Search Legislation

Council Regulation (EC) No 2200/96 (repealed)Show full title

Council Regulation (EC) No 2200/96 of 28 October 1996 on the common organization of the market in fruit and vegetables (repealed)

 Help about what version

What Version

 Help about advanced features

Advanced Features

 Help about UK-EU Regulation

Legislation originating from the EU

When the UK left the EU, legislation.gov.uk published EU legislation that had been published by the EU up to IP completion day (31 December 2020 11.00 p.m.). On legislation.gov.uk, these items of legislation are kept up-to-date with any amendments made by the UK since then.

Close

This item of legislation originated from the EU

Legislation.gov.uk publishes the UK version. EUR-Lex publishes the EU version. The EU Exit Web Archive holds a snapshot of EUR-Lex’s version from IP completion day (31 December 2020 11.00 p.m.).

Changes over time for: Council Regulation (EC) No 2200/96 (repealed)

 Help about opening options

Version Superseded: 01/07/2008

Status:

Point in time view as at 01/01/2008.

Changes to legislation:

There are currently no known outstanding effects for the Council Regulation (EC) No 2200/96 (repealed). Help about Changes to Legislation

Close

Changes to Legislation

Revised legislation carried on this site may not be fully up to date. At the current time any known changes or effects made by subsequent legislation have been applied to the text of the legislation you are viewing by the editorial team. Please see ‘Frequently Asked Questions’ for details regarding the timescales for which new effects are identified and recorded on this site.

Council Regulation (EC) No 2200/96

of 28 October 1996

on the common organization of the market in fruit and vegetables (repealed)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Articles 42 and 43 thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission(1),

Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament(2),

Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee(3),

(1) Whereas at the present time various changes are placing the fruit and vegetable sector in a new situation to which producers must adjust; whereas, accordingly, a reorientation of the basic rules of the market organization for the sector is warranted; whereas, in view of the numerous changes made to that market organization since it was first adopted, a new regulation should, for reasons of clarity, be adopted;

(2) Whereas it is desirable to insert in that new regulation the main provisions of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3285/83 of 14 November 1983 laying down general rules for the extension of certain rules issued by producers' organizations in the fruit and vegetables sector(4), of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1319/85 of 23 May 1985 on the reinforcement of supervision of the application of Community rules on fruit and vegetables(5), of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2240/88 of 19 July 1988 fixing, for peaches, lemons and oranges, the rules for applying Article 16b of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 on the common organization of the market in fruit and vegetables(6), of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1121/89 of 27 April 1989 on the introduction of an intervention threshold for apples and cauliflowers(7), and of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1198/90 of 7 May 1990 establishing a Community register of citrus cultivation(8); whereas these Regulations should therefore be repealed;

(3) Whereas classification using common obligatory standards for fruit and vegetables both marketed within the Community and exported to third countries provides a reference framework that encourages fair trading and market transparency and also eliminates products of unsatisfactory quality from the market; whereas compliance with these standards thus also helps to improve the profitability of production;

(4) Whereas it would be desirable, for reasons of simplicity, to adopt standards for fruit and vegetables having a relatively large impact on the market which take account of the standards adopted by the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UN/ECE); whereas it is necessary to set the terms on which these international standards can be adjusted to the specific requirements of the Community;

(5) Whereas standardization cannot be fully effective unless it is applied, subject to exemption, at all marketing stages and on departure from the production region; whereas exemption may, nevertheless, be provided for in the case of certain operations which either are very marginal and specific or take place at the start of the distribution chain, or in the case of products intended for processing; whereas account should also be taken of the possibility of shortages and of exceptionally plentiful supply; whereas in order to guarantee the quality required by the standards, the holder of the product must be responsible for compliance, whereas in particular, consumer requirements as regards the characteristics of fruit and vegetables mean that the origin of products should be included in the labelling up to and including the final retail stage;

