Council Regulation (EC) No 2699/2000 of 4 December 2000 amending Regulation (EC) No 2200/96 on the common organisation of the market in fruit and vegetables, Regulation (EC) No 2201/96 on the common organisation of the market in processed fruit and vegetables and Regulation (EC) No 2202/96 introducing a Community aid scheme for producers of certain citrus fruits
Date: 2000-12-04
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: aid system, common organisation of markets, fruit, market intervention, producer organisation, vegetable

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COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 2699/2000

of 4 December 2000

amending Regulation (EC) No 2200/96 on the common organisation of the market in fruit and
vegetables, Regulation (EC) No 2201/96 on the common organisation of the market in processed
fruit and vegetables and Regulation (EC) No 2202/96 introducing a Community aid scheme for
producers of certain citrus fruits

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNON,

procedure. Provision should therefore be made for the
possibility of holding such invitations to tender.

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community, and in particular Articles 36 and 37 thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (1),

(4)

Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (2),

Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social
Committee (3),

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

into the scheme,

The third subparagraph of Article 15(5) of Regulation
(EC) No 2200/96 (4) caps the amount of Community
financial assistance granted to any individual producer
organisation, and also sets a limit on the total granted to
all producer organisations. The application of that limit
introduces a variable factor
thus
complicating the task of producer organisations in
developing and implementing operational programmes,
and creating some uncertainty as to their financing.
Experience has shown that this limit may be dispensed
with while
financial
management. In view of the results of past programmes,
the limit for individual organisations can be set at 4,1 %
of
the marketed production of each
the value of
producer organisation.

continuing to ensure proper

the divergence, due in particular to
For citrus fruit,
overrunning of
the processing threshold, between
Community withdrawal compensation and Community
processing aid may in the future lead to unjustified
diversion into withdrawal of products that should prop-
erly have been processed. To avoid this risk, the ceiling
fixed in Articles 23 and 24 of Regulation (EC) No 2200/
96 as a percentage of marketed quantity on eligibility for
the Community withdrawal compensation should be
reduced to 10 % for the 2001/02 marketing year and to
5 % from the 2002/03 marketing year onwards. This
amendment makes it possible to simplify the wording of
Articles 23 and 26 of that Regulation.

this rigidity,

Experience of applying the Community aid scheme for
tomato processing governed by Regulation (EC) No
2201/96 (5) has shown that the quota mechanism intro-
duces rigidity in the sector, preventing the processing
industries concerned from adapting rapidly to market
demand. To correct
the quota system
should be replaced by a system of processing thresholds,
with aid for the following marketing year being reduced
these
if
arrangements
single
sufficiently
Community threshold should be fixed, expressed in
tonnes of fresh tomatoes intended for processing. To
allow for expanding demand for these products, the
threshold should be fixed above the level corresponding
to the present quota scheme.

the thresholds are overrun. To ensure that

flexible,

are

a

(5)

The quantities of tomatoes, peaches and pears going for
processing under the aid scheme governed by Regulation
(EC) No 2201/96 have developed differently from one
Member State to another. As a result, and to ensure that
operators in each Member State assume greater responsi-
bility, Community processing thresholds should be split
between the Member States on an equitable basis, and
any reduction in Community aid resulting from an
overrun of the Community threshold should apply only
in those Member States in which the threshold is
exceeded. In this case, account must be taken of quant-
ities that have not been processed in the Member States
where the threshold was not overrun. To take into
account the characteristics of the peeled tomato sector,
the possibility must be given to the Member States to
subdivide their national threshold into two sub-thresh-
olds. In this case, reductions in aid subsequent to an
overrun of this national threshold should be applied
separately for each of the two sub-thresholds.

(3)

Experience has shown that the administration of export
refunds on fresh fruit and vegetables could be improved
and simplified, at least in some cases, by using a tender

(1) OJ C 337 E, 28.11.2000, p. 207.
(2) Opinion delivered on 26 October 2000 (not yet published in the

Official Journal).

(3) Opinion delivered on 19 October 2000 (not yet published in the

Official Journal).

