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of 31 March 1999
amending Regulation (EC) No 504/97 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council
Regulation(EC)No2201/96asregardsthesystemofproductionaidforproductsprocessedfrom
fruit and vegetables
(OJ L 89, 1.4.1999, p. 26)
Amended by:
Official Journal
No page date
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COMMISSION REGULATION (ECNo 702/
of 31 March 1999
amendingRegulation(EC)No504/97layingdowndetailedrulesfor
the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 2201/96 as regardsthesystemofproductionaidforproductsprocessedfromfruitand
vegetables
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Havingreg ard to the Treaty establishingthe European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2201/96 of 28 October
1996 on the common organisation of the markets in processed fruit andvegetable products(
1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2199/
97 (2), and in particular Article 4(9) thereof,
Whereas Article 6(3) of Regulation (EC) No 2201/96 lays down that the
quotas for each group of products shall be shared out each year amongthe Member States accordingto the averag e quantities produced incompliance with minimum prices duringthe precedingthree marketingyears;
Whereas Article 6(1) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 504/97 (
3), as
last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1590/98 (4), provides for a
preliminary contract to be drawn up for products processed from toma-toes to be concluded by 16 February each year; whereas the MemberStates may defer that date to 16 March; whereas Article 11(4) of thatRegulation lays down that production aid applications must besubmitted to the competent authorities by 1 February of the marketingyear concerned; whereas Article 17(2) lays down that the MemberStates must notify the Commission by 1 April each year of the finalfigures for the marketing year concerned;
Whereas the figures for each marketing year are only available from 1
April; whereas the allocation of quotas provided for in Article 6(3) ofRegulation (EC) No 2201/96 cannot therefore be carried out in time tosign preliminary contracts; whereas it is therefore necessary to bringforward the date for submission of aid applications to the competentauthorities to the 15 December of the marketingyear concerned;
Whereas, in view of the above change, it is necessary to adapt certain
provisions of Regulation (EC) No 504/97 to this new situation, particu-larly the date by which the final figures for the marketing year must benotified to the Commission, the deadline for signing preliminarycontracts, their submission to the competent authorities of the MemberStates and the notification of these contracts to the Commission;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance
with the opinion of the Management Committee for products processedfrom fruit and vegetables,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
Regulation (EC) No 504/97 is amended as follows:
(1) The first subparagraph of Article 6(1) is replaced by the following:
‘1. In the case of tomatoes, preliminary contracts shall be
concluded each year, pendingthe conclusion of contracts as referredto in Article 7(1), at the most 10 workingdays from the publicationin the Official Journal of the European Communities of the alloca-
(1) OJ L 297, 21.11.1996, p. 29.
(2) OJ L 303, 6.11.1997, p. 1.
(3) OJ L 78, 20.3.1997, p. 14.
(4) OJ L 208, 24.7.1998, p. 11.
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tion of quotas for each group of products between the MemberStates.'
(2) Article 11(4) is replaced by the following:
‘4. In the case of products processed from peaches, pears and
tomatoes, aid applications may be submitted once only permarketingyear. They must reach the competent authorities by thefollowingdates of the marketingyear concerned:
— 15 December for products processed from tomatoes,— 1 February for products processed from peaches or pears.'
(3) In Article 13(1):
— the date 30 November in the first part of the sentence is
replaced by ‘30 October',
— the date 25 November in point (b) is replaced by ‘25 October'.
(4) In Article 17(2), the first part of the sentence is replaced by the
following:
‘2. By:
— 15 February for products processed from tomatoes,— 1 April for products processed from peaches or pears,
of the following:'.
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Article 2
This Regulation shall apply from the 1999/2000 marketing year, with
the exception of Article 1(1) which shall apply from the 2000/01marketingyear.
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This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in
all Member States.