Commission Regulation (EC) No 1607/1999 of 22 July 1999 amending Regulation (EC) No 504/97 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 2201/96 as regards the system of production aid for products processed from fruit and vegetables
Date: 1999-07-22
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: agro-industry, aid system, fruit product, production aid, vegetable product

23. 7. 1999

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

L 190/11

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1607/1999

of 22 July 1999

amending Regulation (EC) No 504/97 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council
Regulation (EC) No 2201/96 as regards the system of production aid for products processed from
fruit and vegetables

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

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 4(9)
thereof,

(1) Whereas Article 2(2) of Commission Regulation (EC) No
504/97 (3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 702/
1999 (4), fixes the delivery periods and Article 7(3) of
concerning
that Regulation lays down provisions
amendments
the
delivery period for dried plums should be extended and
the period for dried figs should be coordinated with the
the marketing year; whereas, as regards the
start of
amendments
figs
intended for the production of fig paste should be eased
temporarily;

to processing contracts; whereas

the provisions

to contracts,

for

(2) Whereas when products are grown in one Member State
and processed in another the authorities of the Member
State where the products have been grown should
provide proof of payment of the minimum price to the
Member State paying the aid;

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

Article 1

Regulation (EC) No 504/97 is amended as follows:

1.

in Article 2(2):
— in point (d), the date ‘31 December' is replaced by ‘15

January',

— in point (e), the date ‘15 July' is replaced by ‘1 August';

2.

in Article 7(3), the following sentence is added:

‘However, until the 2003/04 marketing year, and in the case
of contracts for dried figs intended for the production of fig
pastes, amendments my be concluded no later than 31 May
and relate to no more than 100 % of the quantities origi-
nally stipulated in the contracts.';

3.

in Article 11, the following paragraph 6 is added:

‘6. Where processing takes place outside the Member
State in which the product was grown, that Member State
shall furnish proof to the Member State paying the produc-
tion aid that the minimum price payable to the producer
has been paid.'

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter
into force on the third 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, 22 July 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.