Commission Regulation (EC) No 518/1999 of 9 March 1999 derogating from Regulation (EC) No 504/97 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 2201/96 as regards the closing date for the signing of preliminary contracts for the 1999/2000 marketing year
Date: 1999-03-09
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: agro-industry, contract, fruit vegetable, marketing year, production quota, vegetable product

10. 3. 1999

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 518/1999

of 9 March 1999

derogating from Regulation (EC) No 504/97 laying down detailed rules for the
application of Council Regulation (EC) No 2201/96 as regards the closing date for
the signing of preliminary contracts for the 1999/2000 marketing year

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

should the notification of such contracts to the Commis-
sion;

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

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

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
amended by Regulation (EC) No 2199/97 (2), and in
particular Article 6(5) thereof,

Whereas provision is made in Article 6(1) of Commission
Regulation (EC) No 504/97 (3), as last amended by Regu-
lation (EC) No 1590/98 (4), for preliminary contracts to be
concluded at the latest by 16 February of each year;
whereas that date may be deferred by the Member States
to 16 March;

Whereas the third subparagraph of Article 6(3) of Regula-
tion (EC) No 2201/96 lays down that for the 1999/2000
marketing year the quotas for each product group are to
be allocated among the Member States on the basis of the
average
compliance with
minimum prices during the 1997/98 and 1998/99
marketing years;

quantities

produced

in

Whereas data relating to the 1998/99 marketing year will
be available only as from 1 April 1999; whereas, therefore,
there will not be sufficient time to carry out the allocation
provided for in the third subparagraph of Article 6(3) of
Regulation (EC) No 2201/96 before the closing date for
concluding preliminary contracts provided for in Article 6
of Regulation (EC) No 504/97; whereas, therefore, for the
1999/2000 marketing year, that closing date should be
deferred to the 10th working day following the publica-
tion in the Official Journal of the European Communi-
ties of the allocation of quotas per product group among
Member States; whereas the closing date for forwarding
preliminary contracts to the competent authorities in the
Member States should therefore also be deferred, as

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

For the 1999/2000 marketing year and by way of deroga-
tion from Regulation (EC) No 504/97:

— the closing date specified in Article 6(1) of the said
Regulation for concluding preliminary contracts for
the processing of tomatoes shall be deferred to the
10th working day following the publication in the
Official Journal of the European Communities of the
quota allocation per product group among Member
States for the 1999/2000 marketing year provided for
in Article 6(3) of Regulation (EC) No 2201/96,

— the closing date provided for in Article 6(3) of the said
Regulation for forwarding a copy of the preliminary
contract to the agency designated by the Member
State shall be deferred to the 10th working day from
the closing date for the conclusion of the preliminary
contract,

— the closing date specified in Article 6(6) of the said
Regulation for notifying the Commission of
the
quantities covered by preliminary contracts shall be
deferred to the 10th working day from the closing
date referred to in the second indent.

Article 2

(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) OJ L 208, 24. 7. 1998, p. 11.

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, 9 March 1999.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission