Information from the Commission - Extension of the rules of interbranch organisations in the fruit and vegetables sector (Notification under Article 22(1) of Council Regulation (EC) No 2200/96)
Date: 2001-03-23
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: France, Spain, fruit, interprofessional agreement, professional association, vegetable

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Official Journal of the European Communities

23.3.2001

Extension of the rules of interbranch organisations in the fruit and vegetables sector

(Notification under Article 22(1) of Council Regulation (EC) No 2200/96)

(2001/C 92/02)

France and Spain have granted recognition,
2200/96, to the following interbranch organisations:

in accordance with Article 19(4) of Regulation (EC) No

1. FRANCE

(cid:151) Interfel: Association interprofessionnelle des fruits et lØgumes frais.

(cid:151) Anifelt: Association nationale interprofessionnelle des fruits et lØgumes transformØs.

2. SPAIN

(cid:151) Ailimpo: Asociaci(cid:243)n interprofesional de lim(cid:243)n y pomelo.

(cid:151) Intercitrus: Interprofesional Citr(cid:237)cola espaæola.

(cid:151) Aipema: Asociaci(cid:243)n interprofesional agroalimentaria de pera y manzana.

These organisations cover the whole of the territory of the relevant Member State.

Under Article 22(1) of Regulation (EC) No 2200/96, the Member States concerned have informed the
Commission of the agreements concluded under the auspices of Interfel, Intercitrus and Anifelt, whose
provisions have been made binding on all the operators concerned. This communication concerns notifi-
cations made by 1 December 2000.

Further information about the interbranch organisations and the agreements can be obtained from the
European Commission, Directorate-General for Agriculture, Unit AGRI E/1, Rue de la Loi/Wetstraat 200,
B-1049 Brussels, or from the competent national authorities:

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

fruticolas, Avda. Ciudad de Barcelona, E-28007 Madrid.

For France: MinistŁre de l’Agriculture et de la PŒche, Bureau des fruits et lØgumes, de l’horticulture et des

productions vØgØtales spØciales, 3, rue Barbet de Jouy, F-75749 Paris 07 SP.

This communication is without prejudice to any observations the Commission may make concerning the
agreements and extension decisions in question, or to additional information it may request from the
Member States concerned regarding those agreements and extensions or decisions it may take in
accordance with Article 19(5), Article 20(4) and Article 22(1) of Regulation (EC) No 2200/96.

ANNEX

SUMMARY OF (cid:145)EXTENDED(cid:146) INTERFEL AGREEMENTS

NB: Save where otherwise indicated, Interfel agreements:

(cid:151) apply only to fruit and vegetables grown in France,

(cid:151) cover all destinations of the relevant products, and

(cid:151) do not apply to products for processing.

I. CURRENTLY VALID AGREEMENTS

I. A. Fruit

Products concerned

Subject of
agreement

Strawberries

Standards

Content

Agreement in
force since

Period covered

Entered into force

Expiry

Date of extension

Date of notification

Last agreement notified

Mandatory indication of variety on
packaging

1999

1999/2002

24 February 1999 24 February 2002

22 May 2000

21 April 1999 and
10 August 2000

Kiwis

Dates and
ripeness

Dates of start of marketing and
requirement of degree of ripeness
measured in degrees Brix

1993

1998/2000

4 August 1998

4 August 2001

13 November 1998

30 March 1999

Contribution

Financing of promotional and
production and market awareness
measures

1987

1998/2001

28 October 1998

28 October 2001 3 December 1998

30 March 1999

Peaches and
nectarines

Standards

Ban on size D

1999

2000/2003

8 June 2000

8 June 2003

7 July 2000

10 August 2000

Dates

Dates of end of marketing for size C

1984

2000 marketing
year

8 June 2000

Marketing year
agreement

7 July 2000

10 August 2000

Ripeness

Requirement of degree of ripeness
defined by a firmness index

1998

1999/2001

24 February 1999 24 February 2002

23 April 1999

22 June 1999

Requirement of degree of ripeness (sugar
content) defined by a refractive index

1999

2000/2003

8 June 2000

8 June 2003

7 July 2000

10 August 2000

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Apples

Standards

Packaging of Golden delicious

Products concerned

Subject of
agreement

Pears

Standards

Dates and
ripeness

Dates and
ripeness

Table grapes

Ripeness

I. B. Vegetables

Content

Agreement in
force since

Period covered

Entered into force

Expiry

Date of extension

Date of notification

Last agreement notified

Packaging of Comice and Passe-Crassane
pears

Sizing and packaging of Guyot pears

Sizing and packaging of Williams pears

Dates of start of marketing and
requirement of degree of ripeness,
defined by a firmness index, for Guyot
pears

Dates of start of marketing and
requirement of degree of ripeness,
defined by a firmness index, for Williams
pears

Definition of (cid:145)bushel(cid:146) packaging

Packaging of apples for industrial
processing

Date of start of marketing and
compliance with iodine test for Golden
Delicious, Granny Smith and Early Smith
apples

Requirement of degree of ripeness
defined by a refractive index for early
varieties and . . .

