31973R1624

No L 163 / 12 Official Journal of the European Communities 20 . 6 . 73

REGULATION ( EEC) No 1624/73 OF THE COMMISSION of 18 June 1973 fixing the maximum withdrawal price levels for tomatoes grown under glass for the 1973 /74 marketing year

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Article 1 Economic Community ; Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No For the 1973/74 marketing year producers organiza­ 1035/72 ( !) of 18 May 1972 on the common organiza­ tions or associations of such organizations may fix tion of the market in fruit and vegetables, as last withdrawal prices not exceeding the following amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2745/72 (2), and in maxima, in units of account per 100 kg net for toma­ particular the last subparagraph of Article 18 ( 1 ) toes grown under glass : thereof ; June 1 st ten days Whereas, under the last subparagraph of Article 18 ( 1 ) 17.6 2nd ten days of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72, producers' organiza­ 15.7 tions may be authorized, in view of the characteristics 3rd ten days July 1 st ten days 14.3 of the market under consideration to fix, under certain 2nd ten days 13.0 conditions, withdrawal prices above the levels referred 3rd ten days 11-6 to in Article 18 ( 1 ) (a) of that Regulation ; 11-6 August Whereas the market in tomatoes grown under glass 11-6 September has different characteristics from those of the market October 11-6 in open-grown tomatoes ; whereas tomatoes grown November 11-6 under glass are mainly Extra Class and Class I products, the prices for which are considerably higher than those for open-grown products ; Article 2 Whereas in order to provide more effective support for the market in tomatoes grown under glass, produ­ The producers' organizations shall supply the cers' organizations or associations of such organiza­ following information to the national authorities, who shall communicate it to the Commission : tions should be allowed to fix their withdrawal price at a level higher than the Community withdrawal price ; whereas in conformity with the provisions of — the period during which withdrawal prices are the last subparagraph of Article 18 ( 1 ) it appears that applicable ; the maximum level of the withdrawal price for these — the levels of withdrawal prices proposed and of products can justifiably be fixed at not more than those applied . 55 % of the average producer prices for Class I toma­ toes grown under glass recorded during the last three years on the most representative Community markets, Article 3 account also being taken of the level of withdrawal prices actually applied in recent marketing years by This regulation shall enter into force on the day the producers' organizations ; following its publication in the Official Journal of Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation the European Communities. are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­ ment Committee for Fruit and Vegetables ; It is applicable from 11 June 1973 .

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

Done at Brussels, 18 June 1973 . For the Commission The President François-Xavier ORTOLI

(') OJ No L 118 , 20 . 5 . 1972, p. 1 . (2 ) OJ No L 291 , 28 . 12. 1972, p. 147.