(6)

At present, processing aid for tomatoes, peaches and
pears is granted under Regulation (EC) No 2201/96 to
processors who have paid producers for their raw mate-
rials a price not less than a certain minimum price. Aid
is fixed by unit of weight of the processed product. The
management of this scheme should be simplified, intro-
ducing more flexibility in trade relations between
producer organisations and processors and contributing

(4) OJ L 297, 21.11.1996, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regula-

tion (EC) No 1257/1999 (OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 80).

(5) OJ L 297, 21.11.1996, p. 29. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 2701/1999 (OJ L 327, 21.12.1999, p. 5).

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(7)

(8)

(9)

to the adjustment of supply to consumer demand at
reasonable prices. To this end, aid should be granted to
producer organisations that deliver fresh products to
processors, this aid should be fixed in terms of the
weight of raw materials irrespective of the weight of the
processed product, and the minimum price should be
discontinued.

The amount of aid for processing tomatoes, peaches and
pears should be fixed in particular on the basis of the aid
granted in the most recent marketing years preceding
this amendment to the scheme.

As a result of this amendment to Title I of Regulation
(EC) No 2201/96, the provisions governing processing
aid for prunes derived from dried ‘d'Ente’ plums and for
dried figs must be adapted, although without any change
of substance. Furthermore, the revision procedure for
the list of processed products appearing in Annex I to
Regulation (EC) No 2201/96 should be simplified.

Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 2202/96 (1) lays down
Community processing thresholds for lemons, oranges
and grapefruit separately, and for mandarins, clemen-
tines and satsumas, hereinafter referred to as ‘small citrus
fruit’,
this
taken together. Since the introduction of
regime,
those thresholds have been largely exceeded
each marketing year in the case of lemons and oranges,
and to a lesser extent in the 1998/99 and 1999/2000
marketing years in the case of small citrus fruit. The
thresholds for grapefruit have been complied with.
Under the rules, those overruns have resulted in major
reductions in processing aid. The continued existence of
such a situation could lead in future to products usually
intended for processing being diverted into withdrawals.
As a result, the thresholds for lemons, oranges and small
citrus fruit should be raised. To take into account the
characteristics of the small citrus fruit sector, the poss-
ibility must be given to the Member States to subdivide
their national threshold into two sub-thresholds. In this
case, reductions in aid subsequent to an overrun of this
national threshold should be applied separately for each
of the two sub-thresholds.

(10)

greater

The quantities going for processing have evolved differ-
ently from one Member State to another. As a result,
and to ensure that operators in each Member State
assume
Community
responsibility,
the
processing thresholds
should be split between the
Member States on an equitable basis, and any reduction
in Community aid resulting from an overrun of the
Community threshold should apply only in those
Member States in which the threshold is exceeded. In

(11)

(12)

(13)

this case, account must be taken of quantities that have
not been processed in the Member States where the
threshold was not overrun.

Changes in the numbering of the Annexes to Regulation
(EC) No 2202/96 require an amendment to the wording
of Article 3 of that Regulation.

The measures necessary for the implementation of Regu-
lations (EC) No 2200/96 and (EC) No 2201/96 should
be adopted in accordance with Council Decision 1999/
468/EC of 28 June 1999 laying down the procedures for
the exercise of implementing powers conferred on the
Commission (2).

These amendments to Regulations (EC) No 2200/96,
(EC) No 2201/96 and (EC) No 2202/96 should be
applied from the 2001/02 marketing year. However, as
the operational funds are managed on a calendar-year
basis,
to the third subparagraph of
Article 15(5) of Regulation (EC) No 2200/96 should
apply from 2001,

the amendment

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Regulation (EC) No 2200/96 is amended as follows:

1. the third subparagraph of Article 15(5) shall be replaced by

the following:

‘However, the financial assistance shall be capped at 4,1 %
of the value of the marketed production of each producer
organisation.’;

2. Article 23(3),
following:

(4),

(5) and (6) shall be replaced by the

‘3. Where paragraph 1 is applied to any one of the
products listed in Annex II which meet the relevant stan-
dards, producer organisations and their associations shall
pay their producer members the Community withdrawal
compensation indicated in Annex V, up to a limit:

— for citrus fruit, of 5 %,

— for apples and pears, of 8,5 %, and

— for other products, of 10 %,

of the marketed quantity.

The limits set in the first subparagraph shall apply to the
marketed quantity of each product, as defined in accordance
with the procedure laid down in Article 46, of only the
members of the producer organisation concerned, or of
another organisation where Article 11(1)(c) applies.

