31976R1599
No L 177/20 2. 7 . 76 Official Journal of the European Communities
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1599/76 of 1 July 1976 derogating in respect of the opening weeks of the 1976/77 marketing year, from the quality standards applicable to certain varieties of dessert apples and pears
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN subject to paragraph 2 below, the minimum size COMMUNITIES, required of fruit of the 1976 harvest marketed in the Community shall be : Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, (a) for apples of the James Grieve variety, 70 mm up to and including 29 August 1976 and 65 mm from Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 30 August to 12 September 1976 inclusive ; 1035/72 of 18 May 1972 on the common organization of the market in fruit and vegetables (1), as last (b) for apples of the Golden Delicious variety, 65 mm amended by Regulation (EEC) No 795/76 (2), and in up to and including 12 September 1976 ; particular the second subparagraph of Article 2 (2) (c) for apples of the Gravenstein variety, 70 mm up to thereof, and including 29 August 1976 ; Whereas, under the quality standards for dessert (d) for apples of the Cox's Orange Pippin variety, 65 apples and pears set out in the Annex to Commission mm up to and including 19 September 1976 ; Regulation (EEC) No 1641 /71 of 27 July 1971 (>), as (e) for apples of the Worcester pearmain variety, 60 amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1 833/73 (4), the mm up to and including 5 September 1976 ; fruit must be sufficiently ripe to arrive in a satisfactory (f) for pears of the Dr Jules Guyot variety 60 mm up condition at the place of destination ; whereas one of to and including 8 August 1976 and 55 mm from the criteria for judging the ripeness of dessert apples 9 August up to and including 21 August 1976 ; and pears of certain varieties at the beginning of the (g) for pears of the Alexandrine Douillard variety, 60 marketing year is that they must be sufficiently large ; mm up to and including 19 September 1976 ; whereas, since the minimum size laid down in the (h) for pears of the Beurr4 Hardy variety, 60 mm up relevant quality standard is not large enough to meet to and including 3 October 1976. that requirement, it should be fixed for a certain period at a higher level ; However Member States may, in the light of condi Whereas the need for this derogation from the tions peculiar to their home production, decide not to minimum size laid down in the quality standards may apply this derogation in respect of dessert apples and not arise everywhere in the Community ; whereas the pears harvested in their territory and marketed in the Member States should therefore be empowered not to Community, or to bring forward the date on which apply the derogation or to re-apply the standard the derogation shall cease to apply. They shall without earlier than the dates fixed in the Regulation ; delay inform the other Member States and the Commission of such decision . Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage 2. The standards shall remain applicable in trade in ment Committee for Fruit and Vegetables, dessert apples and pears with third countries.
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Article 2 Article 1 This Regulation shall enter into force on the day 1 . By way of derogation from Title III of the following its publication in the Official Journal of quality standards for dessert apples and pears and the European Communities.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States .
Done at Brussels, 1 July 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. (3) OJ No L 172, 31 . 7. 1971 , p. 1 . («) OJ No L 185, 7. 7. 1973, p. 17.