Commission Regulation (EC) No 2387/2001 of 6 December 2001 approving operations to check conformity to the marketing standards applicable to fresh fruit and vegetables carried out in Hungary prior to import into the European Community
Date: 2001-12-06
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Hungary, fresh fruit, fresh vegetable, import, marketing standard, quality label

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2387/2001

of 6 December 2001

approving operations to check conformity to the marketing standards applicable to fresh fruit and
vegetables carried out in Hungary prior to import into the European Community

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(5)

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2200/96 of 28
October 1996 on the common organisation of the market in
fruit and vegetables (1), as last amended by Commission Regu-
lation (EC) No 911/2001 (2), and in particular Article 10
thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

Commission Regulation (EC) No 1148/2001 of 12 June
2001 on checks on conformity to the marketing stan-
dards applicable to fresh fruit and vegetables (3), as last
amended by Regulation (EC) No 2379/2001 (4),
lays
down the conditions under which the Commission may
approve checking operations performed by certain third
countries which so request prior to import into the
Community,
in compliance with the conditions laid
down in Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 1148/2001.

On 30 August 2001 the Hungarian authorities sent the
Commission a request
for the approval of checking
operations performed by animal health and foodstuff
control centres under the responsibility of the Ministry
of Agriculture and Regional Development. This states
that Hungary's animal health and foodstuff control
centres have the necessary staff, equipment and facilities
to carry out checks, that they use methods equivalent to
those referred to in Article 9 of Regulation (EC) No
the fresh fruit and vegetables
1148/2001 and that
exported from Hungary to the Community must meet
the Community marketing standards.

The information sent by the Member States and in the
possession of the Commission departments shows that,
in the period 1997 to 2000, imports of fresh fruit and
vegetables from Hungary presented a relatively low inci-
dence of non-conformity with the marketing standards.

For a number of years the Hungarian inspection bodies,
and their supervisory authorities, have been regular
participants in international efforts to agree trading stan-
dards for fruit and vegetables, such as the Working Party
on Standardisation of Perishable Produce and Quality
Development of the United Nations Economic Commis-
sion for Europe (UNECE) and the OECD Scheme for the
International Standards for Fruit and
Application of
Vegetables.

(1) OJ L 297, 21.11.1996, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 129, 11.5.2001, p. 3.
(3) OJ L 156, 13.6.2001, p. 9.
(4) OJ L 321, 6.12.2001, p. 15.

Imports of fresh fruit and vegetables by Hungary from
the Community accompanied by a
certificate of
the
conformity issued by the competent body of
Member State are not systematically subject to a quality
check prior
free circulation on the
Hungarian market.

to release for

(6)

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in
accordance with the opinion of
the Management
Committee for Fresh Fruit and Vegetables,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Checks on conformity to the marketing standards carried out
by Hungary on fresh fruit and vegetables from Hungary shall
be approved in accordance with the conditions laid down in
Article 7(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1148/2001.

Article 2

The official correspondent in Hungary, under whose responsi-
bility the checking operations are performed, and the inspec-
tion bodies in charge of carrying out those checks, as referred
to in Article 7(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1148/2001, are given
in Annex I to this Regulation.

Article 3

1.
The certificates referred to in the second subparagraph of
Article 7(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1148/2001, issued following
the checks referred to in Article 1 of this Regulation, must be
drawn up on forms in conformity with the model given in
Annex II to this Regulation.

2.
Notwithstanding the sixth subparagraph of Article 7(3) of
Regulation (EC) No 1148/2001, box 3 of the form referred to
this Article may be partly printed in
in paragraph 1 of
Hungarian.

Article 4

This Regulation shall enter
into force on the 20th day
following its publication in the Official Journal of the European
Communities.

It shall apply from the date of publication in the C series of the
Official Journal of the European Communities of the notice referred
to in Article 7(8) of Regulation (EC) No 1148/2001 relating to
the establishment of administrative cooperation between the
European Community and Hungary.

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

Done at Brussels, 6 December 2001.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

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Official correspondent pursuant to Article 7(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1148/2001

ANNEX I

Ministry of Agriculture and Regional Development
Department of Animal Health and Foodstuffs Control
Kossuth L. tér 11
H-1055 Budapest

Tel. (36-1) 301 45 30
Fax (36-1) 301 46 69

Inspection bodies pursuant to Article 7(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1148/2001

Budapest fövárosi állategészségügyi és élelmiszer ellenörzo állomás
Budapest Animal Health and Foodstuffs Control Centre
Lehel út 43-47
H-1135 Budapest

Tel. (36-1) 239 01 71
Fax (36-1) 239 01 71

Bács-Kiskun megyei állategészségügyi és élelmiszer ellenörzö állomás
Bács-Kiskun Region Animal Health and Foodstuffs Control Centre
Halasi út 34
H-6001 Kecskemét

Tel. (36-76) 48 70 51
Fax (36-76) 32 80 08

Baranya megyei állategészségügyi és élelmiszer ellenörzö állomás
Baranya Region Animal Health and Foodstuffs Control Centre
Megyeri út 24
H-7601 Pécs

