Commission Regulation (EC) No 1238/2005 of 28 July 2005 amending Regulation (EC) No 85/2004 laying down the marketing standard for apples
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1238/2005of 28 July 2005amending Regulation (EC) No 85/2004 laying down the marketing standard for apples THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2200/96 of 28 October 1996 on the common organisation of the market in fruit and vegetablesOJ L 297, 21.11.1996, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 47/2003 (OJ L 7, 11.1.2003, p. 64)., and in particular Article 2(2) thereof,Whereas:(1)Commission Regulation (EC) No 85/2004OJ L 13, 20.1.2004, p. 3. Regulation as amended by Regulation (EC) No 907/2004 (OJ L 163, 30.4.2004, p. 50). provides, inter alia, for a reduction in the minimum size from 1 August 2005 identical to the size laid down in United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UN/ECE) standard FFV-50.(2)The inclusion of a ripeness criterion based on sugar content in UN/ECE standard FFV-50 has been proposed in the UN/ECE working party on agricultural quality standards.(3)As the minimum size is also a ripeness criterion, the possibility of incorporating these two ripeness criteria to the greatest extent possible into the marketing standard for apples should be studied.(4)Since this study must be conducted over at least three marketing years, application of the size reduction should be postponed to 1 June 2008 and the transitional provisions on sizing extended to 31 May 2008.(5)Steps should be taken however to protect the legitimate expectations of operators who have concluded contracts on the basis of the presumption of the application from 1 August 2005 of new standards providing for a reduction in size.(6)For the sake of clarity, it should be laid down that when a trade name is used to sell a product, the name of the variety or its synonym should also be mentioned.(7)A number of errors have arisen in the list of varieties in the Annex to the marketing standard.(8)Regulation (EC) No 85/2004 should therefore be amended accordingly.(9)The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Fresh Fruit and Vegetables,HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1Regulation (EC) No 85/2004 is hereby amended as follows:1.In the first sentence of Article 2, "31 July 2005" is replaced by "31 May 2008".2.In the second paragraph of Article 4, "1 August 2005" is replaced by "1 June 2008".3.The Annex is amended in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation.
Article 2This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 August 2005.However, operators who, to the satisfaction of the Member States’ authorities, concluded before 1 August 2005 contracts on the basis of the second and third paragraphs of point III of the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 85/2004, may market the apples covered by those contracts in accordance with the provisions of those paragraphs.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.Done at Brussels, 28 July 2005.For the CommissionMariann Fischer BoelMember of the CommissionANNEXTitle 4 of the Appendix to the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 85/2004 is amended as follows:1.The first sentence in the second paragraph is replaced by the following:"Some varieties in the following list may be marketed under trade names for which an application for protection has been made or protection has been granted in one or more country, provided that the name of the variety, or the synonym thereof, appears on the labelling.";2.The table showing the non-exhaustive list of varieties is replaced by the following:
With minimum 20 % red colouring for Class I and Class II.However, for the variety Jonagold, at least one tenth of the surface of the fruit in Class II must be streaked with red colouring.
VarietySynonymsTrade nameColour groupRussetingSize
African RedAfrican CarmineTMB
AkaneTohoku 3Primerouge®B
Alborz SeedlingC
AldasBL
AliceB
AlkmeneEarly WindsorC
AlwaB
AngoldCL
ApolloBeauty of BlackmoorCL
ArkcharmArkansas No 18, A 18CL
ArletBR
AromaC
Red coloured mutants of Aroma, for example Aroma AmorosaB
AuksisB
BelfortPellaB
Belle de Boskoop and mutantsDRL
Belle fleur doubleDL
BerlepschFreiherr von BerlepschC
Berlepsch rougeRed Berlepsch, Roter BerlepschB
Blushed GoldenL
BohemiaBL
Boskoop rougeRed Boskoop, Roter BoskoopBRL
BraeburnBL
Red coloured mutants of Braeburn, for example:AL
HidalaHilwell®
