31993R1203

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1203/93 of 17 May 1993 amending Regulation (EEC) No 1562/85 laying down detailed rules for the application of measures to encourage the processing of oranges and for the marketing of products processed from lemons

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1035/77 of 17 May 1977 laying down special measures to encourage the marketing of products processed from lemons (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1199/90 (2), and in particular Article 3 thereof,

Whereas, as the production and processing year for lemons extends from 1 June of one year to 31 May of the following year, four processing contracts a year should be successively concluded so as to improve the planning of the said year, it being stated that for each period there must be a corresponding contract;

Whereas the experience gained in managing the scheme introduced by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1562/85 (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2643/91 (4), makes it necessary to improve the provisions applying to monitoring;

Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Fruit and Vegetables,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Regulation (EEC) No 1562/85 is hereby amended as follows:

1. In Article 7,

(a) the fifth indent of paragraph 1 is replaced by the following:

'Before 20 May, 20 August, 20 November and 20 February in the case of lemons which must be delivered to the industry during the periods:

- 1 June to 31 August,

- 1 September to 30 November,

- 1 December to 28/29 February,

- 1 March to 31 May respectively.';

(b) point (e) in the first subparagraph of paragraph 2 is replaced by the following:

'(e) 15 July, 15 October, 15 January, 15 April in the case of lemons depending on which of the periods referred to in the fifth indent of paragraph 1 is involved';

(c) the following paragraph 4 is hereby added:

'4. The processor may pay the producer for the raw material only by bank or postal transfer.'

2. The following point (d) is added to Article 13 (2):

'(d) a copy of the transfer referred to in Article 7 (4).'

Article 2

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

It shall apply from the beginning of the 1993/94 production and processing year.

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

Done at Brussels, 17 May 1993.

For the Commission

René STEICHEN

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ No L 125, 19. 5. 1977, p. 3.

(2) OJ No L 119, 11. 5. 1990, p. 61.

(3) OJ No L 152, 11. 6. 1985, p. 5.

(4) OJ No L 247, 5. 9. 1991, p. 21.