31972R0923

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No L 106 /2 Official Journal of the European Communities 5.5.72

REGULATION (EEC) No 923/72 OF THE COUNCIL of 2 May 1972

fixing the basic price and the purchase price of cauliflowers

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, — in June : Belgium and the German production region of Siidbaden ; Having regard to the Treaty establishing the — in July : European Economic Community ; the German production regions of Siidbaden and Having regard to Council Regulation No Franken and the French production region of Nord and Pas-de-Calais : 159/66/EEC1 of 25 October 1966 laying down additional provisions on the common organization of — in August : the market in fruit and vegetables, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1425/71 ,2 and in particular Belgium, the German production regions of Siidbaden and Franken and the French Articles 4 and 14 thereof; production region of Nord and Pas-de-Calais ; Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ; — in September :

Belgium and the French production region of Whereas there are successive harvests of cauliflowers Nord and Pas-de-Calais; spread over the period from May to April of the following year; — in October :

Belgium, the German production regions of Whereas cauliflowers are marketed in various forms Siidbaden, Pfalz, Nordrhein and Franken and the of presentation and whereas, for that reason, Netherlands; different quotations are recorded on the market; whereas, according to the period in question, Class I — in November : cauliflowers 'with leaves' or 'trimmed' are sufficiently the French production regions of Bouches-du­ representative; whereas, therefore, these forms of Rhone and Ille-et-Vilaine and the Italian' presentation and this quality class should be selected production regions of the provinces of Ancona, for application of the intervention system ; Pisa and Ascoli Piceno ;

Whereas, in order to take into account seasonal — in December : variations in cauliflower prices, the marketing year the French production region of Bouches-du­ should be split into several periods and a basic price Rhone and the Italian production regions of the and a purchase price fixed for each period; provinces of Ancona, Pisa, Napoli and Ascoli Piceno ; Whereas the surplus production areas to be taken into account when determining the basic price, as — in January and February : provided in Article 4 (2) of Regulation No the French production region of Nord-Finistere 159/66/EEC, are : and the Italian production regions of the — in May : provinces of Napoli, Pisa and Ascoli Piceno; the French production region of Nord-Finistere; — in March : the French production region of Nord-Finistere and the Italian production regions of the 1 OJ No 192, 27.10.1966, p. 3286/66. provinces of Napoli, Pisa, Ascoli Piceno and 2 OJ No L 151, 7.7.1971, p. 1 . Pesaro ;

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— in April : Basic price Purchase price the Italian production region of the province of November 7-2 2 -9 Pesaro ; December 6-7 3-0 January 6-6 2 -9 Whereas Article 4 (3 ) of Regulation No 159/66/EEC 6-0 2-4 February provides that the purchase price must be fixed at a March 6-9 3-0 level between 40 and 45% of the basic price which is April 4-4 3-0 calculated on the basis of quotations for the three marketing years preceding the fixing of that price ; whereas, because of disturbances recorded on the 2. Prices quoted in paragraph 1 refer to packed cauliflower market during April of the last three Class I cauliflowers : marketing years, application of that rule would result — 'with leaves', for the months of May, November, in the purchase price for April of this year being December, January, February, March and April, fixed at an appreciably lower level than was previously and fixed for that month ; whereas, however, efforts should be made to stabilize prices on this market at a — 'trimmed', for the months of June, July, August, level not lower than that of the preceding marketing September and October. year; whereas, therefore, in pursuance of Article 14 of Regulation No 159/66/EEC, prices for the month Article 2 in question should be fixed at a level higher than 45% of the basic price; Prices referred to in Article 1 ( 1 ) do not include the cost of the packaging in which the product is HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : presented.

Article 1 Where all or part of the cost of the packaging in which the produce is presented is included in the 1 . For the period from 1 May 1972 to 30 April quotations recorded for a product on the 1973 the basic price and the purchase price of representative markets as provided by Article 5 of cauliflowers falling within subheading No 07.01 B I Regulation No 159/66/EEC, those quotations shall of the Common Customs Tariff, expressed in units of be reduced by the cost of packaging included therein. account per 100 kg net, shall be as follows :

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May 8-1 3-4 The communications provided for in Article 5 ( 1 ) of 10-5 Regulation No 159/66/EEC shall relate to the June 4-2 quotations recorded, excluding packaging. July 8-0 3-4 August 8-2 3-4 Article 4 September 9-1 3-7 October 10-4 4-3 This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 May 1972.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 2 May 1972.

For the Council

The President

G. THORN