1991

2000/2003

1 September 2000

31 August 2003

21 July 2000

23 August 2000

1995

1995

1995

1995

1993

1993

1992

1982

1999/2001

2 June 1999

2 June 2002

1 July 1999

9 September 1999

1999/2001

23 June 1999

23 June 2002

19 July 1999

9 September 1999

2000/2001
marketing year

8 June 2000

Marketing year
agreement

7 July 2000

10 August 2000

2000/2001
marketing year

8 June 2000

Marketing year
agreement

21 July 2000

23 August 2000

1999/2001

28 April 1999

28 April 2002

16 July 1999

9 September 1999

1999/2001

28 April 1999

28 April 2002

16 July 1999

9 September 1999

1999/2001

28 April 1999

28 April 2002

16 July 1999

9 September 1999

2000/2001
marketing year

8 June 2000

Marketing year
agreement

21 July 2000

23 August 2000

1999

1999/2002

28 April 1999

28 April 2002

20 June 2000

9 September 1999
and 10 August
2000

. . . for seasonal varieties

2000

2000/2003

18 April 2000

18 April 2003

Not extended

10 August 2000

Products concerned

Subject of
agreement

Content

Agreement in
force since

Period covered

Entered into force

Expiry

Date of extension

Date of notification

Last agreement notified

Cultivated
mushrooms

Standards

Fixing of a standard

1993

1999/2001

4 December 1998 31 December 2001 30 December 1998

30 March 1999

Shallots

Standards

Fixing of a maximum size

Witloof chicory

Standards

Packaging and marking

Melons

Standards and
ripeness

Fixing of a minimum size and sizing
scale and requirement of degree of
ripeness defined by a refractive index

1995

1994

1996

1998/2001

22 April 1998

21 April 2001

2 July 1998

13 August 1998

1999/2002

23 June 1999

23 June 2002

17 December 1999 11 February 2000

1999/2001

28 April 1999

28 April 2002

16 July 1999

9 September 1999

Fresh truffles

Standards and
date

Fixing of a mandatory standard and date
for start of marketing

1996

1996/1999

8 October 1996

Permanent
agreement

11 December 1996
(until 8.10.1999)

5 August 1997

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I. C. All products

Products concerned

Subject of
agreement

All fresh fruit
and vegetables

Generic
promotion

(cid:145)General
contribution(cid:146)

Content

Annual generic promotional programme
on the French market, financed by a
contribution levied on turnover in
France (0,4 (cid:137))

Financing the implementation of specific
interbranch agreements, product and
market awareness measures and adver-
tising and promotion abroad (0,1 (cid:137))

Agreement in
force since

1994 and
1996

Last agreement notified

Period covered

Entered into force

Expiry

Date of extension

Date of notification

1998/2000

1 January 1998

31 December 2000 22 December 1998
(partial extension)

30 March 1999

1996

1998/2000

1 January 1998

31 December 2000 22 December 1998

30 March 1999

II. LAPSED AGREEMENTS

II. A. Fruit

Products concerned

Walnuts

Subject of
agreement

Dates and
ripeness

Peaches and
nectarines

Pears

Minimum price

Setting of a minimum sales price
(cid:145)ex-packing station(cid:146)

Dates and
ripeness

Date of start of marketing and
requirement of degree of ripeness, based
on firmness index, for Guyot and
Williams pears

Date of start of marketing and
requirement of degree of ripeness, based
on firmness index, for BeurrØ hardy,
Comice and Passe-Crassane pears

Date of start of marketing and
requirement of degree of ripeness, based
on firmness index, for BeurrØ hardy
pears

Date of start of marketing and
requirement of degree of ripeness, based
on firmness index, for Comice and
Passe-Crassane pears

Content

Agreement in
force since

Date of start of marketing for individual
varieties, date of end of marketing of
fresh nuts and ban on ripeners

