COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 2244/88 of 19 July 1988 amending, with regard to Moscatel dried grapes, Regulation (EEC) No 989/84 introducing a system of guarantee thresholds for certain processed fruit and vegetable products

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 426/86 of 24 February 1986 on the common organization of the market in products processed from fruit and vegetables(1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2242/88(2), and in particular Article 2 (3) thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission(3),

Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 426/86 provides for the granting of production aid for dried grapes of the Moscatel varieties;

Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 989/84(4), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1354/86(5), fixes guarantee thresholds for sultanas and currants any exceeding of which results in a reduction of the minimum price to be paid to the producer; whereas, in order to ensure a fair level of competition within this sector, a guarantee threshold should be fixed for dried grapes of the Moscatel varieties on the basis of production in the last few marketing years and of possibilities of disposal,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1 Regulation (EEC) No 989/84 is hereby amended as follows:

1.Article 1 (2) is replaced by the following:

´2. For each marketing year a guarantee threshold is hereby fixed at a quantity of processed dried grapes corresponding to the following quantities of unprocessed dried grapes:

(a)70 000 tonnes of currants,

(b)93 000 tonnes of sultanas, and (c) 4 000 tonnes of dried grapes of the Moscatel varieties.'.

2.Article 3 (1) is replaced by the following:

´1. Where the guarantee threshold for sultanas or currants or dried grapes of the Moscatel varieties is exceeded, the minimum price to be paid to the producer shall be reduced, for the following marketing year, depending on the amount by which each threshold is exceeded.'.

Article 2 This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of 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, 19 July 1988.

For the CouncilThe PresidentY. POTTAKIS (1)OJ No L 49, 22. 2. 1986, p. 1.

(2)See page 12 of this Official Journal.

(3)OJ No C 139, 30. 5. 1988, p. 63.

(4)OJ No L 103, 16. 4. 1984, p. 19.

(5)OJ No L 119, 8. 5. 1986, p. 54.

Council Regulation (EEC) No 2244/88 of 19 July 1988 amending, with regard to Moscatel dried grapes, Regulation (EEC) No 989/84 introducing a system of guarantee thresholds for certain processed fruit and vegetable products