(6) Whereas the production and marketing of fruit and vegetables should take full account of environmental concerns, including cultivation practices, the management of waste materials and the destruction of products withdrawn from the market, in particular as regards the protection of water quality, the maintenance of biodiversity and the upkeep of the countryside;

(7) Whereas producer organizations are the basic elements in the common market organization, the decentralized operation of which they ensure at their level; whereas, in the face of ever greater concentration of demand, the grouping of supply through these organizations is more than ever an economic necessity in order to strengthen the position of producers in the market; whereas such grouping must be effected on a voluntary basis and must prove its utility by the scope and efficiency of the services offered by producer organizations to their members; whereas the delivery of products to specialist producer organizations existing before the entry into force of this Regulation is not brought into question;

(8) Whereas a producer organization cannot be recognized by its Member State as able to contribute to achievement of the objectives of the common market organization unless its articles of association impose certain requirements on it and its members; whereas producer groups wishing to acquire the status of producer organizations in accordance with this Regulation should be allowed the benefit of a transitional period during which national and Community financial support can be given against certain commitments by the group;

(9) Whereas a transitional period should be allowed to producer organizations already recognized under Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72(9) which cannot immediately meet the requirements of this Regulation for recognition; whereas such organizations must be able to show themselves able to make the necessary changes;

(10) Whereas in order to give producer organizations greater responsibility for their financial decisions in particular and to gear the public resources assigned to them towards future requirements, terms should be set for the use of these resources; whereas joint financing of operational funds set up by producer organizations presents itself as an appropriate solution;

(11) Whereas the establishment and proper functioning of operational funds requires that producer organizations should take charge of the whole of the relevant fruit and vegetable production of their members;

(12) Whereas in order to control Community expenditure, there should be a cap on assistance granted to producer organizations that establish operational funds;

(13) Whereas in regions where the organization of production is weak the grant of additional, national, financial contributions should be allowed; whereas in the case of Member States which are at a particular disadvantage with regard to structures, those contributions should be reimbursable by the Community via the Community Support Framework;

(14) Whereas, in order to further boost the impact of producer organizations and associations thereof and ensure the market as much stability as is desirable, Member States should be allowed on certain conditions to extend to non-member producers in their region the rules, particularly on production, marketing and environmental protection, adopted for its members by the organization or association for the region concerned; whereas, where proper justification is given, certain costs arising from this extension of the rules should be chargeable to the producers concerned since they will benefit from the extension;

(15) Whereas interbranch organizations set up on the initiative of individual or already grouped operators can, if they account for a significant proportion of the members of the various occupational categories of the fruit and vegetable sector, contribute to behaviour taking closer account of market realities and facilitate a commercial approach that will improve production reporting, that is to say the organization of production, product presentation and marketing; whereas since the work of these organizations is able to contribute in general to attaining the objectives of Article 39 of the Treaty and in particular to those of this Regulation it should, once the relevant forms of action are defined, be possible to grant specific recognition to those organizations which provide proof of sufficient representativeness and carry out practical action in regard to the abovementioned objectives; whereas the provisions on extending the rules adopted by producer organizations and their associations and on sharing the costs resulting from such extension should, given the similarity of the objectives pursued, also apply to interbranch organizations;

(16) Whereas to stabilize prices it is desirable that producer organizations should be able to intervene on the market, in particular by deciding not to put up for sale particular quantities at particular periods; whereas these withdrawal operations must not be regarded as an alternative outlet to the market itself; whereas Community financing of withdrawals should therefore be restricted to a set percentage of production and the Community compensation granted at a reduced level, though use of the operational funds for this purpose should be permitted; whereas for simplicity Community compensation should be at a single flat rate for each product; whereas, to achieve a comparable reduction for all products, certain differentiations are required;

(17) Whereas intervention can be fully effective only if the products withdrawn from the market are not reintroduced into the normal marketing channel again; whereas various alternative uses to which they may be put should be specified so that their destruction is avoided wherever possible;

