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COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2302/88

of 26 July 1988

fixing for the 1988/89 marketing year the minimum price to be paid to producers for dried plums and the amount of production aid for prunes

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,

Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and Portugal,

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 4 (4) and 5 (5) thereof,

Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 1277/84 of 8 May 1984 laying down general rules for the system of production aid for processed fruit and vegetables (3) contains provisions as to the methods for determining the production aid;

Whereas, pursuant to Article 4 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 426/86, the minimum price to be paid to producers is to be determined on the basis of, firstly, the minimum price applying during the previous marketing year, secondly, the movement of basic prices in the fruit and vegetable sector and, thirdly, the need to ensure the normal marketing of fresh products for the various uses;

Whereas Article 5 of the said Regulation lays down the criteria for fixing the amount of production aid; whereas account must, in particular, be taken of the aid fixed for the previous marketing year adjusted to take account of changes in the minimum price to be paid to producers, the non-member country price and, if necessary, the pattern of processing cost assessed on a flat-rate basis;

Whereas the minimum price to be paid to producers in Spain and the production aid for the products obtained shall be determined as provided for in Article 118 of the Act of Accession; whereas the representative period for determining the minimum price is laid down in Council Regulation (EEC) No 461/86 of 25 February 1986 laying down, on account of the accession of Spain and Portugal, rules on the production aid system in respect of processed fruit and vegetables (4); whereas as a consequence of Article 1 (2) of that Regulaton no production aid is to be paid during the transitional period for prunes obtained from dried plums from Portugal;

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

For the 1988/89 marketing year:

(a) the minimum price referred to in Article 4 of Regulation (EEC) No 426/86 to be paid to producers for dried plums derived from prunes d'Ente; and

(b) the production aid referred to in Article 5 of the same Regulation for prunes ready to be offered for human consumation;

shall be as set out in the Annex.

Article 2

Where processing takes place outside the Member State in which the produce was grown, such Member State shall furnish proof to the Member State paying the production aid that the minimum price payable to the producer has been paid.

Article 3

This Regulation shall enter into force on the 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, 26 July 1988.

For the Commission

Frans ANDRIESSEN

Vice-President

(1) OJ No L 49, 27. 2. 1986, p. 1.

(2) OJ No L 198, 26. 7. 1988.

(3) OJ No L 123, 9. 5. 1984, p. 25.

(4) OJ No L 53, 1. 3. 1986, p. 15.

ANNEX

Minimum price to be paid to producers

1.2,4 // // // Product // ECU/100 kg net ex producer for products grown in: // // 1.2.3.4 // // Spain // Portugal // Other Member States // // // // // Prunes d'Ente of the size category corresponding to 66 fruit per 500 grams // 137,511 // - // 158,673 // // // //

Production aid

1.2,4 // // // Product // ECU/100 kg net for products obtained from raw materials grown in: // // 1.2.3.4 // // Spain // Portugal // Other Member States // // // // // Dried plums derived from prunes d'Ente, of the size category corresponding to 66 fruit per 500 grams // 41,791 // - // 60,789 // // // //