31974R1364
1 . 6 . 74 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 147/45
REGULATION (EEC) No 1364/74 OF THE COMMISSION of 31 May 1974 fixing the reference prices for lemons for the 1974/75 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 could tion of the market in fruit and vegetables, as last be considered excessively high or excessively low in amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2745/72 (2), and in relation to normal price fluctuations on the market particular Article 27(1 ) thereof ; 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 ; Whereas lemons are produced in such quantities in HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : the Community that a reference price should be fixed for them ; Article 1 Whereas lemons harvested during a crop yeaj are For the 1974/75 marketing year, the reference prices marketed from June to May of the next year ; whereas applicable to fresh lemons (subheading ex 08.02 C of reference prices should be fixed for the period from 1 the Common Customs Tariff), expressed in units of June to 31 May of the next year ; account per 100 kg net of packed products of Class I Whereas, pursuant to Article 23 (2) of Regulation of all sizes, shall be as follows : (EEC) No 1035/72, reference prices are to be equal to june 25-9 the arithmetic mean of producer prices in each July 27-3 Member State plus an amount representing the costs August 27.7 of transporting Community products from the produc September 24-6 tion areas to Community marketing centres ; whereas October 21-7 the trend of average basic prices and buying-in prices November 19-7 should also be taken into account ; December 20-2 January 21 -1 Whereas to take seasonal , variations into account, the February 20-7 marketing year should be divided into several periods March 21-2 and a reference price fixed for each of those periods ; April 22 Whereas the producer prices are to correspond to the May 22-4 averages of the prices recorded during the three years prior to the date of fixing of the reference price for a Article 2 home-grown product with defined commercial charac teristics on the representative market or markets situ This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 June 1974.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States .
Done at Brussels , 31 May 1974. For the Commission The President Francois-Xavier ORTOLI
(') OJ No L 1 18 , 20 . 5. 1972, p. 1 . (2) OJ No L 291 , 28 . 12. 1972, p. 147.