31977R1426

No L 160/40 30 . 6. 77 Official Journal of the European Communities

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1426/77

of 29 June 1977

fixing, for the marketing year 1977/78 , the reference prices for apples

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN teristics being a product or variety representing a COMMUNITIES, substantial proportion of the production marketed over the year or over part thereof and satisfying speci­ Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European fied requirements as regards market preparation ; Economic Community, whereas, when the average of prices recorded on each representative market is being calculated, prices which could be considered excessively high or excessively Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No low in relation to normal price fluctuations on that t035/72 of 18 May 1972 on the common organization market are to be disregarded ; of the market in fruit and vegetables (J), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1034/77 (2), and in particular Article 27(1 ) thereof, Whereas, for the purpose of calculating the entry prices, the varieties imported from third countries of Whereas, pursuant to Article 23 ( 1 ) of Regulation which the entry prices are to be compared with the (EEC) No 1035/72, reference prices valid for the prices fixed for Groups I, II and III respectively whole Community are to be fixed before the begin­ should be specified ; ning of each marketing year ;

Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation Whereas apples are produced in such quantities in the are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­ Community that reference prices should be fixed for ment Committee for Fruit and Vegetables, them ;

Whereas apples harvested during a given crop year are marketed from July of one year to June of the following year ; whereas reference prices should there­ HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : fore be fixed for the period from 1 July up to and including 30 June of the following year ;

Whereas, pursuant to Article 23 (2) of Regulation Article 1 (EEC) No 1035/72, the reference prices are fixed on the basis of the arithmetic mean of producer prices in 1 . For the marketing year 1977/78, the reference each Member State plus an amount representing the prices for apples, other than cider apples (subheading cost of transporting Community products from the ex 08.06 A II of the Common Customs Tariff), production areas to Community marketing centres ; expressed in units of account per 100 kilograms net of whereas the trend of average basic prices and the packed products of Class I, of all sizes, for the variety buying-in prices must also be taken into account ; Groups I, II and III shall be as follows :

Whereas since the varieties of apples are not all Group I Group II Group III comparable as regards estimation of their commercial 21.75 July value, these varieties should be classified in three 18.43 August groups ; September 19.83 18.30 11.42 October 19.95 16.90 11.93 Whereas to take seasonal variations into account, the November 20.85 15.88 12.07 year should be divided into several periods and a refer­ December 21.49 1613 12.32 ence price fixed for each of these periods ; 22.88 16.52 12.69 January February 23.78 17.92 13.85 Whereas producer prices are to correspond to the March 26.20 18.81 14.11 average of the prices recorded on the representative 14.48 April 26.84 j 20.09 market or markets situated in the production areas 15.11 May 27 09 \ where prices are lowest, during the three years prior to 28.21 June the date on which the reference price is fixed, for a home-grown product with defined commercial charac

(») OJ No L 118 , 20 . .5 . 1972, p . 1 . 2. The variety groups referred to in paragraph 1 are (2 ) OJ No L 125, 19 . 5 . 1977, p . 1 . composed as follows :

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1 Group I : Geeveston Fanny, Tydeman's early Worcester, Benoni , Stark earliest, Winston, Reinette du Yellow Transparent (Transparente jaune, Klarapfel), Canada, Berlepsch, Annurca, Lodi, Gravensteiner, James Grieve, Gravensteiner, Golden Delicious, Cox's Miller's Seedling, Worcester pearmain, Weißiwinter­ orange pippin, Stark Delicious, Rouges américaines, glockenapfel, Cortland, Spartan, Red Macintosh, Ingrid Marie, Reinette du Canada, Belle de Boskoop, various varieties of Cox's other than Cox's Miller's Seedling, Tydeman's early Worcester, pomona, and mutations of the above varieties ; Worcester pearmain, Weißiwinterglockenapfel, and mutations of these varieties ; (b) with the prices fixed for Group II, where the imported products belong to a variety other than Group II : those set out in (a) and (c) ; Reine des Reinettes (Goldparmane), Jonathan, Impera­ tore (Morgenduft), Grenadier, Lord Derby, Lord (c) with the prices fixed for Group III, where the Lambourne, and mutations of these varieties ; imported product belongs to one of the following varieties : Abbondanza (Belfort), Rambour d'hiver, Group III : Brettacher, Horneburger, Krügers Dickstiel, Abbondanza (Belfort), Horneburger, Finkenwerder, Kirchenwerder, Finkenwerder, Winter Banana, Bramley's Seedling, and mutations of these varieties. Limoncella, Commercio, Reinette clochard, Ontario, Reinette du Mans, Lemoenapfel, Bram­ 3. The entry prices of imported products are to be ley's Seedling (Triomphe de Kiel), Pella, Cox's compared : pomona, and mutations of the above varieties. (a) with prices fixed for Group I, where the imported Any amendments to the preceding subparagraph shall products belong to one of the following varieties : Golden Delicious, Red Delicious, Richared, Stark be adopted in accordance with the procedure in Delicious, Starking, Starkrimson, Yellow Trans­ Article 33 of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 by refer­ ence to the changes in the varieties imported from parent (Transparente jaune), James Grieve, Belle third countries . de Boskoop, Stayman Winesap, Stayman red, Black Winesap, Granny Smith, Dunn's Seedling, King Cole, Cleopatra, Democrat, Yellow Newton, Article 2 Crofton, Ingrid Marie, Sturmer, Laxton's superb, Scarlet pearmain, White winter pearmain, This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 July 1977.

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

Done at Brussels, 29 June 1977.

For the Commission

Finn GUNDELACH

Vice-President