JoburnAuroraTM, Red BraeburnTM, Southern RoseTM
Lochbuie Red
Braeburn
Mahana RedRedfield®
Mariri RedEveTM, Red BraeburnTM, Southern RoseTM
RedfieldRed BraeburnTM, Southern RoseTM
Royal Braeburn
Bramley's SeedlingBramley, Triomphe de KielDL
Brettacher SämlingDL
Calville (group of …)DL
CardinalB
CarolaKalcoCL
CaudleCameoTMB
ChardenDL
Charles RossDL
CivniRubens®B
Coromandel RedCorodelA
CortlandBL
Cox's orange pippin and mutantsCox OrangeCR
Red coloured mutants of Cox's Orange Pippin for example:Cherry CoxBR
Crimson BramleyDL
Cripps PinkPink Lady®C
Cripps RedSundownerTMC
DalinbelB
DelblushTentation®DL
Delcorf and mutants, for example:Delbarestivale®CL
DaliliAmbassy®
Monidel
DelgolluneDelbard Jubilé®BL
Delicious ordinaireOrdinary DeliciousB
DeljeniPrimgold®DL
DelikatesB
DelorCL
DiscoveryC
Dunn's SeedlingDR
Dykmanns ZoetC
Egremont RussetDR
ElanDL
EliseRed DelightRoblos®AL
Ellison's orangeEllisonCL
Elstar and mutants, for example:C
DaliterEltonTM
Elshof
Elstar Armhold
Elstar Reinhardt
Red coloured mutants of Elstar, for example:B
Bel-ElRed ElswoutTM
DaliestElistaTM
GoedhofElnicaTM
Red Elstar
Valstar
EmpireA
FalstaffC
FiestaRed PippinC
FlorinaQuerina®BL
FortuneDR
Fuji and mutantsBL
GalaC
Red coloured mutants of Gala, for example:A
Annaglo
BaigentBrookfield®
Galaxy
MitchglaMondial Gala®
ObrogalaDelbard Gala®
Regala
Regal PrinceGala Must®
TenroyRoyal Gala®
GarciaDL
GlosterBL
GoldbohemiaDL
Golden Delicious and mutantsDL
Golden RussetDR
GoldrushCoop 38DL
GoldstarDL
GradigoldGolden Extreme®Golden Supreme®DL
Granny SmithDL
Gravenstein rougeRed Gravenstein, Roter GravensteinerBL
GravensteinerGravensteinDL
GreensleevesDL
Holsteiner Cox and mutantsHolsteinDR
Holstein rougeRed Holstein, Roter Holsteiner CoxCR
HoneycrispHoneycrunch®CL
HoneygoldDL
HorneburgerDL
Howgate WonderMangaDL
IdaredBL
Ingrid MarieBR
IsbranicaIzbranicaC
Jacob FisherDL
Jacques LebelDL
JambaCL
James Grieve and mutantsDL
James Grieve rougeRed James GrieveBL
JarkaCL
JerseymacB
JesterDL
Jonagold and mutants, for exampleCL
Crowngold
Daligo
DaliguyJonasty
DalijeanJonamel
Jonagold 2000Excel
Jonabel
Jonabres
King Jonagold
New JonagoldFukushima
NovajoVeulemanns
SchneicaJonica®
Wilmuta
Jonagored and mutants, for example:AL
Decosta
JomuredVan de Poel
Jonagold BoerekampEarly Queen®
JomarMarnica®
Jonagored Supra
JonaveldFirst Red®
Primo
RomagoldSurkijn
Rubinstar
Red JonaprinceWilton's®, Red Prince®
JonalordC
JonathanB
JuliaB
JupiterDL
Karmijn de SonnavilleCRL
KatyKatjaB
KentDR
Kidd's orange redCR
KimB
KoitCL
Krameri TuviounB
KukikovskojeB
Lady WilliamsBL
Lane's Prince AlbertDL
Laxton's SuperbLaxtons SuperbCR
LigolBL
LoboB
LodelA
Lord LambourneC
MaigoldB
Mc IntoshB
MeelisBL
MelbaB
MelodieBL
MelroseCL
MeridianC
MoongloC
MorgenduftImperatoreBL
Mountain CoveGinger GoldTMDL
MutsuCrispin®DL
NormandaCL
Nueva EuropaC
Nueva OrleansBL
OdinB
OntarioBL
Orlovskoje PolosatojeC
Ozark GoldDL
Paula RedB
Pero de CirioDL
PiglosBL
PikantBL
PikkoloC
PilotC
PimonaC
PinovaCorail®C
PirellaPirol®BL
PirosCL
RafzubexRubinette® RossoA
RafzubinRubinette®C
RajkaB
Rambour d'hiverDL
Rambour FrancB
ReandaBL
RebellaCL
Red Delicious and mutants, for example:AL
CamspurRedchief®
ErovanEarly Red One®
EvasniScarlet Spur®
FlatrarStarkspur Ultra Red®
Fortuna Delicious
Otago
Red King
Red Spur
Red York
Richared
Royal Red
SandidgeSuper Chief®
Shotwell Delicious
Stark Delicious
Starking
Starkrimson
Starkspur
Topred
TrumdorOregon Spur Delicious®
Well Spur
Red DoughertyA
Red RomeA
RedkroftA
RegalA
ReginaBL
ReglindisCL
Reine des ReinettesGoldparmäne, Gold ParmonéC
Reineta EncarnadaB
Reinette Rouge du CanadaBL
Reinette d'OrléansDL
Reinette Blanche du CanadaReinette du Canada, Canada Blanc, KanadarenetteDRL
Reinette de FranceDL
Reinette de LandsbergDL
Reinette grise du CanadaGraue KanadarenetteDRL
RelindaC
RemoB
RenoraBL
ResiB
ResistaDL
RetinaBL
RewenaBL
Roja de BenejamaVerruga, Roja del Valle, ClavelinaA
Rome BeautyBelle de Rome, RomeB
RosanaBerner RosenapfelBL
Royal BeautAL
RubinCL
RubinolaBL
SciearlyPacific BeautyTMA
ScifreshJazzTMB
ScigloSouthern SnapTMA
ScirayGS48A
SciredPacific QueenTMAR
ScirosPacific RoseTMAL
SelenaBL
ShampionBL
Sidrunkollane TaliounDL
Sinap OrlovskijOrlovski SinapDL
SnygoldEarlygoldDL
SommerregentC
SpartanA
SplendourA
St. Edmunds PippinDR
Stark's EarliestC
ŠtarisStarisA
Sturmer PippinDR
SügisdessertCL
SügisjoonikCL
SummerredB
SunriseA
SunsetDR
SuntanDRL
Sweet CarolineCL
TalvenaudingB
TellisaareB
TiinaBL
TopazB
Tydeman's Early WorcesterTydeman's EarlyBL
VeteranB
Vista BellaBellavistaB
WealthyB
Worcester PearmainB
YorkB