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No L 133 /50 Official Journal of the European Communities 10.6.72

REGULATION (EEC) No 1214/72 OF THE COMMISSION of 9 June 1972

fixing reference prices for plums

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COM­ therefore directly comparable to the arithmetic mean MUNITIES, of producer prices; whereas there is consequently no need to increase the latter by the amount referred to above ; Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community ; Whereas Article 23 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 provides that producer prices in each Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No Member State must correspond to the average of 1035/721 of 18 May 1972 on the common quotations recorded during the three years , preceding organization of the market in fruit and vegetables, the fixing of the reference price on the representative and in particular Article 27 ( 1 ) thereof; market or markets situated in the production areas where prices are lowest; whereas Article 1 ( 1 ) of Whereas Article 23 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No Regulation (EEC) No 1291/72 provides that the 1035/72 and Article 1 ( 1 ) of Commission Regulation quotations used for the purposes of this calculation (EEC) No 1291/702 of 1 July 1970 laying down must relate to packed Class I products of all size detailed rules for the application of that Article grades, the cost of the packing being included in the provide that reference prices valid for the whole quotation ; whereas Article 23 (2) of Regulation Community must be fixed each year before the (EEC) No 1035/72 lays down that only quotations beginning of the marketing year ; for products or varieties which represent a considerable proportion of marketed production for Whereas, given the extent of plum production within part of the year or throughout the whole year should the Community, a reference price must be fixed for be taken into account ; that product; Whereas Article 23 (3 ) of Regulation (EEC) No Whereas the reference price for a home-grown 1035 /72 provides that when the average of product with given commercial specifications is equal quotations on each representative market is being to the arithmetic mean of producer prices in each calculated quotations which seem excessively high or Member State, increased by an amount calculated on excessively low in relation to normal price the basis of marketing costs with a view to enabling fluctuations on that market must be excluded ; the reference price and prices of products imported from third countries to be compared at the same Whereas since plum varieties are not fully marketing stage; whereas Article 1 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 1291 /70 provides that the quotations to be comparable as regards commercial value, these varieties should be divided into two groups ; taken into consideration when producer prices are being determined must relate either to the 'ex producer group' marketing stage or any other Whereas, in order to take seasonal fluctuations into comparable marketing stage; whereas the first account, the marketing year should be subdivided subparagraph of Article 24 (2) of Regulation (EEC) into a number of periods and a reference price fixed No 1035/72. provides that entry prices for imported for each of those periods ; products must be calculated at, or converted to, the import/wholesale stage ; whereas these prices are Whereas it is necessary, for the purpose of calculating entry prices, to specify the varieties imported from third countries whose entry prices are to be 1 OJ No L 118 , 20.5.1972, p. 1 . compared with the prices fixed for Group I and 2 OJ No L 144, 2.7.1970, p. 10. Group II respectively ;

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Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation Ersingen quetsch), Zimmers (Zimmer quetsch), are in accordance with the Opinion of the Bühler (Early Buhl quetsch), Burbank, Florentia, Management Committee for Fruit and Vegetables ; Goccia d'oro, Reine Claude dorée.

Group 11: HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Altesse simple (Common quetsch, Hauszwetsche), Reine Claude d'Oullins, Ruth Gerstetter, Ontario . Article 1 3 . Entry prices of imported products shall be 1 . The reference prices for plums (subheading No compared with : 08.07 D of the Common Customs Tariff), expressed in units of account per 100 kg net, are hereby fixed (a) the prices fixed for Group I where the imported as follows in respect of varieties of Group I and products are of varieties other than those listed at (b ); Group II for packed Class I products of all size grades : (b) the prices fixed for Group II where the imported Group 1 Group 11 products belong to the following varieties : Altesse simple (Common quetsch, Haus­ June ( 11 to 30 inclusive) 22-2 — zwetsche), Reine Claude d'Oullins, Ruth July 21-8 — Gerstetter, Ontario, Wagenheimer (Early August 19-6 15-7 Wangenheim quetsch), Mirabelle, Bosniche. September 16-5 12-8 October (1 to 20 inclusive) — 11-7 Amendments to the provisions of the preceding subparagraph shall be adopted in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 33 of Regulation 2. The groups referred to in paragraph 1 shall (EEC) No 1035 /72 if there is a change in the include the following varieties : varieties imported from third countries.

Group I: Article 2 Altesse double ( Italian quetsch), Précoce Favourite, Belle de Louvain, Conducta, Lutzelsachser (Early This Regulation shall enter into force on 11 June Lützelsachsen quetsch ), Anna Spath, Ersinger (Early 1972. It shall apply until 30 April 1973 .

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

Done at Brussels, 9 June 1972.

For the Commission

The President S. L. MANSHOLT