CELEX: 31970R0678
Language: en
Date: 1970-04-14 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 678/70 of the Council of 14 April 1970 on certain methods of disposal for apples which have been the subject of intervention measures

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16.4.70                                 Official Journal of the European Communities                                No L 84/3
                                   REGULATION (EEC) No 678/70 OF THE COUNCIL
                                                        of 14 April 1970
                      on certain methods of disposal for apples which have been the subject of intervention
                                                            measures
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                            between the date of entry, into force of the present Regu­
                                                                    lation and the end of the 1969/70 marketing year shall,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European               if they cannot, have recourse to one of the methods of
Economic Community;                                                 disposal listed in Article 1 ( 1) of Commission Regulation
                                                                   No 165/67/EEC 6 of 26 June 1967 on methods of dis­
Having regard to Council Regulation No 159/66/EEC 1                 posal of products which Member States have guaranteed
of 25 October 1966 laying down additional provisions                to buy in within the framework of intervention in the
for the common organization of the markets in fruit and             market in fruit and vegetables, as amended by Regula­
vegetables, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No                  tion (EEC) No 481/707.
2515/692, and in particular Article 14 thereof;
Having Regard to Council Regulation No 17/64/EEC 3                                            Article 2
of 5 February 1964 on the conditions for granting aid
from the European Agricultural Guidance and Guaran­                 1 . When the Member State concerned cannot have re­
tee Fund, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1892f             course to the methods of disposal provided for in Article
684, and in particular Article 5 (2) thereof;                       1(1) (b), (c), (d) and (e) of Regulation No 165/67/EEC,
                                                                   the products made available in accordance with Article 1
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ;                to the agencies designated by the authorities of the
                                                                   Member States, or bought in between the date of entry
Whereas, in order to prevent the destruction of large              into force of this Regulation and the end of the 1969/70
quantities of apples which are the subject of intervention         marketing year in accordance with Article 7 of Regula­
measures in accordance with Community regulations ,                tion No 159/66/EEC , shall be disposed of as far as
the necessary measures must be taken to allow their dis­           possible in the following manner :
tribution free of charge to certain social groups, either as       - distribution free of charge to welfare organizations or
fresh fruit or in the form ofjuice;                                     charitable foundations and to persons recognized by
                                                                        their national legislation as entitled to public assis­
Whereas it is necessary to determine the conditions for                 tance because of inadequate means ofsubsistence,
granting aid from the European Agricultural Guidance
and Guarantee Fund for Community financing of the                  — processing into juice and distribution free of charge to
expenditure resulting from these measures,                              those natural or legal persons .
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :                                       2. The processing operations shall be entrusted to
                                                                   private industry subject to conditions to be determined in
                                                                   accordance with the procedure provided for in Article 13
                                                                    of Regulation No 238.
                          Article 1
The producers organizations which, either during a peri­                                      Article 3
od of crisis within the meaning of Article 6 of Regulation
                                                                   Expenditure under Article 2 resulting from :
No 159/66/EEC or in pursuance of Regulation (EEC)
No 480/705, intervene in the market in apples in accord­           - transportation of the products to the processing cen­
ance, with Article 3 of Regulation No 159/66/EEC                        tres ,
                                                                   - processing of the products into juice,
1 OJ No 192, 27.10.1966, p. 3286/66.
2 OJ No L 318, 18.12.1969, p. 10.
3 OJ No 34, 27.2.1964, p. 586/64.                                   6 OJ No 129, 28.6.1967, p. 2580/07.
4 OJ No L 289, 29.1 1.1968, p. 1.                                   7 OJ No L 61 , 17.3.1970, p. 1 .
5 OJNoL59, 14.3.1970, p. 31 .                                       8 OJ No 30, 20.4.1962, p. 965/62.
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- storage of the products between withdrawal or buy­                                          Article 4
   ing-in and distribution .                                       This Regulation shall enter into force on the day follow­
- transportation of the fresh or processed products with           ing its publication in the Official Journal of the Euro­
   a view to their distribution,                                   pean Communities.
shall be eligible for reimbursement from the Guarantee
Section of the European Agricultural Guidance and
Guarantee Fund.
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
              Done at Brussels, 14 April 1970.
                                                                                                  For the Council
                                                                                                   The President
                                                                                                    Ch . HEGER