31974R1243

17 . 5 . 74 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 134/37

REGULATION (EEC) No 1243/74 OF THE COMMISSION of 16 May 1974 fixing the reference prices for plums for the 1974 marketing year

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN erable proportion of production marketed throughout COMMUNITIES , the year or during part of it, and which satisfy speci­ fied requirements as regards market preparation ; Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European whereas, when the average of prices recorded on each Economic Community ; representative market is being calculated, prices which could be considered excessively high or excessively Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No low in relation to normal price fluctuations on the 1035/72 ( !) of 18 May 1972 on the common organiza­ market should be disregarded ; tion of the market in fruit and vegetables, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2745/72 (2), and in Whereas, for the purpose of calculating entry prices, particular Article 27(1 ) thereof ; the varieties imported from third countries of which the entry prices are to be compared to the prices fixed Whereas, under Article 23 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No for Group I and to those fixed for Group II respec­ 1035/72, reference prices valid for the whole Commu­ tively should be specified ; nity are to be fixed each year, before the beginning of the marketing year ; Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­ Whereas plums are produced in such quantities in the ment Committee for Fruit and Vegetables, Community that a reference price should be fixed for them ;

Whereas plums harvested during a given crop year are HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : marketed from June to October ; whereas the quanti­ ties harvested during the first 10 days of June and during the last 10 days of October are so small that Article 1 there is no need to fix reference prices for that period ; whereas reference prices should be fixed only 1 . For the 1974 marketing year the reference prices for the period from 1 1 June to 20 October ; for plums (subheading No 08.07 D of the Common Customs Tariff), expressed in units of account per 100 Whereas, pursuant to Article 23 (2) of Regulation kg net of packed products of Class I and II of all sizes, (EEC) No 1035/72, reference prices are to be equal to shall be as follows for each of the groups of varieties : the arithmetic mean of producer prices in each Group I Group II Member State plus an amount representing the costs of transporting Community products from the produc­ from 1 1 June to 31 July : 26-0 tion areas to Community marketing centres ; whereas August : 24-4 19-9 the trend of average basic prices and buying-in prices September : 21-0 16-5 should also be taken into account ; October (1 to 20) : 15-6

Whereas, since the varieties of plums are not all 2. The groups of varieties referred to in paragraph 1 comparable as regards the estimation of their commer­ shall be composed of the following varieties : cial value, these varieties should be classified in two groups ; Group I :

Whereas, to take seasonal variations into account, the Altesse double (Italian quetsche), Precoce favourite, marketing year should be divided into several periods Belle de Louvain , Conducta, Early Rivers, Kirk's Blue, and a reference price fixed for each of those periods ; Jefferson Gage, Lützelsachser (early Lützelsachsen quetsche), Anna Spath , Ersinger (early Ersingen Whereas the producer prices are to correspond to the quetsche), Zimmers (Zimmer quetsche), Bühler (early averages of the prices recorded during the three years Bühl quetsche), Burbank, Florentia, Goccia d'oro, prior to the date of fixing of the reference price for a Reine Claude, Czar, Victorias, Purple Pershore, home-grown product with defined commercial charac­ Damsons . teristics on the representative market or markets situ­ ated in the production areas where prices are lowest, Group II : for the products or varieties which represent a consid Altesse simple (common quetsche, Hauszwetschge), (») OJ No L 118 , 20. 5 . 1972, p. 1 . Reine Claude d'Oullins, Sveskeblommer, Ruth Gert­ (2) OJ No L 291 , 28 . 12. 1972, p. 147. stetter, Ontario, Pershore (yellow egg).

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3 . The entry prices of imported products are to be Amendments to the provisions of the preceding sub­ compared : paragraph shall be adopted in accordance with the procedure in Article 33 of Regulation (EEC) No (a) to the prices fixed for Group I where the imported 1035/72, in keeping with changes in the varieties products belong to varieties other than those imported from third countries. shown in (b) ; (b) to the prices fixed for Group II where the imported products belong to the following varie­ ties : Altesse simple (common quetsche, Haus­ Article 2 zwetschge), Reine Claude d'Oullins (Oullins Gage), Sveskeblommer, Ruth Gerstetter, Ontario, Wangen­ heimer (early Wangenheim quetsche), Pershore This Regulation shall enter into force on 11 June (yellow egg), Mirabelle, Bosniche. 1974 .

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

Done at Brussels, 16 May 1974 . For the Commission

The President Francois-Xavier ORTOLI