31973R1662

No L 166 / 18 Official Journal of the European Communities 23 . 6 . 73

REGULATION ( EEC) No 1662/73 OF THE COMMISSION of 22 June 1973 derogating , for the beginning of the 1973/74 marketing year, from the quality standards applicable to certain varieties of dessert apples and pears

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN subject to paragraph 2 below, the minimum size COMMUNITIES, required of fruit of the 1973 harvest marketed in the Community shall be : Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community ; (a) for apples of the James Grieve variety, 70 mm Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No until 2 September 1973 and 65 mm from 3 to 16 1035/72 (*) of 18 May 1972 on the common organiza­ September ; tion of the market in fruit and vegetables, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2745/72 (2), and in (b) for apples of the Golden Delicious variety, 70 mm particular the last subparagraph of Article 2 (2) until 23 September ; thereof ; (c) for apples of the Gravenstein variety, 70 mm until Whereas, under the quality standards for dessert 2 September ; apples and pears set out in the Annex to Commission (d) for apples of the Cox s Orange Pippin variety, 65 Regulation (EEC) No 1641 /71 (3) of 27 July 1971 , the mm until 23 September ; fruit must be sufficiently ripe to arrive in a satisfactory condition at the place of destination ; whereas one of (e) for pears of the Dr Jules Guyot variety, 60 mm the criteria for judging the ripeness of dessert apples until 1 1 August. and pears of certain varieties at the beginning of the marketing year is that they must be sufficiently large ; whereas, since the minimum size laid down in the However, Member States may, in the light of condi­ quality standard is not large enough to meet that tions peculiar to their home production , decide not to requirement, it should be fixed at a higher level for a apply this derogation in respect of dessert apples and certain period ; pears harvested in their territory marketed in the Community, or bring forward the date on which the Whereas the need for this derogation from the derogation shall cease to apply. They shall without minimum size laid down in the quality standards may delay inform the other Member States and the not arise everywhere in the Community ; whereas the Commission thereof. Member States should therefore be empowered not to apply the derogation or to reapply the standards earlier than the dates fixed in the Regulation ; 2. The standards shall remain applicable in trade in dessert apples and pears with third countries . Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­ ment Committee for Fruit and Vegetables ;

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Article 1 This Regulation shall enter into force on the day 1 . By way of derogation from Title III of the following the publication in the Official Journal of quality standards for dessert apples and pears and the European Communities.

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

Done at Brussels, 22 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 . h) OJ No L 172, 31 . 7. 1971 , p. 1 .