Commission Regulation (EC) No 2536/98 of 26 November 1998 amending Regulation (EEC) No 920/89 laying down quality standards for carrots, citrus fruit and dessert apples and pears
Date: 1998-11-26
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Finland, Sweden, export, marketing, quality standard, root vegetable

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2536/98

of 26 November 1998

amending Regulation (EEC) No 920/89 laying down quality standards for carrots,
citrus fruit and dessert apples and pears

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

with pure peat has no deleterious effect on their quality
and, indeed, in some cases may improve conservation;
whereas the marketing of these products should therefore
be permitted without restriction in time;

Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
in accordance with the opinion of
the Management
Committee for Fresh Fruit and Vegetables,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2200/96 of
28 October 1996 on the common organisation of the
amended by
and vegetables (1),
market
Commission Regulation (EC) No 2520/97 (2), and in
particular Article 2(2) thereof,

in fruit

as

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Whereas Annex I to Commission Regulation (EEC) No
920/89 (3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 888/
97 (4), lays down a quality standard for carrots;

Article 1

Whereas Article 149 of the Act of Accession of Austria,
Finland and Sweden provides for any transitional meas-
ures necessary to facilitate the transition from the existing
regime in the new Member States to that resulting from
application of the common organisation of the markets to
be taken under the Management Committee procedure;
whereas the period during which that could be done
originally expired on 31 December 1997; whereas the
Council has extended it until 31 December 1998;

Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 2376/96 of 13
December 1996 derogating, for an additional period of
one year, from Regulation (EEC) No 920/89, as regards
carrots covered with pure peat produced in Sweden and
Finland (5), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 341/98 (6),
permits the marketing of these products on the Swedish
and Finnish markets and their export to third countries;
whereas that Regulation expires on 31 December 1998;

Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No 920/89 is hereby
amended as follows:

1. the second sub-indent of the second indent of point

II.A is replaced by the following:

‘— practically free from excess dirt and impurities if
they are not washed, or if they are washed and
covered with pure peat.';

2. the following paragraph is added to point V.C:

‘Where washed carrots are covered in pure peat, the
peat used shall not be considered as foreign matter.';

3. the following new indent is inserted after the second

indent in point VI.B:

‘— where appropriate, “carrots in peat”, even if the

contents are visible from the outside.'

Whereas most of the carrots marketed in Sweden and
Finland are covered with pure peat; whereas it has been
scientifically demonstrated that covering washed carrots

Article 2

(1) OJ L 297, 21. 11. 1996, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 346, 17. 12. 1997, p. 41.
(3) OJ L 97, 11. 4. 1989, p. 19.
(4) OJ L 126, 17. 5. 1997, p. 11.
(5) OJ L 325, 14. 12. 1996, p. 6.
(6) OJ L 40, 13. 2. 1998, p. 3.

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

It shall apply from 1 January 1999.

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

Done at Brussels, 26 November 1998.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission