Commission Regulation (EC) No 988/97 of 30 May 1997 introducing transitional measures relating to the detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 2202/96 as regards lemons delivered for processing during part of the 1997/98 marketing year

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 988/97 of 30 May 1997 introducing transitional measures relating to the detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 2202/96 as regards lemons delivered for processing during part of the 1997/98 marketing year
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
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Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2202/96 of 28 October 1996 introducing a Community aid scheme for producers of certain citrus fruits (1), and in particular Article 8 thereof,
Whereas Article 8 of Regulation (EC) No 2202/96 provides for measures to facilitate the transition from the previous arrangements to those established by that Regulation;
Whereas Article 3 of that Regulation lays down that aid will be granted to producer organizations for the quantities delivered for processing under contract; whereas Article 4 allows producer organizations to pass on the benefits of Article 3 to individual producers who are not members of any such organization; whereas, under the second and third indents of Article 11 (1) (c) (3) of Council Regulation (EC) No 2200/96 (2), producer organizations can, under certain conditions, market the production for processing of members of other producer organizations;
Whereas, since the lemon marketing year begins on 1 June, transitional arrangements must be made for delivering lemons at the beginning of the 1997/98 marketing year pending the adoption of the definitive detailed rules for the application of Regulation (EC) No 2202/96;
Whereas the monitoring measures laid down in Commission Regulation (EC) No 3338/93 (3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2251/96 (4), should continue to apply, mutatis mutandis, until the definitive detailed rules for the application of Regulation (EC) No 2202/96 enter into force;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Fresh Fruit and Vegetables,