31974R0749

30 . 3 . 74 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 86/ 71

REGULATION ( EEC) No 749/ 74 OF THE COMMISSION of 29 March 1974 fixing the reference prices for tomatoes for the 1974 marketing year

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN the year or during part of it, and which satisfy speci­ COMMUNITIES, fied requirements as regards market preparation ; whereas, when the average of prices recorded on each Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European representative market is being calculated, prices which Economic Community ; could be considered excessively high or excessively low in relation to normal price fluctuations on the market should be disregarded ; Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 ( J ) of 18 May 1972 on the common organiza­ tion of the market in fruit and vegetables, as last Whereas up to 10 July Community-produced toma­ amended by Regulation ( EEC) No 2745/72 (2 ), and in toes are mainly cultivated under glass ; whereas it is , particular Article 27 ( 1 ) thereof ; therefore, products of this type that reference prices relate to during the first part of the marketing year ; Whereas, under Article 23 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No whereas tomatoes imported from certain third coun­ tries during the same period are cultivated in the 1035/72, reference prices valid for the whole Commu­ nity are to be fixed each year, before the beginning of open ; whereas, although these tomatoes may be classi­ the marketing year ; fied in Class 1 , their quality and price are not compar­ able with those of products grown under glass ; whereas the prices of tomatoes not produced under Whereas tomatoes are produced in such quantities in glass should, therefore, be adjusted by a conversion the Community that a reference price should be fixed factor ; for them ;

Whereas, from October to December inclusive, toma­ Whereas tomatoes harvested during a given crop year are marketed from January to December ; whereas the toes imported from certain third countries are culti­ quantities harvested from January to March and vated under glass ; whereas a conversion factor should during the last 10 days of December are so small that also be applied to the prices of these tomatoes to there is no need to fix reference prices for the whole make them comparable with the reference prices calculated during this period on the basis of prices of year ; whereas reference prices should be fixed only for the period from April up to and including 20 Community products cultivated in the open ; December ; Whereas the Management Committee for Fruit and Whereas, pursuant to Article 23 (2) of Regulation Vegetables has not delivered an opinion within the (EEC) No 1035/72, reference prices are to be equal to time limit set by its Chairman, the arithmetic mean of producer prices in each Member State plus an amount representing the costs of transporting Community products from the produc­ tion areas to Community marketing centres ; whereas the trend of average basic prices and buying-in prices HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : should also be taken into account ;

Whereas to take seasonal variations into account, the Article 1 marketing year should be divided into several periods and a reference price fixed for each of those periods ; 1 . For the 1974 marketing year the reference prices Whereas the producer prices are to correspond to the for tomatoes (subheading No 07.01 M of the Common averages of the prices recorded during the three years Customs Tariff), expressed in units of account per 100 prior to the date of fixing of the reference price for a kg net of packed products of Class I of all sizes, shall be as follows : home-grown product with defined commercial charac­ teristics on the representative market or markets situ­ ated in the production areas where prices are lowest, — April 70-4 for the products or varieties which represent a consid­ — May 52-8 erable proportion of production marketed throughout — 1 June to 10 July 39-7 — 11 July to 31 August 14-4 (') OJ No L 118 , 20 . 5 . 1972, p . 1 . — September 15-7 (A OJ No L 291 , 28 . 12. 1972, p. 147. — 1 October to 20 December 17-9

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2. For the purpose of calculating the entry price : tion of customs duties, be multiplied by the coeffi­ cient 0-55 from 1 October to 20 December . (a) the prices for tomatoes not produced under glass, imported from third countries, shall, ^fter deduc­ tion of customs duties, be multiplied by the following conversion factors : Article 2 — for April : 2-50 ; — for May : 2-00 ; — from 1 June to 10 July : 1-80 ; This Regulation shall enter into force on the day (b) the prices for tomatoes grown under glass and following its publication in the Official Journal of imported from third countries shall, after deduc­ the European Communities.

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

Done at Brussels, 29 March 1974 . For the Commission The President Francois-Xavier ORTOLI