Commission Regulation (EC) No 1205/2006 of 9 August 2006 setting the minimum price to be paid to producers for dried plums and the production aid for prunes for the 2006/2007 marketing year

of 9 August 2006

setting the minimum price to be paid to producers for dried plums and the production aid for prunes for the 2006/2007 marketing year

Preamble

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 , and in particular Article 6b(3) and Article 6c(7) thereof,

Whereas:

(1) Article 3(1)(d) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1535/2003 of 29 August 2003 laying down detailed rules for applying Council Regulation (EC) No 2201/96 as regards the aid scheme for products processed from fruit and vegetables ² lays down the dates of the marketing year for prunes.

(2) The products for which the minimum price and the aid are to be set are listed in Article 3 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 464/1999 of 3 March 1999 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 2201/96 as regards aid arrangements for prunes ³ and the characteristics that these products must possess are laid down in Article 2 of that Regulation.

(3) The minimum price for dried plums and the production aid for prunes should therefore be set for the 2006/07 marketing year in accordance with the criteria laid down in Articles 6b and 6c respectively of Regulation (EC) No 2201/96.

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

For the 2006/07 marketing year, the minimum price referred to in Article 6a(2) of Regulation (EC) No 2201/96 for dried ‘d'Ente’ plums shall be EUR 1 935,23 per tonne net ex-producer’s premises.

For the 2006/07 marketing year, the amount of the production aid under Article 6a(1) of Regulation (EC) No 2201/96 for prunes shall be EUR 652,66 per tonne net.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following 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, 9 August 2006. For the Commission Mariann FISCHER BOEL Member of the Commission

¹ OJ L 297, 21.11.1996, p. 29 . Regulation as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 386/2004 ( OJ L 64, 2.3.2004, p. 25 ).

² OJ L 218, 30.8.2003, p. 14 . Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1663/2005 ( OJ L 267, 12.10.2005, p. 22 ).

³ OJ L 56, 4.3.1999, p. 8 . Regulation as amended by Regulation (EC) No 2198/2003 ( OJ L 328, 17.12.2003, p. 20 ).

Footnotes

1. . Regulation as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 386/2004 (). ↩ ↩²

2. . Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1663/2005 (). ↩ ↩²

3. . Regulation as amended by Regulation (EC) No 2198/2003 (). ↩ ↩²