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of 28 July 1997
laying down detailed rules for the application of the system of minimum import prices for certain
soft fruits originating in Bulgaria, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, the Czech Republic,
Estonia and Lithuania ◄
(OJ L 216, 8.8.1997, p. 63)
Amended by:
Official Journal
No page date
►M1Commission Regulation (EC) No 2371/1999 of 8 November 1999 L286 8 9.11.1999
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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1599/97
of 28 July 1997
laying down detailed rules for the application of the system of
minimum import prices for certain soft fruits originating inBulgaria, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, the Czech
Republic, Estonia and Lithuania
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THE COMMISSIONOF THE EUROPEANCOMMUN ITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EC)No3066/95of22December
1995 establishing certain concessions in the form of Community tariffquotas for certain agricultural products and providing for the adjust-ment,asanautonomousandtransitionalmeasure,ofcertainagriculturalconcessions provided for in the Europe Agreements to take account ofthe Agreement on Agriculture concluded during the Uruguay RoundMultilateralTradeNegotiations(
1),aslastamendedbyRegulation(EC)
No 1595/97(2), and in particular Article 8 thereof,
Whereas detailed rules should be laid down for the application of the
newsystemofminimumimportpricesforcertainsoftfruitsoriginatingin Bulgaria, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Slovakia and the CzechRepublicandintendedforprocessing,introducedintheAnnexestotheAnnexes to Regulation (EC) No 1595/97; whereas in the interests ofclarity and presentation the minimum prices set in the Annexes to theaforementionedAnnexesshouldbeincludedinasingletableattachedtothis Regulation;
Whereas the word ‘lot' used in paragraph 2 of the Annexes to the
Annexes to Regulation (EC) No 1595/97 needs to be defined;
Whereas, for the sound application of the system, the characteristics
enablingeachfrozenproducttobeclassifiedinoneoftheclasseslistedin the Annexes to the Annexes to Regulation (EC) No 1595/97 shouldbe specified;
Whereas regular communication by the Member States of information
concerning imports is needed; whereas provisions concerning thesecommunications will replace those laid down in Commission Regula-tion (EEC) No 1226/92 of 13 May 1992 on communication by theMemberStatestotheCommissionofinformationonimportsofcertainproducts processed from fruit and vegetables(
3), as last amended by
Regulation (EC) No 2480/96(4); whereas, however, the provisions of
thatRegulationconcerningproductsoriginatinginthirdcountriesotherthan those referred to in this Regulation and adopted pursuant toCouncil Regulation (EC) No 1926/96(
5) should be maintained;
Whereas Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 1595/97 repeals Council
Regulation (EEC) No 1988/93 of 19 July 1993 on the system ofminimum import prices for certain soft fruits originating in Hungary,Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Romania and Bulgaria(
6);
whereas, consequently, Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2140/93 of28 July 1993 laying down detailed rules for the application of theminimum import price system for certain soft fruits originating inHungary,Poland,theCzechRepublic,Slovakia,RomaniaandBulgariaandfixingtheminimumimportpricesapplicableuntil30April1994(
7),
Commission Regulation (EC) No 767/97 of 28 April 1997 fixing theminimum import prices for certain soft fruits originating in Hungary,Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Romania and Bulgaria for the
(1) OJ No L 328, 30. 12. 1995, p. 31.
(2) See page 1 of this Official Journal.
(3) OJ No L 128, 14. 5. 1992, p. 18.
(4) OJ No L 335, 24. 12. 1996, p. 28.
(5) OJ No L 254, 8. 10. 1996, p. 1.
(6) OJ No L 182, 24. 7. 1993, p. 4.
(7) OJ No L 191, 31. 7. 1993, p. 98.
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1997/98 marketing year(1) and Commission Regulation (EC) No 517/
97of21March1997ontheapplicationofaminimumpriceforcertainsoft fruits originating in Poland(
2) should be repealed;
Whereas,duringtheperiod1July1997tothedateofentryintoforceof
this Regulation, importers should be given the choice as regards theimport charge, comprising the ad valoremduty and where applicable
the countervailing charge, between the old and the new systems;whereasthisRegulationshouldapplythereforefrom1July1997attherequest of the operator only;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulationareinaccordance
withtheopinionoftheManagementCommitteeforProductsProcessedfrom Fruit and Vegetables,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
For the purposes of this Regulation ‘lot'means the goods intended for
processingpresentedunderadeclarationofreleaseforfreecirculation.Each declaration may cover only goods of one and the same originfallingwithinasinglecombinednomenclaturecodeand,inthecaseoffrozen products, a single Taric code as shown in the Annex to thisRegulation.
Article 2
1. Thevalueshowninthecustomsdeclarationshallbeaccompanied
by all the information necessary for its verification.
2. Where:
(a) theinvoicepresentedtothecustomsauthoritieshasnotbeendrawn
up by the exporter in the country of origin of the product;
or
(b) the authorities are not persuaded that the value shown in the
declaration represents the true import price;
or
(c) the price has not been paid to the seller within a period of three
months from the day following the date of acceptance of thedeclarationofreleaseforfreecirculationbythecustomsauthorities,
thecompetentauthoritiesshalltakethenecessarystepstodeterminethe
import price, in particular with reference to the resale price applied bythe importer.
3. Theimportershallkeepevidenceofthepaymenttotheseller.The
evidence together with commercial documents such as invoices,contracts or correspondence concerning the purchase and sale of theproducts shall be kept at the disposal of the customs authorities forpurposes of verification for three years.
