31973R0183

30 . 1 . 73 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 25 / 15

REGULATION (EEC) No 183/73 OF THE COUNCIL

of 23 January 1973

fixing the basic price and the buying-in price for apples from 1 February to 31 May 1973

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES , Whereas, under Article 57 of the Act annexed to the abovementioned Treaty, the prices for the new Member States must be decreased by the incidence of Having regard to the Treaty establishing the the compensatory amount; European Economic Community ;

Whereas apples produced within the Community Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC ) No include several varieties; whereas different quotations 1035/72 (1) of 18 May 1972 on the common according to varieties are accorded on the market; organization of the market in fruit and vegetables, as whereas a sufficiently representative variety should last amended by Regulation ( EEC) No 2745 /72 (2) therefore be selected for the application of the and in particular Article 16 ( 1 ) thereof; intervention system ; whereas golden delicious apples, quality class I, satisfy this requirement for the period in question; Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ;

Whereas, to take account of seasonal trends in apple prices, the relevant part of the year should be Whereas the marketing of apples harvested during a subdivided into several periods and a basic and a . given year of production is spread between July and buying-in price should be fixed for each one of them ; June of the following year ;

Whereas the surplus production areas, to be used for Whereas under Article 16 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) fixing the basic price in accordance with Article 16 No 1035 /72, the basic price and the buying-in price (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72, are : of the product for the marketing year must be fixed annually; whereas, however, for the current year, and since the Treaty concerning the Accession of new — in February : Member States to the European Economic The German production area of Hamburg, Community and the European Atomic Energy Schleswig-Holstein, the French production areas Community (3 ), signed at Brussels on 22 January of Languedoc-Provence, Pyrénées-Aquitaine, Val 1972, applies to this market from 1 February 1973 , de Loire, the Italian production area of Cuneo, these prices have only been fixed until 31 January Ferrara, the Netherlands and Denmark, 1973 ; whereas the basic and buying-in prices must, therefore, be fixed for the remainder of the marketing — in March : year, taking into account data relating to the production of the products in question in the new Belgium, the German production areas of Member States ; Hamburg, Schleswig-Holstein, the French production areas of Languedoc-Provence, Val de Loire, Pyrenees-Aquitaine, the Italian production Whereas under the second subparagraph of Article 16 area of Cuneo and Denmark, ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72, each marketing period at the beginning and at the end of the marketing year is to be disregarded ; whereas at the — in April : end of the marketing year the quantities marketed in The French production areas of Languedoc-Pro­ June are only a small percentage of the metric vence, Pyrénées-Aquitaine, Val de Loire and the tonnage marketed throughout the whole year ; Netherlands, whereas, therefore, this month should be disregarded ;

— in May :

H OJ No L 118 , 20 . 5 . 1972, p . 1 . Belgium, the French production areas of (-') OJ No L 291 , 28 . 12. 1972, p . 147. Pyrenees-Aquitaine, Val de Loire, the Italian (3 ) Special Edition, 27. 3 . 1972, p . 5 . production area of Verona and the Netherlands ;

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HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Article 2

The prices referred to in Article 1 ( 1 ) do not include Article 1 the cost of the packing in which the product is presented. 1 . For the period from 1 February to 31 May If the price ascertained for a particular product on a 1973 , the basic and buying-in prices for apples other representative market, in accordance with Article 17 than cider apples, in units of account per 100 kg net, of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72, includes all or part are fixed as follows : of tl^e cost of the packing in which the product is presented, the price shall be reduced by the cost of Basic price Buying-in price the packing included. February 13-2 7-0 Article 3

March 14-0 7-5 The information to be communicated under Article 17 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 1035 /72 shall include April 15-5 8-0 the prices, exclusive of packing, recorded for the May 16-3 8-5 variety referred to in Article 1 (2 ).

Article 4 2. The prices quoted in paragraph 1 are those for golden delicious apples, quality Class I, size equal to This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 February or larger than 70 mm, packed. 1973 .

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

Done at Brussels, 23 January 1973 .

For the Council

The President

L. TINDEMANS