European Commission 21 December 2007, Commission Regulation (EC) No 1580/2007 of 21 December 2007 laying down implementing rules of Council Regulations (EC) No 2200/96, (EC) No 2201/96 and (EC) No 1182/2007 in the fruit and vegetable sector

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TITLE I. INTRODUCTORY PROVISIONS
Article 1. Scope and use of terms
Article 2. Marketing years
TITLE II. CLASSIFICATION OF PRODUCTS
CHAPTER I. General rules
Article 3. Exceptions and exemptions from the application of marketing standards
Article 4. Information particulars
Article 5. Information particulars at the retail stage
Article 6. Sales packages
CHAPTER II. Checks on conformity to marketing standards
Section 1. General provisions
Article 7. Scope
Article 8. Competent bodies
Article 9. Trader database
Section 2. Checks carried out on the internal market
Article 10. Conformity checks on the internal market
Article 11. Conformity checks at the point of export
Article 12. Conformity checks at the point of import
Section 3. Checks performed by third countries
Article 13. Approval of checking operations performed by third countries prior to import into the Community
Article 14. Certificates
Article 15. Suspension of approval
Article 16. Additional checks by the Member States
Article 17. Obligations of communication
Article 18. Administrative cooperation
Section 4. Products intended for processing
Article 19. Products intended for processing
Section 5. Method of inspection
Article 20. Method of inspection
TITLE III. PRODUCER ORGANISATIONS
CHAPTER I. Requirements and recognition
Section 1. Definitions
Article 21. Definitions
Section 2. Requirements applicable to producer organisations
Article 22. Product coverage
Article 23. Minimum number of members
Article 24. Minimum length of membership
Article 25. Structures and activities of producer organisations
Article 26. Value or volume of marketable production
Article 27. Provision of technical means
Article 28. Producer organisations’ main activities
Article 29. Outsourcing
Article 30. Transnational producer organisations
Article 31. Mergers of producer organisations
Article 32. Non-producer members
Article 33. Democratic accountability of producer organisations
Section 3. Associations of producer organisations
Article 34. Recognition of associations of producer organisations
Article 35. Associations of producer organisations’ main activities
Article 36. Members of associations of producer organisations which are not producer organisations
Article 37. Transnational association of producer organisations
Section 4. Producer groups
Article 38. Submission of recognition plans
Article 39. Content of recognition plans
Article 40. Approval of recognition plans
Article 41. Implementation of recognition plans
Article 42. Applications for recognition as a producer organisation
Article 43. Producer groups’ main activities
Article 44. Value of marketed production
Article 45. Financing of recognition plans
Article 46. Aid for investments required for recognition
Article 47. Application for aid
Article 48. Eligibility
Article 49. Community contribution
Article 50. Mergers
Article 51. Consequences of recognition
CHAPTER II. Operational funds and operational programmes
Section 1. Value of marketed production
Article 52. Basis for calculation
Article 53. Reference period
Section 2. Operational Funds
Article 54. Management
Article 55. Financing of operational funds
Article 56. Communication of estimated amount
Section 3. Operational Programmes
Article 57. National strategy
Article 58. National framework for environmental actions
Article 59. Complementary Member State rules
Article 60. Relationship with rural development programmes
Article 61. Contents of operational programmes and eligible expenditure
Article 62. Documents to be submitted
Article 63. Partial operational programmes
Article 64. Time limit for submission
Article 65. Decision
Article 66. Amendments to operational programmes for subsequent years
Article 67. Amendments to operational programmes during the year
Article 68. Operational programmes’ format
Section 4. Aid
Article 69. Approved amount of aid
Article 70. Applications
Article 71. Payment of the aid
Article 72. Advance payments
Article 73. Partial payments
CHAPTER III. Crisis prevention and management measures
Section 1. General provisions
Article 74. Selection of crisis prevention and management measures
Article 75. Loans to finance crisis prevention and management measures
Section 2. Market withdrawals
Article 76. Definition
Article 77. Marketing standards
Article 78. Three-year average for market withdrawals for free distribution
Article 79. Prior notification of withdrawal operations
Article 80. Support
Article 81. Destinations for withdrawn products
Article 82. Transport costs
Article 83. Sorting and packing costs
Article 84. Conditions for the recipients of withdrawn products
Section 3. Green harvesting and non-harvesting
