Commission Regulation (EC) No 1593/98 of 23 July 1998 amending Regulation (EEC) No 1764/86 as regards the minimum quality requirements for products processed from tomatoes under the production aid scheme
Date: 1998-07-23
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: agro-industry, fruit vegetable, product quality, production aid, vegetable product

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1593/98

of 23 July 1998

amending Regulation (EEC) No 1764/86 as regards the minimum quality require-
ments for products processed from tomatoes under the production aid scheme

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Article 1

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 4(9) thereof,

Whereas Article 6 of Regulation (EC) No 2201/96
provides that the quantities produced in compliance with
minimum prices are to be taken as the basis for sharing
out the quota among processors, the Member States and
the product groups; whereas quantities produced outside
the quota at the minimum price during one marketing
year are taken into account for setting the quota for the
following marketing year; whereas, as a result, provisions
should be made for finished products obtained from those
quantities to be subject to the same minimum quality
requirements as products obtained from the quantities
subject to the quota eligible for production aid;

Whereras Article 7(2)(c) of Commission Regulation (EC)
No 504/97 of 19 March 1997 laying down detailed rules
for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 2201/
96 as regards the system of production aid for products
processed from fruit and vegetables (3), as last amended by
Regulation (EC) No 1590/98 (4), provides that quantities
not covered by the quota for which the minimum price
was paid must be indicated in processing contracts;

Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1764/86 (5) is hereby
amended as follows:

1. the title is replaced by the following:

‘Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1764/86 of 27 May
1986 laying down minimum quality requirements for
products processed from tomatoes under the produc-
tion aid scheme';

2. Article 1 is replaced by the following:

‘Article 1

This Regulation lays down the minimum quality
requirements which tomato-based products as defined
in Article 1(2) of Commission Regulation (EC) No
504/97 (*) shall meet in the case of:

(a) products covered by the quota eligible for the
production aid provided for in Article 2(1) of Regu-
lation (EC) No 2201/96;

(b) tomato-based products not covered by the quota,
supplied under the processing contracts referred to
in Article 7(2) of Regulation (EC) No 504/97 and
for which the minimum price is paid.

(*) OJ L 78, 20.3.1997, p. 14.';

Whereas experience gained in the tomato processing
sector indicates that certain minimum quality require-
ments must be tightened up in the case of tomato juice;

3. in Article 2,

‘of Regulation (EEC) No 1599/84'

is

replaced by ‘of Regulation (EC) No 504/97';

Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
in accordance with the opinion of
the Management
Committee for Products Processed from Fruit and Veget-
ables,

(1) OJ L 297, 21. 11. 1996, p. 29.
(2) OJ L 303, 6. 11. 1997, p. 1.
(3) OJ L 78, 20. 3. 1997, p. 14.
(4) See page 11 of this Official Journal.

4. in the second indent of Article 3,
Regulation (EEC) No 1599/84',
Article 1(2) of Regulation (EC) No 504/97';

‘in Article 1 of
is replaced by ‘in

5. in Article 8,

‘in Article 1(2)(n) and (o) of Regulation
(EEC) No 1599/84' is replaced by ‘in Article 1(2)(k)
and (l) of Regulation (EC) No 504/97';

(5) OJ L 153, 7. 6. 1986, p. 1.

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6. Article 10(3)(a) is replaced by the following:

‘(a) any extraneous plant materials can be established
only by intensive examination by the naked eye.
However, certain juice and concentrate prepara-
tions may contain skin and pips, within the
maximum limits laid down in Article 1(2)(k) and (l)
of Regulation (EC) No 504/97;'

7. the following point is added to Article 10(4):

8. in Article 11, ‘(m) of Regulation (EEC) No 1599/84' is
replaced by ‘(j) of Regulation (EC) No 504/97'.

Article 2

‘(f) a total lactic acid content not exceeding 1 % of the
dry weight, reduced by any added common salt, in
the case of tomato juice.';

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, 23 July 1998.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission