Commission Regulation (EC) No 996/2001 of 22 May 2001 amending Regulations (EEC) No 1764/86, (EEC) No 2319/89 and (EEC) No 2320/89 laying down minimum quality requirements for products processed from tomatoes, pears and peaches under the production aid scheme
Date: 2001-05-22
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: fruit product, preserved product, product quality, production aid, vegetable product

23.5.2001

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Official Journal of the European Communities

L 139/9

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 996/2001

of 22 May 2001

amending Regulations (EEC) No 1764/86, (EEC) No 2319/89 and (EEC) No 2320/89 laying down
minimum quality requirements for products processed from tomatoes, pears and peaches under the
production aid scheme

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(4)

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in
the Management
accordance with the opinion of
Committee for Products Processed from Fruit and Vege-
tables,

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 2699/2000 (2), and in particular Article
6(1) thereof,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 2201/96 provides for a
system of aid for producer organisations that deliver
tomatoes, peaches and pears for processing into prod-
ucts listed in Annex I to that Regulation.

Commission Regulations (EEC) No 1764/86 of 27 May
1986 laying down minimum quality requirements for
products processed from tomatoes under the production
aid scheme (3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No
1593/98 (4),
(EEC) No 2319/89 of 28 July 1989 on
minimum quality requirements for Williams and Rocha
pears in syrup and in natural fruit juice eligible for the
production aid scheme (5) and (EEC) No 2320/89 of 28
July 1989 on minimum quality requirements
for
peaches in syrup and peaches in natural fruit juice for
lay
the application of
down minimum quality requirements
the said
processed products. Those Regulations
should be
amended to take account of the amendments introduced
by Council Regulation (EC) No 2699/2000 to the system
of aid.

the production aid scheme (6)

for

The quality requirements laid down by Regulations (EEC)
No 1764/86, (EEC) No 2319/89 and (EEC) No 2320/89
are detailed rules of application in addition to those laid
down by Commission Regulation (EC) No 449/2001 of
2 March 2001 laying down detailed rules for applying
Council Regulation (EC) No 2201/96 as regards the aid
scheme for products processed from fruit and vege-
tables (7), which repealed and replaced Commission
Regulation (EC) No 504/97 (8).

(1) OJ L 297, 21.11.1996, p. 29.
(2) OJ L 311, 12.12.2000, p. 9.
(3) OJ L 153, 7.6.1986, p. 1.
(4) OJ L 208, 29.7.1998, p. 17.
(5) OJ L 220, 29.7.1989, p. 51.
(6) OJ L 220, 29.7.1989, p. 54.
(7) OJ L 64, 6.3.2001, p. 16.
(8) OJ L 78, 20.3.1997, p. 14.

Regulation (EEC) No 1764/86 is amended as follows:

1. Article 1 is replaced by the following:

‘Article 1

This Regulation lays down the minimum quality require-
ments that products processed from tomatoes as defined in
Article 1(2) of Regulation (EC) No 449/2001 must meet.’

2. In Articles 2, 3, 8, 10(3)(a) and 11, the words ‘Regulation
(EC) No 504/97’ are replaced by ‘Regulation (EC) No 449/
2001’.

Article 2

Regulation (EEC) No 2319/89 is amended as follows:

1. The title is replaced by the following:

‘laying down minimum quality requirements for Williams
and Rocha pears in syrup and/or in natural fruit juice under
the production aid scheme.’

2. Article 1 is replaced by the following:

‘Article 1

This Regulation lays down the minimum quality require-
ments that preserved Williams and Rocha pears in syrup
and/or in natural fruit juice, hereinafter referred to as “pears
in syrup and/or in natural fruit juice”, as defined in Article
1(2) of Regulation (EC) No 449/2001, must meet.’

Article 3

Regulation (EEC) No 2320/89 is amended as follows:

1. The title is replaced by the following:

‘laying down minimum quality requirements for peaches in
syrup and/or in natural fruit juice under the production aid
scheme.’

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2. Article 1 is replaced by the following:

‘Article 1

This Regulation lays down the minimum quality requirements that preserved peaches in syrup and/or in
natural fruit juice, as defined in Article 1(2) of Regulation (EC) No 449/2001, must meet.’

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

Article 4

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

Done at Brussels, 22 May 2001.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission