31972R1006

72 Official Journal of the European Communities

17.5.72 Official Journal of the European Communities NoL 115/37

REGULATION (EEC) No 1006/ 72 OF THE COMMISSION

of 16 May 1972

fixing reference prices for cherries

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNI­ Whereas the second subparagraph of Article 11 (2) of TIES , Regulation No 23 provides that producer prices in each Member State must correspond to the average of quota­ Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European tions recorded during the three years preceding the fixing Economic Community ; of the reference price on the representative market Or markets situated in the production areas where prices are Having regard to Regulation No 23 1 on the progressive lowest ; whereas Article 1 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No establishment of a common organization of the market 1291/ 70 provides that the quotations used for the pur­ in fruit and vegetables , as last amended by Regulation poses of this calculation must relate tq Clasfc I produce (EEC) No 2727/7 1 2, and in particular Article 11(2) of all sizegrades put up in packages , the cost of the pack­ thereof; age being included in such quotations ; whereas the se­ cond subparagraph of Article 1 1 (2) of Regulation No Whereas the first subparagraph of Article 1 1 ( 2) of Re­ 23 prescribes that only quotations for products or varie­ gulation No 23 and Article 1(1 ) of Commission Regu­ ties which represent a considerable proportion of mar­ lation (EEC) No 1291/703 of 1 July 1970 laying down keted production for part of the year or all the year ' detailed rules for the application of that Article provide round should be taken into account ; that reference prices valid for the whole Community must be fixed each year before the beginning of the mar­ Whereas the third subparagraph of Article 1 1 ( 2) of

keting year; Regulation No 23 provides that, when the average of quotations on each representative market is being calcu­ » Whereas , given the extent of cherry production in the lated, quotations which seem excessively high or exces­ Community , a reference price must be fixed for that sively low in relation to normal price fluctuations on that

product ; market must be excluded;

Whereas in order to take seasonal price fluctuations into Whereas the reference price for a home-grown product account the marketing year should be subdivided into a with given commercial specifications is equal to the number of periods and a reference price fixed for each of arithmetic mean of producer prices in each Member State, these periods ; increased by an amount calculated on the basis of mar­ keting costs with a view to enabling the reference price Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation and prices of products imported from third countries to are in accordance with the Opinion of the Management

be compared at the same marketing stage ; whereas Arti­ Committee for Fruit and Vegetables , cle 1 ( 1) of Regulation (EEC) No 1291/70 provides that HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : the quotations to be taken into consideration when pro­ ducer prices are being determined must relate either to Article 1 the ' ex producer group' marketing stage or to another comparable marketing stage; whereas the sixth subpara­ The reference prices for cherries (heading No 08.07 C of graph of Article 1 1 ( 2) of Regulation No 23 provides the Common Customs Tariff), expressed in units of ac­

that entry prices for imported products must be calcul­ count per 100 kg net weight, shall be as follows for Class ated at , or converted . to, the import wholesale stage ; I produce of all size-grades put up in packages :

whereas these prices are therefore directly comparable to 41» 8 May ( 1 1 to 3 1 inclusive) the arithmetic mean of producer prices ; whereas there is June 34»9

consequently no need to increase the latter by the 33-4 July amount referred to above; August 25 »3

Article2¶

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day follow­ 1 OJ No 30, 20.4.1962, p. 965/62. 2 OJ No L 282, 23.12.1971 , p. 8. ing its publication in the Official Journal of the Euro­

3 OJ NoL 144, 2.7.1970, p. 10. pean Communities. It shall apply until 30 April 1973 .

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

Done at Brussels, 16 May 1972 .

For the Commission

The President

S. L. MANSHOLT