(18) Whereas this new way of managing withdrawals will allow the provisions in force on the implications of threshold overruns to be repealed immediately; whereas it is, however, reasonable to retain the underlying principle of those provisions for a transitional period and to give the Commission authority to take action on the basis of that principle if the need arises;

(19) Whereas by Regulation (EC) No 3290/94(10) the Council has adopted the adjustments and transitional arrangements required in the agricultural sector in order to implement the agreements concluded in the context of the Uruguay Round of multilateral trade negotiations, in particular the new trading arrangements with third countries in the fruit and vegetable sector; whereas the provisions in Annex XIII to Regulation (EC) No 3290/94 have been inserted in this Regulation; whereas, however, where products are imported into the Community for industrial processing, they are not sold on consignment; whereas verification of the entry price can therefore be made on other bases than a flat rate value; whereas the relevant provisions should therefore be supplemented in this regard;

(20) Whereas the rules of the common market organization should be complied with by all operators to whom they apply, otherwise their impact will be distorted with all the resulting consequences in terms of both the use of public resources and the interplay of competition; whereas a special corps of Community inspectors should be set up for this sector; whereas for both budget reasons and effectiveness the corps should consist of Commission officials and possibly other staff; whereas it is also necessary to make provision for Community penalties in order to ensure that the new rules are uniformly applied throughout the Community;

(21) Whereas one of the indispensable elements for the proper management of the common organization of the market is detailed knowledge of the market; whereas measures should therefore be provided for to this end;

(22) Whereas the granting of certain aid would compromise the functioning of the single market; whereas, therefore, the provisions of the Treaty enabling aid granted by Member States to be examined and enabling aid which is incompatible with the common market to be prohibited, should be extended to cover the sector referred to in this Regulation;

(23) Whereas the common organization of the market in that sector must take proper and simultaneous account of the objectives set out in Articles 39 and 110 of the Treaty;

(24) Whereas, to facilitate the implementation of the provision of this Regulation, a procedure for close cooperation between the Member States and the Commission by means of a management committee should be set up;

(25) Whereas in order to deal with a particularly unfavourable situation in the hazelnut sector, flat-rate aid should be granted for hazelnuts harvested in the 1997/1998, 1998/1999 and 1999/2000 marketing years,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1U.K.

1.This Regulation sets up a common organization of the market in fruit and vegetables.

2.The common organization shall cover the following products:

[F1CN code Description
0702 00 00 Tomatoes, fresh or chilled
0703 Onions, shallots, garlic, leeks and other alliaceous vegetables, fresh or chilled
0704 Cabbages, cauliflowers, kohlrabi, kale and similar edible brassicas, fresh or chilled
0705 Lettuce (Lactuca sativa) and chicory (Cichorium spp.) , fresh or chilled
0706 Carrots, turnips, salad beetroot, salsify, celeriac, radishes and similar edible roots, fresh or chilled
0707 00 Cucumbers and gherkins, fresh or chilled
0708 Leguminous vegetables, shelled or unshelled, fresh or chilled
ex 0709 Other vegetables, fresh or chilled, excluding vegetables of subheadings 0709 60 91 , 0709 60 95 , 0709 60 99 , 0709 90 31 , 0709 90 39 and 0709 90 60
ex 0802 Other nuts, fresh or dried, whether or not shelled or peeled, excluding areca (or betel) and cola nuts falling within subheading 0802 90 20
0803 00 11 Fresh plantains
ex 0803 00 90 Dried plantains
0804 20 10 Figs, fresh
0804 30 00 Pineapples
0804 40 00 Avocados
0804 50 00 Guavas, mangos and mangosteens
0805 Citrus fruit, fresh or dried
0806 10 10 Fresh table grapes
0807 Melons (including watermelons) and pawpaws (papayas), fresh
0808 Apples, pears and quinces, fresh
0809 Apricots, cherries, peaches (including nectarines), plums and sloes, fresh
0810 Other fruit, fresh

0813 50 31

0813 50 39

Mixtures exclusively of dried nuts of CN codes 0801 and 0802
0910 20 Saffron
ex 0910 99 Thyme, fresh or chilled
ex 1211 90 85 Basil, melissa, mint, origanum vulgare (oregano/wild marjoram), rosemary, sage, fresh or chilled
1212 99 30 Locust (or carob) beans]

3.The marketing years for the products listed in paragraph 2 shall be determined, if necessary, in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 46.

