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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(82)497 final
Brussels-28July1982
Proposalfora
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
layingdowngeneralrulesfortheextensionofcertainrules
issuedbyproducers' ,organizations inthefruitandvegetable
.../sector
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(submitted itotheCouncilbytheCommission )
C0M(82)497final

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
Regrettably ,ithasfrequently happened that decisions taken byproducers'
organizations with aview ,inparticular ,tostabilizing themarket have
been prevented from achieving their full effect because ofconflicting
action byproducers notbelonging tothem .
TheCommission hasproposed totheCouncil (Article 15bofRegulation (EEC )
No1035 /72)that Member States bepermitted incertain circumstances tomake
theproduction andmarketing rules issued byproducers' organizations
binding onnon-member producers .
TheCommission isnowproposing that aproducers' organization orassociation
ofproducers' organizations should beconsidered asrepresentative ifat
least 50%oftheproducers intheeconomic area itcovers belong toitand
account for atleast 50%ofproduction inthearea .
However ,theCommission isalso proposing that itshould not bepossible for
therules applied byrepresentative producers' organizations orassociations
thereof tobeextended tonon-members if,after consultations ,itisfound
that atleast onethird oftheproducers inthearea concerned ,accounting
for atleast one third ofitsproduction ,areopposed .
Therules which maybesoextended arethose onmarket information ,
production ,marketing andadherence tomarket prices .
Anumber ofthese rules mayalso apply tobuyers ofproduce which issold on
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thetree byproducers notbelonging toaproducers organization .
Inorder toprevent this extension oftherules from becoming permanent and
yfittoalltime forittobeeffective ,theCommission isproposing that a•
specific period ofapplication befixed . 1

Proposal for a
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC )
laying down general rules for theextension * ofcertain rules
issued byproducers' organizations -intl}«.fruit andvegetable sector
THE COUNCIL OFTHE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES , • '
Having regard totheTreaty establishing
theEuropean Economic Community ,
Having regard toCouncil Regulation (EEC )
No1035 /72of18May 1972 onthecommon
organization ofthemarket infruit and
1vegetables ,aslast amended byRegulation
2
(EEC )No ,and inparticular .
Article 15bthereof ,
Having regard totheproposal from theCommissi
Wltdreas Article 15bofRegulation (EEC)So1035 /72permits Member States ,
under certain conditions ,toextend certain rules issued inrespect ofitsmembers by
producers 'organization which isconsidered toberepresentativeofproduct ionand
marketing initseconomic area toallnon-member producers established inthat area ;
Whereas therepresentative character ofaproducers' organization must be
established inthelight oftheproportion itrepresents ofproduction and
marketing activity onthemarket oftheeconomic area concerned ;
Whereas therules applied byarepresentative organization should not ,
however ,beextended tonon-members against opposition byasubstantial
number oftheproducers oftheeconomic area concerned ;
Whereas ,inorder toharmonize theapplication ofthis system intheMember
States ,the rules which maybeextended tonoti-members should be
defined ;
Whereas ,where produce issold onthetree ,itshould bespecified which
rules are tobeextended totheproducer andwhich tothebuyer ;
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10JNoL118,20.5.1972 ,p.1
20JNoL , 1982,p.w ,,
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Whereas ,inorder togive thesystem thenecessary flexibility ,theperiod
forwhich rules are tobeextended tonon-Tnembers should not exceed a
certain length , •
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Article 1
This Regulation lays down general rules forimplementing thesystem under
which therules ofproducers *organizations inthefruit andvegetable sector areto
beextended tonon-members ,asprovided for inArticle 15b of
Regulation (EEC)No1035 /72.
Article 2
Aproducers organization orassociation ofproducers' organizations shall
beconsidered representative within themeaning ofArticle 15bC1)of
Regulation (EEC)No1035 /72ifitcovers atleast 50%oftheproducers in
theeconomic area inwhich itoperates and atleast 50%oftheproduction of
»that area .
Article 3
The rules referred toinArticle 15b ofRegulation (EEC )No1035 /72shall not bemade
binding where ,after theconsultations provided forinparagraph 1ofthat Artie le,
producers representing atleast onethird ofproduction inthearea make
known their opposition .
Article 4
Therules which maybemade binding upon producers established inagiven area whoarenot
members ofaproducers *organization asreferred toinArticle 15bof
Regulation (EEC)No1035 /72shall bethose covering theactivities listed in
the Annex .

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Article 5
Incases where aproducer notbelonging toaproducers organization
sells hisproduce onthetree ,thebuyer shall ,forthepurposes ofcompliance &
with therules referred toinpoints 1(e)and (f),3(a ),(b),(c),(d),and (e),and4M
•j
oftheAnnex ,beconsidered ashaving produced that produce .
2.The rule referred toinpoint 4oftheAnnex shall apply inthe event of
resale ofproduce .
3.Member States may decide that rules listed intheAnnex other than those
referred toinparagraph 1shall bemade binding upon buyers where thelatter are
responsible fororchard management .
Article 6
Rules made binding under Article 15bofRegulation (EEC )No1035 /72shall
apply inrespect ofeach product :
-for aperiod ofnotmore than three marketing years inthecase ofthe
rules referred toinpoints 1,2and 4ofthe'Annex ;
Ψ* .
-until theend ofeach marketing year atthelatest inthecase ofthe
rules referred toinpoint 3oftheAnnex .
Article 7
This Regulation shall enter into force onthedayofitspublication inthe
Official Journal ofthe European Communities .
This Regulation shall bebinding initsentirety anddirectly applicable in
all Member States .
Done atBrussels . For the Commission

ANNEX
List
ofthose rules applied byproducers' organizations which maybeextended to
non-member producers under Article 15bofRegulation (EEC )No1035/72
1.Rules covering market information (Article 13(1 )(b),last indent )
a)declarations ofplanting intentions ,byproduct andpossibly by
variety ;
b)notification ofplantings ;
c)declarations oftotal area under cultivation ,broken down byproduct
andpossibly byvariety ;
d)declarations ofanticipated harvest ,with expected dates ,byproduct
andpossibly byvariety ;
e)periodic declarations ofquantities harvested and/oravailable stocks ,
byvariety ;
f)information about storage capacity .
2.Rules covering production (Article 13(1 )(b),penultimate indent )
a)anyprescribed time between final pesticide applications andharvesting ;
b)useofspecified seed depending ontheintended outlet (fresh food
market ,industrial processing );
c)rules concerning treatment andmaximum levels ofpesticide residues ;
d)rules onthinning .
3.Rules covering marketing (Article 13(1 )(b),penultimate indent )
a)prescribed dates forthebeginning ofharvesting andthestaggering or
marketing inthecase ofpome anddrupe fruit ;
b)minimum qualitites andsizes ;
c)specific quality standards forproduce which istogoforprocessing ;

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(d)rules onmarket preparation ,presentation /packing andlabelling /
(e)rules onindicating theorigin ofaproduct /excluding individual
brand names /.
4.Rules onwithdrawal prices
Inaccordance with the terms ofArticle 15(b)(1)(d )and 15b (7).