1999/124/EC: Commission Decision of 3 February 1999 approving the conditions of utilisation of the graphic symbol for quality agricultural products specific to the region of Madeira (notified under document number C(1999) 219) (Only the Portuguese text is authentic)

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Article 1

The conditions of utilisation of the graphic symbol for quality agricultural products specific to the region of Madeira, as presented by the Portuguese authorities and set out in the Annex hereto, are hereby approved.

Article 1

1. The graphic symbol introduced, pursuant to Article 31 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1600/92, shall be used solely for processed and unprocessed agricultural and fishery products specific to the autonomous region of Madeira as a most remote region.

2. Unprocessed agricultural and fishery products must have been obtained in the autonomous region of Madeira.

Where the main characteristic is the raw material used, at least 90 % by volume of the processed products specific to the autonomous region of Madeira must have been obtained locally.

Where the main characteristic of the processed products is the method of production or manufacturing, consideration shall be given to the specific nature of that method of production or manufacturing.

3. The products must possess special characteristics as products of the autonomous region of Madeira; these may cover the conditions, methods and techniques of production or manufacturing and compliance with standards of presentation and packaging.

4. The graphic symbol shall be used solely for products of superior quality.

Quality shall be defined by reference to Community regulations or, where none such exist, international standards.

Where no Community or international standards exist, the applicable standards shall be laid down by the regional secretariat for agriculture, forestry and fisheries on the basis of proposals from the trade organisations.

Article 2

This Decision is addressed to the Portuguese Republic.

Article 3

This Decision shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Communities.

Done at Brussels, 3 February 1999.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 173, 27. 6. 1992, p. 1.

(2) OJ L 320, 11. 12. 1996, p. 1.

(3) OJ L 182, 23. 7. 1996, p. 9.

(4) OJ L 280, 31. 10. 1996, p. 1.

ANNEX

Extract from the order in Council (portaria) of the autonomous region of Madeira setting out the conditions of utilisation and the administrative rules for the application of the graphic symbol for quality agricultural products specific to the region of Madeira.

Autonomous region of Madeira

Regional government

Regional secretariat for agriculture, forestry and fisheries

DRAFT ORDER IN COUNCIL (PORTARIA)

(Extract)

TITLE I

(Conditions of utilisation)