Translation of "produit destiné à la transformation " (French → English) :

Products intended for processing are not required to conform to marketing standards, so it should be ensured that they are not sold on the market for fresh products.

This is why it was decided to remove the existing aids to products intended for processing and to not create new ones.

The regulation on the current COM in fruit and vegetables (EC/2200/96) provides for the setting-up of producer organisations dealing with specified products (fruit and vegetables, products intended for processing, mushrooms, citrus fruits, etc.).

The only reassuring, long-term solution would be for these types of produce – cherries, sour cherries, berries, mushrooms and corn – to be included among the produce intended for processing, and therefore among those that benefit from processing subsidies within the framework of the reform of the fruit and vegetable sector.

Certain other elements complement the Commission’s proposal, such as the exemptions to the traceability and labelling system, on the one hand for products intended for direct processing with a maximum level of 0.9% of traces of authorised GMOs in respect of the adventitious or technically unavoidable presence of traces of GMOs (see Article 7, amending Directive 2001/18/EC), and on the other hand a reference to the maximum levels (see Article 4(7), 4(8) and 5(4)) set in the regulation on genetically modified food and feed (0.9% for GMOs authorised in the EU and 0.5% for those which are not permitted but have a favourable risk assessment).

This standard applies to chicory, i.e. chicory sprouts forced from the roots of varieties (cultivars) of 'witloof chicory' derived from Cichorium intybus L. var. foliosum HEGI, intended for supply fresh to the consumer, witloof chicory for industrial processing being excluded.