31976R1227
26 . 5 . 76 No L 137/23 Official Journal of the European Communities
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1227 / 76
of 25 May 1976
fixing for the 1976/77 marketing year the reference prices for lemons
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN Whereas, for the 1976/77 marketing year, the finan COMMUNITIES, cial compensations provided for by Regulation (EEC) No 2511 /69 have been increased, compared with the preceding marketing year, by a percentage equal to Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European that used for increases in the basic and buying-in Economic Community, prices ; whereas the reference prices for the 1976/77 marketing year should therefore be maintained at the level fixed for the 1975/76 marketing year, with the Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No exception of the months of June to September for 1035/72 of 18 May 1972 on the common organization which transport costs have again been taken into of the market in fruit and vegetables ('), as last consideration ; whereas for these months, in accor amended by Regulation (EEC) No 795/76 (2), and in dance with the first paragraph of Article 23 (2) of particular Article 27 ( 1 ) thereof, Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72, transport costs, which were then included , should be deducted from the prices valid during the previous marketing , year ; Whereas, pursuant to Article 23 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72, reference prices valid for the Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation whole Community are to be fixed at the beginning of are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage the marketing year ; ment Committee for Fruit and Vegetables,
Whereas lemons are produced in such quantities in the Community that reference prices should be fixed for them ; HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Whereas lemons harvested during a crop year are marketed from June to May of the next year ; whereas reference prices should be fixed for the period from 1 Article 1 June to 31 May of the next year ;
For the 1976/77 marketing year, the reference prices for fresh lemons (subheading ex 08.02 C of the Whereas, to take seasonal variations into account, the Common Customs Tariff), expressed in units of year should be divided into several periods and a refer account per 100 kg net of packed products of Class I, ence price fixed for each of these periods ; of all sizes, shall be as follows :
— June 24.66 Whereas, in accordance with the second paragraph of — July 27.33 Article 23 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72, refer 28.42 — August ence prices for lemons are to be fixed at a level equal — September 25.05 to that of the previous marketing year, adjusted as — October 21.68 necessary by a percentage not exceeding the differ — November 19.35 ence between the percentages representing respec — December 19.92 tively the variation compared with the preceding 20.98 — January marketing year in basic and buying-in prices and in — February 19.71 the financial compensation provided for by Council — March 20.14 Regulation (EEC) No 2511 /69 of 9 December 1969 20.48 — April laying down special measures for improving the — May 22.49 . production and marketing of Community citrus fruit (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 793 /76 (4 ) ;
Article 2 (■) OJ No L 118 , 20 . 5 . 1972, p . 1 . (z ) OJ No L 93, 8 . 4. 1976, p . 6. (3) OJ No L 318 , 18 . 12. 1969, p. 1 . (4) OJ No L 93 , 8 . 4. 1976, p. 1 . This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 June 1976.
No L 137/ 24 26 . 5 . 76 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