REFORM OF FRUIT AND VEGETABLE REGIME (5572/07)
Letter from the Chairman to Lord Rooker,
Minister for Sustainable Farming and Food, Department for Environment,
Food and Rural Affairs
Your Explanatory Memorandum on the above Proposal
was considered by Sub-Committee D at its meeting of 14 March 2007.
We support the move to bring the fruit and vegetable
sector within the reformed Common Agricultural Policy and to simplify
the system of Producer Organisations.
As you highlight, clarification on the crisis
management and promotion measures to be financed is certainly
required. We are particularly interested in your view on whether
it is appropriate for the Council to adopt a Regulation that obliges
Producer Organisations to undertake certain promotional activities.
We would also appreciate a more detailed explanation
of the policy implications in the UK relating to the arrangements
for financial assistance to the operational programmes of POs
and the inclusion of fruit and vegetable land within the scope
of the Single Payment Scheme.
We shall retain the Proposal under scrutiny
and we look forward to your comments on the above points.
19 March 2007
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