Commission Regulation (EC) No 1518/98 of 15 July 1998 setting for the 1998/99 marketing year the minimum price and the amount of production aid for processed tomato products
Date: 1998-07-15
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: fruit vegetable, marketing year, minimum price, production aid, vegetable product

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1518/98

of 15 July 1998

setting for the 1998/99 marketing year the minimum price and the amount of
production aid for processed tomato products

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

volume and prices of imports must be taken into consid-
eration;

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2201/96 of
28 October 1996 on the common organisation of the
markets in processed fruit and vegetable products (1), as
last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2199/97 (2), and in
particular Article 3(3) and Article 4(9) thereof,

Whereas pursuant to Article 3(1) of Regulation (EC) No
2201/96 the minimum price to be paid to producers is to
be determined on the basis of
the minimum price
applying during the previous marketing year, changes in
prices in the fruit and vegetable sector and the need to
ensure the normal marketing of fresh products for the
various uses, including supply to the processing industry;

Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2022/92 (3),
which lays down detailed rules of application for the
minimum price to be paid to producers for certain toma-
toes used in the production of tomato concentrate, juice
and flakes on the basis of the soluble dry weight content,
should continue to apply;

Whereas Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 2201/96 lays
down the criteria for fixing the amount of production aid;
whereas account must, in particular, be taken of the aid
fixed or calculated before the reduction provided for in
paragraph 10 of that Article for the previous marketing
year, adjusted to take account of changes in the minimum
price to be paid to producers and the difference between
the cost of the raw material in the Community and in the
major competing third countries; whereas, in respect of
tomato
and
unpeeled tomatoes and tomato juices, changes in the

concentrates, preserved whole peeled

Whereas Article 4(10) of Regulation (EC) No 2201/96
stipulates that the aid set for tomato concentrates and
their derivatives is to be reduced by 5,37 %; whereas a
supplement to the reduced aid is to be paid on the basis
of
tomato concentrate produced for
the quantities of
France and Portugal;

the Management Committee

Whereas
for Products
Processed from Fruit and Vegetables has not delivered an
opinion within the time limit set by its chairman,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

For the 1998/99 marketing year the minimum price
referred to in Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 2201/96 to
be paid to producers shall be as set out in Annex I.

Article 2

1.
For the 1998/99 marketing year the level of produc-
tion aid referred to in Article 4 of that Regulation shall be
as set out in Annex II.

2.
The additional aid for tomato concentrate, juice and
flakes as referred to in the second subparagraph of Article
4(10) of Regulation (EC) No 2201/96 shall be set by the
Commission if
in that
subparagraph is met.

the condition provided for

Article 3

(1) OJ L 297, 21. 11. 1996, p. 29.
(2) OJ L 303, 6. 11. 1997, p. 1.
(3) OJ L 207, 23. 7. 1992, p. 9.

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

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

Done at Brussels, 15 July 1998.

For the Commission
Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

ANNEX I

Minimum price to be paid to producers

Product

ECU/100 kg net,
ex-producer
or producer organisation

Tomatoes intended for the manufacture of:

(a) tomato concentrate and juice with a soluble dry weight

9,077 (1)

content of between 4,8 and 5,4 %

(b) preserved whole peeled and unpeeled tomatoes or

frozen whole peeled tomatoes:
(cid:190) the San Marzano variety
(cid:190) the Roma and similar varieties

(c) preserved non-whole peeled and unpeeled tomatoes and

non-whole frozen peeled tomatoes

15,026

11,559

9,077

(d) tomato flakes with a soluble dry weight content of

11,559 (1)

between 4,8 and 5,4 %

(1) These prices are rectified by:

– 5 % if the soluble dry weight content is less than 4,8 % but is 4 % or more,
+ 5 % if the soluble dry weight content is more than 5,4 %.

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ANNEX II

Production aid

Product

ECU/100 kg net

1. Tomato concentrates with a dry weight content of 28 % or more but less

than 30 %

2. Preserved whole peeled tomatoes in tomato juice:

(a) of the San Marzano variety

(b) of the Roma and similar varieties

3. Preserved whole peeled tomatoes of the Roma and similar varieties in

water

4. Preserved whole unpeeled tomatoes of the Roma and similar varieties

5. Frozen whole peeled tomatoes

(a) of the San Marzano variety

(b) of the Roma and similar varieties

6. Preserved peeled tomatoes, non-whole or in pieces

7. Preserved unpeeled tomatoes, non-whole or in pieces

8. Non-whole frozen peeled tomatoes

9. Tomato flakes

10. Tomato juice with a dry weight content of 7 % or more but less than

12 %:

(a) with a dry weight content of 7 % or more but less than 8 %

(b) with a dry weight content of 8 % or more but less than 10 %

(c) with a dry weight content of 10 % or more

11. Tomato juice with a dry weight content of less than 7 %:

(a) with a dry weight content of 5 % or more

(b) with a dry weight content of 4,5 % or more but less than 5 %

24,412

9,276

6,542

5,561

4,579

9,276

6,542

4,579

81,232

6,314

7,576

9,260

5,050

3,998