31975R0317

8 . 2. 75 No L 35/ 21 Official Journal of the European Communities

REGULATION (EEC) No 317/75 OF THE COMMISSION of 7 February 1975 fixing for the month of February 1975 reference prices for cucumbers

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN teristics being a product or variety representing a COMMUNITIES, substantial proportion of the production marketed over the year or over part thereof and satisfying speci­ Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European fied requirements as regards market preparation ; Economic Community ; whereas, when the average of prices recorded on each representative market is being calculated, prices which Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No could be considered excessively high or excessively 1 035/72 (') of 18 May 1972 on the common organiza­ low in relation to normal price fluctuations on that tion of the market in fruit and vegetables, as last market are to be disregarded ; amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2745/72 (2), and in particular Article 27(1 ) thereof ; Whereas Community produced cucumbers marketed during the month of February will have been grown Whereas, pursuant to Article 23(1 ) of Regulation mainly in hothouses ; whereas the reference prices for (EEC) No 1035/72, reference prices valid for the that month must therefore be fixed for a product of whole Community are to be fixed at the beginning of that type ; whereas cucumbers imported from certain the marketing year in respect of the whole marketing third countries during this period come from end-of­ year ; year crops grown in the open ; whereas, although such cucumber may be classed in Class I, their quality and Whereas cucumbers are produced in such quantities price are not comparable with those of hothouse in the Community that reference prices should be products ; whereas the prices for non-hothouse cucum­ fixed for them ; bers should therefore be adjusted by a conversion factor ; Whereas cucumbers harvested during a given crop year are marketed from January to December ; Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation whereas for the present marketing year information are in accordance with the Oprnion of the Manage­ currently available makes it impossible to fix reference ment Committee for Fruit and Vegetables, prices for the period beyond the month of February ; whereas, since the quantities marketed in January and during the first 10 days of February represent only a HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : small portion of the tonnage marketed over the year as a whole, reference prices should be fixed only for the period 11 to 28 February ; Article 1 Whereas pursuant to Article 23 (2) of Regulation ( EEC) No 1035/72 the reference prices are to be equal 1 . For the month of February 1975 the reference to the arithmetic mean of producer prices in each prices for cucumbers (subheading ex 07.01 P of the Member State plus an amount representing the costs Common Customs Tariff), expressed in units of of transporting Community products from production account per 100 kg net of packed products of Class I, areas to Community marketing centres ; of all sizes, shall be as follows :

Whereas the trend of average basic prices and — February buying-in prices must also be taken into account ; ( 11 to 20) 67-34 21 to 28 ) 56-79 Whereas, to take seasonal price variations into account, the reference price should be fixed by 10-day periods ; 2. For the purpose of calculating entry prices, the prices for non-hothouse cucumbers imported from third countries shall , after deduction of customs Whereas producer prices are to correspond to the average of the prices recorded on the representative duties, be multiplied by a factor of 1 -30 . market or markets situated in the production areas where prices are lowest, during the three years prior to Article 2 the date on which the reference price is fixed, for a home-grown product with defined commercial charac­ This Regulation shall enter into force on the day (') OJ No L 118 , 20 . 5. 1972, p. 1 . following its publication in the Official Journal of (2 ) OJ No L 291 , 28 . 12. 1972, p. 147 . the European Communities.

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

Done at Brussels, 7 February 1975 . For the Commission

P. J. LARDINOIS Member of the Commission