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COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 559/88

of 29 February 1988

amending Regulation (EEC) No 2083/80 laying down detailed rules of application concerning the economic activity of producer groups and associations thereof

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1360/78 of 19 July 1978 on producer groups and associations thereof (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1760/87 (2), and in particular the third indent of Article 6 (3) thereof,

Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2083/80 (3), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1616/82 (4), lays down detailed rules of application concerning the economic activity of producer groups and associations thereof; whereas the requirements of that Regulation must be supplemented following extension of the applicability of Regulation (EEC) No 1360/70 to Spain;

Whereas in certain parts of Spain farms are, typically, small, fragmented and unspecialized; whereas relatively low minima should therefore be set for the dimensions of producer group operations; whereas turnover is a suitable criterion for judging the efficacy of associations of producer groups in certain sectors where, in view of the difficulties of exhaustive determination of specific minimum crop areas, a single basis of reference should be used; whereas in order to guarantee that associations are of adequate economic size a minimum number of member groups should be set;

Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Agricultural Structure,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Regulation (EEC) No 2083/80 is hereby amended as follows.

1. Article 2 (2) is replaced by the following:

'2. The minimum volume of production specified in Article 1 and in paragraph 1 of this Article shall be reduced by

- 30 %, in the case of producer groups made up mainly of farmers with farms located in the Mezzogiorno, on the Greek islands or in the areas specified in Article 3 (3) of Council Directive 75/268/EEC of 28 April 1975 on mountain and hill farming and farming in certain less-favoured areas (1),

- 50 %, in the case of producer groups composed principally of farmers with farms on the Balearic or Canary Islands.

(1) OJ No L 128, 19. 5. 1975, p. 1.'

2. The following paragraph is added to Article 3.

'In the case of Spain, by way of derogation from the other provisions of this Article, associations must account for a minimum crop area, turnover and share of national production as indicated in Section III of the Annex. In the case of both the products listed in the Annex and other products they must consist of at least five recognized groups and cover the territory of at least one Comunidad Autónoma.'

3. The table annexed to this Regulation is added to the Annex.

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, 29 February 1988.

For the Commission

Frans ANDRIESSEN

Vice-President

(1) OJ No L 166, 23. 6. 1978, p. 1.

(2) OJ No L 167, 26. 6. 1987, p. 1.

(3) OJ No L 203, 5. 8. 1980, p. 5.

(4) OJ No L 180, 24. 6. 1982, p. 21.

ANNEX

'III. Producer groups and unions thereof in Spain

1.2.3,4.5,7 // // // // // CN code // Product // Producer groups // Unions // // // 1.2.3.4.5.6.7 // // // Volume of production or turnover // Minimum number of members // Minimum area or equivalent // Turnover (million ECU) // Share of national production volume (%) // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // 0102 0201 0202 // Cattle (1) (8) (live or slaughtered) // 1 000 LSU 2 000 calves // 50 50 // 60 000 LSU 30 000 calves // 65,0 8,5 // 5,0 // 0103 0203 // Pigs (1) (8) and pigmeat // 20 000 pigs 10 000 Iberian pigs 15 000 piglets // 75 35 75 // 700 000 pigs 100 000 Iberian pigs 180 000 piglets // 60,0 8,0 5,0 // 5,0 // 0104 0204 // Sheep and goats (1) (live or slaughtered) // 15 000 sheep 10 000 goats // 50 25 // 250 000 sheep 100 000 goats // 15,0 3,0 // 2,5 10,0 // 0105 0106 00 10 0207 0208 10 10 // Table fowls, other poultry and domestic rabbits (live or slaughtered (2) // 250 000 head // 50 (for fowls and other poultry) // 12 000 000 head (for fowls and other poultry) // 15,0 // 2,5 // // // // 35 (for rabbits) // 3 500 000 head (for rabbits) // 5,0 // 5,0 // 0407 00 // Eggs (2) // 60 000 laying hens // 50 // 1 000 000 laying hens // 15,0 // 2,5 // 0401 // Milk, cheese and curds // // // // // // 0406 // (a) Cow (3) // 4 000 tonnes // 50 // 100 000 tonnes // 25,0 // 2,5 // // (b) Ewe // 1 000 tonnes // 25 // 20 000 tonnes // 10,0 // 10,0 // // (c) Goat (3) // 1 000 tonnes // 25 // 10 000 tonnes // 3,0 // 2,5 // 0409 00 00 // Natural honey (4) // 300 000 ECU // 50 // // 2,5 // 10,0 // Chapter 6 // Live trees and other plants, bulbs, roots and the like, cut flowers and ornamental foliage (4) // 1 500 000 ECU // 25 // // 8,0 // 5,0 // 0701 // Potatoes (5) // // // // // // // (a) Ware // 10 000 tonnes // 50 // 8 700 ha // 21,0 // 2,5 // // (b) New // 5 000 tonnes // 25 // 4 300 ha // 15,0 // 5,0 // 0709 90 31 // Table olives // 2 000 tonnes // 50 // 15 000 ha // 6,0 // 10,0 // 0710 80 10 // // // // // // // 0711 20 10 // // // // // // // 0713 // Grain legumes // 1 500 tonnes // 50 // 25 300 ha // 10,0 // 5,0 // 1209 29 // // // // // // // 0803 00 0804 30 00 0804 40 // Tropical fruit // 50 ha // 25 // 2 500 ha (bananas) 200 ha (other) // 19,0 5,0 // 20,0 5,0 // 0804 20 90 // Dried figs // 1 000 tonnes // 50 // 5 000 ha // 2,0 // 15,0 // 0806 20 // Dried grapes // 1 500 tonnes // 25 // 1 000 ha // 1,5 // 10,0 // // Cereals (6) (7) // 20 000 tonnes // 200 // 160 000 ha // 60,0 // 2,0 // 1001 // Wheat // // // // // // 1002 00 00 // Rye // // // // // // 1003 00 // Barley // // // // // // 1004 00 // Oats // // // // // // 1005 // Maize // // // // // // 1007 00 // Sorghum // // // // // 1.2.3,4.5,7 // // // // // CN code // Product // Producer groups // Unions // // // 1.2.3.4.5.6.7 // // // Volume of production or turnover // Minimum number of members // Minimum area or equivalent // Turnover (million ECU) // Share of national production volume (%) // // // // // // // // // 1006 // Rice // 10 000 tonnes // 100 // 1 500 ha // 25,0 // 20,0 // 1201 to 1207 // Oilseeds (4) // 1 500 000 ECU // 200 // 23 000 ha // 10,0 // 2,5 // 1211 // Plants used primarily in perfumery, pharmacy, etc. (4) // 500 000 ECU // // // 2,5 // 5,0 // 1212 10 // Carobs // 2 000 tonnes // 50 // 1 300 ha // 3,5 // 10,0 // 1509 // Olive oil // 2 000 tonnes (of oil) // 100 // 58 800 ha // 30,0 // 5,0 // ex 2204 // Wine grapes: // // // // // // // (a) For table wine // 150 000 hl (of wine) // 200 // 56 800 ha // 60,0 // 5,0 // // (b) For quality wines psr // 25 000 hl // 100 // 10 000 ha // 15,0 // 2,5 // 2401 // Tobacco // 500 tonnes // 75 // 2 100 ha // 7,0 // 10,0 // // // // // // //

(7) The cereals group covers wheat, rye, barley, oats, maize and sorghum; for the purposes of the termination of the volume of production these may be considered either individually or in combination.

(8) If the group covers more than one type of animal within a species the minimum to be required shall be that for the most abundant type.'