Commission Regulation (EC) No 1099/1999 of 27 May 1999 amending Regulation (EEC) No 2282/90 laying down detailed rules for increasing the consumption and utilisation of apples and the consumption of citrus fruit
Date: 1999-05-27
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU aid, citrus fruit, financial aid, food consumption, pip fruit, sales promotion

28. 5. 1999

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

L 133/27

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1099/1999

of 27 May 1999

amending Regulation (EEC) No 2282/90 laying down detailed rules for increasing
the consumption and utilisation of apples and the consumption of citrus fruit

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1195/90
of 7 May 1990 on measures to increase the consumption
and utilisation of apples (1), and in particular Article 5
thereof,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1201/90
of 7 May 1990 on measures to increase the consumption
of citrus fruit (2), and in particular Article 4 thereof,

(1) Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2282/
90 (3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No
2404/96 (4), lays down detailed rules for increasing
the consumption and utilisation of apples and the
consumption of citrus fruit;

following scrutiny by

(2) Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 2282/90 stipulates
the Management
that,
Committee for Fresh Fruit and Vegetables,
the
Commission must draw up a list of successful
applications for Community financial assistance
before 15 July of the year following their submis-
sion;

(3) Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 481/
1999 of 4 March 1999 laying down general rules for
the management of promotional programmes for
certain agricultural products (5) specifies that the
competent bodies are to conclude contracts with
the parties concerned within 30 calendar days of
notification of the Commission decision;

(4) Whereas the contracts should be concluded before
apples and citrus fruit harvested in the Community
are placed on the market;

(5) Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 2282/90 must there-
fore be amended to bring forward to 30 June the
final date for drawing up the list of successful
programmes;

(6) Whereas the measures provided for in this Regula-
tion are in accordance with the opinion of the
Management Committee for Fresh Fruit and Veget-
ables,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The first paragraph of Article 6 of Regulation (EEC) No
2282/90 is replaced by the following:

‘Following scrutiny by the Management Committee
for Fresh Fruit and Vegetables, in accordance with
Article 47 of Council Regulation (EC) No 2200/96 (*)
the Commission shall draw up the list of successful
applications for Community financial assistance by 30
June at the latest of the year following their submis-
sion.

(*) OJ L 297, 21.11.1996, p. 1.'

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh 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, 27 May 1999.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 119, 11.5.1990, p. 53.
(2) OJ L 119, 11.5.1990, p. 65.
(3) OJ L 205, 3.8.1990, p. 8.
(4) OJ L 327, 18.12.1996, p. 27.
(5) OJ L 57, 5.3.1999, p. 8.