31975R0948

12. 4 . 75 No L 91 / 13 Official Journal of the European Communities

REGULATION (EEC) No 948/75 OF THE COMMISSION of 11 April 1975 applying quality class ' III' to certain fruit for the 1975 /76 marketing year

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN only if the products concerned are needed to meet COMMUNITIES, consumer demand ; whereas this appears to be the case at present for lemons, table grapes, cherries and Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European strawberries ; whereas, in view of the considerable fluc­ Economic Community ; tuations in production from one marketing year to Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No another, the period of application of quality class 'III' 1035/72 (') of 18 May 1972 on the common organiza­ should be limited ; tion of the market in fruit and vegetables, as last Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation amended by Regulation (EEC), No 2745/72 (2), and in are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­ particular Article 4(1 ) thereof ; ment Committee for Fruit and Vegetables, Whereas Council Regulation No 21 1 /66/EEC (3) of 14 December 1966 added a class ' III ' to the common HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : quality standards for peaches and table grapes, white the like class was added to the common quality stand­ ards for cherries and strawberries by Council Regula­ Article 1 tion (EEC) No 1 194/69 (4) of 26 June 1969 ; whereas A quality class 'III' as defined in the common quality Commission Regulation (EEC) No 379/71 (5) of 19 standards shall apply, for the period specified in each February 1971 laying down the common quality stand­ case, in respect of the products listed in the Annex to ards for citrus fruit, and Commission Regulation this Regulation . (EEC) No 1641 /71 (6) of 27 July 1971 laying down quality standards for dessert apples and pears, as Article 2 amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1833/73 (7), defined a class '.III' for the products concerned ; This Regulation shall enter into force on the day Whereas, pursuant to Article 4(1 ) of Regulation (EEC) following its publication in the Official Journal of No 1035/72, the quality class 'III' may be applied the European Communities.

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

Done at Brussels, 11 April 1975 . For the Commission P.J. LARDINOIS Member of the Commission

ANNEX

Lemons : from 1 June 1975 to 31 May 1976. Table grapes : from 1 May 1975 to 30 April 1976. Cherries : from 1 April 1975 to 30 September 1975. Strawberries : from 1 April 1975 to 31 December 1975.

(') OJ No L. 1 18 , 20 . 5. 1972, p. 1 . (2) OJ No L 291 , 28 . 12. 1972, p. 147. b) OJ No 233, 20. 12. 1966, p. 3939/66. («) OJ No L 157, 28 . 6. 1969 , p. 1 . (5 ) OJ No L 45 , 24. 2. 1971 , p. 1 . (b) OJ No L 172, 31 . 7. 1971 , p. 1 . (7) OJ No L 185, 7 . 7 . 1973 , p. 17.