No L 176/20 o Official Journal of the European Communities 7.7. 88 COMMISSION -REGULATION (EEC) No 1999/88 of 6 July 1988 derogating from Regulation (EEC) No 1292/81 as regards the quality standards for leeks THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, (a) in (i) ‘Class I': Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European — the following is added after the first paragraph : Economic Community, ‘Slight traces of soil within the shaft are . permitted. ; Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No '1035/72 — the final h i laced he follo- of 18 May 1972 on the common organization of the ¢ final paragraph is replaced by the follo markets in fruit and vegetables ('), as last amended by wing : ‘ Regulation (EEC) No 1117/88 (3, and in particular the ‘At least one-third of the total length or half the second subparagraph of Article 2 (2) thereof, ' " sheathed part must be white to greenish white. ‘ However, in early leeks (') the white to gree- Whereas the quality standards for leeks are laid down in nishwhite part must represent at least one- “Annex I to Commission Regulation (EEC) No quarter of the total length or one-third of the 1292/81 (%); sheathed part. " Diréct-drilled, non-transplanted = leeks, i i . ) Whereas experience has shown that production and harvested from late winter to early summer. harvesting methods make it impossible to observe in their entirety the standards laid down for colour and cleanness; o S whereas this should be taken into account in the quality - (b) in (i) “Class IT": standards ; — the following is added after the first paragraph : Whereas a considerable volume of ‘early’ leeks is “Traces of soil within the shaft are permitted.’; produced in some Member States ; whereas ‘early’ leeks _ . . should be included in the quality standards; — the last paragraph is replaced by the following : : ‘In all leeks, the white to greenish-white part must represent at least one-quarter of the total Whereas, hovewer, sufficient experience should be gained ! , length or one-third of the sheathed part.; before the standards are permanently amended ; whereas further temporary derogations form the quality standards A o for leeks should therefore be allowed without the quality {c) in (iii) ‘Class III’, footnote (') becomes (%) and the of the product being thereby affected ; last indent is replaced by the following : 3 . 12 . . . . — slight traces of external soil. Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are & . in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Fruit and Vegetables, , 2. In Title III ‘Provisions concerning sizing’ under (i), the second paragraph is replaced by the following : ‘The minimum diameter is fixed at 8 mm for early leeks and 10 mm for other leeks.’ HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : S 3. In Title VI ‘Provisions concerning marking’ under B ‘Nature of produce’, the sentence shall be supple- mented by the following: Article 1 ) i . or “early leeks” in all relevant cases’. The following derogations from Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No 1292/81 shall apply : Article 2 1. In Title II ‘Provisions concerning quality’ under B Classification : This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 September 1988. () OJ No L 118, 20. 5. 1972, p. 1. () OJ No L 107, 28. 4. 1988, p. 1. () OJ No L 129, 15. 5. 1981, p. 38. It shall apply until 31 August 1989.