1999/165/EC: Commission Decision of 19 February 1999 approving the conditions of utilisation of the graphic symbol for quality agricultural products specific to the Canary Islands (notified under document number C(1999) 389) (Only the Spanish text is authentic)
Date: 1999-02-19
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Canary Islands, agricultural product, labelling, location of production, product quality

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(Acts whose publication is not obligatory)

COMMISSION

COMMISSION DECISION

of 19 February 1999

approving the conditions of utilisation of the graphic symbol for quality agricul-
tural products specific to the Canary Islands

(notified under document number C(1999) 389)

(Only the Spanish text is authentic)

(1999/165/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1601/92
of 15 June 1992 concerning specific measures for the
Canary Islands with regard to certain agricultural prod-
ucts (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2348/
96 (2), and in particular Article 26(3) thereof,

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1418/
96 of 22 July 1996 laying down detailed rules for the use
of a graphic symbol
for quality agricultural products
specific to the most remote regions (3),

Whereas, pursuant to Article 26(2) of Regulation (EEC)
No 1601/92, a graphic symbol has been devised to
improve awareness and encourage the consumption of
quality processed and unprocessed agricultural products
specific to the Canary Islands; whereas the Commission
published that graphic symbol
and the conditions
governing its reproduction in Regulation (EC) No 2054/
96 (4);

Whereas, in accordance with Article 26(3) of Regulation
(EC) No 1601/92, the conditions of utilisation of the
graphic symbol for quality agricultural products specific

to the Canary Islands are to be proposed by the trade
organisations, forwarded by the national authorities and
approved by the Commission; whereas, together with a
favourable
Spanish authorities have
forwarded these conditions of utilisation and the adminis-
trative rules on the basis of which the competent Canary
authorities intend granting rights to use the graphic
symbol;

opinion,

the

Whereas those conditions of utilisation are in line with
the objectives for which the graphic symbol was intro-
duced; whereas those conditions of utilisation should
accordingly be approved,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The conditions of utilisation of the graphic symbol for
quality agricultural products
specific to the Canary
Islands, as presented by the Spanish authorities and set
out in the Annex hereto, are hereby approved.

(1) OJ L 173, 27. 6. 1992, p. 13.
(2) OJ L 320, 11. 12. 1996, p. 1.
(3) OJ L 182, 23. 7. 1996, p. 9.
(4) OJ L 280, 31. 10. 1996, p. 1.

Article 2

This Decision is addressed to the Kingdom of Spain.

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This Decision shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Communities.

Article 3

Done at Brussels, 19 February 1999.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

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ANNEX

Extract from the Order of the Government of the Canary Islands setting out the conditions of utilisation and
the administrative rules for the application of the graphic symbol for agricultural products specific to the
Canary Islands.

EXTRACT

1. The graphic symbol shall be used solely for natural agricultural and fishery products produced in the

Canary Islands.

2. Where the main characteristic of processed products specific to the autonomous community of the Canary

Islands is the raw material used, at least 90 % by volume must have been obtained locally.

Where the main characteristic of the processed products is the method of production or manufacturing,
consideration shall be given to the specific nature of that method of production or manufacturing.

3. The products must possess special characteristics as products of the Canary Islands; these may cover the
conditions, methods and techniques of production or manufacturing and compliance with standards of
presentation and packaging.

4. The graphic symbol shall be used solely for products of superior quality. Quality shall be defined by

reference to Community regulations or, where none such exist, international standards.

Where no Community or international standards exist, the applicable standards shall be laid down by the
Regional Secretariat for Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries on the basis of proposals from the trade
organisations.