31977R1214

8 . 6 . 77 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 140 / 13

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1214/77 of 7 June 1977 fixing, for the 1977 marketing year, the reference prices for peaches

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 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European where prices are lowest, during the three years prior to Economic Community, the date on which the reference price is fixed, for a Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No home-grown product with defined commercial charac­ 1035/72 of 18 May 1972 on the common organization teristics, being a product or variety representing a of the market in fruit and vegetables ('), as last substantial proportion of the production marketed amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1 034/77 (2), and in over the year or over part thereof and satisfying speci­ particular Article 27 ( 1 ) thereof, fied requirements as regards market preparation ; whereas, when the average of prices recorded on each Whereas, pursuant to Article 23 ( 1 ) of Regulation representative market is being calculated, prices which (EEC) No 1035/72, reference prices valid for the could be considered excessively high or excessively whole Community are to be fixed at the beginning of low in relation to norrftal price fluctuations on that the marketing year ; market are to be disregarded ; Whereas peaches are produced in such quantities in Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation the Community that reference prices should be fixed are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­ for them ; ment Committee for Fruit and Vegetables, Whereas peaches harvested during a given crop year are marketed from May to October ; whereas the quan­ HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : tities harvested in May, during the first 10 days of June and in October are so small that there is no Article 1 need to fix reference prices for these periods ; whereas reference prices should be fixed only for the period For the 1977 marketing year, the reference prices for from 1 1 June up to and including 30 September ; peaches (subheading 08.07 B of the Common Customs Tariff), expressed in units of account per 100 Whereas, pursuant to Article 23 (2) of Regulation kilograms net of packed products of Class I, of all (EEC) No 1035/72, the reference prices are fixed on sizes, shall be as follows : the bases of the arithmetic mean of producer prices in — June (1 1 to 20) : 41-99 each Member State plus an amount representing the (21 to 30) : 38 17 costs of transporting Community products from the production areas to Community marketing centres ; — July : 35-83 whereas the trend of average basic prices and — August and September : 33-88 buying-in prices must also be taken into account ; Article 2 Whereas, to take seasonal variations into account, the year should be divided into several periods and a refer­ This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 1 June ence price fixed for each of these periods ; 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 .