CELEX: 51989PC0068
Language: en
Date: 1989-02-21
Title: PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) AMENDING REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1035/72 ON THE COMMON ORGANIZATION OF THE MARKET IN FRUIT AND VEGETABLES

No C 181/6                                 Official Journal of the European Communities                                 18. 7. 89
                                                                   II
                                                           (Preparatory Acts)
                                                      COMMISSION
                Proposal for a Council Regulation (EEC) amending Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 on the
                                       common organization of the market in fruit and vegetables
                                                           COM(89) 68 final
                                           (Submitted by the Commission on 7 March 1989)
                                                             (89/C 181/08)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                               Whereas Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72
                                                                       provides for the fixing of common quality standards for
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                  a number of products marketed within the Community
Economic Community, and in particular Article 43                       or exported to third countries; whereas kiwifruit already
thereof,                                                               account for a substantial volume of trade within the
                                                                       Community and with third countries; whereas it is
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,                     therefore desirable that common quality standards
                                                                       should be laid down for this product; whereas
Having regard           to   the   opinion   of   the  European        application of the standards should have the effect of
Parliament,                                                            keeping products of unsatisfactory quality off the
                                                                       market, guiding production to meet consumers'
Whereas Article 21 (1) of Council Regulation (EEC) No                  requirements and facilitating trade relations based on fair
1035/72 of 18 May 1972 (*), as last amended by Regu-                   competition, thus helping to improve the profitability of
lation (EEC) No 2238/88 (2), lists the ways in which                   production; whereas, to this end, kiwifruit should be
products withdrawn from the market under Articles 15b                  added to the list in Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No
and 18 or bought in under Articles 19 and 19a of the                   1035/72,
said Regulation may be disposed of;
                                                                       HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Whereas nectarines were added to the list of products
covered by the price and intervention system by Regu-                                            Article 1
lation (EEC) No 223/88 ( J ), amending the aforesaid
Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72;                                           1. In the first subparagraph of Article 21 (1) (b) of
                                                                          Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72, after the word
Whereas it should be possible for nectarines withdrawn                    'peaches', the word 'nectarines' is added.
from the market or bought in under Regulation (EEC)                    2. In Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 the
No 1035/72 to be disposed of in the same way as                           word 'kiwifruit' is added under the heading 'Fruit'.
peaches by processing into alcohol; whereas, to this end,
the first subparagraph of Article 21 (1) (b) of the said                                         Article 2
Regulation should be amended;
                                                                       This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its
                                                                       publication in the Official Journal of the European
                                                                       Communities.
(') OJ No L 118, 20. 5. 1972, p. 1.
O O J N o L 198,26. 7. 1988, p. 1.                                     This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and
(3) O J N o L 2 3 , 28. 1. 1988, p. 1.                                 directly applicable in all Member States.