Commission Regulation (EC) No 1477/97 of 28 July 1997 on transitional measures concerning the application of quotas of fresh tomatoes intended for processing for the 1996/97 marketing year
1. In order to facilitate the transition from the arrangements provided for in Regulation (EEC) No 668/93 to the arrangements provided for in Regulation (EC) No 2201/96, production aid granted for processed tomato products shall be limited, for the 1996/97 marketing year, to the quantities of processed products obtained from the following quantities, in tonnes of fresh tomatoes:
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2. Member States shall distribute, by product group, the quantities in addition to the quantities for which applications for production aid have already been made and notified to the Commission pursuant to Article 18 (a) of Regulation (EEC) No 1558/91 proportionally to the processing undertakings on the basis of the quantities declared by those undertakings under Article 8 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1794/93 for which the minimum price has been paid to the producers.
3. Member States shall take all the necessary measures to ensure that the overall quantity per Member State provided for in Article 1 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 668/93 is not exceeded.
1. In order to be eligible for production aid in respect of the additional quantities, processors must submit a supplementary application within 30 days of the entry into force of this Regulation.
2. Those applications shall comprise:
(a) the name and address of the applicant;
(b) the name and address of the producer;
(c) the net weight of the raw materials declared under Article 8 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1794/93 for which a minimum price has been paid to the producers;
(d) the net weight of the finished products obtained from the raw materials referred to under (c). These finished products shall be broken down according to the rate of aid for which they are eligible;
(e) proof, to the satisfaction of the Member State, that they have paid the producers a price at least equal to the minimum price for the quantities referred to under (c);
(f) a declaration by the processor that the finished products comply with Community quality standards.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third 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, 28 July 1997.
For the Commission
Franz FISCHLER
Member of the Commission
(1) OJ No L 297, 21. 11. 1996, p. 29.
(2) OJ No L 72, 25. 3. 1993, p. 1.
(3) OJ No L 144, 8. 6. 1991, p. 31.
(4) OJ No L 163, 6. 7. 1993, p. 23.
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