit and Vegetables,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
1. In order to establish the register of citrus cultivation, the information set out in the Annex to this Regulation shall be collected and collated in a holding file for each citrus holding concerned. The contents of this file shall be authenticated by the farmer concerned.
2. Member States shall ensure that the information obtained from the harvest declaration provided for in Article 19c of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 is included in the holding file.
Article 2
Tests of the methods used shall be carried out in the following regions during the trial periods referred to in Article 3 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1198/90:
- Greece:
- Nomos d'Achaia: communes de Rododafni, Aglos Constantinos Dimitropoulos, Ville de Eguion, Digueliotica, Temeni, Valimitica, Selinous, Eliki, Rizomylos, Nicolaica and Rodia,
- Nomos d'Argolida: communes de Ireon, Lalouca, Agia Triada, Panariti, Argolicon and Nea Tiryntha.
- Spain:
- Término municipal d'Almazora (Province de Castellón),
- Término municipal d'Elche (Province d'Alicante).
- Italy:
- Province de Trapani (Sicily),
- Province de Lecce (Puglia).
- Portugal:
- Concelho de Santiago de Cacém, Freguesia de Santo André (Distrito de Setubal),
- Concelho de Silves, Freguesia de S. Bartolomeu de Messines e Silves (Distrito de Faro),
- Concelho de Loulé, Freguesia de Boliqueime e S. Sebastalao (Distrito de Faro).
Article 3
1. Member States shall notify the Commission of the national body responsible for drawing up the register no later than the 15th day following the entry into force of this Regulation.
2. Member States shall notify the Commission every six months of the progress in drawing up the register. The form in which this notification is to be made shall be determined in cooperation with the Member States concerned.
3. The Commission shall, after consulting the Member States, lay down rules for the transfer of all or part of the register by means of data processing.
Article 4
Member States shall use the technical data available from the olive cultivation register referred to in Regulation (EEC) No 154/75 and from the vineyard register referred to in Regulation (EEC) No 2392/86 and, in particular, aerial photographs taken within the last five years, land registry maps and lists of farmers.
Article 5
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication 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, 12 March 1991.