31975R0519

1 . 3 . 75 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 55 / 63

REGULATION ( EEC) No 519/ 75 OF THE COMMISSION of 28 February 1975 fixing until the end of the 1975 marketing year the reference prices for cucum­ bers

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN Member State plus an amount representing the costs COMMUNITIES, of transporting Community products from the produc­ tion areas to Community marketing centres ; whereas the trend of average basic prices and buying-in prices Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European must also be taken into account ; Economic Community ;

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No Whereas , to take seasonal variations into account , the 1035/72 (') of 18 May 1972 on the common organiza­ year should be divided into several periods and a refer­ tion of the market in fruit and vegetables, as last ence price fixed for each of these periods ; amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2745/72 (2), and in particular Article 27(1 ) thereof ;

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No Whereas producer prices arc to correspond to the 474/75 (3) of 27 February 1975 fixing the basic prices average of the prices recorded on the representative and buying-in prices for fruit and vegetables for the market or markets situated in the production areas 1975/76 marketing year and derogating for this where prices are lowest , during the three years prior to marketing year from Article 23 of Regulation ( EEC) the date on which the reference price is fixed , for a No 1035/72 as regards certain reference prices, and in home-grown product with defined commercial charac­ particular Article 1 1 of that Regulation ; teristics, being a product or variety representing a substantial proportion of the production marketed over the year or over part thereof and satisfying speci­ Whereas, pursuant to Article 23(1 ) of Regulation fied requirements as regards market preparation ; (EEC) No 1035/72, reference prices valid for the whereas, when the average of prices recorded on each whole Community are to be fixed at the beginning of representative market is being calculated , prices which the marketing year ; could be considered excessively high or excessively low in relation to normal price fluctuations on that market are to be disregarded ; Whereas cucumbers are produced in such quantities in the Community that reference prices should be fixed for them ;

Whereas Community-produced cucumbers are grown Whereas cucumbers harvested during a given crop mainly under glass ; whereas the reference prices for year are marketed from January to December ; the marketing year must therefore be fixed for a prop­ whereas with regard to the present marketing year duct of that type ; whereas taking into account, in reference prices have already been fixed up to 28 particular for the first part of the marketing year, the February by Regulation ( EEC) No 317 /75 of 7 increase in production costs consequent principally February 1 975 (4) ; whereas the information now avail­ upon higher fuel costs, there is reason to provide for able allows such prices to be fixed up to the end of an additional increase in the reference price for the the marketing year ; whereas the low quantities which months March to June ; whereas cucumbers imported are harvested during December represent only a small from certain third countries will have been grown in percentage of the tonnage which is marketed over the the open ; whereas , although such cucumbers may be marketing year as a whole ; whereas that month classed in Class I , their quality and price are not should therefore not be taken into account ; comparable with those of products grown under glass ; whereas the prices for cucumbers not grown under glass should therefore be adjusted by a conversion Whereas pursuant to Article 23 (2) of Regulation factor ; (EEC) No 1035/ 72 the reference prices are to be equal to the arithmetic mean of producer prices in each

(') OJ No L 118 , 20 . 5 . 1972, p. 1 . Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation (2) OJ No L 291 , 28 . 12 . 1972, p. 147 . (3) OJ No L 52, 28 . 2. 1975, p. 24. are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­ (4) OJ No L 35, 8 . 2. 1975, p. 21 . ment Committee for Fruit and Vegetables ,

No L 55/ 64 Official Journal of the European Communities 1 . 3 . 75

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : — October 37.32 — November 45.17 A rticle / 2. For the purpose of calculating entry prices, the 1 . For the 1975 marketing year, the reference prices for cucumbers, not being products grown under prices for cucumbers (subheading ex 07.01 P of the glass, imported from third countries shall, after deduc­ Common Customs Tariff), expressed in units of tion of customs duties, be multiplied by the following account per 100 kg net of packed products of Class I, conversion factors : of all sizes, shall be as follows : — from 1 March to 30 September : 1-30 —- March 57.03 — from 1 October to 30 November : 1-00 — April 45.47 — May 37.39 Article 2 — June 25.98 — July 1 9.25 This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its -— August 21-47 publication in the Official Journal of the European 22.98 Communities, — September

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

Done at Brussels , 28 February 1975 . For the Commission

P. J. LARDINOIS Member of the Commission