# COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 974/2006

of 29 June 2006

amending Regulation (EC) No 877/2004 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 2200/96 as regards notification of the prices recorded on the markets for certain fresh fruit and vegetables

## Preamble

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 vegetables [^1] , and in particular Article 28(2) thereof,

Whereas:

**(1)** The Annex to Commission Regulation (EC) No 877/2004 [^2] sets out a list of representative markets on which a substantial part of the national output of a given product is marketed throughout the marketing year or during one of the periods into which the year is divided.

**(2)** In Germany, there has been a shift of the representative market for carrots from Schleswig-Holstein to Nordrhein-Westfalen.

**(3)** Regulation (EC) No 877/2004 should therefore be amended accordingly.

**(4)** 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 1**

In the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 877/2004, for the product ‘Carrots’ the market ‘Schleswig-Holstein (DE)’ is replaced by the market ‘Nordrhein-Westfalen (DE)’.

## **Article 2**

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

## Final provisions

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 29 June 2006. *For the Commission* Mariann FISCHER BOEL *Member of the Commission*

[^1] [OJ L 297, 21.11.1996, p. 1](http://publications.europa.eu/resource/oj/JOL_1996_297_R_TOC) . Regulation as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 47/2003 ( [OJ L 7, 11.1.2003, p. 64](http://publications.europa.eu/resource/oj/JOL_2003_007_R_TOC) ).

[^2] [OJ L 162, 30.4.2004, p. 54](http://publications.europa.eu/resource/oj/JOL_2004_162_R_TOC) .

[^1]: . Regulation as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 47/2003 ().
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