31977R1048

19 . 5 . 77 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 125/29

COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC) No 1048/ 77 of 18 May 1977 fixing for the 1977/78 marketing year the reference prices for lemons

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN Whereas, for the 1977/78 marketing year, the finan­ COMMUNITIES, cial compensations provided for by Regulation (EEC) No 2511 /69 have been increased, compared with the laving regard to the Treaty establishing the European preceding marketing year, by a percentage equal to Economic Community, that used for increases in the basic and buying-in laving regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No prices ; whereas the reference prices for the 1977/78 035/72 of 18 May 1972 on the common organization marketing year should therefore be maintained at the >f the market in fruit and vegetables ( 1 ), as last level fixed for the 1976/77 marketing year. mended by Regulation (EEC) No 1034/77 (2), and in >articular Article 27 ( 1 ) thereof, Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­ Whereas, pursuant to Article 23 ( 1 ) of Regulation ment Committee for Fruit and Vegetables, EEC) No 1035/72, reference prices valid for the /hole Community are to be fixed at the beginning of he marketing year ; HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Whereas lemons are produced in such quantities in he Community that reference prices should be fixed Article 1 or them ; Whereas lemons harvested during a crop year are For the 1977/78 marketing year, the reference prices marketed from June to May of the next year ; whereas for fresh lemons (subheading ex 08.02 C of the ;reference prices should be fixed for the period from 1 Common Customs Tariff), expressed in units of une to 31 May of the next year ; account per 100 kilograms net of packed products of Class I , of all sizes, shall be as follows : Whereas, to take seasonal variations into account, the ear should be divided into several periods and a refer­ June : 24.66 nce price fixed for each of these periods ; July : 27.33 August : 28.42 Whereas, in accordance with the second paragraph of September : 25.05 article 23 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72, refer­ October : 21.68 nce prices for lemons are to be fixed at a level equal November : 19.35 ) that of the previous marketing year, adjusted as December : 19.92 ecessary by a percentage not exceeding the differ­ January : 20.98 nce between the percentages representing respec­ February : 19.71 vely the variations compared with the preceding March : 20.14 marketing year in basic and buying-in prices and in April : 20.48 le financial compensation provided for by Council 22.49 May : egulation (EEC) No 2511 /69 of 9 December 1969 ying down special measures for improving the roduction and marketing of Community citrus Article 2 uit (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 334/77 ; 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

OJ No L 118 , 20 . 5 . 1972, p. 1 . See page 1 of this Official Journal . OJ No L 318 , 18 . 12. 1969 , p. 1 .