(1) OJ L 297, 21.11.1996, p. 49. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 858/1999 (OJ L 108, 27.4.1999, p. 8).

(2) OJ L 184, 17.7.1999, p. 23.

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The ceilings fixed in paragraph 3 shall apply from the
4.
2002/03 marketing year. For the 2001/02 marketing year,
the ceilings shall be 10 % for citrus fruit, melons and water
melons, and 20 % for other products.

The second subparagraph of paragraph 3 shall apply to the
ceilings set in this paragraph.

5.
The percentages in paragraphs 3 and 4 shall be annual
averages over a three-year period, with a 3 % annual margin
of overrun.’;

3. Article 24 shall be replaced by the following:

‘Article 24

In connection with the products listed in Annex II, producer
organisations shall allow the benefits of Article 23 to
growers who are not members of any of the collective
structures provided for in this Regulation, if they so request.
However, the Community withdrawal compensation shall
be reduced by 10 %. In addition, the amount paid shall take
account, on scrutiny of the evidence, of the overall with-
drawal costs borne by the members. The compensation may
not be granted on a volume greater than that share of the
to the
grower's marketed production corresponding
percentages given in Article 23(3).’;

4. Article 26 shall be replaced by the following:

‘Article 26

The Community withdrawal compensation shall be a single
amount valid throughout the Community.’;

5. the third subparagraph of Article 35(3) shall be replaced by

the following:

‘Refunds shall be fixed in accordance with the procedure
laid down in Article 46. Refunds shall be fixed periodically
or by tender.’;

6. Article 45 shall be repealed;

7. Article 46 shall be replaced by the following:

‘Article 46

The Commission shall be assisted by a committee, the
1.
Management Committee for Fresh Fruit and Vegetables,
hereinafter referred to as the “committee”, composed of
representatives of the Member States and chaired by the
representative of the Commission.

2. Where reference is made to this paragraph, Articles 4
and 7 of Decision 1999/468/EC shall apply.

The period laid down in Article 4(3) of Decision

3.
1999/468/EC shall be set at one month.

4.

The committee shall adopt its rules of procedure.’

The list of processed products appearing in Annex I may be
revised on the basis of changes in the market, in accordance
with the procedure laid down in Article 29.

Article 3

1.
The scheme referred to in Article 2 shall be based on
contracts between, on the one hand, producer organisations
recognised or provisionally authorised under Regulation
(EC) No 2200/96 and, on the other, processors approved by
the competent authorities in the Member States.

However,
in the course of the 2001/02 marketing year,
contracts between processors and individual producers shall
also be eligible, for a quantity not exceeding 25 % of the
total quantity contracted for by any processor.

2.
Contracts shall be concluded by a specific date, to be
defined in accordance with the procedure laid down in
Article 29. In particular, they shall specify the quantities
they cover, the schedule of supply to the processor and the
price to be paid to the producer organisations, and shall
require the processor to process the products covered.

As soon as they have been signed, the contracts shall be
forwarded to the competent authorities in the Member
States.

3.
The producer organisations shall extend the benefit of
the provisions of this Article to operators not affiliated to
any of the collective structures provided for in Regulation
(EC) No 2200/96, who undertake to market through such
structures all their output of tomatoes, peaches and pears
for processing and who pay a contribution towards the
overall management costs of
this system borne by the
organisation.

Article 4

1.
Aid shall be granted to producer organisations for the
quantities of raw materials supplied for processing under
the contracts referred to in Article 3.

2.

The amount of aid shall be:

EUR 34,50/tonne for tomatoes,

EUR 47,70/tonne for peaches,

EUR 161,70/tonne for pears.

3. Without prejudice to the application of Article 5, aid
shall be paid by the Member States to the producer organ-
isations on request, as soon as the control authorities in the
Member State in which processing is carried out have estab-
lished that the products covered by the contracts have been
supplied to the processing industry. The amount of aid
received by the producer organisation shall be paid to its
members, and where Article 3(3) is applied, to the operators
concerned.

Article 2

Article 5

Regulation (EC) No 2201/96 is amended as follows:

1. Articles 2 to 6 shall be replaced by the following:

‘Article 2

A Community aid scheme is hereby introduced to assist
producer organisations supplying tomatoes, peaches and
pears harvested in the Community for the production of the
processed products listed in Annex I.