F2TITLE IU.K. [F2Classification of products

F2Article 2U.K.

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F2Article 3U.K.

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F2Article 4U.K.

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F2Article 5U.K.

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F2Article 6U.K.

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F2Article 7U.K.

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F2Article 8U.K.

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F2Article 9U.K.

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F2Article 10U.K.

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F2TITLE IIU.K. Producer organizations

F2Article 11U.K.

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F2Article 12U.K.

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F2Article 13U.K.

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F2Article 14U.K.

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F2Article 15U.K.

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F2Article 16U.K.

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F2Article 17U.K.

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F2Article 18U.K.

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F2TITLE IIIU.K. Interbranch organizations and agreements

F2Article 19U.K.

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F2Article 20U.K.

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F2Article 21U.K.

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F2Article 22U.K.

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F2TITLE IVU.K. Intervention arrangements

F2Article 23U.K.

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F2Article 24U.K.

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F2Article 25U.K.

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F2Article 26U.K.

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F2Article 27U.K.

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F2Article 28U.K.

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F2Article 29U.K.

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F2Article 30U.K.

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F2TITLE VU.K. Trade with third countries

F2Article 31U.K.

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F2Article 32U.K.

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F2Article 33U.K.

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F2Article 34U.K.

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F2Article 35U.K.

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F2Article 36U.K.

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F2Article 37U.K.

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F2TITLE VIU.K. National and Community checks]

F2Article 38U.K.

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F2Article 39U.K.

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F2Article 40U.K.

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F2Article 41U.K.

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F2Article 42U.K.

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

TITLE VIIU.K.General provisions

F2Article 43U.K.

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F2Article 44U.K.

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F3Article 45U.K.

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F4Article 46U.K.

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F4Article 47U.K.

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F2Article 48U.K.

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F2Article 49U.K.

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F2Article 50U.K.

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F2Article 51U.K.

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F2Article 52U.K.

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F2Article 53U.K.

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F5Article 54U.K.

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F2Article 55U.K.

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F2Article 56U.K.

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F2Article 57U.K.

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Article 58U.K.

1.This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.

It shall apply from 1 January 1997. However, Title IV shall apply only, for each of the [X1products referred to in Annex II,] from the beginning of the 1997/1998 marketing year.

2.Regulations (EEC) No 1035/72, (EEC) No 3285/83, (EEC) No 1319/85, (EEC) No 2240/88, (EEC) No 1121/89 and (EEC) No 1198/90 are hereby repealed as from the date of application of the corresponding provisions of this Regulation.

References to the repealed Regulations shall be understood as references to this Regulation and are to be read in conjunction with the correlation tables in Annex VI.

Editorial Information

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

F2ANNEX IU.K. [F2Products which are to be supplied fresh to the consumer and are subject to standards

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F2ANNEX IIU.K. List of products eligible for Community withdrawal compensation under Article 23 (3)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F2ANNEX IIIU.K. Exhaustive list of rules applied by producer organizations that may be extended to non-member producers Article 18 (1)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F2ANNEX IVU.K. Non-exhaustive list of matters that may be covered by national and Community inspection

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F2ANNEX VU.K. Community withdrawal compensation]

