31973R0537

24 . 2 . 73 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 51 / 19

REGULATION (EEC) No 537/73 OF THE COMMISSION of 20 February 1973 fixing for the first part of the 1973 marketing year the reference prices for cucumbers

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN Whereas the producer prices are to correspond to the COMMUNITIES , average of the prices recorded during the three years prior to the date for fixing the reference price for a home-grown product with defined commercial Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro­ characteristics, on the representative market or pean Economic Community ; markets situated in the production areas where prices are lowest, for the products or varieties which represent a considerable proportion of Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No production marketed throughout the whole year 1035/72 (*) of 18 May 1972 on the common organiz­ which satisfy specified requirements as regards ation of the market in fruit and vegetables, as last quality and market preparation ; whereas, when the amended by Regulation ( EEC) No 2745 /72 (2 ), and average of prices recorded on each representative in particular Article 27 ( 1 ) thereof ; market is being calculated, prices which could be considered excessively high or excessively low in Whereas, pursuant to Article 23 ( 1 ) of Regulation relation to normal price fluctuations on that market ( EEC ) No 1035 /72, reference prices valid for the are to be disregarded ; whole Community are to be fixed at the beginning Whereas Community-produced cucumbers marketed of the marketing year in respect of the whole marketing year ; between now and June will be grown mainly under glass ; whereas the reference price for the first part of the year must therefore be fixed for a product of Whereas cucumbers are produced in such quantities that type ; whereas cucumbers imported from in the Community that reference prices should be certain third countries during the same period will fixed for them ; be obtained from end-of-year open crops ; whereas, although these cucumbers may be classed in Class I, their quality and price are not comparable with Whereas cucumbers harvested during a given crop those of products grown under glass ; whereas the year are marketed from January to December ; prices for cucumbers not grown under glass should whereas for the present marketing year information therefore be adjusted by a conversion factor ; currently available makes it impossible to fix refer­ ence prices only for the period until the month of Whereas the measures provided for in this Regula­ June ; whereas, since the quantities marketed in tion are in accordance with the Opinion of the January represent only a small portion of the Management Committee for Fruit and Vegetables ; tonnage marketed over the year as a whole, the reference price should be fixed only for the period from February ; HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :

Whereas pursuant to Article 23 (2) of Regulation Article 1 ( EEC ) No 1035 /72 the reference prices are to be equal to the arithmetic mean of producer prices in 1 . For the beginning of the 1973 marketing year, each Member State plus an amount representing the the reference prices for cucumbers ( subheading No costs of transporting Community products from ex 07.01 P of the Common Customs Tariff), production areas to Community marketing centres ; expressed in units of account per 100 kg net of whereas the trend of average basic prices and packed products of Class I , of all sizes, shall be as buying-in prices should also be taken into account ; follows :

February 51-6 Whereas , to take seasonal variations into account, the year should be divided into several periods and March 45-6 a reference price fixed for each of those periods ; April 35-0

May 28-8 (*) OJ No L 118 , 20. 5 . 1972, p. 1 . ( 2) OJ No L 291 , 28 . 12. 1972, p. 147. June 18-2

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2. For the purpose of calculating the entry prices, Article 2 the prices for cucumbers, not grown under glass, This Regulation shall enter into force on the day imported from third countries, shall, after deduction following its publication in the Official Journal of of customs duties, be multiplied by 1-30. the European Commmunities.

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

Done at Brussels, 20 February 1973 .

For the Commission

The President

Francois-Xavier ORTOLI