1.
For each of the products referred to in Article 2,
Community and national processing thresholds shall be
established as indicated in Annex II.

2. Whenever a Community processing threshold is
overrun, the aid fixed for the product in question in accord-
ance with Article 4(2) shall be reduced in all the Member
States in which the corresponding threshold has been
overrun.

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the purposes of applying the first

subparagraph,
For
threshold overruns shall be calculated by comparing the
threshold with the average quantity processed with aid
under
the three marketing years
preceding that for which aid must be set.

this Regulation over

However, to calculate the overrun of the thresholds fixed for
each Member State, any quantities still available below the
threshold of a Member State but not processed shall be
allocated to the other Member States, in proportion to their
respective thresholds.

The reduction in aid shall be proportional to the volume of
overrun relative to the relevant threshold.

3.
For tomatoes, and by way of derogation from the
second subparagraph of paragraph 2, the following arrange-
ments shall apply to the first three marketing years imme-
diately following implementation of this Regulation:

(a) for the first marketing year:

— overrun of the processing threshold shall be calcu-
the quantity supplied for

lated on the basis of
processing with aid during the year, and

— the aid fixed in Article 4(2) shall be reduced to
EUR 31,36/tonne. However,
in the Member States
where the threshold has not been overrun, or where
it has been overrun by less than 10 %, and in all
Member
the Community
threshold has not been overrun, a supplement shall
be paid after the end of the marketing year. The
supplement shall be fixed on the basis of the actual
overrun of the threshold concerned;

concerned

States

if

(b) for

the

second marketing year, overrun of

the
processing threshold shall be calculated on the basis of
the quantity supplied for processing with aid during the
first year;

(c) for the third marketing year, overrun of the processing
threshold shall be calculated on the basis of the average
quantity supplied for processing with aid during the first
and second years.

4. Member States may divide the national threshold for
tomatoes into two sub-thresholds, namely tomatoes for
processing into whole peeled tomatoes and those for
processing into other tomato products.

Member States which take up this option shall inform the
Commission thereof.

If the national threshold is overrun, the reduction in aid
provided for in paragraph 2 shall be applied to the aid for
both sub-thresholds in proportion to the recorded overrun
of the sub-threshold concerned.

Article 6

1.
Detailed rules for the application of Articles 2 to 5,
and in particular rules governing approval of processors,
conclusion of processing contracts, payment of aid, control
measures and sanctions, marketing years, minimum charac-
supplied for processing,
teristics of

the raw material

minimum quality requirements for finished products and
the financial consequences of overrunning thresholds, shall
be adopted in accordance with the procedure laid down in
Article 29.

Quality and quantity checks shall also be adopted in

2.
accordance with that procedure to verify:

— that the products supplied to processors by producer

organisations meet requirements, and

— that the products supplied have actually been processed

into products listed in Annex I.’;

2. the following Articles shall be inserted after Article 6:

‘Article 6a

1.

A production aid scheme shall be applied:

(a) to dried figs falling within CN code 0804 20 90,

(b) to prunes derived from dried “d'Ente” plums falling

within CN code ex 0813 20 00,

obtained from fruit harvested in the Community.

2.
Production aid shall be granted to processors who
have paid producers for their raw materials a price not less
than the minimum price under contracts between, on the
one hand, producer organisations recognised or provision-
ally authorised under Regulation (EC) No 2200/96 and, on
the other, processors.

in the course of the 2001/02 marketing year,
However,
contracts between processors and individual producers shall
also be eligible, for a quantity not exceeding 25 % of the
quantity giving entitlement to production aid.

The producer organisations shall extend the benefit of the
provisions of this Article to operators not affiliated to any
of the collective structures provided for in Regulation (EC)
No 2200/96, who undertake to market through such struc-
tures all their output intended for the manufacture of the
products referred to in paragraph 1 and who pay a contri-
bution towards the overall management costs of this system
borne by the organisation.

Contracts must be signed before the start of the marketing
year.

Article 6b

The minimum price to be paid to producers shall be

1.
calculated on the basis of:

(a) the minimum price applying during the previous

marketing year;

(b) the movement of market prices in the fruit and veget-

ables sector;

(c) the need to ensure normal market disposal of basic fresh
products for the various uses, including supply to the
processing industry.

