Commission Regulation (EC) No 1230/2000 of 13 June 2000 derogating, for the 2000/01 marketing year, from Regulation (EC) No 661/97 with respect to the deadline for allocating quotas for processed tomato products by the Member States
Date: 2000-06-13
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: agricultural quota, agro-industry, fruit vegetable, marketing, vegetable product

L 140/6

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

14.6.2000

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1230/2000

of 13 June 2000

derogating, for the 2000/01 marketing year, from Regulation (EC) No 661/97 with respect to the
deadline for allocating quotas for processed tomato products by the Member States

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

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

Article 6(4) of Regulation (EC) No 2201/96 lays down
that Member States should share out the quantities allo-
cated to them between the processing undertakings
established on their territory according to the average
quantities produced in compliance with minimum prices
the
years preceding
during
marketing year for which the allocation is made.

three marketing

the

Article 7(1) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 661/97
of 16 April 1997 laying down detailed rules for the
application of Council Regulation (EC) No 2201/96 as
regards the system of quotas for processed tomato prod-
ucts (3), amended by Regulation (EC) No 2807/98 (4),
lays down that when the competent authorities of
Member States have checked that the aid applications
comply with the rules and are in possession of all the
particulars needed for allocation, they shall allocate a
fresh tomatoes to each processing
given quantity of

undertaking. Article 1(1) of that Regulation lays down
that the allocation provided for in Article 6(4) of Regula-
tion (EC) No 2201/96 shall be made by the Member
States by 31 May preceding each marketing year.

administrative difficulties prevent

The Italian authorities have informed the Commission
that
them from
complying with the 31 May deadline and have requested
an extension to 20 June 2000. In these circumstances
this date should, exceptionally and for the 2000/01
marketing year only, be deferred to 20 June 2000.

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in
accordance with the opinion of
the Management
Committee for Processed Fruit and Vegetables,

(3)

(4)

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

For the 2000/01 marketing year, the Member States may defer
until 20 June 2000 the deadline for allocating quotas to the
processing enterprises established on their territory referred to
in Article 1(1) of Regulation (EC) No 661/97.

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, 13 June 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 100, 17.4.1997, p. 41.
(4) OJ L 349, 24.12.1998, p. 34.