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

ANNEX VIU.K.Correlation table

Regulation (EEC) No 1035/75This Regulation
Article 1Article 1
Article 2Article 2
Article 3Article 3
Article 4
Article 5Article 4
Article 6Article 5
Article 7Article 6
Article 8Article 7
Articles 9 and 11Article 8
Article 10Article 10
Article 12Article 9
Article 13Article 11
Article 13a
Article 13b
Article 14Article 14
Article 14a
Article 14b
Article 14c
Article 14d
Article 14eArticle 54
Article 14f
Article 14g
Article 15Article 23
Article 15a
Article 15bArticle 18
Article 16
Article 16a
Article 16bArticle 27
Article 17Article 28
Article 18Article 29
Article 18aArticle 24
Article 19
Article 19a
Article 19b
Article 19c
Article 20
Article 21Article 30
Article 22Article 31
Article 23Article 32
Article 24Article 33
Article 25Article 34
Article 26Article 35
Article 27Article 36
Article 31Article 43
Article 32Article 45
Article 33Article 46
Article 34Article 47
Article 35
Article 36Article 52
Article 36aArticle 52
Article 37Article 49
Article 38Article 44
Article 40
Article 41Article 58
Article 42Article 58
(4)

OJ No L 325, 22.11.1983, p. 8. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 220/92 (OJ No L 24, 1.2.1992, p. 7).

(5)

OJ No L 137, 27.5.1985, p. 39. Regulation as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 404/93 (OJ No L 47, 25.2.1993, p. 1).

(6)

OJ No L 198, 26.7.1988, p. 9. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1327/95 (OJ No L 128, 13.6.1995, p. 8).

(7)

OJ No L 118, 29.4.1989, p. 21. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1327/95 (OJ No L 128, 13.6.1995, p. 8).

(9)

Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 of the Council of 18 May 1972 on the common organization of the market in fruit and vegetables (OJ No L 118, 20.5.1972, p. 1). Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1363/95 (OJ No L 132, 16.6.1995, p. 1).

(10)

OJ No L 349, 31.12.1994, p. 105. Regulation as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1193/96 (OJ No L 161, 29.6.1996, p. 1).

Back to top

Options/Help

Print Options

Close

Legislation is available in different versions:

Latest Available (revised):The latest available updated version of the legislation incorporating changes made by subsequent legislation and applied by our editorial team. Changes we have not yet applied to the text, can be found in the ‘Changes to Legislation’ area.

Original (As adopted by EU): The original version of the legislation as it stood when it was first adopted in the EU. No changes have been applied to the text.

Point in Time: This becomes available after navigating to view revised legislation as it stood at a certain point in time via Advanced Features > Show Timeline of Changes or via a point in time advanced search.

Close

See additional information alongside the content

Geographical Extent: Indicates the geographical area that this provision applies to. For further information see ‘Frequently Asked Questions’.

Show Timeline of Changes: See how this legislation has or could change over time. Turning this feature on will show extra navigation options to go to these specific points in time. Return to the latest available version by using the controls above in the What Version box.

Close

Opening Options

Different options to open legislation in order to view more content on screen at once

Close

More Resources

Access essential accompanying documents and information for this legislation item from this tab. Dependent on the legislation item being viewed this may include:

  • the original print PDF of the as adopted version that was used for the EU Official Journal
  • lists of changes made by and/or affecting this legislation item
  • all formats of all associated documents
  • correction slips
  • links to related legislation and further information resources
Close

Timeline of Changes

This timeline shows the different versions taken from EUR-Lex before exit day and during the implementation period as well as any subsequent versions created after the implementation period as a result of changes made by UK legislation.

The dates for the EU versions are taken from the document dates on EUR-Lex and may not always coincide with when the changes came into force for the document.

For any versions created after the implementation period as a result of changes made by UK legislation the date will coincide with the earliest date on which the change (e.g an insertion, a repeal or a substitution) that was applied came into force. For further information see our guide to revised legislation on Understanding Legislation.

Close

More Resources

Use this menu to access essential accompanying documents and information for this legislation item. Dependent on the legislation item being viewed this may include:

  • the original print PDF of the as adopted version that was used for the print copy
  • correction slips

Click 'View More' or select 'More Resources' tab for additional information including:

  • lists of changes made by and/or affecting this legislation item
  • confers power and blanket amendment details
  • all formats of all associated documents
  • links to related legislation and further information resources