2. Minimum prices shall be fixed before the start of each
marketing year.

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3. Minimum prices and detailed rules for the application
of this Article shall be adopted in accordance with the
procedure laid down in Article 29.

of this Article shall be adopted in accordance with the same
procedure.’;

Article 6c

1.
The production aid may not exceed the difference
between the minimum price paid to the producer in the
Community and the price of the raw material in the main
producing and exporting third countries.

2.
The amount of production aid shall be so fixed as to
enable the Community product to be disposed of, within
the limit set in paragraph 1.

To establish this amount, account
particular:

shall be taken in

(a) of the difference between the cost of the raw material in
the Community and that in the major competing third
countries;

(b) of the amount of aid fixed for the previous marketing

year,

and

(c) where Community output of a product accounts for a
substantial share of the market, movements in external
trade volumes and in the prices obtaining in such trade,
where the latter criterion results in a reduction in the
amount of the aid.

3.
The production aid shall be fixed in terms of the net
weight of the processed product. The coefficients expressing
the relationship between the weight of raw material used
and the net weight of the processed product shall be defined
on a standardised basis. They shall be regularly updated on
the basis of experience.

Production aid shall be granted to processors only for

4.
processed products which:

(a) have been produced from raw materials harvested in the
Community, for which the applicant has paid at least
the minimum price referred to in Article 6a(2);

(b) meet minimum quality requirements.

The price of the raw material in the main competing
5.
third countries shall be determined mainly on the basis of
the prices actually applying at the farm-gate stage for fresh
products of a comparable quality used for processing,
weighted on the basis of the quantities of finished products
exported by those third countries.

6. Where Community production accounts for at least
50 % of
the quantities of a product making up the
Community consumption market, movements in volumes
and prices of imports and exports shall be assessed by
comparing the data for the calendar year preceding the start
of
the marketing year with the data for the previous
calendar year.

7.
The Commission shall fix the amount of the produc-
tion aid before the start of each marketing year, in accord-
ance with the procedure laid down in Article 29. The coeffi-
cients referred to in paragraph 3, the minimum quality
requirements and the other detailed rules for the application

3. Article 28 shall be repealed;

4. Article 29 shall be replaced by the following:

‘Article 29

1.
The Commission shall be assisted by a committee, the
Management Committee for Processed Fruit and Vegetables,
hereafter referred to as the “committee”, composed of repre-
sentatives of the Member States and chaired by the repres-
entative of the Commission.

2. Where reference is made to this paragraph, Articles 4
and 7 of Decision 1999/468/EC shall apply.

The period laid down in Article 4(3) of Decision

3.
1999/468/EC shall be set at one month.

4.

The committee shall adopt its rules of procedure.’;

5. Annex I shall be replaced by the text appearing in Annex I

to this Regulation;

6. Annex III shall be replaced by the text appearing in Annex II

to this Regulation.

Article 3

Regulation (EC) No 2202/96 is amended as follows:

1. Article 3 shall be replaced by the following:

‘Article 3

Aid shall be granted to producer organisations for the
the contracts

1.
quantities delivered for processing under
referred to in Article 2.

The amount of

2.
Annex I.

However:

the aid is set out

in Table 1 of

(a) where the contract referred to in Article 2(1) covers
more than one marketing year and a minimum quantity
of citrus fruit, to be determined in accordance with the
procedure laid down in Article 46 of Regulation (EC) No
2200/96, the amount of the aid shall be that indicated
in Table 2 of Annex I;

(b) for quantities delivered under the provisions of Article
4, the amount of the aid shall be that indicated in Table
3 of Annex I.

3. Without prejudice to the application of Article 5, the
aid shall be paid by the Member States to producer organ-
isations which apply therefor as soon as the inspecting
authorities of the Member State in which processing is
undertaken have established that the products covered by
the contracts have been delivered to the processing industry.

The aid received by the producer organisations shall be paid
to their members.

4. Measures shall be adopted in accordance with the
procedure laid down in Article 46 of Regulation (EC) No
2200/96 to ensure that the processing industry meets its
obligation to process the products delivered by the producer
organisations.’;

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2. Article 5 shall be replaced by the following:

‘Article 5

1.
the
Processing thresholds shall be established for
Community and for each producer Member State, on the
one hand for lemons, oranges and grapefruit separately and,
on the other hand, for mandarins, clementines and satsumas
taken together. The thresholds shall be as set out
in
Annex II.

