31976R0624

20 . 3 . 76 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 74/9

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 624/76 of 19 March 1976 fixing the reference price for tomatoes for the 1976 marketing year

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN over the year or over part thereof and satisfying speci­ COMMUNITIES, fied requirements as regards market preparation ; whereas, when the average of prices recorded on each Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European representative market is being calculated, prices which Economic Community, could be considered excessively high or excessively low in relation to normal price fluctuations on that market are to be disregarded ; Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 of 18 May 1972 on the common organization of the market in fruit and vegetables ('), as last Whereas up to 10 July Community-produced toma­ amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2482/75 (2), and in toes are grown mainly in greenhouses ; whereas the particular Article 27(1 ) thereof, reference prices for the first part of the marketing year must therefore be fixed for a product of that type ; Whereas, pursuant to Article 23 ( 1 ) of Regulation whereas tomatoes imported from certain third coun­ (EEC) No 1035/72, reference prices valid for the tries during the same period will have been grown in whole Community are to be fixed at the beginning of the open ; whereas, although such tomatoes may be the marketing year ; classed in Class I, their quality and price are not comparable with those of products grown in green­ houses ; whereas the prices for tomatoes not grown in Whereas tomatoes are produced in such quantities in greenhouses should therefore be adjusted by a conver­ the Community that reference prices should be fixed sion factor ; for them ;

Whereas tomatoes harvested during a given crop year Whereas, from October to December inclusive, toma­ are marketed from January to December ; whereas the toes imported from certain third countries are culti­ quantities harvested from January to March and vated in greenhouses ; whereas a conversion factor during the last 10 days of December are so small that should also be applied to the prices of these tomatoes there is no need to fix reference prices for the whole to make them comparable with the reference prices year ; whereas reference prices should therefore be calculated during this period on the basis of prices of fixed only for the period from 1 April up to and Community products cultivated in the open ; including 20 December ; Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation Whereas pursuant to Article 23 (2) of Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­ (EEC) No 1035/72 the reference prices are to be equal ment Committee for Fruit and Vegetables, to the arithmetic mean of producer prices in each Member State plus an amount representing the cost of transporting Community products from the produc­ tion areas to Community marketing centres ; whereas the trend of average basic prices and buying-in prices HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : must also be taken into account ;

Whereas, to take seasonal variations into account, the Article 1 year should be divided into several periods and a refer­ ence price fixed for each of these periods ; 1 . For the 1976 marketing year, the reference Whereas producer prices are to correspond to the prices for tomatoes (subheading 07.01 M of the average of the prices recorded on the representative Common Customs Tariff), expressed in units of market or markets situated in the production areas account per 100 kg net of packed products of Class I, where prices are lowest, during the three years prior to of all sizes, shall be as follows : the date on which the reference price is fixed, for a home-grown product with defined commercial charac­ — April 97-15 ; teristics, being a product or variety representing a — May 72-77 ; substantial proportion of the production marketed — 1 June to 10 July 53-10 ; — 1 1 July to 31 August 18-03 ; — September 19-67 ; (!) OJ No L 118 , 20 . 5 . 1972, p . 1 . (2) OJ No L 254, 1 . 10 . 1975, p. 3 . — 1 October to 20 December 22-43 .

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2. For the purpose of calculating the entry price : deduction of customs duties, be multiplied by a conversion factor of 0-55 from 1 October to 20 (a) the prices for tomatoes not produced in green­ December. houses, imported from third countries, shall, after deduction of customs duties, be multiplied, by a Article 2 conversion factor of 1 *80 from 1 April to 10 July. (b) the price for tomatoes produced in greenhouses This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 April and imported from third countries shall, after 1976 .

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

Done at Brussels, 19 March 1976 . For the Commission P.J. LARDINOIS Member of the Commission