Commission Regulation (EC) No 921/2007 of 1 August 2007 derogating from Regulation (EC) No 1535/2003 for the 2007/08 marketing year as regards the final date for signing contracts for tomatoes for processing in Bulgaria and Romania
Date: 2007-08-01
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Bulgaria, Romania, aid system, contract, derogation from EU law, fruit vegetable, processed foodstuff

L 201/6

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Official Journal of the European Union

2.8.2007

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 921/2007

of 1 August 2007

derogating from Regulation (EC) No 1535/2003 for the 2007/08 marketing year as regards the final
date for signing contracts for tomatoes for processing in Bulgaria and Romania

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty of Accession of Bulgaria and
Romania,

Having regard to the Act of Accession of Bulgaria and Romania,
and in particular the first paragraph of Article 41 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

Transitional measures
should be adopted to allow
producers and processors in Bulgaria and Romania to
benefit from the provisions of Council Regulation (EC)
No 2201/96 of 28 October 1996 on the common orga-
nisation of the markets in processed fruit and vegetable
products (1).

Under Commission Regulation (EC) No 1535/2003 of
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 (2), contracts for tomatoes must be
signed, by 15 February, by processors approved by the
competent
organisations
and
granted recognition or preliminary recognition. A dero-

authorities

producer

gation, for the 2007/08 marketing year only, should be
made from the timetable for signing contracts laid down
in Regulation (EC) No 1535/2003. Otherwise, and par-
ticularly in the case of tomatoes, the parties concerned
would be unable to benefit from the aid scheme provided
for in Regulation (EC) No 2201/96 during the marketing
year in progress.

(3)

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in
accordance with the opinion of
the Management
Committee for Products Processed from Fruit and Vege-
tables,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Notwithstanding Article 6(1)(a) of Regulation (EC) No
1535/2003, in the case of tomatoes in Bulgaria and Romania
during the 2007/08 marketing year only, contracts between
producer organisations within the meaning of paragraph
1(1)(a) of that Regulation and approved processors shall be
concluded by 31 July 2007 and at
least 10 days before
deliveries are to commence.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following 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, 1 August 2007.

For the Commission

Mariann FISCHER BOEL
Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 297, 21.11.1996, p. 29. Regulation as last amended by the Act
concerning the conditions of accession of the Republic of Bulgaria
and Romania and the adjustments to the Treaties on which the
European Union is founded (OJ L 157, 21.6.2005, p. 203).

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

lation (EC) No 1663/2005 (OJ L 267, 12.10.2005, p. 22).