31974R1398

No L 149 / 10 6 . 6 . 74 Official Journal of the European Communities

REGULATION (EEC) No 1398/74 OF THE COMMISSION of 5 June 1974 fixing the maximum price levels for tomatoes grown under glass for the 1974 marketing year

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation COMMUNITIES, are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­ ment Committee for Fruit and Vegetables, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Economic Community ; Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No Article 1 1035/72 (') of 18 May 1972 on the common organiza­ tion of the market in fruit and vegetables, as last For the 1974 marketing year producers organizations amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2745/72 (2), and in or associations of such organizations may fix with­ particular the last subparagraph of Article 18(1 ) drawal prices not exceeding the following maxima, in thereof ; units of account per 100 kg net for tomatoes grown under glass : Whereas, under the last subparagraph of Article 18(1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72, producers' organiza­ June 1st ten days 18·9 tions may be authorized, in view of the characteristics 2nd ten days of the market under consideration to fix, under certain 17·0 3rd ten days 15·6 conditions, withdrawal prices above the levels referred July 1st ten days to in Article 18(1 ) (a) of that Regulation ; 2nd ten days 14·3 3rd ten days 12·9 Whereas the market in tomatoes grown under glass 12·9 August has different characteristics from those of the market 12·9 September in open-grown tomatoes ; whereas tomatoes grown October 12·9 under glass are mainly Extra Class and Class I 12·9 November products, the prices for which are considerably higher than those for open-grown products ; Article 2 Whereas in order to provide more effective support The producers organizations shall supply the for the market in tomatoes grown under glass, following information to the national authorities, who producers' organizations or associations of such organi­ shall communicate it to the Commission : zations should be allowed to fix their withdrawal price at a level higher than the Community withdrawal — the period during which withdrawal prices are price ; whereas in conformity with the provisions of applicable ; the last subparagraph of Article 18(1 ) it appears that — the levels of withdrawal prices proposed and of the maximum level of the withdrawal price for these those applied . products can justifiably be fixed by applying to the prices fixed for the 1973 marketing year an increase of Article 3 the same order as the increase applied by the Council when fixing the basic prices and buying-in prices for This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 1 June tomatoes ; 1974 .

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

Done at Brussels, 5 June 1974. For the Commission The President Francois-Xavier ORTOLI

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