COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 3511/93 of 14 December 1993 on the free distribution outside the Community of fruit and vegetables withdrawn from the market during the 1993/94 marketing year

COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 3511/93 of 14 December 1993 on the free distribution outside the Community of fruit and vegetables withdrawn from the market during the 1993/94 marketing year
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
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Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 of 18 May 1972 on the common organization of the market in fruit and vegetables (1), and in particular Article 35 thereof,
Having regard to a proposal from the Commission,
Whereas the Community fruit and vegetable harvest in the 1993/94 marketing year, and in particular the apple harvests, are more than enough to satisfy Community consumption, to the extent that withdrawals of major quantities should be anticipated;
Whereas Article 21 of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 defines the way products withdrawn from the market may be disposed of;
Whereas, in order to improve food supplies to people in certain third countries and in particular the victims of the conflict in the former Yugoslavia, apples, and, where appropriate, other fruit and vegetables withdrawn from the market could be  dispatched to such third countries through charitable organizations;
Whereas there is no provision for this in Article 21 of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72; whereas, however, on account, on the one hand, of the difficulties of supply encountered by victims of the conflict in the former Yugoslavia and, on the other hand, of  the surplus apple harvests in the Community, a measure departing from the said Article 21 of that Regulation should be adopted to allow for the delivery of apples withdrawn from the market to the organizations concerned with a view to their free  distribution to the people in question; whereas such an operation needs to be able to be extended quickly to cover other fruit and vegetables or other destinations in the event of serious supply difficulties;
Whereas from now on it seems possible to extend this operation to oranges for the 1993/94 marketing year,