CELEX: 32000R1519
Language: en
Date: 2000-07-12 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 1519/2000 of 12 July 2000 setting for the 2000/01 marketing year the minimum price and the amount of production aid for processed tomato products

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32000R1519

Commission Regulation (EC) No 1519/2000 of 12 July 2000 setting for the 2000/01 marketing year the minimum price and the amount of production aid for processed tomato products  

Official Journal L 174 , 13/07/2000 P. 0029 - 0031

Commission Regulation (EC) No 1519/2000of 12 July 2000setting for the 2000/01 marketing year the minimum price and the amount of production aid for processed tomato productsTHE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,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), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2701/1999(2), and in particular Articles 3(3) and 4(9) thereof,Whereas:(1) Under Article 3(1) of Regulation (EC) No 2201/96 the minimum price to be paid to producers is to be determined on the basis of the minimum price applying during the previous marketing year, changes in prices in the fruit and vegetable sector and the need to ensure the normal marketing of fresh products for the various uses, including supply to the processing industry.(2) Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2022/92(3), which lays down detailed rules of application for the minimum price to be paid to producers for certain tomatoes used in the production of tomato concentrate, juice and flakes on the basis of the soluble dry weight content, should continue to apply.(3) Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 2201/96 lays down the criteria for fixing the amount of production aid. Account must, in particular, be taken of the aid fixed or calculated before the reduction provided for in paragraph 10 of that Article for the previous marketing year, adjusted to take account of changes in the minimum price to be paid to producers and the difference between the cost of the raw material in the Community and in the major competing third countries. In respect of tomato concentrates, preserved whole peeled and unpeeled tomatoes and tomato juices, changes in the volume and prices of imports must be taken into consideration.(4) Article 4(10) of Regulation (EC) No 2201/96 stipulates that the aid set for tomato concentrates and their derivatives is to be reduced by 5,37 %. A supplement to the reduced aid is to be paid on the basis of the quantities of tomato concentrate produced for France and Portugal.(5) The Management Committee for Products Processed from Fruit and Vegetables has not delivered an opinion within the time limit set by its Chairman,HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:Article 1For the 2000/01 marketing year the minimum price referred to in Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 2201/96 to be paid to producers shall be as set out in Annex I.Article 21. For the 2000/01 marketing year the level of production aid referred to in Article 4 of that Regulation shall be as set out in Annex II.2. The additional aid for tomato concentrate, juice and flakes as referred to in the second subparagraph of Article 4(10) of Regulation (EC) No 2201/96 shall be set by the Commission if the condition provided for in that subparagraph is met.Article 3This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.Done at Brussels, 12 July 2000.For the CommissionFranz FischlerMember of the Commission(1) OJ L 297, 21.11.1996, p. 29.(2) OJ L 327, 21.12.1999, p. 5.(3) OJ L 207, 23.7.1992, p. 9.ANNEX IMinimum price to be paid to producers>TABLE>ANNEX IIProduction aid>TABLE>