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COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2550/88
of 10 August 1988
amending Regulation (EEC) No 2347/84 on dried grapes 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 426/86 of 24 February 1986 on the common organization of the market in products processed from fruit and vegetables (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2247/88 (2), and in particular Articles 3 (4), 4 (4), 5 (5) and 6 (4) thereof,
Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 2242/88 (3) extends the production aid for certain varieties of dried grapes to dried Muscatel grapes;
Whereas for the purposes of this extension of the aid scheme, the characteristics and minimum quality standards for the varieties in question must be defined; whereas the minimum price to be paid to producers and the aid to be paid for the most representative categories of the varieties concerned should be fixed; whereas these representative categories must also be defined;
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2347/84 of 31 July 1984 on dried grapes eligible for production aid (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2399/86 (4), lays down the coefficients and minimum quality requirements for sultanas and currants; whereas similar provisions should now be added for Muscatel varieties;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Products Processed from Fruit and Vegetables,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
Regulation (EEC) No 2347/84 is hereby amended as follows:
1. The second subparagraph of Article 1 (1) is replaced by the following:
'For other categories of sultanas and for currants and dried Muscatel grapes, the minimum price shall be multiplied by the coefficient listed in Annex I.'
2. The second subparagraph of Article 2 (1) is replaced by the following:
'For other categories of sultanas and for currants and dried Muscatel grapes, the amount of said shall be multiplied by the coefficient listed in Annex I.'
3. Annex I is hereby amended as follows:
(a) The following table is added at the end of section I:
'DRIED MUSCATEL GRAPES
1.2,4 // // // Category // Coefficient // // 1.2.3.4 // // In berries // In bunches for berries // In bunches for bunches // // // // // // // // // Extra // 1,15059 // 0,80064 // 1,44603 // I // 1,00390 // 0,69854 // 1,26107 // II // 0,60556 // 0,42138 // 0,76084' // // // //
(b) The following table is added at the end of section II:
'DRIED MUSCATEL GRAPES
1.2 // // // Category // Coefficient // // // Extra // 1,146 // I // 1,000 // II // 0,603' // //
4. Annex II is hereby amended as follows:
(a) the words 'Part A' are inserted before the title;
(b) a section entitled 'Part B - Quality requirements and classification of unprocessed dried muscatel grapes', as shown in Annex I hereto, is added at the end.
5. A section entitled 'C. Dried muscatel grapes', as shown in Annex II hereto, is added at the end of Annex III.
6. A section entitled 'C. For dried muscatel grapes', as shown in Annex III hereto, is added at the end of Annex IV.
Article 2
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, 10 August 1988.