Extension of the rules governing producer organisations in the fresh fruit and vegetable sector (Communication pursuant to Article 18(5) of Council Regulation (EC) No 2200/96)
Date: 2001-03-13
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: France, Spain, common organisation of markets, fresh fruit, fresh vegetable, producer organisation

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Extension of the rules governing producer organisations in the fresh fruit and vegetable sector

(Communication pursuant to Article 18(5) of Council Regulation (EC) No 2200/96)

(2001/C 81/02)

In accordance with Article 18(5) of Regulation (EC) No 2200/96, Spain and France have notified the
Commission of rules governing producer organisations in the fresh fruit and vegetables sector which they
have made binding on all producers in economic areas approved by the Commission under Article 18(7).
These are, based on the information received by the Commission by 20 December 2000:

1. In Spain, rules laid down for 1999/2000 by the association of organisations of strawberry producers in

the province of Huelva;

2. In France

(cid:151) for fresh products, rules laid down for 1998/1999, 1999/2000 and 2000/2001 by the regional
ComitØs Øconomiques agricoles (producer organisations)
for the economic areas approved by the
Commission by its Decision of 28 January 1999, the list of which was published in OJ C 359,
11 December 1999, p. 32, and

(cid:151) for products intended for processing, rules laid down for 2000/2001, 2001/2002 and 2002/2003

by the ComitØ Øconomique national agricole for vegetables intended for industrial use.

Further information on these rules may be obtained from the European Commission, Directorate-General
for Agriculture, Unit AGRI E/1, Rue de la Loi/Wetstraat 200, B-1049 Brussels or the competent national
authorities:

In Spain: Ministerio de Agricultura, Pesca y Alimentaci(cid:243)n, Subdirecci(cid:243)n general de Productos Horto-

frut(cid:237)colas, Avda. Ciudad de Barcelona, E-28007 Madrid.

In France: MinistŁre de l’agriculture et de la pŒche, Bureau des groupements de producteurs, 3 rue Barbet

de Jouy, F-75749 Paris 07SP.

This communication is without prejudice to any comments which the Commission may make on the rules
as extended, the further information it may seek from the Member States concerned about these rules and
their extension or the decisions which it may take pursuant to Article 18(5) of Regulation (EC) No
2200/96.

ANNEX

EXTENSION OF THE RULES

I. FRESH FRUIT AND VEGETABLES

A. Spain

Year

PO or association of
POs concerned

Products

Economic
area

Strawberr-
ies

Huelva
(Andalusia)

1999/2000

(cid:145)Asociaci(cid:243)n de
Organizaciones de
Productores de
Frutas y Hortalizas
Freseras de la
Provincia de
Huelva(cid:146)
(Asopfhresas)

Area covered
by the
extension

The whole
economic
area

Extension (date of
decision) ((cid:145)Orden(cid:146))

Rules in force
since

Type of rules extended
(reference to Annex III
to Regulation (EC)
No 2200/96)

Notification to
the Commission

30 December
1999

1999/2000
(but the rules
had been
extended
since
1994/95)

17 March
2000

Rules on:
(cid:151) production
information
(point 1 of
Annex III),
(cid:151) marketing
(point 3 of
Annex III)
(cid:151) withdrawals
(point 5 of
Annex III)

NB: The composition of the economic area was published in OJ C 190, 7 July 1999, p. 6.

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B. France

The rules below were extended for 1998/1999, 1999/2000 and 2000/2001 by ministerial orders of 24 February 1999.

