Fruit and vegetables: common organisation of the market COM

PURPOSE: the clarification of Regulation 2200/96/EC on the common organisation of the market in fruit and vegetables. COMMUNITY MEASURE: Council Regulation 857/1999/EC amending Regulation 2200/96/EC on the common organisation of the market in fruit and vegetables. CONTENT: The Council adopted an amendment and correction to Regulation 2200/96/EC on the common market organisation in fruit and vegetables. The amendment aims at extending the right of producer organisation to authorise their members to sell a limited proportion of their production directly to consumers. Accordingly, such direct sales might be authorised not only on the farm of the producer in question, but also away from it. Moreover the amendment establishes a legal basis permitting the reimbursement to producer organisation of transport, sorting and packaging costs of all products withdrawn from the market and distributed free of charge. ENTRY INTO FORCE: 27.04.1999.