# COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1178/2006

of 1 August 2006

setting, for the 2006/2007 marketing year, the minimum price to be paid to producers for unprocessed dried figs and the production aid for dried figs

## 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 Articles 6b(3) and 6c(7) thereof,

Whereas:

**(1)** Article 3(1)(c) 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 dried figs.

**(2)** Article 1 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1573/1999 of 19 July 1999 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 2201/96 as regards the characteristics of dried figs qualifying for aid under the production aid scheme [^3] lays down the criteria which products must meet to benefit from the minimum price and payment of the aid.

**(3)** The minimum price and production aid should therefore be set for the 2006/2007 marketing year in accordance with the criteria laid down respectively by Articles 6b and 6c 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 2006/2007 marketing year the minimum price for unprocessed dried figs referred to in Article 6a(2) of Regulation (EC) No 2201/96 shall be EUR 967,69 per tonne net ex-producer's premises.

For the 2006/2007 marketing year the production aid for dried figs referred to in Article 6a(1) of Regulation (EC) No 2201/96 shall be EUR 258,57 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, 1 August 2006. *For the Commission* Mariann FISCHER BOEL *Member of the Commission*

[^1] [OJ L 297, 21.11.1996, p. 29](http://publications.europa.eu/resource/oj/JOL_1996_297_R_TOC) . Regulation last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 386/2004 ( [OJ L 64, 2.3.2004, p. 25](http://publications.europa.eu/resource/oj/JOL_2004_064_R_TOC) ).

[^2] [OJ L 218, 30.8.2003, p. 14](http://publications.europa.eu/resource/oj/JOL_2003_218_R_TOC) . Regulation last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1663/2005 ( [OJ L 267, 12.10.2005, p. 22](http://publications.europa.eu/resource/oj/JOL_2005_267_R_TOC) ).

[^3] [OJ L 187, 20.7.1999, p. 27](http://publications.europa.eu/resource/oj/JOL_1999_187_R_TOC) .

[^1]: . Regulation last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 386/2004 ().
[^2]: . Regulation last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1663/2005 ().
[^3]: .