Tel. (36-72) 52 02 00
Fax (36-72) 52 02 20

Békés megyei állategészségügyi és élelmiszer ellenörzö állomás
Békés Region Animal Health and Foodstuffs Control Centre
Szerdahelyi u. 2
H-5601 Békéscsaba

Tel. (36-66) 45 35 53
Fax (36-66) 44 17 29

Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén megyei állategészségügyi és élelmiszer ellenörzö állomás
Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén Region Animal Health and Foodstuffs Control Centre
Vologda u. 1
H-3501 Miskolc

Tel. (36-46) 34 20 23
Fax (36-46) 34 20 23

Csongrád megyei állategészségügyi és élelmiszer ellenörzö állomás
Csongrád Region Animal Health and Foodstuffs Control Centre
Vasasszentpéteri u. 9
H-6724 Szeged

Tel. (36-62) 42 56 90
Fax (36-62) 42 56 80

Fejér megyei állategészségügyi és élelmiszer ellenörzö állomás
Fejér Region Animal Health and Foodstuffs Control Centre
Csíkvári u. 15
H-8001 Székesfehérvár

Tel. (36-22) 51 11 60
Fax (36-22) 50 20 63

Györ-Moson-Sopron megyei állategészségügyi és élelmiszer ellenörzö állomás
Györ-Moson-Sopron Region Animal Health and Foodstuffs Control Centre
Régi Vesprémi u. 10
H-9200 Györ

Tel. (36-96) 41 88 11
Fax (36-96) 41 88 32

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Hajdú-Bihar megyei állategészségügyi és élelmiszer ellenörzö állomás
Hajdú-Bihar Region Animal Health and Foodstuffs Control Centre
Diószegi u. 30
H-4013 Debrecen

Tel. (36-52) 52 62 95
Fax (36-62) 44 28 41

Heves megyei állategészségügyi és élelmiszer ellenörzö állomás
Heves Region Animal Health and Foodstuffs Control Centre
Szövetkezet u. 4
H-3301 Eger

Tel. (36-36) 31 23 88
Fax (36-36) 51 57 46

Jász-Nagykun megyei állategészségügyi és élelmiszer ellenörzö állomás
Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok Region Animal Health and Foodstuffs Control Centre
Verseghy u. 9
H-5001 Szolnok

Tel. (36-56) 42 47 44
Fax (36-56) 42 01 01

Komárom-Esztergom megyei állategészségügyi és élelmiszer ellenörzö állomás
Komárom-Esztergom Region Animal Health and Foodstuffs Control Centre
Györi u. 29
H-2801 Tatabánya

Tel. (36-34) 31 60 77
Fax (36-34) 38 06 88

Nógrád megyei állategészségügyi és élelmiszer ellenörzö állomás
Nógrád Region Animal Health and Foodstuffs Control Centre
Baglyasi u. 2
H-3101 Salgótarján

Tel. (36-32) 44 13 88
Fax (36-32) 44 08 90

Pest megyéi állategészségügyi és élelmiszer ellernörzö állomás
Pest Region Animal Health and Foodstuffs Control Centre
Koltán S. u. 1
H-2100 Gödöllö

Tel. (36-28) 42 06 11
Fax (36-28) 41 00 44

Somogy megyei állategészségügyi és élelmiszer ellernörzö állomás
Somogy Region Animal Health and Foodstuffs Control Centre
Cseri major
H-7400 Kaposvár

Tel. (36-82) 31 13 11
Fax (36-82) 31 23 57

Szabolcs-Szatmár-Berg megyei állategészségügyi és élelmiszer ellenörzö állomäs
Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg Region Animal Health and Foodstuffs Control Centre
Keleti u. 1
H-4401 Nyíregyháza

Tel. (36-42) 45 12 00
Fax (36-42) 45 12 21

Tolna megyei állategészségügyi és élelmiszer ellenörzö állomás
Tolna Region Animal Health and Foodstuffs Control Centre
Tormay B. u. 18
H-7101 Szekszárd

Tel. (36-74) 41 54 22
Fax (36-74) 31 24 23

Vas megyei állategészségügyi és élelmiszer ellenörzö állomás
Vas Region Animal Health and Foodstuffs Control Centre
Zanati u. 3
H-9700 Szombathely

Tel. (36-94) 31 31 56
Fax (36-94) 32 78 52

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Veszprém megyei állategészségügyi és élelmiszer ellernörzö állomás
Veszprém Region Animal Health and Foodstuffs Control Centre
Dózsa Gy. u. 33
H-8201 Veszprém
Tel. (36-88) 32 62 11
Fax. (36-88) 32 84 99

Zala megyei állategészsègügyi és élelmiszer ellernörzö állomás
Zala Region Animal Health and Foodstuffs Control Centre
Göcseji u. 18
H-8901 Zalaegerszeg
Tel. (36-92) 31 43 51
Fax (36-92) 31 13 54

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ANNEX II