Last agreement notified

Period covered

Entered into force

Expiry

Date of extension

Date of notification

1996 marketing
year

10 July 1996

Marketing year
agreement

6 August 1996

5 August 1997

2000 marketing
year

12 August 2000

31 August 2000

11 and 25 August
2000

Not notified

1998/99 marketing
year

7 and 21 July 1997
(amendments)

31 December 1998

29 July 1998

30 March 1998

1996

2000

1995

1995

1998/99 marketing
year

4 August 1998

Marketing year
agreement

19 August 1998

30 March 1999

1995

1999/2000
marketing year

24 August 1999

Marketing year
agreement

27 August 1999

11 February 2000

1995

1999/2000
marketing year

31 August 1999

Marketing year
agreement

28 September 1999 11 February 2000

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II. B. All products

Products concerned

All fresh fruit
and vegetables

Subject of
agreement

Contribution

Content

Agreement in
force since

Period covered

Entered into force

Expiry

Date of extension

Date of notification

Last agreement notified

Statistical monitoring of exports and
advertising and promotion on markets
abroad (agreement also applicable to
products for processing)

1996

1997

1 April 1997

31 December 1997
(not renewed)

3 July 1997

5 August 1997

SUMMARY OF (cid:145)EXTENDED(cid:146) INTERCITRUS AGREEMENTS

Subject of agreement

Content

Agreement in force
since

Period covered

Entered into force

Expiry

Date of extension

Date of notification

Last agreement notified

Promotion

Promotional campaigns on the fresh
products market

1998

1999/2002

28 April 1999

31 August 2002

29 September 1999

22 October 1999

SUMMARY OF (cid:145)EXTENDED(cid:146) ANIFELT AGREEMENTS

NB: Save where otherwise indicated, Anifelt agreements:

(cid:151) apply only to fruit and vegetables grown in France,

(cid:151) cover all destinations of the relevant products.

I. CURRENTLY VALID AGREEMENTS

I. A. Fruit

Products concerned

Association
concerned

Type

Content

Agreement in
force since

Period covered

Entered into force

Expiry

Date of extension Date of notification

Last agreement notified

Bigarreau
cherries

ANIBI

Contractual
relations

Prunes

BIP

Contractual
relations

Control of
production

Contractual relations between
growers and processors,
promotion, control of
production, arbitration,
contributions

Contractual relations between
growers and processors, control
of production

Grubbing, regulation of new
plantings, withdrawals, taking
over of surpluses

1997

2000 to 2002

1 May 2000

30 April 2002

22 May 2000

22 August 2000

1995

2000/2001

2 September
2000

Marketing year
agreement

3 October and
27 November
2000

12 January 2001

1997

1997 to 2001

Not notified

2001

Not notified

17 April 1998

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I. B. Vegetables

Products concerned

Association
concerned

Type

Content

Agreement in
force since

Period covered

Entered into force

Expiry

Date of extension Date of notification

Last agreement notified

Tomatoes

Sonito

Marketing year
agreement

Conditions on which products
are taken over by processors
(contracts, arbitration, standards,
statistics, (cid:145)reliable growers(cid:146),
checks)

1996

2000

21 June 2000

Marketing year
agreement

21 July 2000

7 September 2000

II. LAPSED AGREEMENTS

II. A. Vegetables

Products concerned

Peas, french beans,
beans, celery, young
carrots, other carrots,
salsify, and spinach for
processing

Sprouting broccoli for
processing

Association
concerned

Unilet

Cultivated mushrooms

ANICC

Contributions

Type

Content

Agreement in
force since

Period covered

Entered into force

Expiry

Date of extension Date of notification

Last agreement notified

Contractual
relations

Fixing of relations between
growers and processors

Contributions

Setting of contributions for
funding of Unilet

Marketing
year
agreement

Conditions on which
products are taken over by
processors (contracts, arbi-
tration, contributions, checks)

Setting of contributions for
financing of ANICC

1995

1995 to 1997

13 June 1995

1997

1997

1997

5 March 1997

1997

5 March 1997

Three-year
agreement

Marketing year
agreement

Marketing year
agreement

18 July 1995

17 April 1998

21 July 1997

17 April 1998

21 July 1997

17 April 1998

1997

1997 to 1999 Date of extension

31 December
1999

4 April 1997

17 April 1998

Idem (1997 amendment)

1997

1997

13 December
1996

Marketing year
agreement

4 April 1997

17 April 1998

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