2. Whenever a Community processing threshold is
overrun, the aid fixed for the product in question in accord-
ance with Article 3(2) shall be reduced in all the Member
States in which the corresponding threshold has been
overrun.

the purposes of applying the first

For
subparagraph,
threshold overruns shall be calculated by comparing the
threshold with the average quantity processed with aid
under this Regulation over the three marketing years or
equivalent periods preceding the marketing year for which
the aid must be set.

However, to calculate the overrun of the thresholds fixed for
each Member State, any quantities still available below the
threshold of a Member State but not processed shall be
allocated to the other Member States, in proportion to their
respective thresholds.

The reduction in aid shall be proportional to the volume of
overrun relative to the relevant threshold.

3. Member States may divide the national threshold laid
down for small citrus fruit into two sub-thresholds, namely
small citrus fruit for processing into segments and those for
processing into juice.

Member States which take up this option shall inform the
Commission thereof.

If the national threshold is overrun, the reduction in aid
provided for in paragraph 2 shall be applied to the aid for
both sub-thresholds in proportion to the recorded overrun
of the sub-threshold concerned.’;

3. the Annex becomes Annex I;

4. the text of Annex II appearing in Annex III to this Regula-

tion shall be inserted after Annex I.

Article 4

This Regulation shall enter
into force on the third day
following its publication in the Official Journal of the European
Communities.

It shall apply to each product or group of products from the
2001/02 marketing year. However, Article 1(1) shall apply to
operational funds from 2001.

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

Done at Brussels, 4 December 2000.

For the Council

The President

J. GLAVANY

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ANNEX I

‘ANNEX I

Processed products referred to in Article 2

CN code

Description

ex 0710 80 70

Peeled tomatoes, whole or in pieces, frozen

ex 0712 90 30

Tomato flakes

2002 10 10

Peeled tomatoes, whole or in pieces

2002 10 90

Unpeeled tomatoes, whole or in pieces

ex 2002 90

Other (crush or pizza sauce)

ex 2002 90 11
ex 2002 90 19

ex 2002 90 31
ex 2002 90 39
ex 2002 90 91
ex 2002 90 99

ex 2008 40 51
ex 2008 40 59
ex 2008 40 71
ex 2008 40 79
ex 2008 40 91
ex 2008 40 99

ex 2008 70 61
ex 2008 70 69
ex 2008 70 71
ex 2008 70 79
ex 2008 70 92
ex 2008 70 94
ex 2008 70 99

ex 2008 92
ex 2008 99

Tomato juice (including passata)

Tomato concentrate

Williams and Rocha pears in syrup and/or in natural fruit juice

Peaches in syrup and/or in natural fruit juice

Mixtures of fruit, whole or in pieces, in syrup and/or in natural fruit juice, containing
at least [60 %] peaches and pears

2009 50

Tomato juice’

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ANNEX II

‘ANNEX III

Processing thresholds referred to in Article 5

Net weight fresh product

Tomatoes

Peaches

Pears

(in tonnes)

Community thresholds

8 251 455

l

s
d
o
h
s
e
r
h
t

l
a
n
o
i
t
a
N

Greece

Spain

France

Italy

Netherlands

Austria

Portugal

n.r. = not relevant.’

1 211 241

1 238 606

401 608

4 350 000

n.r.

n.r.

1 050 000

ANNEX III

‘ANNEX II

539 006

300 000

180 794

15 685

42 309

n.r.

n.r.

218

104 617

5 155

35 199

17 703

45 708

243

9

600

Processing thresholds referred to in Article 5

Net weight fresh product

Oranges

Lemons

Grapefruit

Small citrus fruit

(in tonnes)

Community thresholds

1 500 236

510 600

l

s
d
o
h
s
e
r
h
t

l
a
n
o
i
t
a
N

Greece

Spain

France

Italy

Portugal

n.r. = not relevant.’

280 000

600 467

n.r.

27 976

192 198

n.r.

599 769

290 426

20 000

n.r.

6 000

799

1 919

61

3 221

n.r.

384 000

5 217

270 186

445

106 428

1 724