31977R2451

No L 285/ 10 Official Journal of the European Communities 9 . 11 . 77

COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC) No 2451 /77 of 8 November 1977 amending Regulation (EEC) No 609/77 applying quality class III to certain fruit for the 1977/78 marketing year

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN application of quality class III should be limited ; COMMUNITIES , whereas, under Article 4 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72, this period cannot in any case extend Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European beyond 31 December 1977 ; Economic Community, Whereas the Management Committee for Fruit and Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No Vegetables has not delivered an opinion within the 1035/72 of 18 May 1972 on the common organization time limit set by its chairman , of the market in fruit and vegetables (J ), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1034/77 (2), and in particular Article 4 ( 1 ) thereof, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 379/71 of 19 February 1971 laying down common quality stand­ Article 1 ards for citrus fruit (3) and Commission Regulation The Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 609/77 is hereby (EEC) No 1641 /71 of 27 July 1971 laying down quality standards for dessert apples and pears (4), as amended by the addition of the following : amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1833/73 (5), laid '— Oranges : from 1 October to 31 December down a class III for the products concerned ; 1977 Whereas, pursuant to the first subparagraph of Article — Mandarins and satsumas, Clementines, tange­ 4 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72, the quality rines and other hybrids : from 1 November to 31 December 1977 class III may be applied only if the products concerned are needed to meet consumer demand ; — Apples of the varieties Belle de Boskoop, whereas, this need, which has already been recognized Cox's orange pippin and Bramley's Seedling : for lemons by Commission Regulation (EEC) No from 1 October to 31 December 1977'. 609/77 of 23 March 1977 applying quality class III to certain fruit for the 1977/78 marketing year (6), also Article 2 appears to exist at present for citrus fruits other than lemons and for certain varieties of apples ; whereas, in This Regulation shall enter into force on the day view of the considerable fluctuations in production following its publication in the Official Journal of from one marketing year to another, the period of the European Communities.

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

Done at Brussels, 8 November 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 . (3) OJ No L 45, 24. 2. 1971 , p. 1 . («) OJ No L 172, 31 . 7. 1971 , p. 1 . (5) OJ No L 185, 7. 7. 1973, p. 17. (') OJ No L 76, 24. 3 . 1977, p. 24.