31976R1248

27 . 5 . 76 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 139/43

COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC) No 1248 /76 of 26 May 1976 fixing the maximum price levels for tomatoes grown under glass for the 1976 marketing year

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation COMMUNITIES, are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­ ment Committee for Fruit and Vegetables, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Having regard to Council Regulation ( EEC) No 1035/72 of 18 May 1972 on the common organization Article 1 of the market in fruit and vegetables ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 795/76 (2), and in For the 1976 marketing year producers organizations particular the last subparagraph of Article 18 ( 1 ) or associations of such organizations may fix with­ thereof, drawal prices not exceeding the following maxima, in units of account per 100 kg net for tomatoes grown Whereas, under the last subparagraph of Article 18 ( 1 ) under glass : of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72, producers' organiza­ June (1 1 to 20) : 22-87 tions may be authorized , in view of the characteristics (21 to 30) : 20-87 of the market under consideration , to fix, under July ( 1 to 10) : 19-40 certain conditions, withdrawal prices above the levels (1 1 to 20) : 18-04 referred to in Article 18 ( 1 ) (a) of that Regulation ; (21 to 31 ) : 16-57 Whereas the market in tomatoes grown under glass August : 16-57 has different characteristics from those of the market September : 16-57 October : 16-57 in open-grown tomatoes ; whereas tomatoes grown under glass are mainly 'Extra' Class and Class I November : 16-57 products, the prices for which are considerably higher than those for open-grown products ; Article 2 Whereas in order to provide more effective support The producers organizations shall supply the for the market in tomatoes grown under glass, following information to the national authorities, who shall communicate it to the Commission : producers' organizations or associations of such organi­ zations should be allowed to fix their withdrawal price — the period during which withdrawal prices are at a level higher than the Community withdrawal applicable, price ; whereas in conformity with the last subpara­ — the levels of withdrawal prices proposed and of graph of Article 18 ( 1 ) it appears that the maximum those applied . level of the withdrawal price for these products can justifiably be fixed by applying to the prices fixed for Article 3 the 1975 marketing year an increase of the same order as the increase applied by the Council when fixing This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 1 June the basic prices and buying-in prices for tomatoes ; 1976 .

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

Done at Brussels, 26 May 1976. For the Commission P.J. LARDINOIS Member of the Commission

(') OJ No L 118 , 20 . 5. 1972, p . 1 . (2) OJ No L 93, 8 . 4. 1976, p . 6.