31976R0248

No L 30 / 8 5 . 2 . 76 Official Journal of the European Communities

COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC) No 248 / 76 of 4 February 1976 fixing for the months of February and March 1976 the 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 1035/72 of 18 May 1972 on the common organization low in relation to normal price fluctuations on that of the market in fruit and vegetables ('), as last market are to be disregarded ; amended by Regulation ( EEC) No 2482/75 (2 ), and in particular Article 27 ( 1 ) thereof, Whereas during February and March Community-pro­ duced cucumbers are grown mainly under glass ; whereas the reference prices for these months must Whereas, pursuant to Article 23 ( 1 ) of Regulation therefore be fixed for a product of that type ; whereas (EEC) No 1035/72, reference prices valid for the whole Community are to be fixed at the beginning of cucumbers imported from certain third countries will have been grown in the open ; whereas, although such the marketing year ; cucumbers may be classed in Class I , their quality and price are not comparable with those of products Whereas cucumbers are produced in such quantities grown under glass ; whereas the prices for cucumbers in the Community that reference prices should be not grown under glass should therefore be adjusted by fixed for them ; a conversion factor ; Whereas cucumbers harvested during a given crop Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation year are marketed from January to December ; are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­ whereas, for the present marketing year, on the infor­ ment Committee for Fruit and Vegetables, mation currently available it is not possible to fix refer­ ence prices beyond the month of March ; whereas the quantities harvested in January and during the first 10 days of February are so small that there is no need to HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : fix reference prices for that period of the year ; whereas reference prices should therefore be fixed only for the period from 1 1 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 months of February and March 1976 , th < to the arithmetic mean of producer prices in each reference prices for cucumbers (subheading ex 07.01 [ Member State plus an amount representing the costs of the Common Customs Tariff), expressed in units o of transporting Community products from the produc­ account per 100 kg net of packed products of Class I tion areas to Community marketing centres ; whereas of all sizes, shall be as follows : the trend of average basic prices and buying-in prices — February (1 1 to 20 ) : 71.48 , must also be taken into account ; 21 to 29 : 59.94 , — March : Whereas, to take seasonal variations into account , the reference prices should be fixed by 10-day period for 2. For the purpose of calculating entry prices, the February and by month for March ; prices for cucumbers, not being products grown under glass, imported from third countries shall , after deduc­ Whereas producer prices are to correspond to the tion of customs duties , be multiplied by a conversion average of the prices recorded on the representative factor of 1 - 30 . market or markets situated in the production areas where prices are lowest, during the three years prior to the date on which the reference price is fixed , for a Article 2 home-grown product with defined commercial charac

This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 1 February (') OJ No L 1 IS , 20 . 5. 1972, p. 1 . (2 ) OJ No L 254, 1 . 10 . 1975, p. 3 . 1976 .

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

Done at Brussels, 4 February 1976.

For the Commission

P.J. LARDINOIS Member of the Commission

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