31975R1642

28 . 6 . 75 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 165/49

REGULATION (EEC) No 1642/75 OF THE COMMISSION

of 27 June 1975

fixing for the marketing year 1975/76 the reference prices for apples

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 fied requirements as regards market preparation ; Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community ; whereas, when the average of prices recorded on each representative market is being calculated, prices which could be considered excessively high or excessively Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No low in relation to normal price fluctuations on that 1035/72 ( J ) of 18 May 1972 on the common organiza­ market are to be disregarded ; tion of the market in fruit and vegetables, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2745/72 (2), and in particular Article 27 ( 1 ) thereof ; Whereas, for the purpose of calculating the entry prices, the varieties imported from third countries of Whereas, pursuant to Article 23(1 ) of Regulation which the entry prices are to be compared with the (EEC) No 1035/72, reference prices valid for the prices fixed for Groups I, II and III respectively whole Community are to be fixed before the begin­ should be specified ; ning of each marketing year ;

Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation Whereas apples are produced in such quantities in the are in accordance with the Opinion of the Committee Community that reference prices should be fixed for for Fruit and Vegetables, them ;

Whereas apples harvested during a given crop year are marketed from July of one year to June of the following year ; whereas reference prices should there­ HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : fore be fixed for the period from 1 July up to and including 30 June of the following year ;

Whereas pursuant to Article 23 (2) of Regulation Article 1 (EEC) No 1035/72 the reference prices are fixed on the basis of the arithmetic mean of producer prices in 1 . For the marketing year 1975/76, the reference each Member State plus an amount representing the prices for apples, other than cider apples (subheading cost of transporting Community products from the ex 08.06 A II of the Common Customs Tariff), production areas to Community marketing centres ; expressed in units of account per 100 kg net of whereas the trend of average basic prices and the packed products of Class I, of all sizes, for the variety buying-in prices must also be taken into account ; Groups I, II and III shall be as follows :

Whereas since the varieties of apples are not all Group I Group II Group III comparable as regards estimation of their commercial 19-52 — — - July value, these varieties should be classified in three 16-54 — — — August groups ; 17-79 16-42 10-24 — September — October 17-91 15-17 10-70 Whereas to take seasonal variations into account, the — November 18-71 14-25 10-82 year should be divided into several periods and a refer­ — December 19-29 14-48 11-05 ence price fixed for each of these periods ; — January 20-54 14-82 11-38 — February 21-35 1608 12-42 Whereas producer prices are to correspond to the — March 23-52 16-88 12-65 average of the prices recorded on the representative 24-09 12-99 — April market or markets situated in the production areas — May 24-32 | 18-60 13-56

where prices are lowest, during the three years prior to 25-33 — — — June the date on which the reference price is fixed , for a home-grown product with defined commercial charac

(') OJ No L 118 , 20 . 5 . 1972, p. 1 . 2 . The variety groups referred to in paragraph 1 are I2) OJ No L 291 , 28 . 12. 1972, p. 147. composed as follows :

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Group I : superb, Scarlet pearmain, White winter pearmain, Geeveston Fanny, Tydeman's early Worcester, Yellow Transparent (Transparente jaune, Klarapfel), Benoni , Stark earliest, Winston , Reinette du James Grieve, Gravensteiner, Golden Delicious, Cox's Canada, Berlepsch, Annurca, Lodi, Gravensteiner, orange pippin, Stark Delicious, rouges américaines, Miller's Seedling, Worcester pearmain, Weißwinter­ Ingrid Marie, Reinette du Canada, Belle de Boskoop, glockenapfel, Cortland, Spartan , Red Mac Intosh, Miller's Seedling, Tydemans early Worcester, various varieties of Cox's other than Cox's Worcester pearmain, Weißwinterglockenapfel, and pomona, and mutations of the above varieties ; mutations of these varieties ; (b) with the prices fixed for Group II, where the Group II : imported products belong to a variety other than

those set out in (a) and (c) ; Reine des Reinettes (Goldparmane), Jonathan, Impera­ tore (Morgenduft), Grenadier, Lord Derby, Lord (c) with the prices fixed for Group III, where the Lambourne, and mutations of these varieties ; imported product belongs to one the following varieties : Abbondanza (Belfort), Rambour d'hiver, Group III : Brettacher, Horneburger, Krügers Dickstiel, Abbondanza (Belfort), Horneburger, Finkenwerder, Kirchenwerder, Finkenwerder, Winter Banana, Bramley's Seedling, and mutations of these varieties. Limoncella, Commercio, Reinette clochard, Ontario, Reinette du Mans, Lemoenapfel, Bram­ 3. The entry prices of imported products are to be ley's Seedling (Triomphe de Kiel), Pella, Cox's compared : pomona . (a) with the prices fixed for Group I, where the Any amendments to the preceding subparagraph shall imported products belong to one of the following be adopted in accordance with the procedure in varieties : Golden Delicious, Red Delicious, Article 33 of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 by refer­ Richared, Stark Delicious, Starking, Starkrimson, ence to the changes in the varieties imported from Yellow Transparent (Transparente jaune), James third countries . Grieve, Belle de Boskoop, Stayman Winesap, Stay­ marired, Black Winesap, Granny Smith, Dunn's Article 2 Seedling, King Cole, Cleopatra, Democrat, Yellow Newton , Crofton, Ingrid Marie, Sturmer, Laxton's This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 July 1975.

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

Done at Brussels, 27 June 1975 .

For the Commission

P. J. LARDINOIS

Member of the Commission