Commission Regulation (EC) No 1435/2002

of 6 August 2002

fixing, for the 2002/03 marketing year, the buying-in price to be applied by storage agencies for unprocessed dried grapes and unprocessed dried figs

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2201/96 of 28 October 1996 on the common organisation of the markets in processed fruit and vegetable products(1), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 453/2002(2), and in particular Article 9(8) thereof,

Whereas:

(1) The criteria for fixing the price at which storage agencies buy in unprocessed dried figs and unprocessed dried grapes are laid down in Article 9(2) of Regulation (EC) No 2201/96 and the conditions on which the storage agencies buy in and manage the products are laid down in Commission Regulation (EC) No 1622/1999 of 23 July 1999 laying down detailed rules for applying Regulation (EC) No 2201/96 as regards the scheme for the storage of unprocessed dried grapes and unprocessed dried figs(3). The buying-in price should therefore be fixed for the 2002/03 marketing year on the basis, for dried grapes, of the evolution in world prices and, for dried figs, of the minimum price laid down in Commission Regulation (EC) No 1436/2002 of 6 August 2002 fixing the minimum price to be paid to producers for unprocessed dried figs and the production aid for dried figs for the 2002/03 marketing year(4).

(2) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Processed Fruit and Vegetables,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

For the 2002/03 marketing year, the buying-in price referred to in Article 9(2) of Regulation (EC) No 2201/96 shall be:

- EUR 423,37 per tonne net for unprocessed dried grapes,

- EUR 542,70 per tonne net for unprocessed dried figs.

Article 2

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, 6 August 2002.

For the Commission

Franz Fischler

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 297, 21.11.1996, p. 29.

(2) OJ L 72, 14.3.2002, p. 9.

(3) OJ L 192, 24.7.1999, p. 33.

(4) See page 4 of this Official Journal.