Commission Regulation (EC) No 1010/2001 of 23 May 2001 concerning the minimum quality requirements for mixed fruit under the production aid scheme
Date: 2001-05-23
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: fruit product, pip fruit, preparation for market, product quality, production aid, stone fruit

24.5.2001

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Official Journal of the European Communities

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1010/2001

of 23 May 2001

concerning the minimum quality requirements for mixed fruit under the production aid scheme

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Article 1

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,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 2201/96 provides for a
system of aid for producer organisations delivering
peaches or pears for processing into products listed in
Annex I to that Regulation.

Mixtures of fruit in syrup and in natural fruit juice were
added to the above Annex by Regulation (EC) No 2699/
2000. The minimum quality requirements for those
products should be defined on the basis of traditional
and fair production methods and with the purpose of
avoiding the production of products for which there is
no demand or which would distort the market.

implementing measures

The quality requirements defined in this Regulation
constitute
in addition to
(EEC) No 2319/89 (3) and
Commission Regulations
(EEC) No 2320/89 (4), as amended by Regulation (EC)
No 996/2001 (5), laying down minimum quality require-
ments for, respectively, Williams and Rocha pears and
peaches in syrup and in natural fruit juice eligible for the
production aid scheme, and to Commission Regulation
(EC) No 449/2001 of 2 March 2001 laying down rules
for applying Council Regulation (EC) No 2201/96 as
regards the aid scheme for products processed from fruit
and vegetables (6).

(4)

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

(1) OJ L 297, 21.11.1996, p. 29.
(2) OJ L 311, 12.12.2000, p. 9.
(3) OJ L 220, 29.7.1989, p. 51.
(4) OJ L 220, 29.7.1989, p. 54.
(5) OJ L 139, 23.5.2001, p. 9.
(6) OJ L 64, 6.3.2001, p. 16.

This Regulation lays down the minimum quality requirements
which the mixtures of fruit in syrup and/or in natural fruit
juice, hereafter called ‘mixed fruit’, as referred to in Article
1(2)(c) of Regulation (EC) No 449/2001 must satisfy.

Article 2

Mixed fruit shall satisfy the following minimum requirements:

(a) The minimum peach and pear content shall be 60 % of the

drained net weight of the mixture.

(b) The peaches and pears shall be presented as whole fruit,
halves, quarters, slices or dice as defined in Article 3(2) of
Regulations (EEC) No 2319/89 and (EEC) No 2320/89.

(c) The minimum quality requirements defined in Articles 2,
3(4), (5) and (6), and 4 of Regulations (EEC) No 2319/89
for Williams and Rocha pears in syrup and/or natural fruit
juice and (EEC) No 2320/89 for peaches in syrup and/or
natural fruit juice shall apply to the peach and pear ingredi-
ents of the mixed fruit.

Article 3

The mixed fruit shall occupy at least 90 % of the water

1.
capacity of the container.

2.
The drained net weight of the mixture shall on average be
at least equal to the following percentages of the water capacity
of the container, expressed in grams:

Style

Containers with a nominal water capacity of

425 ml or more

less than 425 ml

Whole

Halves

Quarters

Slices

Dice

50 %

54 %

56 %

56 %

56 %

46 %

46 %

46 %

46 %

50 %

3. Where the mixed fruit is packed in glass containers the
water capacity shall be reduced by 20 millilitres before the
percentages referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2 are calculated.

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Article 4

1.
The processor shall daily and at regular intervals during the processing period verify that the mixed
fruit satisfies the conditions required under this Regulation and shall record the results of the verification.

2.
All containers shall be marked with a reference identifying the processor and the production date. The
marking, which may be in code form, shall be approved by the competent authorities of the Member State
where production takes place. Those authorities may adopt additional provisions relating to the marking.

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

Article 5

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

Done at Brussels, 23 May 2001.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission