31973R0999

No L 99 / 30 Official Journal of the European Communities 13 . 4 . 73

REGULATION (EEC) No 999/73 OF THE COMMISSION of 11 April 1973 fixing the reference prices for tomatoes for the 1973 marketing year

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN prior to the date of fixing of the reference price for a COMMUNITIES , home-grown product with defined commercial charac­ teristics on the representative market or markets situ­ ated in the production areas where prices are lowest, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European for the products or varieties which represent a consid­ Economic Community ; erable proportion of production marketed throughout the year or during part of it, and which satisfy speci­ fied requirements as regards market preparation ; Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No whereas, when the average of prices recorded on each 1035/72 (^ of 18 May 1972 on the common organiza­ representative market is being calculated, prices which tion of the market in fruit and vegetables, as last could be considered excessively high or excessively amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2745/72 (2), and in low in relation to normal price fluctuations on the particular Article 27 ( 1 ) thereof ; market should be disregarded ;

Whereas, under Article 23 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No Whereas up to 10 July Community-produced toma­ 1035/72, reference prices valid for the whole Commu­ toes are mainly cultivated under glass ; whereas it is, nity are to be fixed each year, before the beginning of therefore, products of this type that reference prices the marketing year, in respect of the whole marketing relate to during the first part of the marketing year ; year ; whereas tomatoes imported from certain third coun­ tries during the same period are cultivated in the Whereas tomatoes are produced in such quantities in open ; whereas, although these tomatoes may be classi­ the Community that a reference price should be fixed fied in Class 1 , their quality and price are not compar­ for them ; able with those of products grown under glass ; whereas the prices of tomatoes not produced under glass should, therefore, be adjusted by a conversion Whereas tomatoes harvested during a given crop year factor ; are marketed from January to December ; whereas the quantities harvested from January to March and Whereas, from October to December inclusive, toma­ during the last ten days of December are so small that toes imported from certain third countries are culti­ there is no need to fix reference prices for the whole vated under glass ; whereas a conversion factor should year ; whereas reference prices should be fixed only also be applied to the prices of these tomatoes to for the period from April up to and including 20 December ; make them comparable with the reference prices calculated during this period on the basis of prices of Community products cultivated in the open ; Whereas, pursuant to Article 23 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72, reference prices are to be equal to Whereas the measures provided by the present Regula­ the arithmetic mean of producer prices in each tion are in conformity with the Advice of the Manage­ Member State plus an amount representing the costs ment Committee for Fruit and Vegetables ; of transporting Community products from the produc­ tion areas to Community marketing centres ; whereas the trend of average basic prices and buying-in prices should also be taken into account ;

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Whereas to take seasonal variations into account, the marketing year should be divided into several periods and a reference price fixed for each of those periods ; Article 1

Whereas the producer prices are to correspond to the averages of the prices recorded during the three years 1 . The reference prices applicable to tomatoes (subheading 07.01 M of the Common Customs Tariff), expressed in units of account per 100 kg net of (>) OJ No L 118 , 20 . 5. 1972, p. 1 . packed products of Class 1 of all sizes, shall be as (2) OJ No L 291 , 28 . 12. 1972, p. 147. follows :

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April 1 to 10 : ___ — for April : 2-50 1 1 to 30 : 640 — for May : 2-20 — May : 46-9 — from 1 June to 10 July : 1-80 — 1 June to 10 July : 36*1 (b) the prices for tomatoes grown under glass and — 11 July to 31 August : 13-1 imported from third countries shall, after deduc­ — September : 14-3 tion of customs duties, be multiplied by the coeffi­ — 1 October to 20 December : 16-3 . cient 0-55 from 1 October to 20 December.

2. For the purpose of calculating the entry price : Article 2 (a) the prices for tomatoes not produced under glass, imported from third countries, shall, after deduc­ This Regulation shall enter into force on the day tion of customs duties, be multiplied by the following its publication in the Official Journal of following conversion factors : the European Communities.

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

Done at Brussels, 11 April 1973 .

For the Commission

The President

Francois-Xavier ORTOLI