31976R1475

No L 165/ 26 25 . 6 . 76 Official Journal of the European Communities

COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC) No 1475 / 76 of 24 June 1976 fixing for the marketing year 1976/77 the reference prices for pears

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

Whereas, pursuant to Article 23 ( 1 ) of Regulation Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation ( EEC) No 1035/72, reference prices valid for the are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­ whole Community are to be fixed before the begin­ ment Committee for Fruit and Vegetables, ning of each marketing year ;

Whereas pears are produced in such quantities in the Community that reference prices should be fixed for them ; HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :

Whereas pears harvested during a given crop year are marketed from June of one year to May of the following year ; whereas the quantities marketed in Artie e 1 June and May of the following year are so small that there is no need to fix reference prices ; whereas the reference prices should therefore be fixed for the For the marketing year 1976/77, the reference prices period from 1 July up to and including 30 April of for pears, other than perry pears (subheading ex 08.06 the following year ; B II of the Common Customs Tariff), expressed in units of account per 100 kilogrammes net of packed products of Class I , of all sizes , shall be as follows : Whereas pursuant to Article 23 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 the reference prices are fixed on 20.66 July the basis of the arithmetic mean of producer prices in 17.23 August each Member State plus an amount representing the 17.10 September cost of transporting Community products from the October 18.46 production areas to Community marketing centres ; November 19.79 whereas the trend of average basic prices and the December 21.26 buying-in prices must also be taken into account ; 22.13 January to April inclusive

Whereas to take seasonal variations into account, the year should be divided into several periods and a refer­ Article 2 ence price fixed for each of these periods ;

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

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

Done at Brussels, 24 June 1976 .

For the Commission

P.J. LARDINOIS Member of the Commission