Article 3
1. For each lot and each origin concerned, during the completion of
the customs import formalities with a view to release for free circula-tion, the competent authorities shall make a comparison of the valueshowninthecustomsdeclarationandtheminimumimportpriceshownin the Annex.
2. Where the value shown in the customs declaration is below the
minimum price shown in the Annex, a countervailing charge shall belevied equal to the difference between that value and the minimumprice.
(1) OJ No L 112, 29. 4. 1997, p. 11.
(2) OJ No L 82, 22. 3. 1997, p. 20.
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Article 4
1. A lot of frozen strawberries or raspberries shall be classified as
‘whole fruit'for the purposes of this Regulation if it consists of fruitfrozenindividuallywhichmeetsthefollowingmaximumrequirements:
— 10% by weight of damaged fruit that has lost not more than 20%
of its original size, and
— 3%byweightoffruitinpiecesnotexceeding80%oftheiroriginal
size, and
— 5% by weight of fruit that has undergone enzyme deterioration.
Inthecaseofstrawberries,alotof‘wholefruit'maycontainonlyfruit
classified, prior to removal of stalks from the fresh fruit, in the ‘Extra'or ‘I'classes.
2. Alotoffrozenblackorredcurrantsshallbeclassifiedas‘without
stalk' for the purposes of this Regulation if it meets the followingmaximum requirements:
— one whole stalk per 500 g net of fruit, and
— a total of 2 cm
2of foreign plant material per 500 g net of fruit.
Article 5
1. For the products listed in the Annex hereto, Member States shall
communicatetotheCommissionthequantitiesputintofreecirculationand their values, broken down by origin and CNcode and, for frozenproducts, by Taric code.
2. This communication shall take place by the 25th of each month
forproductsputintofreecirculationbetweenthe1standthe15thofthemonth,andbythe10thofthefollowingmonthatthelatestforproductsputintofreecirculationbetweenthe16thandthelastdayofthemonth.
3. Ifnoproductshavebeenputintofreecirculationduringthecourse
ofoneoftheperiodsreferredtoinparagraph2,theMemberStateshallinformtheCommissionthereofonthedatesindicatedinthatparagraph.
4. TheprovisionsofRegulation(EEC)No1226/92concerningprod-
ucts originating in the third countries covered by this Regulation arehereby repealed.
Article 6
Regulations (EEC) No 2140/93, (EC) No 517/97 and (EC) No 767/97
are hereby repealed.
Article 7
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthedayfollowingitspublica-
tion in the Official Journal of the European Communities .
This Regulation shall apply at the request of the operator concerned
from 1 July 1997.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicablein
all Member States.
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ANNEX
MINIMUM IMPORT PRICES
(EUR/100 kg net)
CNcode TARICcode Description BulgariaHungary PolandRomaniaSlovakiaCzech
RepublicEstoniaLithuania
ex 081010 —Strawberries for processing 51,4——51,4——51,4 —
ex 08102010 —Raspberries for processing 63,163,163,163,163,163,1——
ex 08103010 —Blackcurrants for processing 38,538,538,538,538,538,538,5 38,5
ex 08103030 —Redcurrants for processing 23,323,323,323,323,323,323,3—
ex 08111011 08111011*10 Frozen strawberries, with added sugar or other sweetening agents, with a
sugar content of more than 13% by weight: whole fruit ——75,0———75,0 —
08111011*90 Frozen strawberries, with added sugar or other sweetening agents, with a
sugar content of more than 13% by weight: other ——57,6———57,6 —
ex 08111019 08111019*10 Frozen strawberries, with added sugar or other sweetening agents, with a
sugar content not exceeding 13% by weight: whole fruit ——75,0———75,0 —
08111019*90 Frozen strawberries, with added sugar or other sweetening agents, with a
sugar content not exceeding 13% by weight: other ——57,6———57,6 —
ex 08111090 08111090*10 Frozenstrawberries,withoutaddedsugarorothersweeteningagents:whole
fruit 75,075,075,075,075,075,075,0 —
08111090*90 Frozenstrawberries,withoutaddedsugarorothersweeteningagents:other 57,657,657,657,657,657,657,6 —
ex 08112019 08112019*11 Frozen raspberries, with added sugar or other sweetening agents, with a
sugar content not exceeding 13% by weight: whole fruit —99,599,5—99,599,599,5 —
08112019*19 Frozen raspberries, with added sugar or other sweetening agents, with a
sugar content not exceeding 13% by weight: other —79,679,6—79,679,679,6 —
ex 08112031 08112031*10 Frozenraspberries,withoutaddedsugarorothersweeteningagents:whole
fruit 99,599,599,599,599,599,599,5 —
08112031*90 Frozen raspberries, without added sugar or other sweetening agents: other 79,679,679,679,679,679,679,6 —
ex 08112039 08112039*10 Frozen blackcurrants, without added sugar or other sweetening agents:
without stalk —62,862,862,862,862,862,8 —
08112039*90 Frozenblackcurrants,withoutaddedsugarorothersweeteningagents:other —44,844,844,844,844,844,8 —
ex 08112051 08112051*10 Frozen redcurrants, without added sugar or other sweetening agents:
without stalk —39,039,0—39,039,039,0 —
08112051*90 Frozen redcurrants, without added sugar or other sweetening agents: other —29,529,5—29,529,529,5—