Commission Regulation (EC) No 564/2000 of 15 March 2000 allocating quotas for tomatoes for processing among the Member States for the 2000/2001 marketing year
Date: 2000-03-15
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: agro-industry, food processing, fruit vegetable, production quota

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 564/2000

of 15 March 2000

allocating quotas for tomatoes for processing among the Member States for the 2000/2001
marketing year

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(2)

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 2701/1999 (2), and in particular Article
6(5) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

Article 6(3) of Regulation (EC) No 2201/96 provides
that the quotas for the groups of products for the 2000/
2001 marketing year are to be apportioned among the
Member States on the basis of average production for
which at least the minimum price was paid during the
1997/98 to 1999/2000 marketing years. 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. The second indent
of paragraph 3a of that Article provides that, for the
2000/2001 marketing year, an additional quantity of
fresh tomatoes for the production of concentrate is to be
allocated to Portugal. That quantity is to be equal to the
difference between the quantity calculated in accordance
with paragraph 3 and that calculated by replacing the
quantity of
for the
production of concentrate in the 1997/1998 marketing
year by 884 592 tonnes.

fresh tomatoes used in Portugal

Article 17(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), 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. The quotas for
each group of products can accordingly be allocated
among the Member States on the basis of those notifica-
tions.

(3)

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,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Pursuant to Article 6(3) of Regulation (EC) No 2201/96, the
quotas for the 2000/2001 marketing year 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, 15 March 2000.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 297, 21.11.1996, p. 29.
(2) OJ L 327, 21.12.1999, p. 5.

(3) OJ L 78, 20.3.1997, p. 14.
(4) OJ L 190, 23.7.1999, p. 11.

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ANNEX

Quota allocation of fresh tomatoes for processing by Member State and product group for the 2000/2001
marketing year

(tonnes)

Member State

Tomato concentrate

Preserved whole peeled
tomatoes

Other products

Total

France

Greece

Italy

Spain

Portugal (1)

225 740

1 033 367

29 252

14 660

1 802 146

1 130 324

731 355

822 206 (1)

138 313

8 570

44 392

30 142

677 074

142 397

35 885

299 384

1 078 169

3 609 544

1 012 065

866 661 (1)

Total

4 614 814 (1)

1 321 119

929 890

6 865 823 (1)

(1) Including the additional quantity of 29 561 tonnes referred to in Article 6(3a) of Regulation (EC) No 2201/96.