31972R1184

Official Journal of the European Communities 491

No L 130/20 Official Journal of the European Communities 7.6.72

REGULATION (EEC) No 1184/72 OF THE COMMISSION

of 5 May 1972

fixing the conversion factors to be applied to the purchase price for lemons fixed by Council Regulation (EEC) No 1175/72

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COM­ made in this case for these products to be purchased MUNITIES, 'packaging included' when the packaging is not recovered for subsequent use; whereas however such purchase should be effected only where the use of Having regard to the Treaty establishing the such relatively expensive packaging is justified by the European Economic Community; commercial value of the products concerned; whereas consequently the purchase of products Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 'packaging included' should be limited to products 1035/721 of 18 May 1972 on the common graded in the 'Extra' Class, Class I or Class II ; organization of the market in fruit and vegetables, and in particular Article 16 (4) thereof; Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the Opinion of the Whereas, in Regulation (EEC) No 1175/722 the Management Committee for Fruit and Vegetables ; Council fixed the basic price and the purchase price of lemons for the period from 1 June 1972 to 31 May 1973 ; whereas those prices relate to packed Class I HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : products of certain size grades ; whereas, pursuant to Article 16 (4) of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72, Article 1 conversion factors must be fixed for calculating the prices at which products with different characteristics are to be purchased ; whereas, as regards quality, it The conversion factors referred to in Article 16 (4) of Regulation (EEC) No 1035 /72 for quality class, size follows from the provisions of the second subparagraph of Article 19 (2) of the Regulation grade and type of packaging shall be as follows for lemons from 1 May 1972 : referred to above that conversion factors need only be fixed for Classes II and III ; 'Quality class' conversion factor Whereas the different conversion factors must be fixed in relation to the prices recorded on the Conversion factor Quality class markets ;

II 0-9 Whereas, furthermore, the cost of the packaging in which the product is presented is not taken into III 0·45 account when the basic price and the purchase price are being calculated ; whereas however products covered by the intervention measures provided for in 'Size grade' conversion factor Articles 18 and 19 of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 are liable to be put up in new packaging of the Size grade Conversion factor 'non-returnable' type ; whereas, in order to encourage the use of these products for one of the purposes indicated in the first indent of Article 21 ( 1 ) (a) of — 83 mm and over 0-7 Regulation (EEC) No 1035 /72, provision should be — 62 mm/ 83 mm 0-9 — 53 mm/62 mm 1-0 1 OJ No L 106 , 5.5.1972, p . 2. — less than 53 mm 0-9 2 OJ No L 130, 7.6.1972, p . 5.

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'Type of packaging' conversion factor factors referred to in Article 1 , by a conversion factor relating to that type of packaging if the products are distributed in accordance with the first indent of Type of packaging Conversion factor Article 21 ( l ) .( a) of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 and the packaging is not recovered for further use. — packaged 1-0 — in bulk, in a means The conversion factor referred to in the preceding of transport 0-95 subparagraph shall be so fixed that when it is applied to the. purchase price multiplied by the other coefficients the resultant increase in that price is 1*5 units of account per 100 kilogrammes net. Article 2

Article 3 Where, for lemons of the 'Extra' Class, Class I and Class II put up in new 'non-returnable' packaging, the intervention operations provided for respectively This Regulation shall enter into force on the day in Articles 18 and 19 of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 following its publication in the Official Journal of the are effected 'packaging included', the purchase price European Communities . It shall apply until 31 May shall be multiplied , in addition to the conversion 1973 .

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

Done at Brussels, 5 May 1972 .

For the Commission

The President

S. L. MANSHOLT