Article 85. Definitions of green harvesting and non-harvesting
Article 86. Conditions for the application of green harvesting and non-harvesting
Section 4. Promotion and communication
Article 87. Implementation of promotion and communication measures
Section 5. Training
Article 88. Implementation of training measures
Section 6. Harvest insurance
Article 89. Objective of harvest insurance measures
Article 90. Implementation of harvest insurance measures
Section 7. Support for the administrative cost of setting up mutual funds
Article 91. Conditions for support for the administrative cost of setting up mutual funds
Section 8. State aids for crisis prevention and management measures
Article 92. Detailed provisions in national strategies
CHAPTER IV. National Financial Assistance
Article 93. Degree of organisation of producers
Article 94. Authorisation to pay national financial assistance
Article 95. Application for and payment of the national financial assistance
Article 96. Maximum proportion of Community reimbursement of the national financial assistance
Article 97. Community reimbursement of the national financial assistance
CHAPTER V. General Provisions
Section 1. Communications
Article 98. Producer organisations’ reports
Article 99. Required communications from Member States
Section 2. Checks
Article 100. Unique identification system
Article 101. Aid applications
Article 102. Sampling
Article 103. Administrative checks
Article 104. On-the-spot checks
Article 105. Approval of requests for recognition and approval of operational programmes
Article 106. Checks on applications for aid for operational programmes
Article 107. Administrative checks on applications for aid for operational programmes
Article 108. On-the-spot checks on applications for aid for operational programmes
Article 109. On-the-spot checks on measures of operational programmes
Article 110. First-level checks on withdrawal operations
Article 111. Second-level checks on withdrawal operations
Article 112. Green harvesting and non-harvesting
Article 113. Checks before approving recognition plans of producer groups
Article 114. Checks on applications for aid of producer groups
Article 115. Transnational producer organisations and transnational associationsof producer organisations
Section 3. Sanctions
Article 116. Non-respect of recognition criteria
Article 117. Fraud
Article 118. Producer groups
Article 119. Operational programme
Article 120. Sanctions following first-level checks on withdrawal operations
Article 121. Other sanctions applicable to producer organisations regarding withdrawal operations
Article 122. Sanctions applicable to recipients of withdrawn products
Article 123. Green harvesting and non-harvesting
Article 124. Preventing an on-the-spot check
Article 125. Recovery of aid
Section 4. Monitoring and evaluation of operational programmes and of national strategies
Article 126. Common set of performance indicators
Article 127. Monitoring and evaluation procedures in relation to operational programmes
Article 128. Monitoring and evaluation procedures in relation to the national strategy
CHAPTER VI. Extension of rules to producers of an economic area
Article 129. Notification of list of economic areas
Article 130. Notification of binding rules; representativeness
Article 131. Financial contributions
Article 132. Extensions beyond one marketing year
Article 133. Produce sold on the tree; buyers
TITLE IV. TRADE WITH THIRD COUNTRIES
CHAPTER I. Import licences
Article 134. Import licences for apples
CHAPTER II. Import duties and entry price system
Section 1. Entry price system
Article 135. Scope and definitions
Article 136. Reporting of prices
Article 137. Representative markets
Article 138. Standard import values
Article 139. Entry price basis
Section 2. Additional import duties
Article 140. Scope and definitions
Article 141. Reporting of volumes
Article 142. Levying of additional duty
Article 143. Amount of additional duty
Article 144. Exemptions from additional duty
TITLE V. GENERAL, REPEALING, TRANSITIONAL AND FINAL PROVISIONS
Article 145. Checks
Article 146. National sanctions
Article 147. Artificially created situations
Article 148. Communications
Article 149. Obvious errors
Article 150. Force majeure and exceptional circumstances
Article 151. Repeals
Article 152. Transitional provisions
Article 153. Entry into force
ANNEX I. QUALITY CONDITIONS TO BE SATISFIED BY EACH PRODUCT FOR WHICH THERE IS NO COMMUNITY MARKETING STANDARD AS REGARDS SALES PACKAGES OF FRESH FRUIT AND VEGETABLES AS REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 6

31.12.2007

Official Journal of the European Union

L 350/1

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1580/2007

of 21 December 2007

laying down implementing rules of Council Regulations (EC) No 2200/96, (EC) No 2201/96 and (EC) No 1182/2007 in the fruit and vegetable sector

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

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