Commission Regulation (EC) No 2241/97 of 11 November 1997 on the sale at a price fixed in advance of unprocessed dried figs from the 1996 harvest, held by the Spanish storage agencies, to distilleries and the animal feed industry

• CELEX: Regulation (EC) No 2241/97
• Articles: 8

Article 1

1. The storage agencies in the Annex hereto shall undertake the sale of the unprocessed dried figs they hold from the 1996 harvest to distilleries and the animal feed industry, in accordance with Title III of Regulation (EEC) No 626/85 and this Regulation, at a price fixed at ECU 4 per 100 kilograms net.

2. The special security referred to in the second subparagraph of Article 9 (3) of Regulation (EC) No 2201/96 is set at ECU 15 per 100 kilograms net.

Article 2

1. Purchase applications shall be submitted to the storage agencies for the products held by them.

2. The storage agencies shall inform interested parties, at their request, of the quantities available and the places where the products are stored.

Article 3

Regulation (EEC) No 1707/85 shall apply to the sale of unprocessed dried figs to distilleries.

Article 4

1. Unprocessed dried figs sold to the animal feed industry shall be used for the manufacture of products falling within CN code 2309.

2. Manufacture must be completed at the latest 90 days after the date the purchase application referred to in Article 8 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 626/85 is accepted.

3. The purchase application shall contain, in addition to the information referred to in Article 7 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 626/85, a declaration by the applicant undertaking to use the dried figs for the manufacture of the products referred to in paragraph 1.

Article 5

The Member States shall carry out physical and documentary checks to ensure that the products sold pursuant to this Regulation are used for the purposes intended.

Article 6

The Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure equal access by the industries concerned to the amounts placed on sale.

Article 7

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, 11 November 1997.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 297, 21. 11. 1996, p. 29.

(2) OJ L 303, 6. 11. 1997, p. 1.

(3) OJ L 72, 13. 3. 1985, p. 7.

(4) OJ L 196, 24. 7. 1997, p. 62.

(5) OJ L 163, 22. 6. 1985, p. 38.

Schedules & Appendices

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