Commission Regulation (EC) No 729/1999 of 7 April 1999 amending Regulation (EC) No 659/97 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 2200/96 as regards intervention arrangements in the fruit and vegetables sector
Date: 1999-04-07
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: common organisation of markets, fruit, fruit vegetable, market intervention, marketing standard, vegetable

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 729/1999

of 7 April 1999

amending Regulation (EC) No 659/97 laying down detailed rules for the applica-
tion of Council Regulation (EC) No 2200/96 as regards intervention arrangements
in the fruit and vegetables sector

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

were made of those two products under Regulation (EEC)
No 1035/72;

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2200/96 of
28 October 1996 on the common organisation of the
market in fruit and vegetables (1), as last amended by
Commission Regulation (EC) No 2520/97 (2), and in
particular Article 48 thereof,

Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 659/97 (3), as
last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1490/98 (4),
lays
down detailed rules for the application of Regulation (EC)
No 2200/96 as regards intervention arrangements in the
fruit and vegetables sector;

Whereas the data relating to the application of the inter-
vention arrangements, to be forwarded by the Member
States to the Commission in accordance with Article 9(2)
of Regulation (EC) No 659/97, should allow the Commis-
sion to meet the requirements of Article 44(4) of Regula-
tion (EC) No 2200/96; whereas Annex IV to Regulation
(EC) No 659/97 may therefore be simplified;

Whereas, in accordance with Article 15(3)(b) of Regula-
tion (EC) No 2200/96, the operational funds may be used
to supplement the Community withdrawal compensation,
but the supplement thus fixed, added to the Community
withdrawal compensation, may not exceed the maximum
level of withdrawal prices applying in the 1995/96
marketing year in accordance with Article 16(3a), Articles
16a and 16b and the first indent of Article 18(1)(a) of
Council Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 (5), as last amended
by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1363/95 (6); whereas
no withdrawal price was fixed for melons and water-
melons in the 1995/96 marketing year as no withdrawals

(1) OJ L 297, 21.11.1996, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 346, 17.12.1997, p. 41.
(3) OJ L 100, 17.4.1997, p. 22.
(4) OJ L 196, 14.7.1998, p. 7.
(5) OJ L 118, 20.5.1972, p. 1.
(6) OJ L 132, 16.6.1995, p. 8.

Whereas, for the sake of consistency in the provisions
applicable to the various fruits and vegetables, provision
must be made for the supplement to the Community
withdrawal compensation provided for in Article 15(3)(b)
of Regulation (EC) No 2200/96 to be subject
to a
maximum, which must not be exceeded by the Member
States applying that provision in respect of melons and
watermelons; whereas, to that end, the maximum supple-
ment for melons and watermelons should be set so that
the ratio between that maximum and the Community
withdrawal compensation for melons and watermelons is
on a par with that for other fruit and vegetables qualifying
under the intervention arrangements;

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Regulation (EC) No 659/97 is amended as follows:

1. Annex IV is replaced by the text in Annex I hereto;

2. the two lines in Annex II are added to the bottom of

the table in Annex VIII.

Article 2

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

It shall be apply from 1 April 1999.

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

Done at Brussels, 7 April 1999.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

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ANNEX I

‘ANNEX IV

STATUS REPORT ON INTERVENTIONS

Information to be forwarded by the Member States to the Commission at the end of each
marketing year under Article 9(2) of Regulation (EC) No 659/97

1. For each product listed in Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 2200/96 and for each of the other products

concerned:

(a) total quantity not put up for sale (in tonnes);

(b) amounts paid by Member States (in euro or national currency), broken down into Community with-
drawal compensation, supplements to the Community withdrawal compensation, and withdrawal
compensation for products not listed in Annex II.

2. For each product listed in Annex II and, at the request of the Commission, certain products not listed in
Annex II but withdrawn in significant quantities during the marketing year in question or an earlier
marketing year:

(a) monthly breakdown of quantities not put up for sale (in tonnes);

(b) breakdown of quantities not put up for sale (in tonnes) by utilisation in accordance with Article 30 of

Regulation (EC) 659/97;

(c) breakdown of quantities not put up for sale (in tonnes) by variety and/or commercial type.

3. Summary table of quantities marketed and not put up for sale (in tonnes), by recognised producer
organisation and by product (prodcuts listed in Annex II and, where applicable, products not listed in
Annex II).'

ANNEX II

‘Melons

Not
applicable

Not
applicable

Not
applicable

4,20

4,20

4,20

4,20

Watermelons

Not
applicable

Not
applicable

Not
applicable

2,70

2,70

2,70

2,70'