Document ID: 31993R0558

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 558/93 of 10 March 1993 on the refractometry method of measuring dry soluble residue in products processed from fruit and vegetables, repealing Regulation (EEC) No 543/86 and amending Annex I to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 426/86 of 24 February 1986 on the common organization of the market in products processed from fruit and vegetables (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1569/92 (2), and in particular Articles 10 (1) and 17 (1) thereof,
Whereas Article 10 (7) of Regulation (EEC) No 426/86 provides that 'added sugars content' for the products listed in Annex III means the reading obtained by using a refractometer, multiplied by a specific factor and reduced by a fixed figure;
Whereas the refractometry method to be applied is defined in Commission Regulation (EEC) No 543/86 (3), laying down methods of measuring sugar processed from fruit and vegetables; whereas it has proved necessary to make the appropriate amendments to this method, in particular in order to specify the procedure for alcoholic products; whereas the introduction of the new method laid down in this Regulation makes it necessary to repeal Regulation (EEC) No 543/86;
Whereas the repeal of Regulation (EEC) No 543/86 makes it necessary to adapt Annex 1 to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 of 23 July 1987 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff (4), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3800/92 (5);
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Products Processed from Fruit and Vegetables,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
The refractometry method to be used for determining the sugar content for the products listed in Annex III to Regulation (EEC) No 426/86 shall be as set out in the Annex hereto.
Article 2
Regulation (EEC) No 543/86 is hereby repealed.
Article 3
Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 is hereby amended as follows: the references to Regulation (EEC) No 543/86 in Additional Note No 1 in Chapter 8 and in Additional Notes Nos 2 and 6 in Chapter 20 are replaced by references to this Regulation.
Article 4
This Regulation shall enter into force on the 21st 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, 10 March 1993.

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