31977R1046

19 . 5 . 77 No L 125/27 Official Journal of the European Communities

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1046/77 of 18 May 1977 fixing for the 1977/78 marketing year the minimum purchase price for lemons delivered to the industry and the amount of financial compensation payable after their processing

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,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : 1035/77 of 17 May 1977 laying down special measures to promote the marketing of lemon products ('), and Article 1 in particular Article 3 thereof, Whereas under Article 1 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 1 . The minimum price referred to in Article 1 (3) 1035/77 the minimum price which processors must of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/77 shall be 10 units of pay to the producer is derived from the purchase price account per 100 kilograms net for the 1977/78 for quality category III, plus 1 5 % of the basic price ; marketing year. whereas, to simplify matters, this calculation should 2. The said minimum price shall be in respect of be based on the average basic and purchase prices products ex-producers' packaging station. fixed for the 1 977/78 marketing year by Council Regu­ lation (EEC) No 868/77 of 26 April 1977 (2) ; Article 2 Whereas, under Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/77, financial compensation cannot exceed the The amount of the financial compensation referred to difference between the minimum purchase price in Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/77 shall be referred to in Article 1 of the said Regulation and the six units of account per 100 kilograms net for the prices obtaining for the basic products in producer marketing year 1977/78 . third countries ; whereas, for the purposes of calcu­ lating this compensation and with a view to encou­ raging optimum marketing of lemon products, it Article 3 woiild seem advisable to apply the full difference between these prices ; This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 June 1977.

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

Done at Brussels, 18 May 1977. For the Commission

Finn GUNDELACH Vice-President

(') See page 3 of this Official Journal . (2) OJ No L 106, 29 . 4. 1977, p. 5 .