Commission Regulation (EC) No 1016/2006 of  4 July 2006  amending Regulation (EC) No 1615/2001 laying down the marketing standard for melons
Date: 2006-07-04
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: fresh vegetable, fruit vegetable, marketing standard, perishable goods, product quality

5.7.2006

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Official Journal of the European Union

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1016/2006

of 4 July 2006

amending Regulation (EC) No 1615/2001 laying down the marketing standard for melons

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

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), and in particular Article 2(2) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

Commission Regulation (EC) No 1615/2001 (2)
lays
down the marketing standard for melons, particularly
as regards marking.

account

(2) With a view to clarity and to ensure international trans-
recent
should be
parency,
amendments made to standard FFV-23 concerning the
marketing and commercial quality control of melons
by the United Nations Economic Commission for
Europe Working Party on Standardisation of Perishable
Produce and Quality Development.

taken of

the

and Development

Economic Cooperation
(OECD),
setting out the main commercial types of melon, along
with comments and illustrations. The purpose of
the
brochure is to facilitate a common interpretation of the
standards in force, in particular UNECE Standard FFV-23,
on which Regulation (EC) No 1615/2001 is based.

(4)

(5)

Regulation (EC) No 1615/2001 should be amended
accordingly.

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

The Annex to Regulation (EC) No 1651/2001 is hereby
amended in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation.

Article 2

(3)

Melons are identified and marketed on the basis of
commercial type. The main commercial types are listed
in a brochure published by the Organisation for

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

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

Done at Brussels, 4 July 2006.

For the Commission

Mariann FISCHER BOEL
Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 297, 21.11.1996, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by
Commission Regulation (EC) No 47/2003 (OJ L 7, 11.1.2003,
p. 64).

(2) OJ L 214, 8.8.2001, p. 21. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 907/2004 (OJ L 163, 30.4.2004, p. 50).

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ANNEX

In point VI.B (Provisions concerning marking — Nature of produce) of the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 1615/2001, the
second indent is replaced by the following text:

‘— Name of the commercial type (*)

— Name of the variety (optional).

___________
(*) The main commercial types are set out in the publication of the OECD Scheme for the Application of International Standards for
Fruit and Vegetables entitled “Commercial types of melons/Les types commerciaux de melons, OECD, 2006” available at
http://www.oecdbookshop.org’