Commission Regulation (EC) No 1238/2005

of 28 July 2005

amending Regulation (EC) No 85/2004 laying down the marketing standard for apples

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 2(2) thereof,

Whereas:

(1) Commission Regulation (EC) No 85/2004 [2] provides, inter alia, for a reduction in the minimum size from 1 August 2005 identical to the size laid down in United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UN/ECE) standard FFV-50.

(2) The inclusion of a ripeness criterion based on sugar content in UN/ECE standard FFV-50 has been proposed in the UN/ECE working party on agricultural quality standards.

(3) As the minimum size is also a ripeness criterion, the possibility of incorporating these two ripeness criteria to the greatest extent possible into the marketing standard for apples should be studied.

(4) Since this study must be conducted over at least three marketing years, application of the size reduction should be postponed to 1 June 2008 and the transitional provisions on sizing extended to 31 May 2008.

(5) Steps should be taken however to protect the legitimate expectations of operators who have concluded contracts on the basis of the presumption of the application from 1 August 2005 of new standards providing for a reduction in size.

(6) For the sake of clarity, it should be laid down that when a trade name is used to sell a product, the name of the variety or its synonym should also be mentioned.

(7) A number of errors have arisen in the list of varieties in the Annex to the marketing standard.

(8) Regulation (EC) No 85/2004 should therefore be amended accordingly.

(9) 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

Regulation (EC) No 85/2004 is hereby amended as follows:

1. In the first sentence of Article 2, " 31 July 2005" is replaced by " 31 May 2008".

2. In the second paragraph of Article 4, " 1 August 2005" is replaced by " 1 June 2008".

3. The Annex is amended in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 August 2005.

However, operators who, to the satisfaction of the Member States’ authorities, concluded before 1 August 2005 contracts on the basis of the second and third paragraphs of point III of the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 85/2004, may market the apples covered by those contracts in accordance with the provisions of those paragraphs.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 28 July 2005.

For the Commission

Mariann Fischer Boel

Member of the Commission

[1] OJ L 297, 21.11.1996, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 47/2003 (OJ L 7, 11.1.2003, p. 64).

[2] OJ L 13, 20.1.2004, p. 3. Regulation as amended by Regulation (EC) No 907/2004 (OJ L 163, 30.4.2004, p. 50).

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ANNEX

Title 4 of the Appendix to the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 85/2004 is amended as follows:

1. The first sentence in the second paragraph is replaced by the following:

"Some varieties in the following list may be marketed under trade names for which an application for protection has been made or protection has been granted in one or more country, provided that the name of the variety, or the synonym thereof, appears on the labelling.";

2. The table showing the non-exhaustive list of varieties is replaced by the following:

Variety | Synonyms | Trade name | Colour group | Russeting | Size |

African Red | | African CarmineTM | B | | |

Akane | Tohoku 3 | Primerouge® | B | | |

Alborz Seedling | | | C | | |

Aldas | | | B | | L |

Alice | | | B | | |

Alkmene | Early Windsor | | C | | |

Alwa | | | B | | |

Angold | | | C | | L |

Apollo | Beauty of Blackmoor | | C | | L |

Arkcharm | Arkansas No 18, A 18 | | C | | L |

Arlet | | | B | R | |

Aroma | | | C | | |

Red coloured mutants of Aroma, for example Aroma Amorosa | | | B | | |

Auksis | | | B | | |

Belfort | Pella | | B | | |

Belle de Boskoop and mutants | | | D | R | L |

Belle fleur double | | | D | | L |

Berlepsch | Freiherr von Berlepsch | | C | | |

Berlepsch rouge | Red Berlepsch, Roter Berlepsch | | B | | |

Blushed Golden | | | | | L |

Bohemia | | | B | | L |

Boskoop rouge | Red Boskoop, Roter Boskoop | | B | R | L |

Braeburn | | | B | | L |

Red coloured mutants of Braeburn, for example: | | | A | | L |

Hidala | | Hilwell® | |

Joburn | | AuroraTM, Red BraeburnTM, Southern RoseTM | |

Lochbuie Red | | | |

Braeburn | | | |

Mahana Red | | Redfield® | |

Mariri Red | | EveTM, Red BraeburnTM, Southern RoseTM | |

Redfield | | Red BraeburnTM, Southern RoseTM | |

Royal Braeburn | | | |

Bramley's Seedling | Bramley, Triomphe de Kiel | | D | | L |

Brettacher Sämling | | | D | | L |

Calville (group of …) | | | D | | L |

Cardinal | | | B | | |

Carola | Kalco | | C | | L |

Caudle | | CameoTM | B | | |

Charden | | | D | | L |

Charles Ross | | | D | | L |

Civni | | Rubens® | B | | |

Coromandel Red | Corodel | | A | | |

Cortland | | | B | | L |

Cox's orange pippin and mutants | Cox Orange | | C | R | |

Red coloured mutants of Cox's Orange Pippin for example:Cherry Cox | | | B | R | |

