Commission Regulation (EC) No 1132/2004 of 18 June 2004 amending Regulation (EEC) No 1764/86 and Regulation (EC) No 1535/2003, as regards the traditional product kunserva
Date: 2004-06-18
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Malta, aid system, fruit vegetable, prepared foodstuff, processed foodstuff, production aid

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1132/2004

of 18 June 2004

amending Regulation (EEC) No 1764/86 and Regulation (EC) No 1535/2003, as regards the tradi-
tional product kunserva

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

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

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), and in
particular Article 6(1) thereof,

Whereas:

Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1764/86 of 27 May
1986 laying down minimum quality requirements for
products processed from tomatoes under the production
aid scheme (2),
tomato
concentrate eligible for production aid.

lays down the definition of

(EC) No

of
Commission Regulation
1535/2003
29 August 2003 laying down detailed rules
for
applying Council Regulation (EC) No 2201/96 as
regards the aid scheme for products processed from
fruit and vegetables (3),
lists the products eligible for
production aid.

Kunserva is a traditional, well-defined Maltese product,
and tomatoes used in the production of kunserva should
be eligible to production aid from the date of accession
of Malta to the European Union.

1. Article 8 is replaced by the following:

‘Article 8

For the purposes of this title “tomato juice” and “tomato
concentrate” mean the products defined in points 11, 12
and 18 of Article 2 of Commission Regulation (EC) No
1535/2003 (*).

___________
(*) OJ L 218, 30.8.2003, p. 14.’

2. Article 9 is replaced by the following:

‘Article 9

Only the following ingredients may be added to

1.
tomato juice and tomato concentrate:

(a) common salt (sodium chloride);

(b) natural spices, aromatic herbs and their extracts, and

natural aromas.

Furthermore, in the case of kunserva, sugar shall be added,
representing between 8 % and 25 % by weight of
the
finished product.

Regulations (EEC) No 1764/86 and (EC) No 1535/2003
should therefore be amended accordingly.

2.
As an additive in the manufacture of tomato juice
and tomato concentrate citric acid (E 330) may be used.

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

In the manufacture of tomato juice with a dry weight
content of less than 7 %, ascorbic acid (E 300) may be
used. However,
shall not
exceed 0,03 % by weight of the finished product.

the ascorbic acid content

(1) OJ L 297, 21.11.1996, p. 29. Regulation as last amended by
Commission Regulation (EC) No 386/2004 (OJ L 64, 2.3.2004,
p. 25).

(2) OJ L 153, 7.6.1986, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation

(EC) No 996/2001 (OJ L 139, 23.5.2001. p. 9).

(3) OJ L 218, 30.8.2003. p. 14. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 444/2004 (OJ L 72, 11.3.2004, p. 54).

In the manufacture of
tomato concentrate in powder
form, silicon dioxide (551) may be used. However, the
silicon dioxide content shall not exceed 1 % by weight
of the finished product.

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

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3.

The quantity of added common salt shall:

Article 2

(a) not exceed 15 % by weight of the dry weight content
for tomato concentrate having a dry weight content
exceeding 20 %;

(b) not exceed 3 % by weight of the net weight for other

tomato concentrates and for tomato juice;

(c) be between 2 % and 5 % by weight for kunserva.

In Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 1535/2003, the following
point 18 is added:

‘18.

kunserva: the product obtained by concentrating tomato
juice, obtained directly from fresh tomatoes, containing
added sugar and salt, having a dry matter content of
28 % to 36 %, packed in hermetically sealed containers
labelled “kunserva”
and falling within CN code
ex 2002 90.’

Article 3

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

When determining the quantity of added common salt,
the natural content of chlorides shall be considered as
equal to 2 % of the dry weight content.’

It shall apply from the date of the entry into force of the Treaty
of Accession of the Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia,
Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia.

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

Done at Brussels, 18 June 2004.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER
Member of the Commission