Economic area concerned

Association of producer
organisations concerned

Products

Areas covered by the extension
of the rules

Type of rules extended
(reference to Annex III to
Regulation (EC) No 2200/96)

Brittany

Regional ComitØ Øconomique
and
fruit
for
agricole
vegetables in Brittany

Greater South-West Basin

ComitØ
Øconomique agricole
for fruit and vegetables in
the Greater
South-West
Basin

Rh(cid:244)ne-Mediterranean Basin

Loire Valley Basin

ComitØ
Øconomique agricole
for fruit and vegetables in
Rh(cid:244)ne-Mediterranean
the
Basin

ComitØ
Øconomique agricole
for fruit and vegetables in
the Loire Valley Basin

Leeks,
lettuce,
chokes,
shallots

Carrots

Melons

endives,
tomatoes,
cauliflowers

winter
arti-
and

The whole economic area

See rules on next page

Canton of Pleine-FougŁres
and
of
municipality
Cherrueix in Ille-et-Vilaine

Regions of Aquitaine, Midi-
PyrØnØes and Limousin

Rules on:
(cid:151) production

pears,

Apples,
nectarines,
plums and grapes

peaches-
strawberries,

The whole economic area

Tomatoes

The whole economic area

information (point 1 of
Annex III),

(cid:151) production (point 2 of

Annex III)

(cid:151) marketing (point 3 of

Annex III)
(cid:151) protection

of

the
environment (point 4
of Annex III)

(cid:151) withdrawals (point 5 of

Annex III)

Apples,
nectarines and apricots

pears,

peaches-

The whole economic area

Asparagus,
lettuce and tomatoes

cucumbers,

Departments
Aude,
Gard, HØrault, LozŁre and
PyrØnØes-Orientales

of

Dessert apples and pears

The whole economic area

Early carrots, lamb’s lettuce
and early leeks

Onions

Departments
Loire-
Atlantique, Maine-et-Loire
and VendØe

of

Departments
Eure-
et-Loir, Cher, Loiret, Loir-
et-Cher and Indre

of

Winter
cucumbers

lettuce,

tomatoes,

The whole economic area

Normandy

North Basin

North-East Basin

Corsica

Øconomique agricole
ComitØ
for fruit and vegetables in
Normandy

Carrots,
flowers

leeks and cauli-

The whole economic area

ComitØ
Øconomique agricole
for fruit and vegetables in
the North of France

ComitØ
Øconomique agricole
for fruit and vegetables in
the North-East of France

Øconomique agricole
ComitØ
for fruit and vegetables in
Corsica

Apples and pears

The whole economic area

Endives and cauliflowers

The whole economic area

Cucumbers and onions

The whole economic area

Clementines

The whole economic area

NB: The composition of the economic areas was published in OJ C 34, 9 February 1999, p. 4.

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II. PRODUCTS FOR PROCESSING

A. France

The rules below were extended for 2000/2001, 2001/2002 and 2002/2003 by ministerial orders of 5 June 2000.

Economic area concerned

Association of producer organi-
sations concerned

Products

Areas covered by the extension
of the rules

Type of rules extended
(reference to Annex III to
Regulation (EC) No 2200/96)

Øconomique national
ComitØ
vegetables
agricole
intended for industrial use
(Cenaldi)

for

Whole of the five basins:
(cid:151) Normandy/North-Picardy/
Champagne-Ardennes

(cid:151) ˛le-de-France/Centre
(cid:151) Brittany/Pays-de-Loire
(cid:151) Aquitaine/Midi-PyrØnØes
(cid:151) Burgundy/Franche-ComtØ

The whole economic area Rules on:

(cid:151) production

information (point 1 of
Annex III),

(cid:151) production (point 2 of

Annex III)

(cid:151) marketing (point 3 of

Annex III)
(cid:151) protection

of

the
environment (point 4
of Annex III)

(cid:151) withdrawals (point 5 of

Annex III)

green
and

beans,
(flageolets),

Butter
beans
peas . . .
. . . intended for processing
whose production was the
subject of a contract prior
to the marketing year spec-
ifying at least:
(cid:151) quantities,
(cid:151) the price per kilo,
(cid:151) the

conditions
invoicing
seeds
harvesting costs,
of

for
and

a
for

single
each
marketed,

(cid:151) issue

invoice
vegetable
and
(cid:151) the

deadline(s)

for

NB: The composition of the economic area was published in OJ C 359, 11 December 1999, p. 32.

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