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: 2002-12-05
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: France, common organisation of markets, fresh fruit, fresh vegetable, producer organisation

C 301/2

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

5.12.2002

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)

(2002/C 301/02)

In accordance with Article 18(5) of Council Regulation (EC) No 2200/96, France has notified the
Commission of rules governing producer organisations in the fresh fruit and vegetables sector which
they have made binding for marketing years 2001/2002, 2002/2003 and 2003/2004 on all producers
in economic areas approved by the Commission under Article 18(7). These are rules laid down by the
regional Comités économiques 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, 11.12.1999,
p. 32.

Further information on these rules may be obtained from:

European Commission
Directorate-General for Agriculture
Unit AGRI C/4
B-1049 Brussels,

or the competent national authority:

Ministère de l'agriculture et de la pêche
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.

EXTENSION OF THE RULES

FRANCE — FRESH FRUIT AND VEGETABLES — MARKETING YEARS 2001/2002, 2002/2003 AND 2003/2004

The rules below were extended for 2001/2002, 2002/2003 and 2003/2004 by ministerial orders of
31 January 2002. This summary is based on the notification by France of 10 April 2002

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)

North-east Basin

North Basin

Normandy

Brittany

Loire Valley Basin

Greater South-west Basin

Cucumbers and onions

The whole economic area

Rules on:

fruit
Comité
économique agricole
and vegetables in the north-east of
France

for

fruit
Comité
économique agricole
and vegetables in the north of France

for

Apples and pears

The whole economic area

Endives and cauliflowers

Comité
and vegetables in Normandy

économique agricole

for

fruit

Carrots, leeks and cauliflowers

The whole economic area

Regional Comité
for fruit and vegetables in Brittany

économique agricole

Leeks,
tomatoes,
and shallots

endives, winter
artichokes,

lettuce,
cauliflowers

— production information
(point 1 of Annex III)

— production

(point 2 of Annex III)

— marketing

(point 3 of Annex III)

— protection of the environment

(point 4 of Annex III)

— withdrawals

(point 5 of Annex III)

The whole economic area

de
Canton
municipality
et-Vilaine)

Pleine-Fougères
Cherrueix
of

and
(Ille-

Comité
économique agricole
and vegetables in the Loire Valley

for

fruit

Carrots

Dessert
currants

apples

and pears, black-

The whole economic area

Comité
and
vegetables
South-west Basin

économique agricole

for
fruit
the Greater

in

Tomatoes, cucumbers

Lamb's lettuce and early leeks

Departments
Maine-et-Loire and Vendée

of

Loire-Atlantique,

Regions of Aquitaine, Midi-Pyrénées
and Limousin

strawberries, plums

The whole economic area

Melons

Apples, pears,
and grapes

Tomatoes

Rhône-Mediterranean Basin

fruit
Comité
économique agricole
and vegetables in the Rhône-Mediter-
ranean Basin

for

Apples, pears, peaches, nectarines
and apricots

The whole economic area

Asparagus, cucumbers,
tomatoes

lettuce and

Departments of Aude, Gard, Hérault,
Lozère and Pyrénées-Orientales

NB: The composition of the economic areas was published in OJ C 34, 9.2.1999, p. 4.

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