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COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1709/84
of 19 June 1984
on minimum prices payable to producers and amounts of production aid for certain processed fruit and vegetables eligible for production aid
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 516/77 of 14 March 1977 on the common organization of the market in products processed from fruit and vegetables (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 988/84 (2), and in particular Articles 3b (4), 3c (5) and 3d (3) thereof,
Whereas Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 516/77 provides for a system of production aid for certain products; whereas under that system a minimum price must be paid to the producer and production aid is to be paid on the basis of the net weight of the processed product;
Whereas the quality of dried fruit intended for processing and of dried fruit ready to be offered for direct consumption varies; whereas the minimum price and the production aid should be fixed for a specified category; whereas the minimum price and the amount of aid for categories other than that for which they have been fixed should be derived from that category; whereas the prices and amounts so derived should take into account the characteristics of the different categories; whereas these categories must be defined;
Whereas Article 3d (1) (b) of Regulation (EEC) No 516/77 provides that processed products must meet minimum Community quality standards to be laid down; whereas such standards are already in application for certain dried fruit, in particular for dried figs; whereas the standards laid down in Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2425/81 (3) for dried figs should continue to be applied;
Whereas tomato concentrates have differing dry weight contents; whereas to facilitate the application of the production aid system the aid should be fixed by reference to a pilot product; whereas the aid for tomato concentrates with a different dry weight content should be derived from the amount so fixed; whereas the derived amounts should be calculated by reference to the dry weight content;
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1602/82 (4), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2035/83 (5), laid down coefficients to be applied to production aid for tomato concentrates for the marketing year 1983/84; whereas those coefficients were calculated by reference to criteria other than the net weight of the products; whereas production aid is henceforth to be paid on the basis of the net weight, so that application of such coefficients should not continue; whereas immediate discontinuation would result in an abrupt diminution of the aid paid for certain sizes of packed products, which could create problems for outlets, and the diminution should therefore be made graduallly;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committees for Products Processed from Fruit and Vegetables,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
1. The minimum price payable to the producer for unprocessed dried figs shall be fixed per 100 kilograms net of category C.
For other categories the minimum price shall be multiplied by one of the coefficients listed in Annex I.
2. To qualify for payment of the minimum price unprocessed dried figs shall comply with the requirements and correspond to one of the categories set out in Annex II.
Article 2
1. The production aid for dried figs shall be fixed per 100 kilograms net of category C.
For other categories and for fig paste the amount of aid shall be multiplied by one of the coefficients listed in Annex I.
2. To qualify for payment of aid dried figs and fig paste shall comply with the requirements and correspond to one of the categories set out in Annex III.
Article 3
1. The minimum price payable to the producer for dried plums derived from prunes d'Ente and the production aid for prunes shall be fixed per 100 kilograms net for the size category corresponding to 66 fruit per 500 grams.
For other size categories the minimum price and the aid shall be multiplied by one of the coefficients listed in Annex IV.
2. To qualify for payment of the minimum price and the aid, dried plums and prunes shall have a moisture content of 21 to 23 %.
Article 4
1. The production aid for tomato concentrates shall be fixed per 100 kilograms net of tomato concentrate with a dry weight content of 28 % or more but less than 30 %.
For tomato concentrates with a different dry weight content the amount of aid shall be multiplied by one of the coefficients listed in Annex V.
2. For the marketing years 1984/85, 1985/86 and 1986/87, the production aid to be paid for tomato concentrates with a dry weight content of less than 93 % packed in containers with a weight, including immediate packing, of less than 1,5 kilograms shall be increased by one of the percentages set out in Annex V.
Article 5
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
It shall apply from the beginning of the marketing year 1984/85 for each of the products concerned.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 19 June 1984.