31976R1198

No L 133 /6 22. 5 . 76 Official Journal of the European Communities

COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC) No 1198 /76

of 18 May 1976

fixing the basic and buying-in prices for apples for the month of June 1976

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : COMMUNITIES, Article 1 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, 1 . For the month of June 1976 the basic and buying-in prices for apples other than cider apples, Having regard to Council Regulation ( EEC) No expressed in units of account per 100 kg net, shall be 1035/72 of 18 May 1972 on the common organization as follows : of the market in fruit and vegetables ( J), as last amended by Council Regulation (EEC) No 795/76 (2), — basic price 19-64 and in particular Articles 16 and 35 thereof, — buying-in price 9-94

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, 2. The prices specified in paragraph 1 relate to apples of the Golden Delicious variety, quality Class I, Whereas under Article 16 of Regulation (EEC) No size 70 mm or more, put up in packages. 1035/72, basic and buying-in prices were fixed for apples other than cider apples for the marketing year Article 2 running from 1 August 1975 to 31 May 1976 ; The prices quoted in Article 1 ( 1 ) shall not include Whereas at present stocks of apples are similar to the cost of the packages. those of the 1973/74 marketing year in the course of which a basic price and a buying-in price were fixed Article 3 for the month of June by Regulation (EEC) No 1385/74 (3) ; whereas, consequently, considerable quan­ This Regulation shall enter into force on the day tities of apples are likely to be withdrawn from the following its publication in the Official Journal of market before the end of May 1976 ; whereas, in order the European Communities. to remedy this situation , a basic price and a buying-in price should similarly be fixed for the month of June, It shall be applicable from 1 June 1976.

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

Done at Brussels, 18 May 1976 .

For the Council

The President

J. HAMILIUS

(!) OJ No L 118 , 20 . 5 . 1972, p. 1 . (2) OJ No L 93, 8 . 4. 1976, p. 6. (3 ) OJ No L 148 , 5. 6 . 1974, p. 13 .