Commission Regulation (EC) No 1183/98 of 8 June 1998 amending Regulation (EEC) No 220/91 laying down detailed rules for the application of Regulation (EC) No 952/97 on producer groups and associations thereof
Date: 1998-06-08
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: agricultural production policy, economic activity, grouping of farms, organic farming, producer organisation

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1183/98

of 8 June 1998

amending Regulation (EEC) No 220/91 laying down detailed rules for the
application of Regulation (EC) No 952/97 on producer groups and associations
thereof

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 952/97 of 20 May 1997 on producer groups
and associations thereof (1),

Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 220/91 (2), as last amended by Regulation (EC)
No 386/96 (3), lays down detailed rules of application covering the economic activities of
producer groups and associations thereof;

Whereas, in view of the results of application in certain Member States, some adjustments
should be made to the minimum membership laid down for certain sectors of production
in order to facilitate the setting-up of producer groups so as to achieve sufficient concen-
tration of supply;

Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion
of the Management Committee on Agriculture Structures and Rural Development,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

The Annex to Regulation (EC) No 220/91 is hereby amended as follows:

Article 1

1. The particulars relating to the following CN codes in Table IV are replaced by the following.

IV. Producer groups and associations of producer groups in Greece

CN code

Description

Producer groups

Associations

Volume of
production or
turnover

Minimum
membership

Minimum
area
or equivalent

Turnover
(ECU
million)

Share of
national
production
(%)

Minimum
membership

‘1509
1510 00

Olive oil

50 tonnes

100

7,0

1

10’

7 700 ha
or
3 000
tonnes

(1) OJ L 142, 2. 6. 1997, p. 30.
(2) OJ L 26, 31. 1. 1991, p. 15.
(3) OJ L 53, 2. 3. 1996, p. 1.

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2. The particulars relating to the following CN codes in Table V are replaced by the following.

V. Producer groups and associations of producer groups in Spain

CN code

Description

Producer groups

Associations

Volume
of production
or turnover

Minimum
membership

Minimum
area or
equivalent

Turnover
(ECU
million)

Share of
national
production
(%)

‘0401

Milk and cream, not concentrated
nor containing added sugar or other
sweetening matter

0406

Cheese and curd

(a) Of cows’ milk (3)

(b) Of sheeps’ milk

(c) Of goats’ milk (3)

4 000 tonnes

1 000 tonnes

1 000 tonnes

Chapter 6

plants

Live
products

and

floricultural

ECU 1,5 million

0701 90 51

Potatoes, fresh or chilled (5)

0701 90 59

(a) New potatoes

4 000 tonnes

0701 90 90

(b) Potatoes for human consump-

8 000 tonnes

30

25

25

15

25

25

100 000 tonnes

20 000 tonnes

10 000 tonnes

4 300 ha

8 700 ha

25,0

10,0

3,0

8,0

15,0

21,0

60,0

15 000 tonnes

200

160 000 ha

tion

Cereals (6) (7):

1001

Wheat and meslin

1002 00 00

Rye

1003 00

Barley

1004 00

Oats

1005

Maize

1007 00

Grain sorghum

ex 1201 to
ex 1207

Oilseeds and oleaginous fruits other
than for sowing (4)

ECU 1 million

200

23 000 ha

10,0

1509

Olive oil and its fractions, whether
or not refined, but not chemically
modified

1 200 tonnes
(in oil)

100

58 000 ha

30,0

ex 2204

Wine of
fortified wines:

fresh grapes,

including

(a) Table wine

(b) Quality wines produced in speci-
fied regions (quality wines psr)

150 000 hl
(in wine)

25 000 hl

200

100

56 800 ha

10 000 ha

60,0

15,0

2,5

10,0

2,5

5

5,0

2,5

2,0

2,5

5,0

5,0

2,5’

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3. The particulars relating to the following CN codes in Table VIII are replaced by the following.

VIII. Producer groups and associations of producer groups in Austria

CN code

Description

Producer groups

Associations

Volume
of production
or turnover

Minimum
membership

Minimum
area or
equivalent

Turnover
(ECU
million)

Share of
national
production
(%)

Minimum
membership

‘1207

ex 1209

1211

2204 30 10

2204 10
2204 21
2204 29

Other oilseeds and oleagi-
nous fruits, whether or not
broken

500 000
ECU

50

—

—

—

—

Seeds of forage plants, other
than beet seed

Plants and parts of plants
(including seeds and fruits),
of a kind used primarily in
perfumery,
in pharmacy or
for insecticidal, fungicidal or
similar purposes,
fresh or
dried, whether or not cut,
crushed or powdered (4)

Grape must, in fermentation
or with fermentation arrested
otherwise than by the addi-
tion of alcohol

with

Wine of fresh grapes: grape
must
fermentation
prevented or arrested by the
addition of alcohol,
inclu-
ding mistelle

10 000 hl

50

—

—

—

—’

4. The following table is added.

‘VIIIa. Producer groups and associations of producer groups in Austria (organic production)

CN code

Description

Producer groups

Associations

Volume
of production
or turnover
(ECU)

Minimum
membership

Minimum
area or
equivalent

Turnover
(ECU
million)

Share of
national
production
(%)

Minimum
membership

0102

Live bovine animals

1 million

50

ex 0201
ex 0202

of

Meat
fresh, chilled or frozen (8)

bovine

animals,

0103

Live swine

1 million

50

ex 0203

0105

Half-carcases of swine, fresh,
chilled or frozen (1) (8)

Live poultry, that is to say,
fowls of the species Gallus
domesticus,
geese,
turkeys and guinea fowls (2)

ducks,

1 million

50

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

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Producer groups

Associations

Volume
of production
or turnover
(ECU)

Minimum
membership

Minimum
area or
equivalent

Turnover
(ECU
million)

Share of
national
production
(%)

Minimum
membership

1 million

50

—

—

—

—

CN code

Description

0207

Meat and edible offal, of live
poultry, that is to say, fowls
of the species Gallus domes-
ticus, ducks, geese,
turkeys
and
fresh,
fowls,
guinea
chilled or frozen

0407

Birds’ eggs,
in shell,
preserved or cooked (2)

fresh,

1 million

50

—

—

—

—’

5. The particulars relating to the following CN codes in Table IX are replaced by the following.

IX. Producer groups in Finland (conventional production)

CN code

Description

Producer groups

Volume of production
or turnover

Minimum
membership

‘0104
ex 0204

Live sheep and goats (1); meat of sheep or goats, fresh,
chilled or frozen

2 000 head

20’

This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the
Official Journal of the European Communities.

Article 2

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
States.

Done at Brussels, 8 June 1998.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission