Commission Regulation (EC) No 865/1999 of 26 April 1999 allocating quotas for tomatoes for processing among the Member States for the 1999/2000 marketing year
Date: 1999-04-26
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU Member State, agro-industry, distribution of production, fruit vegetable, marketing year, production quota

27. 4. 1999

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Official Journal of the European Communities

L 108/19

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 865/1999

of 26 April 1999

allocating quotas for tomatoes for processing among the Member States for the
1999/2000 marketing year

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

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 6(5) thereof,

(1) Whereas Article 6(3) of Regulation (EC) No 2201/
96 provides that the quotas for the groups of prod-
ucts for the 1999/2000 marketing year are to be
apportioned among the Member States on the basis
of average production for which at
the
minimum price was paid during the 1997/98 and
1998/99 marketing years; whereas Article 6(3) of
that Regulation provides that from the 1999/2000
marketing year onward, no apportionment may
vary, by Member State and by product group, by
more than 10 % from one marketing year to the
next;

least

(2) Whereas Article 17(2) of Commission Regulation
(EC) No 504/97 of 19 March 1997 laying down
detailed rules for the application of Council Regu-
lation (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 702/1999 (4), provides that the Member
States concerned are to notify the Commission
each marketing year of their production for which
at least the minimum price has been paid; whereas
the quotas can accordingly be allocated for each
group of products among the Member States on the
basis of those notifications;

(3) Whereas the measures provided for in this Regula-
tion are in accordance with the opinion of the
Management Committee for Products Processed
from Fruit and Vegetables,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

For the 1999/2000 marketing year, pursuant to Article
6(3) of Regulation (EC) No 2201/96, the quotas shall be
apportioned as set out in the Annex hereto.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter
into force on the 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, 26 April 1999.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(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 89, 1.4.1999, p. 26.

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27. 4. 1999

ANNEX

Fresh tomato allocation broken down by Member State and product group for the 1999/2000
marketing year

Member State

Tomato
concentrate

Preserved whole
peeled tomatoes

Other products

Total

(tonnes)

France

Greece

Italy

Spain

Portugal

250 822

1 064 832

1 771 812

696 663

801 124

32 502

15 619

1 113 528

149 948

9 522

49 324

30 503

651 972

158 219

39 872

332 648

1 110 954

3 537 312

1 004 830

850 518

Total

4 585 253

1 321 119

929 890

6 836 262