Translation of "conservation de fruits et de légumes " (French → English) :

Post-harvest pesticides like Methylcyclopropene (1-MCP) used for conserving fruit and vegetables (mainly apples) shall fall within the scope of this regulation.

Post-harvest pesticides like Methylcyclopropene (1-MCP) used for conserving fruit and vegetables (mainly apples) shall fall within the scope of this regulation.

In order to promote the consumption of fruit and vegetables amongst children in educational establishments, that percentage should be increased for promotion of fruit and vegetables in this case.

In the light of experience it is necessary to change the regime for the fruit and vegetables sector in order to achieve the following objectives: improving the competitiveness and market orientation of the sector so as to contribute to achieving sustainable production that is competitive both on internal and external markets; reducing fluctuations in producers’ income resulting from crises on the market; increasing the consumption of fruit and vegetables in the Community; and continuing the efforts made by the sector to maintain an ...[+++]d protect the environment.

39. Recalls that on 14 December 2001 the Council adopted a resolution stating that the consumption of fruit and vegetables is an effective way of promoting public health, as demonstrated by the Commission's DG SANCO in a document dating from 2002; notes that this position was officially bolstered by the Global Plan of Action for Nutrition presented by the WHO; therefore suggests that general campaigns be financed by the Commission to encourage the consumption of fruit and vegetables produced in the EU (e.g. school projects), in view of the decrease in the consumption of fruit ...[+++] and vegetable products, which is worrying from the point of view of health factors; in addition calls for the introduction of a specific promotion mechanism that may be used to promote the consumption of products in connection with which production forecasts indicate the likelihood of a crisis arising as a result of a production surplus; also calls for advertising campaigns to take account of the latest scientific findings in the field of nutrition and, accordingly, to promote the consumption of unprocessed or lightly processed fruit and vegetables, with particular emphasis on organically grown products and on regional and local varieties of fruit and vegetables in order to strengthen biodiversity;

38. Recalls that on 14 December 2001 the Council adopted a resolution stating that the consumption of fruit and vegetables is an effective way of promoting public health, as demonstrated by the Commission's DG SANCO in a document dating from 2002; notes that this position was officially bolstered by the Global Plan of Action for Nutrition presented by the WHO; therefore suggests that general campaigns be financed by DG SANCO to encourage the consumption of fruit and vegetables produced in the EU (e.g. school projects), in view of the decrease in the consumption of fruit and ...[+++] vegetable products, which is worrying from the point of view of health factors; in addition calls for the introduction of a specific promotion mechanism that may be used to promote the consumption of products in connection with which production forecasts indicate the likelihood of a crisis arising as a result of a production surplus; also calls for advertising campaigns to take account of the latest scientific findings in the field of nutrition and, accordingly, to promote the consumption of unprocessed or lightly processed fruit and vegetables, with particular emphasis on organically grown products and on regional and local varieties of fruit and vegetables in order to strengthen biodiversity;