Commission Regulation (EC) No 1519/2000 of 12 July 2000 setting for the 2000/01 marketing year the minimum price and the amount of production aid for processed tomato products
Date: 2000-07-12
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: fruit vegetable, marketing, minimum price, production aid, vegetable product

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1519/2000

of 12 July 2000

setting for the 2000/01 marketing year the minimum price and the amount of production aid for
processed tomato products

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 Articles
3(3) and 4(9) thereof,

(4)

(5)

Whereas:

and tomato juices, changes in the volume and prices of
imports must be taken into consideration.

Article 4(10) of Regulation (EC) No 2201/96 stipulates
that the aid set for tomato concentrates and their deriva-
tives is to be reduced by 5,37 %. A supplement to the
reduced aid is to be paid on the basis of the quantities of
tomato concentrate produced for France and Portugal.

The Management Committee for Products Processed
from Fruit and Vegetables has not delivered an opinion
within the time limit set by its Chairman,

(1)

(2)

(3)

Under Article 3(1) of Regulation (EC) No 2201/96 the
minimum price to be paid to producers is to be deter-
mined on the basis of the minimum price applying
during the previous marketing year, changes in prices in
the fruit and vegetable sector and the need to ensure the
normal marketing of fresh products for the various uses,
including supply to the processing industry.

Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2022/92 (3), which
lays down detailed rules of application for the minimum
price to be paid to producers for certain tomatoes used
in the production of tomato concentrate, juice and flakes
on the basis of the soluble dry weight content, should
continue to apply.

Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 2201/96 lays down the
criteria for fixing the amount of production aid. Account
must, in particular, be taken of the aid fixed or calcu-
lated before the reduction provided for in paragraph 10
of that Article for the previous marketing year, adjusted
to take account of changes in the minimum price to be
paid to producers and the difference between the cost of
the raw material in the Community and in the major
competing third countries. In respect of tomato concen-
trates, preserved whole peeled and unpeeled tomatoes

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

For the 2000/01 marketing year the minimum price referred to
in Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 2201/96 to be paid to
producers shall be as set out in Annex I.

Article 2

1.
For the 2000/01 marketing year the level of production
aid referred to in Article 4 of that Regulation shall be as set out
in Annex II.

The additional aid for tomato concentrate,

2.
juice and
flakes as referred to in the second subparagraph of Article
4(10) of Regulation (EC) No 2201/96 shall be set by the
Commission if the condition provided for in that subparagraph
is met.

Article 3

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, 12 July 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 207, 23.7.1992, p. 9.

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ANNEX I

Minimum price to be paid to producers

Product

EUR/100 kg net,
ex-producer
or producer organisation

Tomatoes intended for the manufacture of:

(a) tomato concentrate and juice with a soluble dry weight content of

8,805 (1)

between 4,8 and 5,4 %

(b) preserved whole peeled and unpeeled tomatoes or frozen whole

peeled tomatoes:

— the San Marzano variety

— the Roma and similar varieties

(c) preserved non-whole peeled and unpeeled tomatoes and non-

whole frozen peeled tomatoes

14,575

11,212

8,805

(d) tomato flakes with a soluble dry weight content of between 4,8

11,212 (1)

and 5,4 %

(1) These prices are rectified by:

– 5 % if the soluble dry weight content is less than 4,8 % but is 4 % or more,
+ 5 % if the soluble dry weight content is more than 5,4 %.

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ANNEX II

Production aid

Product

EUR/100 kg net

1. Tomato concentrates with a dry weight content of 28 % or more but less

than 30 %

2. Preserved whole peeled tomatoes in tomato juice:

(a) of the San Marzano variety

(b) of the Roma and similar varieties

3. Preserved whole peeled tomatoes of the Roma and similar varieties in water

4. Preserved whole unpeeled tomatoes of the Roma and similar varieties

5. Frozen whole peeled tomatoes:

(a) of the San Marzano variety

(b) of the Roma and similar varieties

6. Preserved peeled tomatoes, non-whole or in pieces

7. Preserved unpeeled tomatoes, non-whole or in pieces

8. Non-whole frozen peeled tomatoes

9. Tomato flakes

10. Tomato juice with a dry weight content of 7 % or more but less than 12 %:

(a) with a dry weight content of 7 % or more but less than 8 %

(b) with a dry weight content of 8 % or more but less than 10 %

(c) with a dry weight content of 10 % or more

11. Tomato juice with a dry weight content of less than 7 %:

(a) with a dry weight content of 5 % or more

(b) with a dry weight content of 4,5 % or more but less than 5 %

17,178

6,528

4,604

3,913

3,223

6,528

4,604

3,223

57,162

4,443

5,331

6,516

3,554

2,814