31. 5. 97 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 141/6% COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 988/97 of 30 May 1997 introducing transitional measures relating to the detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 2202/96 as regards lemons delivered for processing during part of the 1997/98 marketing year THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2202/96 of 28 October 1996 introducing a Community aid scheme for producers of certain citrus fruits ('), and in particular Article 8 thereof, Whereas Article 8 of Regulation (EC) No 2202/96 provides for measures to facilitate the transition from the previous arrangements to those established by that Regu- lation; Whereas Article 3 of that Regulation lays down that aid will be granted to producer organizations for the quant- ities delivered for processing under contract; whereas Article 4 allows producer organizations to pass on the benefits of Article 3 to individual producers who are not members of any such organization; whereas, under the second and third indents of Article 11 (1) (¢) (3) of Council Regulation (EC) No 2200/96 (), producer organ- izations can, under certain conditions, market the produc- tion for processing of members of other producer organ- izations; Whereas, since the lemon marketing year begins on 1 June, transitional arrangements must be made for deliv- ering lemons at the beginning of the 1957/98 marketing year pending the adoption of the definitive detailed rules for the application of Regulation (EC) No 2202/96; Whereas the monitoring measures laid down in Commis- sion Regulation (EC) No 3338/93 (%), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2251/96 (%), should continue to apply, mutatis mutandis, until the definitive detailed rules for the application of Regulation (EC) No 2202/96 enter into force; Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Fresh Fruit and Vegetables, OJ No L 297, 21. 11. 1996, p. 49. O] No L 297, 21. 11. 1996, p. 1. OJ No L 299, 4. 12. 1993, p. 26. OJ No L 302, 26. 11. 1996, p. 17. HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Article 1 1. For a transitional period between 1 June and the date of the entry into force of the detailed rules for the application of Regulation (EC) No 2202/96, the producer organizations referred to in Articles 11 and 13 of Regula- tion (EC) No 2200/96 and the producer groups granted preliminary recognition pursuant to Article 14 of that Regulation, hereinafter referred to as producer organiza- tions, which deliver lemons for processing between 1 June and 31 August 1997 and wish to receive in respect of these quantities the aid provided for in Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 2202/96, may conclude preliminary contracts with processors within the meaning of the first indent of Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 3338/93, or with their associations or unions recognized by a Member State. 2. Where the producer organization which has concluded a preliminary contract: — markets the production for processing of members of other producer organizations in accordance with the second and third indents of Article 11 (1) (¢) (3) of Regulation (EC) No 2200/96, and/or — allows individual producers to benefit from the aid scheme in accordance with Article 4 (1) of Regulation (EC) No 2202/96, an agreement must be signed between the producer or- ganization which concluded the preliminary contract and the producer organizations and/or individual producers referred to in the first and second indents above. 3. This agreement must relate to the quantities of lemons to be delivered for processing under the prelim- inary contract. Article 2 1. The preliminary contract referred to in Article 1 shall be concluded in writing and must include: — the name and address of the producer organization, — the name and address of the processor or his associa- tion or union, — the quantity of lemons to be delivered for processing, — the price to be paid to the producer organization.