31978R0244

7 . 2 . 78 No L 37/ 11 Official Journal of the European Communities

COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC) No 244/ 78

of 6 February 1978

fixing for the months of February to April 1978 the reference prices for cucumbers

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN substantial proportion of the production marketed COMMUNITIES, over the year or over part thereof and satisfying speci­ fied requirements as regards market preparation ; Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European whereas, when the average of prices recorded on each Economic Community, 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 1035/72 of 18 May 1972 on the common organization market are to be disregarded ; of the markets in fruit and vegetables ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1034/77 (2), and in Whereas during February to April Communityparticular Article 27 ( 1 ) thereof, produced cucumbers are grown mainly under glass ; whereas the reference prices for these months must Whereas, pursuant to Article 23 ( 1 ) of Regulation therefore be fixed for a product of that type ; whereas (EEC) No 1035/ 72, reference prices valid for the cucumbers imported from certain third countries will whole Community are to be fixed at the beginning of have been grown in the open ; whereas, although such the marketing year ; cucumbers may be classed in Class I, their quality and price are not comparable with those of products Whereas cucumbers are produced in such quantities grown under glass ; whereas the prices for cucumbers in the Community that reference prices should be not grown under glass should therefore be adjusted by fixed for them ; a conversion factor ;

Whereas cucumbers harvested during a given crop Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation year are marketed from January to December ; are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­ whereas, for the present marketing year, on the infor­ ment Committee for Fruit and Vegetables, mation currently available it is not possible to fix refer­ ence prices beyond the month of April ; whereas the quantities harvested in January and during the first 10 days of February are so small that there is no need to HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : fix reference prices for that period of the year ; whereas reference prices should therefore be fixed only for the period from 1 1 February ; Article 1

Whereas pursuant to Article 23 (2) of Regulation 1 . For the months of February to April 1978 , the (EEC) No 1035/72 the reference prices are to be equal reference prices for cucumbers (subheading ex 07.01 P to the arithmetic mean of producer prices in each of the Common Customs Tariff), expressed in units of Member State plus an amount representing the costs account per 100 kilograms net of packed products of of transporting Community products from the produc­ Class I , of all sizes, shall be as follows : tion areas to Community marketing centres ; whereas the trend of average basic prices and buying-in prices — February ( 11 to 20) : 74.17 must also be taken into account ; (21 to 28 : 62.63 — March : 62.63 Whereas, to take seasonal variations into account, the — April : 50-47 reference prices should be fixed by 10-day period for February and by month for March and April ; 2. For the purpose of calculating entry prices, the prices for cucumbers, not being products grown under Whereas producer prices are to correspond to the glass , imported from third countries shall, after deduc­ average of the prices recorded on the representative tion of customs duties, be multiplied by a conversion market or markets situated in the production areas factor of 1.30 . where prices are lowest, during the three years prior to the date on which the reference price is fixed, for a home-grown product with defined commercial charac­ Article 2 teristics, being a product or variety representing a

(>) OJ No L 118 , 20 . 5 . 1972, p . 1 . This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 1 February (2 ) OJ No L 125, 19 . 5 . 1977, p . 1 . 1978 .

No L 37/ 12 7 . 2. 78 Official Journal of the European Communities

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

Done at Brussels, 6 February 1978 .

For the Commission

Finn GUNDELACH

Vice-President