31976R1276

No L 143/42 Official Journal of the European Communities 1 . 6 . 76

COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC) No 1276/76 of 31 May 1976 fixing the conversion factors to be applied to the buying-in price fixed in Council Regulation (EEC) No 119$/76 for apples

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN applied to the buying-in prices for fruit and vegeta­ COMMUNITIES, bles (4), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2571 /75 (5), should be retained for June ; Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­ Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No ment Committee for Fruit and Vegetables, 1035/72 of 18 May 1972 on the common organization of the market in fruit and vegetables (J), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 795/76 (2), and in HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : particular Article 16 (4) thereof,

Whereas the basic price and the buying-in price for Article 1 apples were fixed for June 1976 by Council Regula­ tion (EEC) No 1 198/76 (3) ; whereas these prices relate The conversion factors to be applied during June to packaged, Quality Class I Golden Delicious apples 1976 to the buying-in price for apples shall be the of the sizing grade 70 mm or more ; whereas Article factors applicable during May 1976. 16 (4) of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 provides that conversion factors must be fixed in order to calculate Article 2 the buying-in price for products with different charac­ teristics ; whereas the conversion factors fixed for May This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its 1976 by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1203/73 publication in the Official Journal of the European of 4 May 1973 fixing the conversion factors to be Communities.

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

Done at Brussels, 31 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 . (4) OJ No L 123, 10 . 5. 1973, p. 1 . 3 ) OJ No L 133, 22 . 5 . 1976, p . 6 . (5) OJ No L 262, 10 . 10 . 1975, p. 22.