Commission Regulation (EC) No 1637/1999 of 26 July 1999 fixing for the 1999/2000 marketing year the minimum price to be paid to producers and the buying-in price to be applied by storage agencies for unprocessed dried figs, and the amount of production aid for dried figs
Date: 1999-07-26
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: dried product, minimum price, pip fruit, production aid, purchase price, storage

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Official Journal of the European Communities

27. 7. 1999

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1637/1999

of 26 July 1999

fixing for the 1999/2000 marketing year the minimum price to be paid to producers and the
buying-in price to be applied by storage agencies for unprocessed dried figs, and the amount of
production aid for dried figs

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

manage the products are laid down by Commission
Regulation (EC) No 0000/1999 of 23 July 1999 laying
down detailed rules for the application of Council Regu-
lation (EC) No 2201/96 as regards the storage scheme
applying to dried grapes and unprocessed dried figs (6);
whereas the buying-in price for figs of the lowest quality
defined in Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 1573/1999
should therefore be fixed for the 1999/2000 marketing
year;

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2201/96 of 28
October 1996 on the common organisation of the market in
fruit and vegetables (1), as amended by Regulation (EC) No
2199/97 (2), and in particular Articles 3(3), 4(9) and 9(8)
thereof,

(4) 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,

(1) Whereas Article 2 of Commission Regulation (EC) No
504/97 of 19 March 1997 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 (3), as last amended
by Regulation (EC) No 1607/1999 (4), fixes the dates of
the marketing years;

(2) Whereas Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 2201/
96 determine the criteria for fixing the minimum price
and the production aid; whereas the products for which
the minimum price and the aid are fixed are listed in
Articles 1 and 2 of Commission Regulation (EC) No
1573/1999 of 19 July laying down detailed rules for the
application of Council Regulation (EC) 2201/96 as
regards the characteristics of dried figs qualifying for aid
the
under
minimum price and the production aid should therefore
be fixed for the 1999/2000 marketing year;

the production aid scheme (5); whereas

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

For the 1999/2000 marketing year:

(a) the minimum price referred to in Article 3 of Regulation
(EC) No 2201/96 shall be EUR 87,886 per 100 kilograms
net from the producer for unprocessed dried figs,

(b) the production aid referred to in Article 4 of that Regula-
tion shall be EUR 29,335 per 100 kilograms net for dried
figs,

(c) the buying-in price referred to in Article 9(2) of that Regu-
lation shall be EUR 58,444 per 100 kilograms net for
unprocessed dried figs.

(3) Whereas the criteria for fixing the price at which storage
agencies buy in unprocessed dried figs are laid down in
Article 9(2)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 2201/96; whereas
the conditions whereby the storage agencies buy in and

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 190, 23.7.1999, p. 11.
(5) OJ L 187, 20.7.1999, p. 27.

This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 August 1999.

(6) OJ L 192, 24.7.1999, p. 33.

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

Done at Brussels, 26 July 1999.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission