31977R1211

8 . 6 . 77 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 140 /9

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1211 /77 of 7 June 1977 fixing, for the 1977 marketing year, the maximum price levels for tomatoes grown under glass

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, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 of 18 May 1972 on the common organization Article 1 of the market in fruit and vegetables (!), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1 034/77 (2), and in For the 1977 marketing year, producers organizations particular the last subparagraph of Article 18 ( 1 ) or associations of such organizations may fix with­ thereof, drawal prices, not exceeding the following maxima, in units of account per 100 kilograms net for tomatoes Whereas, under the last subparagraph of Article 18 ( 1 ) grown under glass : of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72, producers' organiza­ — June (1 1 to 20) : 23-60 tions may be authorized, in view of the characteristics (21 to 30) : 21-60 of the market under consideration , to fix, under — July (1 to 10) : 20-13 certain conditions, withdrawal prices above the levels (1 1 to 20) : 18-77 referred to in Article 18 ( 1 ) (a) of that Regulation ; (21 to 31 ) : 17-30 Whereas the market in tomatoes grown under glass 17-30 — August : has different characteristics from those of the market — September : 17-30 in open-grown tomatoes ; whereas tomatoes grown — October : 17-30 under glass are mainly 'Extra' Class and Class I — November : 17-30 products, the prices for which are considerably higher than those for open-grown products ; Article 2 Whereas, in order to provide more effective support for the market in tomatoes grown under glass, The producers organizations shall supply the producers' organizations or associations of such organi­ following information to the national authorities, who zations should be allowed to fix their withdrawal price shall communicate it to the Commission : at a level higher than the Community withdrawal — the period during which withdrawal prices are price ; whereas, in accordance with the last subpara­ applicable, graph of Article 18 ( 1 ), it appears that the maximum — the levels of withdrawal prices proposed and of level of the withdrawal price for these products can those applied. justifiably be fixed, by applying, to the prices fixed for the 1976 marketing year, an increase of the same Article 3 order as the increase applied by the Council when fixing the basic prices and buying-in prices for toma­ This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 1 June toes ; 1977 .

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

Done at Brussels, 7 June 1977.

For the Commission

Finn GUNDELACH Vice-President

(') OJ No L 118 , 20 . 5. 1972, p . 1 . (2) OJ No L 125, 19 . 5. 1977, p . 1 .