Commission Regulation (EC) No 761/2003 of 30 April 2003 approving operations to check conformity to the marketing standards applicable to fresh fruit and vegetables carried out in India prior to import into the Community
Date: 2003-04-30
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: India, fresh fruit, fresh vegetable, import, marketing standard, quality label

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 761/2003

of 30 April 2003

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

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

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 Regula-
tion (EC) No 47/2003 (2), and in particular Article 10 thereof,

(5)

(6)

Checks on conformity carried out by India should there-
fore be approved with effect from the date of implemen-
the administrative cooperation procedure
tation of
provided for in Article 7(8) of Regulation (EC) No 1148/
2001.

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

Whereas:

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

Article 7 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1148/2001
of 12 June 2001 on checks on conformity to the
marketing standards applicable to fresh fruit and veget-
ables (3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 408/
2003 (4), lays down the conditions for the approval of
checking operations performed by certain third countries
which so request prior to import into the Community.

On 31 December 2001, the Indian authorities sent the
Commission a request
for the approval of checking
operations performed by the Directorate of Marketing
and Inspection (DMI) under the responsibility of the
Agricultural Marketing Adviser (AMA) of
the Indian
Ministry of Agriculture. That request states that DMI has
the necessary staff, equipment and facilities to carry out
checks, that it uses methods equivalent to those referred
to in Article 9 of Regulation (EC) No 1148/2001 and
that the fresh fruit and vegetables exported from India to
the Community meet either the Community marketing
standards or standards at least equivalent.

The information sent by the Member States to the
Commission shows that, in the period 1997 to 2000,
the incidence of non-conformity with marketing stan-
dards among imports of fresh fruit and vegetables from
India was relatively low.

Representatives of the Indian authorities have partici-
pated in international efforts to agree marketing stan-
dards for fruit and vegetables within the Working Party
on Standardisation of Perishable Produce and Quality
Development of the United Nations Economic Commis-
sion for Europe (UNECE).

(1) OJ L 297, 21.11.1996, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 7, 11.1.2003, p. 64.
(3) OJ L 156, 13.6.2001, p. 9.
(4) OJ L 62, 6.3.2002, p. 8.

Article 1

Checks on conformity to the marketing standards applicable to
fresh fruit and vegetables carried out by India prior to import
into the Community are hereby approved in accordance with
Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 1148/2001.

Article 2

Details of the official authority and inspection body in India, as
referred to in the second subparagraph of Article 7(2) of Regu-
lation (EC) No 1148/2001, are given in Annex I to this Regula-
tion.

Article 3

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 set out in
Annex II to this Regulation.

Article 4

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

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

administrative

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

Done at Brussels, 30 April 2003.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

— Official authority referred to in Article 7(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1148/2001:

ANNEX I

Agricultural Marketing Adviser
Ministry of Agriculture, Govt. of India
NH-IV, Faridabad
India
Tel. (91-129) 241 65 68, 241 57 10; (91-11) 23 01 34 45
Fax (91-129) 241 65 68; (91-11) 23 01 34 45
E-mail: pkagarwall123@hotmail.com

— Inspection body referred to in Article 7(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1148/2001:

Directorate of Marketing and Inspection (DMI)
Department of Agriculture and Cooperation
Ministry of Agriculture, Govt. of India
NH-IV, Faridabad
India
Tel. (91-129) 241 65 68, 241 57 10
Fax (91-129) 241 65 68
E-mail: dmifbd@agmark.nic.in

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ANNEX II

Model certificate referred to in Article 7(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1148/2001