No L 112/10 Official Journal of the European Communities 29. 4. 97 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 766/97 of 28 April 1997 amending Regulation (EEC) No 2251/92 on quality inspection of fresh fruit and vegetables THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2200/96 of 28 October 1996 on the common organization of the market in fruit and vegetables ('), and in particular Articles 7 and 10 thereof, Whereas Article 11 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2251/92(%, as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 3148/94 (?), lays down that, in the case of imports from third countries, cases of non-compliance with Commun- ity quality standards must be notified to the Commission; whereas, at the moment, such notifications are sent to the Commission by telefax; whereas this means of transmis- sion no longer meets the requirements of the system monitoring commercial quality; the IDES system should therefore be used as the sole means of notification to ensure a rapid transmission of documents and to allow for a statistical evaluation of the data notified; Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Fruit and Vegetables, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Article 1 The following sub-paragraph is added to Article 11 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 2251/92: ‘Notification to the Commission shall be done by the interactive data entry system known as “IDES”’ Article 2 This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. It shall apply from 1 September 1997. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 28 April 1997. () OJ No L 297, 21. 11. 1996, p. 1. () OJ No L 219, 4. 8. 1992, p. 9. () OJ No L 332, 22. 12. 1994, p. 28. For the Commission Franz FISCHLER Member of the Commission