Council Regulation (EEC) No 3196/92 of 27 October 1992 on the free distribution outside the Community of fruit and vegetables withdrawn from the market

COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 3196/92  of 27 October 1992  on the free distribution outside the Community of fruit and vegetables withdrawn from the market
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
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Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic 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 36 thereof,
Having regard to a proposal from the Commission,
Whereas the Community fruit and vegetable harvest in the 1992/93 marketing year, and in particular the apple harvest, is particularly abundant 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Whereas Article 21 of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 defines the way products withdrawn from the market may be disposed of;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the victims of the conflict in the former Yugoslavia, apples and, where appropriate, other fruit and vegetables withdrawn from the market could be  dispatched to such third countries through charitable organizations;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 encounted by victims of the conflict in the former Yugoslavia and on the other hand of the  surplus apple harvest in the Community, a measure derogating by way of an exception from Article 21 of that Regulation should be adopted to allow for the delivery of apples withdrawn from the market to the organizations concerned with a view to their  free distribution to the people in question; whereas such an operation needs to be able to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,