31975R1669

1 . 7 . 75 No L 168 / 53 Official Journal of the European Communities

REGULATION ( EEC) No 1669/75 OF THE COMMISSION

of 30 June 1975

derogating in respect of the opening weeks of the 1975/76 marketing year, from the quality standards applicable to certain varieties , of dessert apples and pears

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN subject to paragraph 2 below, the minimum size COMMUNITIES, required of fruit of the 1975 harvest marketed in^the Community shall be : Having regard to the Treaty> establishing the European Economic Community ; (a) for apples of the James Grieve variety, 70 mm up Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No to and including 31 August 1975, and 65 mm 1 035/72 (*) of 18 May 1972 oh the common organiza­ from 1 to 14 September 1975 inclusive ; tion of the market in fruit and vegetables, as last (b) for apples of the Golden Delicious variety, 65 mm amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2745/72 (2), and in up to and including 7 September 1975 ; particular the second subparagraph of Article 2(2) thereof ; (c) for apples of the Gravenstein variety, 70 mm up to Whereas, under the quality standards for dessert and including 31 August 1975 ; apples and pears set out in the Annex to Commission (d) for apples of the Cox's Orange Pippin variety, 65 Regulation (EEC) No 1641 /71 (3) of 27 July 1971 , as mm up to and including 21 September 1975, amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1833/73 (4), the fruit must be sufficiently ripe to arrive in a satisfactory (e) for pears of the Dr Jules Guyot variety 60 mm up condition at the place of destination ; whereas one of to and including 17 August 1975 ; the criteria for judging the ripeness of dessert apples (f) for pears of the Alexandrine Douillard variety, 60 and pears of certain varieties at the beginning of the mm up to and including 14 September 1975. marketing year is that they must be sufficiently large ; whereas, since the minimum size laid down in the However, Member States may,, in the light of condi­ relevant quality standard is not large enough to meet tions peculiar to their home production , decide not to that requirement, it should be fixed for a certain apply this derogation in respect of dessert apples and period at a higher level ; pears harvested in their territory and marketed in the Whereas the need for this derogation from the Community, or to bring forward the date on which minimum size laid down in the quality standards may the derogation shall cease to apply. They shall without not arise everywhere in the Community ; whereas the delay inform the other Member States and the Member States should therefore be empowered not to Commission of such decision . apply the derogation or to re-apply the standard earlier than the dates fixed in the Regulation ; 2. The standards shall remain applicable in trade in Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation dessert apples and pears with third countries. are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­ ment Committee for Fruit and Vegetables,

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Article 1 This Regulation shall enter into force on the day 1 . By way of derogation from Title III of the following its publication in the Official Journal of quality standards for dessert apples and pears and the European Communities.

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

Done at Brussels, 30 June 1975 .

For the Commission

P.J. LARDINOIS

Member of the Commission

(') OJ No L 1 18 , 20 . 5 . 1972, p. 1 . (2) OJ No L 291 , 28 . 12. 1972, p. 147. (J) OJ No L 172, 31 . 7 . 1971 , p. 1 . (4) OJ No L 185, 7. 7. 1973, p. - 17 .