Crimson Bramley | | | D | | L |

Cripps Pink | | Pink Lady® | C | | |

Cripps Red | | SundownerTM | C | | |

Dalinbel | | | B | | |

Delblush | | Tentation® | D | | L |

Delcorf and mutants, for example: | | Delbarestivale® | C | | L |

Dalili | | Ambassy® | |

Monidel | | | |

Delgollune | | Delbard Jubilé® | B | | L |

Delicious ordinaire | Ordinary Delicious | | B | | |

Deljeni | | Primgold® | D | | L |

Delikates | | | B | | |

Delor | | | C | | L |

Discovery | | | C | | |

Dunn's Seedling | | | D | R | |

Dykmanns Zoet | | | C | | |

Egremont Russet | | | D | R | |

Elan | | | D | | L |

Elise | Red Delight | Roblos® | A | | L |

Ellison's orange | Ellison | | C | | L |

Elstar and mutants, for example: | | | C | | |

Daliter | | EltonTM | | |

Elshof | | | | |

Elstar Armhold | | | | |

Elstar Reinhardt | | | | |

Red coloured mutants of Elstar, for example: | | | B | | |

Bel-El | | Red ElswoutTM | | |

Daliest | | ElistaTM | | |

Goedhof | | ElnicaTM | | |

Red Elstar | | | | |

Valstar | | | | |

Empire | | | A | | |

Falstaff | | | C | | |

Fiesta | Red Pippin | | C | | |

Florina | | Querina® | B | | L |

Fortune | | | D | R | |

Fuji and mutants | | | B | | L |

Gala | | | C | | |

Red coloured mutants of Gala, for example: | | | A | | |

Annaglo | | | | |

Baigent | | Brookfield® | | |

Galaxy | | | | |

Mitchgla | | Mondial Gala® | | |

Obrogala | | Delbard Gala® | | |

Regala | | | | |

Regal Prince | | Gala Must® | | |

Tenroy | | Royal Gala® | | |

Garcia | | | D | | L |

Gloster | | | B | | L |

Goldbohemia | | | D | | L |

Golden Delicious and mutants | | | D | | L |

Golden Russet | | | D | R | |

Goldrush | Coop 38 | | D | | L |

Goldstar | | | D | | L |

Gradigold | | Golden Extreme®Golden Supreme® | D | | L |

Granny Smith | | | D | | L |

Gravenstein rouge | Red Gravenstein, Roter Gravensteiner | | B | | L |

Gravensteiner | Gravenstein | | D | | L |

Greensleeves | | | D | | L |

Holsteiner Cox and mutants | Holstein | | D | R | |

Holstein rouge | Red Holstein, Roter Holsteiner Cox | | C | R | |

Honeycrisp | | Honeycrunch® | C | | L |

Honeygold | | | D | | L |

Horneburger | | | D | | L |

Howgate Wonder | Manga | | D | | L |

Idared | | | B | | L |

Ingrid Marie | | | B | R | |

Isbranica | Izbranica | | C | | |

Jacob Fisher | | | D | | L |

Jacques Lebel | | | D | | L |

Jamba | | | C | | L |

James Grieve and mutants | | | D | | L |

James Grieve rouge | Red James Grieve | | B | | L |

Jarka | | | C | | L |

Jerseymac | | | B | | |

Jester | | | D | | L |

Jonagold and mutants, for example | | | C | | L |

Crowngold | | | |

Daligo | | | |

Daliguy | Jonasty | | |

Dalijean | Jonamel | | |

Jonagold 2000 | Excel | | |

Jonabel | | | |

Jonabres | | | |

King Jonagold | | | |

New Jonagold | Fukushima | | |

Novajo | Veulemanns | | |

Schneica | | Jonica® | |

Wilmuta | | | |

Jonagored and mutants, for example: | | | A | | L |

Decosta | | | |

Jomured | Van de Poel | | |

Jonagold Boerekamp | | Early Queen® | |

Jomar | | Marnica® | |

Jonagored Supra | | | |

Jonaveld | | First Red® | |

Primo | | | |

Romagold | Surkijn | | |

Rubinstar | | | |

Red Jonaprince | | Wilton's®, Red Prince® | |

Jonalord | | | C | | |

Jonathan | | | B | | |

Julia | | | B | | |

Jupiter | | | D | | L |

Karmijn de Sonnaville | | | C | R | L |

Katy | Katja | | B | | |

Kent | | | D | R | |

Kidd's orange red | | | C | R | |

Kim | | | B | | |

Koit | | | C | | L |

Krameri Tuvioun | | | B | | |

Kukikovskoje | | | B | | |

Lady Williams | | | B | | L |

Lane's Prince Albert | | | D | | L |

Laxton's Superb | Laxtons Superb | | C | R | |

Ligol | | | B | | L |

