31976R1225

No L 137/20 Official Journal of the European Communities 26 . 5 . 76

COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC) No 1225/76 of 25 May 1976 fixing for the 1976 marketing year the reference prices for table grapes

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN Whereas, to take seasonal variations into account, the COMMUNITIES, year should be divided into several periods and a refer­ ence price fixed for each of these periods ;

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Whereas producer prices are to correspond to the Economic Community, average of the prices recorded on the representative market or markets situated in the production areas where prices are lowest, during the three years prior to Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No the date on which the reference price is fixed, for a 1035/72 of 18 May 1972 on the common organization home-grown product with defined commercial charac­ of the market in fruit and vegetables ('), as last teristics, being a product or variety representing a amended by Regulation (EEC) No 795/76 (2), and in substantial proportion of the production marketed particular Article 27 ( 1 ) thereof, over the year or over part thereof and satisfying speci­ fied requirements as regards market preparation ; whereas, when the average of prices recorded on each representative market is being calculated, prices which Whereas, pursuant to Article 23 ( 1 ) of Regulation could be considered excessively high or excessively (EEC) No 1035/72, reference prices valid for the low in relation to normal price fluctuations on that whole Community are to be fixed at the beginning of market are to be disregarded ; the marketing year ;

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

Whereas table grapes harvested during a given crop HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : year are marketed from May to April of the next year ; whereas the quantities harvested in May and June, during the first 10 days of July and also January to April of the next year are so small that there is no Article 1 need to fix reference prices for these periods ; whereas, due principally to developments in production tech­ niques, a relatively important increase in the For the 1976 marketing year, the reference price for marketing of Community products during the last 10 table grapes (subheading 08.04 A I of the Common days of November and in the month of December can Customs Tariff), expressed in units of account per 100 be expected ; whereas, however, the figures presently kg net of packed products of Class, I, of all sizes, shall available are insufficiently conclusive to justify fixing be as follows : a reference price now for that period ; whereas refer­ ence prices should be fixed now only for the period — July (1 1 to 20) 32.62 from 1 1 July up to and including 20 November ; 21 to 31 28.08

— August 28.08 Whereas pursuant to Article 23 (2) of Regulation — September and October 24.73' (EEC) No 1035/72 the reference prices are to be equal to the arithmetic mean of producer prices in each 25.17 . — November (1 to 20) Member State plus an amount representing the costs of transporting Community products from the produc­ tion areas to Community marketing centres ; whereas the trend of average basic prices and buying-in prices Article 2 must also be taken into account ;

(') OJ No L 118 , 20 . 5 . 1972, p. 1 . This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 1 July (2) OJ No L 93 , 8 . 4. 1976, p. 6. 1976 .

26. 5 . 76 No L 137 / 21 Official Journal of the European Communities

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

Done at Brussels, 25 May 1976. For the Commission

P. J. LARDINOIS Member of the Commission