31973R1921

18 . 7. 73 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 198/25

REGULATION (EEC) No 1921 /73 OF THE COMMISSION of 16 July 1973 fixing the reference prices for lemons for the 1973/74 marketing year

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN ated in the production areas where prices are lowest, COMMUNITIES, for the products or varieties which represent a consid­ erable proportion of production marketed throughout Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European the year or during part of it, and which satisfy speci­ Economic Community ; 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 the measures provided for in this Regulation 1035/72, reference prices valid for the whole Commu­ are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­ nity are to be fixed each year, before the beginning of ment Committee for Fruit and Vegetables ; the marketing year, in respect of the whole marketing year ; HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Whereas lemons are produced in such quantities in Article 1 the Community that a reference price should be fixed for them ; For the 1973/74 marketing year, the reference prices applicable to lemons (subheading 08.02 C of the Whereas lemons harvested during a crop year are marketed from June to May of the next year ; whereas Common Customs Tariff), expressed in units of reference prices should be fixed for the period from 1 account per 100 kg net of packed products of Class 1 of all sizes, shall be as follows : June to 31 May of the next year ; — June 23-3 Whereas, pursuant to Article 23 (2) of Regulation — July 24-5 (EEC) No 1035/72, reference prices are to be equal to — August 24-9 the arithmetic mean of producer prices in each — September 22- 1 Member State plus an amount representing the costs — October 19-4 of transporting Community products from the produc­ — November 17-6 tion areas to Community marketing centres ; whereas — December 18-1 the trend of average basic prices and buying-in prices — January 18-9 should also be taken into account ; — February 18-5 Whereas to take seasonal variations into account, the — March 1 9-0 marketing year should be divided into several periods — April 19-7 and a reference price fixed for each of those periods ; — May 20-1 Whereas the producer prices are to correspond to the Article 2 averages of the prices recorded during the three years prior to the date of fixing of the reference price for a This Regulation shall enter into . force on the day home-grown product with defined commercial charac­ following its publication in the Official Journal of teristics on the representative market or markets situ­ the European Communities.

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

Done at Brussels, 16 July 1973. For the Commission The President Francois-Xavier ORTOLI

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