Lobo | | | B | | |

Lodel | | | A | | |

Lord Lambourne | | | C | | |

Maigold | | | B | | |

Mc Intosh | | | B | | |

Meelis | | | B | | L |

Melba | | | B | | |

Melodie | | | B | | L |

Melrose | | | C | | L |

Meridian | | | C | | |

Moonglo | | | C | | |

Morgenduft | Imperatore | | B | | L |

Mountain Cove | | Ginger GoldTM | D | | L |

Mutsu | | Crispin® | D | | L |

Normanda | | | C | | L |

Nueva Europa | | | C | | |

Nueva Orleans | | | B | | L |

Odin | | | B | | |

Ontario | | | B | | L |

Orlovskoje Polosatoje | | | C | | |

Ozark Gold | | | D | | L |

Paula Red | | | B | | |

Pero de Cirio | | | D | | L |

Piglos | | | B | | L |

Pikant | | | B | | L |

Pikkolo | | | C | | |

Pilot | | | C | | |

Pimona | | | C | | |

Pinova | | Corail® | C | | |

Pirella | | Pirol® | B | | L |

Piros | | | C | | L |

Rafzubex | | Rubinette® Rosso | A | | |

Rafzubin | | Rubinette® | C | | |

Rajka | | | B | | |

Rambour d'hiver | | | D | | L |

Rambour Franc | | | B | | |

Reanda | | | B | | L |

Rebella | | | C | | L |

Red Delicious and mutants, for example: | | | A | | L |

Camspur | | Redchief® | |

Erovan | | Early Red One® | |

Evasni | | Scarlet Spur® | |

Flatrar | | Starkspur Ultra Red® | |

Fortuna Delicious | | | |

Otago | | | |

Red King | | | |

Red Spur | | | |

Red York | | | |

Richared | | | |

Royal Red | | | |

Sandidge | | Super Chief® | |

Shotwell Delicious | | | |

Stark Delicious | | | |

Starking | | | |

Starkrimson | | | |

Starkspur | | | |

Topred | | | |

Trumdor | | Oregon Spur Delicious® | |

Well Spur | | | |

Red Dougherty | | | A | | |

Red Rome | | | A | | |

Redkroft | | | A | | |

Regal | | | A | | |

Regina | | | B | | L |

Reglindis | | | C | | L |

Reine des Reinettes | Goldparmäne, Gold Parmoné | | C | | |

Reineta Encarnada | | | B | | |

Reinette Rouge du Canada | | | B | | L |

Reinette d'Orléans | | | D | | L |

Reinette Blanche du Canada | Reinette du Canada, Canada Blanc, Kanadarenette | | D | R | L |

Reinette de France | | | D | | L |

Reinette de Landsberg | | | D | | L |

Reinette grise du Canada | Graue Kanadarenette | | D | R | L |

Relinda | | | C | | |

Remo | | | B | | |

Renora | | | B | | L |

Resi | | | B | | |

Resista | | | D | | L |

Retina | | | B | | L |

Rewena | | | B | | L |

Roja de Benejama | Verruga, Roja del Valle, Clavelina | | A | | |

Rome Beauty | Belle de Rome, Rome | | B | | |

Rosana | Berner Rosenapfel | | B | | L |

Royal Beaut | | | A | | L |

Rubin | | | C | | L |

Rubinola | | | B | | L |

Sciearly | | Pacific BeautyTM | A | | |

Scifresh | | JazzTM | B | | |

Sciglo | | Southern SnapTM | A | | |

Sciray | GS48 | | A | | |

Scired | | Pacific QueenTM | A | R | |

Sciros | | Pacific RoseTM | A | | L |

Selena | | | B | | L |

Shampion | | | B | | L |

Sidrunkollane Talioun | | | D | | L |

Sinap Orlovskij | Orlovski Sinap | | D | | L |

Snygold | Earlygold | | D | | L |

Sommerregent | | | C | | |

Spartan | | | A | | |

Splendour | | | A | | |

St. Edmunds Pippin | | | D | R | |

Stark's Earliest | | | C | | |

Štaris | Staris | | A | | |

Sturmer Pippin | | | D | R | |

Sügisdessert | | | C | | L |

Sügisjoonik | | | C | | L |

Summerred | | | B | | |

Sunrise | | | A | | |

Sunset | | | D | R | |

Suntan | | | D | R | L |

Sweet Caroline | | | C | | L |

Talvenauding | | | B | | |

Tellisaare | | | B | | |

Tiina | | | B | | L |

Topaz | | | B | | |

Tydeman's Early Worcester | Tydeman's Early | | B | | L |

Veteran | | | B | | |

Vista Bella | Bellavista | | B | | |

Wealthy | | | B | | |

Worcester Pearmain | | | B | | |

York | | | B | | |

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